5: Walnut Tree

"Dahuang, what are you doing?"

Su Can packed up his bag, and seeing Dahuang run off, he subconsciously called out.

"Woof!"

Dahuang turned his head, barked, pawed the ground twice with his front legs, and then shook his head.

In that instant, Su Can actually saw the image of his childhood friend calling him to go drinking, and in his ears, he could almost hear that familiar "Let's go!"

"Damn! That's really weird!"

Su Can quickly shook his head, following him with a wry smile.

In the mountains, animals' instincts are naturally stronger than humans', so Su Can felt very at ease following Dahuang.

Moreover, thinking back to Dahuang's actions just now, Su Can vaguely had a guess.

Dahuang was already very intuitive, and after being enlightened, it was reasonable for him to show some miraculous behavior.

You have to know that a dog's nose is extremely sensitive.

And after being enlightened, who knows how many times stronger it is than before.

So, Su Can's heart really started to fill with anticipation, and he kept his pace close to Dahuang.

Sure enough, after following for two or three minutes, Dahuang suddenly barked excitedly.

His pace suddenly quickened, and he agilely leaped over the vegetation that was as tall as a person, barking "Woof, woof" incessantly inside.

"He found something!"

Su Can's eyes lit up. Looking at the vegetation that was as high as his eyebrows, he instinctively felt that he could jump over it too.

He subconsciously stomped his feet hard!

Then he jumped fiercely!

As a result, *whoosh*!

He actually jumped two or three meters high, his whole body catapulting out like a cannonball.

"Hey, hey, hey... Holy crap!"

Such immense jumping power left even Su Can dumbfounded.

Watching a massive tree, wide enough for several people to embrace, rapidly enlarging in his vision, he only had time to cover his face with both hands and close his eyes!

The next second.

Bang!

A massive jolt came through!

Su Can was hit, his vision went black, and he almost passed out.

His rear end also seemed to hit a hard object when he fell, making his rear end clench in pain.

Damn it!

Fortunately, he covered his face with his hands at the critical moment, otherwise his face would definitely have been a mess.

"Woof, woof..."

Dahuang also circled around, looking at him anxiously.

"Don't worry, I'm fine! No need to worry."

Su Can rubbed his face and waved to Dahuang.

"Woof, woof!!"

But Dahuang kept barking at him, pawing the ground anxiously.

Su Can immediately realized something and hurriedly looked down.

He saw a large patch of high-quality white onion mushrooms right underneath him and around him, most of which had been crushed by him.

"Holy crap! This is all money!"

Su Can instantly lost his composure; this patch of white onion mushrooms was clearly much larger than the ones he had found before.

Now that most of them were crushed, he had lost at least a few hundred yuan, and he couldn't help but feel heartbroken.

He looked up at the big tree that "hit" him, wincing, and just as he was about to curse, his gaze was suddenly drawn to the densely packed things hanging on the tree.

"...Walnuts?"

"This is a walnut tree?!"

After Su Can saw clearly what was hanging on the tree, the curse on his lips was swallowed back, and he even temporarily put the white onion mushrooms out of his mind.

Before, he didn't know that walnuts could be collectibles, that they were particular about variety and quality, and that high-quality ones could even sell for shockingly high prices.

Now, having suffered a loss over walnuts, and after the old man had educated him, he had gained quite a bit of knowledge about collectible walnuts.

So, seeing that the tree in front of him was a walnut tree, Su Can immediately became interested.

"This walnut tree is so thick, it must be over a hundred years old. A century-old wild walnut tree is very rare. If the walnuts it produces are of good quality, it will definitely be a selling point!"

"Right!"

As Su Can said this, he suddenly remembered something. He hurriedly reached under his rear end and pulled out a fist-sized, dark green object, which was clearly a walnut that had fallen from the tree.

"So this walnut was what hurt my rear end!"

Su Can stood up, wincing, ignoring the white onion mushrooms on the ground, and instead carefully examined the walnut in his hand.

At this time of the month, the walnuts have basically all fallen, and the shells and meat have dried and shriveled.

