Chapter 206 205: Hunger Therapy
After picking all the seeds that could be picked, the two men began to dig epimedium, and soon there were several piles on the slope.
"Yan'er, go shake off the mud, and I'll dig these."
"Okay!" Yang Chunyan pulled over the backpack, picked up a few epimediums, placed the roots on a big rock and smashed them a few times, and mud fell all over the ground.
Zhou Huaian dug up all the ones that were easy to dig and ignored the ones in the cracks of the rocks. The two of them worked together to clean the mud around the roots. The epimedium filled two backpacks to the brim.
Zhou Huaian helped Yang Chunyan lift the backpack, "Yan'er, fill the backpack as soon as you go out. You will definitely have a good harvest this afternoon."
"I hope so!"
The two returned to the forest farm with their backpacks on their backs. Zhou Yiding leaned back on a bamboo chair to bask in the sun. "Hey, you're back so soon!"
Zhou Huaian looked at him with a smile, "I dug up some good stuff and when you get married, I'll make some for you to eat!"
Zhou Yiding was stunned for a moment before he reacted. He picked up a piece of taro and threw it at him, "Get away from me, big mouth!"
Zhou Huaian laughed out loud, "Oh! Tongziji, your face is red."
"I don't want to bother with you!" Zhou Yiding looked at him awkwardly and limped into the house.
Yang Chunyan rolled her eyes at him and said, "Hurry up and pour out the medicine. It will be dark soon."
"Got it!" Zhou Huaian hurriedly put down the backpack. The two of them poured out the epimedium and piled it in the shade of the steps, waiting to wash it when they came back in the afternoon.
"Ding Ding Cat, let's go!" Zhou Huaian yelled into the room.
Zhou Yiding: "Got it. Remember not to go too far."
"rest assured!"
Not long after the two of them came out and walked up the hill into the woods, they saw a field of torch mushrooms. Unfortunately, most of them had already withered. When they picked up the few flowers that looked better, they found that there were bugs on the stems and caps.
Yang Chunyan said with some regret: "It would have been better if we had come earlier. This piece alone weighs more than ten kilograms."
"It's okay. I've already seen something good." Zhou Huaian pointed to the vines in front of him, "I saw the Polygonum multiflorum vine."
Yang Chunyan looked in the direction he pointed and saw that the tree was covered with emerald green vines. She picked up her backpack and said, "Yes, let's take a closer look."
Zhou Huaian said with a playful smile: "The boss has caught up, I will clear the way for you!"
“……” Yang Chunyan rolled her eyes and walked straight forward.
When they arrived, they found that the vines climbing on the trees were as thick as thumbs. They knocked on the vines hanging on the trees a few times before using a medicine hoe to hook down a few vines.
Yang Chunyan grabbed a Polygonum multiflorum vine with force and cut it off with a knife. "Huaian, there are too many vines to tell which one is the taproot. Let's cut these first and then find the taproot."
"Okay! Let's cut off the bottom first and pull it down."
The two men first grabbed the hanging vines and cut them off. Soon a pile of Polygonum multiflorum vines piled on the ground. After more than half an hour, they found the taproots under a dead poplar tree. The two taproots had thick rhizomes, even thicker than the ones they found last time.
Yang Chunyan felt that the Polygonum multiflorum below should not be smaller than the last time.
Zhou Huaian picked up the medicine hoe and said, "Yan'er, go and pull the Polygonum multiflorum vines, and I'll dig the Polygonum multiflorum."
Yang Chunyan nodded and said, "Dig a little further away from the taproot to avoid destroying the tuberous roots underneath."
"I see. This isn't my first time digging!"
"That's true." Yang Chunyan took a sickle and walked to the Polygonum multiflorum vine and started working.
After half an hour, Zhou Huaian finally dug up a piece of Polygonum multiflorum that was about one foot long, with a dark brown skin and as thick as his arm. He happily held it up and said, "Yan'er, take a look. It probably weighs at least three kilograms."
Yang Chunyan threw the rolled Polygonum multiflorum vines into the backpack, took it and weighed it, "It's heavier than the big one last time. Dig out the other one and take a look."
"Yes!" Zhou Huaian was also very happy and picked up the hoe to dig. "With these two pieces, our afternoon walk this afternoon was not in vain."
"You'll always find something to gain if you go out and look for it." Yang Chunyan put the Polygonum multiflorum into the backpack and continued to collect the remaining Polygonum multiflorum vines.
By the time she had put the bundles of Polygonum multiflorum vines into the backpack, Zhou Huaian had already dug up the second piece. This piece was larger than the previous one, with more potholes and irregular grooves, and was deeper than the previous one.
"Yan'er, these two pieces should be more valuable than the last two pieces, right?"
"It should be more valuable than those two pieces, because the bigger the thing is, the more valuable it is."
"It would be great if we had seeds for this thing. When the land blooms, we can plant it along the fence and cut the vines and sell them every year. We can make a lot of money."
"For those with seeds, they bloom in August and September every year, and the fruits can be picked in September and October."
"If we find more, we won't dig them up. We'll wait until the fruits are ripe and pick them to plant again."
"Um!"
Yang Chunyan waited for him to fill the hole, and the two continued to move forward. They saw several Fritillaria dahurica seedlings with only one leaf in the woods.
When Zhou Huaian hit the bamboo pole in his hand through a clump of knee-deep grass, a rabbit jumped out and quickly disappeared.
Zhou Huaian looked at the place where the rabbit disappeared, and he didn't even have time to grab his gun. "Alas! Dogs are still good at hunting. It would be better if Dahei was here."
"It will take at least half a month for Dahei to recover." Yang Chunyan said with a smile: "If he didn't get hit, forget it!"
"When I get home, I'll go to Xu's house and bring the dog back. If there are extras, I'll bring two back."
"Aren't you afraid that the old man will scold you?"
"Scared? Of course I'm not afraid!" Zhou Huaian scratched his head and suddenly thought of an idea, "Yan'er, we can carry him up the mountain to let Dahei and Dahuang take care of him! The masters are so powerful, and the apprentices they teach will not be bad either."
Yang Chunyan also thought this was a good idea. "We'll bring some food with us when the time comes. With two good masters like Dahei and Dahuang, they won't be too bad!"
"Ding Ding Cat said that if we want the dogs to actively hunt, they need to be domesticated. When the dogs are a little older, we only need to feed them half full. We need to let them learn to go up the mountain to find food on their own."
It turns out that the method used to train mountain dogs is starvation therapy!
Yang Chunyan laughed and said, "No wonder Dahei and Dahuang are so greedy!"
After hearing this, Zhou Huaian recalled the greedy looks of the two dogs and laughed, "Maybe it's because they were afraid of being hungry when they were young. In fact, when the dogs grow up and learn to hunt, they are still fed."
The two walked for more than half an hour and heard the sound of running water.
Yang Chunyan found some oxtail grass on a tree lying on the ground.
Oxtail grass, also known as Masson Cercidiphyllum, is a perennial evergreen herb that grows on rocks or tree trunks in dense forests on ridges, valleys, and hills.
The stems grow in clusters, mature branches hang down, and the branches and leaves are rope-shaped and green in color. It is also a good potted ornamental plant.
Chinese medicine name: Oxytoc, which is the whole herb of Masson cypress of the Huperzetti family.
Masson fir: cool in nature; slightly toxic. It has the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, dispelling wind and dampness, promoting blood circulation and relieving pain.
Yang Chunyan called Zhou Huaian who was walking in front and started collecting the horsetail firs from the tree trunks.
(End of this chapter)
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