Until the meal, the fat man stared at Li Zhe with a strange expression, feeling that he was so awesome today.
Although Li Zhe's cooking skills were average, the game tasted good, and the fat man devoured it.
Du Yan stared at the piece of braised hare meat held with chopsticks in her hand, frowned and said, "I heard that game is full of parasites and is not clean. Is it okay to eat it?"
Meng Qi waved his hand and inadvertently revealed the Patek Philippe on his wrist, "It's okay. I eat it once and a half by chance. It's not like Li Zhe eats it every day. Hey, he eats abalone and bird's nest, sea cucumber and sea urchin, tuna, caviar, French and Japanese cuisine every day. I’m almost getting tired of it, so occasionally I can eat some cheap game for a change of taste..."
Seeing that he was pretending to be cool and eating no slower than the fat man, Li Zhe wanted to go up and slap him.
"It's hard to digest if you don't have soup." Du Yan continued to be picky.
Li Zhe rolled his eyes. He thought this was a free hotel. Why do you have so many demands for food and drinks? Who owes you.
Originally, he wanted to make a fresh Hericium mushroom soup, but he found that he had run out of wild Hericium mushrooms at home and it was too late to go to the mountains to pick them, so he had no choice but to make it.
"Give me some water." Zhu Shan glanced at Li Zhe.
Li Zhe felt a little guilty and went to pour the water honestly.
When I was pouring water, I saw the white porcelain bottle on the table, and my eyes suddenly lit up, "Hey, let me show you what the real Nongfu Spring is..."
It takes more than a minute for a white porcelain bottle to purify a small bottle of water, which is not many milliliters. The efficiency is too slow. Li Zhe has a homemade bamboo tube at home. He directly filled a bamboo tube, threw the white porcelain bottle in and soaked it for a while, then took it out.
Several people were very surprised when they drank the water in the bamboo tube. After a while, the water in a large bamboo tube was divided up!
"Wow, they say the spring water in the mountains is delicious. I didn't expect it to be so refreshing! After drinking it, my fatigue disappeared!" Zhu Shan was the first to praise.
"Really, it tastes better than the air-shipped imported mineral water that costs tens of dollars a bottle that I usually drink!" Meng Qi never forgets to show off.
Zhu Shan glared at Li Zhe again, "It's so stingy. Even the water supply is limited."
Li Zhe touched his nose in embarrassment, thinking that this thing is not a mountain spring. It takes time to purify it, so it can't drink it as fast as you guys.
"Xiaozhe, is Xiaozhe at home?"
Uncle Wang's voice sounded outside the door, and several people were talking quietly at the same time.
"At home, here we come."
Li Zhe stood up and was about to go out. The fat man held up the water glass and shouted, "Give me another glass of water. Don't be so stingy. It's okay if you don't have roasted mountain squirrel and fresh mushroom soup. You can't bear to fill up with water no matter what!"
Li Zhe was too lazy to pay attention to him, and Zhu Shan followed him, saying that he was taking a walk to digest after eating.
At the door, Uncle Wang was chatting with two people.
One is an old man wearing a black coat and elderly glasses. He has gray temples but a straight waist and a strong spirit. There is a young man next to him, wearing a casual suit, gold-rimmed glasses, elegant manner, and carrying a suitcase in his hand.
Judging from the posture, he probably wasn't here for the big yellow dog.
Li Zhe also breathed a sigh of relief. The tiles in Uncle Wang's house were trampled to pieces by the big yellow dog in the morning. He must have stewed the dog's heart.
Seeing Li Zhe come out, Uncle Wang shook his pipe and said, "Xiao Zhe, your father hasn't come back yet?"
"Still applying medicine, it's probably almost time. It's time to go home for dinner later." Li Zhe pointed to the mountain behind.
"Well, these two gentlemen collect wild medicinal materials and offer very high prices. I would like to ask your father if he has come across any good medicines in the mountains in the past few years. I have been unlucky in the past few years and have not found any good stuff. "
After hearing this, Li Zhe immediately understood that these two people were drug dealers. He smiled sheepishly: "It seems not..."
As soon as he finished speaking, he immediately thought of the ginseng that was blooming and bearing fruit, and quickly asked: "There is a wild ginseng, can you harvest it?"
"Wild ginseng? Of course."
The old man originally thought that his trip would be in vain, but when he heard this, he was immediately happy: "The purchase price of wild ginseng is very high, can I take a look? The ones dug in the mountains are usually of several years, and if the years are low, they don't count. ginseng.”
The older the ginseng is, the more saponins are precipitated. Wild ginseng of older years is extremely rare and has no market price.
"Come in with me." Li Zhe led the three of them into the yard. He was not sure whether the ginseng was worth anything.
The big yellow dog, who had drunk half a can of wine, was lying on the ground drunkenly. When he saw Li Zhe coming over, he quickly wagged his tail and tried to stand up dizzy.
However, within three seconds of standing up straight, he flopped down on the ground again, barking and smelling of alcohol.
The old man rolled his eyes, a little surprised: "A drinking dog, haha, interesting."
However, his attention was soon attracted by the ginseng planted in the flower pot. He stepped forward with a stride, and Li Zhe was shocked. He was still so agile despite his age.
Seeing the old man staring at the ginseng in surprise, Li Zhe realized that this ginseng was not simple.
Even wild ginseng can only be considered a ginseng if it is old, because wild ginseng that is less than 10 years old will not grow anything at all and is not as thick as the thread of a mobile phone charger. It can only be regarded as grass roots. Only wild ginseng that is more than 20 years old can be considered a ginseng. It’s valuable!
