mountain farmer

Chapter 733 Non-mainstream platycodon and ginseng

(Thanks to my friend 08a for the reward and monthly ticket encouragement)
"Although Lele's hands-on ability is already very strong, I think she should do more things in the future." Chen Yihan said on the way back.

"Well, I'll listen to you, let the little guy do more work, and then there will be a cute little girl with ingenuity." Liu Fugui said with a smile.

"Tell me, will our children be as obedient as Lele in the future?" Chen Yihan asked with a little worry.

"That's for sure, I'm so obedient, you are more obedient than me, our children will definitely be more obedient." Old Liu said as a matter of course.

Chen Yihan rolled her eyes, you are the only one who is good?If only Lele was alone, he would definitely be a good boy.As long as you're here, if you don't lift the roof, it won't be considered a success.

"Father, hurry up and show grandparents the ginseng dug by Lele." Xiao Lele, who was riding a big scarf, turned her head and shouted, holding ginseng in her hand.

Not to mention, there is quite a bit of awe-inspiring momentum.Especially Xiao Lele's other hand is grasping the scarf of the big scarf, and she looks so cute.

A family of three walked and chatted with the small animals.When they were about to get home, Xiao Lele didn't care about them anymore, and rushed out first.

These two people walked too slowly, if it was normal, they would have arrived home long ago.

When Liu Fugui and Chen Daya walked to the house, the little guy was in Wang Fengru's arms, showing off the non-mainstream ginseng he dug up.

"This ginseng looks good." Liu Changshun said with a smile.

"I just think it looks a little fat. Let's stew it tonight. By the way, I also called the third grandfather over to try something new. Just watch TV and eat ginseng chicken soup, let's try something."

"My God, is this a bellflower? Why do you look so thick?" Looking at the bellflower Liu Fugui took out from his pocket, Liu Changshun felt a little uneasy.

"Actually, I don't know if this platycodon is not tasty. It's different from other people's. I saw the ones sold in the market before. The thick ones are just as thick as fingers. They are as big as carrots." Liu Fugui felt helpless. Said.

"Try it first at night, after a while the skin is peeled, soaked in salt water for a while, the taste will be better." Wang Fengru said casually.

"Okay, I'll do it now." Liu Fugui nodded.

He thought he could eat it directly after washing it, but it seems that there must be a soaking process.This is also easy to do. There is a peeling knife for peeling potatoes at home. Using this scraper should also be able to do this job well.

After washing more than a dozen thick bellflowers, they filled a pot, and Lao Liu picked up a paring knife to peel the bellflowers.

At the beginning, he thought it would be difficult to handle, but he didn't expect that with just a light scrape, the bellflower's skin would be scraped off, revealing the white rhizome inside, and it seemed that there was still a lot of water.

"Whether it's delicious or not, let's put it aside, there's a lot of water in it." Liu Fugui said casually.

Seeing Lao Liu's easy skinning, Xiao Lele also became interested.He came over and picked up the leather knife to help.

"Father, Lele can do it too." Holding a platycodon root that was a bit slippery after peeling, the little guy said happily.

"Lele is the best." Old Liu boasted.

After finishing the bellflowers, Lao Liu took a kitchen knife and slapped them like cucumbers.Although cutting is more convenient and faster, but Lao Liu is always worried about the smell of knife rust.

I don't know if it's because the platycodon is a bit tender, and it's not as laborious as Lao Liu imagined.After the platycodon was photographed, he directly tore it with his hands, tearing it into small strips.

Lele is very interesting to watch, and also wants to help.It's just that this help is not as easy as the skinning just now, and the strength of the little guy's fingers is still a little weak.

Soak the torn bellflower strips in clean water and sprinkle some salt, and then Lao Liu began to think about the two ginseng dug up today.

Although this short, thick and fat shape is very pleasant to look at, compared with the serious ginseng, it seems that this appearance is much worse.

At this time, the third grandpa and Mr. Chen who received the news also strolled over, looking at the ginseng in Liu Fugui's hand, which was also very novel.

"Third Grandpa, you have seen a lot, can such ginseng be good? Why don't you have as many ginseng whiskers as you? Is it better to have more or less?" Liu Fugui asked curiously.

"That also depends on the year. Ginseng with a long enough age will naturally have more beards. It depends on what kind of ginseng it is. I watched the ginseng grown in the shed on TV, and there are a lot of beards." Three Grandfather said with a smile.

"If the soil is good, ginseng is easy to grow beards. The soil on our mountains and forests is a little hard, so it's not so easy to take root. But how long has your ginseng grown? It's not easy to grow so big."

"Hey, the length is fine, it's just a little thick." Liu Fugui said with a smile.

"I guess if it wasn't for the seedlings on the top, if you put it on the market, people would think it's a fake. I just took a few photos and contacted Professor Zhang. I'll take a look when he comes over in a few days." Bar."

