In the evening, Han Liren lived in the West House with Zhou Anhe, and Han Caiying led Zhou Lili and Zhou Tiantian to live in the East House.

The Han family has been a ginseng for many years, and there are several shotguns at home, and at night, Han Liren and Zhou Anhe held a gun and didn't take off their clothes, so they slept like this.

Fortunately, the night was safe and sound, and it was safe until dawn, Han Caiying got up early to cook and beckoned everyone to get up to eat.

After breakfast, Zhou Tiantian went to school, Zhou Lili and Han Liren all went to work, and Zhou Anhe went up the mountain to see the situation on the mountain.

Fortunately, the two blind streamers are good, especially real, Zhou Anhe is not on the mountain at night, they get up and walk the same field.

The mallets that participated in the field were basically up, and the remaining years were not enough not to be weighed, but no one cared about them.

Zhou Anhe watched and worked on the mountain during the day, and then went home to live at night.

The people who went to school and went to work left, so Han Caiying led the daughters-in-law to scrub the ginseng at home, washed it with water, and then put it in the cage drawer smoothly.

The cage drawer was made new this year, and it was prepared for this fall.

There are many mallets from this year, one or two thousand catties, if this is steamed in a large basin, a pot of one pot to be steamed to which year and which month?

The cage drawer is quite large, with two layers, and it is full of fresh ginseng that can hold 200 catties.

The top was covered with a double layer of thick plastic sheeting, tied with a rope, and the fire boiled under the pot, and the fire ceased after two and a half hours.

Simmer for a while and wait for the temperature to drop, then open the thick plastic sheet on it, pick out the steamed ginseng from the cage drawer, and place it on a fork to dry outside.

"Fortunately, I listened to Anhe's words this year and made this cage drawer, otherwise I pointed to the big pot and steamed, and the kang was burned, and it might not be able to steam out."

Mrs. Han said while helping to pick up steamed ginseng.

"This cage drawer is used by the three of us in shifts, just right, nothing will be delayed.

The few people outside are doing a good job, they are all quite sloppy, and your house will be almost all cleaned up in three or four days. ”

The Han family also planted more than 100 zhang of ginseng, almost 2,000 catties, and it took three days to scrub and steam it out.

The Zhou family's side is also a hundred zhang, but the ginseng is rising well, but it is more than 300 catties more than the Han family, so Mrs. Han said that it will be all cleaned up in four days at most.

"Your mallet will definitely sell for a good price this year, you see there are so many big ones here.

The steaming heat is also very good today, you see that there is no petal in such a big way, or you will find a way.

Wrap it tightly with a strip of cloth and then steam, although it takes a little work, but it is really effective. If this is a flap, the mallet will not be worth much. ”

Mrs. Han said that beating the petals is also some common sayings in the ginseng industry.

Generally, it is a relatively large ginseng, and during the steaming process, it is easy to crack longitudinally due to the relatively high starch content.

Once the ginseng is cracked, no matter how much you pinch it, it will not close your mouth, and the quality of good ginseng will be reduced, and the price will drop a lot.

On the night of the ginseng return, Zhou Anhe told Han Caiying that he would pick out the large fresh ginseng, especially the better ones.

Wrap it tightly with strips of fine cloth to prevent the ginseng from hitting the petals during steaming.

This is a delicate job, before steaming, it has to be wrapped one by one, and after steaming, it has to be carefully unraveled, which is very laborious.

But it's worth the effort, such a large ginseng is dried, and a hexagonal ginseng is guaranteed.

In terms of the current market, the vendors of 16 side strips of red ginseng come to collect 1670 yuan a catty, and the county ginseng company collects it at a higher price, like the ginseng field is transported to the south and sold to foreign customers, a pound is 300 yuan.

The three families have already discussed that the ginseng that will be made this year will not be sold locally.

After a while, when the red ginseng dried up, Jiang Junlin and Zhou Lili took the goods of the three families to follow Jiang Hanjun to the south and sell them to those customers in the south, which could almost double.

No one is stupid, they can make more money, but who can't get along with money?

A pound of two or three hundred red ginseng, even if it takes a lot of work, is worth it, so Han Caiying treats the ginseng in her hand more carefully than the milk doll in the confinement.

One by one, they were carefully unraveled, placed on the forks, and when the forks were full, they were carried out and put out to bask in the sun.

The east room has been converted into a drying room a while ago, and at night the fork is carried into the east room and placed on the shelf, and the stove is burned in the middle of the ground, and the fire is also burned on the kang.

In this way, the ginseng will dry in the sun during the day and at night, and the ginseng will dry out quickly.

The ginseng production of the Zhou family is high and large, so it naturally takes a lot of effort and some delays.

After three and a half days, it was all brushed and cleaned, and it was more than four days to wait for it to be steamed and placed on a fork.

Looking at the forks drying ginseng all over the garden, Zhou Anhe and Han Caiying were very happy.

How nice it would be for every year to come? In a few years, his family will be able to save hundreds of thousands or even hundreds of thousands.

"I originally planned to plant 300 zhang this year, but we didn't let it, saying that we shouldn't be too aggressive.

I think my daughter's words are also reasonable, so I sold the finished soil that our family had planed this year for another 100 zhang, and we just kept 200 zhang.

Two hundred zhang is also a lot, our family is not enough, and the processing is too busy. ”

When Zhou Anhe came back in the evening and carried the fork home with Han Caiying, the couple muttered.

"Well, Tian Tian also told me about this, she said that the ginseng market has risen too fast in the past two years, and it seems a little abnormal.

Moreover, all places see that the price of ginseng is good and it is a profitable business, and they all find ways to approve ginseng and plant ginseng.

Tian Tian said, I am afraid that everyone will plant ginseng in a swarm, and the sales capacity in our county is not enough, and the price of ginseng will be greatly reduced in the future.

I think this is reasonable, we don't seek to be rich and expensive, one or two hundred hammers a year is very good.

Nowadays, other people's homes are only thirty or fifty zhang at most, we are very good in this way, and the cost of this kind of mallet is getting bigger and bigger, we can't spread too big a stall, in case the price falls, we can't stand it. ”

Han Caiying remembered what Zhou Tiantian said before, and also agreed with Zhou Anhe to sell some ginseng, no matter what he did, it was better to be safe.

Their family has a small population and insufficient labor, and it all points to the fact that the two of them can't be busy at all, just do what they can, don't be too greedy.

In view of the previous experiences, the couple believed in Zhou Tiantian's words, this baby is divine, and it is not wrong to listen to her.

After all, there are only three daughters in his family, and all the daughters will marry out in the future, as long as the two of them have enough to spend on their daily life, and they can save a little less, there is no need to work too hard.

While working, the couple discussed and decided on the next development plan, focusing on safety and not rushing.

Looking at how the situation develops, once there are signs of falling prices, we will decisively reduce the planting area, and we must not risk spreading out too much.

"Wait for another two years, after we finish this field, I will come down the mountain, and we will discuss and discuss at that time, and see if we can get some other deals.

Tian Tian said, eggs can't be put in one basket, we have to think about other ways. ”

Thinking of danger in times of peace, Zhou Anhe is a very rational and impulsive character, and the ginseng industry in front of him looks booming, but he has already started to plan for other things.