Dad's Pastoral Life

Chapter 46 Wild Ginseng
Listening to what they said, Jiang Yutong felt some thoughts in his heart.

They don't have high demands on the world, as long as they can maintain the status quo, or make it better, that's enough.

Yes, who can dislike such a pastoral life?If it were a little richer, it would be perfect, I really don't want too much.

This conversation did not go deep, Jiang Yutong said that he was going back.

Cheng He was too lazy to move, so he sent Cheng Shi, a slut, to take the beauty back to the farmhouse.

Cheng Shi was startled, stood up immediately, and led the way for the beauty attentively.

In the evening, when Wen Qingsong came back to return the bowl again, he brought a large bamboo food box, which was filled with rice cakes and was still slightly steaming.

The kid brought a bunch of fresh vegetables last time, Cheng He talked about it, and then brought it back.This was redone again today.

Wen Qingsong was still so quiet, but judging from the way he ran over out of breath, he was still very concerned about this matter.

He must be very happy to do something for his sister.

Cheng He didn't say anything this time, but just took the food box and told him that he would go to the city tomorrow and bring the things to his sister.

Wen Qingsong turned around and ran. Before leaving, he didn't know if he said "Thank you uncle", but the voice was too low to hear clearly.

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The next morning, Cheng He woke up his daughter. After washing up briefly, he cooked some noodles for breakfast, and served the unfinished fish jelly yesterday.

Yesterday's fish jelly was divided into three parts. They ate one part for themselves, gave one part to Wen Qingsong and his grandson and grandson, and now there is another part for breakfast.

Poached eggs are added to the noodles, and the crystal clear, springy and soft fish jelly is also delicious to eat.

Cheng Xinxin said repeatedly, "Father, this is so delicious, I want to have this for dinner."

Children naturally like to eat jelly, I don't know why.And this was somewhat similar to jelly, Cheng Xinxin fell in love with it immediately.

Cheng He was a little speechless, why didn't he make this for his daughter before?

After breakfast, Cheng He wiped his daughter's mouth, prepared bamboo baskets, etc., and was about to set off.

Last time I made an appointment with Mr. Hu to buy some expensive things for his friends. As long as the things are good, the price is not a problem.I don't know what kind of luck I will encounter today.

He took the rice cake that Wen Qingsong sent over last night with him, and when he was going to contact Mr. Hu in the city later, he would give it to Wen Xue first.

Carrying Cheng Xinxin on his back, he walked out of the intersection of Taohua Village and walked straight into the mountains.When he reached a place where no one could see, Cheng He took another deep breath and floated, drifting towards the deep mountains.

Cheng Xinxin was hugged by Cheng He, and her whole body was wrapped in clothes, so she couldn't see outside, nor would she be hurt by the passing branches.

Not long after, Cheng He stopped at a random place.

This is not the place where Ganoderma lucidum was picked last time, but it is still the territory of Yunxiao Mountains.

It stretches for hundreds of miles, and there are endless mountains, towering ancient trees, and clouds in the sky.

The civilized world was so far away from him that he was almost invisible, except for the stone statue of Avalokitesvara on Xiaolian Mountain, where he could see a little shadow.

Appreciating the whole world from such a perspective, you will feel that human beings are so small.

Cheng He calmed down and asked in his heart: Is there any wild century-old ginseng...

After waiting for a while, there was no movement.

Cheng He thought, isn't there a hundred-year-old around here?So, he changed his mind and asked again: Is there any 50-year-old ginseng?This time, I finally saw the instructions, a golden circle of light floated into the distance, and stopped somewhere.

It's really sad that there is no century-old ginseng around here.Well, there is no century-old one, and the 50-year-old one is considered the best. If you choose the general among the dwarfs, that's it!

Although two peaks were separated, Cheng He passed easily. He saw the unremarkable plant on the ground.

This is the legendary wild ginseng!

Since he sold Ganoderma lucidum last time, Cheng He has specialized in researching these expensive wild herbs.Wild ginseng is undoubtedly the best among precious medicinal materials.

