The worst time travel, surviving seven years of famine

After entering the fourth month of the lunar calendar, the weather became warmer and the sun began to be scorching. The water in Lanxi River was no longer cold. It was very comfortable to be exposed to the sun, and it was no problem to go into the water barefoot.

As the water warmed up, more and more children played in the river, catching fish and shrimps, playing in the water, and everything was very comfortable.

Gu Liang also came to the river, but he didn't come to play in the water. He had long been eyeing the medicinal herb growing in the river - Acorus calamus.

Acorus calamus likes water and basically grows on stones in the water on the shore. Lanxi River flows out of the mountains and has many stream stones, which naturally became fertile soil for Acorus calamus.

Acorus calamus is very easy to identify. Basically, you won't make a mistake if you have seen its appearance. The clumps of Acorus calamus on the rocks in the stream, with leaves like orchids but a little thicker, are Acorus calamus.

The root of Acorus calamus is used as medicine. Its roots are attached to the stones one by one like branches. Gu Liang specially brought the small hoe used to grow seedlings at home to hoe it.

He rolled up his trouser legs to the highest point, and then put the bamboo basket on the shore. Gu Liang pulled Acorus calamus on the rocks on the shore barefoot.

Some Acorus calamus can be pulled up easily, while some grow in the cracks of the rocks in the corners and stick firmly. They can only be hoeed up little by little with a hoe. Then break off the leaves on it, and the remaining roots are the medicinal materials.

Acorus calamus is a very common medicinal material, commonly seen in streams in the south. It can open up the mind and eliminate phlegm, wake up the mind and improve intelligence, and eliminate dampness and harmonize the stomach. This is what Gu Liang memorized when he was drying medicine with his grandfather when he was a child.

Since Acorus calamus belongs to the Araceae family and is slightly poisonous, there are no herbalists in the two nearby villages, so naturally no one has picked Acorus calamus for many years. This is a good thing for Gu Liang, and soon the Acorus calamus he picked covered the bottom of the bamboo basket.

"Gu Liang, are you picking shrimps?"

A child called him from a distance. Gu Liang turned around and saw that it was Gu Dabao and a few friends standing by a stream not far from him calling him.

Gu Liang waved the hoe in his hand to indicate that he was not picking shrimps, and shouted, "I'm not picking shrimps, I'm digging."

"Do you want to go pick mulberry bubbles with us? We are going together," Gu Dabao and the others shouted over here.

Mulberry bubbles are also called mulberries. Gu Liang has been here for so long, and except for eating a little rice bubble (March bubble) when transplanting rice seedlings, he has never eaten any other fruit. When he heard them shouting that they were going to pick mulberries, Gu Liang was immediately tempted and responded quickly, "Wait for me."

Put the bamboo basket on the sand by the river. No one would steal this thing, and it was not valuable. As for the small hoe, Gu Liang pressed it at the bottom of the bamboo basket.

Seeing Gu Liang coming, several friends immediately put their arms around his shoulders and led Gu Liang to the place where the mulberry trees grew.

Although Gu Liang rarely played with his friends in the village, he was always very popular in the village because most of the children in the village had exchanged maltose with him.

Gu Liang and his friends walked along a small stream. The streams here were basically more than one meter wide and the water volume was not large. The surrounding fields relied on these streams for water. The stream water was clear and the bottom of the stream was either golden sand or small stones washed down.

It seems that there are more calamus in this small stream. It seems that after digging almost all the ones in the river, we can come here to dig.

Not long after, Gu Liang came to the upper reaches of the stream. There was not much water here, and the rice fields were cultivated up to here. Going up was a slope.

"Look, there are already people picking mulberries there." Gu Dabao pointed to the hillside not far away, where there were already seven or eight children picking them.

After Dabao finished speaking, several children screamed and ran over at a faster speed, apparently afraid that they would not be able to eat them later.

Gu Liang also ran over, also afraid that others would pick them all and he would run in vain.

However, after Gu Liang went over, he realized that he had thought too much. There were dozens of mulberry trees of all sizes in this area, densely packed with old and thick mulberries, although many of them were green and not yet ripe into black and purple. But with so many trees, there were not a few ripe ones.

The mulberry trees here should have been planted by people on purpose, and they have been planted for a long time, and the mulberry trees have grown very big. Gu Liang pulled down a branch from under the tree and bit the black and purple mulberries one by one with his mouth instead of his hands.

The mature mulberries are thick and plump, juicy, sweet and slightly sour, and are rare high-quality fruits in nature that are not cultivated artificially.

The most important thing is that the mulberries are in large quantities, unlike the mulberries in the rice seedlings.

It is so small and hard to pick. This tree can bear countless fruits, and the main feature is that it is large in quantity and full in quantity.

"Liu Dapang, look at what you eat, you are like a harlequin cat."

"How dare you say that to me? You have mulberries all over your clothes. My mother said that mulberries can't be washed off if they are on clothes. You are done for. You will definitely be beaten when you go home."

"Ah... How did you get so many mulberries on your clothes? You will definitely be done for when you go back."

………

The conversation between the children over there made Gu Liang be careful not to get mulberries on his clothes.

"Gu Liang, you are here too!" The one who said this was the little fat man Liu Dapang from last time.

Gu Liang's mouth was full of mulberries at this time, so he could only respond to him with a "hmm" sound.

As if receiving a message, more and more children came here. The children who came before Gu Liang were already full after eating mulberries at this time, so Gu Liang and the others sat aside to chat and rest.

A child complained that there were too many things to do at home and he couldn't go out to play properly. As soon as this complaint came out, it was immediately responded by many people, who said that adults always like to let them do a lot of things, running errands, and even digging the ground by themselves.

At this moment, Gu Liang felt that he was quite lucky, and he didn't have anything special to do.

"Gu Liang, what were you digging in the river just now?" Hearing others talking about digging, Gu Dabao remembered that Gu Liang had just dug something in the river, so he asked.

Gu Liang didn't hide it and said directly: "Nothing, I was digging stone calamus in the river."

Some people were very confused when they heard it, and asked directly: "What is stone calamus, is it edible."

Gu Liang saw others asking if he could eat it, and was afraid that others would really eat it and be poisoned, so he quickly said, "No, I dug useful things, which are clusters of orchid-like things on the rocks in the river."

"That thing, do you want a lot, I saw you took a basket?" The question was from Gu Dabao.

Gu Liang thought for a while and said that he wanted to dig a lot. After all, this is the best medicinal material now. I am still so young, and my family will definitely not let me go up the mountain. The men in the family also need to work in the fields.

Gu Dabao immediately patted his chest and said, "Let me help you!"

Gu Liang felt very embarrassed after hearing what Dabao said, and hurriedly said, "How can this be done? Your family has things to do." Gu Liang didn't want Dabao to help him like this, after all, he didn't want a pound and a half.

"I will help you dig it, and I ate your candy last time," said Liu Dapang.

"I can help you too."

"I can too"

………

Several children present said that they could do it, and several people who came later also wanted to help after hearing it.

Gu Liang was actually very moved, but he felt that it was still not appropriate to let others help him make money.

After thinking about it, he suddenly remembered the last time he exchanged maltose for wild vegetables. He just happened to have some maltose bought in Guanyao Town last time. So he decided to exchange it with sugar as last time.

As soon as Gu Liang expressed his idea, the children around him immediately became excited. They didn't expect to have delicious candies again, and they all expressed their willingness to help.