Reborn in Changbai Mountain, I rely on my divine eyes to dig ginseng and hunt

I thought it was about to be dug out, but who would have thought there was still half a meter deep underneath. A root as thick as a ballpoint pen core was deeply embedded in the black soil. It couldn't be pulled out by force, as if it was broken, it would have a big impact on the price of the ginseng.

Half an hour later, Liu Xia Lian and Li Damei slowly lifted up a huge ginseng with their hands.

Li Hu gave a thumbs up and praised: "This ginseng is very good, it is at least two hundred years old."

"Of course not. Two hundred years is no problem."

This is a way of currying favor with the mountain herders. If you dig up a good ginseng, you must not disparage it, because ginseng in a high age is already considered a rare treasure. Saying that it is good does not necessarily mean it is really good, but saying that it is bad may mean it is really bad.

In fact, according to Liu Xia Lian's estimation, this tree is only about eighty or two hundred years old, which is very rare.

The ginseng was put into a wooden box, tied up with a strap, and carried by Daya.

Zhao Hua and Li Hu began to backfill the ginseng pit. The fibrous roots of this ginseng plant were nearly one meter deep. If such a deep pit was not backfilled, water would accumulate in the rainy season. Once the wormwood grew on the edge of the pit, it would cover the pit. People who were traveling in the mountains or other small animals would accidentally fall into it, so backfilling was necessary.

Finally, Liu Xia Lian scattered more than a dozen seeds in the soil, and whether they could grow or not depended on themselves.

It’s getting late, and the journey back will probably take more than an hour.

Liu Xia Lian arranged: "Let's go back. Today's harvest is enough. Come back tomorrow morning."

We started to sweep along the way, black fungus, pine mushrooms, matsutake, ganoderma, these fungi filled a large basket, and root and tuber medicinal materials such as adenophora, salvia miltiorrhiza, platycodon, plantain, and dandelion filled another basket.

Daya made a new discovery in the bushes, a section of tree trunk, about two meters long, covered with densely packed wood ear fungus.

"Sister, look what I found, this dead tree trunk is full of fungus.

Liu Xialian shook her head: "They are too small. They have just grown out. We can't pick them. It will take at least another month."

Daya had no choice but to put the trunk down. Erya beside her laughed and said, "Haha, you are so stupid. Why don't you just carry the trunk home and wait a month before picking the fruits?"

Daya slapped her head and said, "Yeah, why am I not as smart as Erya today? Carry it back."

"It's easy to carry it back, but you have to spray water twice a day. Can you two do it?"

Arya nodded: "Yes, I can do it, don't worry, put this fungus tree in my yard."

They say they don't hunt, but they can't stop wild boars from charging at their guns.

A group of people were collecting salvia miltiorrhiza when suddenly four hunting dogs rushed over barking. It turned out to be a wild boar weighing more than 100 kilograms.

Zhao Hua asked: "Xia Lian, do you want to fight this wild boar?"

"Fight! This place is so close to the farmland. It will harm the crops. Fight now."

Zhao Hua took a short spear from Arya and rushed forward following the hound.

A wild boar weighing over 100 pounds is considered a sub-adult, and its fangs have not yet grown. Dahuang bit its ear, and Zhao Hua's two hunting dogs bit its tail. As for Xiaohei from Damei's family, it only dared to stand by and cheer.

Dahua was trying to strangle the wild boar, but Zhao Hua found the right moment and hit the wild boar's neck with his short spear. Before he could pull the spear out, blood spurted all over the ground. A few minutes later, the wild boar fell to the ground.

Zhao Hua carried a wild boar, Erya carried a basket of mushrooms, and Li Hu carried a basket of ordinary medicinal herbs. The group of seven quickly rushed towards Heixiaziling Village.

Not far ahead, we met a group of women who were looking for food in the mountains. There were six of them in total. They only had two hunting rifles with them. They should be from the village of Heixiaziling.

The team was led by a woman in her fifties, who was quite strong and looked at Liu Xia Lian and the others suspiciously.

Liu Xialian greeted: "Aunt, I'm working in the mountains too, how's the harvest?"

The woman pointed to the basket on her back and said, "Not bad. Each person has a basket with everything. We can divide it up when we get back. How about you?"

"What a great harvest! A wild boar, a basket of mushrooms, a basket of medicinal herbs, and a tree trunk covered with fungus."

The two sides laughed at each other, then separated and went their separate ways.

Li Damei suddenly understood why Liu Xia Lian wanted to bring some ordinary goods, so that she could make a poor showing when she met other mountain-herding teams.

Sure enough, after Liu Xialian and the others came over, the women in the group behind them were laughing: "It's so funny. Seven people picked two baskets of goods, and there was a thief carrying a dead trunk of a fungus tree. Even if that thing grows into a mature one, how much money can it be worth?"

Most of the villagers are simple and honest, but a few are not like that. They dislike the poor and hate the rich.

When he returned to the village, Daqiangzi's mother was receiving goods, and two women came to sell goods.

Seeing Liu Xialian coming, he quickly asked, "Did you get any valuable goods?"

"There must be a lot of stuff. There are several ginseng roots that are more than ten years old, and a lot of Adenophora scutellariae. But there are really bears in the deep mountains, so we must ask the villagers to pay more attention to safety."

"Don't worry, we are all traveling in groups, and we have to bring at least two hunting rifles. The horses are all fed. In addition to the hay you brought, I also fed them a lot of peanut seedlings and clean water."

"Thank you, Auntie. We had a good harvest today. Two baskets of mushrooms and herbs, and a wild boar. I'll bring you a piece of pork when I come over tomorrow."

Daqiangzi's mother said, "You are so polite. We are all family, we shouldn't be so polite. Why don't you stay here instead of going back today?"

Liu Xialian said: "No, the weather is hot now, and the wild boar will rot if it is not handled."

"Okay, then I won't keep you here."

Zhao Hua's carriage was a pair of two large carriages, leading the way. Liu Xialian's carriage was a single large black mule, and was a little slower.

It was already past seven o'clock in the evening when the carriage returned to Lijiatun after traveling dozens of miles. The power of horses could never be compared with that of machines, and was ultimately much slower.

When everyone came back, Sister Guilan had already finished her meal and was ready to rest. Seeing everyone coming back, she fried two more dishes and made a pot of corn porridge.

Zhao Hua, Zhao Yong, and Li Hu moved to the greenhouse caretaker's room. There are now 30 vegetable greenhouses in total, and the caretaker has increased from the original two to four. The main reason is that there are many tomatoes, melons, watermelons and other things in them, which are very attractive. If you really want to eat them, you can pick a few, but there are too many people in the village, and there are bad seeds, eating, taking and destroying them. Someone has to be on duty day and night, which stopped the bad guys from thinking about it.

Li Damei, Liu Xialian, Daya and Erya all went to stay at Damei's house today.

His house was less than twice a month because all the forest farm workers found new ways out. Damei's father was no exception. He used his connections to get a job at the county tobacco factory. The salary was only fifty yuan a head, but the benefits were good, and each person had ten packs of cigarettes per month. You have to know that cigarettes were hard currency in that era and could be directly exchanged for money.

While sweeping the dust, he sighed: "It's been more than a month since I came back. It's so dirty now."

"When you settle down in the city, this place will become your hometown. There will be fewer and fewer young people in the village. I hope the kimchi factory will develop soon, and then the countryside can prosper for another 20 years."

Arya scratched her head: "Why twenty years?"

After the last lesson, Liu Xia Lian no longer dares to speak carelessly.

"I feel that with the outflow of rural population, the countryside may become hollowed out in 20 years."