Chapter 610: Making Olive Horns
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After two or three hours of beating, it was finally finished. There must be some scattered ones hanging on it, but it is impossible to completely knock it out.
The people below picked it up, and after the Chu family went down, they had already picked up three baskets, and after picking them up, there should be five baskets. That's a lot, you have to know that these two trees are so big, if the leaves on them are all taken off, even five cars can't pull them all.
However, this is already very good in the past few years. In previous years, at the best time, people once beat it, just three or two hundred catties, and others had a black olive tree as big as a big branch above!
At this time, Chu Jiaqiang picked up the axe he brought over, slashed at the body of the tree with force, and cut around the black olive wood for a while.
"Wouldn't it? Just picked it up and want to cut it off? It's a pity to cut such a large amount! At this time, some people who did not know persuaded him.
Chu Shengmin explained to them with a smile: "You may not understand. These elasty trees have to be cut down several times a year to release some resin, and next year they will produce higher quality and higher yields. β
When the others heard it, they were a little incredible. In this way, isn't this ebony wood a masochist? I have to have someone else chop it to give you fruit, what a fuck!
"It seems to be a little similar to the jujube tree, doesn't it say that the jujube tree also has to be peeled?" Someone suddenly remembered the jujube tree.
"People are opening armor, and it is indeed peeling. The purpose of opening the nail is to cut off the phloem, temporarily cut off the nutrients produced by photosynthesis in the crown to the roots, so that the organic nutrients can be concentrated in the crown part, supply flowering and fruiting, and thus improve the fruit setting rate. One person replied. Before. When I was in the north, I went to the jujube orchard to pick it myself, and the owner inside told them.
For professionals, the first opening of young trees is selected at a place where the bark is smooth 20-30 cm from the ground. The second year was performed at 5 cm above the upper part of the nail mouth of the previous year. And so on later. The opening of the armor knife requires "the upper knife is downhill, and the lower knife is uphill". The width of the nail mouth can be determined according to the thickness of the trunk, generally 0.2-0.5 cm, the upper and lower knives should be equidistant and horizontal, and the nail mouth is smooth and smooth, without hurting the xylem. No stubble, no warping skin and exposed seams, in order to facilitate healing.
"These two trees, someone has asked before, two thousand yuan to buy. Then. It's almost selling. Chu Shengmin said with a smile. At that time, Chu Jiaqiang knew about it and stopped him from selling the tree, so he kept it until now.
"Two thousand? Too cheap, right? Immediately, a tourist exclaimed.
With two trees of this size, two thousand yuan will be sent away, will it be too cheap. According to their understanding, ebony wood is also a relatively good wood. Many furniture like to use ebony wood, which gives people a heavy feeling.
"Huh! Two thousand yuan a few years ago is not the same as the concept is now. In addition, it was more difficult for the family at that time, and two thousand yuan was a lot. Chu Shengmin explained. At that time, the income from a year's farming. That's two or three thousand. Therefore, so many people want to go out to work, and people say that the monthly salary is more than 1,000, which is not comparable at all.
After picking them all up. The two giant bears helped pick it back, and it was very relaxed. Everyone else wiped their sweat when they saw it. They had been carried by two people just now, and a basket was at least one or two hundred catties, and those two bears were like picking cotton.
"Don't be surprised, there are three or five hundred
It's not a good thing at all. Zhou Furong said. What's so surprising about this? Last time, the big stone, one or two thousand catties, was always there, and it was not rolled away like a watermelon by them?
"I have a lot of strength, but I also eat a lot. Ordinary people really don't dare to ask them to work! Chu Jiaqiang said.
Didn't you notice that every time the fifth uncle saw these two guys looking for him to ask for work, his eyelids jumped? For this matter, those people in the research institute are also scratching the scalp. Every day, hundreds of catties of meat and vegetables are gnawed like this, and a few people in the village, such as Chu Jiaqiang, can withstand it!
After going back, the second aunt had already boiled the water, and everyone poured the black olives into the pot and soaked them for a while. Chu Jiaqiang scooped one up, pinched it gently, and found that it was already very soft, so he immediately picked it up.
Everyone is gathered together, with a thin line in front of them. To make an olive, they wrap a thin thread in the middle to easily cut the olives in half.
"Can you eat it now?" Zhou Furong smelled very good, so he asked.
"It's okay, it's cooked now." There are also people who like to eat it this way, especially those children. It is best to dry it, and then stew it in a clay pot, or stir-fry it, and use it for porridge, which is generally the practice in rural areas.
When the monkey saw Zhou Furong eating directly, he also secretly took a piece and stuffed it into his mouth. However, it may not be the type it likes, so I didn't keep taking it.
"These olive cores cost four or five yuan a pound last year! I heard that people took the olive kernels inside and made moon cakes. The second aunt said. When I eat five-kernel mooncakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival, I can see the shadow of the olive kernel. At that time, there were many people in the village, and they could sell for thousands of yuan.
"Second aunt, you underestimated the role of the olive core. Four or five yuan a pound is taken away, just to make moon cakes with olive kernels, don't you feel a loss? Zhou Furong said. He is very aware of the role of olive kernels, and explained to everyone: "In addition to the olive kernels to make moon cakes, these shells have a greater effect. They can be made into very good activated charcoal, as well as nuclear carving. β
According to his understanding, the kernel shell left after the kernel is removed from the olive kernel is a good firing material. One of the state's "Kung Fu Tea" is fire charcoal, which is generally considered to be the best charcoal, followed by "neem charcoal", which is fierce and resistant to burning, with less embers and no miscellaneous taste.
In addition, in Guangdong Province, the nuclear carving of the olive core is very famous. Olive core carving is one of the most famous handicrafts in Guangdong Province, and artists use it to carve boats, flower baskets, figures, animals, and more. A vessel carved from an olive kernel has pavilions, figures, and even utensils on it. These nuclear carvings are traditional export arts and crafts, and some people also use it to treat seals, but they are not popular.
"You Guangdong Province, these olives seem to be really popular. When I was in the provincial capital, weren't they very popular with chicken olives? "A person suddenly remembered that he was on the street of the provincial capital of Guangdong Province, and he saw someone carrying a colorful model of a big rooster on his waist, which contained some chicken olives, holding a suona, blowing and selling at the same time.
"Huh! Hearing you say that, it seems to be true. These olive fruits seem to be really popular in Guangdong Province. When Chu Jiaqiang heard this, he felt that this was really the case.
I had eaten it myself, and I was just curious at the time. It is said that the chicken olive is a famous specialty snack in the provincial capital, and it is actually the white olive, a specialty of Guangdong Province, which is pickled and processed by a complex process with the best white olive. There are sweet, salty, and spicy, the sweet is Heshun olive, the salty is licorice olive, and the spicy is chili olive. Chicken olive, sweet and crisp in the mouth, with an endless aftertaste, is a traditional candy that is widely loved by Cantonese people.