The daughter was ruthlessly driven out of the wealthy family and went to the countryside

Ji Mingxuan said: "Okay, I'll wait for your good news."

The two drug dealers asked around and found a drug dealer who had a good relationship with Shen Xue Ning. He was one of the first drug dealers who came to Shen Xue Ning to buy drugs.

After hearing what the drug dealer said, the herbal medicine merchant rejected them: "Sorry, I don't have enough here, so I can't sell it to you."

The drug dealer said, "I'll buy it at a high price."

The herbal medicine dealer has his own considerations: "But I can't protect my customers. I want to do long-term business."

The drug dealer said, "Once or twice is okay, right?"

The herbal medicine merchant felt a little strange: "Why don't you go to Shen Xue Ning to buy it?"

The drug dealer looked embarrassed: "Then it's not available? If it was available, why would I come to you and buy it at a high price?"

The herbal medicine merchant said, "But I really can't help you. My customers are waiting for me to give them the medicine, and I can't tell the difference at all."

The drug dealer said, "Let's discuss it further."

The herbal medicine merchant waved his hands and said, "I'm sorry, I really can't. It's too little. I can't give it to you."

The drug dealer said regretfully, "You're not happy with the high price?"

"It's not that I'm not happy, it's that we really don't have any." The herbal medicine merchant had something else to do, so he said, "Leave me your number first, and I'll let you know when I have the stock."

The drug dealer nodded reluctantly: "Okay."

After leaving his contact information, the herbal medicine merchant left.

The drug dealer sent a WeChat message to Ji Mingxuan: "Sorry, they can't spare the money, even if you pay a high price."

Ji Mingxuan: “…”

……

Saffron is ready to be picked. Clusters and patches of pink and purple flowers are the scene of the saffron harvest season.

Each bud of mature saffron has three petals, with a slender tubular stamen in the middle of each petal. Three pistils grow in the center of the three stamens, and their color is brown-red, purple or brown.

After peeling, drying and other processing steps, the pistil becomes what we commonly call saffron.

The saffron picking season is in early September every year, and the flowering period is only half a month to twenty days.

Saffron is very afraid of sunlight, which will cause the picked pistils to wilt, become lighter in color, and reduce quality, so they must be harvested en masse before sunrise.

The pistils are completely peeled off manually. The soft and thin stamens are a bit slippery. They cannot be broken when peeled from the flowers, and the lengths must be aligned. If they are broken or uneven, they cannot be bundled, which will also affect the following processes.

This is not only time-consuming and laborious but also requires great patience, and generally only women can do it.

After the pistils are peeled, they should be tied into bundles for drying. The drying process should be completely away from light and placed in a dry and hot room to dry. Some are also dried over charcoal fire and should be turned over continuously until they are completely dry.

The last step is grading. The top part of the saffron stamen is the best, and the lighter the color is as it goes down, the worse the quality is.

Only ten grams of top-quality saffron can be produced from every kilogram of saffron flowers, which is like panning for gold in the sand. This is what makes saffron so precious. Each gram of top-quality saffron can be sold for up to one hundred RMB, making it truly "red gold."

Shen Xuening invited everyone to come and help her pick saffron.

Ye Hongwei and Li Suyue came in person and were helping to pick saffron.

The whole mountain was filled with people, and at this moment the sky was only slightly pale.

This was the first time to pick saffron, and Shen Xue Ning had no experience. He had only seen it on videos, and now he was doing it himself, feeling quite unfamiliar.

Fortunately, she has a strong learning ability and quickly mastered the key points, and picking becomes more and more easy.

After picking enough saffron, take them to the third floor of the villa.

It's ready here, the saffron is put here to dry.

Shen Xuening's saffron must be sold at one hundred yuan per gram, so the processing process must be extremely careful. It would be a pity if the price was affected due to improper handling.

In order to ensure quality, Shen Xuening hired a retired Chinese medicine doctor to help her dry saffron.

The old Chinese doctor liked the medicinal herbs from Shen Xuening's family very much. After Shen Xuening promised to give him half a pound of saffron after picking them, he came readily.

As more and more saffron was sent back, the smell of saffron in the house became stronger and stronger...

The old Chinese doctor was drying saffron and couldn't help but sigh: "The color of this saffron is particularly bright, the stamens are long and straight, and the smell is strong. It is better than wild saffron. This flower is grown so well."

Shen Xue Ning came to the third floor: "Grandpa, how are you doing? Are you still busy?"

The old Chinese doctor smiled and said, "I can handle it, don't worry."

Shen Xue Ning looked at the dried saffron and was quite satisfied: "Is there anything else you need to do?"

The old Chinese doctor said, "No, go pick more before the sun rises. Saffron has a short flowering period, so don't let it affect its medicinal properties."

Shen Xue Ning nodded: "Then I'll go, call me if you have anything."

The old Chinese doctor said, "Okay."

Shen Xuening went to pick saffron again.

There are several hundred acres of saffron, and even with more than 20 people, it will take some time to pick them all. But there is still half a month left in the flowering period, so there is no need to rush.

Saffron is very afraid of sunlight, so it cannot be picked when the sun comes out, but there is still one thing that needs to be picked, and that is camellia seeds.

The tea oil tree was planted this year, but it is a species cultivated in space and grows very fast. Shen Xue Ning also manages it carefully, so it has produced a lot of fruit this year.

People no longer pick saffron, but instead pick camellia seeds.

In order to avoid missing out on picking the tea leaves, Shen Xue Ning asked everyone to pinch off a few leaves from the top of the tea trees after picking to distinguish them.

The picking of tea seeds is in full swing.

"Tea oil sells for 80 yuan per pound. How much will Shen Xue Ning make from this mountain of tea seeds?"

"Isn't it seventy?"

"The price has already been raised. Now it's selling for 80, or even more than 80..."

The villagers looked at Shen Xuening's mountain of tea seeds with envy. Why didn't they have the courage to plant tea trees in the mountains? If they planted them themselves, the money they earned would be theirs.

Shen Xuening had no idea what everyone was thinking. She was wearing gloves and enjoying picking tea seeds, experiencing the joy of the harvest.

The tea seeds grow very large, one or two times larger than those in the mountains, and are pleasing to the eye.

The picked tea seeds are taken to the yard to dry. Tea seeds are like walnuts, with a layer of green skin on the outside. The green skin must be peeled off before the tea seeds can be used to extract oil.

However, the green skin of tea seeds is not as difficult to peel as walnuts. It will crack after being exposed to the sun, and then you can peel it with the help of your hands.

With so many tea seeds, Shen Xuening didn’t plan to peel them by hand, so she had to buy a machine to help.

Let’s talk about this after all the tea seeds are picked.

There are more and more tea seeds drying in the yard. Grandma uses a bamboo rake to turn the seeds over so that they can be dried evenly and shelled more easily.