"Well, isn't it?"

Chen Dazhuang asked expectantly.

"I haven't seen it myself, but this should be it. We'll know after we dig it out and take a look."

As he spoke, Chen Wang squatted down, took out a medicine shovel from the medicine basket and started digging.

"There's more in front. I'll go dig that."

Chen Dazhuang saw a similar plant in front of him and immediately walked over and squatted down.

He just raised the hatchet in his hand and chopped the ground next to him with great force. After the hatchet was deeply embedded in the ground, he tried hard to turn over the soil.

After a while, Chen Wang dug it out first.

The rhizome is oval in shape and looks a bit like a smaller sweet potato or potato.

There is no doubt that this is Gastrodia elata.

"Brother Zhuang, this is Gastrodia elata, dig it up quickly."

Chen Wang threw the things into the medicine basket he was carrying and shouted excitedly.

"Okay!"

Upon hearing this, Chen Dazhuang swung the hatchet even harder.

"Be careful not to cut the rhizome in half."

Chen Wang gave a reminder.

"Don't worry, I know what's going on."

Chen Dazhuang responded with a smile.

Chen Wang stood up, looked around, and soon found another above-ground stem.

Looking around, there are many of them around this area, basically one can see one or two steps away.

Without further ado, Chen Wang walked to the nearest plant and continued to squat and dig for herbs.

Two dogs were tied to a dead tree stump and started playing with each other out of boredom.

After the little monkey Jixiang understood what they were looking for, he also helped to look for it.

It couldn't dig, so it stood next to the above-ground stem of Gastrodia elata, staring at Chen Wang and Chen Dazhuang. After whoever finished digging, it pointed there and squeaked, signaling them to dig there.

In this way, one Gastrodia elata plant after another was dug out and put into the medicine basket that Chen Wang was carrying.

Gastrodia elata can be decocted into juice and taken orally, or it can be used to soak in wine, cook porridge or make soup. It has the effects of calming wind and stopping convulsions, calming liver yang, and dispelling wind and unblocking meridians.

Chen Wang didn't know how much this thing was worth now. He only remembered that when he was a child, that is, in the 1990s, this thing was very expensive. It seemed that one pound cost hundreds or even thousands of dollars.

Later, many people specialized in growing this, resulting in oversupply in the market and prices began to plummet.

The two dug for more than an hour until they could no longer find any "above-ground stems" in the area.

Chen Wang's medicine basket had become much heavier, and the Gastrodia elata inside must have weighed about 20 to 30 kilograms.

Of course, a little bit of dirt has to be removed.

In addition, the above-ground stem part of Gastrodia elata also has certain medicinal value, but its value is far less than that of the rhizome part.

We have to wait and see what specific price the purchasing station will give.

“It seems to be gone.”

Chen Dazhuang said with a lingering feeling.

"Let's call this place Tianmapo. We should come here every day and we should be able to gain something."

Chen Wang suggested with a smile.

"good!"

Chen Dazhuang smiled and nodded.

Chen Wang walked over and untied the ropes that tied the two hunting dogs to the tree stump, and handed the marshal's rope to him.

"Let's go, find a place to wash our hands, then have lunch and go check out the hole."

"Can!"

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After walking for a while, the two came to a stream.

After washing their hands with the clear stream water, the two found a clean rock nearby to sit down, and Chen Wang took out lunch from the medicine basket.

It was still packed in an aluminum lunch box. The staple food was the white flour steamed buns that I had eaten two mornings ago, which were steamed until soft and delicious. The dishes were sauerkraut, minced meat, green pepper and eggs.

Tear open the white flour bun, scoop some sauerkraut and minced meat or green pepper and egg with a spoon and put it inside, then pinch it tightly, open your mouth wide, take a bite, and chew it with big mouthfuls. It will be so satisfying.

After eating, he took out the kettle that his wife brought and filled it with some warm water.

There was also fruit for after-meal, and I brought two apples and two bananas.

The bananas were given to Jixiang, and the apples were given to Chen Wang and Chen Dazhuang each.

While chewing apples, the two continued to move towards the place where the black bear's claw marks were found last time.

As for the two dogs, they were fed when they went out in the morning.

During hunting, hunters generally do not let hunting dogs eat too much, otherwise if they encounter big animals such as black bears or wild boars, their combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced.

Only after successfully hunting the prey will the hunter cut open the prey's belly and give the heart to the hunting dog as a trophy.

After walking for about half an hour, the two saw the black bear's claw marks on the tree again.

After leaving the woods, the two men brought the dog to the outside of the cave they had been in last time.

Before they got close enough, the two hunting dogs suddenly stopped moving, bared their teeth and growled at the hole, adopting a ferocious fighting stance.

When Chen Wang and the other man saw this, their faces changed and they looked at each other, and saw the joy in each other's eyes.

The reactions of the two hunting dogs told them that there was a high probability that there was prey in the hole today.

The one that made them so nervous was most likely the black bear.