Back to 1978: Getting rich starts with treasure hunting

"Xiaoyu, Xiaoshuang, come and pluck the leaves of the mulberry tree. Once we pluck them, we can almost complete the task of growing pig grass for today."

"Wow, aunt, there are so many."

"Hurry up and cut the grass for the pigs so we can play." Xiaoshuang excitedly ran to pour the fleabane out of the basket and started picking the leaves.

After the leaves are plucked, put the fleabane on top of them. This way you don't have to worry about the pig grass falling out and it can also compact the leaves.

After plucking all the leaves of the mulberry tree, Lin Shu pulled out a short plant and asked the system: "This weed can also be used as pig grass. What is its name?"

[Replying to the host, this plant is called Pinellia ternata. ]

Lin Shu nodded. The name Pinellia was very familiar to her, but she didn't know that this plant was called Pinellia. You should know that this plant likes to grow in the fields the most, except for endless weeds.

“Can pinellia be harvested in this season?”

[Pinelliae can be harvested in spring and autumn, but the medicinal value is best when harvested in autumn, and the harvesting season is now over.]

Fine.

Lin Shu looked around and found a plant not far away with large leaves growing alternately. She walked over and asked, "What is this called?"

[A fortune of ten thousand is not as good as one pound of Polygonatum sibiricum. These plants are Polygonatum sibiricum. The rhizomes can moisten the lungs, nourish the spleen, and nourish the kidney yin. They are worth two yuan per pound.]

Hiss, it’s worth a lot.

What are you waiting for? Start digging.

"Aunt, what are you digging?" Lin Xiaojun ran over when he saw Lin Shu waving a small hoe.

Lin Xiaoyu and Lin Xiaoshuang also followed.

Lin Shu pointed at the branches and leaves of the Polygonatum odoratum and said, "This plant is called Polygonatum odoratum and is a medicinal herb. Go look around and see if there are any other plants in other places."

When the three siblings heard that it was medicinal herbs, they all ran around excitedly, howling.

"Slow down, be careful of snakes in the weeds." Lin Shu was a little worried about their careless nature.

"Don't worry, auntie. We will definitely find a few more Polygonatum odoratum plants and dig them up to make money. Remember to buy us some candy."

The children were talking when they ran away.

Lin Shu shook his head and continued to dig it. After digging down for a while, he saw its rhizomes.

[The host has become rich. This Polygonatum has been growing for at least twenty years.]

"How do you know it has been growing for more than twenty years?"

[One section of the rhizome of Polygonatum sibiricum represents one year of growth. The root you dug now has at least twenty sections.]

"Wow, if you say so, we are really not far from getting rich." Lin Shu saw some exposed rhizomes and excitedly dug up the loose soil with his hands.

She hadn't dug out all of the Polygonatum odoratum when she heard Xiaoshuang's voice from the other side, "Aunt, Aunt, I found two here!"

Lin Shu stood up and saw Xiaoyu and Xiaojun still digging in the weeds, so he said to them, "You two help Xiaoshuang dig it out. Be careful when digging, don't hurt or break the roots."

After the first Polygonatum sibiricum was dug out, the others will be dug out soon.

After digging out a few plants, Lin Shu asked the system to estimate it. It was 13.5 jin, and at 2 yuan per jin, it was 27 yuan.

Think about it, in this era, a worker’s monthly salary may only be twenty or so yuan.

As a girl, she earned more than 20 yuan by digging a few Polygonatum sibiricum plants.

Rice costs 0.138 yuan per catty, and you can buy 27 catties of rice for 195 yuan.

In later times, if 195 kilograms of rice is calculated at 3 yuan per kilogram, it would be equal to 585 yuan, which means that Lin Shu just dug out a few plants of Polygonatum and sold them for 585 yuan.

Lin Shu didn't know how much a pound of Polygonatum sibiricum would sell for in later generations, but the price given by the system should be reasonable.

