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Chapter 18 Dictyophora and bamboo ginseng

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Dictyophora bamboo ginseng grass eight treasures

Qiao Mei was bored at home watching the rainy weather for two days, and it finally cleared up on the third day, feeling extremely happy.After staying at home honestly and peacefully for two days, she couldn't sit still anymore.After reporting to grandma, she took the cane specially prepared for her by her mother and walked out of the backyard.

There is a pristine and wild bamboo forest behind her courtyard. Bamboo shoots are a major feature around the Spring Festival and Qingming Festival.The main reason is that her village is located in the southern tidal and wet zone, with plenty of rain and sunshine, and very few frost periods.Bamboo shoots can be dug all year round. Of course, only the bamboo shoots in November, December, March, and April are the most delicious and crisp.

Now that it has just rained again, bamboo shoots are sprouting one after another, and the soil is soft. There are small potholes newly dug in the backyard of her house, and there are a few sparse ones. These should be fun for the children in the village to dig. Try a few new bamboo shoots.

Turning around the bamboo forest in front, and then wandering in the depths, she didn't find it difficult to walk wearing water shoes.I saw that the bamboo forest was full of dead grass, broken branches and fallen leaves, and mushrooms with golden skirts and black tops would always appear faintly.These mushrooms are also called bamboo shoot fungi, and their source is the spores that our ancestors laid down in those years. They are called 'bamboo fungus', which is known as bamboo ginseng in later generations. [At this time, Qiao Mei still didn't know that the abundant species in the back mountain at this time were manipulated by the ancestors]
At this time, the villagers of Qiao’s family really didn’t know at all that in the bamboo forest of Houshan, the “net gauze fungus” and “bamboo girl” produced were the “bamboo fungus” of later generations, and they didn’t even know that it was extremely nutritious and fragrant. It has a delicious taste and has been listed as one of the "Eight Treasures of Grass" since ancient times.

Even one or two children think it is very beautiful and cute, and most of them just use it for playing and teasing, and they dare not eat it lightly.As for the Qiao family, which has long been in decline, no one learned the medical skills of their ancestors, so many precious medicinal materials specially planted by the ancestors in the back mountains were not used by the villagers because they did not know them.

As for the "village doctors" that have been handed down to this day, most of them have learned third-rate medical skills from the sidelines, and they can only see minor ailments and pains.

Qiao Mei held a cane in one hand as a stick for exploring the way, and in the other hand she held a small bamboo basket. When she saw the tip of a bamboo shoot that was pleasing to the eye, she dug it up. Most of the basket is gone!

Although the distance from her backyard to here is only about 300 meters, the dirt road is really difficult to walk, and the water shoes get heavier as you walk. Seeing that it was almost an hour since she came out, she walked back slowly.

She was discharged from the hospital for the first time, so she should be safe and not stay outside for too long, otherwise the worried grandma would not be so easy to discuss next time.

"Grandma, I'm back!" There were still more than ten meters away from the backyard. After waking up from the 'dream', Qiao Mei's whole body was full of vitality, and she called home from a distance. The joy can be seen in her voice. Find it.

"Hey, baby, the dirt road is slippery, walk slowly!" Sister Qiao was waiting under the eaves to do embroidery work, waiting for her granddaughter to return.

While she was doing the delicate work at hand, she looked at the door of the backyard from time to time. It would be a lie to say that she was not worried, but she had seen the behavior of the eldest granddaughter at home these days, and knew that she walked around from time to time just to be able to To make myself recover sooner, and the eldest granddaughter looked like she wanted to go out for a walk, she really couldn't bear to stop her.

In addition, with the character of the eldest granddaughter, she is absolutely trustworthy. She said that she would not run away for at most an hour and would come back. She would definitely come back within the time limit and would not go too far. no the same.Therefore, she especially trusted her eldest granddaughter, so she let her go.

