Traveling through time with a house, I teach people all over the country how to farm

Chapter 244: A bumper harvest of bamboo fungus

The villagers of Yao Village all signed up enthusiastically, and basically every household had someone. This was money delivered to their doorsteps. If they still didn't want it, then Zheng Sisi would have no way to help them.

The guards taught carefully and explained in detail the things to pay attention to when digging lotus roots.

This thing is actually simple and everyone can learn it in a short time.

Strength lies in numbers, and soon a lot of lotus roots were piled up beside the lotus pond. Zheng Sisi saw that it was almost done and called everyone to come up, because they had to rush to the county restaurant later.

She said to Chen Zhuangtou, "Chen Zhuangtou, you should prepare a scale to weigh things in the future. You can help Manager Gao check the lotus roots dug by the villagers or the wild goods picked from the mountains."

Chen Zhuangzi said respectfully, "Yes, County Master."

Zheng Sisi added, "You and Village Chief Yao should find a family or a person to help look after the lotus pond, mainly to prevent others from stealing lotus roots and destroying them. When there are fish fry for sale, please help me buy some and put them in the lotus pond."

The two promised to take care of it.

When Zheng Sisi and her friends returned to the yard, the bamboo shoot diggers had already returned. Not only did each of them carry a basket of bamboo shoots, but they also held a basket of bamboo fungus in their hands. When these people saw Zheng Sisi, they were as happy as if they had seen silver.

Indeed, it was Zheng Sisi who proposed to buy this. She was their financial sponsor, so of course they were happy to see her.

Chen Zhuangtou took the initiative to find the scale. Zheng Sisi said, "I will pay you for the bamboo fungus you picked today. In the future, Chen Zhuangtou will collect and send it to the restaurant. We will also settle the bill for you on the same day."

Then, those who had picked bamboo fungus and spring bamboo shoots lined up and waited to be weighed.

In the end, there were more than 13 pounds of bamboo fungus. Zheng Sisi was also shocked. This was a bumper harvest of bamboo fungus. Wasn’t it rare at all?

Sun Daming explained, "County Lady, we picked all the bamboo fungus in that area today, so there are more. There won't be so many tomorrow."

Zheng Sisi nodded. In fact, the bamboo fungus grows very fast. If you pick it today without destroying its spores underground, it will grow again tomorrow. After this incident, I believe everyone in the village knows about it, and more people will go to dig spring bamboo shoots and pick bamboo fungus tomorrow.

Zheng Sisi said to Sun Daming, "Tomorrow there will be many villagers going to pick bamboo shoots. You should not go. Explain to them clearly that they cannot pick all the bamboo shoots. They should pick them at intervals. After picking the bamboo fungus, do not damage the soil under the bamboo fungus. It will grow again. If you damage it, it will not grow again. If they want to make more money, they should take better care of the place."

Sun Daming said, "I understand, County Lady. I will go and explain everything to them right away."

Looking at the smiling faces of the villagers who received the silver, several hundred coins, they did not expect that they could earn four or five hundred coins in just one morning on the mountain. In the past, this was a sum that a family could not save in a month. All this was brought to them by the Princess of Anping County.

They looked at Zheng Sisi with even more admiration and vowed to listen to the county lady in the future.

Zheng Sisi also felt a little comforted that she was doing her bit to change their poor situation.

Zheng Sisi asked Rose to share ten kilograms of bamboo fungus. She said that if they were well preserved, they could be kept for a few more days without going bad, and she would take them back to the restaurant in Beijing to sell.

Rose weighed ten kilograms skillfully and asked, "County Lady, how should I preserve it? Please teach me."

Zheng Sisi shook her head: "You can't learn this method, give it to me, I'll take it to my room and keep it."

Rose could only hand the ten-pound bamboo fungus to Zheng Sisi.

Zheng Sisi carried a basket of bamboo fungus and walked to the backyard. She didn't let anyone follow her and asked them to get ready to go to the county town. She would come back after sending them back to the room.

The third prince saw her leaving and knew that this was her secret and she didn't want others to know, so he didn't follow her. He just stood there with his eyes narrowed.

Zheng Sisi left everyone's sight and found a corner where no one was paying attention to her and put the basket back into the space. Only by putting it in the space would it not be damaged or lost, but she couldn't let others know.

Zheng Sisi went to the room before coming back. When she arrived, everyone was ready to set off. Zheng Sisi got on the carriage. At the command of the Third Prince, several carriages rushed to the county town.