Those years of farming in the mountains

Chapter 40
Liang, the second year of Yuanping, the second day of April.

In spring, everything revives.

On the mountain path, amidst the weeds, a young man hacked with a machete in his hand, breaking off the stems of vines and grasses that spread out from the tangled knots.

This person is Chen Yu who came up the mountain to find medicine.

According to the records of the King of Medicine, reed ginseng is about two feet long, its leaves are like a canopy, and its vines and granules are like gourds. It often takes root in the gaps between rocks and rocks. Insects, snakes and rats are companions.

There are lush forests behind the mountain, but if you want to talk about the lingering mist, you still have to count the deep streams beside the mountain. The stream there is endless all year round, especially in spring and summer, where the mist is lingering for several months.

There is also a reason for choosing to go in the afternoon. Chen Yu considered that the water mist in the afternoon would be thinner than in the morning, so that his fingers would not be able to see clearly. It would be too dangerous, and there are many insects and snakes living in the mountain stream.

Benedict!
A bent branch had been chopped in two. He carefully lifted the thorny branch and threw it aside, then tightened his pannier and walked quickly across the weedy area.

After a while, the road under the feet became more blurred, and grass tufts fell on the ground, completely covering the small and narrow mountain road.

Lift your eyes over the low bushes and around the top of the mountain, you can see the continuous mountains next to each other.

The one in the middle is his destination this time.

This mountain stream spans several miles, the valley is deep and quiet, and the cliffs on both sides are steep, and there are few ordinary people coming and going.

Even some herb collectors only walk on the cliffs, and dare not give up their lives to find medicine at the bottom of the stream.

The cliff is steep, and the vines are stained with dew all year round. If you don't pay attention, they will slip, and if you fall from a height of tens of feet...

Chen Yu thought to himself that there was really no other possibility except to be smashed to pieces.

Stepping on the green grass, the grass boots stepped on the stones exposed from the soil. Fortunately, the soles of the shoes were thick, so they were not too harsh.

Far away, when I climbed up the cliff, I saw a cypress tree standing on the shore, and near the edge of the stone wall, there were large stretches of ferns spreading, and countless slender grass leaves hanging down, like fishing lines. Falling high off the cliff.

Push aside the tufts of grass, and there are some red wild fruits that look like plums hanging on the leaves.

Chen Yu pinched one, he remembered that it was called snakeberry?In my previous life, there were quite a few by the roadside in my hometown in the countryside.

I poked the surrounding grass clusters again, and sure enough, I saw a lot of familiar-looking grass fruits, several of which could be eaten, but the taste was not very good.

I searched around along the edge of the cliff, but I couldn't find Pueraria lobata and Ma Sanyuan, but found some small round things on the ground.

The red skin is bulging, dotted with white dots like sesame seeds, and the top is wrinkled like stamens, knotted on vines that are entangled like a net.

Picking a bright red one in his hand, he wiped off the dust and grass and gently squeezed out the juice. Chen Yu raised his head and fed it into his mouth.

The juice is sweet and the flesh tastes a bit like figs.

Soft and waxy with a bit of fine frosting.

This fruit is called Dixiangyin, also known as Dizhongguo.The appearance is almost exactly the same as the ground loquat from the previous life, but there are many differences between the two.

First, the growth period is different.Loquat Chen Yu spent a lot of time pawing in the fields in his previous life. He knew that it bloomed in May and June and matured in July and August. The former can grow in spring and spread all over the mountains and valleys.

Second, the taste between the two is not the same.The ground fruit juice in the hand should be less, and the pulp should be thicker.

The taste is even better.

I lowered my head to find some and put them in my arms, planning to quench my thirst and moisten my throat when I get thirsty.

Like the ground loquat, the ground fruit is also a medicinal material, which can clear away heat, moisten the intestines, and facilitate digestion.

To be more precise, there are not many grasses and fruits in the mountains that cannot be used as medicine, but the medicinal power is far inferior to those serious herbs.

"There should be reed ginseng under this cliff, go down and take a look later."

Sticking your head out and looking down, the mountain stream is deep and secluded.

There is mist floating in it.

This kind of environment is very suitable for the growth of medicinal herbs like reed ginseng that love humid environments. He thought, maybe after a while, he will encounter similar habits such as boulder lotus and peeling puffball.

As for ginseng and Ganoderma lucidum, don't count on it. Except for being near the bottom of the stream, the soil in this mountain stream is not fertile, and no good-looking ginseng can grow there.

Putting on the basket again, Chen Yu found a slope that was not so steep, and jumped along the rocks to the protrusion of the earth and rocks below.

Immediately, it was pulled up again, with a body shape like a swallow, and it landed on another flat surface lightly and skillfully.

Look around, especially those areas that are hidden in shadow and buried under blades of grass.

Unlike ordinary herbal pickers, he didn't tie a rope around his waist, and he didn't have to use his breast-feeding vigor to turn every grass and vine leisurely, so as not to miss anything.

The inner strength of the rippling legs, the skilled footwork, and the improved eyesight, all of these make Chen Yu seem to be able to do a job with ease when climbing mountains and diving into the water.

With a sweep of his eyes, he can basically confirm whether there is any herb he wants in a certain place.

Looking around, the legs were slightly bent and continued to jump up, moving vertically on the bluestones on the mountain walls on both sides.

Freehand.

……

Qingtai Mountain, Cloud Crane View.

While Chen Yu was picking and searching for medicine, Guanyu, which had not seen laymen and philanthropists offering incense for a long time, unexpectedly welcomed a special visitor.

Jumping, jumping, eating the tender grass by the forest, walking towards the backyard of the Taoist temple.

Leisurely, casual.

Walk according to the green grass, eat while walking.

Soon, a faint sweetness and sourness attracted its attention. Putting down the fresh grass, a pair of big black eyes looked at the two fields not far away across a circle of fences.

To be precise, his eyes fell directly on the swaying jade insect clothes in the medicine field.

The buds are milky white and glisten in the sun.

For some reason, I always feel that this food is delicious, more fragrant than fresh grass.

a long time.

It jumped up and jumped over the fence with ease.

……

crackle!

The Taoist, who was floating in the air, stepped on the rocks, carefully avoiding the water marks under his feet, grabbed the rock with one hand, opened some gaps with his legs, and hung half on the cliff.

In front of him, green vines twine.

Pulling it apart with one hand, revealing a fist-sized pitch-black stone cave.Chen Yu glanced in, and then saw a pair of steel tongs waving non-stop at him.

A three-fingered brown-skinned scorpion.

The mung bean-like eyeballs are full of vigilance.

laugh!
The poisonous tail pierced silently, but was randomly flicked away by a bent finger the next moment, and it was blown vigorously, making a whining sound in the hole.

The scorpion flew upside down and landed on the stone wall in the cave.

He shook his head and looked away, ignoring the dizzy Scorpion, who was about to turn around and jump, but suddenly shivered.

Ok?
Chen Yu paused, but the strange feeling came and went quickly, and soon disappeared, as if it was just an illusion.

Unable to figure out why, he shook his head and continued to search for herbs.

With a big leap, he flew several meters in the blink of an eye, and went to other places.

Behind, a thick layer has been accumulated in the basket.

Most of them are ordinary grass leaves, and there are only a few medicinal herbs.But if you look carefully, you can find that all of them are of the highest quality.

It's a pity that the reed ginseng I wanted was still not found.

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(End of this chapter)