But the walnut in his hand right now, even with the shell and meat shriveled, was still the size of a fist, which made Su Can's eyes light up.

You have to know that the value of collectible walnuts is directly related to their size.

He applied a little pressure with his palm, and his strong perception clearly felt distinct ridges under the shell, and definitely more than one.

"I didn't expect it to be a multi-ridged one?!"

A trace of joy appeared in Su Can's eyes. Large size, multi-ridged!

Generally, walnuts with these two conditions, as long as the quality isn't too bad when opened, can easily sell for a thousand or eight hundred yuan.

This made him unable to help but feel expectant. He picked up a slightly sharp stone and began to scrape away the shriveled shell and meat of the walnut.

He first aimed at the side that felt most distinct, applied light pressure, and pried open a corner of the shell and meat.

Immediately, a bright and plump large ridge was exposed!

Its full, lustrous color made one feel fond of it at first glance.

Su Can's eyes brightened slightly, and he hurriedly followed the ridge he had opened and pried open another corner on the opposite side.

Immediately, another bright and plump large ridge was revealed.

To the naked eye, these two large ridges were incredibly symmetrical, with beautiful textures and full colors; they felt pleasing no matter how you looked at them.

"Seeing a spot, one can know the whole leopard; just from the color and plump tension of these two large ridges, as long as the remaining ridges are straight, this is definitely a rare boutique!"

Su Can said, unable to help but take a deep breath, cautiously and expectantly continuing to open the walnut.

Soon, as the dark green walnut shell and meat were pried open, another plump large ridge appeared...

"It's three-ridged!"

Su Can swallowed his saliva, starting to feel some pleasant surprise.

Continuing to scrape away the shell and meat...

The fourth ridge... appeared!

Immediately following, the fifth ridge!

The moment the fifth ridge was opened, Su Can's expression became excited!

Five-ridged, commonly known as dragon head, is playfully called "Five-Star General" by collectible enthusiasts.

Because five-ridged walnuts are the collectible walnuts with the lowest yield and highest scarcity in the collectible walnut Domain.

Especially the size of this walnut in his hand; he guessed it must be at least 45mm!

At this size, once fully opened, as long as the quality is straight and it can be matched into a pair, it would sell for at least tens of thousands.

Thinking of this, Su Can couldn't wait to start scraping away all the green skin and fruit flesh.

His movements weren't very gentle, but they were standard, peeling it open bit by bit along the ridges.

In about two or three minutes, a complete walnut was peeled out.

The moment the walnut was completely peeled out, Su Can finally understood why some people were so obsessed with collectible walnuts.

The walnut he had just peeled was very full and moist, with a deep red color, unique texture, and belonged to the tall-stack variety!

It had a beautiful shape, sloping shoulders, a large belly, thick meat, thick ridges, a small air vent, loose navel, wide edges, and scale-like textures—a typical Qilin pattern official hat!

The most important thing was that not only was the size larger than expected, but the quality was truly too beautiful.

Su Can didn't know much about it, so he could only use words like "beautiful" and "pleasing to the eye" to describe it; anyway, at first glance, it made people feel incredibly fond of it.

Without hesitation, Su Can hurriedly used his phone to take a few photos from various angles, sent them to the old man in the park, and sent a voice message:

"Old man, you are an expert in collectible walnuts. Can you help me appraise the quality of this walnut and see if it can sell for a good price?"

After Su Can finished speaking, he waited expectantly by his phone for the other party's reply.

But after waiting for a few minutes, the old man still didn't have any response.

"Maybe the old man is busy with other things right now. I'll pack everything up first."

"Although these white onion mushrooms are crushed, their nutritional value is still there. And the walnuts on the tree, I have to find a way to get them down."

As he said this, Su Can put his phone on the ground and, feeling a bit of heartache, collected the crushed white onion mushrooms.

After packing up the white onion mushrooms, Su Can finally let out a long breath and refocused his gaze on the walnut tree in front of him, his eyes full of excitement and anticipation.