Chapter 21 Digging Wild Vegetables
After Qingming Festival, Liangmin Village received news from the county government.
Since Liangmin Village has made many contributions, the governor and the county magistrate will personally come to Liangmin Village to inspect and commend it!
After Hao Ren learned the news, he began to plan what would appear and what would not appear.
Su Zhizhi didn't think too much when the governor was coming. She only cared that spring was a good time to dig wild vegetables.
After spending the school days in agony, Su Zhizhi finally had a day off. She carried a small bamboo basket and went out to pick shepherd's purse.
The shepherd's purse and chicken dumplings cooked by Wu Yingniang two days ago were so delicious that Su Zhizhi wanted to eat more, but there was not much shepherd's purse left at home, so she planned to pick a full basket of shepherd's purse.
Su Zhizhi went out carrying a bamboo basket, with Abao following behind her, flapping his wings.
Su Zhizhi looked up and saw Hua Erniang carrying a basket:
"Good morning, Sister Hua!"
Hua Er Niang has delicate facial features and a slim figure, but she has a round face.
His smile was gentle and harmless, and no one could tell he came from the Five Poison Valley.
When she smiled at Su Zhizhi, her face became even rounder:
"Where is Zhizhi going?"
"I'm going to dig shepherd's purse and come back for my mother to cook dumplings."
"That's perfect. I'm going to pick some mushrooms. Let's go together."
Hua Erniang took Su Zhizhi by the hand and walked towards the east of the village.
In fact, there are many ways to get to the back mountain, going west, north, or east.
But if you go east, you can pass by Doctor Yu's house, and Su Zhizhi will take Xue Che with her.
When they arrived at Doctor Yu's courtyard, they happened to see two figures walking out of the door.
Doctor Yu and Xue Che also went out.
Doctor Yu carried a large bamboo basket on his back, Xue Che carried a small bamboo basket on his back, and held a hoe in his hand.
Su Zhizhi ran towards Xue Che: "Doctor Yu, A'che, where are you going?"
Xue Che also walked towards Su Zhizhi and said, "Hua Erniang, Zhizhi, Doctor Yu and I are going to collect herbs."
Xue Che came to the mountain simply to experience life.
He had taken a lot of medicine before, but this was the first time he picked herbs by himself.
When Doctor Yu saw Hua Erniang, his expression became somewhat unnatural, and he frowned:
"Didn't you pick mushrooms the day before yesterday and yesterday? Why are you going again today?"
Hua Erniang put one hand on her waist, raised her eyebrows and smiled:
"Doctor Yu cares about me so much? He even knows what I do every day."
Doctor Yu was speechless.
How could he not notice her walking past the gate of his yard so ostentatiously?
Moreover, it was because he saw her go to the back mountain that he didn't go to collect herbs the past two days. Unexpectedly, Hua Er Niang went there again today.
"That's right, let's go together."
Su Zhizhi was very happy. It was fun to dig wild vegetables when there were many people around.
The back mountain is very big, with forests and streams.
If Su Zhizhi went out alone, she wouldn't go into the woods even with Abao's protection. Her parents had warned her about this many times.
But today, with Hua Erniang and Doctor Yu here, she can go into the forest without worry.
The sun was clearly shining brightly outside, but once you entered the forest, half of the sunlight was blocked, and the remaining half only flowed through the gaps between the branches and leaves of the towering ancient trees.
Xue Che felt a chill and was glad that he had put on two more layers of clothes as Doctor Yu had instructed.
He turned his head to look at Su Zhizhi who was running and jumping. She was wearing a single spring shirt, but she was so hot that a thin layer of sweat appeared on her head.
Xue Che: ...
Forget it, people can't be compared.
There are birds singing in the mountains and forests, and there are plants and reptiles everywhere underfoot.
Xue Che took every step very carefully.
Doctor Yu took two steps and his eyes lit up. He squatted down and dug up a herb.
This mountain is truly a treasure. It may look ordinary, but Doctor Yu has dug up rare herbs on this mountain several times.
Even common herbs grow more vigorously and healthily on this mountain than anywhere else.
Especially every time I met Su Zhizhi in the back mountain, my luck was particularly good.
"This plant is called Liangmianzhen. It can invigorate blood circulation, remove blood stasis, detoxify and reduce swelling, and promote qi circulation and relieve pain..."
Doctor Yu explained to Xue Che behind him while digging.
Xue Che lived in his house and often helped to dry the herbs in the yard. After reading some herbal books, he would also ask some related questions.
Xue Che had a quick understanding and understood things quickly, so Doctor Yu was willing to teach him.
But after Doctor Yu said a few words, when he finished digging the herbs and turned around to put them into the basket, he found that Xue Che was not behind him.
"Wow, so beautiful~" Su Zhizhi's exclamation came from the front.
Doctor Yu looked over when he heard the sound and saw that Xue Che had been pulled over by Su Zhizhi at some point and was standing behind Hua Erniang.
The two children opened their eyes wide with curiosity and watched Hua Er Niang picking mushrooms with gloves on.
When Hua Erniang picks mushrooms, she only picks those with eye-catching and bright colors, even brighter than flowers.
