Chapter 131 Cordyceps is the relocation capital
Lin Sanqi decided to buy Cordyceps sinensis, no matter how big or small.
Of course, the purchase price is still different. A cordyceps of more than 1 gram is still charged at 500 grams for a pound of salt, a pound of sugar, and a piece of tea cake.
A piece of Cordyceps with more than 0.5 grams is 2 pounds for one pound of salt, one pound of sugar and one piece of tea cake.
As for the cordyceps weighing less than 0.5 grams each, 5 pounds of cordyceps are exchanged for one pound of salt, one pound of sugar, and one piece of tea cake.
If capitalists saw this exchange ratio, they would cry and call them profiteers. However, in 1959, it was unexpectedly strongly welcomed by the herdsmen.
Because after all, there are very few special-grade Cordyceps, which are hard to come by. But if you say they are ordinary-sized Cordyceps, how many are there all over the mountains and plains?
Lowering the threshold means more people will benefit.
So the news that Han people in Chikang Village were buying Cordyceps sinensis in large quantities, no matter how big or small, at very high prices, spread all over the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
More herdsmen who got the news were on their way to Zaduo with collected cordyceps.
The herdsmen were having a party, and Lin Sanqi couldn't keep up with the supplies, so he planned to go back to 2023 to buy some salt and sugar.
When Lin Sanqi came back, she was holding two large plastic boxes.
"Grandma, come quickly!"
Wang Wenjuan was in the rice store and hurried over when she heard her son’s cry:
"Qizai, what do you have in this box?"
"Mom, these are all pig offal and some pork. These are Tibetan pigs, very precious. They are freshly killed pigs and the ingredients are very fresh. Please pack them up quickly. We will have pig offal porridge for lunch."
Wang Wenjuan was a little surprised. How could this freshly killed pig offal be taken out of the room?
But she has one advantage: she doesn't bother to think about things she doesn't understand, so she took the plastic box and walked to the kitchen:
"Don't worry, grandma will cook delicious food for you."
Lin Sanqi ran to her traditional Chinese medicine clinic again to find her father.
At this time, there were already many patients waiting in the Chinese medicine clinic, completely surrounding the small Lingnan Hall. Lin Musen was sitting upright and looking at the doctor seriously.
The money-making model of Lingnan Hall is relatively traditional, that is, the doctor only writes prescriptions, which is equivalent to charging a "registration fee", which is called "diagnosis fee" in traditional Chinese medicine.
As for which pharmacy the patient goes to get medicine, it’s up to the patient.
One advantage of doing this is that patients are not afraid of being ripped off, and it prevents doctors from prescribing large amounts just to get medicines.
But the biggest disadvantage for doctors is that they cannot promote precious Chinese medicinal materials and make more money.
Therefore, this traditional Chinese medicine clinic model is becoming increasingly rare now. Generally, domestic Chinese medicine clinics, including those in Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, or Southeast Asian countries, have their own pharmacies, and the prescriptions are not leaked out.
Since the Lin family's Angong Niuhuang Pill became famous in Huadu, many patients have come to see it.
This is what TCM is like. As long as its reputation spreads, it won't have to worry about running out of patients, especially in the south where there are many patients who trust TCM.
Regardless of whether he makes money or not, Lin Musen is already extremely happy now that he has seen the day when "Lingnan Hall" can regain its ancestral glory.
Seeing that her father was busy, Lin Sanqi hugged the plastic box and backed out again, and came upstairs:
"Lin Bingqiao, come here!"
Lin Bingqiao opened the door and stuck out her head: "Brother, what's wrong?"
Lin Sanqi beckoned: "Come on, come on, help me pack up the cordyceps in the box and sort them by weight and size. It's a very simple job."
Although Lin Bingqiao is a high school girl, she still knows how precious Cordyceps is because she grew up in a traditional Chinese medicine clinic.
When I saw my eldest brother holding a whole box of Cordyceps in his arms, my eyes suddenly lit up:
"Wow, brother, where do all these Cordyceps come from?"
"Where did it come from? It fell from the sky. Hurry up. When this box of cordyceps is packed away, I will give you 1,000 yuan as reward."
"Wow~~Brother, you are the best~~~"
Lin Bingqiao came bounding over, and she and Lin Sanqi picked up the box and came to the main room.
Lin Sanqi took out a small electronic scale and asked her sister to weigh each cordyceps and then classify them herself.
A cordyceps king weighing more than 1 gram is placed on a wooden plate, and smaller first-grade cordyceps are placed on another wooden plate.
At this moment, Lin Peidong walked in with his hands behind his back.
When Lin Sanqi and Lin Bingqiao saw the patriarch coming, they immediately stood up and said: "Grandpa!"
Uncle Lin was quite calm at first, but the Lin Musen family has encountered too many things recently. The house was smashed a few days ago. As the patriarch and village chief, he was quite worried, so he came over to take a look during his lunch break.
As a result, when the old man saw the Lin family hall full of Cordyceps sinensis, everyone was a little dumbfounded.
"Qi, Qizai, what is this? Cordyceps? You are not making fake Cordyceps, are you?"
Even though Uncle Lin is dressed in a white traditional coat and a pair of dark knickerbockers, he is one of the "capital" lurking under the water and controls tens of billions of assets in Shilou Village. So he belongs to the knowledgeable group.
