Zhao Qiwu flew in the direction pointed out by his uncle for a while, and saw a village.

There was no way to see the road at this time, and when he went down, he looked for the way by feeling, and when no one was around, he covered himself with clouds and mist, and only dispersed when he reached the village.

Then I asked someone to ask Tashi.

He set a time for himself, asking for another hour at most, and if he couldn't ask, he would next time.

If he doesn't go back to get ready for class, he'll be late.

And he hadn't bought the medicinal materials this time, he regretted it a little, thinking about whether to wait for a while, hurry up to the market to have a look, and buy something back, otherwise this trip will be too much of a loss!

Looking for a family, he shouted to open the door and told the man of the house that he was looking for Tashi, who had gone to Xisa to sell cordyceps last week.

As a result, the man did not know what he had heard, so he asked him in.

Seeing Zhao Qiwu's resignation, he hurriedly ran back and took a small bag of cordyceps out.

Although Zhao Qiwu didn't plan to collect medicinal herbs now, when he saw Cordyceps, he felt that he might have found the right place.

After comparing for a long time, the man figured out that he was not collecting medicinal herbs, and he was immediately a little disappointed.

But he still took him to another family's place, the male owner of this house is an old man, looks old, and Zhao Qiwu can't see his actual age, but people can say something that Zhao Qiwu can understand.

It took a long time to put it off before entering the stone-walled courtyard of the house. Zhao Qiwu didn't enter the house, and he wasted time as soon as he entered.

It is much more convenient to be able to understand the words and communicate, Zhao Qiwu explained again: "I came to find a young man named Tashi, a teenager who went to Xisa last week to sell cordyceps. ”

The old man thought back for a long time: "No, it's not ours here. A few of us named Tashi here are at home and haven't been out. ”

"Is there anyone else in the neighborhood who goes to pick and sell medicines?" Zhao Qiwu asked.

"Yes, you go over there, over that hill, and go further......" the old man began to point out to him, and finally asked with a little reluctance. "You're really not a collector of Cordyceps? We also have medicinal herbs here. ”

Although people gave me guidance for a long time, it was difficult to refuse, but Zhao Qiwu still refused: "I can wait for next week to collect it, now I don't have much time, I have to find someone, and I don't have much money." ”

The old man was a little disappointed, and asked again: "Then what is the price you charge?"

Zhao Qiwu thought about the knowledge he had learned: "The difference in size and price of Cordyceps is quite large, the smallest one may be one or two cents, and the large one may be one or two yuan. You have to look at things to talk, and I can't talk about it now. ”

He felt that five cents a piece was too tricky, so he said it was a bit higher. Last time, Mr. Xu didn't grade him at all, because Tashi's cordyceps are quite large, and they are all considered high-grade.

"I didn't do it before, it was a few cents a piece. The old man muttered, and then he found a cordyceps out of nowhere. "It's so big, how much does it cost. ”

Zhao Qiwu took it and compared it with his fingers, feeling that it was similar to what he received last time. But I couldn't weigh it, so I had to estimate: "This kind of is big, you have to weigh it, and weigh a few more to calculate an average." Anyway, at least a dollar, it's good. ”

"Will you come back next week?" the old man suddenly became enthusiastic. "We have the best here, and we don't pick the small ones. Now we pick very little, and after a few days the snow melts, it is the season to pick. ”

"Come, come, come. "If it's all like this, take it out and sell it for more than 100,000 catties, if you don't come, wouldn't he Zhao Qiwu be a fool?

"Then we'll wait for you. The old man said again. "If you come early, you can pick the snow as soon as it melts, maybe someone else will come to collect it!"

Zhao Qiwu is not stupid, he knows in his heart that although his price is black, compared with other merchants who come to collect medicinal materials, it can only be regarded as gray, not as black and shiny as others.

Besides, waiting for the snow to melt here, even if Zhao Qiwu doesn't understand, he knows that such a big snow can't melt in three or five days.

......

Out of the village, according to the old man's instructions, Zhao Qiwu went to the village that crossed the hill, walked a few more bends and had a small river.

This time I inquired and still didn't.

Seeing that there was still enough time, he went to the village in the mountain nest again and continued to inquire.

It turned out to be nothing.

Zhao Qiwu was not disappointed, how could he find such a big place at once.

And even though people don't speak the same language, they feel quite welcoming. It seems that if you don't go in, it makes people very unhappy.

I also wanted to go in and not be blown by the wind and snow, but the school teacher wouldn't let me!

Even when his academic performance was not good before, he basically didn't skip class, and he was not used to not going to class without a reason.

