When Lok Tian came back and put it in his hand, Fang Zheng saw it clearly and exclaimed: "Ginseng flower?!"
"Hey, you have good eyesight! Guess how old this ginseng is?" Lotte said proudly.
Fang Zheng shook his head and said, "This is hard for you to do to a poor monk. The poor monk knows that you can see the leaves of ginseng in old age. You don't even have leaves, how can you see it?"
"Haha... Abbot, it seems you really don't understand ginseng, otherwise you wouldn't have said such unprofessional words." Mr. Lotte laughed loudly, not caring whether Fang Zheng would be unhappy after hearing this.
Of course Fang Zheng would not be unhappy and asked instead: "Oh? Don't you look at the leaves? I have always heard people say that I look at the leaves of different grades."
"That's all nonsense from laymen and people who don't know the industry. The one-year-old wild ginseng is called Sanhua, which has only three small leaves; the two-year-old ginseng is called five-leaf, the three-year-old is called Erjiazi, and the four-year-old is called fourth-grade leaves. , fifth-grade leaves are available, and wild ginseng born in 1956 or 1977 may have seventh-grade leaves. Moreover, the leaves of wild ginseng grow in cycles, starting from the first-grade leaves. 123456 Then they return to the first-grade leaves and start to grow again123456. So, if you really have to look at the leaves to determine your age, how can you determine it?" Lotte asked in return.
Fang Zheng was shocked. He didn't expect that the words he had heard since childhood turned out to be a trap...
Lotte Tian continued: "This is originally true. It is also useful to identify some young ginseng. Later, it was taken out and used indiscriminately, deliberately deceiving some ignorant people. If the other party really thought that they could tell the age by looking at the leaves. Come on. Scammers can use a five- or six-year-old ginseng to sell it as a decades-old or centuries-old ginseng and make a fortune. But now people are smarter and fewer people fall for this kind of scam."
Fang Zheng sighed: "Every row is like a mountain... So how do you identify this ginseng?"
Lotte Tianren shook his head and said: "I can't explain it in a few words. There is a ballad that goes like this: Wild ginseng identification has such a ballad: "The reed bowls grow closely together, the round arms and round reed jujube cores, the tight skin, fine lines and pimples. , the beard is as long and clear as leather strips, with pearl dots dotted under the beard, which is the characteristic of wild ginseng. "The reeds, brachium, body, lines, and whiskers here are industry terms, which correspond to the head, upper limbs, body, texture, and feet respectively.
The reed head of wild ginseng is roughly divided into three sections, and the round reed at the bottom is a typical feature of wild ginseng. It takes more than 30 years of growth to show its shape. There are usually no ring patterns on the caudal part of ginseng. Only ginseng that is particularly old will develop lines on its crotch.
Ginseng grows in harsh natural environments for decades or even hundreds of years. The older the skin on the ginseng body is, the darker the color and the older the ginseng is.
The iron lines on the ginseng body are one of the special features of wild ginseng. They are shaped like iron wires, thin, dense and deep. The circles are opposite and not connected to each other. The denser the iron lines, the more ginseng will appear. The older you get.
Ginseng whiskers are used by ginseng to absorb nutrients. The older the ginseng is, the rarer the ginseng whiskers. Therefore, the whiskers of old ginseng are simple and refreshing.
When ginseng grows underground for decades, many ginseng tendons will rot and grow out. The rotten ginseng tendons will leave scars, which are pearl spots. Therefore, the more pearl spots, the older the ginseng is.
The older the ginseng is, the higher its value. Wild ginseng weighing more than 50 grams will take decades to grow, and larger ones will take one to two hundred years. As the saying goes: Seven taels are ginseng, eight taels are treasure. "
After finishing speaking in one breath, Master Le Tian looked at the confused Fang Zheng and said with a wry smile: "Abbot, don't you understand?"
Fang Zheng shook his head helplessly and said: "I seem to understand, but I seem to understand, but if I really want to distinguish it, I may not be able to distinguish it."
At this time, Hong Hai'er asked impatiently: "Having said so much, how old is your ginseng? It can't be three to five years old, right?"
Fang Zheng glared at Hong Hai'er, who immediately shut up and didn't dare to make any mistakes.
Lotte God laughed loudly and said: "I am a ginseng, this number!" As he spoke, Lotte Heaven put three fingers deep inside!
"Three years?" Honghai'er asked subconsciously.
Lotte Tianren gave him a blank look.
Honghai'er said: "Thirty years?"
The optimistic person shook his head, happily poured out the water from the first pot of tea, and filled up another pot of water. The movements are smooth and flowing, every move is as if made by nature, and looks very elegant. Fang Zheng's eyes also lit up. He had long heard that the tea art was beautiful, but he always thought that it was just talk, just making tea. How could it be so good? But now seeing Lotte people making tea, it’s really pleasing to the eye and makes me feel relaxed and happy! Comfortable!
Fang Zheng said: "Could it be three hundred years?"
Lotte Tian raised his head arrogantly and said with a smile: "Three hundred years away, Pindao can't say exactly how many years. It would be a pity to dig up such a good thing. Pindao only occasionally takes some ginseng flowers to brew. Just tea.”
"Take some occasionally? Is one ginseng not enough? Isn't it?" Fang Zheng's eyes became brighter and brighter, and at the same time his heart was filled with laughter. He didn't know how much he drank after taking a sip of tea... And Lotte seemed to drink it often. , this guy is so wealthy!
Lotte laughed loudly and said, "My whole yard is full of ginseng. How many do you think there are?"
When Fang Zheng heard this, he immediately looked into the yard. It was green and lush. Fang Zheng didn't take it seriously at first, but now he looked carefully, good guy, it's a bit exaggerated to say that one yard is there, but half of the yard is still there! I estimate there are no less than dozens of ginseng!
"Did you grow it?" Fang Zheng asked.
Lotte Tian shook his head and said: "Of course not. Pindao was looking for a place to practice Taoism and accidentally found this place. He saw this ginseng king and a group of ginseng seeds and Samson nesting here. According to legend, ginseng can turn into spirits. Yes, Pindao figured it out. They chose this place because it must have good feng shui. And it was indeed good here, so Pindao settled down and became their neighbor. He usually helped them drive away wild beasts, weed and so on, as a As a reward, I charge them some ginseng flowers, ginseng seeds, etc., isn’t that excessive?”
Fang Zheng was shocked. Hearing what Le Tian said, this guy didn't take Ginseng as his own at all, but got along with Ginseng on an equal footing... This was the first time Fang Zheng had seen such behavior. If the three-hundred-year-old wild ginseng were dug out, it is estimated that Lotte people would immediately escape poverty and become rich, reaching the pinnacle of their lives, right
Hong Hai'er also came up and said: "Are you stupid? This ginseng is not refined, it is just a plant. Do you care? Or are you just showing off? I think selling it should be a good choice. .”
Lotte Tian shook his head and said: "Why sell it? In exchange for money? What's the use of that to poor people? Some people like to raise dogs, some people like to raise cats, some people raise monkeys, squirrels, big wolf dogs, bad boys, I raise ginseng There’s nothing wrong with being a pet, right?”
When Red Boy, Lone Wolf, Monkey, and Squirrel heard this, they immediately gave him an angry look.
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