Chapter 234: Chapter 234
Gong Ruini continuously inspected the nearby dead trees. Although herbs are good, there are actually other good things in the mountains, like black fungus.
Unfortunately, at this time, no one knew that black fungus could be cultivated. People were used to going up the mountains to pick mushrooms and black fungus after the rain.
Gong Ruini had inquired about the market situation of black fungus when she went to the supply and marketing cooperative to sell herbs before.
Although a pound of dried black fungus was only a bit more than one yuan, in this era, a bit more than one yuan was quite valuable, so Gong Ruini decided to pin her hopes of getting rich on black fungus.
If only relying on picking without cultivating black fungus, who knows how long it would take to collect a pound of dried black fungus.
Unfortunately, Gong Ruini had no way to obtain black fungus spores or cultivate them.
Fortunately, Gong Ruini once remembered in a dream that she seemed to have read in a time-travel novel that the protagonist transported dead trees that grew black fungus home, then somehow managed to cultivate the black fungus, mainly by watering them frequently.
Otherwise, why would there be so many mushrooms and black fungus on the mountain after the rain? We can completely cultivate them manually. As for sales, we can sell them to factories by then, earning a lot more money.
"Ni Zi, what are you doing?" Zhao Xuran put the herbs in the basket and found that Gong Ruini had not gone to pick herbs but was looking around constantly. What’s going on?
"She’s waiting for a rabbit to run by." Zhao Guangran was also too tired. He found a place to sit down to rest and drink water before working again. Passing by, he saw that Gong Ruini was lazily doing nothing.
Hmph, last time she had such good luck. Does she really think she can have such luck today? Zhao Guangran wanted to say that some things can’t always be wished for.
"Just be jealous of me. I have such good luck, and you don’t." Gong Ruini gloated. Honestly, she didn’t know why a rabbit ran towards her and hit its head on a big tree beside, but the dinner that night was braised rabbit, and the taste was superb.
Hmph, Zhao Guangran turned his head not wanting to see the boastful Gong Ruini. However, it would be great if Gong Ruini had such good luck today since thinking about the spicy diced rabbit grandmother made last time made Zhao Guangran hungry.
Gong Ruini did not want to argue with Zhao Guangran; why argue with a little kid over these things? That’s just being pretentious.
After looking around quickly, Gong Ruini thought that it would be great if there was something. Eh, here it is.
Gong Ruini was secretly delighted, never expecting that after searching for half a day without finding anything, she would find it just after chatting with Zhao Xuran for a couple of sentences. Really a lucky star!
"Brother Xu Ran, look here." Gong Ruini recalled that this seemed to be the place she collected black fungus after the rain last time, and there are signs of new growth. Hahaha, this is the best example.
Zhao Xuran followed the direction of Gong Ruini’s pointing and looked over. Besides a dead tree branch, there were no herbs. What was Gong Ruini asking him to see?
Zhao Xuran looked at Gong Ruini in confusion, with a big question mark on his face.
Sigh, why didn’t he see the point? Gong Ruini thought that although Zhao Xuran seemed quite smart, he could be quite silly sometimes.
"Brother, look at what’s sprouting there. I think it’s black fungus." Well then, since you can’t see it, let me reveal the secret myself.
Oh, it is black fungus. Zhao Guangran initially thought Gong Ruini discovered something like ginseng, so he ran over interestedly and found out it was actually black fungus.
Sigh, what’s so great about that? Although it’s nice for a salad or in soup, it doesn’t fetch a good price.
When Gong Ruini checked the price last time, Zhao Guangran happened to hear it. The price is really not high, not as lucrative as selling herbs.
"Ni Zi, you don’t plan to sell dried black fungus, do you? It’s not worth much."
"Don’t waste time; we make more money picking herbs."
"That’s where the big money is," Zhao Guangran argued, saying that occasionally picking some to take home to eat is fine, but trying to make money off it would be a loss.
This guy really has no brains, Gong Ruini rolled her eyes at Zhao Guangran, then turned to Zhao Xuran. In any case, as long as Zhao Xuran made the decision, all Zhao Guangran needed to do was execute it.
Initially, Zhao Xuran didn’t think much of it either. However, Gong Ruini wouldn’t be this excited over such a bit of black fungus, would she? But no matter how he looked at it, it’s still black fungus, not ginseng.
Zhao Xuran looked around at the surrounding environment, and then he noticed something, "Isn’t this the place where Ni Zi collected black fungus last time?"
Zhao Xuran started to get excited. If he guessed right, in the future, they wouldn’t have to rely on the heavens to eat black fungus but could do it at their own will. Whether it’s feasible depends on finding out once they return home.
There you go, discussing this with a smart person. Zhao Xuran already guessed a bit. Although he might not fully believe it, even Gong Ruini herself didn’t know the exact method, but providing a path and with the family’s current desire to earn money, they could definitely come up with a rough idea.
"Yeah, I have noticed several times that black fungus likes to grow on dead tree branches, and places where it was picked before would still have it on later visits." Read complete versıon only at novèlfire.net
"And they only appear after it rains." Gong Ruini softly shared her discovery.
Some things can be discovered if you pay attention, but people didn’t really care, and thus didn’t notice it. With Gong Ruini’s analysis, Zhao Xuran identified the problem here.
Hahaha, after speaking for a while, Gong Ruini only said this much. Zhao Guangran expressed that there was no problem here, "Don’t black fungus just like growing on dead tree branches?"
"Ni Zi, what’s the use of saying this? A lot of us already know that." Otherwise, why would people revisit a good spot for picking fungus and mushrooms after rain? You’re bound to have a good harvest; it’s just a matter of quantity.
Gong Ruini didn’t have the inclination to discuss these matters with Zhao Guangran. Although these points were discovered, no one had summarized them yet; isn’t that being obtuse? Gong Ruini rolled her eyes at Zhao Guangran with contempt. Hmph, there will be times when you’re left dumbfounded.
"Let’s take this dead tree branch back home." Whether it’s true or not, Zhao Xuran stated they must take this tree branch home, only at home could they thoroughly observe it.
No way, Zhao Guangran was stunned. Had his big brother lost his mind? "Brother, we’re here to collect herbs."
Instead of thinking about earning money, he wanted to take such a heavy tree branch home. Isn’t this making things difficult for himself? If they wanted to eat black fungus, they could just pick off what’s growing; there was no need to carry the whole heavy thing home.
"Are you not listening to what I say?" Zhao Xuran questioned Zhao Guangran.
How dare he not listen? No matter how unsatisfied Zhao Guangran was, he had to comply. At home, his status was so low it couldn’t be described in words. Even if he complained about his parents’ favoritism, no one paid attention to him. Even his grandmother, who used to support him, didn’t anymore, which frustrated Zhao Guangran.
Since even the elders won’t support him, Zhao Guangran had no choice but not to offend his last shield, his big brother.
Although this idea was proposed by Zhao Xuran, he knew his sister had a hand in it. Since that was the case, what else could be said? They had to move quickly and bring the tree branch home.
Thus, the four children panted and grunted as they carried a large, dead tree branch home. Fortunately, no villagers were around; otherwise, if word spread, the four of them would become the village’s representative fools.