Riding the wind of rebirth

Chapter 1943 Poison
This is the most ferocious species of monkeys. The famous Big Brother of Mount Emei in later generations is actually the Emei Tibetan Macaque. Many people thought it was a macaque, which unfortunately gave the macaque a bad name.

But the criticism is not in vain, because the Tibetan macaque and the macaque belong to the same genus, Macaca, and is actually the largest species of macaque in the genus.

"What are they eating?" Mai Xiaomiao asked, looking at the monkeys in the distance.

Zhou Zhi used a telephoto lens to bring the monkey closer in the camera and then took a picture. At that time, digital cameras did not have external displays, so he could only look at it by putting his eyes close to the lens.

After letting Mai Xiaomiao look at the photo of the monkey, Zhou Zhi said, "That's a kiwi vine. Now is the time when wild kiwis bear fruit, and the monkeys are gaining weight."

"They all look fat enough." Mai Xiaomiao wrinkled his nose.

Zhou Zhi smiled and said, "Because of the difference in species, Tibetan macaques are naturally larger than macaques. Coupled with their hair and body shape, they look very majestic. Visually, they are almost twice as strong as macaques. They are born like this, and it's not because they are fat."

Mai Xiaomiao pointed at a monkey in the distance and said, "There is one that is particularly fat and bullies the little monkeys."

"That's the monkey king." Zhou Zhi also saw it and said to Mai Xiaomiao, "It maintains the entire group. Those little monkeys are actually its offspring. Other male monkeys have no status in the monkey group. Until the monkey king gets old, he will be replaced by a new monkey king."

"Hey, what are they doing?" Just when he said this, the monkey group on the opposite side seemed to be in turmoil. Several red-faced monkeys started screaming and fighting on the vines, looking extremely ferocious.

This time the horses under the tree were really frightened. Zhou Zhi slapped his thigh and stood up: "Forget that it is the estrus season now, they will fight at any time!"

After saying that, he suddenly shouted, "Hey! Get out of here!" Then he took the belt off his waist, folded it in half, grabbed the two ends, brought his hands close together, and then suddenly straightened the belt.

The upper and lower parts of the belt suddenly touched each other, making a clear "snap" sound, which even echoed in the valley.

The Tibetan macaques who had just been fighting were all frightened by the sudden noise. The monkey king was not afraid of the horses nearby, but was very afraid of the two people who suddenly "appeared" on the other side of the river. He thought these were the most terrifying creatures in the world, so he took the lead and fled in the direction they came from, jumping and swinging.

The monkey king left, and the rest of the monkeys also scattered. The big blue horse shook its head twice, turned around again, paced on the lawn and walked under the tree, and started to eat the kiwis that had fallen on the ground when the monkeys were active.

"What kind of fruit is kiwi? It seems that monkeys and horses like to eat it."

"Kiwi fruit, called kiwi fruit in English."

"Oh, it's the kiwi fruit. Aren't kiwi fruits from New Zealand?"

"Well, kiwi fruit is actually a native species of China. It was later brought back to New Zealand by New Zealanders and cultivated into an agricultural variety with higher sugar content and larger fruit. Because its shape is very similar to the kiwi bird unique to New Zealand, it is called kiwi fruit and has spread all over the world with this name."

"I see. Is this the place where kiwifruit grows, just like cherries and pomegranates?" Mai Xiaomiao said, "If so, we can also introduce New Zealand kiwifruit to the village!"

"Well... in theory, that's right, but I haven't heard of any agricultural science institute importing seedlings from New Zealand." Zhou Zhi smiled and said, "That's one reason. The other is that you can't chew too much. The market prospects and expansion expectations for New Zealand kiwifruit are not as clear as those for cherries and pomegranates. Even if you want to introduce the species, you have to wait until the national agricultural science institute imports the seedlings and cultivates them to maturity, just like we are doing now."

“That’s right.” Mai Xiaomiao finally understood and said, “We can’t expect Uncle Tu and his team to do the preliminary scientific research work.”

"Hey hey——" At this time, Wu Renzhong's shouting came from the opposite side: "The people who are leaving are coming, the pot on the opposite side is ready——"

This is a common way for people in the mountains to say hello. Two relatives may live on opposite sides of the mountain, so they can hear each other clearly when they call out in the morning. However, if you really want to visit, you may have to go down the mountain for more than ten miles and up the mountain for more than ten miles, and it would be time for lunch by the time you get there.

"Brother Elbow! We just saw a group of monkeys! Did you see them?" Before Zhou Zhi could answer, Ah Zi's voice rang again. Zhou Zhi also shouted: "The monkeys were just on the lawn opposite where the horses were staying. We drove them away--"

After he finished shouting, he said to Mai Xiaomiao, "A Zi's voice is so crisp and bright. She probably practiced like this since she was a child."

"I'll listen to you singing later." Mai Xiaomiao nodded: "Azi, Sister Shama, and you all sing very well."

Zhou Zhi smiled and said, "I'd better hurry up and cook. We'll be hungry after such a long journey."

Today's lunch is quite rich for the wild, with Houttuynia cordata mixed with leek stems, leek stems fried with bacon, leek leaves stir-fried with chili and garlic, as well as barbecue and blood sausage, which Mai Xiaomiao doesn't like.

In order to take care of Mai Xiaomiao, Zhou Zhi added another dish, which was the dried mushrooms from yesterday that were soaked in water and stewed together with the pork belly.

In this dish, the leaves of deer ear leek are chopped and used as seasoning.

Wu Renzhong pushed a large snakeskin bag full of things and floated over. The previous rafts could not bear the weight of the bag, which made Zhou Zhi worried.

Fortunately, the leeks in the bag had some buoyancy, so they were not abandoned halfway. When the bag was pushed to the water's edge, Wu Renzhong became proud again: "Look how much we got!"

They grabbed a lot when they went up the mountain and separated them when they came down. Zhou Zhi helped drag the bag to the shore and turned it over. There were at least 20 pounds of deer ear leeks, dozens of Wen Wang's pens, and some tubers that Zhou Zhi didn't recognize.

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Zhou Zhi picked it up and looked at it carefully: "What is this..."

“This is Aconitum.”

As soon as Jike Azi finished speaking, Zhou Zhi was so scared that he threw the grass root away.

"What's wrong?" Mai Xiaomiao asked.

"This stuff is extremely poisonous." Zhou Zhi said, "Aconitine can kill people."

"That's not so exaggerated. If it's prepared well, it can be made from several medicinal herbs!"

"Are these the roots of several plants? They all look similar..." Mai Xiaomiao squatted beside the tubers and looked at them curiously, but Zhou Zhi threw them aside and she didn't dare to reach out to touch them.

Jike Azi picked a few leaves of ginger and spread them on the ground, then put the tubers in. "These are all medicinal roots, but you see, there are taproots, accessory roots, and taproots without accessory roots."

"This taproot is big and looks like a crow, so the processed herb is called Aconitum. We are in Shuzhong, which is the authentic place for Aconitum, and the processed Aconitum is called Chuanwu."

"This small root attached to the main root must be removed and processed separately, because it clings to the main root like a child clings to its mother, so it is called 'Aconite'."

"And this kind of medicinal material that grows alone without the main root attached to it is called 'Tianxiong'."

"Depending on the different processing methods, it is divided into salt aconite, black aconite, white aconite, yellow aconite, bright aconite, light aconite, and roasted aconite, and there are also subtle differences in usage."