Following the guidance of the little monkey, the two walked for about twenty minutes and saw a winding, clear river.
“There’s actually a river here.”
Chen Dazhuang looked at the small river in front of him with surprise.
"You've never been here?"
Chen Wang tilted his head and looked at him.
Chen Dazhuang shook his head and said, "When I went hunting before, I always took the roads that were cleared by hunters. It was safer. You saw the road just now. It seems that no one has been here for a long time."
"Too!"
Chen Wang nodded.
The road they had just come from was difficult to walk on, with dense bushes and weeds, and they had to use sickles to clear a path.
"Let's find the octagonal lotus first. Where is Jixiang?"
Chen Wang looked at the little monkey on his shoulder and asked.
The little monkey looked at him blankly, obviously not understanding.
Chen Wang could only pick up the booklet again and point to the pattern of the octagonal lotus on it.
"Where is this?"
“Chichi!”
Now Jixiang seemed to understand and pointed in a certain direction of the river.
"Let's go and take a look."
Chen Wang couldn't wait to walk over.
When I walked along the bank of the stream and reached about the middle of the stream, the voice of the little monkey on my shoulder sounded again.
“Chichi…Chichi…”
Chen Wang looked in the direction the little monkey pointed, and a look of joy immediately appeared on his face.
I saw some grass about 20 to 30 centimeters long growing on the land not far ahead. The green leaves on the top were very large, like a cattail leaf fan.
"Awang, is that it?"
Chen Dazhuang confirmed with excitement.
"That should be it."
Chen Wang nodded, walked quickly forward and observed one of them carefully.
The eight-pointed green leaves look like eight-pointed stars and look very beautiful.
That’s right, it’s the octagonal lotus!
"Is that right?"
“That’s right!”
"Fuck, we really found it? That's great!"
Chen Dazhuang excitedly waved his fist and asked anxiously, "There are quite a few here, how do we get them?"
"Let me do it. This thing is poisonous. You don't have gloves. It will be very troublesome if you get pricked."
As Chen Wang spoke, he took off the medicine basket behind him, took out the pair of rubber gloves and put them on.
According to the records in the booklet, the star anise lotus also blooms and bears fruit, and the fruit can be used as medicine, but the fruiting period is from August to October, and it is gone now.
Take out the shovel and carefully dig it out with the roots.
Don’t be fooled by the beautiful appearance of this octagonal lotus, the whole plant is actually poisonous.
It’s poisonous but it can cure all poisons!
I have to say that our ancestors who were able to research the medicinal value of this thing were really awesome.
There were seven mature plants in total, and Chen Wang picked them one by one.
There are still a few small plants, and Chen Wang chose to let them grow longer.
Whether it is collecting herbs or hunting, the essence is to make a living by relying on the gifts of nature. We must leave room and not do things like killing the goose that lays the golden eggs.
Chen Wang was in a good mood after putting a few hollyhocks into the medicine basket.
Not only because we successfully found the star anise lotus, but also because we have a good helper like Jixiang, going into the mountains to hunt and collect herbs will be smoother in the future.
"What do you say next? Go back directly?"
Chen Dazhuang suggested with a smile.
"Let's eat something and take a rest first, then go back the same way. If we encounter any prey on the way, we can kill them. If there is nothing, it doesn't matter. The harvest is already very good."
"Okay, I'll listen to you. I didn't bring any food today. What's good to eat?"
"There's also an egg, some pancakes fried in lard, and a jar of pickles made by my wife."
Chen Wang took out a boiled egg from the medicine basket, and then took out a cloth bag, which contained lard cakes and a can of pickles.
"Quick, give me a piece of cake to try."
Chen Dazhuang looked at it eagerly and urged him impatiently.
The little monkey sitting on Chen Wang's shoulder also squeaked when he saw the food.
"Okay, stop yelling. This is for you."
Chen Wang handed the boiled egg to the little monkey.
Unexpectedly, the little monkey used its claws to pry his hands open and refused to boil the eggs.
Chen Wang looked at it in some surprise.
“Chichi!”
The little monkey pointed to the lard cake in the bag.
"Good boy, you've become picky about food, haven't you?"
Chen Wang couldn't help laughing and handed a lard pancake to the little monkey.
The lard comes from the big wild boar.
Since they run in the forest all year round and their food is mainly vegetarian, wild boars generally have very little fat.
However, autumn had just passed, and the big wild boar had gained a lot of fat, and some lard had accumulated in its body, which Lin Xiuqin refined into lard. She used the lard to make pancakes early this morning.
The lard pancakes are fried until golden and crispy, and are filled with lamb and chopped green onions, which smells very fragrant.
“Squeak…squeak…”
The little monkey took just one bite and then cried out in surprise.
"It's delicious, isn't it? My wife's cooking skills are really good, so I told you, follow me, I guarantee you'll have delicious food and spicy drinks."
Chen Wang showed a smug smile.
"Give it to me now!"
Chen Dazhuang couldn't help it, so he snatched the lard pancake from his hand and took a big bite.
Oh my god, one third of the cake is gone.
“Delicious, delicious!”
Chen Dazhuang chewed so hard that he could hardly speak clearly.
Chen Wang rolled his eyes, feeling that the fine bran made by his wife was ruined by the wild boar.
He would not do that. He found a rock by the river to put the food on, opened the can of pickles, scooped out a spoonful with chopsticks and spread it on the lard cake, then took a big bite.
The lard pancake is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. The rich meat filling is so filling that you can get a lot of it in one bite. Mixed with the salty and fragrant pickles, the deliciousness is further sublimated.
At this moment, Chen Wang was so grateful to God for allowing him to live in this free and easy age and have a virtuous and beautiful wife.
"Awang, give me some pickles too."
Chen Dazhuang came over, grabbed the chopsticks and stuffed some pickles into the lard pancake.
The little monkey looked at the pickles, then at the pancake in his hand, and squeaked.
"You want pickles too?"
Chen Wang asked the little monkey with amusement.
The little monkey pointed at the jar of pickles and shouted again.
"Okay, okay, I'll help you. Don't get diarrhea from eating it!"
Chen Wang put his cake back into the cloth bag, took the little monkey's big cake, and helped it add pickles into it.
Logically speaking, anything that humans can eat should be edible to monkeys.
I just don't know if its stomach can tolerate it.
It’s better not to let it eat too much, one cake should be enough.
After tasting the lard cake with pickles, the little monkey's cry became noticeably happier, and he even danced with joy, as if he had discovered a new world.
In the past, it could only eat wild fruits and young leaves of plants, and had never eaten such fine food prepared by humans.
A total of ten lard cakes were brought. The little monkey ate one, Chen Wang ate four, and Chen Dazhuang ate five.
Even a jar of pickles was emptied.
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