Yes, open-umbrella matsutake is also available, but the price is low. If you are willing to give it to me for five cents a catty, then I will charge you five hundred catties every day."

The price of matsutake mushrooms, which cost 50 cents per pound, suddenly dropped by 5 cents. Sun Xianghong frowned heavily, "Will the boss from before not accept it anymore?"

Jiang Ancheng shook his head: "Exports are affected. He charges less. If he charges others, he won't charge us. If you think five cents is low, it doesn't matter."

There is no limit on the quality of matsutake for five cents. If it just rains, you can easily dig hundreds of kilograms of matsutake mushrooms.

The purchase volume is guaranteed, and the income for these people in the mountains is also considerable.

The price gap between before and after was too big. It took Sun Xianghong a while to collect his emotions and nodded: "Okay, will I wait for you at the intersection tomorrow?"

"OK."

Sun Xianghong remembered again and asked: "You still accept the flowers, right? I can also get some lilies, but not many. People in our village are rushing to carpool to go to the city to sell them."

Jiang Ancheng nodded: "I'll take it."

Sun Miaolan suddenly looked at Jiang Ancheng and asked, "Didn't my brother plant some sunflower seeds? Can the sunflowers be sold?"

Jiang Ancheng nodded: "Okay."

The snacks planted for the children can also be sold for money. Sun Xianghong became happy and said, "Okay, I will cut them when I get back now."

Just as Sun Xianghong was about to leave, Jiang Ancheng called out to him again and said: "The extra matsutake can be dried in the sun. After the season, it can still be used by food factories, and you should still be able to sell it for money."

Sun Xianghong's eyes lit up, "Okay, then do more."

After telling Sun Xianghong that he wanted to collect mushrooms, Jiang Ancheng knocked on Uncle Zhou's door again in the light rain.

Uncle Zhou has been waiting for news that Jiang Ancheng will continue to collect fungi.

Although the price has dropped a lot, the three hundred kilograms of matsutake mushrooms produced every day is much better than what they used to farm.

Uncle Zhou agreed immediately and made an appointment with Jiang Ancheng to dig for fungi tomorrow morning.

The rainy night gradually stopped in the second half of the night.

Jiang Ancheng put on his clothes and stood up. Sun Miaolan said: "The mountain road is very slippery, you have to be careful."

Jiang Ancheng nodded: "Well, I will be careful."

Sun Miaolan packed some corn cakes for Jiang Ancheng and asked him to share them with Uncle Zhou and Aunt Zhou to eat together.

This season is a good time to produce fungi. Everyone rushes to go into the mountains early to pick more expensive fungi such as Ganba fungus, Columbine fungus, Tiger palm fungus, and Hand green fungus.

When Jiang Ancheng and Uncle Zhou and Aunt Zhou met, the others had already entered the mountain with flashlights.

Under the towering mountains, Jiang Ancheng looked up and could vaguely see some firelight.

Some people walked so fast that they reached halfway up the mountain.

Their goal was matsutake mushrooms. Where the villagers passed by, the matsutake mushrooms were basically untouched.

After the rain, many large matsutake mushrooms emerged freshly.

Soon after Jiang Ancheng was called by Uncle Zhou: "Ancheng, look!"

Looking in the direction of Uncle Zhou's finger, a matsutake mushroom like a child's umbrella appeared in his field of vision.

Jiang Ancheng stepped forward and patted the cracked matsutake canopy to let the spores complete their mission of spreading. In one move, he pulled up the huge matsutake.

It's quite weighty, feels heavy, and in 2022, just this one could be sold for thousands of dollars.

Uncle Zhou confirmed again: "Is this okay?"

He was afraid that the umbrella operator was a bit old.

Jiang Ancheng smiled and nodded, "Okay, this is pretty good."

Uncle Zhou was relieved, and he and Aunt Zhou started digging.

I found a very large matsutake weighing more than two kilograms. I dug a dozen such large ones in a row, weighing more than twenty kilograms.

After finishing digging the matsutake mushrooms that were visible to the naked eye, they dug apart the moss under the surrounding pine trees and dug up a lot of matsutake mushrooms that had just emerged.

