Rebirth: the fiery age of Mori Gong's children

Chapter 289 The key to opening the mountain

Ginseng is divided into several different growth stages, three flowers, five leaves, two Jiazi, third rank leaves, fourth rank leaves, fifth rank leaves, and sixth rank leaves.

This product, in the local population, is generally pronounced as horse.

Three flowers refer to only one three-petal compound leaf on a stem, most of which are the form of ginseng when the seeds have just sprouted from the soil.

Five leaves, actually one stem and one leaf, but this leaf becomes a palmate compound leaf with five petals.

Erjiazi, two palm-shaped compound leaves grow on one stem, forming the shape of the word "Y".

It looks a bit like the key from before, so in the eyes of Fangshan people, Erjiazi is the key to open the mountain.

If you go into the mountains and see Erjiazi, you are likely to encounter big goods.

Sanpinye is three compound leaves on one stem, which looks a bit like an upside-down candlestick, so most Fangshan people call it a lampstand.

Four, five, six leaves grow on one stem by analogy.

If it is artificially planted ginseng, within six years, it can grow to six grades of leaves.

The sixth-grade leaf is the ultimate form of ginseng, and even after many years, it will only be the sixth-grade leaf.

The wild ginseng grown in the wild is different from the artificially planted garden ginseng. It takes a stage, I don't know how many years.

Even sometimes, the underground ginseng feels that the age is not good for growth, so it simply does not emerge, and it will be re-emerged after a few years.

Moreover, in the wild ginseng, some of the fourth-rank leaves did not become fifth-rank leaves, but directly jumped to sixth-rank leaves.

Once the reed head of Liupinye is damaged, the ginseng may not rot, but accumulate nutrients underground.

After a few years, the reed head sprouts again, which is called Zhuantai ginseng.

Turning tire ginseng usually grows in the form of second-grade seeds or fifth-grade leaves, and it will wait for many years before it can turn back into sixth-grade leaves.

Erjiazi is also called the Key to Kaishan, and it will guide the Fangshan people to find the big goods, so Sheng Xiping was very happy when he heard that it was Erjiazi, and blurted out a question. "how many?"

As soon as this remark came out, Sheng Xiping regretted it. He shouldn't have asked such a question.

Because the few I brought today are all beginners who have never been to the mountains, they don't understand.

The correct answer to this sentence should be said to be everywhere.

This is called a word of mouth, which means that the trip will be smooth and fruitful, and it contains the simple wishes of Fangshan people.

But the three of the Sheng family all headed back into the mountain, Sheng Xiping was worried that they would not know how to answer, so he just said one tree.

Just when Sheng Xiping was worried, for fear that the third child would answer incorrectly, Sheng Xikang's voice sounded over there, "It's an old nose."

In a word, Sheng Xiping's hanging heart suddenly relaxed.

In Northeast dialect, the old nose means a lot, which is similar to the meaning of Manshandu.

Anyway, as long as Sheng Xikang doesn't answer, there is only one tree, so it makes sense.

Sheng Xiping and Sheng Liancheng were very excited, and hurried to Sheng Xikang's side, asking while running, "Where, where?"

"Here, brother, look, there are several trees here, all of which are Erjiazi." Sheng Xikang pointed at the front with a Suobao stick, and said loudly.

Sheng Xiping looked in the direction his brother pointed.

Sure enough, right in front of them, within an area the size of a kang, there were four or five plants with two branches.

A thin stile sprang out from the middle of the two forks, and there were three to five, or seven or eight small bright red fruits gathered on it.

Sheng Xikang read it right, this is exactly the goal of their trip to the mountain, wild ginseng.

Of course, judging by the size of these Erjiazi seedlings and the number of ginseng seeds in front of them, these Erjiazi plants are not big ones.

"Xiping, shall we take it?" Although Sheng Liancheng had never let go of the mountains, he had heard a lot of rules about letting them go.

This is Erjiazi in front of him, obviously not a big deal, Sheng Liancheng is also a little hesitant, not sure whether to dig it with a stick or not.

"Take it, Erjiazi is the key to the mountain, and it's the first time we saw it when we entered the mountain, take it no matter how big or small it is.

However, let's not take them all back, just take one ginseng away, and pick off the other ginseng seeds and keep them where they are.

Waiting for more than ten or 20 years, let's go around again when we have time, maybe it will grow into a big product. "

The ginseng is too small, and it cannot be bought at a price when you take it back. It is tantamount to harming the ginseng. It is better to stay where it is and grow slowly.

As long as they memorize the location, they come to visit every year when they have time, and pinch off the ginseng seeds, so it will be difficult for others to find.

Waiting for another 30 to [-] years, the ginseng that has not been preserved will grow up. At that time, if you can take out a seedling of wild ginseng, it will be worth a lot of money.

"Okay, let's do as you said." The three of them didn't understand, anyway, they just did what Sheng Xiping said.

