After returning from Zhangshu, Gao Mingcheng's pace of life slowed down again.
Early the next morning, he resumed his habit of getting up early to go boxing in the mountains. Then he took out his throwing knife and successfully got two hares.
Recently, we have been eating hares quite frequently at home, and we have accumulated a lot of rabbit skins in the utility room, which we can sell at some point.
You don't need to go to the county town. There is a fur tanning workshop in the town. This kind of workshop can either sell the furs or pay others to tan the furs for you.
Now that it is autumn, it is the time when the furs of wild animals in the mountains are shiny. Gao Mingcheng is thinking about finding a time to hunt some rabbits and foxes with good-colored fur.
From ancient times to the present, rich people like to wear furs, and good-quality furs can be sold at good prices.
When checking the condition of beehives in the mountains, Gao Mingcheng found that many villagers had gone into the mountains to collect tea seeds.
His mother had a conflict with Gao Fuqiang's mother because of picking up tea seeds and broke her foot.
Originally, his mother wanted to call the brothers to find trouble with Gao Fuqiang's family, but his father refused. His father was too proud of his face and felt that his mother was not taking the matter seriously. He was afraid that if it made a big fuss, others would criticize him, so he refused. Willing to let his sons stand up for Luo Xiaohua.
This made Luo Xiaohua very angry.
But Gao Mingcheng's act of sending ginseng and wolfberry to his family made Luo Xiaohua happy.
Early the next morning, Luo Xiaohua, who injured her foot and had difficulty moving, went to a crowded place, and then loudly showed off that Gao Mingcheng gave her ginseng and wolfberry.
But in just half a day, everyone in the village knew that Gao Mingcheng went out with his boss to sell medicine, and then used all the money he earned to buy ginseng and wolfberry for his family.
So some people praised Gao Mingcheng for being filial, while others ridiculed Gao Mingcheng for being stupid and not knowing how to hold on to money.
Since Gao Mingcheng has been living in Gao Zhuang's house recently, people in the village secretly speculated that Gao Mingcheng had a conflict with his family.
But now that I saw Gao Mingcheng spending so much money to buy supplements for his parents, it didn't look like he was having a conflict.
As a result, Gao Mingcheng's reputation in the village actually improved.
At this time, Gao Mingcheng was standing under a tea tree, looking at the tea seeds all over the tree, and thinking about picking tea seeds.
This kind of tea tree is the Camellia oleifera tree, which can be picked every time the frost comes. The picked tea seeds are exposed to the sun, shelled, and the seeds with high oil content are collected, and then taken to the oil press to squeeze out the tea oil.
In the mountain forest owned by the brigade, a large tea grove was planted on the farm in the 1960s.
Now the farm is gone and the tea plantation is collectively owned by the brigade. Every year, I can make some money by selling tea seeds.
Therefore, villagers are not allowed to pick these tea trees, but it is inevitable that some villagers will pick them quietly.
After a while, dealers will come to the market to collect tea seeds. Fresh tea seeds cost 10 cents per catty. If they are exposed to the sun and shelled, they can be sold for 50 cents per catty.
Gao Mingcheng also plans to pick tea seeds, but he does not plan to sell the tea seeds. Instead, he plans to save more and use them to press oil.
Tea oil is sweet and cool in nature. Pregnant women eat it, which is very beneficial to the development of the fetus. Children eat it to relieve qi, relieve constipation, relieve fire, and aid digestion. It is very helpful in promoting the development of the bones and iliac bones. And the elderly can eat it. It has a good effect on chronic pharyngitis and preventing hypertension, arteriosclerosis and cardiovascular system diseases.
In addition, tea seeds have a very good insecticidal effect and can treat ringworm and scabies. Cha Ku can also be used as shampoo and conditioner, which can resist ultraviolet rays, prevent sun spots and remove wrinkles.
You see, tea oil is a good thing, right? Therefore, in later generations, camellia oil was considered a high-grade edible oil.
There are good things, so why not?
Gao Mingcheng didn't have any bags with him, so he quickly ran home and took two bags into the mountain.
He did not go to the hills to fight with the villagers, but ran deep into the mountains.
Maybe it was because of the large artificially planted tea trees. There were also many wild tea trees in the mountains. He took advantage of his good physical fitness and went into the mountains to pick them alone. Not only did he avoid competing with others, but he also picked many more tea seeds.
After three days of busy work, the yard of Grandma Xi’s house was completely filled with tea seeds.
Gao Mingcheng stopped after picking everything he could.
Because there are so many tea seeds, Grandma Xin didn’t dare to open the yard door these days, and she didn’t let anyone in to visit her.
Otherwise, others have worked so hard to get only ten or twenty kilograms, but your yard is filled with thousands of kilograms. How can you not be jealous?
After tea seeds are exposed to the sun, they will naturally crack open, revealing the black tea seed kernels inside.
But some won't crack completely and have to be beaten with a stick or peeled off one by one by hand.
But this will happen in a few days, so Gao Mingcheng should not worry about it for the time being.
This day is the county market day. Gao Mingcheng got up early, then headed to the county town carrying a large bag of medicinal materials.
These are the precious medicinal materials and Western medicines he bought from the medicine fair. He planned to sell them in the county town, so he had to take advantage of the market day to find a way out.
In addition to selling these medicinal materials, Gao Mingcheng also plans to go to Gao Guo's military residence. This trip is mainly to give gifts.
He also prepared two ginseng sticks and a pound of wolfberry for Gao Guobing.
Today is not a holiday, so Gao Yue is studying at school, and Gao Guobing and his wife are also at work.
Gao Mingcheng carried a large bag of medicinal materials and went directly to the police station.
He had been here last time, so everyone in the police station knew that he was Gao Guobing's nephew. As soon as he entered the door, he greeted him warmly and proactively told him: "Chief Gao is in the office."
Gao Mingcheng thanked him with a smile and went directly to Gao Guobing's office.
"Uncle." Gao Mingcheng pushed the door in and greeted with a smile.
Gao Guobing was reading the newspaper. After hearing the sound, his face came out from behind the newspaper. When he saw it was Gao Mingcheng, he also smiled.
"Mingcheng, come to the county when you are free today. Sit down and I'll ask someone to bring you a glass of water." Gao Guobing went out to ask someone to pour water, and then sat across from Gao Mingcheng.
After the last tomb robbery and dagger delivery, Gao Mingcheng and Gao Guobing were already very familiar with each other, so he said straight to the point: "Uncle, a while ago I was entrusted by someone to purchase medicinal materials in our village and sell them at the camphor tree medicine fair. , and then I bought some precious medicinal materials that are not available here, and entrusted my people to ask me to find a way to sell them, and then share 10% of the profits with me."
"But I don't have any connections, so after much thought, I have to ask my uncle for help."
Gao Mingcheng opened the bag he brought and showed Gao Guobing the medicinal materials inside.
Gao Guobing checked it seriously and found that it was indeed precious medicinal materials that they did not have here, such as ginseng, wolfberry, cordyceps, deer antler, etc., as well as some Western medicine.
He was not fooled by Gao Mingcheng's words, but asked: "Doesn't the person who entrusted you have no connections? How can you find the connections? Who is that person? Is he reliable?"
His voice was serious and caring, because he was afraid that Gao Mingcheng would be deceived.
(End of chapter)
