This kind of tree in the mountain will rot when you touch it, but its juice is 400 jin.

In the mountainous areas of our country, there are all kinds of trees, one of which will shed white juice after cutting open. This juice contains certain toxicity. If you touch it directly without wearing armor, it will cause your skin to be red and swollen, and it will be extremely itchy. Many old farmers warn their children that the tree will "rot their hands" if they touch it to prevent it from hurting them. But at the same time its juice is a very precious rare thing, in ancient times was a tribute, now sold for 400 yuan a catty.

This kind of tree is very common in rural areas, called lacquer tree, its sap is known as "earth lacquer", also known as raw lacquer. Earth paint is the juice that flows out after cutting bark directly. After contacting air, it becomes paint that can be used directly. It is known as the "king of paint". China's ancient valuable furniture, such as mahogany furniture, red sandalwood furniture are polished with earthen paint. Because it has moisture-proof corrosion resistance, acid and alkali resistance, full of luster, good permeability and other characteristics, it is a first-class coating for protecting valuable furniture, which is more environmentally friendly and durable than the common chemical coatings.

However, soil paint is not easy to get, first of all, it is very hard to cut paint, dirty and tired, and fresh soil paint is toxic, after touching people's skin will cause a series of allergic reactions, skin rash, blisters, large area itching, many people are allergic to it. After the soil paint touches the hand, the hand will turn black, difficult to wash off, many "paint guest (paint cutter)" hands are black all the year round.

Secondly, although a lacquer tree can be cut many times, but each time the output is limited, need to collect bit by bit, to cut thousands of lacquer trees to collect a catty of soil paint.

Therefore, the price of earth paint is extremely expensive, the price of each catty of earth paint is about 400 yuan, farmers friends from April to cut paint, to the end of August, can get about 20,000 yuan income. It seems that the income is OK, but earning is hard money, and every line requires hard work to have satisfactory returns. Because it is so hard to cut paint, not many people know this craft now. Now there are many kinds of chemical coatings on the market, but the status of earth paint is irreplaceable, some expensive furniture, lacquer products, industrial equipment, handicrafts and so on are inseparable from it, the market prospect is still good.

Readers, do you know the tree? Has anyone ever cut paint?