Chapter 190 189: Will You Be Satisfied?
Zhou Huaian squatted on a rock and caught a snarling insect and a mountain crab. "Yan'er, look, there are mountain crabs and water centipedes in the cracks of the rock!"
Yang Chunyan took a look at the worm he placed on the stone and said, "The water centipede looks similar to the sandworm!"
Zhou Huaian: "The water centipede is lighter in color and has an oblong body. The sandworm is dark green and dark brown in color, has a smaller head and a flatter mouth."
"This thing is delicious if you fry it in oil, but it's not as good as the sandworm. The sandworm produced in Ninghe is known as the native ginseng."
Yang Chunyan smiled and glanced at him, "Not bad, I've learned a lot from selling herbs a few times!"
"That's right. Brother Huang told me to find some sandworms when it gets cold and send them to him." Zhou Huaian said as he pulled out two more water centipedes. "Yan'er, take some home and fry them, how about that?"
Yang Chunyan handed him the bundle of grass and said, "We don't have time to do it today. Bring some rapeseed oil next time and we'll catch more."
"Okay!" Zhou Huaian threw the mountain crab and water centipede into the water, picked up a piece of Polygonatum sibiricum and started to scrub it with a straw handle.
The roots of the newly dug Polygonatum sibiricum must be cleaned first, as well as the mud in the cracks, which is a very tedious task.
There was a large pile of Polygonatum sibiricum and Polygonatum odoratum. The two of them were busy for a long time before they cleaned them and took them back to spread them out in the yard to dry.
If you want to keep the Polygonatum for your own consumption, you need to blanch it in boiling water or steam it in a steamer until it is cooked through before slicing it and drying it in the sun.
Fresh Polygonatum can also be dried directly, but its uses will be relatively limited. Moreover, the mucus components contained in raw dried Polygonatum will irritate the throat after consumption, causing a numb and astringent taste.
After the Polygonatum sibiricum and Polygonatum odoratum were dried in the sun, the two of them took sickles and backpacks and went to the front of the house to start cutting the Solanum nigrum.
The temperature on the mountain is indeed lower than that at the foot of the mountain. The nightshade at the foot of the mountain has already borne fruit, while the nightshade in the mountain has just bloomed.
Solanum nigrum is also known as bitter sunflower, bitter vegetable, etc. It is bitter, cold and slightly poisonous. The whole plant can be used as medicine, which can disperse blood stasis and swelling, clear away heat and detoxify.
At first glance, Solanum nigrum looks somewhat similar to chili peppers. Its young leaves are also a common wild vegetable. It blooms small white flowers, which are also very similar to chili pepper flowers.
The fruit is oval and green at first, and becomes purple-black when ripe. The book says that the fruit of Solanum nigrum is sour and sweet, with a slight grape flavor.
Yang Chunyan tasted it and thought it didn't taste very good.
The young leaves of Solanum nigrum can be used to make soup, which is not only delicious but also can remove dampness and heat from the body. However, the leaves contain a large amount of alkaloids and must be cooked before they can be eaten.
The two of them had cut almost half of the nightshade. Zhou Huaian gathered the cut nightshade together and said, "Yan'er, I'll carry the nightshade to pile it in the ditch to block the ditch so that it will be faster to wash."
"Okay, you block the drain and I'll go wash it. It's time to cook later."
Zhou Huaian nodded and looked into the forest, "I wonder if Ding Ding Mao and the others have found anything good?"
Yang Chunyan was about to speak when she saw Zhou Huaishan coming over, "Third brother, why are you here?"
Zhou Huaian asked worriedly: "Brother, is there something wrong at home?"
"Everything is fine at home!" Zhou Huaishan said with a smile, "Purchasing Officer Huang asked me to tell you to get some black goats and other game and send them to him as well."
Zhou Huaian said happily, "We still have the black goat. We also shot a musk deer today, as well as a few hares and pheasants. Tomorrow morning, you prepare the chicken bus, and Ding Ding Cat and I will deliver it to him together."