What can be called "wild ginseng"?National documents have very, very strict definition standards, not just holding a ginseng tree and daring to call it "wild ginseng"!

Definition: Original ecological ginseng that spreads naturally and grows in deep mountains and dense forests;
Growth method: the seeds fall naturally or are excreted after being swallowed by birds and beasts, and germinate and grow naturally in the mountains;

Human intervention: without human factors, it neither moves nor undergoes any management, and grows naturally for a long time;

Growth period: ranging from decades to hundreds of years;

Distribution area: Originally in Changbai Mountain virgin forest and Daxinganling forest;
Nutritional value: the most among ginseng, with the highest ginsenoside content;
Survival rate: Endangered, cannot be counted;
In a word, this ginseng tree has never undergone any human intervention.Anything below the standard can only be named by another name.

The strain in front of me is not from Changbai Mountain, but its age will also determine its value.

In the past, Cheng He often thought that everyone said that a hundred-year-old wild ginseng was valuable, but how could he know how many years this plant of ginseng has grown?Can ginseng that is ten years or one hundred years old be seen at a glance?
I've been curious before, but never looked into it carefully.

Since he sold Ganoderma lucidum last time, he knew that he would deal with these things in the future, so he also checked the information on the Internet, and the results were very shocking to him.

It turns out that such a precious wild ginseng grows so slowly, and the probability of survival is very low.

The seeds of wild ginseng can only be spread naturally by wind, water, birds and animals.

When the ginseng seeds mature, they fall on the dead branches and leaves, and after being blown by the wind, they touch the soil, and then they are washed by the rain and stagnate in the soil;

Or the seeds of wild ginseng are swallowed by mountain birds and wild animals, and they are excreted with feces because they cannot be digested. They are mixed in the soil. After the ginseng seeds are damp, they swell and then germinate slowly. After a year, they wait for the appropriate temperature to germinate.

With such a chance, I don't know how many seeds there are, and I don't have a chance to germinate.

Generally, cultivated ginseng can increase a compound leaf every year, but it takes several years or even decades for wild ginseng to increase a compound leaf.

For wild ginseng plants aged 1 to 5 years, only one three-leaf compound leaf grows on the ground part, and the small petiole is not obvious, commonly known as "three flowers".

Only wild ginseng aged 5 to 10 years will grow a complete five palm-shaped compound leaves, called "slap palm".

Wild ginseng will grow two palmate compound leaves after 10 to 20 years, called "erjiazi".

Only when wild ginseng is 30 years old can it grow three palm-shaped compound leaves, which are called "dengtaizi".

Wild ginseng has three palmate compound leaves, like a lampstand with three candles inserted.At this time, the main root has the distinct characteristics of wild ginseng, and it is gradually entering the mature stage, with round reeds growing, and it will bloom and bear fruit.

The Dengtaizi of Sanpinye has just begun to bloom and bear fruit, and dozens of ginseng seeds will drop every year. After a few decades, there will be many small twisters around, so there are usually many "little children" of her near Sipinye.

After 50 years of age, wild ginseng has four palmate compound leaves, called "sipinye", and enters the robust stage.Wild ginseng with four-pin leaves tends to be 50 to 80 years old.

Wild ginseng with five palmate compound leaves is called "Wupinye".At this time, wild ginseng is about a hundred years old, which is rare.

Wild ginseng with six palmate compound leaves is called "Liupinye".

Wild ginseng is generally rare "six-pin leaf", which is the best among ginseng.

However, if such a superb product is planted by a person when he was young, then even if he spends his whole life, he will not be able to wait to see the fruit.

For more than a hundred years, people have already buried the loess.

On the other hand, a person may have experienced a lot of vigor in his life, but wild ginseng has only grown five palmate compound leaves in a hundred years.

Cheng He thought to himself, no wonder he couldn't find century-old ginseng, it's not so easy to survive!Even this 50-year-old tree is already very rare.Even in the ancient times when wild plants were abundant, this kind was a rare commodity.

At least it can be used as a birthday gift.

(End of this chapter)