The chicken ran away, and the two families didn't have time to scold the two meddlesome people; they could only look for the chicken first.
Peiqi had already chased after the chicken.
This whole area is its territory. It is already familiar with the terrain. Its huge body darts left and right like an arrow, and it can even keep up with the chickens flying around in the forest.
The second-place runner was Errui. He couldn't see the chicken, but he could see a big pig running ahead of him.
Jiang Zhi, Chunfeng, and Qiaoyun hurriedly followed the path, but they were too late and could see nothing at all, only hearing the terrified cries of chickens.
Jiang Zhi's voice changed with anxiety: "Peggy, don't bite the chicken! Pork belly, stop chasing!"
When wild boars were still young, they would kill the kites in the sky.
Now Peggy is a big boar, with bright white tusks in her mouth. The chicken can't withstand a bite from a wild boar.
On the mountain, Grandpa Xiaoman and Grandma Xiaoman each held a little girl who had caused trouble.
Xiao Caixia saw her parents and grandmother run away and cried loudly, "Mom! Mom, wait for me!" She struggled to chase after them, but was held back by her grandmother, Xiaoman.
"Xiaxia, don't go, they'll be back soon!"
Beside her, Nini was also crying.
Those left at home watched as the two children cried their eyes out, even producing snot bubbles from their noses, leaving them both amused and exasperated.
Anyone who has ever stayed in a farm knows that it's common to accidentally let chickens or ducks escape; even adults make mistakes, let alone children.
The two children are five years old and under two years old, both at an age where they don't fully understand. You can't hit them or scold them, so you can only coax and comfort them: "The chicken will come back, don't be afraid, it will be back soon!"
The little bear next to her was also very excited, barking "woof woof woof" in a childish voice at the foot of the hillside, and running around looking for a way to help.
Unfortunately, it was too small, and it accidentally tumbled off the roadside and fell into a tree hollow, unable to get up. It cried out in distress, and Xu Dazhu had to support it and pick it up.
In no time, the mountain forest was filled with the sounds of chickens running wild, dogs barking, children crying, and pigs squealing—it was truly a lively and bustling place!
The chicken-chasing continues in the woods halfway up the mountain.
With wild boars following them, the big black rooster ran out of energy after a short while.
Since it couldn't escape, the terrified chicken was chased by Peggy behind an old tree stump and actually plunged headfirst into a crevice in the rotten wood.
Chunfeng came over and used a hook made from a tree branch to pull him out by his leg. He fell to the ground and didn't move at all.
Peiqi was whimpering and spinning around, her mouth wide open, panting heavily and spraying white foam everywhere. She looked scary, but she was full of energy.
Jiang Zhi calmed Pei Qi down: "Alright, go back now, you'll scare the chickens to death if you stay any longer!"
She was genuinely worried the chicken would be scared to death, and was already prepared to make chicken soup.
Chunfeng carried the chicken back: "Let's try to raise it for now. If it really won't survive, bleed it out quickly!"
The group talked about going home, but when they looked up, they couldn't find the way.
This whole ordeal, chasing pigs and chickens, took them all the way from Laoyun Cliff to the forest a hundred meters below.
The road here is difficult to travel, and it's full of tall trees and dense forests, so the two families don't usually come here.
Just now I was so focused on going downhill that I'm in trouble now. Luckily, there's a pig that can find its way, so I pulled on its tail to climb up.
Errui didn't want to pull Peiqi along, so he found a way around and went his own way.
When they got home, the two little girls were overjoyed to see that the chicken had been found.
This time, when they saw Chunfeng put the chicken back under the bamboo basket, neither of them touched it anymore. Caixia pointed at the bamboo basket and walked around it, saying, "Chicken, it's going to fly, woof, it's flying!" She even gestured with her hands.
At this moment, Caixia remembered the nursery rhyme her grandmother had taught her: "Insect, insect, fly, fly to Grandma's vegetable garden, Grandma takes a stick to hit it, woof! It flew away!"
That's how the chicken flew.
Jiang Zhi and the others had been home for quite some time, but they still hadn't seen Er Rui. They called down and could hear his voice again, as if he had found something.
No one seemed to mind; so much time had passed that the food had long since gone cold. Xiaoman's grandmother reheated it, and the group quickly finished their half-eaten meal.
Half an hour later, Xu Errui finally returned.
