Chapter 207: 206: Royal Products
Zhou Huaian took a bunch of horsetail fir from the tree trunk and put it in his backpack. "Things in the mountains are strange. Like this one, it can grow on a tree without any soil and still survive well."
"The epiphytic plant, the Masson Fir, doesn't need soil, it can survive as long as there is water. We don't have much of this here, but I heard there are more next door. Let's pick some and save some for later."
"No wonder I saw it today after walking in the woods for a few days." Zhou Huaian straightened a thin branch, "Yan'er, what's the use of this thing? Can we sell it after drying it?"
"Yes, we can dry it and sell it!" Yang Chunyan said after thinking for a while, "It can be used with other medicines to treat injuries and rheumatism and bone pain."
"I think there are a lot of herbs in the mountains that can treat poisonous insect bites, rheumatism, bone pain, and injuries from falls. Most of these are not very valuable. Ganoderma lucidum, Paris polyphylla, and old Polygonum multiflorum are the most valuable."
"Maybe it's because of the interdependence of all things! There are also valuable Panax notoginseng and Gastrodia elata in the forest, but we just haven't found them." Yang Chunyan said as she picked up the backpack, "Let's go, leave those for seeds!"
Zhou Huaian caught up with her carrying the Polygonum multiflorum vine on his back and took her hand, "Yan'er, let's go find Panax notoginseng and Gastrodia elata today."
"I want to find it, too!" Yang Chunyan turned her head and glanced at him, "Why don't you just shout!"
Zhou Huaian leaned forward and kissed her, "Don't shout, or she'll be scared away."
Yang Chunyan ignored him and looked at the wet weeds by the ditch with a surprised smile. She walked forward and touched the golden veins on the leaves. "Golden thread lotus, I didn't expect to find golden thread lotus here."
The feeling of entering the mountains is so wonderful. Keep searching! Keep searching! In some unknown corner, you will always find a surprise!
"Golden Thread Lotus?" Zhou Huaian came closer to take a look. "Hey, the veins on the leaves really look like golden threads! Is this thing valuable?"
"This herb is very valuable. It is said to be a royal product used exclusively by the royal families of all dynasties."
"After all this time, it turns out to be an imperial product. It's really precious!" Zhou Huaian looked around, "Yan'er, there's the Polygonatum you mentioned on that slope!"
"Well, pick the golden thread vine first and then go dig the Polygonatum odoratum." Yang Chunyan pointed at the big golden thread vines and said, "You point to the big ones and dig them, and leave the small ones."
"Got it!" Zhou Huaian's eyes lit up when he heard it was something valuable, and even his working movements became much more efficient.
Yang Chunyan pulled up a few golden thread vines and saw that there were some more next to the rocks. She thought that the current environment was still good, as these rare plants in later generations could only be found in deep mountains and old forests.
Golden thread lotus belongs to the perennial herb of the Orchidaceae family. It is also called golden thread, golden earrings, bird ginseng, etc. It is a precious Chinese herbal medicine, named after its golden veins. It is known as the "king of medicine", "golden grass" and "magic medicine".
The rhizome of golden thread vine is cylindrical and mostly curved. When grown up, it is about 13 cm long. The surface is brown with obvious nodes. One plant has 2-4 leaves, which are alternate. The upper side of the leaves is dark purple or black purple with golden yellow reticular veins, and the lower side is dark red. The rhizome is thin, with obvious nodes and brown color.
Golden thread lotus is not cold-resistant and likes a warm and humid environment. The whole plant can be used as medicine, and its taste is flat and sweet. Golden thread lotus also has the effects of clearing heat and cooling blood, dispelling wind and dampness, detoxifying, relieving pain, and suppressing cough.
In later generations, due to environmental and mountain development, excessive mining and invasion by wild animals, the number of wild golden thread vines has been greatly reduced. The wet grass is sold for two to three thousand yuan per catty, and the dry grass is even sold for more than ten thousand yuan per catty.
In her previous life, she found some in the mountains. She dug up a few big ones and took them home. She mixed them with sawdust powder and humus and planted them. All of them survived.
"Huaian, when we move into the new house, we'll dig some up and plant them."
"This thing is so precious, can it be grown?"
"When the time comes, pry up the soil and take it back. It should be able to grow crops."
"Hmm!" Zhou Huaian pulled up a tree, "And Magnolia officinalis, I read in a book that the time to plant is from October to December, and the seedlings will emerge in March or April of the following year.
The seedlings can be transplanted after one year of cultivation. You can also go to the mountains and forests to dig up wild Magnolia officinalis seedlings for transplanting. After digging up and planting them together with the soil and roots, they are easy to survive. "
Yang Chunyan didn't expect that he had memorized so much. "There are many small trees and saplings in the forest. When March or April next year comes, we will dig them up and plant them back home!"
"Yan'er," Zhou Huaian glanced at her, "last time you lied to me that after planting Magnolia officinalis, you can pick its flowers and peel its skin every year. I read in a book that it takes 20 years for a normally grown Magnolia officinalis to be peeled, and Magnolia officinalis flowers can only be picked after 8 years of planting."
Yang Chunyan rolled her eyes. "Lazy dog, you still dare to say that to me. If you were as active as you are now, would I coax you to motivate you?"
Zhou Huaian blushed when he thought of himself at that time. He stopped what he was doing, took Yang Chunyan's hand, and said affectionately:
"Wife, I was wrong before, but now I understand that my wife has put a lot of effort into reforming me!"
Yang Chunyan felt goose bumps all over her body. She pulled her hands out and rubbed her arms. "Can you please speak normally? I'm so cold that my hair is standing on end!"
"You don't like it?" Zhou Huaian was dumbfounded. "Don't the men in the movies always talk to women like this?"
Yang Chunyan laughed, "That was just acting, who can stand that?"
Zhou Huaian leaned forward and gave her a kiss, "I told you! My wife likes the silly Zhou Huaian. We are a perfect match!"
“……”Yang Chunyan was speechless.
After the two men pulled up the weeds from the edge of the ditch, they searched around for a while and pulled up all the big ones, leaving all the seedlings behind.
Yang Chunyan picked it up and took a look at it. She thought it was only about three pounds at most. She thought that the sun was strong these two days and it would dry in a day of exposure to the sun.
I just don't know what the price is now. It would be great if I had a freezer. It would be cost-effective to dry it, refrigerate it, and then drink it with water.
After picking all the golden thread vines that could be dug, the two went up to dig Polygonatum odoratum. When they got there, they discovered that there were a lot of Asparagus cochinchinensis with small white flowers and Acorus calamus in bloom growing on the edge of the forest.
These two are common herbs and could be found by the mountain ravines in my previous life, but not in such large quantities.
Yang Chunyan feels that the mountains are a treasure to her these days.
Zhou Huaian put down his backpack, pointed to the calamus by the ditch and said, "Yan'er, this is calamus. Every year during the Dragon Boat Festival, I go and dig it up and tie it together with old mugwort and hang it at the door. It is said that it can drive away evil spirits, pray for blessings and ensure safety."
Yang Chunyan: "Because its leaves are shaped like a sword, it is said that in ancient times people believed that the Pu sword could drive away evil spirits and kill all evil spirits, so they would put it at the door to ward off evil spirits during the Dragon Boat Festival."
"Acorus calamus is also a natural insect repellent. Mosquitoes don't like its fragrance, so it can be inserted at the door to repel mosquitoes and ants. It is also a traditional Chinese medicine, but the harvesting period has passed. We will come back to dig it before the Dragon Boat Festival next year."
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