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As the weather got warmer, the thorn roses on the mountain began to bloom, and more and more people came here to help Lao Zhou pick the thorn roses.

Generally, city dwellers who come here every year to participate in picking thorn roses make an appointment through the Internet. Lao Zhou will release some places in Luo Xingyou's online store from time to time according to the blooming conditions of the thorn roses on his own mountain. Office workers People can make an appointment in advance through this online shop, and then slowly arrange leave matters.

Some young people with relatively free working hours, or some retirees, often stay for one or two months at a time, and some even stay in Niuwangzhuang for half a year every year. Live in the courtyard of the stilted building on the mountain.

Although wild rose essential oil is expensive, because the petals of this flower are very thin and the oil yield is quite low, every small bottle of wild rose essential oil requires a lot of human labor to obtain.

In Niuwangzhuang, on the dirt road built along the thorn rose belt, you can see buffaloes coming and going with baskets woven from packing belts every day. A group, in addition to driving cattle, they are also responsible for harvesting flowers and helping each picker to record the results of their labor.

Relatively speaking, although those Damascus roses are more troublesome in planting and maintenance, they save a lot of trouble when harvesting, because this kind of roses will not bear fruit, so there is no need to consider the issue of fruit retention, and you don’t have to just pick them like thorn roses. Petals, it can be picked whole.

During the flowering period of Damascus roses, on the side of the courtyard, every night, the personnel responsible for picking flowers in the next morning will be arranged in advance. When the morning dew on the flowers has not yet dried up, the flowers of the day are picked and transported back to the courtyard for refining in time.

In addition to refining essential oils and pure dew, some scented tea will also be processed. In addition, Ma Congrong and Duan Jiashu will also need some fresh roses for food or decoration.

In this matter, Duan Jiashu has no advantage. His clubhouse is too far away from Niuwangzhuang, and the freshness will inevitably be discounted after being transported thousands of miles away. Since the middle and late ten days, their restaurant has successively launched several rose dishes. It is said that the business is very good, and the sales are limited every day.

In addition to Ma Congrong and Duan Jiashu, Tongcheng Chen's Old Restaurant also sells Niuwangzhuang products, but Chen Fuhan only wants seasonal products, and the variety is relatively simple.

Like these days, the loofahs on Niuwangzhuang grow much more, they want loofahs, and the store also launched a loofah tofu soup, white tofu and green loofahs, the soup is clear and sweet, add some beef The sweet peppers produced in Wangzhuang enhance the taste, and the taste is undeniable.

The old restaurant of the Chen family sells things cheaply. A small bowl of soup like this only costs [-] yuan, and a bowl of white rice costs [-] yuan. A meal is only [-] yuan, because they The food at home is delicious and cheap, so the business is naturally very good. There are not enough seats in the store, so a lot of tables and chairs are placed on the street outside the store. The traffic on the street has increased a lot.

Those who come here to eat include nearby residents, bosses and salespersons in surrounding shops, and some office workers who are far or near.

At around [-] noon that day, when the business of Chen's old restaurant was just right, a few friends from the Tongcheng Forum went to eat at their place together. Most of this group of people were young men and women. Those who work nearby, including two children, are still carrying schoolbags.

The line in front of the old Chen family restaurant was very long, and they were already used to this kind of situation. They moved forward slowly with the flow of people at the back of the line. After a while, the line behind them lined up again. I went to the old man.

"Wen Jun, we are going to Niuwangzhuang this weekend, will your father go?" A young man among these people asked the older child.

"My dad has been busy recently, so he can't go." The child replied.

"Then you brothers, come with us. What are you doing at home? Your father is not at home, and there is no one to cook for you." The woman in a suit and short skirt behind them said.

"I'll go back and ask my dad," said the child.

"Okay, go back and ask your dad." The suit and skirt smiled.

She is in her late thirties, and she is still single. She doesn't have any thoughts about being single, but sometimes she looks at other people's children who are so cute and sensible, and she inevitably feels a little envious in her heart.

It was not easy for Zhu Wenjun and his family. They used to be a good family of four, but a car accident a few years ago caused the mother of the two children to become a vegetative state and was lying in the hospital all the time.