The red umbrellas and white stems are Hua Er Niang's picking targets.
Those gray non-toxic mushrooms were picked out by Hua Er Niang and put into Su Zhizhi's bamboo basket, and then added to the soup to enhance the flavor.
Hua Erniang fiddled with the basket and showed it to the two children:
"These are Coprinus comatus. Remember their appearance. If anyone messes with you next time, make soup with these..."
Su Zhizhi nodded excitedly and remembered the mushroom firmly in her mind.
Xue Che felt that he probably wouldn't need it, but it wouldn't hurt to learn more.
After Hua Erniang finished speaking, Doctor Yu came over with a newly dug herb in his hand:
"This Sanbaigui plant can cure the poison of the Coprinus comatus. You should also recognize it clearly."
Su Zhizhi and Xue Che turned their heads to Doctor Yu and looked at the grass in his hand.
Hua Erniang glared at Doctor Yu, then turned around and dug up a huge chicken blood vine nearby.
Doctor Yu hurried over:
"Give me the chicken blood vine. I want to use it as medicine."
Doctor Yu is very respected in the village, but Hua Erniang is the only one who doesn't give him face:
"Why should I give it to you? Last time, all the people I captured were used for your drug testing, and none were given to me for poison testing. How dare you come and snatch it from me?"
That chicken blood vine is extremely thick and rare, so how could Doctor Yu let it go?
He held the other end of the chicken blood vine tightly:
"You don't need chicken blood vine to make poison. If you give it to me, I think it will be useful."
Hua Erniang suddenly lowered her head and smiled. She stretched out her cardamom-coated fingertips and poked Doctor Yu's chest charmingly, stretching out her voice:
"Yu Rubai, I'll know if you're useful after I try~"
Doctor Yu took a step back in panic, pushed away Hua Erniang's hand, and blushed with anger:
"Hua Qianjiao, don't go too far!"
Doctor Yu usually only studies herbs and doesn't talk much with others. He always likes to wear white, which gives people a feeling of being ethereal and isolated from the world.
Su Zhizhi sometimes wondered if Doctor Yu would one day fly to the moon and become an immortal.
But now seeing Dr. Yu’s angry look, I suddenly feel much more down-to-earth.
Hua Erniang: "How did I go too far? Do you want this chicken blood vine?"
Doctor Yu: "You clearly did it on purpose."
Hua Erniang: "Why would I do that on purpose?"
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Su Zhizhi and Xue Che looked up at Hua Erniang and Doctor Yu talking back and forth, not understanding why they started arguing.
Xue Che was very surprised. It was the first time he saw the cold Doctor Yu being so childish.
Su Zhizhi is not surprised:
"They quarrel all the time. Don't worry about it. It will be fine after a while."
Hua Erniang was obviously very good to Doctor Yu. When Doctor Yu forgot to eat, Hua Erniang always gave Su Zhizhi malt sugar and asked her to bring food to Doctor Yu.
But as soon as the two meet, they seem to be unable to control themselves and start arguing.
Xue Che saw that he could not follow Su Zhizhi to identify herbs and mushrooms, so he could only follow Su Zhizhi to dig wild vegetables.
"This is shepherd's purse. You have to use a hoe to dig it carefully from the ground." Su Zhizhi pointed to a bunch of shepherd's purse beside the stone.
Xue Che squatted down and saw that the leaves of shepherd's purse were feather-shaped, with irregular serrated edges and bright green color.
He was not very good at digging, so Su Zhizhi taught him step by step.
The two of them gradually dug a basket of shepherd's purse.
Just as Su Zhizhi was about to stand up, she caught a glimpse of color from the corner of her eye.
In the woods, a pheasant with a brightly colored tail was foraging slowly, its feathers shiny and bright.
"There are pheasants!"
Su Zhizhi jumped up suddenly, not caring about the wild vegetable basket at hand, and shot out.
The pheasant sensed danger and started running away, clucking.
"We're almost there!" Su Zhizhi chased after him.
Xue Che was worried about Su Zhizhi running into the woods alone, so he followed her.
"Zhizhi, stop running!"
Hua Erniang and Doctor Yu, who were arguing, saw the two children running so far in the blink of an eye, and couldn't help but chase after them.
As a result, the originally quiet forest became chaotic.
Su Zhizhi is chasing pheasants.
Xue Che is pursuing Su Zhizhi.
Doctor Yu and Hua Erniang are chasing two children.
Su Zhizhi was running in front, but suddenly her foot slipped and she fell down the slope and disappeared.
"Zhizhi!" Xue Che's heart skipped a beat at that moment.
He was not paying attention and tripped over the vines and fell.
Doctor Yu and Hua Erniang rushed over and mentioned Xue Che.
The three of them reached the edge of the slope and looked down.
Su Zhizhi was sitting at the bottom of the slope, holding a struggling colorful pheasant in her arms, with a few chicken feathers stuck in her hair.
She raised her head, her eyes smiling into crescents:
"Look, there are so many chickens!"
The three people on the slope looked towards Su Zhizhi's feet and saw a nest of chicks and a hen circling around them.
Xue Che:!!!
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