Siheyuan starts from a good life

Thousands of miles away at Hongxing Farm in Sijiucheng, Xu Damao's mood these past few days has been like a roller coaster. It was a frightening and exciting experience.

Originally Xu Damao was sitting leisurely and contentedly in his office.

He has been very busy these days. He has started spraying pesticides in the past two days. There is not enough manpower, so he can only do it himself.

No, I just had two days of rest after finishing it. It was not easy for this farmer.

Yesterday Lou Xiao'e came to see him and told him that his father would let him have dinner at home this week. Xu Damao was very happy in his heart.

"Director Xu, come and see, the mushrooms are growing."

The door was suddenly pushed open, and Professor Ding came to Xu Damao's office holding a cylindrical culture medium with several mushrooms growing on it.

"It's grown." Looking at the thing in Professor Ding's hand, Xu Damao was also quite excited.

"Let's go and take a look." Xu Damao excitedly pulled Professor Ding towards the basement.

In order to store the harvested vegetables, at Jiang Yanfen's suggestion, the employees of Hongxing Farm used their free time to dig a huge basement at the foot of the mountain, and later expanded it to prepare for planting fungus and mushrooms.

This thing was completely renovated according to the appearance of later air-raid shelters. It is connected in all directions and is warm in winter and cool in summer. Many employees hide in it to rest in their spare time.

After entering the air-raid shelter, looking at the rows of mushrooms that were already growing, Xu Damao's heart had never been so surging. His boss had said before that if he did these two things well, he might be able to advance to the next level. , this is not a mushroom, in Xu Damao's eyes it is clearly a ladder of progress.

"These are shiitake mushrooms. They are growing well at the moment. Only some of them are mature. The rest will be ready for picking in a few days."

"This is an oyster mushroom. Its growth cycle is relatively short, and it has begun to be picked now."

"This is King Oyster Mushroom, it is still in the growing stage."

In the mushroom shed, Professor Ding pointed to the sprouted mushrooms and introduced them to Xu Damao. Xu Damao nodded repeatedly, but he didn't understand. Only ghosts know, who can't pretend? If you say you don't know, you will be looked down upon by this bunch of old scholars.

"How are the fungus growing?" After seeing the mushrooms, Xu Damao asked again.

"Come with me and have a look."

Xu Damao followed Professor Ding to the area where fungus was planted. The planting of fungus is different from that of mushrooms. Mushrooms need to prepare a nutrient base, while fungus only needs a piece of rotten wood, and the black fungus bacteria are sprinkled on the rotten wood.

There is currently no place in China that specializes in producing black fungus strains. These strains were picked by Xu Damao and Professor Ding who went to the mountains where the fungus grows. Some of them were placed here, and some were brought by Professor Ding. Go back and cultivate.

Small-scale cultivation of fungus has actually been practiced since ancient times! It can be traced back to the Three Kingdoms period, but large-scale planting always requires testing, analysis, and testing again!

If you are a time traveler, you can copy it from Baidu. Jiang Yan copied the recipe from Baidu.

This is a copy, but if you want to promote it on a large scale, you have to rely on agricultural teachers and experts! The teachers analyzed the nutrient solution, environment, humidity, and substrate. On the contrary, it quickly pushed the experimental results towards success!

"How long does it take for this fungus to mature?" Xu Damao asked Professor Ding, pointing to the fungus that was already growing in the basement.

"According to the planting method given by Comrade Jiang Yan, these fungus should be mature in about 20 days. Moreover, they can be grown three seasons a year."

"What about mushrooms? The growth period of oyster mushrooms and fungus is the same, about 35 days. The growth period of shiitake mushrooms is relatively longer. A cycle of shiitake mushrooms takes about 5-6 months. When the temperature is humid, the basidiospores will germinate best. The optimum temperature is 22-26c. The growth cycle of king oyster mushroom is generally about two months."

"However, the production cycles and temperatures of these three types of mushrooms are different. In the later stage, we will consider setting up separate production bases for them."

"No problem, I will arrange these and transfer them out as soon as possible. If new mycelium needs to be cultivated," Xu Damao nodded.

"Currently our Agricultural College has opened a special subject. This will benefit the country and the people. We can add another dish in the winter." Professor Ding said a little excitedly.

"Is there no problem in picking fungus and mushrooms now?" Xu Damao thought for a while and asked.

"There are not too many mature ones at the moment, but there is no problem with small-scale picking. Does Mr. Xu need to pick some?" Professor Ding asked.

"Pick a little and let's try it at noon to celebrate your success."

Xu Damao spent his own money to buy a chicken at the farm, and used shiitake mushrooms to stew a large pot of local chicken soup with shiitake mushrooms. Each teacher and student who participated in the experiment received a bowl!

I made cold fungus again and everyone shared some!

Oyster mushroom slices! Qing Dynasty King Oyster Mushroom and more!

Xu Damao was really moved by the way some teachers and students were crying while eating!

Xu Damao knocked on the iron pot of chicken soup and saw everyone's eyes fixed on him. I couldn’t help but be moved to tears! After controlling his excitement, he said: "Comrades, we succeeded!"

Everyone cheered!

After everyone calmed down a little, Xu Damao waved his hands and continued: "But is this success accidental? Or inevitable? Comrades need to continue to study! Can the success rate be higher? The output can be larger? It also needs comrades to study! Yes! Can't we grow other fungi? We still need comrades to study! We have only taken a small step! We need comrades to use greater efforts to practice research! Please continue to work hard, comrades!"

After saying that, Xu Damao bowed to the teachers and students present! As the biggest on-site officer, Xu Damao has the qualifications!

But these words were not what Xu Damao came up with. Following his boss for so long, he has also learned the art of speaking. No one knows how to inspire people, but everyone in this group is like a chicken. Seeing them like this, Xu Damao felt an unspeakable feeling in his heart.

Professor Ding directed his staff to dry the picked mushrooms and fungus.

Originally, Xu Damao wanted to get fresh shiitake mushrooms, but after Professor Ding’s introduction, he agreed to make fresh shiitake mushrooms into dried shiitake mushrooms.

Friends who have eaten shiitake mushrooms know that compared with other mushrooms, shiitake mushrooms have a special fragrance. After being dried and soaked in water, the fragrance is more obvious.

In fact, the reason why there is such a strong aroma is because the mushrooms undergo a series of complex changes during the drying process, producing some volatile flavor substances.

Compared with fresh shiitake mushrooms, dried shiitake mushrooms that have been soaked in water are particularly fragrant. Research has found that this is mainly due to the difference in the content of sulfur-containing compounds. Its content in dried shiitake mushrooms (49.29%) is higher than that in fresh shiitake mushrooms (21.53%). More than twice as much, and the content of shiitake mushroom essence is also higher in dried shiitake mushrooms (2%) than in fresh shiitake mushrooms (0.53%). The transformation from fresh to dried mushrooms involves an important process - the Maillard reaction, which is responsible for the alluring aroma of braised pork. Therefore, it is not surprising that the aroma of dried mushrooms is stronger.