There were many matsutake mushrooms, so digging them was easy. Before long, their baskets were half full.

Aunt Wang took her eldest granddaughter and eldest grandson up the mountain to dig for mushrooms. She got up late today and kept complaining. Suddenly, she saw Uncle Zhou and Aunt Zhou in front of her, who were digging for mushrooms. She thought there was good stuff and immediately urged her grandchildren.

Caught up.

She glanced at Uncle Zhou and Aunt Zhou's back and asked in confusion: "Why are you digging big flower mushrooms again?"

This thing only sells for one or two cents a pound in Caixia Town, and it often wastes energy because it cannot be sold.

Later, people in their village rarely dug this fungus.

Uncle Zhou looked careless and said, "The sun-dried one tastes good. Let's see if anyone wants it in winter when there are less fungi."

Aunt Wang was dubious. She caught a glimpse of Jiang Ancheng from the corner of her eye and immediately rushed over with her grandchildren.

Jiang Ancheng was tall, so she couldn't see what was in Jiang Ancheng's back.

His eyes fell on the water bamboo shoots in front of Jiang Ancheng, showing a hint of disappointment. He rolled his eyes in a circle and smiled: "There is a bamboo forest in front of your house. Why do you get swords, guns and bamboo shoots to give those city dwellers a taste?"

Jiang Ancheng nodded, "Yeah, take some."

Aunt Wang was not interested in water bamboo shoots or big flower mushrooms. She wanted to please Jiang Ancheng, so she pointed to the front and said in invitation: "I found several nests of chicken fir trees over there last year."

Jiang Ancheng smiled and politely declined Aunt Wang's kindness, "I'll break some more water bamboo shoots, there are many people."

"Okay, then if you want chicken fungus, come to my house and get it anytime."

"Uh-huh."

The water bamboo shoots are thin and long, not much thicker than an adult man's thumb, and look like swords and spears, so the villagers also call them sword and spear bamboo shoots.

Water bamboo shoots like to grow beside moist water or on land with abundant mountain streams. They are tender and crispy in taste, rich in nutrients, appetizing and invigorating the spleen, can enhance appetite, and promote digestion and absorption. They are one of the favorite bamboo shoots of giant pandas.

The slender dried bamboo shoots commonly seen in spicy hotpot are all pickled dried bamboo shoots.

The fresh bamboo shoots and dry-fried bacon are great for rice, but the process of peeling the bamboo shoots is a little longer.

However, there is nothing wrong with waiting a little longer for delicious food.

Jiang Ancheng squatted down and broke off dozens of water bamboo shoots with a snap. After a while, he found a cane to tie them up and threw them into a basket.

He continued to dig matsutake mushrooms, and suddenly, a morel appeared in Jiang Ancheng's field of vision.

Morel is one of the four most famous mushrooms in the world. It is shaped like a sheep tripe and has a humble appearance, tender texture and indescribable deliciousness. It has been loved by Western countries for hundreds of years.

But in the eyes of the people in Yuncheng, it is still just an inconspicuous fungus.

It has become popular in China, ranking behind matsutake and truffles.

Because it can be cultivated artificially, its price ranks behind matsutake and truffles.

But ordinary people still cannot afford it. In the wild mushroom trading market in 2022, a pound will cost about 300 yuan.

There are many varieties of morels. The one in front of Jiang Ancheng is the tall morel, which is the largest morel he has ever seen.

It is about fifteen centimeters long. When Jiang Ancheng picks it up, it weighs about half a catty.

Morel shabu-shabu is a favorite way of eating among the locals. Jiang Ancheng threw it into the basket and arranged it if he had time.

The sight in the forest was dark. Jiang Ancheng took two steps forward and found another deer flower fungus.

The staghorn fungus looks very similar to the morel mushroom, but it contains stagnanin, which is highly toxic.

If you swallow it by mistake, lie down on the floor immediately.

Inexperienced people often have trouble cooking similar fungi.

When children in their village pick up fungi, they have to be accompanied by an adult to carefully teach them how to identify them.

Jiang Ancheng crushed the deer flower fungus, and suddenly there was a series of footsteps in front of him, and there were dozens of flashlights.
Chapter completed!