Chapter 795 811: What idea have you come up with?
Three days later, early in the morning, Yang Chunyan and Zhou Huaian were walking through the bamboo forest with their dogs, carrying baskets on their backs.
After the sisters-in-law had visited the bamboo fungus in the bamboo forest for several days in a row, it had become difficult to find. When the sisters-in-law came to look for bamboo fungus for the last time, they passed through the bamboo forest and discovered that there were many honey flower trees growing on the mountain on the other side of the bamboo forest, and there were many small bees on the wild roses in the forest.
Few people come to the bamboo forest, and Yang Chunyan thinks there must be a beehive there.
After Zhou Huaian learned about it, he asked Zhou Huairong and Zhou Huaishan to go to Baiping Mountain. He and Yang Chunyan took the dog up the mountain early this morning.
After being nourished by two heavy rains, the mountains and forests are not only filled with mushrooms, but even bamboo shoots in the bamboo forest are vying to break through the ground. From a distance, they look like small light brown spires.
"I haven't been here for just a few days, and the bamboo shoots have grown so much?"
"The bamboo shoots and beef stew we had last night were dug here." Yang Chunyan pulled her shoulder strap, "Yesterday we picked out a dozen bamboo shoots that grew too densely and took them back. We peeled three of them for the stew and blanched the rest."
This kind of bamboo shoots need to be soaked in boiled water overnight before they can be dried. They are then strung together with thin bamboo strips and hung on the upper floor of the backyard. They will be dry in a few days.
"We cut the bamboos on the periphery." Zhou Huaian pointed at the bamboo shoots that had broken through the soil, "We can dig more bamboo shoots here and take them back."
"If you want to dig it, you have to come tomorrow morning, otherwise it will be old in two days."
"Call the eldest brother and the old man to dig tomorrow morning."
The two walked out of the dark bamboo forest and just as they entered the bushes, Yang Chunyan smelled the scent of chicken mushrooms. "Huaian, take a closer look. There are probably chicken mushrooms nearby."
Zhou Huaian sniffed, "It really smells like chicken mushroom." He pinched her nose and said, "It's more sensitive than Wangcai's nose!"
"I'm a dog, what are you?" Yang Chunyan rolled her eyes at him, "Stupid!"
"Don't be angry, I found the chicken mushroom." Zhou Huaian walked quickly to a bush, "Come and see, I found a big one."
"Let me see." Yang Chunyan walked over in surprise, and saw small umbrellas growing together on the slope. A rough look showed that there were at least forty or fifty of them.
"No wonder they say that during the Dragon Boat Festival in May, the ground is covered with shrubs. We passed by here yesterday and didn't see any, but today we came and saw such a large area."
"It proves that we are lucky!" Zhou Huaian smiled and gave her a nudge, "Yan'er, do you see the finger-pointing chicken mushroom in front of me?"
"Let me have a look." Yang Chunyan looked over and saw that the edge of a chicken mushroom cap in the chicken mushroom bush was obviously longer than the others and one corner was raised. Some people believe that this kind of chicken mushroom is the finger chicken mushroom.
What this means is that if you find a pointing chicken mushroom in a field of chicken mushrooms, just look in the direction it points and you will most likely find another chicken mushroom.
She put down the basket and said, "Huaian, I'll look for it later. Pick up what's here first."
When Wangcai saw the two men stop, he also stopped and lay down to rest.
"Okay!" Zhou Huaian also put down his backpack, squatted down, patted the mushroom caps, and pried one up with a crowbar. "If I can find another one this big, I won't have to buy chicken mushroom oil for frying this year."
"I fried some a few days ago. I also collected some big-foot mushrooms and shiitake mushrooms that had just opened their umbrellas. I plan to fry some shiitake mushroom sauce and bring it to Baicaoping for you. When you cook noodles, add two spoonfuls. It will taste better."
"Thank you, honey!" Zhou Huaian looked at her with a smile, "I think it would be more interesting for the two of us to go up the mountain together to look for mountain products."
Yang Chunyan also felt that it was less stressful to go out with him. "I also like to go out to look for mountain products, but I can't leave all the things outside to my brother and the others!"
"I know. Even if we want to go into the mountains to look for mountain products, we have to get through these two months before going up the mountain. By then, there will be more herbs to dig." Zhou Huaian remembered that he hadn't hunted wild goats for a long time. "Wild animals are fat in autumn. When the time comes, we can call Ding Ding Cat and stay in the forest farm for two days to get some wild animals back."
"I want to go take a look, too. The golden thread vines I left by the ditch last time should be ready for picking again."
"In two months, when Ding Ding Mao comes back, we'll go together." Zhou Huaian put down the chicken mushroom in his hand, "I'll go pick some ginger taro leaves and tie up the chicken mushrooms."
"Okay, you can go and take a look in the direction that the finger-pointing chicken mushroom pointed to."
"Hmm!" When Zhou Huaian went to pick ginger taro leaves, he saw the wild rose bush. There were already many wild bees collecting pollen on it. "Yan'er, wait there for a while. I'll go check nearby. The wild beehive is probably around here."
He turned around and greeted Yang Chunyan, then walked forward following the little bee that had collected pollen.
After walking for about ten minutes, the buzzing sound of bees flapping their wings began to sound. Zhou Huaian saw a row of lush honey flower trees in front of him, and countless little bees flew in and out of the grass next to a tree.
He walked forward and used a machete to gently push aside the half-man-high grass and found a pile of earth and rocks hidden inside. The bees were hiding in the holes in the pile of earth and rocks, and swarms of small bees were flying in and out of the beehive.
