Mountain driving career since 1982

Chapter 754 The cycle of the new year

Chapter 754 The cycle of the new year

A family of three, adults plus children, plus Yuan Bao, made their way back together in a mighty and mighty way.

Lu Lu returned home and found seven or eight cans and bottles and some hemp ropes at home. He then went to the warehouse to find diamond flowers and prepared to go up the mountain.

Chen Xiuyu was actually quite surprised as to why Lu Lu was so interested in birch sap. She also wanted to see what he was going to do, so she asked, "Where are you going?"

"Just walk to the meadow. There are several birch trees in the area facing the water bubble. The sun is shining there, and the birch trees turn green early... It only takes about half a month to get the birch sap. After that, We’ll have to wait until next year.”

Lu Lu prepared the things, picked up a few fish and left.

Not far away, Chen Xiuyu also led her children to follow.

Since moving into Caodianzi, before there was a fence, Lu Luting liked to go into the mountains along the river to hunt small animals in Caodianzi. After the fence was built, he kept sika deer and deer inside for a period of time. Later, the sika deer were merged into the family farm and a deer breeding farm was built. From now on, I rarely go inside again.

Now, there is only one trail in the entire meadow, leading to the deer farm along the river. Then there are two branches on it, one branch leads to the vegetable garden by the river, and the other branch leads to Shuipaozi.

The entire meadow has become a playground for Chasing the Wind and Green Onion, and the snow is full of hoof prints left by them after their fun.Of course, there are also the six cranes that are not afraid of people. When they saw Lu Lu and his family coming, instead of flying away, they hurriedly moved towards the people with their long slender legs, thinking they were coming to feed fish. .

Lu Lu did not feed them one by one, but threw the fish directly on the frozen water bubbles.

The snow began to melt, and the surface of the bubble was now as clear as a mirror. Watching several cranes flapping their wings and flying to the bubble, chasing each other to snatch the small fish, accompanied by the loud roar of the crane. Singing is also a kind of fun.

Then, the two of them turned to the birch forest on the slope. Lu Lu chose a thick birch tree, wiped off the rolled dry surface on the trunk with his hands, then cut off a few birch branches with a hunting knife, and trimmed them briefly. , take out the drill flower, drill a hole in the trunk of the tree at an angle of fifty or sixty centimeters from the ground, diagonally upward.

While drilling, the sap inside the birch tree flows out.

The collection method is also simple. Lu Lu rolled the prepared bark into a small tube and stuffed it into the drilled hole. The secreted sap flowed down the small tube. All he had to do was to open the lid of the canned bottle he brought. Just tie it to the trunk with hemp rope and fix it.

When a hole is drilled, much more sap will flow out than if you just use a knife to break the bark.

Seeing the light yellow transparent sap falling into the can bottle drop by drop, Lu Lu smiled and said to Chen Xiuyu: "Don't underestimate the birch sap. This stuff has already appeared in the cans hundreds of years ago. people's lives.

It is said that a long time ago, there was a fire in Lao Maozi. During the fire fighting, many people were injured. The existing water was not enough, so they used birch sap to clean the wounds. Unexpectedly, they found that birch sap Cleaned wounds heal much faster than wounds washed with water.

Even now, their hospitals still use birch sap and medicine to treat burns and scalds.

If you drink it regularly, it is very good for the body, and it is also effective in treating phlegm, asthma and cough.But it is only during this period that I can take a little bit and taste it, but not at other times. "

"You know so much, you are the only one with free time. Who would come here to get birch sap to drink, drop by drop, even if you wait for several hours, it may not be enough to relieve your dry mouth. Instead of doing this , might as well take off the chaga mushroom on top."

After all, Chen Xiuyu was not interested in birch sap.

How could she have known that this so-called natural beer and forest drink would become health care products and sell at high prices after simple sterilization in processing plants in future generations.

Lu Lu glanced up along Chen Xiuyu's finger and saw a basketball-sized tumor halfway up the birch tree.

