In the following days, Jinghan and the others went to see the insects every morning. Sometimes, Jinghan even took a big scissor, cut off the branches that had gathered too densely, and then moved them to other trees. In this way, they would not die without food because they were too dense.

Jingwan is always far away, and she is a little afraid of these insects. However, Jingxian is not afraid. She dares to cut branches with Jinghan. After seeing these insects, Jinghan and the others went to dig Gastrodia elata. There are really a lot of Gastrodia elata in this forest, and they can dig twenty or thirty kilograms every day.

They didn't go to the forest that day, but went to the old forest in the south. While walking, Jinghan saw a few bright mushrooms growing on the pouring wood next to him. The mushrooms were light pink and grew into large areas, which looked very beautiful. "Oh, it's a tree chicken mushroom. I met a good thing today." Jinghan shouted.

Most mushrooms are more toxic as they are, but this tree chicken mushroom is different. This tree chicken mushroom grows very brightly, but it can be eaten and tastes very delicious. This thing grows very fast. When you see it today, it is a little bigger than the fingernails, and tomorrow it will grow bigger than an adult's slap. Therefore, it must be picked in time, otherwise it will grow old. Once this thing grows old, it will be as hard as wood, and it will not be eaten.

Jinghan quickly stepped forward and looked. After pinching it with his hands, the main body of the mushroom was still quite tender. He quickly broke off the mushroom and put it in the basket. Jinghan broke off the tree chicken mushroom that had several pieces of growing on the poured wood. "Today, we will eat tree chicken mushrooms and stir-fry leeks. It just so happened that our family also has leeks this year." The tree chicken mushroom stir-fry leeks are extremely delicious and a special delicacy in the Changbai Mountain area.

Wenxuan and the others had never seen this tree chicken and mushroom, but they believed in Jinghan. As long as Jinghan said he could eat it, he could eat it. Everyone continued to walk forward and looked for Gastrodia elata.

At noon, the children returned to the venue. "Grandma, we met the tree chicken mushroom today. Can we stir-fry the tree chicken mushroom today?" Jinghan took out the mushrooms he picked and asked Chen.

"Oh, this is something that is rare. Okay, I'll go and cut some leeks and eat tree chicken mushrooms and stir-fry leeks at noon." Chen of course knew this kind of mushroom, so he quickly took a sickle and went to the vegetable field to cut leeks.

Jinghan picked off the leaves and branches on the mushrooms, washed them with water and gave them to Xue. The mushrooms were cut into pieces, and then blanched them in hot water to remove them. Jingwan and Chen picked up the leeks and washed them. Xue also cut them, and kept them for stir-frying for a while.

This tree chicken and mushroom stir-fry leeks is very simple. Just put two dishes into the pot and fry them. However, the heat here must be done by people who often cook. Xue's cooking expert is a master, so this thing is naturally not a problem for her. After a few moments of stir-frying the dishes, a fragrance wafted out of the kitchen. Jinghan sniffed, and it turned out that it was really fragrant.

Lunch is like cakes, small porridge, and of course the vegetables are freshly fried tree chicken, mushrooms, leeks, and other cabbage, cucumbers, etc. Add a bowl of big sauce, and this is a meal.

Zhixin and the others went to the ginseng field to pull weeds, and now they all came back. Chen quickly asked them to wash their hands and then have a good meal. Everyone sat at the table. The old man saw the dishes on the table, "Oh, there are still good things. Come to Zhixin, let's have dinner soon. There are still chicken and mushrooms in this afternoon. Everyone comes to try it. It's rare to meet this thing." The old man picked up a chopstick and put it in his mouth, "Well, the taste is good, this taste is really fresh."

Everyone also moved their chopsticks and went to taste the tree chicken and mushrooms. Fortunately, there are a lot of tree chicken and mushrooms today, which is enough to eat. The children all love to eat. When Xue and Zhu saw it, they only ate two chopsticks and left it to the children.

"It would be great if this tree chicken and mushroom could be found frequently." Wenchang said while eating.

The old man laughed as soon as he heard this, "Wenchang, this thing is not something you can get often. There are many on the mountain, but this thing grows fast. Today you see it grows small, but when you go to see it tomorrow, you may get older. It's really luck that you can meet so many old-age tree chicken mushrooms." The old man told the children about tree chicken mushrooms. "Talk about it, there are really many delicious mushrooms in our mountain, you are like elm yellow mushrooms,

There are quite a lot of tree chicken mushrooms and monkey-headed mushrooms. The elm yelm mushrooms taste very fresh, but they cannot be dried. A large basket can be dried with a small handful, and it tastes bad once they are dried. Monkey-headed mushrooms can be dried, but there are too few, so it is good to meet a few a year. Not to mention tree chicken mushrooms, the time is short, and when they get old, they will be like wood and cannot be eaten. Oh, it would be great if these mushrooms could be more," the old man sighed.

