Those years of farming in the mountains

Chapter 15 Dissection (Please comment!)
"earthworm?"

The earthworms that were originally red and plump appeared horizontally in front of them.It has become shriveled, but Chen Yu can't figure out how this earthworm king, who died early, pried open the bamboo tube and ran out.

Now that he ran out, why was he lying on the wall in a daze, not moving.

From the appearance, it seems that this time he is really 'dead'.

Could it be that he didn't die before?
He picked up the opponent with a wooden stick, made sure that he would not move, and then moved it to his eyes to observe carefully.Immediately afterwards, I found that the appearance of the root in front of me seemed to be a little different from the beginning.

The same color, the same meat crown, except that there are two rows of small claws under the abdomen.

It's very detailed, and it's close to the side of the body. If you don't look carefully, you really can't find it.

"This……"

What has become of a good earthworm now?
Once again, he was amazed by the effect of the inspiration, and after such an encounter, Chen Yu really couldn't think of how to deal with this thing for a while.

If you die, you can live, so you can't just bury it.

No, maybe it was still changing before?It's not actually dead, it just looks a little stiff?

Not sure, I was vaguely worried in my heart, because no one knew whether the inspiration could turn the corpse into a zombie-like existence.

After thinking about it, he still went to the kitchen to get a handful of dry thatch.

Just set it on fire.

Although this is the first material for animal experiments, it's better not to keep unsafe things. He still has an idea, and there will be opportunities in the future if he really wants to experiment.

As for fishing...

That is absolutely impossible.In the past, it was only possible to attack when it was dead, but now it is good, it can still jump a few times when it is dead, and God knows if it will just run away if it is put into the water.

Taking another look at the dried earthworm, Chen Yu was about to light it with a torch when he suddenly noticed something stuck to its tail.

White, like scattered silk threads.

He lowered his head and approached cautiously.Then his expression froze, and he realized that those lines were some kind of hyphae.

Could it be that the reason why earthworms can continue to move and even escape from the bamboo tube is because of the hyphae in their bodies?

Like a parasite?
Chen Yu vaguely remembered that there seemed to be some special parasites in the wild in his last life, which allowed the parasitic receptors to function even after death.

Just looking at the broken bamboo tube, he couldn't help but be speechless. He couldn't imagine what kind of parasitic hyphae could exert such great power.

But in any case, if it is really explained like this, it is more reasonable than sayings like zombies.

It's also much more reassuring.

"Earthworm zombies are still parasitic mycelia, you can tell by cutting them open."

Holding the handle of the knife, Chen Yu wrapped a layer of sackcloth around his hand for protection, and then pressed it on the end of the earthworm.

I just feel that the finger is hard, not like a living thing at all.

The dagger fell, and the sharp tip gently pulled the cortex away. Until this moment, the earthworm did not move, and it seemed that it was really dead.

Just as he was thinking, the knife slashed, and it turned out that the cortex had been completely broken. Chen Yu looked over, and the next moment, his pupils shrank suddenly:
Dense white silk threads are entangled inside, forming balls and balls.Every strand of silk is linked to the cortex, from top to bottom, spreading and filling the entire cavity.

"..." It's a little disgusting.

Chen Yu frowned, and could see that as the covering skin was punctured, under the sunlight, the silk threads filled with earthworm corpses were still trembling, as if they were alive, and the balls of thread were constantly expanding and shrinking, as if they were breathing.

Sure enough, some kind of parasite?
He didn't know whether the silk threads in front of him were mycelia or what, but there was no doubt that the earthworm had been eaten up by it or them.

So without further hesitation, Huozhezi clicked.

bake!
The fire was bright, and the silk threads falling into the fire together with the remnants of the earthworms were engulfed by the flame tongue, and finally turned into a puddle of marl with a crackling sound.

He shook his head and sighed, wasting another brilliant idea.

Chen Yu threw the linen and bamboo tubes that had been in contact with earthworms into the fire and burned them together.The dagger in his hand was also scorched for a while, and then he put it in the large water tank at the gate of the courtyard for a few times, and washed it lightly.

After cleaning and tidying up, and dispelling the remaining traces of smoke and burnt, he looked around to make sure nothing was missed.

"It's better to use it on plants."

God knows what these things that grow out of the earthworm's body are, Chen Yu didn't want to take the risk, so he simply burned them all.

"I always feel that the appearance of those silk threads knotted into pieces is familiar."

He was still thinking about it, and felt as if he had seen something similar somewhere.

correct!The network of ideas condensed from the soil before!
Chen Yu remembered that the two were indeed very similar, but this time it was more like a living thing, and each node was not a point of light but a solid ball of thread.