"You're lucky!" Zhou Huaishan looked at the two people and laughed, then his face darkened again, "Qiuyue, that money-grubber, went to the big room and paid 200 yuan for a spot..."
"Ah~" Zhou Huaian looked at Zhou Huaishan with a complicated expression, "Didn't I tell her that there is no such good thing in the world, and it is 100% a liar?"
Zhou Huaishan's face was dark. "That's right. I was so angry when I found out. How could I know when she went to buy it? If Zhou Huaixing's deception hadn't been exposed by the police, I wouldn't have known about it!"
Zhou Huaian looked gloating, "I told you, crazy weather brings rain, crazy people bring disaster. He bought a radio and became so crazy, it won't be long before something bad happens."
"My grandfather and I went to the police station..." Zhou Huaishan recounted what had happened.
Yang Chunyan and Zhou Huaian suddenly realized, "No wonder it happened so quickly! Is Grandpa okay?"
"It's okay!" Zhou Huaishan said as he prepared to go down the mountain. "I'll go back first. Do you have anything you want me to bring down?"
Yang Chunyan thought for a moment and said, "Brother San, take those Polygonatum and herbs down with you. We will bring the Ganoderma lucidum and Solanum nigrum down the mountain tomorrow morning."
"good!"
The three of them returned to the yard, collected the Polygonatum sibiricum that had just been hung up to dry and put it in the backpack. They also packed up the Polygonum capitatum and Scrophularia sibiricum for him to take away.
Yang Chunyan and the other person saw Zhou Huaishan off and returned to the house to cut the nightshade, clean it, and dry it in the sun before going to dig tiger whiskers.
Tiger whisker is used as medicine with its rhizome, which can be harvested throughout the year. It can be washed, sliced, and used fresh or dried.
The two kept three plants, dug up a dozen plants, and planted the broken rhizomes and spores. After cleaning, they returned to the yard, and it was already dark.
Yang Chunyan pulled out a few radishes, picked some vegetables and started to cook. "Huaian, Yiding said that mom gave him two wild boar trotters. Go get one and stew the radishes."
"One may not be enough. I'll get both!" Zhou Huaian took the key and went to the cave to get the wild boar's trotter. He went into the house to check the alarm clock and said worriedly, "It's already half past six. Why haven't they come back yet? Third brother should be home by now, right?"
"Third brother should be here." Yang Chunyan handed him a machete and said, "Yiding and the other three are strong and have two guns, along with Dahei and Dahuang. They will be fine."
Zhou Huaian took the machete and said with a smile: "People say that a dog takes advantage of the power of its master, but when you put it like that, it seems a bit like a man taking advantage of the power of a dog!"
Yang Chunyan was stunned for a moment after hearing this. "I didn't mean that. You said it yourself."
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When Zhou Huaishan came home from the mountain, he saw Li Qiuyue sitting blankly at the door of the main hall with the receipt in her hand. She put down her backpack and said unhappily:
"What's wrong? Are you still thinking about your 20,000 yuan?"
Li Qiuyue raised her head with tears on her face, "I think..."
"You want to!" Zhou Huaishan interrupted her unhappily, "You are the one who wants to go to heaven every time. Why don't you want to go to heaven?"
Li Qiuyue looked up. "What the lady said was very convincing. She even showed me the letter of authorization and the newspaper. I thought that if I paid 200 yuan, I could get 20,000 yuan in return. I did it for us..."
"Don't give me that!" Zhou Huaishan was so angry looking at her, "Even if you didn't get cheated this time, you'd probably want another 200,000 after getting 20,000."
"Just like before, when the youngest brother and the others didn't take you to look for herbs, and you thought they gave you two dollars a day, you would be satisfied, but later they gave you more than a hundred dollars, were you satisfied?"
"Now our family has money coming in every day. We got more than a hundred yesterday and more than a hundred today. Are you satisfied? Do I need you to eat or wear? What do you do with all that money?"
(End of this chapter)
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