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Chapter 37 Chestnuts and Ginseng
There are many trees on the Daqing Mountain. The fallen leaves of many years are loose and soft on the ground. In some places, except for the top layer of newly fallen leaves, the ground is full of rotten leaves of many years. The grass that grows is very dense, and with the tree roots emerging from the ground and the branches and vines extending from the sides, it is usually difficult for people to walk in it, let alone run.
The people of Hebian Village all go into the mountains along routes they are familiar with. Those roads have been walked out, so they are not difficult to walk on. If there are no roads, they have to pick places that are easy to walk on. Just like the crowds of people have sparse and dense areas, the trees also have sparse areas, just like the places where Shen Zian and Li Shi took Su Zhi to just now, which are places with few trees and much grass.
Su Zhi was more unfortunate. She ran in areas full of trees, so the road was certainly not easy to walk on. She was lucky to be able to run for a while without being stopped. Now it was normal for her to be tripped by a tree root. She just rolled down the slope, not knowing whether she was too lucky or too unlucky.
“It hurts so much…”
Su Zhi cried out only when she was still. Even though there were fallen leaves and weeds everywhere, it still hurt to roll on the ground. Two whimpering sounds came from her arms. Something was nudging her. Su Zhi remembered that she rolled down with two puppies in her arms. Although she held them tightly in her arms, she didn't know if they were injured. Su Zhi immediately lowered her head to look at them. She met two pairs of dark little eyes, one pair of small almond eyes, and one pair of small phoenix eyes. One was pure and seemed to be only happy, while the other seemed to be alert to her. Su Zhi really felt like she was treating them as human beings.
"Did you two little things fall anywhere?"
As Su Zhi spoke, she released the two puppies and placed them on the ground. She also sat up. Although she felt pain, it was only flesh pain. No bones were broken and no limbs were sprained. This was a blessing in disguise.
The little black dog suddenly started howling and circling around the little white dog, and its voice became a little sharp.
Su Zhi then realized that the little white dog's leg was injured, and there was blood on its shiny white fur. She immediately went over to check it. The little white dog did not hide this time, and quietly let Su Zhi touch its leg. It seemed that it was now much less wary of Su Zhi. Su Zhi found that the little white dog not only had skin injuries, but also bones. It was not completely broken, but it was probably fractured. Seeing such a small dog injured, but it stayed there so quietly, Su Zhi felt very distressed.
“Woo woo—”
The little black dog bit Su Zhi's sleeve with its teeth and shook it, looking at Su Zhi with its bright black eyes. Su Zhi felt embarrassed if she didn't think of a way to help the little white dog.
Su Zhi immediately thought of Lotus. She touched the little black dog's head and showed the spring water. The little black dog jumped over immediately, but didn't drink it. He turned back to look at the little white dog. Su Zhi smiled, thinking that although this little guy was a little stupid and greedy, he was still very loyal and affectionate. She helped move the little white dog to the edge of the pond, and the little black dog whined happily and drank with his tongue.
Su Zhi scooped some spring water with one hand, and then picked up some pollen with the other hand and put it in the water. She put it next to the little white dog's mouth and said softly, "Drink it, and you will get better."
The little white dog looked at her and seemed to understand her. It started to drink the water in her hand and finished it quickly.
The little black dog saw the little white dog drinking the water in Su Zhi's hand, so he ran over to watch. He stretched out his little nose to smell it, and Su Zhi actually saw a greedy look in its eyes. However, when the little white dog looked at it, it ran back to drink the spring water.
Su Zhi thought that the puppies could feel the difference in the spring water, and they must know that the spring water with lotus pollen added was better.
While the two puppies were drinking water, Su Zhi was surprised to find a lot of small round balls with thorns on the ground. Their mouths were open, revealing the brown hard shells inside. These were chestnuts!
Looking again, I saw chestnut trees not far ahead. The ground was covered with fallen chestnuts, and some were hanging on the trees. They were small thorny balls that looked like tiny hedgehogs.
Su Zhi felt that she was lucky to encounter good things every time she rolled down the hill. She walked over to take a look and found about eight or nine chestnut trees. If she picked all the chestnuts, she would probably be able to eat them for a long time. Now she didn't have to worry about not having enough food.
Su Zhi looked at the chestnuts on the tree and then on the ground, wondering how many bags she could put in them. If there were more, she could sell them. Just as she was feeling happy, her eyes fell on one place, blinked, and slowly grew bigger. She thought, this can't be real, can't she be dazzled? How can there be ginseng at this time! Shouldn't ginseng shed its leaves? She thought she was dazzled, but the grass with a few leaves seemed to be ginseng. She had seen ginseng in the countryside, of course, it was artificially cultivated.
Su Zhi walked over quickly, squatted on the ground and looked carefully. The more she looked, the more she felt that it was ginseng. She was just not sure, but she was sure that this ginseng was not very old. She thought if it was really ginseng, it would be great. She was not afraid of its young age. She had the spiritual spring in her hand, so why should she be afraid that it would not grow up?
He did it as soon as he thought of it. He immediately tightened his hands. The little black dog, who was happily drinking water, suddenly found that the spring water was gone. He was stunned for a moment, turned his head to look at Su Zhi, and found that the spring water was beside her. He immediately jumped over. When the little white dog saw the little black dog running away, he also moved. After moving for a while, he realized that his legs were no longer painful. He was also stunned for a moment, and then ran over.
Su Zhi saw the little white dog running very fast and thought that pollen was indeed magical. She smiled and then held the spring water to water the grass that she thought was ginseng.
The grass quickly grew at a speed visible to the naked eye. The leaves, which had been yellow, turned green again and blossomed. The flowers were light yellow-green, and they were indeed the flowers of the ginseng I had seen before. Then the flowers slowly withered and finally grew small fruits.
Su Zhi finally confirmed that this was ginseng. She watered the ginseng several times until it grew to what she thought was the best state. She wondered if this ginseng was sold now, it would be considered a hundreds-year-old ginseng, or even a thousand-year-old ginseng.
Xiao Hei and Xiao Bai just watched the ginseng bloom and bear fruit. They didn't even drink water. They stood beside the ginseng and watched. Xiao Hei even sniffed it with his nose but didn't dare to touch it, as if the ginseng could bite him.
Su Zhi thought that although she was chased by a tiger and rolled down the slope this time, she was lucky not to be injured, and she also found chestnuts and ginseng. This was really a blessing in disguise. With chestnuts, she had food to eat, and this ginseng could be sold for a sum of money. At this time, having money always made her feel at ease. This year was not possible, but next year she could build a good house and this home would be even more perfect.
“Woo woo—”
Su Zhi was thinking about good things when she heard the little black dog barking. She came to her senses and found that the little black dog had run out. She looked up, her eyes widened, and she took two steps back, looking at the huge animal not far in front of her, wondering what this thing was!
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