vstars Chapter 265
Chapter 265
The two came out of the supply and marketing cooperative and went straight into the department store across the street.
The finished clothes there are of older styles and expensive. The cheapest short-sleeved shirt costs three or four yuan, while the more expensive ones cost more than ten or twenty yuan.
Lin Shu was shocked. "It seems that the fashion trends in the south have not affected here yet. You see, this style has long been sold out in our place, but here they are selling it as the latest style of the season."
"It will take at least a few years for the spring breeze from the south to reach the northwest. You should know that it takes several days to take a train from here to Guangdong Province at the current speed of trains."
I walked all the way from upstairs to downstairs and found nothing to buy.
They brought clothes and daily necessities from home.
The merchandise in the department store is more fashionable in their province than here, so there is no need to buy it here.
After coming out of the department store, seeing that it was still early, the two of them strolled slowly along the street. Not to mention that for outsiders like them, the scenery on the street was much more beautiful than that in the department store.
When passing by a state-owned farmers' market, Lin Shu pointed to the market gate and said, "Let's go to the farmers' market and see what specialties are available here that we can buy back."
Gu Jiu said: "Okay, let's go and take a look."
As soon as he entered the farmers' market, Lin Shu found a lot of green and red dates on both sides of the road. "Gu Jiu, look, green and red dates are on the market at this time of year. They are also considered a kind of fruit. Why don't we get a batch of dates back while giving advance orders this time?"
Gu Jiu walked to the stall, picked up a date and looked at it. It was plump and big, and it was at the time when it was green and red, and it was time to pick it and eat it.
"Auntie, how much are these dates?"
"Three cents a pound, take whatever you like." The old lady glanced at the three or four large bamboo baskets of dates in front of her.
Lin Shu and Gu Jiu looked at each other and sighed in their hearts that the dates from the place of origin were so cheap. If they were told that they were so cheap in their place, no one would believe it.
"Auntie, are these dates sweet?"
"You can try it. If it's not sweet, you don't have to pay."
Lin Shu picked up two dates, took out the thermos from his bag, washed them with water, gave one to Gu Jiu, and tasted it himself.
Very crispy and sweet.
It tastes good.
The old lady heard the crunchy sound of them chewing and asked with a smile, "How do they taste? These dates are agricultural products produced and sold by our production team. Would you like to buy a few pounds?"
Lin Shu nodded: "The two of us can't eat that much, so let's weigh two kilograms and try it."
The old lady's face lit up when she heard this, and she took out a net bag from the side and handed it to her, "Do you want a net bag to put it in? It will cost you an extra cent for this net bag."
Lin Shu took the net bag and thanked him, "Auntie, are you from the production team down there?"
As the old lady watched them choose, she replied, "They are from Huaishu Village, ten miles outside the city."
Lin Shu didn't know where Huaishu Village was, but that didn't stop her from chatting happily with the old lady. "Huaishu Village, it's close to the city so it's convenient to go into the city. Are there many jujube trees there?"
"Not many, maybe about 4,000 to 5,000 trees, all connected together. We start selling the dates slowly from this time every year, and when the dates are ripe in the fall, we will send them all to the cooperative."
The old lady was very willing to praise the good things about their Huaishu Village in front of outsiders. Lin Shu didn't even need to test her. She just poured out all she could say.
Gu Jiu silently kept this village in mind and planned to go there with Uncle Zeng the day after tomorrow to see what was going on.
The two bought some dates and walked further in. After a few steps, they found two bags of yellow millet on another stall. Judging from the stall owner's clothes, he should be the villagers from the village below who brought the millet to the city for their own production and sale.
Lin thought of the millet porridge cooked with millet, which everyone in the family liked very much, so he bought dozens of kilograms of it and asked Gu Jiu to carry it directly to the post office to prepare to mail the dozens of kilograms of millet directly back home.
This time, they did business as they walked, and it was inconvenient to carry the local specialties they bought at each place, so they simply bought them and mailed them back.
On the way from the post office, they found walnuts and bought half a sack.
It’s just that the postage for sending things home from the northwest is more expensive than the price of goods.
The staff at the Post Office were a little confused as to why so much postage was spent just to mail some agricultural products.
It’s just that agricultural products are cheap locally, but the prices have increased several times in the south. For Lin Shu and others, it is worth spending the postage to mail them back.
Moreover, the quality of the specialties that you personally select at the place of origin is more reassuring.
It was almost noon when they came out of the post office. When they passed by a state-owned restaurant, they smelled the aroma of stewed mutton and walked in involuntarily.
The lamb stewed over low heat is original and delicious. Order a bowl of stewed lamb, add some red chili oil, chopped green onion and coriander, and the rich and fresh aroma will stimulate the salivary glands, which is definitely not something that most people can resist.
