Chapter 279 267: Pepper
The couple walked, digging herbs and collecting seeds, and it was already past eleven o'clock when they arrived at the forest farm.
Dahuang was lying at the gate of the yard, and when he saw the two of them, he gently wagged his tail. Lai Fu and Wang Cai also ran out to greet them, wagging their tails, barking, and circling around the two of them affectionately.
I haven't seen the dog for more than half a month, and he has grown a lot.
Zhou Yiding came out upon hearing the voice, followed by a girl wearing a light red shirt, black denim trousers, with big eyes, wheat-colored skin, and a shy smile on her face.
Yang Chunyan smiled and nodded to Wan Xuejiao, and Zhou Huaian said with a smile: "My sister-in-law is here!"
She also nodded with a red face, "Brother Zhou, sister-in-law!"
"Xuejiao arrived two hours earlier than you. She brought me some sweet potato flour and wheat noodles!" Zhou Yiding explained a little embarrassedly, and then said, "We have prepared the meal and have been waiting for you for a while."
Zhou Huaian smiled and said, "Sorry, I was delayed on the way while looking for herbal seeds."
The four people entered the yard. Yang Chunyan and the other person washed their faces and went to the kitchen, where they saw cowpea porridge, peppery rabbit meat, cold-mixed watercress, and fried leeks on the table.
Wan Xuejiao blushed and said, "Yiding said it was too hot to eat dry rice, so I cooked cowpea porridge and fried some mixed flour cakes."
Zhou Huaian picked up a mixed noodle pancake and took a big bite. "Delicious! My sister-in-law's cooking skills are good!"
Zhou Yiding pointed at the rabbit meat a little embarrassedly, "Sister-in-law, try the rabbit meat, Xuejiao made it cold. I dug out a nest of rabbits yesterday, and there are still a few in the cave. We can roast the rabbit meat tonight."
Yang Chunyan picked up a piece of rabbit meat and thought the spicy taste was quite good. "I will have a good time in the future."
"Hehe!" Zhou Yiding laughed foolishly, and Wan Xuejiao stepped on him embarrassedly.
Zhou Yiding quickly retracted his feet, "Youngest, let's go to the agarwood tree this afternoon. I found a nest of small black bees there yesterday. They look quite big."
"Okay!" Zhou Huaian said with shining eyes, "Let's look for agarwood in the forest. If there is, we will be rich!"
Zhou Yiding nodded repeatedly, "I've wanted to ask my sister-in-law to go and have a look for a long time."
Yang Chunyan smiled and said, "Okay, let's go and look for it. Maybe we'll find it if we're lucky enough!"
Although she had found agarwood trees in the mountains in her previous life, she had never found agarwood. Although she knew where agarwood came from, she had only seen how to harvest agarwood in short videos and had never done it herself.
Zhou Huaian drank a mouthful of porridge and pointed at himself, "Look at my rosy face, I'm sure I'll have good luck!"
Zhou Yiding gave a thumbs up, "Fair and rosy, a real pretty boy!"
"Go! You're a pretty boy!"
Yang Chunyan and Wan Xue smiled and looked at the two brothers, saying, "We'll eat, and ignore them."
After the four of them finished their meal and fed the dogs, they took their belongings and the four dogs and headed towards the woods in the southeast.
Lai Fu and Wang Cai chased after Da Hei and Da Huang, and looked back at their owners from time to time, worried that they could not keep up.
Zhou Yiding looked at Wan Xuejiao and said, "It's a bit far. Can you do it?"
"It's okay!" Wan Xuejiao looked at Yang Chunyan and the other person walking in front, "Hurry up, or you won't be able to catch up with my sister-in-law and the others later."
"Yeah!" Zhou Yiding pulled her hand, and the two of them followed in big strides.
In the woods, the cicadas kept calling out, "It's hot! It's hot!"
Yang Chunyan saw several oil-bearing berries in the woods here. Not far from the tree, there were several small saplings crowded together, with sparse leaves. She thought about digging them up and planting them next spring.
Going further ahead, I saw another dead tree that was leaning sideways. "Let's go over and see if there are any Ganoderma lucidum or mushrooms growing there?"
