sjar Chapter 345 The whole family takes action
Chapter 345 The whole family takes action
Early the next morning, the old Su family members got up early and didn't bother to have breakfast. After washing, everyone put on a backpack and set off. Su's father heard Li Zelan say that there was a large area in the mountain col, and he was afraid of carrying the baskets on his back. No less, he also specially took two sacks.
I had just been here yesterday, so I remembered the location very clearly. Su Ziling took everyone up and down, climbed a mountain, and finally reached the destination after two hills.
Mr. Su held on to the tree, panting, "I can't do it anymore, I can't do it anymore, I can't do it anymore. Qing girl, how far is it?"
Su Ziling pointed to the mountain stream below, "Come on, Grandpa, we are in this mountain stream. Just walk down. However, the pine hair is thick, the ground is full of moisture, and it is very slippery. Everyone is holding on to some branches."
Su Ziling led the way, and Mr. Su followed closely behind. The road down the mountain was indeed difficult, and you would fall down if you were not careful.
"It's right here, it's all down there." Su Ziling supported a tree and pointed to the grass and fruit forest and said.
"It's so hidden, how do you know there are grass fruits here?" Su's father looked at the extremely hidden grass fruit forest below and asked curiously.
"Hey! How did you know it was here? My cousin and I searched through mountains and mountains for a long time before we found it."
Li Zelan walked at the back, and when he heard Su's father's words, he spoke up.
Father Su and the others were not too surprised when they saw such a patch of grass and fruit trees from above. But when they got under the tree and looked at the clusters of red grass and fruit trees, they were so shocked that they were speechless.
"This, this, this is Cao Guo?" Su's father looked at the Cao Guo in front of him and stammered.
"Yes, you can cut them all. It's faster to cut them one by one. You can also pick them off when you get home."
Su Ziling nodded, stabilized the basket and started cutting.
Mr. Su and the others were still surprised, "This grass fruit has roots?"
Su Zizhong was also full of surprise, "I saw that the ones you picked back last night were all in bunches, and the colors looked very beautiful. I thought they were branched like Amomum villosum."
Su's father squatted on the ground, looked at the red fruits, and murmured to himself: "Dear me, I have never seen these fruits with roots, and they are so productive, one bunch after another. Yes, the roots of this tree are all full, and there is no gap left. There are so many, I guess the backpack I brought will not be able to fill them all, but I also brought two sacks!"
At the end of his speech, his tone rose slightly, with a little bit of pride.
As soon as he turned his head, he found that everyone was picking grass and fruits, and he was the only one still watching. He touched his nose and followed everyone's pace.
"There are so many, you can pick hundreds of kilograms. Xiaoqing, have you ever asked how much one kilogram of this is?"
Su Ziling thought for a while and said: "I haven't asked, I can ask another day. Even if we can't sell it, we can eat it ourselves. Our family uses a lot of food in the food business, but I went to buy it last time. At that time, the price was five cents per tael, and one pound cost eighty cents. If we went to sell it, we would probably still have fifty cents per pound." (Note: In ancient times, one pound was sixteen taels)
"Fifty cents? That's quite high. These can probably be sold for dozens of taels of silver." Su's father became visibly excited, and he cut the grass fruits much faster.
Su Ziling shook her head, with a look of dumbfounding on her face, "Dad, the hundreds of kilograms you mentioned are wet ones. The drug store only accepts dry ones, and it takes four to five kilograms of fresh fruits to dry one kilogram of dry fruits. I guess these It would be good to be able to dry out forty or fifty kilograms."
Forty or fifty pounds?
Su's father was thinking in his mind, one kilogram was worth fifty cents, and he didn't count too much on the grass fruit. Even if it was forty kilograms, that forty kilograms would still be worth two taels of silver.
After doing this calculation, his eyes brightened even more, "It's a good deal to have one of forty or fifty pounds. Pick it quickly, pick it quickly. After you've picked it, let's look around to see if there's any more. There might be a piece nearby."
Su's father and the others were usually responsible for the work. He never sold anything, so he naturally didn't take any money. The most money he collected was probably when he was selling tofu, when he went to Wangjiacun with Su Ziling and the others. He collected money at that time, but That is dozens of articles.
So they have no idea about money or anything like that. They just listen to numbers about how many things they sell and how much money they make without seeing the real thing.
In addition, there are so many people who are busy working around the clock, and there are also Su Ziling and others who get up early and work late every day. Apart from wages and costs, the little money they earn is hard money.
But looking at the red grass fruit, he felt for the first time that it was like picking up money, and he felt a little more excited the more he picked it up.
"No, we've looked around. There's just one here." Su Ziling said while cutting.
Father Su's face was full of regret, "Why is it only here? I was thinking that if I could find another piece, I could get an extra two taels of silver. Besides, this thing is so productive. Do you think it would be okay if we dig it back and grow it ourselves?" This thing is more valuable than corn and more productive than corn. If you can grow it, you can make a lot of money."
The more Su's father talked, the more excited he became, and his face turned red with excitement. Mr. Su straightened up and thumped his back. He was getting older and couldn't stand squatting for a while longer.
He glanced at his silly son with a red face who was dreaming of getting rich, and poured down a basin of ice water without mercy.
"Given the environment in which it grows, do you think it can survive growing in our field?"
Su's father was stunned. He was so overwhelmed with joy that he didn't even look carefully. After hearing Mr. Su's words, he began to look carefully.
First of all, the climate here is cool and humid, and the soil is loose, fertile, sandy soil.
After reading this, Father Su's whole body visibly wilted, and his voice became weak when he spoke, "I can't survive. There is little rain in our village, and the soil is still copper sand. It is lumpy, does not hold water, and is not fertile. Plus the sun is so strong, I guess it will survive but it won’t bear fruit.”
Su Ziling nodded. Indeed, Caoguo has very strict requirements for the growing environment, soil, moisture, climate, etc. In addition to what Su's father said, there is also the issue of altitude.
Whether it is wild or cultivated, it must be chosen under a sparse forest with an altitude of 1,110 to 1,880 meters, otherwise even if it can survive, it will not bear fruit in the end.
Mr. Su nodded and said, "Well, it's not that stupid."
After all, the old man has been cultivating fields all his life, and his vision is indeed much more sophisticated than Su's father.
I have to say that harvesting this grass fruit is really enjoyable. Each bunch is redder and bigger than the last. The more you cut, the more energetic you become. The more you cut, the more addictive you become.
The more I cut, the more I want to cut. Looking at the red patch in front of me, I just want to go faster and faster. This feeling of harvest makes people's blood rush.