Because of his knowledge, the old man's first reaction when he saw so many special cordyceps was that these cordyceps were fake. How could ordinary people have so many precious Chinese medicinal materials?
Lin Sanqi became anxious as soon as he heard this. He was not willing to admit it:
"Grandpa, how can this be fake? These are all real. Look, the dirt and moss we cleaned up are still there."
Uncle Lin picked up a cordyceps and compared them. The length of the grass head plus the body of the cordyceps was longer than a cigarette.
"My dear, such a big Cordyceps? It's so rare, old man, I have never seen it in my whole life."
Lin Sanqi thought that this kind of Cordyceps King level was not available on the market because it was too rare. Only the top wealthy people in the country were eligible to enjoy it.
This is just like the ancient tea trees in Longjing Village and the Dahongpao trees on the rock walls of Wuyi Mountain. They do not enter the market. They do not have a certain status and cannot be bought even if they have money.
Each cordyceps Lin Sanqi brought back weighed about 1 gram, and half of them weighed more than 1.5 grams
It was only in 1959 that a large number of purchases could still be made, but in 2023, when they are all fishing, they are almost extinct.
Uncle Lin held a cordyceps and looked at the room full of cordyceps. All he was thinking about were exclamation points:
"It's so much, I'll throw it away, how much does it cost? Qizai, do these all belong to your family?"
Lin Sanqi chuckled:
"They're all from our family. I'm sorting them out right now, and I'm going to sort them by weight and size. The prices vary greatly for different sizes. It's trivial to buy a Rolls-Royce out of these cordyceps."
"Oh, you kid, I really don't know which line your family has been on recently..."
While Uncle Lin was still sighing, Lin Musen also walked out of the traditional Chinese medicine center after finishing his work. He came to the main room and was stunned when he saw a room full of cordyceps.
As a practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine, he was more aware of the meanings of so many Cordyceps kings, and at the same time he was instantly excited:
My son found a new source of wealth in 1959! ! !
But in front of others, Lin Musen still pretended to be calm: "Grandpa, here you are, Qizai, have you packed up all these cordyceps?"
Lin Sanqi thought that her father’s reaction was really quick, so he cooperated and said:
"Come on, come on, there are still some left that will be packed away."
At this time, Wang Wenjuan also shouted in the kitchen: "Clear the table, the pig offal porridge is ready."
"Okay, Grandpa, you can stay and taste it. Today's pig offal is different!"
Uncle Lin didn't take it seriously. He still had many questions to ask Lin Musen, so he nodded: "Okay, I'll have lunch at your house today."
Lin Sanqi and Lin Bingqiao quickly cleared the table and were busy wiping the chairs and tables.
"Well, not bad, this pork offal is so tender and fresh. It's strange. Where does this pig come from? I have never eaten it before."
Uncle Lin kept praising him while eating.
Huadu people are very particular about "eating", such as pig offal porridge.
Huadu people who know how to eat will choose to go to the porridge shop in the middle of the night to eat pig offal porridge.
Because the most important thing for pork offal porridge is fresh ingredients. The pork offal comes out of the slaughterhouse and is sent directly to the hotel kitchen overnight. Everything is a race against time and fast.
The chef's handling of different offal parts is also very important.
For example: pork liver should be marinated with sugar first, and pig heart should be dredged with peanut oil.
When the porridge is cooked, the order in which the pork offal is added is also particular. There are requirements for which of the raw intestines, pork liver, pork loin, vermicelli sausage, lean meat, etc. should be put first and which one should be put last.
But no matter how particular you are, the pigs in the slaughterhouse are feed pigs. How can they be compared with the pure natural Tibetan pigs that eat cordyceps every day?
Moreover, these pig offal are sent to the system space for storage as soon as they are taken out. They are very fresh and taste naturally tender.
Served with fried pork offal, stir-fried cabbage hearts, and pickles, not to mention Uncle Lin, the rest of the Lin family also had a delicious meal.
After eating and drinking, Lin Bingqiao made some tea.
Uncle Lin burped beautifully and looked around the Lin family's main room and dining room.
The Lin family had been renovating before, but after it was smashed by the Zhou family, the decoration also stopped. The Lin family simply cleaned up and reinstalled the door. The whole house looked shabby.
"Ah Sen, look at your house, it doesn't look right. I don't think you should decorate it. Anyway, Qizai has reached the age of marriage, so he simply knocked down the house and rebuilt it to make it more stylish."
Lin Musen's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he thought that he was right. He had no money before, but now his family has money. Building a new house is indeed a good choice.
As for the approval of new houses...
Just like Hu Jianren going abroad, as long as Mazu agrees, what kind of visa is required?
When people in Shilou Village build houses, as long as the village agrees and the neighbors agree, no approval is required at all. Of course, you won’t be able to get approval...
"Building a house is a good idea, but if the house is to be demolished and rebuilt, what will happen to my traditional Chinese medicine clinic? Now we finally have more patients."
Lin Musen expressed his worries.
Uncle Lin disagreed:
"Ah Sen, if you want Lingnan Hall to flourish, staying in this village is not an option. You have to go out. These Cordyceps are the best capital."
Some readers reminded me that the novel forgot about the drying step of Cordyceps sinensis. This is a BUG, but since the manuscript has been written, I will ignore this step. Readers, please don’t pay attention to these details... cover your face and leave...
(End of chapter)