The father of these two children is an old man in the Tongcheng forum. Since that incident, he has basically stopped bubbling.It is said that he was decadent for a while, but then he managed to pull himself together. He was trying his best to make money. His wife's hospitalization expenses, medical expenses, and the expenses of hiring someone to take care of him made a lot of money in a year. His two sons also spent a day. When I grow up one day, I will go to high school and university in the future, and the tuition and living expenses will not be less.

These two brothers are also very sensible. One is nine years old and the other is seven years old. I heard that they can do housework by themselves.

Some acquaintances in the forum also help if they can. Those who are close to each other will take the two brothers to have lunch together at noon, and sometimes take them to Niuwangzhuang. The pair of brothers went with their uncles and aunts, and later his father went with them a few times when he had time, not many times, and occasionally when he was free, he had to go to the hospital to see his wife.

This group of people said this at one time or another, and it will be their turn soon. Most of the people who ate at the old Chen family restaurant recently ordered a loofah tofu soup and a rice, so the cooking speed is also slow. very fast.

Several people approached and saw Chen Fuhan waving a large spoon to make soup into the white porcelain bowls one by one.

"Master Chen, why did you do it yourself today, how about the apprentices?" These people also knew Chen Fuhan quite well, so they asked.

"They're all peeling loofahs in the back. I'm busy, so I call them over to help." Chen Fuhan didn't ask what they wanted, and put a bowl of loofah tofu soup and a bowl of rice on the tray, and then pushed them in front of them.

"Master Chen, we have been eating this loofah soup for a while, when will we change the dishes?" These people asked again while paying.

"When you went to Niuwangzhuang recently, help me take a look. What's there recently?" This loofah tofu soup has been sold for a while, not to mention customers, even his apprentices have opinions Yes, I said that I only cook one dish all the time, which is very boring.

"Okay, let's take a good look at Niuwangzhuang this time." They only go to Niuwangzhuang once or twice a month, but they come to the old restaurant of the Chen family almost every day.

When the weekend came, these people set off for Niuwangzhuang on Friday evening without waiting for Saturday, and the Wenjun brothers also went with them.

When their car drove up to Niuwangzhuang, it was after seven o'clock in the evening, which was the bustling time in Niuwangzhuang.During the day, everyone works on the hilltop, and at night they all go to bed early, and it is only when eating and enjoying the shade at night that the courtyard is the busiest.

When their car passed by the promenade, they saw a lot of people huddling around there. It was a bit different from the usual leisurely atmosphere, so except for one driver who needed to find a place to park, everyone else went down to watch the excitement. .

Squeezing into the crowd, I saw a few old men sitting against the wall, and there were a few white porcelain plates in front of them. The things in the plates looked like Chinese medicinal materials, and some plates contained food. , things like candied tofu.

"Do you understand, which one to choose?" At this time, an old man urged the young man in front of him. The young man was worrying about the two dishes between them. All the plates are filled with Coptis chinensis, but the appearance is slightly different.

"This." The young man hesitated again and again, and finally pointed to the uglier-looking coptis on the right.

"Wrong! Haha, young man, the uglier the medicinal material is, the better it is. You see this looks better, and you think it must be grown with chemical fertilizers and pesticides? This is the real top-grade Coptis chinensis, this small piece, look If you don’t have it, it’s worth tens of dollars. As for the one you chose, ten dollars is enough to buy this dish. That’s fine, I’ll accept this dish of dried tofu.” The old man was very happy and accepted it with a laugh. Put down a plate of dried tofu from the opponent, and put it under the wall next to you. There are already many plates in that place at this time.

"Is there anything else to play? It's a fool's errand. Three correct guesses guarantee the capital, four correct guesses pay double, and five correct guesses pay twice." The young man stepped aside, and the old men started yelling again. stand up.

"Okay! You actually set up a game with me!" At this time, Lao Zhou also came over.

"What's a gamble? It's a quiz with a prize," the old men said indifferently.

"No, it would be nice to learn about Chinese herbal medicine." The person who spoke was Lu Qihu.

Before Lao Zhou asked Lu Qihu to find sources of goods from the Internet. Although they had explained that as long as the medicinal materials were good, there were still many people with the mentality of cheating if they could, and either sent them some samples that were obviously not of good quality, or later The quality of the shipment is not the same as the sample.

At the beginning, Lu Qihu was also hard-pressed by these people. Even though he has piercing eyes and there are a few doctors in the medical clinic to help him, he is not afraid of being cheated, but he still finds it very troublesome. Just run up and down, but just can't do anything to those people.

