Chapter 184: 183: Wild delicacies and poisons

The three of them turned onto a small path in the woods. An owl squatting on a dead tree in front of them was frightened by the naughty Big Black and flew to another big tree and continued to doze off.

Owls are mostly active at night. When they are active during the day, their flight is shaky like a drunk person.

There are many stone pines growing on the stones on the roadside. Among the green stone pines, there are yellow flowers blooming, emitting bursts of fragrant wild flowers.

Zhou Huaian stepped forward and took a look. "Yan'er, this thing looks a bit like the Dendrobium we got off the tree. Is it another species of the same kind?"

Yang Chunyan nodded, "This is called Dendrobium officinale, also known as yellow grass. It has the effects of nourishing yin and stomach, clearing away heat and promoting body fluid, and moistening the lungs."

Zhou Yiding took a look and said, "It's all there from here to the top. It's too heavy to carry it up the mountain. Should we pull it back when we come back?"

Zhou Huaian: "Yan'er, Yiding is right. This place is close to the yard. It won't take long to get it back."

"good."

The three of them walked up again. Dahei and Dahuang rushed up excitedly. A burst of "Chaga" screams came over, and the three of them saw several silver chickens flapping their wings and flying onto the nearby branches.

Silver Chicken is what the locals call it. Their scientific name is Golden Pheasant. The rooster's feathers are as colorful as a rainbow, and it has long tail feathers. When it flies, it moves lightly, like an elegant fairy.

The female chicken's feathers are mainly dark brown, with black and white markings on the back of the neck. The abdomen is also white, but it does not look so obvious, and the tail feathers are not long.

The male bird is still more beautiful than the female bird.

“Woof woof woof…” Dahei and Dahuang were barking wildly under the tree, still not giving up.

Zhou Yiding gently kicked Dahei and said, "What are you yelling about? If you have the guts, climb up the tree and catch one."

"Apart from the tail, there are only bones. There's nothing to eat after catching it." Zhou Huaian saw the beautiful tail feathers and turned to look at Yang Chunyan, "Yan'er, how about getting a few feathers and putting them in the bottle?"

Yang Chunyan shook her head, "No, dead things are not as pretty as living ones."

Zhou Huaian: "Yes, it looks better when it grows on the tail."

The few of them continued to move forward. Yang Chunyan found more than a dozen araceae on the roadside and also dug up a few pieces of first-class parsley.

The three of them soon arrived at the bamboo forest. By then the sky had already brightened and the scenery around them became clearer and clearer.

Summer bamboo shoots have already sprouted in the bamboo forest, and some clumps of bamboo have already died.

Yang Chunyan suddenly saw some white things in the dead bamboo bushes in front of her, and suddenly thought of a delicious mushroom, bamboo fungus!

Yang Chunyan walked over quickly and saw several bamboo fungi that had just bloomed in the bamboo forest. They had gray-green caps, snow-white cylindrical stipes, pink egg-shaped stamens, and a delicate white mesh skirt at the top of the stipe that spread out from the cap downwards.

He waved to Zhou Huaian happily, "Come and see, bamboo fungus has grown in the bamboo forest."

Dictamni, also known as bamboo fungus and bamboo ginseng, is a kind of cryptogamous fungus that parasitizes on the roots of dead bamboo. Its shape is slightly similar to a net-like dried white snake skin.

Dictamni is the king of wild delicacies and a natural edible fungus that grows at the roots of bamboo. It has a beautiful shape, rich nutrients and a particularly delicious taste. It is known as the "King of Wild Delicacies" and the "Queen of Fungi".

Dictyophora usually opens its umbrella in the morning on sunny days. At noon, when the stalk grows to a certain height, it stops extending and the mushroom skirt gradually unfolds from the inside of the cap downward. In the afternoon, the spores in the cap mature and begin to autolyze, dripping to the ground, while the entire fruiting body shrinks and falls.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that bamboo fungus is sweet, slightly bitter, and cold in nature. People with weak spleen and stomach should not eat too much.

Zhou Huaian walked in quickly and was very happy when he saw it. "Oh~ This thing is not common. It's just right to stew pheasant with it."

