Chapter 2219 Gobi
Yin Huo did not argue with them and put the fishing hook into the water again. Bai Shan and Man Bao could not help but turn their heads to look. There was nothing they could do as the noise was really loud.
The originally quiet water surface became lively and fluttering, with many fish flapping their wings near the places where the hooks were placed. It was so lively that there was no need for driftwood, right?
As a result, Yin Huo did not move. After waiting for a long time, the fish had enough fun and the water surface slowly returned to calm. However, many fish could still be seen swimming around under the lake.
Yin Huo was still talking to the two of them, "Are you going to fish here later?"
Seeing that he had no intention of raising the hook, Bai Shan and Man Bao did not ask any more questions. They shook their heads and said, "We are going to the Gobi Desert to take a look. Are you coming?"
Yin Huo turned his head to look at the bright sunshine outside the woods and shook his head, "You guys go."
It’s so hot just thinking about riding a horse in such a hot sun, so I decided to forget it.
Yin Huo slowly lifted up his fishing rod, and sure enough, the bait was gone again, so he continued to bait Changshou.
Changshou sighed and took the bait without complaint. In fact, he wanted to tell the young master that he could throw the remaining bait into the lake to feed the fish, which would save a lot of effort.
But what Yin Huo wanted to enjoy was obviously the process of feeding the fish, not just the result.
Beside the mat, the guards were watching the fire, with a pot hanging over it. The guard explained, "Our young master doesn't want to eat snacks and cakes, so he asked me to cut up some fish and make porridge."
Manbao asked curiously, "Can he catch fish?"
The guard said, "Mr. Zhuang left it behind before he left."
Manbao couldn't help but sigh at the gentleman's thoughtfulness.
The guards' cooking skills were average. They only marinated the fish slices, then added the fish to the porridge after it was half cooked. Because they were afraid of the fishy smell, they also added several pieces of dried ginger slices.
Now the porridge and fish have been simmered for a while, and the fragrance is wafting out. The guards opened it and took a look. They thought it was ready to eat, so they took out the salt and added some carefully.
Manbao looked at it and said, "Isn't it enough?"
The guard then took some more food with a spoon and put it in, then looked at her.
Manbao wasn't too sure, "That should be enough."
So the guard stirred it and then took out bowls to serve them porridge.
Manbao took a bite and the fish meat had fallen apart. It was not as smooth and tender as the one made by his sister-in-law.
Bai Shan and Yin Huo took a bite without saying a word. The taste was indeed ordinary, but it was still edible.
So the three of them finished the pot of porridge.
Bai Shan said, "We are going to the Gobi Desert."
Yin Huo asked lazily, "Don't you want to take a break?"
Bai Shan glanced at the sky outside and shook his head, "No, we want to go out for a walk."
He turned around and said to Yin Huo, "I'll leave this to you. We may not come back here this afternoon, but go straight back to the town."
Yin Huo nodded nonchalantly, "I'll go back by myself when I'm done playing."
Manbao put on a veil and left the lake with Baishan. This time Daji did not follow them alone, but brought two other guards with him. The remaining guards stayed behind to protect Yin Huo.
The two of them ran for about half an hour before they reached the Gobi Desert, which seemed quite close.
On the way, Manbao stopped his horse and dug up two kinds of plants with a hoe.
When they reached the Gobi Desert, Koko started to ring the bells. After ringing, he said, "Ring them again, so that the host won't forget."
Manbao didn't really listen to what it said, he just let out a wow and looked at the things in the Gobi Desert.
There was a tree that was taller than her, but it was covered with thorns and was lush green. Manbao was amazed and said, "I've never seen that before."
Bai Shan had never seen it before. He rode forward, but didn't dare get too close, as he felt it would be very painful to be pricked by the thorns.
The two men dismounted, handed Chiji and Daoli to the guards, and approached to examine them. They carefully reached out and touched them, then looked at the gleaming thorns on them and said, "If they prick you, it will definitely hurt."
Manbao had already learned some information about this plant from Keke and said, "Not only will it hurt, it could also kill you."
Bai Shan tilted his head, "Dead?"
"If the wound worsens, he will die." Manbao took two steps back, looked down at its surroundings, and became worried, "It's too big." It will be difficult to dig.
Daji, who was standing by, was terrified. "Miss Man, are you going to dig this?"
It is not difficult to dig it out, but the difficult part is how to bring it back.
Koko: "...Just cut off a piece. This thing is easy to keep alive. In fact, there are cultivated species in our world, but its genes are very ancient now, so we have to include it."
Manbao coughed lightly and said to Daji: "Just cut everything and see what's going on. We'll take a look around. You don't have to follow too closely."
Daji did not leave. He felt that this place was not like the lakeside. There was a desert not far away. There were many insects he had never seen before in the Gobi Desert, especially scorpions. Who knew if he would encounter any poisonous ones?
Manbao didn't take a tough stance. She pulled out her dagger, looked at it, and was reluctant to use it. The main reason was that she used the knife to cut food. Now that she had cut all these messy things, she felt that she would not be willing to use it to cut meat next time, so she borrowed the knife from a guard.
She walked around it with a knife, then carefully cut it twice with the knife. It didn't fall off. Manbao wrapped her hands with sackcloth, then carefully lifted it up, cut the last connection with a knife, put it in the medicine basket, and then stood on tiptoe to look at the cut surface.
Bai Shan took a look and said, "It's moist, so if you're extremely thirsty in the desert, can you eat this?"
Manbao wasn't sure, so he asked Keke. Keke looked up information in the encyclopedia and said, "According to the information, existing cacti are edible. They are high in potassium and calcium, low in sodium, and contain no oxalic acid, sugar, flavonoids, or polysaccharides. The nutritional value is higher than not only common plants and fruits, but also some meat, eggs, and fish. It is a very healthy food for both body and mind."
Manbao interjected, "But?"
"However, the cacti scanned so far are all primitive species. Some contain toxic flavonoids, and some contain harmful ingredients like mescaline and anchaline, which have hallucinogenic and anesthetic effects on the human nerves."
Manbao's eyes lit up, "Does it have an anesthetic effect?"
Her eyes fixed on these things with long thorns. She reached out and touched them gently, then said regretfully, "It's a pity there are no instructions or dosages. Is this thing easy to preserve? Can I save it for future research?"
Keke said: "It still needs to be studied in the laboratory. We should be able to find something after the included entries appear."
But it also depends on luck. Some research labs that study this aspect will include it in the entry. If the research lab does not study this aspect, then there is nothing you can do.
Manbao thought to himself, "Then I'll send some to Mr. Mo and Dr. D. Maybe they'll be interested. And since even the toxins they contain are different, then obviously many similar-looking cactus species are also different. So, they should be considered another species, right? Will they be distinguished when they're included in the catalog?"
Koko happily responded, "Yes!"
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