bestfiction Chapter 257 - 255: Huge Gains—Did I Just Earn the Title "Mushroom Kid"?
Chapter 257 - 255: Huge Gains—Did I Just Earn the Title "Mushroom Kid"?
[Did the wild boar run away?]
[Oh my god, isn’t it said that wild boars in the wild are very scary? How did it get scared away?]
[In my opinion, humans in the wild are scarier. You can’t imagine the means of terrifying upright apes!]
[Grassland King! So fierce!]
[66666!]
The live stream’s comments exploded!
No one expected that the wild boar would actually be scared away by Jiang Feng.
In fact, if you don’t provoke them, wild boars aren’t that aggressive.
A little scare, and wild boars don’t bother to mess with humans, so they leave.
Seeing the boar leave, Jiang Feng moved forward to where the boar had been digging.
The ground was originally covered in moss, but now it was completely messed up from the boar’s digging. Jiang Feng called Hadan and the others over.
Then, Jiang Feng started searching through the ground.
He dug up a clod of earth, and soon wiped away something black from the ground.
The surface of the thing was granular, looking quite ordinary.
Hadan stared at the black object in Jiang Feng’s hand and asked, "Is this what the boar was digging for?"
Jiang Feng nodded in response:
"Yes, that’s it."
"I guessed right; the boar was digging madly here, so it must be for black truffles."
"This stuff is very valuable, and once it grows, there’s usually a patch of them."
"Let’s dig around these few pine trees nearby and search for more."
The four of them went mushroom picking with their small shovels.
Hearing Jiang Feng say this, they immediately squatted down and started digging with their shovels.
The mushroom collecting crew continued to work.
The live stream’s viewership surged, stabilizing over 100,000+ viewers.
Treasure hunting videos naturally have high interest.
Like sea scavenging videos, outdoor adventure videos, opening pearl oyster videos, and so on.
People love watching streamers unexpectedly get treasures.
Now Jiang Feng was digging up black truffles in the primal forest, right under the boar’s nose, which felt even more thrilling.
[Wild black truffles are quite valuable, the master surely has hit the jackpot!]
[What? Picking mushrooms with a stick can earn thousands? Is money really that easy to make?]
[Black truffles are high-end ingredients in Michelin restaurants, incredibly valuable!]
[Watching the master make money annoys me!]
Comments were buzzing with discussion.
At this moment, Jiang Feng glanced at his watch and saw everyone’s comments.
He calmly explained:
"Wild black truffles are very expensive, but that’s abroad, especially in Europe. Their upper class pursues wild varieties, considering them aristocratic foods, hence they are sky-high in price."
"In China, Yunnan has long cultivated excellent black truffles, about six hundred yuan per pound."
"There are subtle differences in quality between farmed and wild ones, but not huge."
"Collecting seven or eight pounds of these black truffles would be around five thousand yuan."
"Anyway, these mushrooms taste somewhat like gas and have a bit of a fishy smell."
"If you like the smell of gasoline, you might like eating them."
Jiang Feng continued digging for mushrooms.
At this moment, he used his hand to dig through the dirt, feeling a round, granular object.
Judging by the touch, this black truffle was quite large.
The earlier found black truffle was about the size of chocolate, but this one felt like a soccer ball.
"Whoa, a big one!"
"Seems my luck is really good today."
"This truffle is definitely valuable."
Excited, Jiang Feng immediately borrowed a shovel from Hadan and carefully started digging the surrounding soil.
Netizens joked:
[A streamer with millions of fans playing with dirt, earning tens of thousands daily!]
As the soil was continuously shoveled away, the area of black truffles revealed grew larger.
At last, Jiang Feng directly used his hands, scooped the dirt aside, and took the black truffle out from the ground.
This black truffle was not quite soccer-sized, yet almost close.
Its surface was oddly shaped, rugged and irregular, barely resembling a ball.
Jiang Feng weighed this black truffle; it was about three to four pounds.
Moreover, such a large black truffle already becomes the king among truffles; its price is beyond merely six hundred a pound.
[Whoa! So black!]
[Whoa! So big!]
[Whoa! So heavy!]
Netizens’ comments poured in.
Such a huge black truffle, just by looking at it, you could tell it’s quite expensive.
Beside him, Hadan and Bugude also looked over.
Content, Jiang Feng smiled and said:
"Lucky day, didn’t expect to dig such a big one."
"No idea how long it has been buried."
"In general, total profit."
Seeing Jiang Feng making money made many of the live room’s netizens quite upset.
Yet some people love to dig deeper, insisting to know the value of this thing.
[Can any expert enlighten me on how much this piece is worth?]
## [Name Your Price to Make Me Give Up!]
Lots of people are asking, and indeed, there are experts answering.
