Chapter 265
The two came out of the supply and marketing cooperative and went directly into the department store on the opposite street.
The finished clothes inside are relatively old and expensive. The cheapest short-sleeved clothes cost three or four yuan, and the more expensive ones cost more than ten or twenty yuan.
Lin Shu was stunned when he saw it: "It seems that the fashion trend in the south has not affected us here yet. You see, this style has long been available in our place, and they are still selling it as the latest season's style here."< br>
“It will take several years for the spring breeze from the south to blow here in the northwest. You have to know that taking a train from here to Guangdong Province will take several days at the current train speed.”
I walked all the way from upstairs to downstairs and found that there was nothing to buy.
They brought clothes and daily necessities from home.
The products in department stores are more fashionable in their province than here, so there is no need to buy them here.
After coming out of the department store, it was still early, so the two of them walked slowly along the street. Not to mention that for outsiders like them, the scenery on the street was much more beautiful than that of the department store.
While passing by a state-run farmer's market, Lin Shu pointed to the market gate: "Let's go to the farmer's market and see what specialties we can buy here."
Gu Jiu said: "Okay, let's go and have a look."
As soon as he entered the farmer's 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. This is also It’s considered a kind of fruit. Why don’t we get a batch of dates back while we’re pre-ordering this time?”
Gu Jiu walked to the stall and took a look at it. It was plump and big, and it was green. When it is red and variegated, it is also the time to pick it and eat it.
"Auntie, how do you sell these dates?"
"Three cents a pound, pick whatever you want." The aunt pulled the three or four big 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 production area were so cheap. If they were in their place, no one would believe them.
“Auntie, are these dates sweet?”
“You can try it. If it’s not sweet, it’s free of charge.”
Lin Shu picked up two dates and took them from the bag. He took out a thermos cup from inside, poured water into it, washed it, gave one to Gu Jiu, and tasted it himself.
Very crispy and sweet.
It tastes good.
The aunt heard the crunching sound of their chewing and asked with a smile: "How do they taste? These dates are agricultural products produced and sold by our production team. Do you want a few kilograms?"
Lin Shu nodded: "The two of us can't eat that much, so we'll just weigh two kilograms and taste it." Taste it."
When the aunt heard this, she was happy and took out a net bag from the side and handed it to her, "Do you want a net bag? I want this net bag for an extra penny."
Lin. Shu took the net bag and thanked him, "Auntie, are you from the production team below?"
While watching them choose, the aunt replied: "People from Huaishu Village ten miles outside the city."
Lin Shu didn't know where Huaishu Village was, but it didn't stop her from chatting happily with the aunt, "Huaishu Village" Shucun, it’s close to the city and easy to get into. Do you have a lot of jujube trees there?”
“Not too many. , there are only four to five thousand plants, connected in one area, and they will slowly sell dates from now on every year. When the dates mature in autumn, they will all be sent to the cooperative. "
The aunt is very willing to say it in front of outsiders. The quality of their Huaishu Village didn't need to be tested by Lin Shu. She just poured beans out of a bamboo tube and said everything she could.
Gu Jiu silently kept this village in his mind, waiting to go with Uncle Zeng the day after tomorrow to see what it was like?
The two bought dates and walked in. After walking a few steps, they found two bags of yellow millet on another stall. Judging from the stall owner's dress, it must have been picked by the villagers from the village below and grown in the city. sold.
Lin thought that the millet porridge made by millet was very popular among his family, so he bought dozens of kilograms and asked Gu Jiu to carry it directly to the post and telecommunications office, preparing to mail dozens of kilograms of millet home directly.
This time when they came out, they walked all the way doing errands. It was inconvenient to carry around the specialties they bought at each place, so they simply bought them and mailed them back.
They found walnuts on the road from the post office, and the two bought half a sack.
Just sending something home from the northwest, the postage is more expensive than the price of goods.
The staff at the Post and Telecommunications Bureau didn't understand why they spent so much postage just to post some agricultural products.
It’s just that the price of agricultural products is cheap locally, but in the south the price has doubled several times. For Lin Shu and the others, it is worth the postage to mail it back.
What’s more, the quality of specialties that you personally select from the place of origin is even more reassuring.
It was almost noon when they came out of the post and telecommunications office. When passing by the state-owned restaurant, they smelled the aroma of mutton stew inside, and the two of them couldn't help but walk in.
The mutton stewed slowly over low heat has original flavor and is extremely fragrant. Order a bowl of stewed mutton, add some red oil chili pepper, chopped green onion and coriander. The rich and fresh aroma will stimulate the salivary glands, which is definitely not something ordinary people can resist.
