Chapter 95

In addition, there are some other sayings about ginseng.

After entering the mountains, digging ginseng must be called "lifting ginseng" to show respect for the ginseng!

In addition, all tools for digging ginseng must carry the word "Kuai Dang"; "Kuai Dang" means auspicious and lucky!

There are generally 7 types of tools for digging ginseng, which is also an odd number.

A probe stick, a ginseng-hunting rope, a ginseng-hunting axe, a ginseng-hunting pair of scissors, a ginseng-hunting saw, a ginseng-hunting knife, and the most important ginseng-hunting pick!

However, there are several picks, generally 5, which is also an odd number, used for raking soil.

Thick, thin, flat, and curved—these four types are all pointed, and the last one is actually a bone knife, but they are collectively called Kuai Dang picks!

Kuai Dang picks are generally made of bone, the best being deer bone; they are generally made of roe deer bone or cow bone.

The reason is very simple: "A deer has a thousand-year lifespan, and every step is full of worries," so it is very difficult to hunt a deer!

Deer leg bone soaked in wine is also a rare and good medicinal material, so it is even harder to be willing to use deer leg bone to make a Kuai Dang pick.

A probe stick is just a stick, a bit shorter than the person using it, reaching about the nose or mouth of the user.

The wood is best if it is sturdy and durable, and also light and resonant when tapped; in fact, there are no mandatory requirements, just follow your own preferences!

After chatting with Han Shuisheng for a long time, he asked about many places where ginseng grows more, as well as details about lifting ginseng and various precautions.

Perhaps because he obtained the four kneecaps, Han Shuisheng answered these questions for Wang An very carefully and did not hide anything.

Chatting and chatting, he discovered that Han Shuisheng had also done the work of a ginseng hunter, but he was a side-stick, and after shouting for ginseng for several years without any big harvest, he went to learn how to brew wine!

It was not until Wang An really couldn't think of any more questions that he said goodbye and left.

When Wang An was leaving, Han Shuisheng called him back and said, "My tools for lifting ginseng are of no use staying with me. Big boy, if you need them, take them. The scissors, axes, and such are probably quite rusty, but you can use them after grinding them when you go back, saving you from having to buy them."

Upon hearing this, Wang An was overjoyed and hurriedly said, "That would be great, Grandpa. When I hunt another black bear, I'll definitely get you two more kneecaps."

In this era, it is quite difficult to get a complete set, so where else could you find such a good thing!

As he spoke, he followed Han Shuisheng to the lower room and took out a flour bag, which was filled with tools.

On the way back, Wang An carefully recalled everything about lifting ginseng to deepen his impression; these are all knowledge and also precious wealth!

Thinking and thinking, his thoughts went astray; why does he have to learn everything from scratch after being reborn? Damn!

But thinking of his past life, where he was just a bigger middleman and ended up in prison for half his life, he felt relieved!

In this life, there is no shortage of money to spend, and being free and unfettered, living to old age like this is really quite good!

Just as he was letting his imagination run wild, he heard the sound of beating, scolding, and shouting coming from the courtyard next door. After careful identification, it turned out to be the home of Niu Dali, the biggest menace in Kaoshan Village!

Wang An's gossiping heart arose; he slowed his pace, tilted his head to listen, and clearly heard Niu Dali beating his wife, seemingly scolding his wife for meddling in his business every day while beating her.

However, this attack was truly ruthless; it was truly fist to flesh, making "ping-pong" sounds, beating his wife until she was wailing and howling like a ghost!

Wang An couldn't bear to listen or watch, because beating his wife to death over such things makes this person truly a jerk!

Mainly, if you beat your wife, you should at least go back to the room! Showing off your power in the courtyard like this!

Who the hell would praise you for that?

The more Wang An listened, the angrier he got. Thinking of Niu Dali's dog-like behavior in his past life, which couldn't be beaten into submission, he wanted to kill him directly!

However, this is someone else's family business, and Wang An didn't dare to intervene. After pondering for a while, he suddenly remembered the two storage places Li Erlengzi told him about today; if this thing is used well, it is definitely a sharp weapon! Then he lost his gossiping heart and continued to walk towards home.

Returning home, he found that his father, Wang Dazhu, had also returned. Looking at the smiling faces of the whole family, the matter of the homestead seemed to have been handled by his father!

Sure enough, before Wang An could ask, his mother, Li Guilan, said happily, "Big son, the homestead has been approved!"

Hearing this accurate news, Wang An was also extremely happy; next spring, he could build his own paradise!

However, he still hurriedly asked, "How many mu of land were approved?"

"A full fifteen mu of land!" Liu Guilan said with a smile.

"Dad, could that Village Chief Niu agree?" Wang An couldn't help but ask Wang Dazhu with confusion.

15 mu of land is really not small; no matter what kind of land it is, it belongs to the public. Doing this clearly violates relevant regulations!

"Hey, they say every family has three mu of homestead, and which family doesn't have a courtyard of five or six mu! Our courtyard has more than five mu of land," Wang Dazhu said disdainfully.

The mu mentioned for homesteads in the Northeast: one mu of land equals 666.67 square meters!

Wang An asked with a smile, "Then how could he agree so readily?"

"At first, I didn't say I wanted that hillside land. I said I had my eye on the land next to Village Chief Niu's house and wanted to be neighbors with Village Chief Niu. When Niu Yiqun heard that, his eyes widened," Wang Dazhu said with a smile.

The whole family burst into laughter after hearing this!

Everyone in the village knows that the land next to Niu Yiqun's house is reserved by Niu Yiqun for his two young sons. If you want that land, he definitely won't agree!

"Then I said, I'll take one less piece, just three mu of land, and let my son be neighbors with your son, which would be better," Wang Dazhu continued.

The whole family laughed even louder than before.

Wang An never expected that his father, who usually doesn't say much, would be so clever at playing tricks!

"He said, can't you find a place near your own house? Why do you keep crowding next to me?"

"Then I said, the place next to my house is too small to build a house, and besides, that piece of land is a rotten rocky slope that is hard to clean up."

"He said, if you build a house there, I'll approve a bit more for you, and you can clean up a piece of land yourself; that would be more spacious."

"I said, that's fine, approve thirty mu for me, otherwise I don't want that crappy land!"

"He said the maximum limit is fifteen mu, and it must be noted that there is a graveyard nearby, otherwise it won't be approved! Then I said the circle around it can all be my self-retained land. He agreed, and I agreed too."

After Wang Dazhu finished speaking, the whole family laughed again!

The nominal head of the Wang family indeed has some skills!

After Wang Dazhu finished speaking, he took out the homestead land certificate from his pocket and handed it to his son, Wang An!

After Wang An finished reading the certificate, the stone in his heart finally fell to the ground!

In fact, according to the procedure, the homestead still needs to be reported to the county, but in this era, no one cares; report it or not, as you like!

As long as there is a certificate from the village, everything is fine!

Wang An returned the certificate to his father, told him to keep it well, and turned to tinker with the medicinal wine.

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