Chapter 40 Ginseng
"What's wrong?" Jiang Mixia was sleepy and confused.
"Shall we go for a walk in the mountains tomorrow?" Song Jingyun asked.
"What are you going to do in the mountains?"
"I want to see if I can catch a rabbit or a pheasant or something, and then stew it for later use."
Since life is so short, we can only make sure we don’t waste every meal and eat a variety of delicious foods.
We have to go to the foot of the mountain to cut some bamboo tomorrow. Jiang Mixia thought about it and nodded, "Okay, but we can't go too deep."
She was not a professional hunter and had little experience in the mountains. Although she was strong and not afraid of ordinary wild beasts, the dangers in the mountains were far greater than she had imagined.
"good."
Song Jingyun was already very happy that Jiang Mixia could take him into the mountains. He nodded excitedly, lay down, closed his eyes and went to sleep.
There was a smile on his lips.
After having breakfast early the next day, Song Jingyun pulled the cart and walked towards the foot of the mountain with Jiang Mixia.
In addition to the hatchet used for chopping bamboo on a daily basis, Jiang Mixia also brought a few bamboo forks and nets to make it easier to catch rabbits or pheasants.
There is dew in the morning, and the animals' agility is easily affected because of their wet fur. It is a good time to hunt, and experienced hunters basically choose to go into the mountains at this time.
We saw several of them along the way, in groups of three or four.
There are those from our own village and those from neighboring villages.
It was a bit funny to see Jiang Mixia park the cart at the foot of the mountain, tie it to bamboo, and lead Song Jingyun into the mountain with a bamboo basket on his back, as if they were going hunting too.
Bamboo forks are not easy to pierce the flesh, and they make a lot of noise, so it is not easy to hunt. Jiang Mixia and Song Jingyun looked like they were entering the mountains for the first time.
However, many of these farmers just go into the mountains to try their luck, and most of them just dig some wild vegetables and pick some mushrooms to supplement their family income, which is quite common.
So those people didn't say much, they just reminded Jiang Mixia and Song Jingyun not to go too deep to avoid danger.
Jiang Mixia and Song Jingyun thanked him and walked slowly inside, memorizing the way carefully as they walked to avoid getting lost when they went out later.
The mountains in the early morning are chilly and chilly, penetrating into the bone marrow.
"My lady is really thoughtful." Song Jingyun tightened her belt, "The extra clothes I brought will come in handy."
"Hush." Jiang Mixia motioned for him to speak in a low voice.
Not far ahead, there was a pheasant walking leisurely, looking for food everywhere.
Jiang Mixia pulled the net in the bamboo basket, thinking about which direction to cast the net so as to catch the pheasant successfully.
"I'll do it." Song Jingyun spoke in a low voice and reached out to take the net from Jiang Mixia's hand.
"Then you better be careful." Jiang Mixia handed him the net and walked to the side. Fortunately, if Song Jingyun failed to catch the pheasant, she could stop him.
After Song Jingyun took the net, he tiptoed forward.
The pheasant didn't seem to notice him and was just concentrating on eating a piece of wild grass.
Song Jingyun seized the opportunity and immediately threw out the net in his hand.
The pheasant was startled and flapped its wings to try to break free, but the net was pressing on its body. It could neither fly nor break free, and was entangled in the net.
Jiang Mixia hurried over to help, fished the pheasant out of the net, tied its wings and legs with a rope, and stuffed it into the bamboo basket.
"This pheasant is quite fat." Jiang Mixia weighed it and said, "It can be used to stew a whole pot of meat."
"Well, it tastes good when stir-fried. Add some chili peppers and stir-fry it into spicy chicken. In the hot summer, eating something spicy can also whet your appetite."
"If that doesn't work, how about making it into braised chicken? It seems to taste good if you tear it into a cold dish by hand..."
Jiang Mixia talked for a long time, and when she saw that Song Jingyun didn't respond, she became curious.
This little son-in-law is the most greedy, but now he doesn't even care about this? "What's wrong?" Jiang Mixia saw that Song Jingyun was only concentrating on staring at a blade of grass under his feet, and became more and more surprised, "What's wrong with this grass?"
"Nothing, I just think this grass is pretty." Song Jingyun looked up and asked, "Can I dig it up and plant it in my yard?"
Is this grass pretty?
Jiang Mixia looked at the grass that Song Jingyun was staring at.
It is not very tall, the stem is not very thick, and it has a few sparse leaves. It cannot be said to be extremely ugly, but it is at least ordinary. In any case, it has nothing to do with being beautiful.
Planting this kind of grass in the yard looks just like weeds and is a bit of an eyesore.
But since my son-in-law likes it, I can just dig it up and plant it.
At worst, she can be more careful in the future and just remove it as a weed.
"Okay, go ahead and dig if you want to." Jiang Mixia took out a bamboo fork and used it as a simple hoe to help Song Jingyun dig.
Seeing this, Song Jingyun also found a thin piece of stone nearby and started digging together.
It was just a grass, not very lush, and the roots were not deep, so Jiang Mixia didn't care at first.
But as she dug, she began to feel something was wrong.
The roots of this grass are not only quite deep, but also seem to be quite large.
After digging out all the grass and seeing its full appearance, Jiang Mixia fell into deep thought.
"This grass looks really strange, the roots are much bigger than the branches and leaves." Song Jingyun scratched his ear, "Will it die if I take it back like this? Should I put a layer of mud on it to cover the roots?"
He remembered Jiang Mixia saying that when transplanting flowers and plants, you have to protect the roots. If you don't, the grass will easily die.
"I guess it's not necessary."
"Why?" Song Jingyun was a little curious.
"This is not an ordinary grass, this..." Jiang Mixia's voice was a little hoarse, "This is ginseng."
"Ginseng? What is that?" the young son-in-law was puzzled.
"A kind of medicinal herb, um, a very valuable medicinal herb. Although I don't know how old it is, judging from its size, it should be worth a lot of money."
Jiang Mixia paused and said, "I guess it should be no less than those three pearls."
"So much money?" Song Jingyun picked up the ginseng and looked at it carefully. "I thought so. No wonder this plant looks so good. It turns out it's valuable."
Jiang Mixia, "..."
Are you sure it's not just luck?
Jiang Mixia felt more and more that Song Jingyun was naturally lucky. She just stared at him again and again, trying to figure out why he was so lucky.
"Why are you looking at me like that, ma'am?" Song Jingyun felt a little uncomfortable being looked at, and reached out to touch his face, "Is there something dirty on my face?"
"No, no." Jiang Mixia turned away, "Take a look around here, are there any other flowers or grasses you think are pretty?"
Although Jiang Mixia herself knew that it was completely impossible to dig up two ginsengs in a row, if Song Jingyun was really that lucky, maybe she could find something else.
For example, relatively valuable herbs or something.
"Then I'll look for it." Song Jingyun agreed readily and searched nearby for a while.
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