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Zhuoma and her mother will hike to the ancient forest 20 kilometers away.
穿過村莊，母女倆要步行走進20公里之外的原始森林。
Even to the villagers familiar with the forest, to find matsutake is completely luck.
即使對于熟悉森林的村民，撿拾松茸也是一項憑運氣的勞動。
High grade matsutake hides deep in the earth.
品質高的松茸都隱藏在土層之下。
The mother is looking for a pit she concealed two days ago.
媽媽找尋著兩天前親手掩藏過的菌坑。
Under the earth, a new matsutake is growing.
沙壤土層中果然又長出了新的松茸。
But it's small due to a lack of rain.
可惜今年雨水不足松茸太小。
My mother cares more about looking for matsutake than her own health.
媽媽就是不會注意自己的身體，光顧著找松茸。
I'm a little worried that one day she might faint while in the mountain.
我就是有一點擔心，有一天她頭暈倒在山上。
She is getting old.
畢竟她已經歲數大了。
Yak butter fried matsutake is common in the matsutake production area.
酥油煎松茸，在松茸產地更常見。
Melt yak butter in a black clay pan, then add the slices of matsutake.
用黑陶土鍋溶化酥油，放上切好的松茸生片。
The slices are dried rapidly in hot oil, and the fragrance is released.
油溫使松茸表面的水分迅速消失，香氣畢現。
Such luxurious ingredients need only to be cooked very simply.
高端的食材往往只需要采用最樸素的烹飪方式。
Tibetans didn't like matsutake before, because of its strange taste.
以前藏族人都不愛吃松茸，嫌它的味兒怪。
Matsutake used to be very cheap, but recent years, its price has shot up.
原來的松茸也就幾毛錢一斤，可是這幾年松茸身價飛升。
To earn 10,000 yuan in one summer, herdsmen have to work hard in the rainy season.
一個夏天上萬元的收入使牧民在雨季里變得異常辛苦。
Matsutake prices are strictly based on grades.
松茸收購恪守嚴格的等級制度。
The Matsutake products are divided into 48 grades before being sold.
48個不同的級別，從第一手的產地就要嚴格區分。
This one can be rated as Grade 1.
這個菌子是一級菌。
It's quite good and big.
相當好的，相當大的。
Matsutake can keep fresh for 3 days at most,
松茸保鮮的極限是三天，
so merchants process it as delicately and as quickly as possible.
商人們以最快的速度對松茸進行精致的加工。
A matsutake like this can be originally purchased for 80 yuan.
這樣一只松茸在產地的收購價是80元。
And 6 hours later, it will appear at a super market in Tokyo priced at 700 yuan.
6個小時之后，它就會以700元的價格出現在東京的超級市場中。
Zhuoma is waiting with the crowds.
卓瑪擠在人群中。
She is anxious because her matsutake isn't so good.
上午撿來的松茸品質一般，她心里很著急。
Others reaped many more matsutake than I did, so I'm quite uneasy and anxious.
我看到別人比我采得多的時候，我的心里還是挺慌的心急。
