Back to 1978: Getting rich starts with treasure hunting

Qi Xiaoyun saw the men's eyes glowing with anger and had to strike back at them. "The paddy fields have been plowed several times. Even if there are loaches, they have been caught by others. There are only a few left. It depends on luck to encounter one or two. Besides, the team leader and the accountant will not let us catch loaches during work hours."

She dared to believe that there were now more leeches in the paddy fields than loaches.

Zhu Zhengliang sighed: "In fact, I think it would be great if we could catch rabbits and pheasants in the mountains, because that's the real meat."

The other people wanted to roll their eyes after hearing this. Everyone knows that the rabbits and pheasants in the mountains are the real meat. The key is whether you have the ability to catch them.

Kong Handong sneered, "Your idea is beautiful, but the reality is cruel. Instead of thinking about these unrealistic things here, why don't we all pool some money to exchange eggs with the villagers? Spring plowing is very tiring, so this is a good opportunity for everyone to replenish their bodies."

This proposal was the most reasonable and was agreed upon by several people. Before going to work, they pooled together two yuan and fifty cents and gave it to Qi Xiaoyun for safekeeping. After work in the afternoon, they would go to the village to exchange eggs with the villagers.

Now an egg costs 8 cents each, and two dollars and fifty cents can be exchanged for thirty eggs. On average, each of them gets six eggs.

Lin Shu didn't know what happened at the educated youth point. After having dinner and taking a short rest, she took Liu Xiao'e and her second sister-in-law Lu Yinhua up the mountain.

She and Liu Xiao'e each carried a basket, and Lu Yinhua carried a load of baskets.

If the mushroom nest had not been discovered in advance, no one would have brought so many baskets up the mountain like they did.

The reason why Lu Yinhua was brought to the mountain was because after hearing Lin Shu's description of the mushroom patch, the family felt that two baskets would not be able to hold all of them.

Today happened to be my sister-in-law He Caiyun's turn to cook, so I just left her at home to do housework and take care of the poultry and livestock. By the way, she could earn a few work points by working in the afternoon.

As they walked deeper and deeper, Liu Xiao'e's face darkened: "Girl, you are getting more and more courageous. You dare to go so deep into the mountain alone. Aren't you afraid of encountering wild boars in the mountains?"

Lin Shu's heart skipped a beat, and he said with a grin, "If I encounter a wild boar, I can just kill it and take it home to eat the meat."

"What great abilities do you have? Why don't you go home and eat meat? It's a good thing the wild boar didn't tear you to pieces!" The wild boar's fangs are not just decorations. Thinking of this, Liu Xiao'e became alert and carefully observed the situation around her.

"Mom, look what's on that tree?" Suddenly, Lin Shu pointed at a tree and exclaimed.

"have what?"

Liu Xiao'e and Lu Yinhua were both startled and turned to look at the tree she pointed at. They glanced back and forth but saw nothing unusual.

"There's nothing on the tree. You're yelling here and you want to scare people to death!" Liu Xiao'e covered her chest with her hands. Her heart was obviously beating faster due to the shock.

Lin Shu ignored Comrade Liu Xiao'e's blaming tone, and excitedly ran to the tree, pointing at a yellow object growing on the trunk and said, "Mom, Second Sister-in-law, do you know what this is?"

"What is it? Isn't it just a bunch of yellow lump?" Liu Xiao'e said unhappily.

Lu Yinhua also nodded. She thought it was just a bunch of yellow bumps. Was it worth her sister-in-law being so excited?

"Cough cough!"

After hearing this, Lin Shu almost choked to death on his own saliva.

In fact, if the system hadn't reminded her, she might have thought it was just a yellow lump.

But, the system just reminded her that what was growing on the tree was a Coriolus versicolor, and it was thirty years old.

Perhaps you are unfamiliar with Coriolus versicolor, but I wonder if you have heard of a saying among the people: The yellow bumps on the mulberry tree can bring the dead back to life.

Although this statement is a bit exaggerated, it also shows that Coriolus versicolor is a precious medicinal material.

