"Sheng Wazi, my brother-in-law, and I spent many days in the mountains peeling tree bark to get this!"
After Li Shiqiang replied to Yun Mei, he took the money and walked out with a few people.
Three thousand seven hundred and thirty dollars.
The money sold for these Eucommia ulmoides is already more than the last time I sold two bear bile.
And it's much easier to peel off tree bark than to beat a blind bear.
Li Shiqiang beat a blind bear twice, risking his life each time. Unlike peeling bark from a tree, it was simple, quick and easy.
This is why he has always thought about opening fields to grow medicinal herbs.
After leaving the gate of the purchasing station, Huang Yun still felt a little incredible, so she asked again: "Brother Qiang, why is this bark so valuable?"
It’s not her fault. After all, pork these days sells for less than two yuan a pound, and a pound of Eucommia ulmoides already costs eighteen yuan.
With such a price, who is going to grow food anymore? They might as well just plant that Eucommia tree.
Even Xu Sheng next to him was very excited and said: "Er baby, why don't we go back and plant more Eucommia trees?"
"Haha, what are you thinking about?"
Li Shiqiang smiled and directly broke Xu Sheng's fantasy: "It will take at least fifteen years for the Eucommia tree to grow before the bark can be sold. If you grow it yourself, can you afford to wait that long?"
When Xu Sheng heard that it takes fifteen years to harvest a Eucommia tree, he felt like a deflated rubber ball.
"So long!"
Taking advantage of this gap, Li Shiqiang explained to Yun Mei: "The reason why medicinal materials are so expensive is because they can cure diseases and save lives, and also because they are rare.
The fewer medicinal materials on the market, the more expensive they are.
Like this Eucommia ulmoides, it takes at least fifteen years to harvest, and generally few people can grow it themselves.
Basically, they are all ready-made eucommia found in barren mountains and wild ridges.
Therefore, the price of Eucommia ulmoides may double in the coming years. "
Li Shiqiang remembered that in his previous life, in the late 1980s and early 1990s, the price of Eucommia ulmoides even exceeded 30 yuan per pound, which was almost twice as expensive as the current price.
Until the late 1990s, due to the smoother export of Eucommia ulmoides, increased usage, high price and high reputation, many farmers began to notice this high value and cultivate simple medicinal materials.
After extensive planting across the country, the price of Eucommia ulmoides dropped to eight yuan per pound.
But thinking about it, it seems that there is still about twenty years left before the end of the 1990s.
There is no time to plant a batch of Eucommia trees and sell them for a few years.
It's just that ordinary people definitely can't grow Eucommia ulmoides. At least they need a family that doesn't have to worry about food and clothing.
And Li Shiqiang's family is almost suitable.
"Brother Qiang, when will we start growing herbs?"
Huang Yun listened to what Li Shiqiang said to her, plus the promises she heard a few days ago, and she couldn't wait to start planting herbs.
"Haha, you haven't even gotten married yet, and you're already thinking about finding money for our family?"
After Li Shiqiang said with a smile, he glanced at Zhang Naoke, who had been silent next to him, and said, "If you have any ideas, we can discuss it after you marry me first."
With outsiders here, it’s definitely not possible to explain everything.
Huang Yun also realized it all at once and said quickly: "Brother Qiang, didn't you say you would take us to a movie? Let's go."
In fact, the reason why Zhang Naoke remained silent was because he was completely frightened by the more than three thousand yuan.
He was barely a chef at the Dazhong Restaurant, and he was also the master's apprentice. He earned at least twenty yuan a month.
The twenty yuan alone was already a lot for him, and he felt that it was beautiful wherever he went.
But to this day, I watch others earn more than 3,000 yuan from selling herbal medicines.
He was so surprised that he didn't know what to say.
This amount of money is enough to cover almost a whole year's salary of the chef at their popular restaurant.
Hearing that Li Shiqiang and the others wanted to go to the movies, Zhang Naoke immediately reacted and said with a smile: "Haha, do you want to go to the movies? I will take you there."
At this time, Xu Sheng patted Zhang Naoke on the shoulder in surprise and said with a smile: "When I said your name was Zhang Naoke, I thought it was your master who thought you were stupid, but I think at this critical moment, you are quite pretty." So brilliant."
"Hahaha, I just can't turn my head around sometimes."
Zhang Naoke smiled, turned around and started leading the way.
In fact, Li Shiqiang also knew the location of the cinema, but he was afraid that the explanation would not be clear, so he had to pretend not to know.
After all, at this time, there is only one Qingyang Theater in Nanyang County.
It is said that the Qingyang Theater was built as early as the early 1970s. In order to build this theater, a Confucian temple was demolished due to "lack of building materials."
The theater was built near the county center, and the four of them arrived within a short walk.
As soon as I arrived at the door, I saw many young people coming in and out with smiling faces, holding yellow soda bottles in their hands.
Qingyang Cinema is naturally indispensable for young people.
Although it has just been lunch, a lot of people can already be seen from the door.
"What movie are you going to watch? Do you want a soda? Please...I'll buy it for you."
As a young man, Zhang Naoke naturally came to this theater a lot. He was just about to ask people to drink soda as usual, but suddenly he remembered that the money in other people's pockets was almost too much, so he had to run an errand in frustration.
But Xu Sheng was used to being poor. When he heard that others were planning to treat him to a treat and buy something, he immediately agreed: "Okay, okay, we haven't even drank the soda yet."
Zhang Naoke glanced at Li Shiqiang, who was silent, and then said with a smile: "Just wait, I'll buy you soda."
Then, Li Shiqiang also followed.
On both sides of the theater, there are posters and comment boards on one side, and there are places to sell tickets and soda drinks on the other.
Li Shiqiang first went to look at the place where the posters were hanging. After finding that the "Trill of Life" was indeed there, he went to the other side to buy tickets.
I just made so much money, I definitely can't let Zhang Naohei treat it all by himself.
Four movie tickets cost one dime and two cents each, six cents for student tickets.
Each movie ticket is a strip two fingers wide, and the seats are assigned by odd and even numbers. To enter, you have to queue up from the odd and even numbered entrances on both sides.
After Li Shiqiang took the movie tickets he bought, Zhang Naoke came over with four bottles of opened soda.
There are only orange soda and Emei Ice Factory stickers on the soda, simple.
But as soon as they got it, several people couldn't wait to take a few bites.
"So sweet."
Huang Yun happily held the bottle with both hands, with an expression on her face that she wanted to drink but was reluctant to drink.
Li Shiqiang looked at it and smiled slightly, and said proudly: "You can drink it if you want, and I will buy it for you after you finish it!"
"No need, Brother Qiang. I brought money today."
Huang Yun touched a dollar in her pocket. This was the money she had saved on weekdays, and she brought it out specially today.
But Li Shiqiang was reluctant to let her spend money and waved: "Let's go, the movie has started, let's line up and go in."
