Rebirth: the fiery age of Mori Gong's children

Chapter 531 Going into the mountains to carry ginseng
"By the way, Xiping, I have something I want you to help me with.

Do you know anyone on the other side of No. 1 Middle School? I'm thinking of transferring my Xiaogang and your second brother's Xiaopeng to Songjianghe to No. 1 Middle School.

I also bought a house in Songjianghe. When school starts in the fall, your second sister-in-law will move in with me to take care of the three elders in school.

When the younger ones enter junior high school in two years, let them transfer there as well. Liu Yujiang suddenly remembered this matter and hurriedly mentioned it to Sheng Xiping.

"Qiangzi lives in Pine Forest High School, and the dormitory conditions are not very good, and the food is not good either.

I was thinking that I should also buy a house in Songjianghe. Buy it as soon as possible so that your second sister-in-law can go over and study with you. "

"Look, I told you a long time ago that if you don't listen to me if you buy a house in Songjianghe, you won't do it until now."

When Sheng Xiping heard this, he couldn't help complaining.

"Is it just Xiaogang and Xiaopeng who can turn one in the middle? Otherwise, they can also turn one in one.

I heard that in the next two years, all the forestry middle schools will be transferred to the No. 1 Middle School, and they will have to go to Songjiang River sooner or later. It just so happens that they can keep company with our Xinhua and Xinyu families. "

After a while, Sheng Xiping found a ginseng plant among the plants.

"You two should be careful when going into the mountains. No matter what happens, try to come back if you can at night.

At the end of the railway, there was supposed to be a tractor track.

There is no other way to the third branch line, you can only go along the small train track.

Seven bastards can do enough laundry and cooking in one day, but the second daughter-in-law can't handle it alone. "How about I go with you?"

Sheng Xiping and his son played at Liu's house until about nine o'clock, and then walked back with a flashlight. When they got home, they packed up and went to bed.

The ginseng seeds are not pure green, but dark green with some purple-red. It is estimated that in ten days and a half, the ginseng seeds will all turn red.

The Sheng family could only follow the route in their memory and walk towards the mountains.

"Bangchui." Sheng Xiping shouted.

On the purple-black stem, six palm-shaped compound leaves flutter in the wind. At the very top of the stem, there is a ginseng seed the size of a baby's fist.

"Hurry up, hurry up." When Sheng Liancheng heard this, he was extremely happy and quickly came to Sheng Xiping's side.

If ginseng seeds are not red, they are not conspicuous. The Sheng family and his son are both amateurs. It would take a lot of trouble to find ginseng in the grass.

My husband and I were at the alkali farm, taking care of our ginseng fields and crops. "Liu Changde made the final decision directly.

"Let's go together? The second daughter-in-law can't take care of her by herself." Qin Qiuyan muttered next to her.

At this time, Sheng Xiping had already inserted the treasure stick in his hand into the soil and broke off two more branches.

Sheng Xiping is not just coveting the money from selling mallets now, he just wants to see if there is really a big deal, dig it back and keep it properly.

The two men planned to go to the place where they dug the mallet that year. After all these years, there was no guarantee that there would still be a big mallet there.

At four o'clock the next morning, it was just dawn outside. Sheng Xiping and Sheng Liancheng were already fully armed and carrying their things, ready to enter the mountain.

The plot of land where Sheng Xiping and his educated youth team used to tend young trees, are now almost as thick as a bowl.

Anyway, our house is enough to live in. Old lady, you and the second wife will follow you to take care of the children's education.

"Six-grade leaves." Sheng Xiping pushed aside the weeds in front of him and came to the ginseng tree. He counted it again and found that it was indeed a sixth-grade leaf.

Under the cliff, it seems to be the same as it was many years ago. The trees are tall and lush, and weeds and shrubs are growing vigorously under the trees. It seems that no one has been here before.

Then he took out the mallet lock from his pocket and tied the stem of the ginseng tree. The copper coins at both ends of the mallet lock were placed on the branches.

Such plots no longer require tending work, so weeds and shrubs have grown wildly in the forest, making it very difficult to walk around.

At the foot of the cliff, they took away four seedlings with six leaves and three seedlings with five leaves.

It has been more than ten years since the four of us entered the mountains that year, and weeds have gradually grown on the tractor paths in the forest that are not often used.

The two of us didn’t bring so many things with us this time, so we didn’t push the railway tricycle. We just carried our bags and walked along the small train track.

"How many grades of leaves?" Sheng Liancheng also has experience and knows what to do.

Everyone on the left and right is looking for people to trust the relationship, so why not do it quickly and easily. As long as you study in primary school, you will be able to successfully advance to junior high school and high school in the future.

After thinking about it, Liu Changde and his son came to the same conclusion, "Okay, just do what Xiping said and turn all the children over.

After more than ten years, it seems that another fifth-grade leaf has grown up and turned into a sixth-grade leaf.

Fortunately, this time we brought enough rope, so we tied the rope to the crooked neck tree on the edge of the cliff. We followed the rope and went down to the bottom of the cliff.