[He Xiang Hall Chinese Herbal Medicine Wholesale Company]: [Such a large wild black truffle, conservatively estimated to be worth around fifty thousand.]
[Master Lu of Huai Cuisine]: [Quite valuable, I know some Michelin chefs; this type of black truffle is priceless, definitely worth tens of thousands!]
[Kyoto Michelin Restaurant Branch]: [I am willing to offer fifty thousand to purchase this black truffle; I’ve sent a private message, please check it, Master Jiang!]
Seeing so many replies, the netizens also got a sense of the price of this huge black truffle.
At least fifty thousand!
Good heavens, is this mushroom picking or money picking?
And making big bucks in the process!
Who wouldn’t be envious?
[How much? Over fifty thousand? I don’t even earn that much in half a year!]
[Truly worthy of the Master, Mushroom Kid fits you perfectly!]
[Just joined, is this the Pig King’s live stream?]
[You’re in the wrong place, this is Mushroom Kid’s live stream!]
[Jiang · Ranch Master · Grassland King · Nadamu Festival Champion in Riding and Archery · Pig King · Mushroom Kid · Feng!]
These netizens really know how to have fun; the more excited they are, the better the effect.
The allure of money has blinded the netizens with envy.
Jiang Feng watched everyone’s comments.
Hadan, Bugude, and Jiang Youwei also dug up some black truffles.
Enough to eat themselves, for sure.
It’s indeed better to sell this big piece.
Therefore, Jiang Feng immediately confirmed the transaction with the Michelin restaurant via private message.
After a brief chat and slight negotiation, the final price was set at sixty thousand.
This really feels like picking money off the ground!
The netizens are quite envious but understand that it is only something to envy.
Without some skill, an ordinary person could wander in the primeval forest for a month and not even earn a penny.
It requires specialized knowledge coupled with a bit of luck.
Jiang Feng stored the black truffle safely.
Today’s mushroom picking truly yielded a great harvest.
Initially, he just wanted to gather some white mushrooms and a few common ones to go back, stew a chicken, or fry some meat slices.
Unexpectedly, it turned into a windfall profit.
The four of them dug around the pine tree soil, finding quite a few small black truffles.
Then, they refilled the dug-up soil, packed it tight, benefiting the tree growth; more black truffles might continue growing after that.
"Let’s pick some ordinary small mushrooms, then we’ll head back."
Jiang Feng told the three.
The primeval forest adventure is always thrilling; Hadan and the others were quite happy.
The three didn’t walk far when Jiang Feng spotted the wild boar again.
He pulled out his binoculars, seeing the wild boar still digging under the pine tree.
Jiang Feng exclaimed, "No way, it’s still it."
"This wild boar is like my lucky charm!"
Black truffles buried underground, bound either to be eaten by wild boars or humans; there’s no escaping being eaten.
Jiang Feng took a small piece of black truffle from the bucket, along with a flower cake, intending, yet again, to forage black truffles where the wild boar discovered.
Elsewhere, there are special truffle gatherers who bring trained Little Pink Pigs to primeval forests to find black truffles.
But now, Jiang Feng didn’t need a professional Little Pink Pig; a wild boar accomplishes the treasure-hunting mission instead.
Just like the song goes, "Together we busily search for treasure."
Upon seeing the wild boar dig again, netizens gasped and roared in the live stream:
[Master, do you have no shame letting the wild boar work for you?]
[That’s too much, too much!]
[If I saw a wild boar digging black truffles, I’d claim all the black truffles for myself. If it’s someone else, I’d say how can you fight a boar for treasures!]
[No way, did it happen again, he profited!?]
At this moment, Jiang Feng approaches the wild boar again.
As before, he tossed over a flower cake; the wild boar sniffed and devoured it immediately.
Then, Jiang Feng tossed over a piece of black truffle; the wild boar again ate it directly.
Next, Jiang Feng gestured for it to leave.
The wild boar stared at Jiang Feng, eyed him for a while, and seeing no more treats, snorted and ran off again.
Except for food, it didn’t want to bother much with this human.
Jiang Feng then called Hadan and the others to come dig for treasures.
Today’s fortune is favorable for outings and treasure hunts.
Luck handed a working wild boar to him, unstoppable fortune.
Hadan and Bugude watched the scene from afar.
The two whispered quietly:
"That boar seems to obey the Master well!"
"The Master surely has some tricks up his sleeve!"
"He waves his hand and the boar runs off?"
"I saw it too, very impressive!"
The boar ran away, and the four resumed digging black truffles.
More and more viewers joined the live stream.
Some wailed, some found it amusing, some cursed Jiang Feng hoping he couldn’t find any black truffles, while others asked Jiang Feng the price, wanting to taste some wild black truffles.
With various attitudes, the live stream was exceedingly lively.