Rumble...
Having just reached the mountainside of the back mountain, dark clouds rolled in from the west, accompanied by low, rumbling thunder...
"Looks like we didn't check the almanac before heading out."
Looking at the sky that was about to rain, Wan Yunting, sitting behind the bumpy tricycle with Fang Yanxi, smiled. After all, they were traveling on a rough and uneven mountain road, and the two of them, seated on small stools on the vehicle, felt their internal organs being tossed around.
"It's okay, it won't rain that quickly."
Wang Meng, who was riding the tricycle, was already accustomed to such bumpy mountain roads. His riding skills were skillful and natural. He took Wan Yunting and the others for about twenty minutes before arriving at the mountainside of the back mountain. Since there was almost no road ahead.
"Is your base ahead?"
Wan Yunting saw two constructed corrugated iron sheds ahead. Wang Meng nodded, "Yes, the Dendrobium officinale we harvest from the mountain must be carefully selected and packaged by us before being sent down the mountain."
The tricycle stopped at the entrance of the corrugated iron shed yard. Two street dogs guarding the entrance barked incessantly upon seeing the unfamiliar Wan Yunting and Fang Yanxi. They only stopped when Wang Meng reprimanded them.
"Boss Wan, Boss Fang, please come in and take a look. The conditions are a bit rudimentary, but it doesn't affect the quality of our Dendrobium officinale."
Wang Meng led them into a corrugated iron workshop. Three village women were cleaning the freshly harvested Dendrobium officinale, manually selecting quality, grading them by color, and packaging them.
Because the market also sells fresh Dendrobium officinale, the common practice is to use it for soup. Coupled with the advanced logistics now, fresh Dendrobium officinale has appeared in the medicinal market in Huadu City, mostly from the imitation wild-grown Dendrobium officinale from Wangjiadian Village.
"Not bad, the appearance looks quite good."
Wan Yunting and Fang Yanxi were generally satisfied with the Dendrobium officinale being sorted by the village women.
"The dried Dendrobium officinale is over there. I'll take you to see it."
Saying that, Wang Meng took them out to another corrugated iron shed. Many half-dried Dendrobium officinale were piled there, and five or six village women were trimming the semi-finished Dendrobium officinale...
"These Dendrobium officinale have undergone strict drying and charcoal baking, then cut into finished products. Only after meeting market requirements can they be sold to major pharmacies."
Wang Meng introduced them while calling for his workers to prepare several hundred kilograms of Dendrobium officinale medicinal materials, which he would deliver to the city later...
After inspecting Wang Meng's processing workshops, Wan Yunting said, "Boss Wang, could you take us up the mountain to see your planting grounds?"
"Alright."
Wang Meng nodded, called his nephew Wang Lin, and led Wan Yunting and Fang Yanxi out. He pointed to the steep cliff faces of the two mountains behind them, "These two mountains were contracted by my father to plant imitation wild Dendrobium officinale. Look at that mountain wall, there is actually wild Dendrobium officinale growing, but the profession of harvesting is too dangerous, and now no one dares to climb the mountain to pick wild Dendrobium officinale..."
Wan Yunting nodded and followed Wang Meng and his nephew Wang Lin up the mountain with Fang Yanxi. As he listened to the introduction, the two looked at the continuous mountain ranges of Wangjiadian Village's back mountain. These primitive environments were now protected by the state, and there was also wild Dendrobium officinale.
Rumble...
Thunder continued, and dark clouds gathered in the west and north. The sun was occasionally obscured by the dark clouds, casting only a few rays of light...
"Boss Wan, it's going to rain soon. Let's speed up and go up the mountain. If it's heavy rain, it will be very troublesome on the mountain," Wang Meng said to Wan Yunting, who was following behind him.
"Okay."
He nodded, but saw that Fang Yanxi beside him was already sweating on her forehead and breathing slightly heavily, clearly tired from such strenuous exercise.
"Are you alright?"
Wan Yunting looked at her with concern. Fang Yanxi turned her head and smiled, shaking her head at him, "I'm fine."
"Let me help you..."
So Wan Yunting supported Fang Yanxi and insisted on following Wang Meng and the others up the mountain. After climbing for about forty minutes, they finally reached the area where they planted imitation wild Dendrobium officinale...
"Boss Wan, look, this is the Dendrobium officinale we planted."