In this way, Sheng Xiping chose a tree with a slightly thicker stem and more ginseng seeds from the previous Erjiazi trees.

Then put the Suobao stick near the mallet, and take out a red rope with copper coins tied at both ends from his pocket, which is what Fangshan people call the mallet lock.

Wrap the mallet-locked red rope around the ginseng stalk, and put both ends on the sobo stick.

Then, Sheng Xiping took out a deer bone stick and began to move down the ginseng stalks, bit by bit pushing away the turf and soil layers.

The deer bone sticks used by Sheng Xiping were polished by Liu Changde himself. They are very smooth and will not scratch the skin of the mallet. They are the best tools for carrying ginseng from the mountains.

Of course, for an experienced old man, there is really no deer bone stick, just a strong branch can lift the mallet out.

Sheng Xiping had only seen his master carry the ginseng, and this was the first time he did it himself.

I saw him carefully pushing aside the soil layer bit by bit, and when he encountered thick grass roots, he would cut them off with quick-dawn scissors, and if he encountered very thick tree roots, he would use quick-dang ax to cut off the roots.

Quickly act as scissors, quickly act as an axe, these are jargons in the Canbang, which means auspicious and smooth.

At first, everyone thought that an Erjiazi tree was not very big, but as Sheng Xiping kept pushing away the soil layer, revealing the ginseng body hidden deep in the ground, Sheng Liancheng couldn't help but let out a cry.

"This, such a big ginseng, shouldn't it be Erjiazi?" Sheng Liancheng said in bewilderment.

Yes, judging from the exposed ginseng shoulders, this ginseng tree is almost as thick as a man's finger.

Of course, the ginseng has not been fully exposed at this moment, and the length and shape of the wild ginseng cannot be seen yet.

But in terms of thickness, it shouldn't be Erjiazi.

"It's Zhuantai ginseng, which was originally a sixth-grade leaf. I don't know if the reed head was eaten by a mouse or what, but the reed head that bulged again was unearthed.

It is estimated that it has not been a few years, so it is still in the form of Erjiazi. "

When Sheng Xiping saw these ginseng trees just now, he felt strange.

There are no signs of oldness around, and it is obvious that this is not the old stick, nor is it the sprouting of ginseng seeds casually scattered by the old Fangshan people.

That being the case, there should be big ones around, but he looked around here, but he didn't see any big ones, only these few Erjiazi trees.

Co-authored and troubled for a long time, this is a Zhuantai ginseng, it is estimated that it has become the shape of Erjiazi a few years after it was reborn.

Thinking of this, Sheng Xiping's heart became hot. If this is the calculation, this ginseng tree will not be too small.

"Second and third, you two go to the upper air outlet, build a fire, and when the fire is lit, throw some wormwood or something."

Sheng Xiping continued to lift the ginseng while pushing aside the soil layer, and at the same time ordered the two younger brothers to work.

Logically, before lifting the ginseng, the weeds around the ginseng should be cleaned up for easy operation.

At the same time, a fire should be built at the upwind vent to drive away mosquitoes and so on.

At first, Sheng Xiping thought it was Miao Erjiazi, who was not very old, and could easily lift the ginseng out without much effort.

Therefore, Sheng Xiping didn't let his younger brothers gather around a fire to smoke the mosquitoes.

But at this time, the shoulders of the seedling ginseng were exposed, and one could tell that the ginseng was not small.

Sheng Xiping estimated that it might not be possible to lift it out in three to four hours.

But at this moment, there were more and more mosquitoes and small bites around Sheng Xiping, and a group of them gathered around Sheng Xiping, pounced on people's faces, and some burrowed into their eyes, which was really too disturbing.

That's why Sheng Xiping said, let Sheng Xi'an and the others gather around the fire quickly.

One can fume away these mosquitoes, and the other can prevent the surrounding beasts from approaching.

Wild animals are afraid of fire, even if some animals come out during the day, they will not dare to approach if they see the fire here.

Sheng Xi'an and Sheng Xikang had nothing to do at first, they just stood there watching the elder brother carry the ginseng.

The main reason is that the two brothers watched so intently that they didn't even care about the mosquitoes gathering around them.At this moment, as soon as they heard the elder brother's order, the two went to do it immediately.

They brought axes, saws and other tools with them when they went into the mountains. There was plenty of firewood in the forest, and after a while they got some to dry and came back, chopped them into pieces, and ignited them with birch bark.

After the fire is flourishing, cover some green grass on top, especially Artemisia, or vines piercing the keel, etc. The smoke produced by these can smoke mosquitoes.

The fire was in the wind, and it happened to blow to Sheng Xiping's side with the breeze, and the mosquitoes fled away after being smoked.

The smoke was on the top, Sheng Xiping lowered his head and lifted the ginseng, but it didn't smoke him too much. In this way, Sheng Xiping could lift the ginseng without distraction.

