Chapter 1728
Chapter 3 Lu
Wang An had a strong premonition that this ginseng seedling with seven leaves would cause quite a stir if it were publicized.
If Li's Pharmacy cannot offer Wang An a price that satisfies him, then Wang An will organize an auction to fetch an astronomical price for this ginseng seedling.
Given its incredible properties, Wang An believed that those who love ginseng would flock to it.
After Wang An finished speaking, Wang Li gave a helpless smile.
Unfortunately, neither Wang An nor Wang Li were suited to ginseng digging, and neither of them were particularly skilled at it. Wang An wouldn't let Wang Li participate in digging this ginseng seedling, and Wang Li couldn't say anything in response.
Mu Xueli and Huang Zhong exchanged a glance, both revealing determined expressions.
Immediately afterwards, Mu Xueli turned to Wang An with a serious expression and said:
"Don't worry, brother-in-law. I can't guarantee that I won't make a single mistake, but I can guarantee that I won't be distracted at all before I start lifting the mallet."
Huang Zhong followed up with:
"Brother, I promise I can help my brother Mu carry this ginseng seedling out whole."
Wang An nodded and said:
"Yes, if you two get too tired from working out, or if any part of your body feels uncomfortable, don't push yourself. Take over immediately. I didn't care how you carried the wooden pole before, but you two have to be careful with this ginseng seedling."
After saying that, Wang An stopped rambling, patted each of them on the shoulder, and then said:
"Alright then, you two can stay here and carry the ginseng baby. I'll tie Little White and Little Black to you two so that if any wild animals come by, you'll be alert sooner. Then we'll go back and cook."
Wang An and Wang Li walked up to the ginseng bun that hadn't been packed properly before, packed it up again, and then the two brothers walked together towards their lodgings.
Mu Xueli and Huang Zhong retrieved their ginseng-digging tools and squatted down to begin their digging work.
After digging for only a short while, Mu Xueli couldn't help but exclaim in admiration:
"Oh my god, this reed head is so beautiful."
Huang Zhong nodded and said:
"Yeah, this rhizome must be really long. Even this small part that's showing is longer than the rhizome of that six-leaf rhizome you carried yesterday, Brother Mu."
At this moment, what Mu Xueli and Huang Zhong saw was only a section of the rhizome of this ginseng seedling; the complete rhizome had not yet been revealed.
But this single section of the rhizome is already longer than that of a normal six-leaf ginseng.
What we should know is that the rhizome of a sixth-grade ginseng already has more than a hundred rhizome bowls, so it can be seen how old this ginseng seedling must be.
Mu Xueli carefully used a deer bone skewer to remove the soil around the reed head, and said with a sigh:
"The rhizome is already turning yellow, how many years old is this club?"
Huang Zhong said while digging in the soil on the other side:
"Who says it won't be a hundred or more decades?"
Mu Xueli asked again, seemingly casually:
"Xiao Zhong, how much do you think my brother-in-law can sell this ginseng seedling for?"
Huang Zhong replied perfunctorily:
"Why wouldn't it sell for at least 30,000 or 20,000?"
Mu Xueli chuckled and said:
“That six-leaf ginseng seedling I carried last night can easily sell for 30,000 or 20,000 yuan. If this ginseng seedling is only worth 30,000 or 20,000 yuan, do you think my brother-in-law can sell it?”
Upon hearing this, Huang Zhong froze, his hand that was digging in the dirt. Then, with a look of astonishment, he said:
"No, Brother Mu, those six-leaf seedlings could sell for twenty or thirty thousand yesterday, right? I saw on the purchase price list at the county's purchasing station that six-leaf seedlings were worth over six thousand yuan."
Mu Xueli smiled disdainfully and said, "Buying stations, hehehe, who would sell to them? Those ruthless bastards, we wouldn't sell them anything good."
In the past two years, the price of ginseng purchased by the purchasing stations has also increased, but the increase has not been significant.
Huang Zhong nodded blankly, genuinely bewildered for a moment.
In Huang Zhong's mind, a ginseng seedling with six leaves was worth 7 yuan, which was already an astronomical price. But in Mu Xueli's eyes, it was worthless. She wouldn't even glance at the purchasing station.
After a while, Huang Zhong asked Mu Xueli with a face full of curiosity:
"Brother Mu, how much do you think my brother can sell this ginseng seedling for?"
Mu Xueli glanced at Huang Zhong and said with great certainty:
"I don't know how much it will sell for, but I know that the money I give you is enough for you to build a few more big brick houses, and then get married, hahaha."
Upon hearing the news of getting a wife, Huang Zhong immediately blushed, clearly somewhat tempted, but he still suppressed his excitement and asked:
"Brother Mu, can these ginseng seedlings really sell for that much money? Who would buy them?"
Mu Xueli nodded and said:
"Yeah, as long as we're careful and don't break the whiskers, my brother-in-law can sell it for a lot of money."
As they were talking, they both stopped talking at the same time, because the rhizome of the ginseng seedling had suddenly turned, instantly increasing the difficulty of digging it up.
Meanwhile, Wang An and Wang Li, still thinking about the ginseng seedling, quickly got to work after returning to their lodgings.
Wang Li lit the fire, and Wang An kneaded the dough. In less than 20 minutes, sheets of white flour were cooked in the pot.
The so-called "Guolun" is also called "Guokui" or "dead dough pancake". In some places, it is called "white flour pancake", "pancake" or "egg pancake".
The method of wok scrambling is extremely simple and quite quick.
It involves adding water, a little salt, and chopped green onions to wheat flour and stirring it into a paste.
Add some oil to a hot pan and spread it evenly on the sides of the pan. Then pour in the paste-like flour and use a spatula to spread the flour evenly all around the pan.
The heat of the pan quickly solidified the paste-like white dough into a pancake.
In just a minute or two, you need to lift the whole pancake up and flip it over. After another minute or two, the pancake will be cooked and ready to eat.
While the two were cooking, Wang An said:
"Why don't we skip eating for now and go over there to eat with Xue Li and the other guy?"
Wang Li nodded like a chick pecking at rice, and said:
"Yes, yes, that's what I think too."
Clearly, Wang Li was also wondering what the ginseng baby would look like.
After finishing the noodles and making a large stack of pancakes, the two of them, without even washing the pots and pans, took the pancakes, pickled vegetables, canned meat, and kettles and headed towards Lao'anzi.
When the two arrived at the location, Mu Xueli and Huang Zhong were still carefully digging outwards.
What's shocking is that even after turning a corner, the rhizome of this ginseng plant still hasn't fully emerged from the soil, while the round rhizome, the piled-flower rhizome, and the horse-tooth rhizome have all appeared.
This condition is characteristic of high-aged wild ginseng, also known as three-sectioned ginseng.
It's hard to imagine how long the rhizome of this wild ginseng could be. (End of Chapter)