1986: Old Stories in Northeast China

"Brother Chen, are you sure you're not kidding me?"

After taking a closer look, Zhou Fengxia asked with a wry smile.

"What are you kidding? Just tell me how good our mallet looks. Can it be described as 'round and smooth'?" Chen Tiezhu said with a hint of pride.

"You call this thing ginseng? Brother Chen, even though you brought it, I can't believe it." Zhou Fengxia said.

In fact, even now he is still a little confused.

It's not like I haven't seen ginseng before. Those as thick as fingers are good. Those thicker ones can definitely be called treasures.

But what about this one that Chen Tiezhu took out now? It looks like ginseng, but isn't it a little too unique?

It's thicker than a carrot, and the wrinkles on the ginseng skin are almost open. If the skin is a little tenderer, it's a white radish.

"Hehe, you don't know anything, right? This is our treasure on Erdaoling. Ordinary people can't dig it." Chen Tiezhu began to talk.

"Tonight, we will use this mallet to stew the chicken. I dare not put too much. One third is enough. When you taste it, you will know how precious this mallet is."

Zhou Fengxia opened her mouth, actually she wanted to refute.

But Chen Tiezhu was a guest after all, and he said it with such confidence, so let him be.

They don't need to worry about buying things. Anyway, no matter what they buy, Chen Tiezhu will make it.

I originally thought whether I could take this opportunity to see the raw stone in advance and see if I have any feelings. When the words came to my lips, they were swallowed back by Chen Tiezhu.

Zhou Fengxia has been preparing for so long, she must want to make a splash in the provincial capital.

I thought that I would not be rejected if I insisted on seeing it in advance, but it would affect the future relationship between the two.

The gathering place was not a big restaurant outside, but Zhou Fengxia's home in the provincial capital-a very unique small courtyard.

"Xiao Zhou, your house seems to be really extraordinary. I'm afraid the materials here are not that simple, right?"

After walking in, Chen Tiezhu asked after taking a careful look.

"Actually, it's nothing special, just a courtyard with two entrances. I built it myself, and found some old blue bricks and tiles." Zhou Fengxia said.

"It's really unique. This is a proper courtyard, right? My family is also planning to build a house in the future, but we won't build it like yours, it's too troublesome." Chen Tiezhu said with emotion.

"Brother Chen, if you ask me, if you want to build a house, just do it in one step, and then you will live comfortably." Zhou Fengxia said with a smile.

"The layout is basically fixed, and most of the layouts handed down are like this. The direction of the door, the screen wall, the main room, the wing room, the back room, the toilet, and the kitchen are all fixed."

"The only thing you need to pay attention to is the eaves, the patterns on the screen wall, the layout of the courtyard, etc. If you are in the mood, I can help you study these."

"It's not that I don't want to study, but it will cost a lot of money, right?" Chen Tiezhu said helplessly.

"I came here this time to see how my club sells. If it sells well, I can still do it. It takes money to run a factory and farm at home."

"Dad, are you stewing fish today? Why are there all kinds of fish here?" Doudou, who ran to the small fish pond in the yard to play, asked curiously.

"My daughter, we can't eat this fish. Dad will make you another fish tonight. This is a Feng Shui fish." Chen Tiezhu said with a wry smile.

Doudou didn't care, just wanted to taste the fish because of their colors. Now that they were going to eat fish, they didn't miss them.

After a brief visit, the people who went out to buy and Lao Huang and the other four also came over. After a simple greeting, Chen Tiezhu went directly into the kitchen on the southeast side and started to prepare today's food and drinks.

He was in a good mood. Zhou Fengxia bought a lot of food. This was to let him choose and do whatever he wanted.

"Oh my God, Brother Chen, is this a club?"

Lao Huang was shocked when he saw him take out the ginseng.

"A fresh big club. You've never seen one like this, right? You'll know what it tastes like after you try it." Chen Tiezhu said with a smile.

"Don't be fooled by its huge size and age, but its medicinal properties are very good. One third is a bit too much, let's put one fourth."

"Otherwise, you will get a nosebleed. Each of you should try chewing a ginseng whisker, it tastes really good."

After saying that, he plucked a few slightly strong ginseng whiskers from the person.

EveryoneI was really curious. Even though I wasn't an expert in playing with clubs, I had seen clubs before. It was just that the club Chen Tiezhu brought was really unique.

With a try-it attitude, they put it in their mouths and chewed it gently, and then they found something was wrong.

This thing looks like a radish, and it tastes almost the same as a radish.

If it weren't for the bitter taste and the tough skin, they would definitely say that they tasted the root of the radish.

"Brother Chen, is this really ginseng?"

Lao Cao took out the ginseng whiskers he was chewing in his mouth, put it close to his nose and sniffed it carefully, but he was still a little hesitant.

"It's a real club. Does it taste good?" Chen Tiezhu said with a smile.

"Well, it tastes really good. The bitterness is not that strong, and the sweetness is a little more." Lao Cao nodded.

"But why is your club so fat?" Lao Huang asked in confusion.

"How can I say this? The soil and water of a place breed the kind of club." Chen Tiezhu started to talk nonsense again seriously.

"I also accidentally discovered that there are such clubs on our Erdaoling, so I dug them up. The medicinal effect is really good. You can feel it yourself. Do you feel much better?"

Listening to his words, these people nodded subconsciously.

This feeling cannot be faked, and it is impossible to deny it.

"So, I am still thinking about how to sell it and what price to sell it at." Chen Tiezhu said with a smile.

"It feels to me that the medicinal effect of these clubs is not worse than that of decades-old mountain ginseng. Shouldn't that thing be very precious?"

"Wait a minute, brother Chen, let me stop you. You just said 'these clubs', and you dug up so many of them at once?" Old Ma asked curiously.

"Yes, I brought ten in the bag I brought..., and now there are nine left." Chen Tiezhu said casually.

"Did you disturb the nest of clubs?"

Zhou Fengxia couldn't help asking.

The rest of the people looked at each other with bitter faces, and everyone had similar thoughts.

What the hell is this?

It's a big deal for people who dig clubs to dig one, but you got ten at once, isn't this disturbing the nest of clubs?

What's the key point, Chen Tiezhu's attitude.

It seems that he doesn't take it seriously at all, what kind of mentality and concentration does he have?