Thinking that he didn't bring a beehive, he didn't touch the hive and clapped his hands happily, "Hehe! An Yi, another nest!"
Zhou Huaian walked back happily, and when he saw her, he showed his full white teeth, "Yan'er, I found the beehive. It's in the mound under the honey flower tree. The old beehive is very comfortable."
Seeing his happy look, Yang Chunyan smiled and said, "This place is quite secretive. Why don't we go into the mountains first and take a look before we get the honey?"
Zhou Huaian smiled and nodded, "Let's go back and bring the beehives with us, and take them back and put them in our forest."
"Then go get the ginger taro leaves quickly, and we'll tie up the chicken mushrooms and leave."
"Great!" Zhou Huaian turned and walked towards the bush of ginger taro. He picked up a few white and tender brush mushrooms along the way. He took them and looked around. He didn't find any chicken mushroom nests, so he cut off a dozen leaves and went back.
Yang Chunyan asked him to pry up the last ten or so flowers. She spread the ginger taro leaves on the ground, placed the chicken mushrooms neatly on top, wrapped them up, and then gently tied them up with vines.
After Zhou Huaian pried out all the remaining chicken mushrooms and packed them up, the two continued to move forward. As the terrain rose, they reached the mountainside.
There is a large tract of mixed forest here, with vines entwined in the woods. The forest is filled with fog during the rainy season. In the reflection of the morning sun, the dewdrops on the petals of flowers and plants are like crystal pearls, rolling and flashing.
Yang Chunyan took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat off her face and neck. "It's been cool for two days, but now it's getting hot and humid again. It looks like it's going to rain again."
Zhou Huaian sat on a rock and gasped, "It just rained twice, and it hasn't even completely subsided yet!"
Yang Chunyan took out the kettle, unscrewed it, took a sip and handed it to him, "Then let's not stay in the mountains for too long, go up the mountain to have a look, and if there's nothing good, we can go down the mountain."
"That's right." Zhou Huaian took two sips, screwed the lid on, looked around, and pointed to the hillside on the right, "It's flatter over there, so we'll go up from there."
"Okay!" Yang Chunyan put the kettle away and followed him forward. Wangcai followed and went into the vine-covered forest to clear the way for the two.
Zhou Huaian used a machete to cut the vines, and Yang Chunyan discovered that the woods were covered with Fritillaria dahurica, Codonopsis pilosula, and a patch of Ophiopogon japonicus with bunches of purple flowers. The harvest season had passed, and they could be dug up and planted in a large area of the woods in March or April next year.
Ophiopogon japonicus, a perennial evergreen herb of the genus Ophiopogon in the Liliaceae family, has relatively thick roots that often swell into small elliptical or fusiform tubers in the middle or near the end. The stem is very short, and the leaf base is clustered, grass-like, with lanceolate bracts that gradually point to a point at the apex. The seeds are black-purple spherical.
The root tuber of Ophiopogon japonicus is also a commonly used Chinese medicine. It is sweet, slightly bitter and cool in nature. It has the effects of clearing heat, moistening the lungs and relieving cough. It also has cardiotonic, diuretic and antibacterial effects.
Zhou Huaian pushed aside the dead leaves and pointed at a few yellow cattle livers huddled together, "Haha, I found a yellow fat man."
"There are more next to it." Yang Chunyan picked up a few flowers under a tree and found a small red Ganoderma lucidum. "Huaian, go this way. There is Ganoderma lucidum over here."
"Let me see!" Zhou Huaian pulled up two red onions, walked over to take them and said disdainfully, "They're so small, weighing at most five cents, what are you going to do with them?"
Yang Chunyan pointed at the edge of the mushroom cap and said, "Look, the white edge has grown all over. Even if we leave it there, it will only feed the insects."
"Look carefully, is there anything else?" Zhou Huaian bent over and began to search around, "Yan'er, I have an idea."
"Tell me, what idea have you come up with?"
"What do you think if we give the scents of purple ganoderma, mulberry fungus, hericium erinaceus, and morels to Wangcai Laifuwen, train them for a while, and let them help find these valuable mushrooms? "
"It should be possible to train the dogs since they are little, right?" Yang Chunyan remembered that some people in later generations had trained dogs to help find truffles, but she had never heard of them finding mushrooms.
"It was too late to tell him last year. By the time I got there, all the dogs had been taken away. Old Yin said his mountain-chasing dog was a female. So I should tell him earlier this year and ask him to keep two for us after they give birth. I will train them well after I bring them home."
"Dongmei wants to raise one too, you can ask for two more."
"There's no need for them to keep a mountain dog to watch the yard. Wait for me to go to Baicaoping and ask Secretary Lin to help take a letter to Old Yin, asking him to pick out a few good dogs that can watch the house."
"Just do as you see fit."
"Hmm!" Zhou Huaian bent down and picked up a few blue-headed mushrooms. "They are all worthless things. It would be a pity not to pick them up, but I would feel uneasy if I picked them up."
Yang Chunyan glanced at him and said, "You are disgusted by something you picked up for free, Comrade Zhou Huaian, you are a little too proud!"
"Yes, yes, yes!" Zhou Huaian put his hands together, "Lord Mountain God, you are wise and powerful, please don't bother me!"
Yang Chunyan glanced at him, looked around, found two red Ganoderma lucidum that were slightly larger than the previous one, and continued to move forward.
The two of them looked down on ordinary mushrooms. After searching for a long time, they still couldn't find a single morel, and they couldn't help feeling discouraged.
(End of this chapter)
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