Chen Lan stared at the tremella growing on the withered linden branches and couldn't help but grin, secretly thinking how incredibly lucky she was since transmigrating. Was this a perk from the transmigration gods?
This wasn't just any tremella; it was linden wood tremella. Chen Lan knew quite a bit about it. Linden wood tremella not only beautified the skin, nourished yin, moistened the lungs, and aided digestion, but it also helped prevent and relieve sore throats and swollen eyes caused by yin deficiency and excessive fire. It could also boost the body's immunity. For those with poor liver function or weakened immunity who easily fell ill, consuming more linden wood tremella could aid in recovery.
With this in mind, Chen Lan didn't hesitate. She took out a basket from her system's inventory and began picking the large pieces of tremella from the withered linden branches, placing them in the basket.
After gathering the tremella, she pondered the dead tree for a moment. Then, she purchased a chainsaw from the system and cut down the withered tree. The loud crash as the tree fell startled everyone. They shouted, "Xiao Lan, is that you over there? What was that falling sound? Did something happen?" Su Dan Novel Network.
Chen Lan quickly replied, "It was just a dead tree that fell. Nothing to worry about!" Then, she swiftly stored the withered tree in her system's inventory.
Honestly, Chen Lan herself was quite startled by the noise. She hadn't considered how loud a falling tree would be. What was done was done, and she couldn't dwell on it. She needed to continue searching the surroundings for more withered linden trees with tremella.
Carrying the basket, Chen Lan continued to wander. As she roamed, she mentally activated the system's search function for tremella within a 500-meter radius. A prompt immediately appeared on the system screen, highlighting a few small red dots. Chen Lan found another withered linden tree nearby. Just like the previous one, she first picked the tremella and placed it in her basket, then cut down the tree and stored it in her system's inventory.
Possessing her cheat-like artifact and fueled by good luck, Chen Lan hummed contentedly, "Sweet work, infinitely good, hey! Sweet songs, flying all over the sky, hey!" while rapidly picking tremella and sawing linden trees. She worked very quickly. Before she knew it, she had found six more withered linden trees with tremella. She picked the large pieces and put them in her basket, then cut down all the withered trees and stored them in her system's inventory.
Because Chen Lan incessantly repeated those two lines of lyrics, the constant crashing of falling trees became familiar. Eventually, no one was surprised anymore, and no one asked what was happening!
The basket was more than half full of tremella. Chen Lan continued to hum, still stuck on those two lines. This half-basket of tremella was an unexpected harvest and a delightful surprise!
Xiang Xi, who had filled a snakeskin bag with linden blossoms, followed the singing to find Chen Lan picking tremella and sawing withered linden trees. Seeing the half-full basket of tremella, Xiang Xi said with great envy, "Little Lan, you are truly blessed. You managed to gather half a basket of such hard-to-find things. That must be twenty or thirty jin, right?" As she spoke, she even lifted the basket with her hand to gauge its weight.
Seeing Chen Lan sawing the withered linden tree, Xiang Xi asked in confusion, "Little Lan, what are you doing sawing these withered linden trees? You've already picked all the tremella. Are you taking them back to plant tremella?"
Chen Lan shouted back, "Those who know me, know me, Xiang Xi! You understand my thoughts best, little water melon. Yes, I'm taking them back to try planting tremella!"
It was true! This time, Chen Lan wasn't tricking Xiang Xi. She had decided to carry back these withered linden trees that had tremella growing on them, intending to build a shed and try planting tremella, just like they did in her previous life.
When Xiang Xi heard that Chen Lan was serious, her eyes widened in surprise. "Little Lan, you're serious? You're not fooling me?"
Chen Lan nodded solemnly, "Look, does what I'm doing now seem like a lie?"
Xiang Xi asked doubtfully, "Don't lie to me, saying you know how to plant. We grew up together. What do you know? I know you better than you know yourself."
Hearing Xiang Xi say this, Chen Lan couldn't come up with a good excuse and could only remain silent. She stopped responding to Xiang Xi and continued sawing the withered linden tree.
Seeing Chen Lan no longer paying attention and continuing her work, even stopping her singing, Xiang Xi felt a bit guilty. She came closer and said, "Little Lan, give me the saw, I'll help you saw!"
Chen Lan replied, "No need, I'm used to it now, and I'll be done soon!"
Xiang Xi thought Chen Lan was angry and tentatively asked, "Little Lan, did your father-in-law tell you about planting tremella? Is that it?"
Chen Lan was feeling frustrated about not having an excuse. Hearing Xiang Xi offer such a good reason, inspiration struck, and she happily replied, "How did you know?"
Xiang Xi immediately puffed up with pride, saying smugly, "I told you long ago, I know you best!" Hearing this, Chen Lan suddenly recalled a lyric: "The one who knows you best is me, the one who cherishes you most is me." The next line seemed to be, "The one who misses you most is me," but she couldn't remember the rest.
Chen Lan spaced out as she thought. Xiang Xi called out a few times before she snapped back to attention.
By then, people from other groups had also arrived. Seeing the tremella in the basket, the withered linden trees Chen Lan had sawed, and hearing about her plan to try planting tremella, the entire group unanimously decided to participate in building the shed for planting tremella.
Seeing that everyone had gathered and time was getting late, they all began to carry their loads and head back.
Chen Lan handed the linden honey, linden blossoms, and the half-basket of tremella to her mother-in-law and Wen Rou's mother for processing. Upon seeing the tremella, her mother-in-law exclaimed, "Good heavens! You actually managed to find tremella!"
Chen Lan didn't concern herself with the tremella anymore. She led all the members who had collected honey to find materials to build the shed.
Chen Lan decided to build a large shed for planting tremella. She chose a spot about a hundred meters from the houses, on slightly elevated ground, facing east and west. Using wood, she constructed a tremella shed 10 meters long, 5 meters wide, and 2.6 meters high, with a walkway of 0.75 meters.
Before building the shed, she used a bulldozer to level the ground. Then, she spread river sand from an underground river. After that, she sprinkled quicklime and insect repellent powder on the ground inside the shed for disinfection and pest control.
Next, she cut the withered linden trees into one-meter sections. She then coated the ends of each section with lime water for disinfection. All the cut linden wood sections were stacked in a crisscross pattern and arranged inside the shed!
As they still had to go out every morning to collect linden honey and blossoms, they only had the afternoons to do this work. By the time all the preparations were completed, several days had passed.
Chen Lan was explaining planting knowledge to everyone. While spraying water on the crisscrossed linden wood, she introduced,
"The temperature inside the shed must be maintained between 20 and 28 degrees Celsius. This temperature is conducive to the growth of tremella mycelium; it cannot be too high or too low. Water spraying is required multiple times a day, basically 3 to 5 times. Do not spray too much at once; the amount sprayed each time should be small, and the frequency should be high. The goal is that the linden wood is not visibly dry and does not drip water."
"If you really can't remember, there's a simple method: 'Spray more on sunny days, spray less on cloudy days, and don't spray on rainy days; spray more in the morning and less in the afternoon.'"