After eating and taking a short rest, everyone headed towards a higher mountain.
It rained two days ago, so there must be a lot of people coming from nearby to pick mushrooms. In just one morning, all the mushrooms at the foot of the mountain must have been picked, so Chen Zhen took them directly up.
Chen Chen was already very familiar with Eagle Wing Mountain. He generally knew what was there, so he led everyone to search with a purpose.
After picking some different varieties of mushrooms, Chen Chen and the others finally found a small patch of chicken mushrooms.
While directing his servants to pick cocklebur mushrooms, Chen Chen happily said to He Jinshu, who was standing beside him, "This is the first time I've seen cocklebur mushrooms this year. Let's look for more elsewhere. If we pick a lot, I'll make you some cocklebur oil when we get home. It's so delicious."
He Jinshu raised his hand and touched Chen Chen's head when he heard this, then smiled faintly and said, "Okay."
Li Mo, who was standing next to them, saw He Jinshu's doting gesture and couldn't help but move to the side, away from the two of them. He always felt that being too close to them would make him feel suffocated.
After picking the chicken mushrooms here, Chen Chen led his men to continue walking upwards. As they walked, he introduced to Li Mo and the others some herbs they found in the mountains that could treat fever, trauma, or poisonous snakes and insects, as well as some edible wild fruits in the mountains.
The purpose of teaching them these things is, firstly, that if Chen Zhen is not free in the future, he can let them come directly to the mountain to pick them; secondly, it is to improve their most basic life skills, so that if they encounter accidents while going out in the future, they can save themselves in time.
After walking in East Mountain for a while, Chen Chen led everyone to West Mountain.
The connecting part between the two mountains is a steep stone wall, at an altitude of about 600 meters. As long as you climb over the stone wall, you can directly reach the other mountain.
When Chen Zhen led everyone to the stone wall, he said to the people below: "This stone wall is quite steep, everyone should be careful when walking."
"Yes, Mr. He." Everyone responded.
After talking to the people below, Chen Chen turned around and said to He Jinshu, "Ah Shu, I'll carry you over."
He Jinshu didn't refuse after hearing that, and walked directly to Chen Zhen's side. Then, Chen Zhen put his arm around his waist, held him in his arms, and flew to the other side with a few leaps.
Li Mo couldn't help but curl his lips at the sight of this. As he leaped towards the other side, he thought to himself, "Xiaoshu! Where's your dignity? Where's your dignity as a man? You used to be quite thin-skinned, didn't you? How can you be so calm now and let your husband hug you in front of everyone?"
But it was obvious that He Jinshu did not hear Li Mo's thoughts. After all the servants came over, he was led by Chen Chen to continue walking forward.
There was nothing to pick on the top of the mountain, so Chen Chen led everyone down the mountain, picking things as they walked.
When they reached the middle of the mountain, Chen Chen accidentally found some black-stalked carbonaria and antler mushrooms in a patch of grass. Wherever there are these two, black ginseng will basically grow underneath.
Seeing this, Chen Chen happily whispered to He Jinshu, "Ah Shu, I actually found black ginseng here."
He Jinshu asked, "What is that?"
"This is a Chinese medicinal herb. If it is dried, it can be sold at a clinic for more than ten taels of silver per catty. It is quite rare. I will bring you to dig it again tomorrow." Chen Chen said to He Jinshu.
Black ginseng is a medicinal fungus that can be dried and used to make soup or soak in hot water. It has certain therapeutic effects on insomnia, hypertension, palpitations and hemostasis.
However, this fungus only grows in abandoned termite holes, which is very rare, and its growth depth in the soil can reach 2 or 3 meters.
They didn't bring any tools with them when they went out today, and it was getting late, so digging would be time-consuming. So Chen Zhen decided to note the location and bring people to dig tomorrow.
After hearing this, He Jinshu nodded and said, "Okay." Although he had never seen that thing, he would know it when tomorrow came.
After a while, Li Mo, who had gone to pick game nearby, came back with his servants, and then everyone continued to walk down the mountain.
Every time they arrived at a place, Chen Chen told everyone to form groups of two and spread out to look for things. After picking everything in one place, they would move on to the next. After they had almost cleared all the places on the mountain, everyone prepared to go down the mountain.
After walking for a while, Chen Chen, who was walking in front, saw what seemed to be a person lying on a small hill diagonally in front of them.
Out of curiosity, he took He Jinshu's hand and walked a few quick steps in that direction. He found that there was indeed a person lying there, with his face down, half lying on the ground, with a backpack on his back, and a lot of mushrooms fell out of it.
He looks to be about 10 years old, with a thin body, ragged clothes, a pale face and skinny body, and looks like he is underdeveloped.
Chen Zhen reached out and sniffed his breath, and found that he was still alive. He lifted up his trouser leg and took a look. As he had guessed, he had been bitten by a poisonous snake.
The altitude here is about 300 meters. I think this person must have taken the risk to come to the mountain to pick mushrooms, but unfortunately he was bitten by a poisonous snake. There are many poisonous snakes on the mountain, and it is not known which kind of snake bit this person.
However, there is a herb that can treat any snake venom. A life is lying here, and Shen Zhen cannot just stand by and watch it die, not to mention that they have picked a lot of herbs today.
Then he said to the people who followed him, "Take some of the seven-leafed hibiscus flowers I asked you to pick today, crush them, add some vinegar, and apply it to his wound."
I don’t know how long this person has been bitten. Whether he can be saved depends on how lucky he is.
"Yes, He Fulang." Wen Ye answered first.
Li Mo, who was standing nearby, suddenly reminded him, "Brother-in-law, I think this man looks like my brother. Do you want to confirm it?"
Upon hearing this, Chen Zhen reached out and lifted the sleeve of the person on the ground to take a look. There was a mole on the left wrist that indicated a man's identity. He was indeed a man, so he said, "Then I'll apply the ointment on him later."
After saying this, Chen Zhen took out a small knife and made a small cut on the bite wound. He squeezed out some of the poisonous blood with his hands, cleaned the wound with clean water, and then waited for Wen Ye to prepare the herbal juice. Then, Chen Zhen applied it directly to the brother's wound.
While waiting for the boy to wake up, Chen Chen asked the servants, "Do you know this man?"
Before the servant could reply, He Jinshu said, "I think he looks a lot like the boy from Wu Ergou's family."
Although He Jinshu rarely goes out in his daily life, he has lived in the village for a long time after all. In addition, he has a good memory, so he knows something about the people in the village. What's more, the guy in front of him is also quite "famous" in the village.
The Wu family was notoriously mean to him. When he was only three years old, he was ordered to help his family with work, and this had never stopped for many years. The villagers talked about it a lot.
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