Chapter 122 Chapter 121: Lung-Shaped Grass (Three Thousand Chapters)
The two walked across the stone bridge, and Yang Chunyan said, "Huai'an, let's go up the mountain along the path over there."
"Hmm!" Zhou Huaian looked at the pond at the foot of the mountain, "Yan'er, look at the edge of the pond, the half of the flowers you cut have grown again.
"The half-flowered lily can be harvested twice a year. After we move there, we will harvest some strong ones and plant them by the pond so they can thrive."
"Oh! That's similar to planting red potato vines. I read in a book that if you plant Panax notoginseng seeds in winter, they will sprout around Qingming Festival the following year. If you can find Panax notoginseng seeds, you can plant them in winter and give it a try."
"It may be difficult to find Panax notoginseng in the shallow mountains. You can only look for it at the foot of the mountain in the west."
Yang Chunyan dug up a plantain as she spoke, and Zhou Huaian saw it and helped dig it up as well.
Plantain: sweet, cold, non-toxic. It has the effects of clearing heat and promoting diuresis, removing dampness and arthralgia, cooling blood and detoxifying, clearing the liver and improving eyesight, clearing the lungs and resolving phlegm.
Yang Chunyan thinks plantain is masochistic and likes to grow in the middle of the road, on the roadside, and also on the side of ditches and on the ridges of fields.
Plantain has many lateral roots, basal leaves that grow in a rosette, thin papery or papery leaves that are broadly ovate to broadly elliptical with distinct veins on the leaves, and cylindrical stems with spike-like inflorescences.
Zhou Huaian shook off the dirt and put it into the backpack. The two continued to walk forward. "Yan'er, plantain is everywhere. How much can we get if we dig it up and sell it?"
"I heard from Lao Xiazi that there are many rare herbs in the deep mountains. Now that we have a sand gun, let's go into the mountains to look for them one day."
Yang Chunyan turned around and said, "There are not only black bears in the deep mountains and old forests, but also groups of wild boars. How many wild boars and black bears can you kill with your sand gun?"
"Also, if you go into the deep forests during the rainy season and encounter a heavy rain, the fog will be so thick that you can't even tell east, west, south, or north. Some people may starve to death in the forest. Even if you dig up valuable herbs, you won't be able to enjoy them."
Zhou Huaian smiled awkwardly, "Yan'er, how do you know everything? I heard from Lao Xiazi the other day that his leg was injured by a black bear when he encountered a heavy rainstorm in the mountains and lost his way in the forest. He couldn't find a place to hide."
"Look, even an old hunter like Lao Xiazi has fallen into trouble in the mountains. Don't think that you can go hunting in the mountains just because you have a gun."
"Yes, if you say you don't want to go, then we won't go." Zhou Huaian looked around and approached her with a playful smile, "I can't bear to leave you alone. What if someone else snatches you away?"
Yang Chunyan rolled her eyes at him and pointed at the vine he was standing on. "Look, you stepped on money and you didn't even know it."
"Money?" Zhou Huaian lowered his head hastily and pulled up the vines under his feet. "My wife is becoming more and more humorous."
"You don't even recognize this?"
"How could I not recognize the wild yam? When I went up the mountain with my grandmother to herd sheep, we would dig it up and wash it, chop it into short sections, grind it into fine pieces, add water and let it settle overnight, then filter out the powder and make cakes to eat."
"Yes, we didn't have anything to eat before, so we had to go into the mountains to find kudzu root, wild yam, and pine tuckahoe to eat." Yang Chunyan pulled up a vine and found a taproot. "Huaian, bring the sickle over here."
Zhou Huaian picked up the sickle and cut it off, "Yan'er, is the vine useful?"
"It's useless. It's the same as kudzu root. You only need the tuberous root underneath. Don't dig out all of it when you dig it up. Leave a section of the rhizome down and it will grow back."
"Yes!" Zhou Huaian picked up the medicine hoe, "Get out of the way, I'll dig it."
"Okay, I'll look for it again." Yang Chunyan handed it to him and continued to pull the vine to look for it. She found three more, picked up the sickle to cut the vines, and picked up the hoe to start digging.
Smilax glabra is a climbing shrub with smooth, thornless and spotted stems. The leaves are thin and leathery, evergreen all year round. Some of the leaves look similar to bamboo leaves, while others are oval, alternate leaves with slender tendrils.
Smilax glabra: neutral in nature, sweet and light in taste. Enters the stomach meridian and liver meridian.
Tu Fuling is also known as Bai Yuliang, Prickly Poria, Guoshanlong, Lengfantuan, etc. It is a traditional Chinese medicine for clearing away heat and detoxifying, and has the effects of regulating the middle and stopping diarrhea, strengthening the spleen and stomach, strengthening the bones and muscles, removing dampness, and benefiting the joints.
It is rich in starch and can be used to make cakes or brew wine.
Zhou Huaian dug up a piece, put it aside, and continued to dig what Yang Chunyan found.
At this time, a few people who were picking mushrooms came down the mountain. The older woman saw the two of them and said with a smile, "Zhou Laoyao, are you still digging up food to eat?"
Zhou Huaian looked up at her and said, "Yes, Aunt Zhang, we will dig it up and grind it to make baba."
"It's OK to grind it and eat it with cornmeal." Aunt Zhang said, "I heard that your family sent mushrooms to Ning'an to sell. How much is the price?"
Yang Chunyan said at the side: "Mushrooms are sold for six cents a pound!"
"The price in Ning'an is still better. One pound is two cents more expensive than in the town. I'll go and have a look tomorrow." Aunt Zhang said as she went down the mountain with a few women.
The soil was loose after the rain, and it didn't take much effort to dig out a two-pound piece. Zhou Huaian shook off the soil, put it in the backpack, and walked over to dig another one.
