The two waited for a while before Lai Fu ran out from the woods, holding something that looked like a mouse but was bigger than a mouse. He put it next to the basket and looked at the two of them proudly and barked twice.
Yang Chunyan laughed out loud as she looked at it, "As expected of an apprentice, he performs the same moves as Da Huang and Da Hei!"
"That bastard Wangcai is the same!" Zhou Huaian said as he stepped forward to take a look at the thing on the ground, then kicked it far away in disgust, "You bastard, where did you get a ground rat from?"
The scientific name of ground mouse is Chinese zokor, and in some places it is called blind mouse or blind mouse. Because it likes to dig holes, destroy river banks and crops, it is hated by everyone like rats.
When Lai Fu saw this, he lay on the ground aggrievedly, put his head on his paws, and did not dare to ask for credit or food.
Yang Chunyan filled the urea bag with wild cotton and said to Zhou Huaian, "Two bags should be enough. Let's go dig wild ginger."
Zhou Huaian came up with the urea bag and asked, "Is it okay for us to put the urea bag here?"
Yang Chunyan thought for a moment and said, "It's not heavy, so I might as well take it. If someone picks it up, I'll have to spend time picking it up again."
Zhou Huaian reached out and took it, "You are the boss lady, you have the final say."
Yang Chunyan picked up the hoe and pointed at the pine forest, "Zhou Xiaoer, lead the way and do the work."
Zhou Huaian smiled and rubbed her head, then leaned forward and kissed her, "Boss lady, do you want Zhou Xiaoer to carry you?"
Yang Chunyan said coquettishly: "Go to hell!"
"Let's go!" Zhou Huaian carried the backpack, took her hand and walked towards the pine forest. Lai Fu followed with his tail wagging.
Yang Chunyan stepped on the soft pine needles in the forest and said, "The truffles should grow next month."
"There have been some during this period, but they are a little tender." Zhou Huaian thought about it and found it funny, "I didn't expect that we thought it was smelly and would just throw it into the pigpen to feed the pigs after picking it up, and foreigners would even pay for it."
Yang Chunyan also thought it was not tasty. After frying, it tasted like wood chips and was not as good as ordinary mushrooms. "What's the big deal? Just like we Sichuanese like spicy food, everyone has different tastes."
"Doctor Xiao Wang said that foreigners call it truffles. I heard that when eating it, you use a special plane to scrape off a thin, almost translucent slice and put it on the vegetables to eat. It's just like when we didn't have money to buy oil, we always cut a piece of fat and rubbed it in the pot to lubricate the pot."
"Tsk tsk!" Zhou Huaian shook his head and said, "If foreigners knew that we call truffles truffles and even call them pig's arch mushrooms, their jaws would probably drop in shock!"
"They treat us like treasures, so it's a bit fun for us to feed the pigs!"
Zhou Huaian took her to the edge of the ravine, and Yang Chunyan saw many bright red and strangely shaped wild "flowers" blooming under the rhizomes of wild ginger.
The red fleshy flower bud supports the pistil, on which grow the seeds, mixed with a few white and black fruits. At first glance, they look a bit like fish eyes, and are a bit scary.
This is the most peculiar thing about wild ginger. Its "flowers" do not grow on branches, but emerge from the soil.
The wild ginger shoots are shaped like mini versions of beautiful bamboo shoots, wrapped in purple-red skin, a bit like onion skin in color.
It has the spicy taste of young ginger and the fragrant and spicy taste of herbs.
Wild ginger is scientifically known as ránghe, also known as Yanghe, Yuanhuo, and wild ginger. It is a perennial herb of the ginger family, the ginger genus, the plant is 2 or 3 feet tall, with large white or light yellow flowers, white rhizomes, and a slight aromatic smell.
The shape of the stem and leaves are somewhat similar to ginger, but it is taller than ginger and its leaves are larger.
The surface of wild ginger rhizome is gray-brown yellow, irregular long strip, curved, nodular. It is warm in nature and spicy in taste. It has the effects of promoting blood circulation and regulating menstruation, relieving cough and expectoration, and reducing swelling and detoxification.
"Common Folk Herbs in Zhejiang Province": Put wild ginger into pig intestines and stew it to treat women's postpartum cough caused by eating too much salt. Add a little salt to the fresh rhizome of the lotus root, mash it and apply it externally to treat dactylitis.
Just as the two were busy, there was a rustling sound and squeaking sound suddenly coming from the bushes across the ditch.
Yang Chunyan was startled, and quickly stood up and pulled Zhou Huaian, "Look, what's that thing on the other side?"
Zhou Huaian raised his gun and looked around, but didn't see Gou Zi. "Lai Fu is not here. It could be Lai Fu."
After he said that, he called out a few times, and Lai Fu came out from the bushes holding a gray rabbit in his mouth.
Yang Chunyan was both angry and amused after seeing this, "When did it run to the other side?"
Zhou Huaian laughed and said, "The dog is so fast, he reached the other side of the ditch in one leap."
There were few wild ginger shoots these two days, so the two of them picked up half a basket after picking all the wild ginger shoots. They washed their hands and walked back.
The forest was very lively in the afternoon. Birds were jumping around on the branches, attracting Lai Fu to chase them.
Zhou Huaian held his gun and cursed with a smile, "Stupid dog!" Before he finished speaking, Lai Fu ran towards the fern bush in front, barking wildly.
"Yan'er, there are pheasants. Let's go see if there are any pheasant eggs!"
"Let's go and take a look." Yang Chunyan ran after him with a hoe in hand.
Before they arrived, they saw Lai Fu running towards them with a pheasant in his mouth, as if he didn't recognize any relatives. He threw the pheasant on the ground and looked up at them proudly.
Yang Chunyan smiled and said, "You are capable. I will give you a big bone to chew when I get back!"
"Woof woof" the dog wagged its tail happily.
Zhou Huaian stroked it, picked up the still twitching pheasant and put it in the backpack, "Let's go check out the chicken coop."
The two walked to the hairy fern. Zhou Huaian pulled aside the fern to find a pheasant's nest. Yang Chunyan opened the kettle and took two sips. A golden light flashed in the corner of her eyes.
She twisted the lid and walked towards the big tree in front, and Lai Fu followed her.
When we got there, we saw a golden and shiny Coriolus igniarius growing on the thick roots of a big tree. After searching for a while, we found three more in the tree hole. The two big ones probably weighed two or three kilograms.
There is also a very large dead wood stump next to the big tree. The middle part of the dead wood has completely rotted and weathered, and the rest of the dead wood stands there like a wooden wall.
Yang Chunyan walked around the big tree and found two small ones. She went back to the largest Coriolus polyphylla, used a stick to dig away the dead leaves around it, and took out a switchblade to chisel the Coriolus polyphylla at the roots of the tree.
Pine Coriolus igniarius, also known as pine needle pore fungus, generally grows on coniferous trees such as red pine, larch, and spruce. Although it is cheap, it is also very famous in anti-cancer.
The texture of pine mulberry is similar to that of mulberry mulberry, but the edges are "undulating and auspicious cloud-like". The flesh is dark and rough, and the pores are visible after splitting, so the density is also lower, and it tastes like pine.
In her previous life, she had only collected wild mulberry fungus. At that time, wild mulberry fungus could be sold for three or four hundred yuan per kilogram. It was said that authentic wild mulberry fungus was more valuable than gold, but she had never found it.
Thinking of this, she suddenly remembered the mulberry forest. She would go and look for it carefully someday. If she was lucky, she might find it. (End of this chapter)
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