They walked a little further and soon came across a large patch of raspberries. Er Ya, seeing the huge expanse of fruit ahead, couldn't help but exclaim, "So many raspberries!"
Raspberries are sweet and sour, and she loves them.
There were many children picking fruit here, each carrying a basket. The fruit in front had been picked clean, so they had to go further away to pick more.
Er Ya said happily, "Let's go pick some fruit up ahead!"
Daya asked, "Uncle, Xiaotian, the road here is difficult to walk on. Why don't you wait here first, and we'll pick some fruit for you to eat?"
Chen Kai took a look and said that what he called a road was actually just trampled plants. The gaps in the middle of the road were very small, and you could easily get scratched by the thorns on the plants if you weren't careful.
Chen Kai said, "It's okay, I'm thinking of going over and picking them myself. Xiao Tian, what about you?"
Xiao Tian thought for a moment and said, "Let's go together!"
Daya said helplessly, "Then let's go pick them together, but don't cry if you get pricked by the thorns!"
Chen Kai laughed and said, "We won't cry!"
The fruit along the roadside had been mostly picked, and the fruit inside was difficult to pick. Sanya saw some gaps inside that she could squeeze through and was eager to try picking some.
Upon seeing this, Chen Kai said helplessly, "Er Ya, wait a moment. Go cut down a tree and throw it on top of us so we can step on it to cross."
Er Ya said happily, "This is a good idea! We just happened to bring a machete. Let's go chop Uncle up. Uncle, do you want to come?"
Chen Kai said with a smile, "You guys go cut down the trees, I'll go pick the fruit up ahead."
Da Ya, Er Ya, San Ya, Chen Nong, and Chen Shi went to cut down trees, leaving Chen Kai and Xiao Tian hidden among the tall plants.
Chen Kai said, "Let's go, Xiao Tian, let's go pick some."
Chen Kai found a spot where others hadn't finished picking the fruit and started picking and eating as he went. The big fruits had already been picked, leaving only the small ones, but they were still quite sweet.
As Chen Kai ate, he said, "They forgot to leave us a basket."
Xiao Tian didn't want to do it himself, so he said, "Pick more for me to eat!"
Chen Kai said helplessly, "I can't reach the ones inside. Wait for Da Ya and the others to come back, and then I'll have them pick some for you to eat!"
A moment later, Chen Kai heard Da Ya calling them, so he shouted loudly, "We're here!"
Daya and the others came over following the sound. Daya said, "These plants are so tall, we couldn't see you at all just now."
Chen Nong said, "There happened to be a broken tree over there, so we carried it over." Then they found a direction with lots of fruit and pressed the tree down, and Da Ya and the others stepped on the tree to pick the fruit.
Chen Kai shouted, "Pick more of these fruits. I want to see if I can make some jam."
Upon hearing that it could be made into food, Daya immediately exclaimed happily, "We understand, Uncle! I'll have them pick more of these fruits!"
After picking some fruit, Er Ya ran back and placed a basket next to Chen Kai and Xiao Tian, saying, "Uncle, Xiao Tian, eat these. The fruit I picked is big and sweet."
Suddenly, Er Ya noticed some blood on Chen Kai's leg and immediately said, "Uncle, Uncle, your leg is bleeding."
Upon hearing this, the other children ran over with their baskets and surrounded Chen Kai. Chen Kai looked down at his legs, where he had several scratches and one wound was bleeding a little. He thought he must have been scratched while picking fruit, but he hadn't felt anything until he saw the wound and realized it hurt a bit.
Da Ya asked anxiously, "Uncle, are you alright? Does your wound hurt?"
Chen Kai frowned and said, "I'm fine. I didn't even notice I got scratched. It looks a bit painful now."
Chen Shi looked around, trying to find some herbs that could stop bleeding. Suddenly, he saw some cattails not far away, so he immediately ran over and picked some cattails.
Chen Shi removed the fruit from the cattail and applied it to Chen Kai's wound, then said, "Uncle, this is cattail. We usually use this to stop bleeding when we get cut."
Chen Nong peeled off the remaining cattail leaves layer by layer, handed the core near the root to Chen Kai, and said, "Uncle, you can eat this directly, try it."
Xiao Tian asked doubtfully, "Can this kind of grass be eaten directly?"
Da Ya said, "Sure! Cattail grass can be eaten raw or stir-fried. We've had it at home before! Xiao Tian, don't you remember?"
Xiao Tian smiled and said, "I remember now, I really like this kind of vegetable. Let's cut some more cattail grass to take home and eat later!"
After applying the cattail herb for a while, the bleeding stopped. Chen Kai smiled and said, "It's stopped bleeding now, thank you, nephew."
Da Ya said, "Alright, Uncle, why don't you sit here and rest for a while? We'll continue picking fruit!"
Chen Nong and the others chimed in, "Yes! Uncle, you should rest here. We'll go pick some fruit for you to eat."
Xiao Tian watched helplessly as they treated Chen Kai like a porcelain doll, not letting him move after he bled a little. He rolled his eyes in exasperation.
Chen Kai knew they were afraid of being scolded by his mother when they got home, so they didn't let him run around. They brought the person out to play, but the person got injured, and they would definitely be scolded when they got home.
Chen Kai sat on the haystack and said helplessly, "Alright, I won't move anymore. I'll just sit here and wait for you. You guys go pick some fruit!"
Cattail grass is a common weed in rural areas. Because of its unique fruit shape, it is also known as "big sausage" or "sausage grass" in folk terms. Cattail grass has many uses. Its leaves can be used for weaving, its tender stems can be eaten as wild vegetables, its fruit pollen can be used as medicine, and its female inflorescences can be used as pillow stuffing. It can be said that every part of the cattail is a treasure.
The pollen of cattail has hemostatic, analgesic, blood-activating, blood-stasis-removing, blood pressure-lowering, wind-dispelling, and dampness-removing effects. In folk medicine, it is often used as a "natural hemostatic agent." If you accidentally cut yourself and bleed in the wild, you can apply the sausage-shaped fruit of cattail to the affected area to stop the bleeding.
Cattail grass is a common plant in daily life with good medicinal value. It can supplement the protein and various minerals needed by the human body every day, as well as the calcium needed by the body.
However, both cattail and hawthorn have the effect of promoting blood circulation, so they should not be eaten at the same time. Using large amounts of them together can easily cause stomach discomfort.
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