It’s not like our family can’t afford to pay for laundry, cooking, cleaning, etc. "In Sheng Xiping's eyes, this is nothing.

Otherwise, if that area becomes a logging area and the ecological environment is destroyed, the ginseng inside will not be able to grow.

Alas, it just so happens that the sixth child won't come back from school this year, otherwise I can still have more company. "Before leaving the house, Zhang Shuzhen warned worriedly.

They hadn't been here for several years, so the two of them could only rely on their memory to tell the direction and walk in. By the time they found the sign left back then, it was already past ten o'clock.

The two men didn't hang around the sign for too long, but went straight to the fault zone not far away.

"Mom, don't worry. We're just going to take a look, maybe there is something there." Sheng Xiping waved his hand, turned around and followed Sheng Liancheng and the others.

Fortunately, the area under the cliff was not that big. The father and son held soba sticks in their hands and moved through the weeds and shrubs bit by bit, searching carefully.

"Master's wife, you can live here if you like. If not, just hire a nanny.

It was only the beginning of August at this time, which was in Qinglangtou City and not yet in Redlangtou City, which meant that ginseng seeds were not yet red at this time.

Then, Sheng Xiping took out a deer bone pick, a quick scissor, a quick ax and other household items from his back pocket.

First, he used an ax to cut off the surrounding tree roots, and then used scissors to cut off the grass roots. Then he used a deer bone stick to push away the soil around the ginseng stems and began to lift the ginseng.

While Sheng Xiping was carrying the ginseng, Sheng Liancheng couldn't be idle. He tried to get some dead branches and built a fire upwind. When the fire started to burn, he put some wormwood on top.

Artemisia is fresh and not easy to burn. It will emit thick white smoke and float along the wind towards Sheng Xiping, fumigating flying mosquitoes and so on.

There is a saying that carrying ginseng is like inviting the Buddha, and you must be careful.

Sheng Xiping's hands were steady, and he used a deer bone stick to push away the soil bit by bit, gradually revealing the roots underneath.

This ginseng shouldn't be particularly big, and its exposed shoulders look about the thickness of a thumb.

Wild ginseng grows slowly, only about ten years old. Even if the original fifth-grade leaves grow into sixth-grade leaves, they will not be particularly big.

Sheng Xiping worked hard for two or three hours and finally lifted out the whole ginseng tree.

This ginseng doesn't look too big, probably weighing only two or three dozen, but its shape is very beautiful, and its whiskers are covered with pearl bumps. It is a good ginseng.

Sheng Liancheng handed over the moss he had just found and asked Sheng Xiping to wrap the wild ginseng. Then he peeled off a piece of birch bark, wrapped the ginseng and moss together tightly, and tied it tightly with a rope. "Let's have some food. It's almost two o'clock. After dinner, let's walk around here and pick up another tree if it's there. If not, forget it."

Sheng Liancheng took out dry food and pickles from his pocket. The two men were tired and hungry, so they ate a lot.

After dinner, the two of them wandered around the cliff for a while, only seeing two fifth-grade leaves and no more sixth-grade leaves.

"Has someone been here? When we left, there were many sticks in this place. Why did we find so few?"

Sheng Liancheng was puzzled. Logically speaking, there shouldn't be. There shouldn't be at least a dozen trees?

"Dad, wild ginseng has the characteristic of dormancy. This spring was dry, so it is possible that some of the ginseng was not unearthed.

Furthermore, the ginseng seeds were not red at this time and were not conspicuous among the vegetation, so it was normal for us not to notice. "

There is a certain amount of wealth in the mountains. It does not mean that if they come again, they will be able to dig more ginseng.

"It's good to have these six-grade leaves. It's not like I'm leaving empty-handed." Sheng Xiping was quite content. He didn't lack the money now, so he just had to enjoy himself.

"What about the five-grade leaves of these two seedlings? Should we take them?" Sheng Liancheng asked hesitantly.

"Dad, it's getting late. We have to go home. We won't take any more." Sheng Xiping smiled and shook his head.

"I'll call Uncle Wu later and ask about the Siberian Tiger Park.

If possible, when I wait to delineate the scope of the Tiger Park, I will also delineate this area, so that the sticks below can be protected. "

Sheng Xiping has been thinking about this matter for a long time. He came here today to confirm whether there were still ginseng under the cliff.

When Sheng Liancheng heard this, he thought this was fine, "Okay, let's go home." A six-grade leaf can yield quite a harvest. You should be content with what you have. People shouldn't be too greedy.

In this way, the two men tidied up the foot of the cliff. The fire had been extinguished long ago and was soaked with water. There was no danger of catching fire.

The pit where the ginseng was lifted should be restored to its original state as much as possible, and then covered with mugwort.

After everything was taken care of, the father and son carried their things on their backs, climbed up along the rope, untied the rope, and returned the same way.

By the time the two men got home, it was almost eight o'clock in the evening.

Zhang Shuzhen and Zhou Qinglan's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law waited at home restlessly, and the rice in the pot was heated over and over again.