"I don't think it's a big deal. No matter how you say it, we planted it ourselves." The third grandfather said with a smile.

"By the way, we also have mallet birds in our forest. I guess it was brought in by our ginseng. We don't need to grow ginseng in the future, and they will be able to fix it."

"Why haven't I seen it?" Liu Fugui asked in surprise.

"Haha, you haven't been digging into the woods lately, where can you look." The third grandpa said with a smile.

"However, if you really want to make ginseng chicken soup, it's almost time to start stewing it now. It needs to be simmered slowly on a low heat. We can't do it like we usually stew chicken."

"Well, it seems that whether it's ginseng or platycodon root, it takes effort to eat it in your mouth. Let's fool around at noon, and let's fix it at night."

He thought that ginseng chicken soup was similar to chicken stewed with mushrooms, but he didn't expect to have to simmer it.This may be similar to making soup. It takes time to bring out the medicinal value of ginseng.

Lunch can be put aside for the time being, and Lao Liu hurriedly started preparing dinner.

Anyway, it’s summer, it’s okay to just get some pickles for lunch.This is refreshing and appetizing, and the sorghum rice is cooked in the morning, even without Lao Liu's help, Wang Fengru can handle it.

I usually make stewed chicken with mushrooms at home, which mainly eat chicken and mushrooms. Although the chicken soup is delicious, I just drink it by the way.Today's ginseng chicken soup focuses on this soup, and it's not good to add mushrooms, otherwise it will smell bad.

Lao Liu has never done it before, but this is not difficult for him.At most, change the material.I have also seen it on TV. They use broiler chickens, but we use two-year-old chickens.Stew for a while longer, the nutrition of this soup will be better.

The only small obstacle he encountered was that he was considering whether the ginseng needed to be cut.After pondering for a while, he still didn't use the knife.

What I saw on TV is put in the whole root. Since it has to be stewed for such a long time, don't cut it.

After the chicken was stir-fried and the soup was added, Lao Liu threw the whole cleaned ginseng plant into the pot, and then put the firewood under the pot.Fire first, then simmer, and simmer until night, the soup should taste good.

And when he handled the chicken, he also took a lot of seriousness, picking off all the oil that could be picked from the chicken.The ginseng chicken soup on TV looked very refreshing. He didn't want everyone to drink it with a layer of oil on it, although that kind of soup tasted better.

After he finished his busy work, Wang Fengru also made up today's lunch.

"There are a lot of ginseng and bellflower on our mountain, and that astragalus. Will bellflower and astragalus be dug up and sold this year?" the third grandpa asked with a smile.

"I haven't counted it yet. Let's try it today to see how the bellflower tastes. If it tastes good, let's sell it in supermarkets and restaurants." Liu Fugui said.

"My worry is the astragalus root. The fresh ones don't seem to be very valuable. We can't process them, so we can't sell them as real medicinal materials. It depends on the situation. If the market is not good, let them grow in the ground. Otherwise, it would not be enough for the labor.”

"It shouldn't be a problem, right? Let the second grandfather of Yihan help you get in touch. He can know more people in this area." Old Master Chen said.

"The key now seems to be that the entire Chinese herbal medicine market is not very prosperous. Platycodon grandiflorum is also considered a traditional Chinese medicine, but people pay more attention to its taste, and its popularity in ingredients is much stronger than that of medicinal materials." Liu Fugui said with a wry smile. .

"My original idea here was pretty good, to simulate an environment similar to wild growth for them. But this is different from other people's planting in the ground, and the labor required to dig them out will increase a lot."

What Liu Fugui said is also the truth, otherwise, why do the news often report that the vegetables in a certain place would rather rot in the field than sell?It is because the price of vegetables is low, but you will lose money if you sell them.Rather than that, it's better to just throw it away.

The current labor cost is so high that the workers on my side are busy tending the vegetables in the shed. If they want to dig out these bellflowers and astragalus, they have to find someone outside.

Unified digging, is this easy to deal with?Otherwise, dig some today, dig some tomorrow, and sell them in the future will be a problem.

This can be regarded as a small problem encountered at present, but in the past, the big guy might have paid more attention to it.For Liu Fugui now, even if he loses, he can afford it.

In business, no matter what business you are in, it is impossible to make a steady profit all the time.

Moreover, Lao Liu planted Chinese herbal medicines to test the water.Even if Astragalus loses, it doesn't matter.The thorn buds, ginseng, and the platycodon, which I haven't tasted, should not be bad.

Even if their appearance is a bit strange, somewhat non-mainstream, but their essence is still the same, this is not bad.

Moreover, Lao Liu's heart is more or less low, and he looks strange, should it be the effect of the beads?Growing vegetables is so powerful, it should be no problem to grow these.

(End of this chapter)