Grasp the farming script in the famous book

What does the red pine on the reminder card remind people of?

Due to his professional background, Roland naturally thought of the rare fungi produced in the pine forest.

Matsutake and truffle, these two rare fungi have always been expensive and delicious ingredients.

For a long time, humans have not been able to tame them and cannot breed them artificially.

But in the 22nd century, Roland's era, humans have achieved semi-artificial breeding of these two rare strains - as long as they find an environment suitable for their growth, they can breed there and form a stable output.

In the process of humans discovering and taming these two delicacies, animals have played a vital role - French and Italian "truffle hunters" need animals most during the truffle harvest season - usually hunting dogs and sows.

So when Roland went to explore his forest for the first time, he took her agent cat with him.

Luna protested: "I'm your agent, you can't let me do the work that pigs or dogs can do for you!"

Roland grinned: "When I was in the 'Farming Plane' before, who always said that they wanted to fight in person to help me?"

When Roland participated in the "Farming Around the World" competition, Luna could only watch from outside the plane.Every time I feel that her "agent" can only worry about the players outside the court.

The little black-and-white flower waved its paws and protested fiercely: "But I'm a house cat now, and I don't have the skills of a sow or a hound?"

"But you must have a better sense of smell than mine, don't you?"

"The producer gave me a cue card about the pine forest and sent you to me in the form of a cat—do you think this is a coincidence?"

Luna stopped waving her paw: Roland's words, she realized with dismay, were irrefutable.

The players under his command are both smart and strong, and Luna is also helpless.

"Just so, a walk in the woods will help you stay in shape."

With these words, Roland completely dispelled Luna's hesitation - no matter how beautiful the cat is, it will turn into a fat cat!

It is autumn in the plane, which happens to be the matsutake season, and the truffle season is usually from November to February of the next year, so we have to wait for a while.

According to the information provided by the map of the plane, Roland entered the woods of the Bennett family and put Luna down.

Luna was like a kitten brought out for a "walk" by its owner, walking around Roland all the time.It quickly stopped at the foot of a tall red pine, squatted gracefully, with its black tail behind it, and called softly: "Meow——"

Roland walked over quickly, and she was holding a wooden shovel in her hand, which she had brought out from the barn earlier.

She knew that Luna had already relied on her cat's instinct to smell the unusual fragrance in the air.

Roland judged the direction of the root system of the red pine, and then followed Luna's instructions, and began to carefully push away a piece of humus at the foot of the red pine.

"Look--"

Under the soft humus soil, three antler-shaped matsutake appeared in front of Roland and Luna.

Roland stretched out his hand, Luna raised her paw, and the two clapped "palms".

Roland carefully dug out two of the three mushrooms: these two mushrooms have not yet "opened their umbrellas", and their quality and umami taste are excellent.

The other matsutake had split into an umbrella shape, and its appearance and taste were slightly inferior.Roland left it here and carefully covered it with humus.

After finishing all this, she stood up, peeled off a small piece of bark from the surface of the red pine tree, and made a mark——

She left a whole matsutake here.

When this matsutake fully "opens its umbrella", it will emit about [-] spores to its surrounding environment.When these spores encounter a suitable environment, they will take root again. After the baptism of the spring rain in the next year, the nourishment of the soil and the roots of the Korean pine, new hyphae will start to grow.

As a "farmer" who respects nature, Roland will never do anything like fishing in the middle of nowhere.

In this way, after one or two years, there will be new matsutake available for picking near this red pine.

Soon, Roland and the manager cat Luna teamed up and found a lot of matsutake in the woods.

Roland didn't pick a lot of fungi, and spread a shallow layer on the bottom of the basket.

Luna suddenly smelled something strange, lowered her head and sniffed hard on the ground for a while, then suddenly sat down on her buttocks, turning her head away in disgust.

"What a strange smell!—like spoiled cheese."

Roland stood in front of Luna, looking at a small Chinese pine in surprise.

This Chinese pine tree seems to be "evil", and the surrounding area is still green, but this Chinese pine tree is a little wilted, and the weeds protruding from the surrounding soil are also a little withered and yellow.

"what--"

Roland suddenly remembered something, reached out and hugged her agent cat, and said with great joy:

"Go - there will be times when you will be needed in the future."

She knew what the oil pine was growing.

Truffle, this kind of fungus with ugly appearance and quite "magical" fragrance, has a nickname called "Daughter of Lightning", which means that in the place where the truffle grows, the surrounding plants will dry up, just like Like being struck by lightning.