Coriolus versicolor is also known as the soft gold in the forest. Good quality Coriolus versicolor can really rival the same amount of gold.

Without saying much, Lin Shu put the basket down, spat on his hand, jumped with both legs and hugged the tree trunk tightly, then climbed up using his hands and feet.

"Sister-in-law, hand me the sickle."

"Okay, here we come."

Lin Shu sat on the tree fork, took the sickle and carefully pried the mulberry fungus off the tree.

As soon as the mulberry fungus fell into her hands and she felt the weight of it, Lin Shu felt her heartbeat quickening, her blood boiling, and her cheeks flushed with excitement.

"We're rich, we're rich, mom, sister-in-law, we're rich!"

"???"

It's just the yellow bumps on the mulberry tree, how can you make money?

In Liu Xiao'e's opinion, Lin Shu was possessed by a demon.

"Don't get dizzy, be careful not to fall down."

Lin Shu suppressed his excitement, threw the sickle off the tree, and slid down holding the tree with one hand.

Liu Xiao'e and Lu Yinhua hurried over. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law stared at the yellow bumps on her hands carefully, but still couldn't figure out what they were.

"Youngest, don't keep us in suspense. Tell us what this is."

Lin Shu chuckled at the two of them. When Liu Xiao'e was about to take the temperature of her forehead, she spoke up: "Mom, do you know what this is?"

Liu Xiao'e glared and said unhappily, "I know that, but why am I asking you? It's not like I have nothing to do!"

"Haha, this yellow bump growing on the mulberry tree is called Coriolus igniarius. You see, its color is like gold. In fact, its value is equal to the same amount of gold. It is a precious medicinal material!"

"Medicinal herbs that are equivalent to gold. Youngest brother, you know medicinal herbs, but how come I don't know?" Liu Xiao'e's eyes showed doubt.

Facing their doubts, Lin Shu smiled and patiently explained: "Don't worry about how I know this. Anyway, you just need to know that this yellow lump is very valuable."

Scarcity makes things valuable. Real wild Coriolus versicolor grows slowly, has a small yield, and has high medicinal value.

Liu Xiao'e looked up and carefully examined the mulberry tree, which had been growing for who knows how many years. "According to you, mulberry trees can also produce gold?"

"Don't underestimate the mulberry tree. The whole plant can be used as medicine." Especially the mulberry leaves that have been hit by frost.

Lu Yinhua seemed to not recognize her and looked her over carefully. "Little sister, I really didn't know you knew medicinal herbs?"

"Haha, I learned it from a book." Lin Shu pretended to be shy and scratched his head.

Liu Xiao'e and Lu Yinhua nodded after hearing this. They knew that Lin Shu liked reading.

In the past, Lin Shu only liked to read comic books, but in the eyes of the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, she just liked reading books. Lin Shu did not explain, which led to the misunderstanding between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

After hearing the explanation, Liu Xiao'e believed it a little and had some expectations in her heart, "You said this yellow pimple is worth a lot of money, how much does it weigh?"

"It weighs about five or six kilograms." Lin Shu said after weighing it.

"According to you, doesn't that mean we own five or six kilograms of gold?" Liu Xiao'e was excited.

"Uh... about the same. We won't know the exact amount until we go and sell it." Lin Shu rubbed his nose embarrassedly.

Before they actually exchanged the money, Liu Xiao'e and Lu Yinhua were still skeptical, but picking mushrooms was more important to them at the moment.

"Let's go pick mushrooms first. We'll deal with this yellow lump after we get back from picking mushrooms." Liu Xiao'e gave the order decisively.

Lin Shu had no objection. The system offered a price of one hundred yuan per catty for wild high-quality Coriolus versicolor. The Coriolus versicolor in her hand was six catties and one ounce, which meant that if she sold it to the system, she could get six hundred and ten yuan.

Considering the prices of goods at this time, Lin Shu is really rich today.

After getting such a huge fortune, Lin Shu was a little absent-minded when picking mushrooms. However, she still patiently picked up the smaller mushrooms and put them into the basket, and threw the big ones into the system.

In fact, picking these mushrooms with medicinal value can make money much faster than digging medicinal herbs.