After digging up all four, they weighed about seven or eight kilograms. The two men continued to move up with the baskets on their backs.
Zhou Huaian looked back and saw Aunt Zhang and the others who had already walked up the slope. "Yan'er, Ning'an's mushrooms have been hard to sell these past few days. Why don't you talk to her about it?"
Yang Chunyan glanced at him and said, "If I told them that it was not selling well, they would definitely think that I was afraid that she would go to Ning'an to steal the business, so I deliberately said this to deceive them."
"Tsk tsk!" Zhou Huaian curled his lips, "You women are so suspicious!"
Yang Chunyan glanced at him and said, "Speak nicely, don't judge everyone by one person."
"Hey, I mean everyone except my wife!" Zhou Huaian said as he pulled her, "Let's go up quickly, maybe there are really good things up there."
People often walk along Guanyin Mountain. You can follow the path to the top of the mountain. Occasionally, you can see traces of picking mushrooms on the roadside.
When they reached the middle of the mountain, Yang Chunyan pulled up a herb that looked a bit like Mimosa pudica. "Huaian, there are a lot of leaves under the leaves. Let's pick some and take them back!"
Zhou Huaian turned around and took the weed from her hand, "Is this also a herb?"
Yang Chunyan looked at the leaves under the beads on the hillside and said, "Yes, don't underestimate it, it has many uses."
The leaf beads can generally grow to about 30 cm to 80 cm. The leaf shape looks very similar to mimosa. If you turn over its leaves, you can see a row of green round beads underneath.
Nowadays, it is easy to find Phyllanthus urinaria in the fields. In the past, only a few wild Phyllanthus urinaria could be found in the mountains.
Phyllanthus urinaria: slightly bitter, sweet, cool.
It has the effects of clearing away heat, promoting diuresis, improving eyesight, and eliminating accumulation. It is used for nephritis edema, urinary tract infection, stones, enteritis, dysentery, infantile malnutrition... It can also be used to treat poisonous snake bites and finger herpes.
Zhou Huaian put down the basket and took out the sickle, "Yan'er, I think it's better to cut the fruits and dry them to sell. It's more cost-effective."
Yang Chunyan glanced at him and said, "Don't use a sickle to cut them. Just pull out the ones with the most beads under the leaves by their roots."
"good!"
The soil in the mountains is loose. You can grab the root of the leaf beads and pull out a tree by its roots with just a little effort.
There were also some scattered mountain whips and ground ivy, and both of them pulled them all up.
The couple worked hard, and soon they had pulled up all the sturdy leaves and piled them together.
Zhou Huaian dragged the backpack over, and the two of them shook off the dirt at the roots of the leaves and put them into the backpack.
Yang Chunyan picked up the backpack and said, "Huaian, let's go upstairs and take a look."
"I'll carry it!" Zhou Huaian stretched out his hand, picked up the backpack and started carrying it.
Seeing his neat appearance, Yang Chunyan said, "I think you have become more positive!"
"You have to be more proactive! Let me tell you, Third Dad's family used to be much better off than mine. Ever since Third Dad got sick, he's spent all the money we saved in just two years, and we've even owed some debts."
"I heard from grandpa that he gave several dozen dollars to my third uncle's family a few days ago. This time, my third uncle was sick and needed hospitalization for surgery, and all the money he spent was not enough. He even had to sell blood to pay for the medical expenses!"
"I used to say that if a person is really poor, he can't even borrow a bushel of grain or a penny if he goes out. I didn't believe it at that time, but after seeing Aunt San and Huai Gang selling blood to cure Uncle San's illness, I believed it."
Zhou Huaian turned around and looked at her, "Let me tell you one more thing. Huaizhong and Huaigang didn't even bother to greet me when they saw me before, as if calling me would be embarrassing for them. Today, I lent money to Huaigang, and he actually took the initiative to call me brother."
"I know that those people used to look down on me and think that I was a useless second-rate person. But it's true. I couldn't even take out the money to buy spring farming in my bag. Even Cai Ermei said that I was shameless to a man!"
"Yan'er, to be honest, it's not that I can't do my job well, but I feel like my mom and my husband are the same, working so hard all year round but only making a few dollars."
"The only time we could eat meat was during the rice planting and threshing season, or during festivals. I would spend a little money to buy two pounds of meat, and I would get diarrhea after eating it. Life was too tiring and meaningless."
Yang Chunyan didn't expect that he had thought so much these days. She looked at him with satisfaction and said, "Nothing is difficult in the world if you set your mind to it. Look, you have done quite well during this period!"
"Your mother and husband also want you to have good food and clothing. You know we had no way to make money before. Even eggs could only be delivered to the cooperative. It was difficult to earn some pocket money. The conditions were like that. It was not easy to raise you to adulthood."
Zhou Huaian looked at her strangely after hearing this, "Wife, you are in trouble. You have been brainwashed by my mother. You are so young, but you speak in the same tone as me?"
Yang Chunyan rolled her eyes at him and said, "Get lost. I'm too lazy to talk to you."
"Wife, anger is bad for your health!" Zhou Huaian hurriedly pulled her to please him, "I know that in those years, my mother and husband worked during the day and cleared the land with torches at night to support us, so that no one in our family starved to death."
"You know everything, why don't you help them with their work instead of being a lazy bum?"
Zhou Huaian quickly touched her face and winked, "If I weren't a lazy bastard, how would I recognize you?"
As I was talking, I got off topic!
Yang Chunyan kicked him and said, "Get out of the way! You've revealed your true colors before you can even say three simple words!"
The careless cat wrote the wrong chapter title, and the lungwort was not found until the next chapter.
(End of this chapter)
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