Chapter 346 Chapter 347: Yellow Baldhead
Yang Chunyan and her partner finished their chores and saw that Lin Weidong had fallen asleep again. Thinking that it was time to harvest the angelica they had seen last time, they left Wan Xuejiao at the forest farm and, carrying a backpack and taking Dahei with them, walked towards the woods by the ditch.
When she reached the edge of the ravine, she first looked at the asparagus seeds left behind. She saw that the originally green fruits had turned red, and she thought about waiting for Zhou Huaian to come back and pick some to plant.
We walked back across the ravine and up the hill into the woods. The forest was very lively in the early morning. Early birds were jumping around on the branches, and from time to time they sang a few songs to show off their singing voices.
The sunlight shines through the gaps between the leaves, and a few red mushrooms appear particularly bright among the scorched yellow leaves.
Yang Chunyan walked forward, patted the mushroom caps, pried them up with a bamboo stick and put them into the basket. When she turned around, she saw several yellow mushroom caps hidden among the dead leaves.
Pulling aside the dead leaves, a few yellow boletus mushrooms revealed their plump bodies.
The yellow boletus, also known as the yellow bald head, is larger and stronger than other varieties of boletus.
The best thing is that it tastes better than other porcini mushrooms. It tastes sweet when fried, and tastes even better after being dried. It also has certain medicinal value.
It has the effects of clearing away heat and relieving restlessness, nourishing blood and harmonizing the middle, and aiding digestion. It is one of the raw materials for the traditional Chinese medicine preparation "Shujin Pills".
As usual, I patted the mushroom caps and then pulled up a few yellow beef livers and put them in the basket. I looked around and picked up a few big fat ones. Together with the few just now, it was enough to stir-fry a large plate.
Dahei ran around and came back to look. When the man and the dog reached halfway up the slope, the basket was already filled with several kinds of mushrooms.
Yang Chunyan called Dahei and stopped halfway up the slope. She saw that the angelica leaves had begun to turn yellow and some of the seeds had matured.
She put down the basket, saw Dahei lying beside her, took out a sickle and started cutting the seeds.
Angelica is a perennial herb of the Umbelliferae family, and can grow to more than one meter in height.
The shape of its leaves is somewhat similar to that of celery leaves, with serrated edges and a hint of white in the middle of the leaves when viewed from the front.
The back of the leaves have purple or green veins, the stems are smooth, some are purple-red and some are green, the flowers are white, and the fruits are oval to oval.
The rhizome is cylindrical, with many fleshy roots, yellow-brown in color, and a strong aroma. The best angelica has a long and thick taproot, few fibrous roots, a yellow-white cross section, and a strong aroma.
Angelica: sweet, pungent, warm. It has the functions of nourishing blood, promoting blood circulation, regulating menstruation and relieving pain, moistening and lubricating the intestines. It is forbidden to use for those with excessive heat and bleeding and pregnant women.
Throughout the ages, Angelica sinensis is one of the most commonly used traditional medicines, hence the saying "nine out of ten prescriptions contain Angelica sinensis", which means that in traditional Chinese medicine, nine out of ten prescriptions contain Angelica sinensis.
It is particularly effective in treating gynecological diseases and is known as the "holy medicine for gynecology."
Yang Chunyan cut the angelica seeds and put them into urea bags. After cutting, most of the bag was filled.
Angelica will only produce seeds after three years of growth. Most wild angelica seeds are empty and shriveled. After drying, if the quality is good, you can get half a pound of seeds.
After the seeds were harvested, they began to dig the angelica. Yang Chunyan skipped those whose seeds had been harvested and dug up all those whose leaves had turned yellow.
Angelica will not bear seeds until the third year of its growth. After bearing seeds, the rhizomes of Angelica will become woody and rot, losing their medicinal value.
After two or three hours of hard work, I dug up about twenty pounds of angelica and half a bag of seeds.
Yang Chunyan carried the backpack, called Dahei and went back to the ditch, washed the angelica and walked back.
The water in the ditch was much shallower and icy cold, and you could see mountain crabs crawling around in the cracks between the rocks.
Yang Chunyan washed the angelica clean and went to look at the tiger whiskers before picking up the basket and walking back with the angelica on her back.