He remembered that when this ginseng was first dug up, his father said that the ginseng was only seven or eight years old and was as thin as a grass root. It had no medicinal value and could not be sold at a good price, otherwise he would not be willing to make wine. Although it became swollen after being soaked in wine, it was not the real size.
However, after being irrigated by Li Zhe's white porcelain bottle in the morning, the ginseng came back to life and grew much larger than before, already as thick as a thumb.
"Is this wild ginseng?" Zhu Shan walked behind Li Zhe and stared curiously at the ginseng in the flowerpot. She was even more curious when she saw the small bright red fruits growing on the ginseng.
Li Zhe nodded, "Yes, ginseng dug from the mountains is not cultivated artificially."
There are very few wild ginseng on the market, and domestic ginseng accounts for the vast majority. There are two types of domestic ginseng. One is forest ginseng without artificial intervention, which grows slowly and can barely compare with wild ginseng. The other is cultivated ginseng, which has a large yield but average medicinal value and low price.
After squatting down and watching for a while, the old man stood up and smiled at Li Zhe: "You're lucky. Judging from the reed bowl and size, this ginseng should be about thirty-five years old. It looks a bit unusual, but it's wild. There is no doubt about it.”
After a pause, he added: "And the ginseng digger's skills are also good. The digging was complete without any damage. Otherwise, the price would have plummeted. Young man, I want to buy this ginseng. How about it?"
Li Zhe glanced at Uncle Wang beside him, pondered for a moment, and said, "Mr., please give me a price. If the price is right, you can take it away."
Fatty Qian and others heard the excitement and gathered around.
Du Yan glanced at the ginseng and murmured to Meng Qi in a somewhat contemptuous tone: "I think this broken ginseng is worth a few hundred yuan. I think it is some kind of treasure when it is spread out in such a big way."
Meng Qi also sneered: "I eat this thing every day, and it's much bigger than this little thing! People in the mountains like to pay for this thing, and it's not worth a lot of money."
"..."
The old man who was considering the price looked at the two of them strangely, and the young man carrying the suitcase beside him couldn't help but laugh.
"You know so much? Why are you making trouble?" Zhu Shan frowned, a little dissatisfied. His old classmates were selling ginseng, but they were just ignorant, and they were still making trouble on the side.
Du Yan was a little afraid of Zhu Shan, but she didn't want to lose face, so she muttered: "What valuable things can there be in the countryside? A few hundred yuan is not enough for us to have a meal."
Meng Qi reacted with a 'I just know it very well': "Yes! During the holidays, customers send truckloads of ginseng to our house. We can't even finish the radish stew, and it's all Changbai Mountain ginseng! A box One box is beautifully packaged, and there are thousands of dollars in one box, which is so much better than this crap..."
Hearing this, Li Zhe was so angry that if there weren't so many people here, he would have wanted to slap his own mother so hard that she wouldn't recognize him.
The old man shook his head, glanced sideways at Meng Qi, and revealed a hint of honeyed sneer, "The Changbai ginseng and ginseng you mentioned are all artificially grown, and they may not even be considered forest ginseng. Real wild ginseng, rich people It’s hard to buy.”
Then, he was too lazy to talk nonsense and turned to Li Zhe: "Young man, I bought this wild ginseng for 180,000 yuan. What do you think? The price is not very high, but it is still a reasonable market price."
One hundred and eighty thousand! So valuable?
Li Zhe was shocked. The price far exceeded his expectation. You should know that this thing was a piece of rotten grass that could be thrown away at any time before.
Uncle Wang was even more dumbfounded and even forgot to smoke his pipe.
One hundred and eighty thousand, which is an astronomical figure for a mountain village.
Meng Qi's face was burning, and he wanted to retort, but seeing the old man's serious expression and professional temperament, he couldn't hold back a word.
However, Du Yan was not that smart anymore, and shouted in shock: "This piece of shit costs 180,000 yuan, is it just a lie?"
The old man finally became impatient and raised his eyebrows: "Little girl, if you don't understand, go home and read more, study more and talk less!"
Seeing Du Yan's face suddenly turn green and red, Li Zhe felt inexplicably happy and said with a smile, "I don't know if the old gentleman wants to take the flower pot away with him or dig it up."
"Take away even the flower pot. This treasure is precious, I'm afraid it will be damaged by digging. Go back and work on it slowly. Xiao Ma, give this little brother 180,000 in cash."
"Okay, teacher."
The bespectacled young man next to them responded and opened the suitcase in his hand. Only then did they realize that the suitcase was actually filled with cash.
After getting the money, Li Zhe's heart skipped a beat and he sent it!
A rotten ginseng was directly transformed into a wild ginseng that is more than thirty years old in a white porcelain vase. If more ginseng is dug up and transformed in the future, even if the age is not high...
"Old sir, why don't you leave your phone number? I know that there are a lot of medicinal materials of certain ages in certain places on the mountain, such as wild ginseng and angelica. I used to think they were worthless and I was too lazy to dig for them. I can contact you if I find them in the future."
The old man stroked his beard with satisfaction: "That couldn't be better! Hey, there are fewer and fewer wild medicinal materials now. As long as you can dig them up, keep them and buy them at a high price."
A silver-white business card was handed to his hand. Li Zhe looked at it and found that there were three characters "Bencaotang" written on it, and below it was a series of contact information.
Xiao Ma had good eyesight. When he handed over his business card, he spotted a beautiful potted rose plant in the corner of the yard. The flowers on the potted plant were colorful. He walked over and touched it with his hand. It was a real flower. He quickly shouted: "Teacher ,look!"
The old man also walked over and looked around the potted roses curiously. He couldn't help but exclaim: "Is this a new variety of roses? It's so beautiful! Call Nono and ask her to come over. She said there are some here. Plants that interest her.”
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