Yes, Lu Lu prefers to call this thing called chaga a tumor. That’s because it is a fungus that lives on birch and elm trees and extracts tree nutrients. Among them, birch trunks have Mostly, it is an existence that can make the birch tree unable to bear it and die.

But I have to admit that this is indeed a good thing. It can treat diabetes, prevent cancer, etc. You can use it to make wine, water, make waffles, etc.

When hunting is no longer possible, and I want to hunt the mountains again, I just gather wild vegetables, look for mushrooms, and look for medicinal materials such as Ganoderma lucidum and Chaga mushrooms. But these days, these things are really inconspicuous.

In these years when food and clothing are just a matter of food and clothing, how many people can consider health care and so on.

This is also the reason why Lu Lu has been focusing on hunting and carrying sticks until now. For other mountain beasts, he has to wait a little longer.

If you have the ability to get things of higher value, who will get them?

However, this chaga mushroom is not small, so it would be good to soak it in some wine or drink it in water.

"Wait until I hang up these cans and bottles."

Lu Lu selected a few birch trees from the side and drilled holes, while Chen Xiuyu helped tie bottles to the trunks to catch the birch sap.

When I finished my work, I returned to the first birch tree and found a can with a length of three to four centimeters high in the can.

Lu Lu untied the rope, took off the can and bottle, and handed it to Chen Xiuyu.

Chen Xiuyu shook the bottle and looked at the light yellow juice inside, then took a sip: "It's really delicious..."

Then, she handed the bottle to little Zhengyang, who was looking at her eagerly. The can was in the little guy's hand, and he took a sip. He probably thought it tasted better than boiled water, so he awkwardly raised the bottom of the bottle. After a few gurgles, I drank up the birch sap.

"Father, I want more!"

He brought the bottle to Lu Lu.

Lu Lu took the bottle and then ran to other birch trees to look at it. He found that he didn't catch much, so he had to let the child wait.

And he himself hugged the trunk and climbed up the tree. When he got to the place where the chaga grew, he used a hunting knife to cut and kick the ground with a lot of effort to get the chaga down. .

The chaga sphere fell to the ground and rolled down the hillside.

Lu Lu sat on the ground and rested for a while, then picked up the can and poured the birch sap collected from several other birch trees into a bottle, filling a full bottle.

Let Xiao Zhengyang drink enough first, then let Chen Xiuyu drink some, and Lu Lu drank the rest.

The birch sap collected by myself from the birch trees is authentic. It was sold in bottles in later generations. It has this special taste that is slightly sweet and exudes this light wood fragrance.

"Go back and pick it up after dinner in the evening!"

Lu Lu tied the cans and bottles to the tree again to drink the birch sap, then hugged the child and called Chen Xiuyu to go home.Naturally, Chen Xiuyu would not forget the falling chaga.

Back home, Lu Lu used an ax to split the chaga sphere into several pieces, selected the wood and impurities wrapped inside, and left one piece to soak in water for drinking. The others were simply washed, put in a dustpan, and left to dry. yard.

Chen Xiuyu was busy cooking. The usual meals were simple, just a pot of stew, but it did not prevent Lu Lu from taking a few sips of wine.

"The farm is going to be busy again!"

"Isn't it still early?"

"It's getting late, there's a lot going on!"

The birch trees are turning green, the ice and snow are melting, and other things cannot be done, but the spring bloom of bees can already begin.

This year, a new bee farm will be added at the foot of Sankuaishina Mountain, and it needs to be spring propagated and artificially propagated in advance.

For several bee farms, it would take several days to handle these matters.

And from this time on, it was like entering a year of reincarnation, and I started to get busy.

The deer deer farm needs to be moved, and two new forest frog farms have been added. This year, forest frog eggs have to be cultivated and hatched. The wild geese, flying dragons, deer deer, and sika deer have all entered the breeding season and need to be carefully guarded at all times. The construction of newly built Rana, Feilong, and Wild Geese farms, the planting of corn, soybeans, and rice, as well as the operation of the handicraft factory and the preparation of materials.

He just felt as if a year's busy work had been concentrated into this period of time.