"Okay!" Zhou Huaian strode over. As soon as he got closer, he saw a few Ganoderma lucidum growing on the tree stump. He turned around and looked at her with a smile on his face, "Haha! The harvest is here!"
Zhou Yiding and the other man followed and walked forward with a smile, "Let me see what good stuff you found?"
"Purple Ganoderma lucidum." Yang Chunyan patted the mushroom caps and pulled out a mushroom cap as big as a bowl. "This one is pretty good!"
Zhou Yiding gave a thumbs up, "Not bad, it's good to be open. I should be able to find some good stuff today!"
Zhou Huaian pulled up the other three flowers with a smile, and left the two small ones behind.
Wan Xuejiao took it and looked at it curiously. "It's really beautiful, as if it was painted with earth paint, shiny and bright. Can they really grow for hundreds of years?"
Yang Chunyan smiled and said, "No, it will be broken by this time next year, or it will be eaten by insects."
"I thought it was really like what was written in the novel!"
"Ha!" Zhou Yiding said with a smile, "I will believe everything in the novel. I wrote it for you to read!"
Wan Xue glared at him in a reproachful manner and returned the Ganoderma lucidum to Yang Chunyan.
Zhou Huaian was extremely excited about the great victory. He scanned the forest like a radar, not missing a single spot. However, he only found a piece of Tripterygium wilfordii and Epimedium brevicornum, and some mushrooms.
The four of them picked the mushrooms and planned to pick the herbs next time.
Zhou Yiding led the three people uphill and then downhill. The three were used to walking on mountain roads, so the journey was no different from walking on flat ground.
Wan Xuejiao's home is close to the river and she seldom goes up the mountain, so walking there is a bit tiring for her.
Seeing that she was breathless and sweating without making a sound, Yang Chunyan suggested that they stop to rest when they reached a small ditch.
Zhou Huaian couldn't sit still, wandering around nearby, and soon came back and said happily to Yang Chunyan: "Yan'er, there is a building ahead."
"Let's go and take a look."
Yang Chunyan followed him and saw a lot of Paris polyphylla growing in the woods beside the ditch. The fruits were ripe and cracked, and the seeds, like red agate, stood closely on the pistils.
As I got closer, I saw some old Polygonatum sibiricum. There were also some young Paris polyphylla seedlings, which had only grown four leaves, and the upper layer had not grown out yet.
There are several Fritillaria cirrhosae with ripe fruits, and the stems are thicker than an adult's thumb. Two of them have grown more than a dozen leaves and are older than the ones they were dug up last time.
Wan Xuejiao looked at the fiery red fruit and exclaimed: "What kind of herb is this? What a beautiful fruit."
"This is called Chonglou, also known as Qiyeyizhihua..."
“It’s amazing!”
Zhou Huaian took out the bag and said, "Ding Ding Cat, you two walk around here. We'll collect the seeds and call you when we dig out the herbs!"
"Yes, I'll go see if there are any rabbit nests nearby." Zhou Yiding took the gun and left with Wan Xuejiao.
Lai Fu and Wang Cai saw Da Huang and Da Hei following Zhou Yi Ding, and they barked at them and circled around them non-stop.
Zhou Huaian patted the two dogs and said, "Go, learn some skills from your master!"
"Woof woof!" The dog seemed to understand and followed.
After Yang Chunyan and her partner picked the seeds, they picked up their hoes and started digging the Paris polyphylla.
"Huaian, don't dig up the ones that only have four or five leaves, and don't dig up the ones with two seeds that are about to mature. Dig up all the others."
"Yes!" Zhou Huaian thought about it and said, "Yan'er, how about we dig up these little ones and plant them back home next year?"
"Yes! Dig it up and plant it under the culvert. It's cool there and has plenty of moisture."
"Wang Zhen told me last time that you can dig the Paris polyphylla after it falls over in winter or in January or February of the following year. As long as the Paris polyphylla buds are still there, you can transplant them."
"Not bad!" Yang Chunyan looked at him with a smile, "It looks like you put a lot of effort into it!"
"That's right. If you don't ask for advice when there is a teacher already there, you are a fool."
(End of this chapter)
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