Chapter 33 Her Water is Sweet
After Mingzhu returned home, she first used the spiritual spring water to water the vegetable bed thoroughly before sowing and covering the soil.
She planted spinach, long beans, Chinese cabbage, and Chinese cabbage in one bed each, and combined green onions and coriander in another bed. It took her most of the day to finish the work.
Mingzhu was so hot that she went to the space to take a shower and began to worry about the next three meals a day.
Because the original owner was lazy before and her aunt was not smart, the two did not plant vegetables in the right season, resulting in the family having no seasonal vegetables except potatoes distributed in the village and... the zucchini climbing on the courtyard wall.
However, nature always has the best rewards.
So Mingzhu carried a hand-woven rattan basket and a small shovel and went out to the mountain.
Her home was at the end of the village, and there was a small hill a few dozen meters behind the house.
She came to the foot of the mountain and wanted to dig some wild vegetables, but in this era, every household was short of food and clothing, and the wild vegetables at the foot of the mountain had long been dug up.
Mingzhu could only walk deeper into the forest. After wandering for nearly half an hour, she finally found a few shepherd's purse under a lush old locust tree.
Going further in, there were more and more wild vegetables. In addition to shepherd's purse, she also dug up half a basket of dandelions.
She dug more and more vigorously, and walked to the bottom of an old pine tree with a crooked neck. Her sharp eyes saw the edge of the thick tree roots... There seemed to be a white thing in the gap covered by the trunk.
Mingzhu was puzzled, so she walked over and pulled the branches apart, revealing an irregularly shaped ball underneath. The ball was elastic on the outside like a rubber band, but soft underneath.
She touched it and found some sticky mucus on her hands.
Mingzhu was overjoyed. This is... Ganoderma lucidum?!
It is also commonly known as Tai Sui, a rare fourth form of life besides animals, plants, and bacteria!
When she was a teenager, she went to visit a family with her father and saw a porcelain jar in the living room of that family, which was specially used to soak such a piece of cut meat.
At that time, the family said that it was a pound of Tai Sui that he bought for one million yuan, and that drinking Tai Sui water could cure all diseases and prolong life!
Later, Mingzhu studied medicine and indeed saw in Li Shizhen's "Compendium of Materia Medica" that Ganoderma lucidum has a head and a tail, and is a living thing that can be eaten and used as medicine!
"Shennong's Materia Medica" also records that Ganoderma lucidum is non-toxic, nourishes the middle, improves the essence and qi, and can make the body light and not old if taken for a long time.
Although there is no scientific evidence to prove the magic of this thing, it is rich in polysaccharides, vitamins and many other nutrients. Even if it can't cure diseases, it can enhance human immunity!
And this thing has other great uses for Mingzhu...
She pulled out the Ganoderma lucidum, brought it into the room to wash it, wow, it's so big, at least fifty kilograms!
If it were placed in the future, it would really be a fortune!
She cut about three pounds of Ganoderma lucidum out of the space, returned home and put it in a water tank, then went to the yard to pick wild vegetables for cooking, and she was in a very good mood!
When Jiang Duo and his aunt came back from work one after another, Mingzhu's shepherd's purse dumplings were almost finished.
She asked her aunt to help light the fire, and when she was about to make the dumplings, Qiao Bin came... He also brought a few pounds of fine noodles that he had exchanged for in the town.
The reason was that he didn't control his mouth yesterday and was embarrassed to eat too much, so he bought some as compensation.
Mingzhu didn't want it at first, but Jiang Duo asked her to accept it, otherwise Qiao Bin would be embarrassed to come to eat for free in the future, after all, men have a big appetite... Mingzhu thought about it, so she accepted it.
But she didn't let Qiao Bin suffer a loss, and kept him to eat dumplings together.
Qiao Bin hadn't eaten dumplings since he came to Xiaojing Village. He was really hungry at the moment, so he couldn't refuse Mingzhu's "kind invitation".
Knowing that everyone must be hungry after working all morning, Mingzhu asked her aunt to cook the first pot of dumplings, and she went to make another cover.
During the meal, the three of them ate a lot, and Qiao Bin couldn't help but praise: "Sister-in-law, how can you cook so well? It's obviously the same thing, why do you make it so delicious? Even the carnation tea you made at noon is better than others!"
Mingzhu was delighted to hear this. See, the effect of meat Ganoderma lucidum has come!
She pretended to be mysterious and said, "That thing is different. I added one more good ingredient in it than others."
Hearing Mingzhu say this, Jiang Duo and Qiao Bin both looked at her curiously.
Mingzhu asked with a smile, "Jiang Duo, don't you think the water I gave you is particularly delicious?"
Jiang Duo nodded. He always had this feeling, very sweet. Everyone drinks well water, but it doesn't taste like this.
Mingzhu called the two to the kitchen, opened the wooden cover on the water tank, and pointed inside -
"Look, the water I use is soaked with this thing."
Qiao Bin looked at the things in the tank and fell into confusion...
"Sister-in-law, what is this?"
"Ganoderma lucidum, which is what the older generation calls Tai Sui."
Tai Sui? !
Jiang Duo looked at her with surprise, and Qiao Bin exclaimed in surprise: "Is this Tai Sui? I have heard that this Tai Sui can revive the dead and make mortals immortal! But this thing is hard to find, sister-in-law, where did you get it from?"
Immortality? You thought it was Tang Monk's flesh, people in the past were really bold!
Mingzhu naturally would not let anyone know that she found it from the mountain, she made up a story: "Just some time ago... I picked it up when I was picking firewood by the dead locust tree behind the house."
Hearing this, Qiao Bin was even more unbelievable!
"You can pick this up? You are so lucky!"
Good luck? Mingzhu took these three words to heart... Thinking about it, it seems to be true.
Since she came to this world, she has been really lucky. When she washes clothes, fish will run to her feet and wait to be caught. When she digs wild vegetables, she can pick up a large piece of meaty Ganoderma lucidum. She
is simply the goddess of luck, Mingzhu Benzhu!
Jiang Duo stared at the thing in the jar with a frown. He had also heard of Taisui, but had never seen one. How could Mingzhu be so sure?
"How do you know this is Taisui?"
Mingzhu held her breath. Here it comes. Jiang Duo's fatal vigilance came again!
Fortunately, she was well prepared and said as a matter of course: "It is written in the Compendium of Materia Medica and the Shennong Materia Medica. This thing has many forms and colors, but it is the same in essence. Don't worry, I won't make a mistake!"
Qiao Bin also nodded and said, "Boss, Tai Sui looks like a piece of fat, and... to be honest, after drinking the water that my sister-in-law made for me yesterday, I felt energetic after a tiring day. This thing must be real! Sister-in-law, this is very precious. You must hide it well and don't let someone with ulterior motives steal it."
"I have been hiding it before, but now I am married to Jiang Duo... Now I have a backer, so I dare to take it out and soak it in the water tank."
Mingzhu's unintentional words hit Jiang Duo's heart deeply -
his heartbeat inexplicably accelerated for a moment, and he looked sideways at the smiling little woman.
The person she likes is obviously not him, but she said... he is her backer?
Unintentional words can touch people's hearts the most, but the more unintentional they are, the more likely they are a trap for Jiang Duo, so he still has to be on guard against her...