Lifting ginseng is not simply digging out the ginseng from the soil, as it will easily damage the roots of the ginseng, lose its pulp, and the ginseng will be worthless.

You have to be careful, bit by bit, every root, even the tiniest beard, must be pulled out without damage.

Moreover, while lifting the ginseng, cover the ginseng whiskers that have been set aside with soil, so as not to take too long to lift the ginseng, and the water will be lost after the ginseng whiskers are blown by the wind.

Sheng Xiping used to watch his master carry the ginseng, but never did it himself.

This was the first time for him to lift the ginseng by himself, and he was not very proficient at first, but he got used to it slowly.

He carried this ginseng tree for nearly four hours, and finally finally lifted the ginseng out completely.

"Beautiful, this ginseng looks so good-looking." When all the ginsengs were unearthed, Sheng Liancheng over there couldn't help admiring.

Indeed, the shape of this ginseng is good.

The main body is as thick as a thumb, about three fingers long, and divided into several legs, each of which is slender.

The main body is covered with horizontal stripes, and there are not only horizontal stripes on several legs, but also pearl bumps, and those slender ginseng whiskers are also covered with large and small pearl bumps.

On the neck of the ginseng, there are also two beards growing out, which are shaped like jujube pits, and are also covered with horizontal stripes and pearl bumps.

Speaking of which, this ginseng is not perfect, the shortcoming lies in the reed head.

Because it is reincarnated ginseng, the previous ginseng reed head was destroyed, and the newly released ginseng reed head has few knots.

Unlike those old ginseng, there are very obvious bamboo reeds and reed bowls.

No matter what you say, this ginseng tree is not small, and it can come in two or two. According to the current market, it can be worth 200 yuan.

Very good, just entered the mountain to have such a harvest, a good start, a good sign.

"Boss, hurry up, wrap up the ginseng, don't let it go away." Sheng Liancheng was beside him, and handed over the birch bark and moss that he had prepared earlier.

Sheng Xiping took it over, put the ginseng on the moss, and sprinkled some soil to ensure that the ginseng could always keep moist.

Then the moss is wrapped with ginseng and rolled up, and the first layer of ginseng bag is laid, and then the moss bag is placed on the birch bark, rolled up again, and tied with soft bark.

"That's it for today. Let's go back to the shack to rest and have lunch. Let's wander around here tomorrow morning. Maybe we can get something."

Sheng Xiping looked at his watch, it was one o'clock.

I came out at eight o'clock in the morning. I found this piece of ginseng not long after entering the mountain. It took nearly four hours just to lift the ginseng, plus making ginseng buns, half a day passed.

You guys haven't eaten lunch yet. Since you have gained something today, let's go back to rest in the afternoon, recharge your batteries, and make sure you can meet the club tomorrow.

Once in the mountains, Sheng Xiping can do whatever he says, even if it is Sheng Liancheng, he can't object to it.

"Okay, let's go back." Sheng Liancheng nodded in agreement, and everyone packed up their tools and got up to leave.

"Brother, don't you need to chop off the omen?" Sheng Xi'an suddenly remembered this and asked.

"Er Jiazi, what's the sign of chopping? You don't need to chop it down, just pinch off the ginseng seeds from the surrounding ginseng trees and scatter them around."

Generally, the omens are cut when they have a large stock. This is a reincarnation ginseng, regardless of how many leaves it was before, anyway, when Sheng Xiping and the others saw it, it was Erjiazi.

Erjiazi is not a big deal, so there is no need to cut off signs.

Sheng Xi'an also heard people say that Fangshan met a stick, and the omen was about to be cut off.

Just now when he saw Sheng Xiping didn't move, he thought that his elder brother had forgotten, so he wanted to remind him, but he didn't expect that there were many rules in it.

Sheng Xi'an nodded, didn't say anything, just went to put out the fire, pressed it with soil to avoid running out of fire, and then left behind his father and brother.

The fathers carried the ginseng buns on their backs, returned to the shack where they lived, rekindled the fire, cooked some soup in a hanging pot, and had lunch with pancakes.

At night, the four of you were divided into two shifts, and they took turns keeping vigil to watch the fire not go out, so as to prevent wild animals from approaching.

Fortunately, the night was quiet. Although there were wild beasts in the distance, there were no wild beasts around the shack, and everyone had a good rest.

On the morning of the 27th, the four of you had breakfast, carried the tools on your back, and headed in the direction of yesterday.

Passing through the forest yesterday, and walking forward, I arrived at the area where I met the snake last year.

"Turn around here more, be careful." Sheng Xiping held the Suobao stick in his hand and pointed to the big tree stump not far ahead.

That's where Zhou Qinglan met the snake when he went into the mountain last year, and it's also the destination of his trip this time.

Sheng Xiping has always suspected that there is any treasure nearby.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have made any fuss about going up the mountain to release the mountain. In fact, the main purpose was to come here to have a look.

(End of this chapter)