When Jinghan heard this, she felt aroused. Yes, why did she forget this? In her previous life, weren’t mushrooms artificially grown? Now they are on the mountain, but they don’t lack wood. As long as they can get bacteria and plant them on wood, isn’t it the same as wild? By the way, she should think about this. These mushrooms are delicious and nutritious, and are all rare good things. People here usually use them to give away people, which is very popular. If they can be planted, they should be very good, right? Jinghan feels that she has found a good way.

You can't be too anxious about this. You have to do it little by little. You have to cultivate the strains first. Jinghan had a plan in his mind and began to slowly figure out how to plant this mushroom.

Although I had the intention to cultivate mushrooms manually, this was not something that could be done in a hurry, so Jinghan still did whatever he should do every day. He still went to see the insects in the morning and then went to the forest to pick herbs during the day. Wenchang went to the town with Zhiming every morning to sell fish and cigars. Sometimes, they would pick up wild animals in traps. In the summer, they would break if they couldn't eat them, so they would usually be sold to the town.

There is no end to the work in the ginseng field. This year, Zhixin and the old man discussed it and needed thirty feet of ginseng soil. This way, all the ginseng seeds that were blocked last year can be sprinkled on it. If it develops slowly in the future, many sticks can be planted. These ginseng seeds cannot be produced by scattering directly in the field, but must be fermented before they can be opened. Only when the ginseng seeds are sprinkled on the ground can they emerge.

The process of fermenting ginseng seeds in advance and opening them is called ginseng seeds. ginseng seeds are divided into dried seeds and water seeds. The dried seeds are usually in June. Find a place in the field, tamp the bottom with loess, then lay a thin cloth, and then spread a mixture of sand and black soil. The ginseng seeds are naturally dried last year. Soak them in water and mix them into the sand and soil, and cover them with a layer of soil. Finally, a shed should be built on this piece of land to prevent rainwater from falling into it and causing ginseng seeds to rot.

The water seeds are basically the same. The only difference is that the ginseng seeds picked in that year are directly mixed with soil for fermentation, and then sprinkled in autumn. Compared with water seeds, the germination rate of dry seeds is better and the seedlings are also equal. Water seeds are prone to mold and seedlings are prone to irregularity. Many will only appear in the third year after the seeds are sprinkled. Therefore, if ordinary people are not in a hurry to use ginseng seeds, they will dry them and hang them on the beams, and wait until the dry seeds are produced in the second year.

The Xu family made a lot of ginseng seeds last year, but this year they had to use fifteen zhang ginseng soil just to sprinkle seeds. So this year the place where ginseng seeds is produced is much larger than in previous years. A wooden shed was made on it, and there was still grass covered with it, so they were afraid that rain would fall into it.

Village Chief Zhou had already taken the villagers to divide the ginseng soil. During this time, Zhixin and Zhiming were busy digging the ginseng soil. Because Zhiming had to go to the town every day, and this year it was ten feet more, the ginseng soil was slower. Fortunately, with the wide pickaxe, it was better than in previous years. The work of digging soil was tiring, so Chen asked Zhiming and others to buy some meat often, and the food was good.

At the beginning of this spring, Chen caught two piglets, and now they are half-grown. Every day, Jinghan and the others are responsible for making some pig grass, mixing some corn navels, bean wool, acorns and other things to come out. The two piglets are so happy. The goose at home have become more than fifty. Chen has a special skill, which is to hatch chickens and gooses on the kang. This year, she specially kept about sixty goose eggs and hatched fifty, which is not bad. Now these gooses have just been shelled for a long time, and they are swaying and fun. So the children have a more work, which is to pick some chard vegetables, mother-in-law's dice every day, and then chop them up and feed them to the gooses. These two things are medicinal materials, which can be used to kill fire and sterilize them. The goose is very good to eat.

As the days passed day by day, the insects that Jinghan was looking forward to actually formed cocoons. Looking at the rolled leaves on the oak tree, Jinghan felt so happy. The tusser silkworms spent the winter with pupa, so Jinghan cut all the cocoons with scissors and leaves, and then put them in a cool place. As long as the temperature is not enough, the cocoons will not move and will remain like this until next spring.

Jinghan carefully stored the cocoons, and his family naturally saw it. He asked what it was. Jinghan told them that this was a kind of silkworm that could extract silk. Just like the mulberry silkworm raised in the south, it was just that this kind of silkworm eats oak leaves and is stocked in the wild. Of course, Jinghan couldn't say that this was known by himself, so he had to say that he went to the town once and heard someone say it.
Chapter completed!