Although it is not as exaggerated as the proverb "a truffle lives, no grass grows", but this phenomenon did help Roland confirm one point: the pine forest in her family is indeed a natural treasure house, with an environment for the growth of rare edible fungi.

And she has the technology to make these two precious ingredients grow stably.

It’s not quite truffle season yet, but it’s not far off.

Satisfied, Roland walked slowly towards Longborn with the basket in one hand and the cat in the other.

Back home, it was getting dark.

Mrs. Hill did not stand at the door to criticize her late return. On the contrary, there was a lot of trouble in the kitchen.

The appearance of Roland happened to save a precarious dinner at the Bennett family.

But the matsutake she picked was recognized by Sir Lucas as a truffle, which surprised Roland.

"Kitchen Disturbance" has a follow-up, that is, Mrs. Foden, the cook, formally proposes that she wants a helper.

Roland decisively recommended Thomas Barry's daughter Betty.

Mrs. Foden asked Betty to help in the kitchen for two days. She felt that the little girl was diligent and clever, so she nodded.

From then on, Betty became the official helper of the Bennett family, receiving a salary every month.Although her salary was only ten shillings, the Barry family was extremely satisfied.

Thomas specifically found Roland, expressed his gratitude to the little lady, and agreed to Roland's request without hesitation: During the winter slack season, he would find a way to help Roland expand another chicken coop at the barn.

The next day the five Bennet ladies set off for Meryton together.

Meryton is the nearest town to Longbourne.Mrs. Bennet's sister, the ladies' Aunt Phillips, lived in the town.

The ladies of the Bennet family were very fond of visiting their aunts.

Roland also thought that Aunt Phillips was very kind and caring for the sisters-but she talked too much.

At the dinner table at the aunt's house, the lawyer's wife asked Jane curiously:

"I heard that truffles are grown in your pine forest?"

Roland was struggling with the large boiled potatoes on the table at his aunt's house. Hearing Aunt Phillips' question, he couldn't help but raise his head.

"Hey, Sir Lucas has boasted for your family once."

Roland lowered his head and continued to mash the potatoes with a spoon, but secretly sighed in his heart——

She originally thought that most of the stories in the "Plane of Famous Works" took place in the 89s, an era when communication methods were not yet well-developed.

No one here shares their status on social media, and no one goes to famous restaurants or scenic spots to "check in"; people here only see each other once or twice a week, even if they live only a few miles apart. Communication is mainly by writing letters.

So she was surprised that gossip about "truffles" growing in the Bennett's woods had reached Meryton in such a short time—

And judging by Mrs. Phillips' appearance, the news has already spread throughout Meryton.

On Jane's side, Mrs. Hill and the cook have clarified that the appetizer they used to entertain the Lucas family that day was a wild mushroom called "matsutake", which was somewhat different from "truffle".

She explained it to her aunt in a gentle voice, but Aunt Phillips looked at Jane suspiciously.

"Sir Lucas said that he had tasted French black truffles when he had an audience with the king, and that was exactly what he ate at Longborn that day."

Roland, who was listening, was sweating on the back of his head: Sir Lucas...does he really know what he is eating?

"Jane, I've heard that the truffles produced in France and Italy are already very expensive. Once you cross the strait, the price will double again."

Mrs. Phillips's eyes were so bright that she almost wrote "Niece and your family are going to get rich" on her face.

Jane smiled lightly, and turned to Roland who was concentrating on mashing potatoes: "Lydia picked up a few matsutake flowers in the woods that day by mistake... I don't know if I can pick them up again next time." caught."

"No matter how expensive the 'black truffle' is, it has nothing to do with our family!"

When Mrs. Phillips heard Jane say this, she thought about it, and immediately let go of the topic resentfully.

The "instigator" Roland did not speak, and finally mashed the potatoes on the plate into a puree, and then poured a spoonful of thick chicken soup on it—"chicken mashed potatoes", an extremely ancient snack in fast food restaurants. She figured it out on her own.

In fact, she listened to what her aunt said verbatim while she was making mashed potatoes.

There was also a market for truffles in England—news that delighted Roland.

The Bennett sisters sitting next to Roland may not be as "philistine" as she is, and they are not interested in money matters.

But Roland came to Meryton today. In addition to visiting her aunt with her sisters, she also wanted to meet Uncle Phillips, who is a lawyer, to learn about the current financial system-ask if she can open an account in the bank in her own name .