Wang Meng pointed to the ground under the pine needles, where more than a dozen Dendrobium officinale were growing. He said, "These are all our Dendrobium officinale. They can only be harvested after growing for more than four years."
Wan Yunting helped Fang Yanxi squat down together and looked at the growing Dendrobium officinale. They originally thought it was the kind planted in greenhouses. Unexpectedly, Wang Meng and the others mainly planted it outdoors, which could be considered half wild quality Dendrobium officinale.
"The ones planted on the mountain are our high-quality purple-skinned Dendrobium officinale. The planting cycle for these requires more than ten years, so the price is twice that of Dendrobium officinale," Wang Meng said, pointing to the planting grounds on the mountain.
Wan Yunting nodded, "We only need this kind of Dendrobium officinale."
"No problem."
Wang Meng smiled and said, "Besides me, there are several other large-scale growers in Wangjiadian Village. Their quality and quantity are similar to mine. If you need a large amount, I can introduce those growers to you then."
"Okay," Wan Yunting and Fang Yanxi nodded with smiles, pointing to the mountain, "Boss Wang, why don't you take us up to see the purple-skinned Dendrobium officinale? I want to understand."
"Alright, let's go up quickly. It's about to rain."
Wang Meng didn't waste any time and led Wan Yunting and Fang Yanxi further up the mountain. Along the way, he introduced the planting grounds, such as Gastrodia elata and other medicinal materials...
When they reached a mountaintop, at an altitude of about a thousand meters, standing on a cliff, Wang Meng pointed to the rock face of another mountain cliff opposite them, "Boss Wan, do you see that on the opposite side? That is wild Dendrobium officinale..."
"I've seen some."
Wan Yunting narrowed his eyes and looked at the plants on the cliff face of another mountain head dozens of meters away. Fang Yanxi couldn't see clearly no matter how hard she tried, and she marveled at the man's eyesight.
At this moment, her phone rang. Fang Yanxi took it out and saw it was her secretary Xiao Qi. She greeted Wan Yunting and walked to a nearby rock to sit down and answer the phone. Xiao Qi reported an emergency at the company today, so Fang Yanxi was thinking of solutions to handle it...
On the other side, Wan Yunting and Wang Meng chatted and walked further away. Seeing their imitation wild-grown purple-skinned Dendrobium officinale, they had basically understood the situation and had also inquired about Wang Meng's annual output. Combined with the output of several other growers, Wan Yunting calculated that it was basically enough for production needs.
Wang Meng's phone rang. It was his wife Chen Huifen. "What? Mom is vomiting blood? Okay, okay, I'm coming back now..."
Hearing that the old woman was vomiting blood, Wan Yunting raised his eyebrows, because he had seen the old woman before he came and knew that she was not suffering from ordinary stroke.
"I'm sorry, Boss Wan. I have to hurry down the mountain now. My mother is vomiting blood," Wang Meng said anxiously.
"Don't worry, I'll go down the mountain with you."
Wan Yunting said, after all, it was a matter of life and death, and he planned to go down the mountain with Wang Meng, perhaps he could help.
"Good, good..." Wang Meng didn't think much about it. He was anxious about his mother's illness now.
Wan Yunting looked back and realized that Fang Yanxi was still on the mountain making a phone call.
"This way, you go up and bring my friend down the mountain. I'll go down the mountain with Boss Wang first." Wan Yunting didn't have time to go and call Fang Yanxi, and planned to go down the mountain with Wang Meng to save his mother first.
"Xiao Lin, hurry up and take Boss Fang down the mountain now," Wang Meng said to his nephew Wang Lin.
"Okay." Wang Lin nodded and went up to call Fang Yanxi.
Wan Yunting and Wang Meng went down the mountain first. The two of them were incredibly fast, and in the blink of an eye, they were far away.
Wang Lin came up, and Fang Yanxi was still on the phone. Due to the urgency of the situation, her pretty face was very serious. The young Wang Lin tried to interrupt her several times, but Fang Yanxi waved her hand to stop him, and sternly rebuked Lin Xiaoqi on the phone, giving them solutions and urging them to resolve it quickly.
Rumble...
Thunder rumbled in the sky, and dark clouds covered the entire mountain. Fang Yanxi was also startled by the thunder. After hanging up the phone, she found Wang Lin standing behind her, but she couldn't see Wan Yunting and Wang Meng. "Where did Boss Wang go? Where did they go?"