Gu Jiu and Lin Shu couldn't resist the temptation of delicious food, and they ordered a bowl of stewed mutton and a plate of yellow steamed buns.
Not to mention, after getting used to eating your own food, it is also a good experience to come to other places to taste local food and change the taste.
The northwest is hotter than the provincial capital in midsummer. It was lunch time and there were no electric fans in the restaurant. Although the food was delicious, the only drawback was that it was too hot.
"There is a huge shortage of electric fans in the country right now. I wonder how the factory is going over there?"
Lin Shu drank a bowl of mutton soup, which was very satisfying, but his face and body were sweating profusely.
Gu Jiu took a bite of the yellow steamed bun and said, "It's almost done. We've already started mass production. Once we have enough inventory, we'll promote it to the market. Last time I called him, he said he sent five fans to each of our two homes. According to the time, they should have received them by now."
Lin Shu borrowed a fan from the hotel and fanned himself while looking at the bright sun outside the door. "After dinner, let's not go shopping. Let's go back to the guesthouse to rest. The sun is too strong outside."
Gu Jiu nodded: "I'm sticky all over after walking all morning. Let's go back and take a shower and have a good sleep."
Lin Shu drank a bowl of hot soup and felt like she was on fire. She had no interest in doing anything else besides sleeping.
To her ears, sleeping is just pure sleeping.
Rested in the guesthouse for a day.
The next day, Lin Shu took advantage of his free time and took the earliest bus out of the city with Gu Jiu.
The two got off the car halfway at the foot of a mountain with lush vegetation.
As soon as he got off the car, Lin Shu discovered that there were a lot of sweet roots, or licorice, growing on the yellow soil on the side of the road.
In traditional Chinese medicine, it is called licorice.
Licorice is very suitable for growing on loess soil, and the licorice in this area of the northwest is of high quality.
Licorice is named after its taste and was first recorded in Shennong's Herbal Classic.
The rhizomes of licorice grow very deep, and it is very difficult to dig them out. Today, because Gu Jiu followed him, Lin Shu could only use a medicinal hoe to dig them out one hoe at a time.
I only dared to use the media collection function when he wasn't paying attention.
"What kind of medicinal herb is this?" Gu Jiu saw Lin Shu waving a hoe and digging. He looked at the plants on the roadside carefully and confirmed that he didn't recognize them.
Lin Shu stopped and asked, "Have you heard of licorice?"
"You said this plant is liquorice?"
If Lin Shu hadn’t told him, Gu Jiu really wouldn’t have known that the plant in front of him was the famous licorice.
"Yes, it is licorice. Many Chinese medicine prescriptions contain licorice. It can be used as a medicine guide to harmonize the properties of medicines. It can also detoxify hundreds of medicines and reduce the toxicity of herbs."
Gu Jiu looked at the large patch of green plants on the roadside and asked, "Is this all over the place?"
When will this be dug up?
"It's mainly licorice, with some weeds or other herbs mixed in." Lin Shu looked at the plants under his feet.
Gu Jiu snatched the hoe from Lin Shu's hand and said, "Leave this kind of physical work to me. Go look around and see if there are any precious herbs."
Lin Shu did not argue with him. He gave him the job of digging licorice and told him the precautions of digging licorice. "Licorice rhizomes are very deep. Dig deep and don't break them. I'll go around and see what medicinal herbs there are in this mountain area."
Gu Jiu wielded the hoe vigorously and dug a few times, saying, "People who go into the mountains at this time of year are those who value money more than their lives."
Lin Shu was slightly stunned and chuckled, ignoring his complaints and not bothering to pay attention to him.
Lin Shu stroked the licorice beside him, and the roots underground were directly collected into the system. On the surface, it was not obvious that the rhizomes of the licorice had been taken away.
My luck seems to be good today. I found more than a dozen Astragalus plants on a hillside.
Astragalus can be found in the northwest of China, and the Astragalus in the northwest can be found in Zizhou.
Among them, Zizhou Astragalus has the best quality, and it is the only one that can replace ginseng.
Northeastern ginseng and Zizhou Astragalus are not just talk.
The roots of Astragalus can grow very deep underground, and it is very difficult to collect them solely by manpower.
Fortunately, Lin Shu had the system media collection function. By gently touching the roots of the plants, the useful roots had been collected into the system.
However, the rhizomes with a shorter age and the roots of Astragalus that are too old and hollow remain underground and can continue to grow.
The best standard for Astragalus rhizomes to be used as medicine is to reach the level of 'golden cup, silver plate, chrysanthemum heart', so if they are harvested manually, a lot of rhizomes will be wasted.
The collection function of the system just makes up for this shortcoming, and the roots and rhizomes that do not meet the standards will still remain underground and grow.