"Got it, grandma, don't come out, the muddy road after the rain is really rotten [muddy]!" Seeing that grandma was about to come out to meet her, Qiao Meiyan interrupted immediately, and looked at her seriously from a distance. Shout: "Grandma, you have to trust me, I can still go this way!"

"Okay, okay! Go slowly, I won't go over, don't worry, grab your crutch!" Qiao Mei stopped helplessly, but she still raised a word in her mouth.

"I know, grandma, don't worry! Look, I went to dig a few bamboo shoots in the bamboo forest! Look at the fresh grandma, let's eat wonderful bamboo shoots today!" After a few minutes, Qiao Mei stepped on the bamboo shoots. Entering the yard, I handed the small bamboo basket to grandma.

"Hey, why are you picking so many bamboo girls? You can't eat them." Miss Qiao looked into the basket and said helplessly when she saw her eldest granddaughter picking a lot of black-topped golden skirt mushrooms.

"Hey, grandma, why can't I eat this bamboo fungus? This is Bazhen grass!" Qiao Meijiao's tender face was full of puzzlement, she tilted her head and asked grandma back.

Of course she knew that the current Qiaojia Village didn't know that the bamboo girl was a bamboo fungus, but two years later, when the name of the bamboo fungus spread throughout the country, their Qiaojia Village also knew that there was a wild mushroom called 'Bamboo Girl' in the bamboo forest in the back mountain. It is the famous Cao Bazhen!

"Bamboo fungus? Grass Bazhen?" Sister Qiao saw that the eldest granddaughter answered so positively, and she couldn't figure out what kind of mushroom it was.

It’s just that in the old days, some villagers secretly cooked and ate them when they were too hungry. After they died of food poisoning, the villagers no longer went to the mountains to pick mushrooms casually.Even when picking mushrooms, they only move one or two types that they know, and dare not move the others at will.

Of course, it was also caused by the great famine at that time, and hunger made the villagers helpless to pick poisonous mushrooms to eat.Today's age is so good, there is no shortage of food and clothing, so no one pays attention to whether the plants on the back mountain can eat or not.

"That's right, I read about bamboo fungus in the book. It's a good thing! Some people in our country started to grow it indoors at the end of the 80s. This bamboo fungus is a very popular and precious food in the upper class. The good name of 'bamboo ginseng'! Our natural and pure wild plant is definitely more nutritious!" Qiao Mei pretended to think about it, and replied to her grandma with a positive face.

"Is it really as good as you said? Hey, no, no, you can't try these mushrooms casually. Be good, let's not eat them today, let your dad test it after grandma dried it, it's really not poisonous grandma I just made it for you to eat, obedient!" Qiao Mei thought about it, gave up the idea of ​​trying it, and coaxed the eldest granddaughter not to eat it.

Safety is the most important thing.

"Oh, I listen to grandma!" Qiao Mei smiled indifferently. After all, it's better to eat something more authentic. She didn't object to grandma's words, she just smiled and took off her water shoes and answered casually.

"Grandma, you have taken over this delicate work again!" Picking up the unfinished work in grandma's embroidery basket, she gave grandma a disapproving look.

"Grandma's eyes are fine! Just worry about it!" Grandma didn't pay attention to the little eyes of the eldest granddaughter at all, and the movements of her hands were not slow.

"..." Qiao Mei fell silent as she had no right to speak.

"Come on, darling, drink this bowl of bone soup first, and wait for grandma to boil the bamboo shoots before serving dinner!"

"Oh, grandma, don't fry so much, one bamboo shoot is enough!"

"Okay, my darling knows how to cherish food, not bad! She is a big girl who knows how to manage the house!"

"...Grandma!" Qiao Mei was completely ashamed of her grandma's ability to 'boast herself'.

"Hehe, our darlings know how to be shy. She really is a big girl!"

"Grandma, you still say it!"

"Okay, grandma, don't say anything, don't say anything. You drink soup quickly, drink it hot to warm up!"

"Know it……"

(End of this chapter)