When I returned to the forest farm, I saw Wan Xuejiao digging in the yard. "What kind of vegetables do you want to grow?"
Wan Xue smiled and said, "I brought some rapeseed with me. I plan to sow some Chinese cabbage, baby cabbage, and red rapeseed."
Having a big yard in the countryside makes it very convenient to eat vegetables.
In the vegetable garden under the courtyard wall, hot peppers, radishes, cabbages, etc. are planted, as well as seasonings such as garlic sprouts, celery, onions, coriander, and patchouli, which can be picked and used at any time.
"Hmm! Baby cabbages are great for making salted vegetables, and green cabbages are also good for cooking bacon." Yang Chunyan poured out the angelica and dried it in the yard. "Xuejiao, bring some angelica back when you go down the mountain."
Wan Xuejiao came over, picked up one and smelled it, "Can you just take medicine casually?"
"Danggui stewed in soup or porridge can replenish blood, but pregnant women can't eat it." Yang Chunyan said, thinking of Lin Weidong, "I'll take a piece of angelica and cook some porridge for Brother Lin later."
Wan Xuejiao nodded, "He was really lucky to meet Yiding and his friends. Otherwise, he would be alone in the woods and his family wouldn't know..." She shook her head and said, "The more I think about it, the more scared I am. I don't want them to go up the mountain to hunt."
Yang Chunyan thought about it and agreed. "It's only been two months and we've already encountered two old bears. The forest has been very uneasy during this period. I'll wait for them to come back and tell them not to go."
She thought that there had been no earthquakes in the past two years in her previous life, so why did these big wild animals like to run across the boundary so much?
"Yes!" Wan Xuejiao nodded happily. "Yiding should be back soon. What do you think we should cook for lunch?"
Yang Chunyan pointed to the basket on the steps and said, "I picked some mushrooms, picked some green and red peppers, pulled some lettuce, and boiled some potatoes to make a pot of potato paste. What do you think?"
"Okay! Let me see what kind of mushrooms you picked up?" Wan Xuejiao happily went to get a colander, "A handful of mushrooms, green bar mushrooms, wow! These yellow bacilli are so good!"
Yang Chunyan pulled up a stool and sat down. "At noon, we'll fry the yellow bacillus and eat it. Clean up the rest and hang them up to fry in the afternoon."
"Okay, I'll go pick some chili peppers and lettuce." Wan Xuejiao took two steps, turned back and said happily, "The dog looks much better. I heated up some rice soup for it, and it ate half a bowl."
Yang Chunyan was very happy after hearing this, "That's good, I'll change the medicine for it later."
"Yes!" Wan Xuejiao walked towards the vegetable garden with a colander.
The two had just washed the rice and put it in the pot when they heard a burst of hurried footsteps coming in.
When I walked to the kitchen door, I saw Zhou Yiding walking in with two young men, about seventeen or eighteen years old, and a middle-aged woman in her thirties.
Zhou Yiding nodded to the two of them, and took the three of them to the room where Lin Weidong was sleeping. He opened the door and said, "Sister-in-law, Brother Lin is in there."
When the woman saw the man lying on the bed, she felt relieved and bowed to him in gratitude, "Thank you, Brother Zhou."
The two guys kept thanking him, "Thank you, Brother Zhou, thank you!"
Zhou Yiding scratched his head and said, "No need to do that. You guys go in and see him. Wait for my brother to come back and take the money before leaving."
"Yeah!" The three of them hurried towards the bed.
Lin Weidong also opened his eyes and looked at the three people, "Hongmei, Sanwa, Siwa, you are here!"
Yuan Hongmei's tears immediately flowed down her cheeks as she looked at him. She quickly wiped away her tears and said, "Luckily Brother Zhou came to inform us, otherwise we would still be looking for you in the mountains to the east!"
"Give me a hand!" Lin Weidong asked Sanwa and Siwa to help him up and lean him against the bed. "Thank goodness I met Brother Zhou, otherwise... Alas! God will not abandon those who have no way out!"
Sanwa squatted down and looked at his injury. "Uncle, is it serious? Why did you come here?"
(End of this chapter)
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