Yang Chunyan nodded. "If it hadn't rained for several nights in a row, we wouldn't have been able to find it!"

As she spoke, she first took off the cap of the bamboo fungus, inserted her index finger into the junction of the stem and the umbrella handle to pinch the stem, and pried up the bamboo fungus with a bamboo piece.

"Get away from me, you greedy guy. This is not for you to eat." Zhou Yiding pushed away Dahei who wanted to go forward to pick up the bamboo fungus, and also went forward to help.

The three of them walked around in the woods, picked up about twenty or thirty bamboo fungi, and continued to move forward.

Suddenly, Dahei and Dahuang started barking wildly towards the front.

"Cobra! Youngest brother, sister-in-law, please step back quickly!" Zhou Yiding, who was walking in front, said as he raised the gun in his hand.

Zhou Huaian immediately raised the gun in his hand and said, "Yan'er, retreat quickly."

"Be careful, guys."

Yang Chunyan stepped back and looked out, and saw a cobra standing upright, looking at the two dogs with a cold gaze.

Dahei and Dahuang pressed their bodies forward, stretched their front legs tight and wide, and let out angry roars from their mouths, confronting the cobra.

Zhou Huaian and Zhou Yiding raised their guns at the same time and pulled the trigger. With a few "bang" sounds, the cobra's head and body were blown up, and the broken body was still twisting on the ground.

The three of them looked at it and felt their hair stand on end.

After the danger was over, the two dogs relaxed and circled around the snake's body that had been broken into two pieces for a few times before returning to Zhou Yiding.

Yang Chunyan feels that one must be very careful when walking in the mountains when the weather gets hot, as one might easily encounter these cold-blooded animals if one is not careful.

It’s a pity that the part where the snake gallbladder was located was broken, otherwise it might have been sold for ten yuan if it was sent to Ning’an.

"Yan'er, it's okay." Zhou Huaian said as he stepped forward and kicked the snake corpse that was broken into two pieces away. "Damn it, it came out so early. Fortunately, Gouzi was there to attract it, otherwise we wouldn't even have a chance to draw our guns!"

Zhou Yiding nodded and said, "You must bring a dog with you when you go into the mountains next time, otherwise no one knows what you will encounter ahead!"

Zhou Huaian patted the big black head and said, "Let's go back and get them some delicious food to reward them."

Dahei and Dahuang immediately turned their heads and looked at Zhou Yiding with a flattering look, "Boss, give me a reward!"

"No, we've already rewarded them last night. They all had good food. Who can afford to keep one in the future?" Zhou Yiding said, patting the dog's head as he looked at himself. "Other families keep greedy cats, but I don't know why I keep two greedy dogs!"

"Like you!" Zhou Huaian looked at him with a smile, "Uncle Daqing has a good temper, so he lets you feed the pheasant to the dog. If I, an old man, saw me feeding the pheasant to the dog, I would beat me to a pulp!"

After a thrilling episode, the three men and two dogs continued to move forward and dug up two pieces of Polygonum multiflorum weighing several kilograms halfway.

Zhou Huaian felt it was too heavy to carry, so he cut off the Polygonum multiflorum vine and hung it on a tree fork, intending to take it away with him when he returned.

He put on his backpack and said to Zhou Yiding, "It seems that the road I chose is not very good. I encountered a night owl just at the beginning, and a cobra halfway through the journey!"

Zhou Yiding laughed and said, "Night owls are birds, cobras are little dragons, dragons and phoenixes are a perfect match!"

"You're the only one who can talk!" Zhou Huaian smiled and turned to look at Yang Chunyan, "Yan'er, you all say I'm a smooth talker, but this is the real hidden talent!"

Yang Chunyan glanced at him and said, "I think Yiding is much more honest. It's obviously you who are more slick."

Zhou Huaian held his forehead with his hand, "Why don't I feel that way!"

"Stop playing tricks!" Zhou Yiding poked him and pointed at the beam above. "We're at the beam now. Above is the forest that was burned down yesterday. Let's go see if there are any black goats or mountain sheep. We can go down and get a few and bring them back."

(End of this chapter)