It was also good to run around and ask, and now he knew a little bit about the situation. This is different from his hometown, not all the people here live in the village, there are some herdsmen's settlements, and some people don't even live in the settlements, and live in one place alone.

Anyway, the place is big, and some of them often change places, grazing, and decide where to live according to the situation of water and grass.

It's hard to find people in a place like this.

Zhao Qiwu felt that he couldn't find it like this next time, so he would bring more money next time and collect medicinal materials by the way.

The village where the old man was just now, he should have collected some cordyceps, what a loss!

But it's too troublesome to go back, and I obviously said it will be next week.

The people from the village in the last mountain nest also pointed him to a place, saying that there was also a place further north where people were picking Cordyceps, and Zhao Qiwu planned to go and see it.

Anyway, if you don't ask, you won't lose by collecting some cordyceps along the way.

It's time for me to go back to class, and it's not cost-effective to be late if you don't make any money.

This time I went to a village that was not a village, but a settlement with almost no people. When they arrived nearby, as soon as their big dog barked, a middle-aged man came out to watch.

The first person he met could communicate, and Zhao Qiwu was very happy.

After saying a few words, a middle-aged woman came out of it, greeted the man, and then invited Zhao Qiwu in.

Zhao Qiwu went in, anyway, he planned to collect Cordyceps this time.

After entering, the hostess became busy, Zhao Qiwu didn't know what she was busy with, and explained to the hostess: "I'm looking for someone, a young man from Tashi, a teenager......"

After saying this, the man listened to it and said a few words to the woman that he didn't understand, and then the woman stopped what she was doing and went outside.

The man said to Zhao Qiwu: "I asked her to go out to inquire, I seem to have heard about this, let her ask other families." ”

As he spoke, the man continued the woman's work just now and became busy.

After a while, I made a big bowl of yellow-white drinks with foam, and a few lumps of food: "There are no things to prepare at home, only butter tea and tsampa, please use them." ”

Zhao Qiwu heard the man say that he had heard of Tashi, and his mood suddenly improved. In addition, people are so enthusiastic that it is not easy to refuse, so I tasted it.

He was not very accustomed to it, but he had eaten at noon, and it was not obvious when the clouds were flying in the fog, and now he had run a few villages in the wind and snow, and he was hungry.

How comfortable it is for hot things to enter the stomach, it doesn't matter what it tastes like.

He can eat all the food he cooks, so he is embarrassed to dislike others.

Seeing that he was happy to eat, the host was also very happy.

Zhao Qiwu asked about Cordyceps while eating, and the man was very happy: "Yes, we also picked some before the snow." But it's not yet season, very few. It will be more when the snow melts again. ”

"I collect Cordyceps, do you sell it?" Zhao Qiwu asked.

This sentence is redundant, people pick and sell, and the man immediately brought him cordyceps out.

There are really not many of them, estimated to be less than a hundred.

Zhao Qiwu distinguished the length and measured the weight: "The cordyceps you have here are really good, you don't have much, I'll give you the best price, how about two yuan a piece?"

"Two dollars?" the man was startled. "Didn't it all cost a few cents before?"

Zhao Qiwu didn't know what to say, and the man himself reacted: "Can this be sold for two yuan?"

"Like this, good is fine. Zhao Qiwu nodded. "If you're small, you can't, and the smallest one is probably not worth a dime. ”

The big one is eight hundred roots a catty, and the small one is six or seven thousand a catty. Only the big ones make money, and if you really meet the small ones, you can only count them as piggybacking, and the profits must be there, but they can't be compared with the big ones.

"It's not small, we used to go to the merchants who came to collect it, and they didn't want small ones. The man said. "We only pick the biggest, like this one. ”

"Then I'll take it. Zhao Qiwu said.

After counting the amount and counting the money, the hostess came back and exchanged a few words with the man, and both of them smiled.

The man said to Zhao Qiwu: "There is a man named Tashi, from the north, when it is not snowing, he said that he would go to Xisa and sell Cordyceps. Do you still accept Cordyceps from other families? If your price is good, other companies will sell it to you. ”

Zhao Qiwu nodded: "Yes, but I don't bring much money, and I can't collect it if it's too much." ”

"No more, no less, all the same as me. As he spoke, the man turned his head and said a few words to the smiling woman, and the woman lifted the tent again and went out in the snow.

Zhao Qiwu gave the man the money he had counted and asked, "How far is it to the north?"

"Not too close, not too far. "The man was very embarrassed, probably because he didn't know how to say it. "But the road is not easy to walk, and now that it is snowing, I can't find the road. They are just as ...... as we are here."

Zhao Qiwu listened to a few words, and a group of people came in outside, all of them were very enthusiastic, carrying large bags of cordyceps.