For Song Yun, picking herbs was a very happy thing, and the old man was the same. This was also the reason why he stopped complaining about Jiang Xin and was willing to work the night shift all the time. He could take time out to pick herbs during the day after working the night shift. The herbs in his medicine cabinet were all collected from the mountains and forests bit by bit and saved after being processed.
The old man's second herbal medicine collection base was at the foot of a slope. There were sparse trees in this place, with plenty of sunshine and rain, and the geology was fertile, making it very suitable for plant growth. It was a pity that they did not see lush vegetation today, but only a mess.
"Damn - a wild beast has been here." The old man looked heartbroken. Some herbs had not yet grown, and he had been reluctant to dig them up, wanting to wait until the herbs grew a little bigger before digging them up. But now, they were all eaten by wild beasts.
Song Yun dug up a few usable plants from the mud pit that was trampled into a mess by wild beasts, and the rest were unusable.
"Forget it, that's how it is in the mountains. Let's go look for it nearby."
What could the old man say? No matter how heartbroken he was, he had to hold it in.
The two searched nearby for a while but found nothing. It was already noon, so Song Yun took out the rice balls she had made in the morning from her bag. She put chopped eggs and diced meat in the rice balls, mixed them with salt and sesame oil. Even though they were cold, they still tasted delicious.
The two of them squatted under the tree and ate the rice balls.
"Your cooking skills are truly amazing. When I came here to pick herbs before, I only brought two steamed buns, which were tasteless."
Song Yun smiled and said, "We're short on time this time. Next time I'll make roujiamo (Chinese roujiamo) and we can bring some."
The old man had eaten Roujiamo when he was young and always remembered the taste. "It's filled with beef. I'll find a way to get some beef when the time comes, and we'll make Roujiamo with chili beef." He swallowed his saliva.
After eating, the two continued to walk through the mountains and forests, and unexpectedly found a valley that the old man had visited many times but had never discovered. Although it was winter, the valley was still lush and green, and it was pleasing to the eye.
"Why haven't I discovered this place before?" The old man was so happy that his face was wide open. He was about to walk in when Song Yun grabbed him.
"What's wrong?" asked the old man.
Song Yun didn't say anything, picked up a large lump of earth and threw it into the valley.
I saw the clod of earth fall beside a clump of green plants, then slowly sink down, and soon disappeared without leaving any trace.
The old chief was stunned. "This is a swamp!"
Song Yun nodded. "The swamp mud here is fertile, so it grows so many plants. Ordinary mountain mud doesn't have as much vegetation as here. It's obvious that there's something wrong. Next time you see a place like this, be careful and don't rush in."
The old man was also scared at this moment. If it weren't for Song Yun, he would have gone in directly. If he fell into such a quagmire and no one pulled him out in time, he would surely die.
Song Yun found a piece of wood nearby, used a dagger to cut it into a palm-wide plank, and then carved the words on the plank: Mud, don't go.
In addition to the words, a simple and easy-to-understand pattern was also drawn, so that illiterate people can understand the meaning and minimize unnecessary casualties.
After putting up the warning sign, the two picked up their backpacks and left. Not long after they walked, they saw a gray shadow flash by in front of them on the left at a very fast speed.
The old man didn't see it clearly and was confused for a moment, "What was that just now?"
Song Yun smiled and said, "Hare."
The old man's eyes lit up, "Can we hit it?"
If it were in the past, he would never have asked such a question.
But today he saw Song Yun's methods. If she could hunt pheasants, she could definitely hunt rabbits as well.
Song Yun took out a stone and said, "It has to come out." Just now the hare suddenly jumped out, but she didn't have a stone in her hand and missed the best opportunity.
The old man put down his backpack, picked up stones and clods of earth from the ground, and threw them here and there towards the place where the hare had just disappeared, trying to scare it away.
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