After he and his mother-in-law separated, he built a house and stocked a warehouse full of grain and

Li Wu responded loudly.

Thinking about it, Brother Ding has the ability and knows a lot of medicinal materials. Of course, he picks the valuable ones. Medicinal materials like kudzu root are heavy and difficult to dig, and the skin is pitted and difficult to wash after being dug out. It is normal for him to despise it if the money is not high.

But they are different. They have a lot of strength, and there is nothing to do during the slack time. If they have the leisure and strength, if the kudzu roots can be sold for money, they can dig them up and sell them.

Money may not be high for Uncle Ding, but maybe it is worth it for them.

Even if it's not worth the money after asking, it's okay. Anyway, the kudzu is good to eat. If you can't sell it, you can keep it for your own food. After all, anything that can fill your stomach is a good thing.

The man in front became more motivated when he heard that this was a medicinal material that might be sold to make money, and he stretched his neck to see where Fan Xiaoliu was digging.

After one morning, they had some experience in digging kudzu. They followed the vine all the way down, found a nodule as thick as a thumb, and dug down.

The thicker the nodule is, the stronger the kudzu underneath is.

When Zhao Lan and a group of people came up, they saw Fan Xiaoliu digging a hole hard, a very deep hole with something like a tree root in the middle.

The bamboo basket next to it is filled with the same style of different lengths and thicknesses.

"This is kudzu root, so it looks like this."

"It takes a lot of effort to dig, but it's worth the effort."

"Have you ever asked Sister Shui Qing, what are the ways to eat kudzu root?"

"How long can it be stored? How can it be stored so that it doesn't go bad?"

The women looked at each other and soon started talking about how to eat and store the food. When there is a lot of food, it cannot be cleaned all at once, but the water must flow slowly.

Storage is a very important thing, which determines whether the whole family can survive and how well they live during times of crisis.

Shui Qing also took Feng Da, Feng Ermancangmanku and Dani Erni and his party up the mountain to dig kudzu roots.

After the medicinal materials were planted in the field, Feng Dahong and the other men immediately felt much more relaxed. This morning, the five women, Dani and Erni, were on vacation, so they happened to be together.

In the entire Shanshui Village, the kudzu roots on her hilltop were the densest. Before Shuiqing, it was used to prepare for emergencies in disaster years. Later, the food was sufficient and the kudzu roots were difficult to dig. She had given up the idea of ​​digging kudzu roots for rations, but she didn't expect Bai Manshan to do so. Zi brought a total of twenty-three people.

Twenty-three people are in their prime of life and are strong, so there is no need to waste the kudzu on the mountain.

The arrowroot starch she grows has a high starch content. It is dug out and made into arrowroot powder. It is easy to dry and store. It is convenient and filling and can be added to the food reserves.

After Shui Qing told the men how to find kudzu, the men began to search separately. In fact, there was no need to search deliberately, because it was everywhere in the mountains and plains.

After a while, another cheer came, and then another, and one after another.

Shui Qing ignored the man and said to Li Dani and the five women: "The dug kudzu root is the same as the yam and fleece multiflorum. The skin is cleaned first, cut into thick slices and dried in the sun. This is the first method, and the drug store buys it as well. This kind is usually used to make soup and stew medicine. Aunt Ding said that this kind is usually eaten in soup and not in kudzu root;

Another method is to smash the cleaned kudzu root. The more broken it is, the better. Rinse it with clean water, then filter it with gauze. Put the juice left after filtering into a wooden basin and bucket to settle. After a day or two, pour out the top. For sewage, leave the white lumps at the bottom to dry in the sun, wrap them in oil paper and put them away. When eating, take them out and rinse them with boiling water or boil them. "

After Shui Qing finished speaking, he asked a little uneasily: "Do you understand?"

Li Dani said happily: "I understand, it sounds similar to making fern root powder in the past. It is also smashed and soaked. It's just that there is so little of it. Even after more than ten days of exhaustion, you can't get much."

But they still dig and cook every year in Zhuangzi. No matter how little they have, it is still enough food to fill their stomachs.

Zhou Yu asked cautiously: "Madam, you said that the drug store also collects dried kudzu root? What if we sell it?"

This is the owner's mountain. Everything on the mountain belongs to the owner. It can be given to them to eat, but if it is used for other purposes, it must be approved by the owner.

She didn't want to use it for anything else, but when her wife mentioned it, she felt that it would be a loss if it was too valuable to eat in their stomachs.

"Aunt Ding said she would collect it, and sometimes the quantity would be limited. The price is not high. One pound of dried kudzu is only a dozen cents. However, it takes a lot of effort to dig the kudzu root, and it is cumbersome to wash and dry it. She said to carry it all the way. It's better to keep it in Fucheng." Shuiqing thought for a while and said.

Aunt Ding's original words were that she didn't even want to dig!

After all, a pound of rice or white flour only costs about ten yuan. If you dig up kudzu roots and dry them and then carry them to the Fucheng drug store, the shopkeeper may not accept them. Even if you charge a pound, it only costs more than ten yuan. It is barely the same as the price of rice and white flour. What is it worth bothering with? ?

You'll feel full after eating it!

Li Dani, Zhou Yu and the other five people gradually opened their mouths when they heard that a pound was more than ten words.

It's more than a dozen cents, or even better, twelve cents, and you can buy two kilograms of black noodles.

The most important thing is that you don’t need to take care of the kudzu on the mountain. You can dig it out and sell it for more than ten yuan per catty. Where can you find such a good thing?

The five people were deeply moved. They looked at Shui Qing with bright eyes and excitedly persuaded: "Madam, let's sell kudzu root!"

"A pound of more than ten cents, even twelve cents is still a profit! Anyway, they don't have much to do in the off-farm period, so they just use it to dig kudzu, wash, cut and dry it."

"One pound can be exchanged for two pounds of black noodles. We sell what can be sold and we keep what we can't. What a deal."

.....

Shui Qing understood it clearly.

She and Aunt Ding thought it was not a good deal, so they calculated it based on the price of rice and flour.

Dani and the other five people felt that it was extremely cost-effective, because they were converting to black noodles, and then they felt that it was a bit hard and tiring, but it was okay. Time was not valuable anyway, and a profit of more than ten yuan was already considered very good.

"Row."

Shui Qing thought that maybe the old village chief also wanted to try selling it? When I was at work in the afternoon, I told the people at the medicinal shop about the two storage methods of kudzu. That night, people were washing kudzu everywhere in the village.

In late October, the first batch of nine-steamed and nine-sun-dried polygonum multiflorum made from black beans, ginger, and wine was completed. Together with the yam and tangerine peel that had been made for more than a month, they were all packed and ready to be shipped to Fucheng Pharmacy.

There are also kudzu cubes by the way.

Ding Heli and Fan Jin went together to the drugstore to discuss the price with the shopkeeper.

Hu Wenhua picked a day at the end of the month and notified all the men who were going out to prepare in advance.

This time there are also many people in the village preparing to sell kudzu, plus the rabbits are being slaughtered and they are buying lime when they return, so many more vehicles are needed than before.

There are many things and precious medicinal materials, and more than ten men have gone out this time.

The previous few trips back and forth were safe, and everyone did not dare to take it lightly, and everyone prepared carefully.

It’s not the best thing to use, but once you use it, it might save your life!