In his arms, he was holding something that was about the size of two palms, dark and gray.
Tree tongue, also known as wood lingzhi, has similar but different effects to lingzhi. It has anti-cancer, analgesic, heat-clearing, digestive, hemostatic, and phlegm-reducing properties. It can be soaked in alcohol or boiled in water.
Jiang Zhi exclaimed in surprise, "Where did you find such a large Ganoderma lucidum?"
Xu Errui was even more surprised: "What kind of Ganoderma lucidum? Is it some kind of magical herb that can bring the dead back to life?"
Because he was going to open a pharmacy, the carpenter Luo who came to repair the house boasted a lot about the amazing stories he knew about Ganoderma lucidum and ginseng.
According to folk legends, a thousand-year-old Ganoderma lucidum can revive people, a ginseng doll can become a spirit, and He Shou Wu can transform into human form.
Now that his mother had identified it as Ganoderma lucidum, Errui's hands began to tremble: "Oh my, I found such a big Ganoderma lucidum, it must have been growing for at least ten thousand years!"
Errui's shout also summoned the rest of the family. When they saw the big thing, they all asked what it was, and it looked like cow dung.
Grandpa Xiaoman was clearly somewhat doubtful: "Is this also medicine? Or is it Ganoderma lucidum?"
Jiang Zhi took the wood lingzhi, which was damp and heavy, and said with a smile, "This is wood lingzhi, also called flat-capped lingzhi. It is the same type as lingzhi, but it is not as valuable and the price is different."
Because it grows long and clings to the bark, resembling a tongue sticking out of the tree, it is also called tree tongue or tree ear.
Upon hearing that it wasn't Ganoderma lucidum, everyone was somewhat disappointed, and each person came to touch it.
Qiaoyun said, "I thought it was a thousand-year-old Ganoderma lucidum that had turned black!"
She also heard Errui say that it would be wonderful if there were thousand-year-old Ganoderma lucidum on our mountain.
Upon hearing about the thousand-year-old Ganoderma lucidum, Jiang Zhi shook her head: "Where can you find a thousand-year-old Ganoderma lucidum? All Ganoderma lucidum are annuals; they die in winter, leaving behind only a piece of old wood!"
Qiaoyun can now understand what "annual" and "perennial" mean, and she was immediately disappointed: "How can old sayings lie!"
Chunfeng said, "I knew it! How could something that looks like wood ear fungus and feels like wood be Ganoderma lucidum? It can be found in other places, but it's never this big."
After a brief moment of surprise, everyone remembered that they often saw these wood-like things on the decaying tree stumps and trunks in the forest.
Jiang Zhi said, "Next time you see these, pick them. Don't break them all off; leave a root. They'll grow back, and they'll grow very fast!"
Upon hearing that it was useful, Errui hurriedly said, "I brought it back from the old tree roots down there because I thought it was interesting. There are also a few smaller ones next to it!"
Jiang Zhi nodded: "Yes, we'll break it back in a bit."
The tongue of the tree comes in various shapes and colors; this is *Ganoderma lucidum*.
Growing on dead tree trunks
Tree Ganoderma, also known as tree tongue, is a fungus similar to Ganoderma lucidum and has basically the same effects. Some people often use tree Ganoderma lucidum to impersonate Ganoderma lucidum and deceive others.
The difference between the two is obvious: the tree tongue grows flat against the trunk.
Lingzhi grows in soil and rocks and has a long stem, while the ligusticum tree does not have a long stem.
Tree tongue can be used as a substitute for Ganoderma lucidum, but Jiang Zhi hadn't paid attention to it before.
Because in this era of short lifespans, cancer cells starve to death before they even have a chance to mutate.
For ordinary people who are starving, the anti-cancer properties that Ganoderma lucidum is so proud of are not as valuable as a few pounds of white rice, let alone the less effective Ganoderma lucidum.
Ganoderma lucidum is commonly used. According to the Chinese Materia Medica Dictionary, it has the effects of calming the mind, improving brain function, reducing inflammation, promoting diuresis, and benefiting the kidneys.
Now, Jiangzhi needs to utilize another function of the tree tongue, which she only remembered after seeing it: its most overlooked function of "mosquito repellent."
Tree tongue is a natural mosquito repellent. In the wild, you only need to break off a small piece of dried tree tongue and light it to produce a blue flame, which can repel mosquitoes.
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