"Sister, hurry up, we should be able to exchange these two rhizomes for a lot of money, right?"

Lin Xiaoyu glared at Xiaojun and said, "It's enough for our family to know this. Don't shout it outside. If others hear it, what will happen to our family?"

Lin Xiaojun quickly covered his mouth with his muddy hands, his eyes rolling around. When he noticed that there were no other people around, he rolled his eyes at Lin Xiaoyu and said, "You just scare me."

Lin Xiaoyu ignored him and ran towards Lin Shu holding two rhizomes, "Aunt, how much can these two pieces be exchanged for?"

Lin Shu took it and counted the rhizomes. One had sixteen nodes and the other had twenty nodes. He asked the system to estimate the weight, which was about seven kilograms.

"I should be able to exchange a lot of money. Next time I go to exchange the money, I will buy you some candy and cloth, and let your mother make you new clothes."

Xiao Shuang snorted: "My mother hasn't made the fabric that my aunt bought last time for us yet."

The little girls love beauty. Last time, Lin Shu gave each of them a piece of cloth. They thought they would have new clothes to wear, but after so many days, they still haven't seen their mother make clothes.

If cloth is not cut, it will always be a piece of cloth.

They spent the whole afternoon digging up herbs worth about 30 yuan, which was really lucky. After putting the Polygonatum sibiricum into the bottom of the basket, Lin Shu called the children to go home.

When they returned home, the children saw Liu Xiao'e at home, and they mysteriously pulled her into the kitchen.

"You're being so mysterious, did you find a treasure?"

Liu Xiao'e was joking, but she didn't expect the children to actually pull out a few lumps of dirt from the bottom of the basket. "What is this?"

Thinking that the children had gone out with Lin Shu in the afternoon, and that Lin Shu could distinguish the herbs now, Liu Xiaoe turned around and asked Lin Shu, who was standing there drinking water, "Is this a valuable herb?"

Lin Shu uttered two words lightly, "Huangjing."

"What's the difference between Polygonatum odoratum and Ginseng Essence? Or is it as valuable as Ginseng Essence?"

"Hehe, although this Polygonatum sibiricum is worth some money, it is far inferior to ginseng essence." So don't have too high expectations, lest the money you get back from selling it is less than that of Coriolus polygoni multiflorus, don't be too disappointed.

Liu Xiao'e's slightly frowned brows relaxed: "It's fine as long as it's worth some money. If it's really as valuable as ginseng essence, I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep well at night."

Lin Shu laughed when he heard this. We country people are content with what we have. For them, having enough food and warm clothes is enough.

"It's good that you can think like this. This amount of Polygonatum is not much, but it can at least exchange for a month's salary of the workers, which is enough for our family to use for a few months."

When the other family members came back from work in the evening, they were all very happy to learn that the medicinal herbs they dug could be exchanged for a month's salary of the workers.

Dinner was on the table, a bowl of sorghum porridge, a plate of pickles, a plate of potatoes, and a plate of green vegetables, a very simple farm meal.

Lin Gang, who was exhausted after a long day, looked at the food on the table and frowned, saying, "Mom, our family conditions are better now. The youngest child also bought a lot of food last time. Can't you make some rice and flour for us? How can we have the energy to work if we eat such poor food every day?"

Liu Xiao'e drank a mouthful of porridge and said sarcastically, "With the few work points you earn every day, you can't even afford the food like this. How dare you complain? If you had the ability of the youngest, I would make rice and flour for you every day, but do you have that ability?"

When Lin Gang heard this, his eyes lit up. "Well, you said this, Comrade Liu Xiao'e, please remember what you said just now. If I can also make money, I will eat rice and flour."

"I don't have amnesia, I remember!" Liu Xiao'e looked at him in surprise: "Are you going to work hard and earn ten work points tomorrow?"

Unexpectedly, Lin Gang turned around and smiled at Lin Shu in a flattering manner, "Youngest brother, can you take me, your brother, with you when you go up the mountain tomorrow?"