Is there a connection?not sure.

Vaguely, it seems that there are some essential characteristics of inspiration.

But after thinking about it for a long time, he still couldn't come up with a reason, so he had to put this matter aside for the time being, and explore it later when he has a chance.

……

Pour rice grains into the tank, and the big tank that was clean and bottomed out suddenly became full.

Compared with the last time I went down the mountain, I bought more this time.A full five bags of rice, about 250 catties.According to his current appetite, he can eat for about three months.

Eat three catties of rice a day.

It is indeed very edible.

In fact, Chen Yu's food intake is nothing compared to other warriors. After all, his realm is a little low. Even if he practices martial arts every day, his own energy and blood consumption will not be too high.But even so, after practicing hard every day, my food intake has still unknowingly increased, which is much larger than at the beginning, and it is far more than ordinary people.

A large appetite is not a problem, just eat more meat.

However, even though Taoist sects in this world do not have many prohibitions on eating meat and practicing martial arts, Chen Yu rarely eats meat.

Without him, there is really not much meat in Yunhe Temple.After counting and counting, there is only half a fan of cured chicken hanging on the wall.At most one meal will be gone.

The reason why I didn't chew it first is purely to keep a thought-it's good to look at it when I go in and out of the kitchen every day, and it's good to relieve my greed.

Ever since, the only way to supplement the consumption of martial arts is to eat dry rice.

It's not that Chen Yu didn't want to go hunting in the mountains, but practicing martial arts requires persistence, and one or two wild animals obviously won't solve the problem.

In addition, there are no hunting skills worth learning from the predecessor, so if you really drill into the woods, you can only stare and worry.

It seems that it is time to raise some chickens and ducks.

He sighed secretly, he went down the mountain twice, not because he didn't go to the village below the mountain to inquire, but now it's difficult for ordinary farmers and people in the lower class of the world to save their lives, so how can they have time to raise chickens and ducks.As for the county?There are delicious big plate chickens, but don't even think about the lively chickens.

The lives of these little guys are very weak.If you don't pay attention, you will be killed and injured in pieces, and you will lose everything.

But it's not impossible.

Chen Yu thought that next time he could take the time to visit Yungu Village. Since the old man he met at the bottom of the mountain had spare energy to herd cattle, it meant that the family still had some spare energy, and maybe there were chickens.

As for the moment now, Chen Yu glanced at the dry dried chicken hanging aside, which was given by a family when his predecessor went down the mountain to do it years ago.

Only half was left, and the other half was eaten by the predecessor that day.

He swallowed, but still didn't move it.

"Fishing! Go fishing tomorrow!"

Improving food was imminent, so Chen Yu dug out a large bowl of white rice. Without meat, he could only fill his stomach with this.

To be honest, Chen Daguanzhu's life is actually far better than most people at the foot of the mountain, not to mention the Guangyong Mansion, it is still relatively peaceful.But the surrounding state capitals are in a mess, and the rogues and the chaotic party have made it uneasy everywhere.

Earlier in the teahouse, he heard that there was a natural disaster in the Zuofengsai area in the north, and the Eight Heavenly Kings of Yunyan, which had just been wiped out last year, had revived and looted endlessly.

The bones were left on the road, and the wailing filled the fields.

Compared with him on Qingtai Mountain, he can manage enough rice anyway, so there is nothing dissatisfied.

……

"Is the big white root ripe?"

After lunch and taking a comfortable bath, Chen Yu came to the courtyard and stood by the side of the medicine garden, watching that the white stick in front of his feet covered most of the ground, and even the last leaf was about to be completely dragged down.

He raised his eyebrows.

The throbbing in the sea of ​​consciousness became more and more obvious, only slightly weaker than the first time.

Turning the line of sight, one can vaguely feel something jumping and jumping under the soil layer, as if it will break out of its shell in the next moment.

After thinking about it, Chen Yu squatted down and gently dug up the surrounding medicine field soil with an iron hoe.

Gradually, it can be seen that the leaves shrunk to the ground have withered and rotted, and the surrounding soil has become powdery, which is extremely fine.Further down, a round snow-white rhizome was exposed.

He pinched the root and lifted it vigorously, like pulling a carrot.With a click, the connection between the stem and the roots broke, and the whole thing fell off, and was held by Chen Yu in his hand.

Focus on the center of the tuber, the round center is covered with a thick layer of cortex.

Gently swaying, like clouds and mist, rolling and moving inside.

　Remember to point out any typos, everyone is beautiful and handsome!
　　
　
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