Gu Jiu and Lin Shu couldn't resist the temptation of delicious food. They ordered a bowl of stewed mutton and a plate of yellow steamed buns.
Not to mention, if you are used to eating your own food, it is also a good experience to come to another place to taste local food and change your taste. The northwest is hotter than the provincial capital in midsummer. It is lunch time and there is no electric fan in the store. Although the food is delicious, the only drawback is that it is too hot.
"There is a huge shortage of electric fans across the country now. I wonder how Chen Fei's factory is building?"
Lin Shu drank a bowl of mutton soup. My mouth was full of pleasure, but there was a lot of sweat on my face and body.
Gu Jiu took a bite of the yellow steamed bun and said, "It's almost mass production. Once the inventory reaches a certain level, it will be promoted to the market. Last time I called, I heard that he had sent five fans to each of our two families. Yes, judging by the time, I should have received it at home by now."
Lin Shu borrowed the fan from the hotel to fan himself while looking at the bright sun outside." After dinner, let’s not go shopping and go back to the guest house to rest. The sun is too bright outside.”
Gu Jiu nodded: “My whole body is sticky after walking all morning. Let’s go back and take a shower.” Take a bath and have a good sleep."
Lin Shu drank a bowl of hot soup and almost felt like she was on fire. She had no interest in doing anything while sleeping.
Sleeping sounds like pure sleep to her ears.
Spent the day resting in the guest house.
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 of them chose a hillside with lush vegetation and got off the bus.
As soon as he got off the car, Lin Shu discovered that there were many sweet roots, that is, sweet licorice, growing on the loess on the roadside.
Chinese medicine calls it licorice.
Licorice is very suitable for growing on loess soil, and the licorice in this northwest area is of high quality.
Licorice is named after its taste, which was first recorded in Shennong’s Materia Medica.
The licorice rhizomes grow very deep and it is very difficult to dig. Today, because Gu Jiu followed, Lin Shu could only use a medicinal hoe to dig.
You only dare to use the media collection function when he is not paying attention.
"What kind of herb is this?" Gu Jiu saw that Lin Shu was already digging with a hoe. He carefully looked at the plants on the roadside and confirmed that he didn't recognize them.
Lin Shu stopped and asked, "Have you ever heard of licorice?"
"You said this plant is licorice?"
Lin Shu didn't say anything, but Gu Jiu really didn't know about the kind of plant in front of him. The plant is the famous licorice.
“Yes, it is licorice. Many Chinese medicine prescriptions contain licorice. It can be used as a medicine primer to reconcile the properties of the medicine. It can also detoxify hundreds of medicines and reduce the toxicity of medicinal herbs.”
Gu I looked at the large green plants on the roadside for a long time and asked, "Is this all there?"
When will this be dug?
"Mainly licorice, with some weeds or other herbs mixed in." Lin Shu looked at the plants at his left and right feet.
Gu Jiu snatched the hoe from Lin Shu's hand and said, "Leave this physical work to me. Go look around and see if there are any precious herbs anywhere?"
Lin Shu didn't. I argued with him and gave him the job of digging licorice, and told him the precautions for digging licorice, " The roots of licorice are very deep. Dig deeply and don't break them. I'll go around and see what herbs are available in this mountainous area."
Gu Jiu vigorously dug a few times with the hoe and said, "This is the season. Those who enter the mountains are those who want money rather than their lives.”
Lin Shu was stunned for a moment, then chuckled, turning a blind eye to his complaints and not bothering to pay attention to him.
Lin Shu stroked the licorice beside him all the way, and the underground roots were directly collected into the system. On the surface, it was not apparent that the licorice rhizomes had been taken away.
I seemed to have good luck today. I found more than a dozen astragalus plants on a hillside.
Astragalus, it can be said that the astragalus in the country is in the northwest, and the astragalus in the northwest is in Zizhou.
Among them, Zizhou Astragalus has the best quality, and it is the only one that can replace ginseng.
Northeastern ginseng and Zizhouqi are not just words.
The roots of Astragalus can grow very deep into the ground. It is very difficult to dig it simply by manual labor.
Fortunately, Lin Shu has a system media collection function, and the useful root systems in the plant roots have been collected into the system by gently touching them.
The younger rhizomes and the roots of astragalus that are too old and have empty cores still remain in the ground and can continue to grow.
The optimal standard for astragalus rhizome to be used as medicine is to reach the ‘calendula silver disc chrysanthemum flower heart’, so when it is manually harvested, a lot of rhizomes will be wasted.
The collection function of the system just makes up for this shortcoming, and rhizomes that do not meet the standards will still stay and grow underground.