But after a long time, he gradually got used to it. Anyway, Lao Zhou didn't say how soon he must stabilize the supply of goods, nor asked him to screen out how many sources of goods, just look at them one by one slowly.

As for the bad medicinal materials received, the medical center will basically keep samples, mainly for the apprentices to identify and study, but now they have found a new use, Martin Liang was shopping two days ago When they were in the clinic, they said that there would be a lot of people at Niuwang Village on weekends, and they could use these medicinal materials to set up a stall in the courtyard and win some appetizers. All the old men thought this idea was very good, so they came here tonight up.

"How do you guess?" Lao Zhou asked them.

"A total of five kinds of Chinese herbal medicines, in duplicate, you can guess which one is good and which one is bad. If you guess three times, you will be guaranteed, if you guess four times, you will pay double, if you guess five times, you will pay twice. If you don’t want to play big ones, just a plate of dried tofu, of course, if you want other good things, you can also bring them out, we will accompany you.” Lu Qihu said.

"Everyone can only play once." Li Xiangqun added from the side.

"What about Lao Zhou, do you want to play?" asked the onlookers.

"You guys play first, I'll take a look." Lao Zhou planned to watch from the side first to gain some experience.

"Hey, what are you looking at, just go up and play, why can't you afford to lose with a plate of dried tofu?" Everyone booed again and again.

"You are only allowed to play once. If you lose, you have no chance to make money." This is not just a matter of a stack of dried beans, but also affects the mood.

"There will be more tomorrow night, you can come back then." Wang Chengfeng said.This guy stayed in Buffalo Town because he lost to Houwazi at chess, but looking at it now, it seems that he is a bit reluctant to leave.

"Then shall we come and play for a while?" Romon asked Xiao Shulin beside him.

"Go ahead and play, I'll go buy dried beans." Xiao Shulin said.

"Buy two more copies, and you and Houwazi will have fun too." Lao Zhou felt that if he lost, Houwazi might be able to help him win back the dried beans. Xiao Shulin seemed to have no hope, this guy was just like him, yes I didn't care much about Chinese herbal medicines.

After Luo Meng sat down, Wang Chengfeng immediately put two plates of medicinal materials in front of them, and Luo Meng frowned: "What kind of medicinal materials are these?"

"Houpu." Wang Chengfeng said with a grin, it seems that this old Zhou really doesn't understand medicinal materials at all.

Luo Meng carefully identified the two Magnolia officinalis in front of him. They were both bark-like medicinal materials. One looked thicker and the other looked thinner. Picking up the plate and smelling it, the thinner That dish has a slightly stronger taste.

Just as Luo Meng wanted to say that the medicinal material was good, he picked up the plate and smelled it, and found that although the medicinal material smelled strong, it was a bit mixed. Unnaturally, Lao Zhou put down the plate in his hand and pushed the other plate forward: "This."

"Are you a dog's nose?" Wang Chengfeng didn't believe in evil, and immediately placed two more plates in front of him.

This time, Lao Zhou didn't guess right. He happened to guess three of the last five types of Chinese herbal medicines correctly.

"Come back tomorrow, I'll bring you some difficult guesses tomorrow." Wang Chengfeng said.In fact, it was already a little difficult for him to identify the ones for Romon today, because Niuwangzhuang is all amateurs, and they didn't bring the ones that were really difficult to identify today.

"Okay, let's play another round tomorrow." Old Zhou agreed very readily.

After Luo Meng stood up, Xiao Shulin sat down. He guessed the first four, but he got three right. The last one is the key. If he guesses right, he can win a plate of dried tofu.

Xiao Shulin turned to look at Luo Meng. At this moment, Luo Meng squatted aside and looked at the two plates of herbs for a long time. Seeing Xiao Shulin looking at him, he raised his right hand and scratched the back of his neck.

"What's wrong with your neck, do you want me to cure it for you?" The white old man slapped Romon on the forehead.

"Hiss!" Romon grinned in pain, the white old man's skill is extraordinary, this slap really hurts: "I broke my head with such force."

"It's good to break it. If you don't learn it well, you will learn how to cheat."

"Who cheated?"

"Let's call Lao Chang over tomorrow, and you can try some tricks in front of him?"

"Who made a small move."

"Then what are you scratching for?"

"I just have an itchy neck..."