I am so busy that I am exhausted physically and mentally... This is Lu Lu's true understanding of the saying "The plan for a year lies in spring".

He is still indispensable for many things on the family farm. Fortunately, Lu Lu has taught a lot of things to these big men, and he can share a lot of their responsibilities.

But even so, Lu Lu had to make his motor run crazily.

Also functioning was Wang Dalong.

He led a group of people and had little leisure time throughout the winter. With the expansion of the farm, their construction progress could not keep up, which forced him to recruit more people.

Lu Lu’s breeding farms, bee farms, etc. are all waiting to be used.

Finally, as June approached, things on the farm finally got on track, and things were handed over to brother and sister Raymond and Lin Yulong.

Lu Lu led more than a dozen militia brothers to search for carving and processing materials hidden in the surrounding mountains such as linden stumps, elm trees, and pine trees all over the mountains and fields, and delivered them to the site by carloads.

Kong Siren had already gathered his people, including several apprentices, and started carving work in the work shed.

That day, when Lu Lu was driving his car to deliver several large wooden piles in the car to the processing plant, Lu Lu was stopped by Zhang Shunan.

"Xiao Lu, when are you going to get the pine flower stone?"

Zhang Shunan was the sculptor hired by Kong Siren, especially in the creation of pine flower stone, jade, agate, etc., and his attainments were as good as Kong Siren's.He was also the first to report in when the handicraft factory started operating.

Just for Songhua Stone, Lu Lu asked again and again.

Lu Lu looked at the large piles of tree stumps and wood piled on the field. These things were enough for them to work for a long time.But regarding Songhua Stone, it is indeed better to deal with it sooner rather than later.

I just thought I could have a good rest, but unexpectedly things happened one after another.

Lu Lu thought for a while and said: "Give me another seven or eight days...Uncle Zhang, I have to trouble you to come with me for this matter. You have more vision in this regard!"

"Seven or eight days? Well, well..."

Lu Lu agreed, which made Zhang Shunan extremely happy.

"I know you are busy with things. In fact, you only need to lead me over there, and I can lead the people to do this. I am from there. I am familiar with mining and picking. Besides, this is not something that can be done in a day or two. If you can do it quickly, just lead me to the location of the old pit, and leave the rest to me."

Don't look at the old pits. Selecting pine flower stones is not like digging coal. You only need to dig down the coal seam and transport it out. The selection of pine flower stones is very troublesome. The color, texture and texture are very particular. It is not like digging them down. What comes out of the hole is valuable and needs to be carefully selected.

Zhang Shunan said this, and Lu Lu wanted it even more.

What Lu Lu was thinking about was that he had already entered Yacao City after being busy for so long.

The three seasons of carrying the stick are April and May of the lunar calendar, when the grass grows and the leaves close the door, which is also the time when the stick sprouts. This refers to the lunar calendar, which is the current stage.

In the sixth and seventh lunar months, the grass is thickly green and the ginseng is hidden in the grass, making it difficult to identify. It begins to bloom and hang green ginseng seeds. At this time, when you lift the stick, it is Qinglangtou Market.

The next period is the eighth or ninth month of the lunar calendar, when the ginseng seeds are ripe and bright red, making it the most easily identifiable red ham market.

Time is tight. In such a large area, if you want to find these old signs within a few months, you have to hurry up.

Several people had already planned that when they went to get the pine flower stones, it was the time to lift the mallet.It is also very close to Fusong and has always been a place where sticks are produced. Of course, there are also many ginseng gangs who carry sticks.

There were twenty or thirty old signs in the surrounding area, but Lu Lu suspected that not many of them would be profitable, but that didn't stop him from trying his luck.

After all, in a place that is small enough that a ginseng king can be found nearby, there will always be something missing that has not been discovered.Of course, places like the dry rice bowl that few people enter are the top priority, and this is the best time to go. When the branches are really lush, the dry rice bowl is not easy to walk, for fear of encountering miasma or the like. Something that can fascinate people without even realizing it.

I just hope that this trip will go smoothly and nothing will happen again.

(End of this chapter)