Chapter 26 Harvesting Late Rice
This steel scale in Li Xiang's family has been passed down for decades. According to grandma, Li Xiang's grandfather bought it when he was young.
The scale beam was very smooth, strong, and blue-black in color. It was inlaid with a series of large and small golden star flowers (bronze stars), and the two ends were also wrapped with copper sheets. Li Xiang thought about it, and guessed it was made of red Xunzi wood.
The reason why it is blue-black is due to the complex dyeing process of the scale rod. The red Xunzi wooden scale rod needs to be cleaned with lime water, then brushed with soap alum liquid, then gallnut liquid, etc.
The best and most practical old-fashioned scale beam is "iron wood", which is difficult to cut even with an axe, followed by red xunzi wood, and then there are other hardwoods, such as nanmu, cuscus, and jujube. Wood, golden plum, red silk wood, rosewood, rosewood, rosewood, etc.
It usually needs to be dried in the shade for more than a year, and then made through a series of complex processes, such as planing the scale beam, setting the groove, calibrating the scale and nailing the star flowers, grinding, cleaning, dyeing, trimming and polishing, etc., which is time-consuming.
Some people will use the weighing rod at home to turn beads into bracelets. But if it is made of really good wood and the scale itself is better protected, its collection value will be much higher than that of a bracelet. If you use it to turn beads, it will be a "waste".
There are sixteen star flowers on the scale beam, that is, sixteen liang scales. A long time ago, Luban carved 13 star flowers on a piece of hardwood based on the Big Dipper and the South Dipper in the sky. According to the regulations at that time It's 13 taels per catty.
Later, during the reign of Fan Li, three more star flowers were added to the 13 stars. These three star flowers represent "Fu, Lu, Longevity" respectively, which means that if you are short of a pound or a pound of gold, you will be unlucky and have a little fortune. Short life!
Many people in ancient times believed this, so they became much more disciplined when doing business.
Of course, not everyone will believe this "illusory curse", and some profiteers will still do whatever they are supposed to do.
Li Xiang’s old scale has been used for many years. Due to frequent maintenance, the weighing is still relatively accurate. Li Xiang weighed it at home when he sent something before. He took it to an SF Express outlet to borrow an electronic scale from another company and weighed it again. The error is within the acceptable range.
To be on the safe side, Li Xiang usually puts a little more in, ensuring that it is only a little too much, which can be regarded as giving back to the fans.
He doesn't do this kind of thing. These mushrooms are quite expensive, especially black truffles, which cost 560 per catty, which is dozens of grams less. People may not notice it, and not everyone will notice it after receiving the goods. Weighed.
Even if you find it, you can find other excuses, such as not wrapping it with plastic wrap, which may be caused by moisture evaporation, which is normal.
After Li Xiang classified and weighed the crops, the specific harvest came out. There were 24 kilograms and 6 taels of black truffles, 9 kilograms and 5 taels of goose egg mushrooms, 13 kilograms and 7 taels of bigfoot mushrooms, 6 kilograms and 4 taels of matsutake, and 3 kilograms and 8 taels of morels.
Then, according to the fans' messages, they are packaged in plastic bags and sent to their bank account numbers via private messages one by one.
I was only halfway through it when I had to stop. Go ahead, this product is not enough.
He counted and found that so far, a total of fifty-six people had left messages. After calculating the shortfall, he found that there were still 29 kilograms of black truffles, 16 kilograms of goose egg mushrooms, 28 kilograms of bigfoot mushrooms, 7 kilograms of matsutake, and 5 kilograms of morels.
If you want to give more as a gift, you also need to pick up more.
But it doesn't matter. He responded to the fans who left messages one by one with a very sincere attitude and apologized. After telling the other party about this situation, um, he informed the other party that he wouldn't have to wait too long. He would deliver the goods tomorrow morning and then go into the mountain again in the afternoon. Guaranteed Shipped within three days.
Fans also expressed their understanding and told him not to be anxious and just take his time.
As for the other fans who had been "allocated", they were all very happy. Basically, they sent money that night. One or two of them might have something to do at night, so they only called the next morning.
Even among those fans who didn't take their turn, some of them sent their money over first to "confirm". So as not to miss your turn when the time comes. Maybe these fans guessed that Li Xiang came based on the order of receiving money. In fact, no, Li Xiang just based on the time of leaving messages.
Since the gap was relatively large, Li Xiang went to SF Express to ship out all the goods and then immediately went into the mountains.
He brought two bamboo baskets with him this time. In order to keep up with the progress, he did not broadcast live or record videos because he did not have time. The rice in the field was still waiting to be harvested. If it is not harvested, the rice will fall over. This time, Li Xiang picked up the mushrooms much faster. With the strength of a first-level transcendent being fully activated, he climbed over the mountains and ridges as if walking on flat ground. Wherever he passed, snakes, insects, rats, ants, and animals were making trouble one after another.
Even when he saw a fat rabbit, he didn't bother to catch it.
It only took an afternoon and a morning to work together.
Then it's time to come back, pack it, and go to the county to mail it.
The price of black truffles is 560 yuan per catty, goose egg mushrooms 80 yuan per catty, bigfoot mushrooms 150 yuan per catty, matsutake mushrooms 200 yuan per catty, and morels 500 yuan per catty. In the end, the total price was more than 45,000 yuan, plus The previous sale had a profit of more than 50,000 yuan.
Li Xiang sells all fresh goods, and the prices are relatively reasonable, cheaper than those on the market, and the quality is more guaranteed.
Generally, fresh mushrooms are more expensive than dried mushrooms, especially wild high-value mushrooms. Fresh mushrooms have better flavor and texture than dried mushrooms, and their nutritional value is also higher.
After some fans received the goods, they weighed them. I went to this conscientious merchant. For such an expensive thing, they actually gave me an extra 2 taels. I made a lot of money!
Then I specifically went to leave a like comment on Li Xiang’s video of picking up mushrooms to express my gratitude.
Someone replied that I had also weighed them. I bought two kilograms of morels and sent me several more. Moreover, the quality of morels is very good, and the cooked dishes have such umami flavor, wow, haha, I won’t say it, everyone who has eaten it will understand.
Other fans who had received the goods quickly weighed them when they saw some that had not yet been eaten. Sure enough, they also had a "little surprise".
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"Brother Xiang is really particular about people. For such an expensive thing, he actually gives you one or two taels extra. Well, I will definitely repurchase it next time!"
Li Xiang expressed his thanks one by one. He set up his mobile phone at the edge of the field and started recording a video of harvesting late rice.
After the previous watering and drying, the mud in the rice fields had dried a lot. Li Xiang was wearing rain boots and was lying low. He had a big palm. He gently grabbed a large basket of rice straw with his left hand and held a high-density straw weighing 30 kilograms in one hand with his right hand. With the knife, with a light weight, all the roots of the rice stalks were cut off, and the cuts were neat.
Originally, grandma asked him to use a small and lightweight sickle, because when grandma tried to hold his high-density knife, it was too heavy to be used to cut rice.
As a result, Li Xiang insisted on using this, saying that it could help him exercise.
After all, it’s only six or seven points.
Grandma saw that it was like playing with him in her hand, so she didn't care about him. If your grandson likes to play, let him play. Anyway, there isn’t much rice, so there’s no rush to spend an extra day or two to finish it.
This is a video shoot, and it uses such a heavy woodcutter. It must not be done quickly, and it doesn't look like serious work.
As a result, grandma came to deliver meals at noon, and she was absolutely shocked!
I saw that not only had all the rice been cut, but it had also been bundled into bundles and was being moved to the tricycle.
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