Considering that the mud on the mountain was very hard and Polygonum multiflorum grew in the cracks of the rocks, this time Lu Baiwei and Tang Yunling brought a large hoe to plow the field, and the two took turns digging.

"We dug so deep but still can't find the bottom. How old is the Polygonum multiflorum we dug?"

God knows how difficult it is to dig the Polygonum multiflorum growing in the cracks of rocks. After a few hoeings by Tang Yunling, the rocks burst into sparks and the hoe was almost broken.

Later, Lu Baiwei came up with an idea. She lit a fire on the stone and then poured water on it.

The stones were burned and cracked, and then the broken pieces were moved away.

This is the only way to continue digging.

"At least four or five hundred years old, and it looks like it weighs several kilograms."

Lu Baiwei made this inference based on her experience of collecting herbs with her grandfather.

Tang Yunling continued to dig hard, and indeed he got close to the root.

The Polygonum multiflorum that was dug out was very big and had the shape of a human.

Lu Baiwei held it in her hand and estimated that it weighed three or four pounds.

"This is at least five or six hundred years old. We are really lucky this time."

In addition to this big guy, we also dug out the young Polygonum multiflorum along the roots.

Lu Baiwei and Tang Yunling dug with their hoes until dark, and dug out a few pieces of jade that were over a hundred years old like the last time.

She didn't plan to dig up the smaller vines.

Just like collecting Fritillaria, keep it for seeds.

After she and Tang Yunling carried the dug Polygonum multiflorum back to the lake, Tang Yuanliang took He Ting, Zhou Yanfeng and others to fish, and they also had a good harvest, catching half a basket of fish.

Even though Tang Yuanliang and her cousins ​​wanted to take a rest, He Ting and Zhou Yanfeng were still in high spirits. They ate a few bites of dry food and continued to use the moonlight to cast bait and catch fish on the bamboo rafts.

"It's hot, and these mountain fish are too agile to catch."

After harvesting a basket of fish, Tang Yuanliang still felt regretful: "When the lake freezes over in winter, I will dig a hole in the ice so that I can catch fish."

"Let's not do it for now. Come back tomorrow morning and I'll take you to catch pheasants."

The weather is too hot and the fish are dead and hard to sell.

Tang Yuanliang thought about it and decided that he had to spend the night on the mountain, just like last time. He would go down the mountain in the dark the next day to avoid the people on the team and carry the fish he caught to the county town to sell on the black market.

If you spend the night in the mountains, you have to find a place to rest.

You also have to find a way to keep the fish caught alive.

In order to ensure the freshness of the fish, Tang Yuanliang had already thought of digging a small pond by the lake, draining the lake water into it, and throwing the fish into it to raise them.

When taking He Ting and Zhou Yanfeng to set rabbit traps and look for pheasant nests, Tang Yuanliang found a ventilated cave near the cliff. That was where they would rest for the night.

In order to rest earlier, Tang Yuanliang assigned the tasks of catching pheasants and digging ponds.

He arranged for a few brothers to take hoes and dig a pond. He took He Ting and Zhou Yanfeng with the tools and headed towards the pheasant's nest that had been well-trampled.

Hearing a short sound that sounded a bit like a chicken crowing and a bit like a bird singing coming from the weeds in front of them, Tang Yuanliang, Zhou Yanfeng and He Ting stopped in their tracks, turned on their flashlights and shone them quickly, directly into the pheasant's eyes.

While the pheasant in the firewood pile was unable to see, he swung the long bamboo net in his hand over and caught the chicken.

He called out to He Ting: "Okay, go catch him."

He Ting nimbly pulled the pheasant out of the net bag and tied it up.

Seeing Zhou Yanfeng's excited look, Tang Yuanliang criticized him: "You are too slow to catch the pheasant."

"Well, you aim at the pheasant and shine the flashlight, while my brother-in-law swings the bamboo pole to catch the pheasant. You two can work together and it can be considered that you caught it together."

Zhou Yanfeng knew that he did not have He Ting's skills, so he agreed to Tang Yuanliang's arrangement.

It was late in the night and they had caught five pheasants in a row. Seeing that it was getting late, Tang Yuanliang was so sleepy that he started to yawn, so he took He Ting and Zhou Yanfeng to the cave on the cliff.

Lu Baiwei's other cousins ​​had already dug the fish pond and were raising a basket of fish in the net.

They returned to the cave early with their two younger sisters.

Lu Baiwei and Tang Yunling were so sleepy that they fell asleep.

Tang Yuanliang tiptoed into the cave and took He Ting and Zhou Yanfeng to rest on the mats that had been laid out.

This cave is well ventilated, and the cool breeze at night doesn't make it feel hot.

Before entering the cave, Lu Baiwei had burned some herbs to repel snakes, insects, rats and ants. She slept well that night. However, in the middle of the night, she heard a rustling sound from the half-person-high bamboo forks piled at the entrance of the cave. She didn't know what small animal had come.

Tang Yuanliang stood up and made a noise, scaring away the coming creature.

Hearing the faint sound of wolves howling in the distance, his expression changed.

He woke up Tang Yuanyang, and the two of them took turns to keep watch until morning.

"I heard a wolf howling last night."

After getting up and washing himself with some water from the lake, Tang Yuanliang munched on some dry food and said, "Based on my experience, it's a good thing there were bamboo forks piled up at the door last night. Maybe it was a wolf that came to scout out the place."

"We are not afraid during the day, but tonight we have to go up the mountain early. We can't stay in this valley overnight."

After eating dry food in the morning, Tang Yuanliang still used the bamboo raft to fish like he did yesterday.

When the sun is about to set, all the fish raised in the small ponds are gathered into baskets, and then the large group is led down the mountain.

The moonlight this time was not as bright as last time, but fortunately they all brought flashlights.

They used flashlights to clear the way in places where there were trees blocking the view, and late at night they had reached a mountain very close to the team. After the team members had rested, they came down the mountain.

We stayed up all night in the mountains and were all very sleepy.

Tang Yuanliang arranged: "Everyone go back and rest. Zhou Zhiqing will come to my house. Let me sleep for a few hours. Get up at four or five in the morning. He Ting and I will go to the county town together."

"Brother Liang, I'll go too this time."

"I have almost dried all my Fritillaria fritters. I have left one of the Polygonum multiflorum I dug for processing as medicinal materials. I want to take advantage of this trip to the county to sell the rest to the county hospital's purchasing point. After the sales, I can calculate the income from the medicinal materials and share it with everyone."

"I told you we don't want the herbs we dug. They're all yours."

Lu Baiwei insisted, and Tang Yuanliang had no choice but to say, "Okay, okay, let's take them to the county together."

"If you insist on sharing the money from the medicinal herbs, give Lingling a share. We won't give you a share of the money from selling fish."

After seeing Tang Yuanliang and the others off, Lu Baiwei went back to the inner room to sleep, and He Ting also rested on the bed in the main room.

Lu Baiwei was so sleepy that she soon fell into a deep sleep.

She was sleeping soundly when someone called in her ear: "Weiwei, Weiwei, wake up."

"Ah, stop making noise, Yin Zhihe, get out of here."

She had talked about marriage with Yin Zhihe.

He Ting, who was calling her in the dark, turned pale when he heard what Lu Baiwei shouted.

Fortunately, it was not dawn yet, otherwise with the light, one could see that He Ting's face was as black as the bottom of a pot.

When Lu Baiwei woke up, she met He Ting with a cold face.