"There's no sign of ginseng here. I guess the leaves have dried up and fallen off in the winter. Let's dig here and be careful." Qin Zijin thought about it and felt that Tang Shen's statement was quite well-founded.
"Let me see if there are any other snakes." Tang Shen nodded, but was afraid that Qin Zijin would be threatened.
Although we know that hibernating snakes generally will not wake up, but what if?
He didn't dare take the risk.
He took the stick in his hand and cleared all the dead leaves nearby, creating a clean area. After making sure there was no danger, he approached with Qin Zijin.
Qin Zijin squatted down, without using a stick or any tools, but just used his hands to dig up the soil on the ground and searched bit by bit.
Ginseng is fragile. If the roots are damaged, it will be worthless.
Tang Shen also followed Qin Zijin's example and started searching nearby.
A moment later, Tang Shen's voice, slightly surprised, came over, "Zi Jin, do you think this is ginseng?"
Qin Zijin quickly looked up and saw that Tang Shen had dug a hole with a diameter of more than 20 centimeters. The roots of the plant inside were slightly exposed. With her knowledge of intermediate medicine, she could tell at a glance that this was ginseng!
And judging from the size, it is probably quite old!
She gave up the area she was digging and ran to the side of Tang Shen, squatted down, looked around carefully, and then nodded seriously and said, "Yes, it must be ginseng. Let's dig it out first. Be careful not to break the roots."
Tang Shen nodded.
The two people dug little by little with their fingers.
In winter, the soil is frozen, hard, and difficult to dig.
Qin Zijin dug a few times before her finger was broken.
Seeing this, Tang Shen pulled the person aside and told her not to do anything else.
He carefully dug up the surrounding soil and it took him a full hour to finally dig out the ginseng completely.
The ginseng, which is as thick as a thumb, splits into two at about three centimeters. It looks like a little man with his legs clamped together. The roots around it are also very intact and not damaged at all.
After Tang Shen dug out the ginseng, his face was full of joy. He wiped the dirt off his hands and handed the ginseng to Qin Zijin.
Looking at Tang Shen's actions, Qin Zijin was silent for a moment before silently taking the ginseng.
Judging from its appearance, this wild ginseng is at least a hundred years old.
This kind of old ginseng is hard to come by in the market.
If someone were to encounter an emergency where they needed old ginseng to save their life, the ginseng could be sold at a sky-high price.
"Let's go back and process it and put it away. Let's not sell this ginseng for now." Qin Zijin thought about it seriously before discussing it with Tang Shen.
"It's up to you to decide. I'll see if there are any more around." Tang Shen grinned at Qin Zijin, then wiped his hands on his clothes and continued to look around.
Qin Zijin noticed with his sharp eyes that his fingers were all broken because of digging in the soil just now.
It was winter and even a small cut would hurt a lot, but he acted as if nothing had happened, as if he was not the one injured at all.
Qin Zijin looked down at the ginseng in his hand, then looked at Tang Shen who was digging the soil seriously elsewhere, and his heart suddenly softened.
"It looks like there are no more. But it's not bad. I didn't expect to be so lucky." Tang Shen dug around but didn't find the second ginseng.
He wiped his hands in disappointment and hid them behind his back so that Qin Zijin wouldn't see them.
"What are you still hiding? Do you really think I'm blind?" Qin Zijin cursed angrily.
Tang Shen just smiled at her and quickly changed the subject, "It's been over an hour. Let's go see if any animals have entered the trap."
"Yeah." Qin Zijin nodded without saying much.
Where the two men went to set the trap.
The traps have all been triggered.
It can be seen that an animal has entered.
There was a flash of surprise in both of their eyes.
Tang Shen asked Qin Zijin to stay where he was while he went to check the trap.
There were four traps in total, one of which contained a pheasant and two hares, and the others contained either a pheasant or a hare.
In the end, we harvested four rabbits and two pheasants.
This kind of harvest is already very good.
Even Qin Zijin was very surprised.
She felt that Tang Shen's luck was a little too good.
It looks just like the protagonists with koi attributes in the novels she read in her previous life.
Seeing Tang Shen smiling innocently, he tied up the caught rabbits and pheasants with ropes, stuffed them into the bottom of the basket, and then covered them with a layer of dead leaves. After noticing her gaze, he raised his head and grinned at her.
Qin Zijin laughed again and shook his head.
"I guess it's because no one in the village goes into the mountains to hunt, so he caught so many." Qin Zijin found an excuse for Tang Can's good luck in his heart.
It gets dark early in winter, and it is already dark now.
The two of them didn't waste any time, picked up some dry branches, and started walking back.
"Tang Shen, are you taking your wife up the mountain?" When they reached the foot of the mountain, they met an uncle from the village. He smiled and looked at the basket Tang Shen was carrying and made a joke.
"Hey, Uncle Qi, let's go up the mountain to pick up some firewood. It's too cold in winter." Tang Shen replied with a smile.
"It's time to pick up some. You too, live a good life. If you encounter any difficulties, come to me. I can't help you with anything else, but I can give you something to eat." The man's name is Zhao Laoqi. When he was young, he was a gangster in the village. Thanks to Tang Can's parents who helped him at the critical moment, he turned back in time.
Later he got married and started a family, and his life was pretty good.
After Tang Can got into trouble, Zhao Laoqi always paid attention to him and secretly sent some food and daily necessities to Tang Can's home from time to time.
"I understand, Uncle Qi. I will." Tang Shen nodded.
Qin Zijin also looked at Zhao Laoqi in front of him.
Mr. Zhao is not tall and has dark skin. Because he works in the fields all year round, he looks much older than his actual age.
But after Qin Zijin looked at him for a few seconds, he couldn't help but frown.
Judging from Zhao Laoqi's complexion, there must be something wrong with his body, and it is most likely a problem with his liver.
"Okay, then I'll go home first." Zhao Laoqi said hello to Tang Can and walked home with his hoe on his back.
After he left, Qin Zijin hesitated for a moment before saying to Tang Shen, "If you run into Uncle Seven again, remind him to go to the hospital for a checkup."
"Huh?" Tang Can looked at Qin Zijin in confusion.
Qin Zijin was silent for a while before speaking, "When I was at home, I learned some medical skills from an old Chinese doctor. Judging from his complexion, he might have liver problems."
"Okay, I'll remind Uncle Seventh." Tang Shen immediately became serious when he heard that.
Although Tang Shen agreed to Qin Zijin, he was still unsure.
These days, going to the hospital will cost several dollars. Given Uncle Qi's personality, he probably won't go to the hospital easily. It seems we have to think of other ways.
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