Jinghan had already filled the entire cultivation medium with mushroom spores. During this time, she had asked Zhixin to help, and they had prepared a lot of elm wood. Each year when trees were felled, there would be some lesser quality wood left over and not used, making it fairly easy to obtain wood for mushroom cultivation. Zhixin knew his daughter wanted to undertake something big and was fully supportive. Along with Zhiming, they had prepared a lot of wood, cutting it all into six-foot lengths for easier storage.
Moreover, Jinghan also asked Wenchang to go to the town's blacksmith and have a tool made for drilling holes in the wood. With this tool, they could drill holes in the wood and fill them with mushroom spores.