Suddenly, a few old dogs barked outside. Upon hearing this, Zhang Shuzhen and Zhou Qinglan hurriedly came out of the back room. Zhou Qinglan plugged in the power and the light bulbs in the yard lit up.

The sound of the dog barking is different. Once you hear it, you know that your family is back.

When I went out, I saw that it was Sheng Liancheng and Sheng Xiping who entered the yard with a flashlight.

"Why are you coming back at this time? I thought you were going to spend the night in the mountains tonight."

"It's a long road, and no one has walked on it for several years. Grass grows all over the tractor path." Sheng Liancheng explained casually.

"Oh, no wonder. Come in quickly. Have you eaten dinner yet? I'll pack the food for you right now."

Zhang Shuzhen quickly called her husband and son into the house and asked them to change clothes and wash their hands.

Just as Zhou Qinglan brought out the food, the two men didn't even need to set the table, so they just took a bite on the edge of the pot.

After the two of them finished their meal, the four of them returned to the east room, and then Zhang Shuzhen asked if they had gained anything today.

Sheng Xiping took out the birch bark roll from his pocket and opened it, "It was wrong when I went there. Before I got to Honglangtou City, I saw one seedling of six-grade leaves and two seedlings of five-grade leaves. We brought back the six-grade leaves. All the fifth-grade leaves have been released.”

In the terminology of releasing ginseng, digging ginseng is called lifting ginseng, which is also called taking. If it is not dug, it is called releasing.

When Zhang Shuzhen and Zhou Qinglan saw the sixth-grade leaves of the seedlings, they also liked them very much.

Sheng Xiping handed the ginseng to Zhang Shuzhen and asked her to put it away properly.

Now that the family is not short of money, this ginseng cannot be sold, so it needs to be dried and preserved for future use.

Zhang Shuzhen put the ginseng away and put it in the cupboard first, waiting to be processed during the day. Mr. and Mrs. Sheng Liancheng had been tired from going up the mountain for a day, so they quickly washed and tidied up and went to sleep on the kang.

Zhou Qinglan is in her second year of high school and will soon be promoted to third year. Students have classes during the holidays, so it is not easy for Zhou Qinglan to take too long leave.

So on Tuesday morning, Sheng Xiping drove Zhou Qinglan back to Songjianghe.

After that, Sheng Xiping called Wu Bingzhong and asked him to help inquire about the Siberian Tiger Park.

It is said that this is because there is no precedent for privately operating a wild Siberian tiger park in China. The superiors have held meetings to discuss this several times, but no conclusion has been reached.

Wu Bingzhong asked Sheng Xiping to wait while he and Mr. Yang found a way to urge her.

Sheng Xiping was not in a hurry, so he waited patiently.

In the blink of an eye, more than half of August has passed, and school is about to start. The four brothers and sisters Sheng Xinhua returned from Qianchuan Forest Farm.

Sheng Xiping also took care of the matter of the Liu family's boys transferring to another school, and they happened to come to Songjianghe together.

Liu Yuhe's daughter-in-law and Qin Qiuyan lived in the newly bought house of the Liu family and took care of the daily life of their seven children.

Liu Qiang is in high school, Liu Gang and Liu Peng are in junior high school, and the other four are in elementary school, which happens to be with Sheng Xinhua and the others.

Together with the children from Chen Weiguo and Wang Jianshe's family, a large group of children would go back after school every day.

Sheng Xinyue and Sheng Xinqi were under age and had to go to elementary school. Sheng Xiping and his wife couldn't handle it, so they had to agree.

The two little girls are the youngest in the class, and the family is worried that they will be bullied. Liu Xin is in the second grade and is closest to the girls' class. When he has free time, he goes over to check on the two girls.

The other elders even said that anyone who dared to bully their sister would be beaten to death.

Coupled with the reputation of Sheng Xiping and Zhou Qinglan, the teacher also paid special attention to the two children, so no one dared to provoke these two girls in school.

Just after September, a call came from the capital, telling Sheng Xiping the good news.

The Jilin Provincial Wildlife Conservation Research Institute and the Changbai Mountain Nature Reserve wanted to establish a Siberian tiger conservation and breeding center in the Changbai Mountain area and asked Sheng Xiping if he was interested in investing.

Sheng Xiping understood it as soon as he heard it and agreed immediately.

So, Sheng Xiping went to the provincial capital to find the relevant departments through the guidance, and signed a contract with them to invest in the park.

The provincial forestry department will set aside a piece of land near Changbai Mountain as a rescue and breeding center for wild Siberian tigers.

The various expenses required for the research center are partly allocated from the provincial finance, and the majority is paid by Sheng Xiping.

In this way, Sheng Xiping does not need to pay to contract the forest. He only needs to be responsible for the salaries of researchers and the cost of raising Siberian tigers.

After the contract was signed, experts followed Sheng Xiping for on-site inspection.

Experts inspected the mountains for nearly half a month, and finally based on Huahua's living habits and activity range, they selected a forest twenty miles northeast of the forest farm to delineate 300 hectares of mountain forest for the Siberian Tiger Forest Park.

(End of this chapter)