Jiang Baige stayed up until after one o'clock last night, couldn't get up in the morning, and didn't even have breakfast.
I was half asleep, my mind still fuzzy, when I suddenly heard someone knocking on the door.
He opened his eyes, realized he was at home, and then he lifted the blanket covering him.
He replied, "Coming, coming."
When Chen Jiaojiao saw her open the door, she quickly asked, "Sister, are you awake?"
Jiang Baige yawned, then said, "Well, you're in such a hurry to come here, are you in a hurry to go up the mountain?"
Chen Jiaojiao giggled and held her arm.
"Sister, you only come back one day a week. If you miss this opportunity, you'll have to wait for the next one."
Jiang Baige smiled and said, "Wait a minute, I'll leave after I wash up."
Chen Jiaojiao said, "Mom left some breakfast for you. Eat it before we set off!"
When Jiang Baige and Chen Jiaojiao came over, Chen Jianguo was waiting in the kitchen.
He had been eavesdropping on what was happening next door, and when he heard them say they were coming over for dinner, he started heating up some food for his wife.
When Jiang Baige saw his face, she suddenly thought of last night.
A little embarrassed, he smiled slightly, then lowered his head and asked, "Brother Jianguo, have you had breakfast?"
Chen Jianguo responded: "Well, you are the only one at home who hasn't eaten yet. Come and sit down quickly. The food is still hot."
Today's breakfast is a bit rich, with pork and cabbage buns, and vegetable and lean meat porridge.
Jiang Baige saw that the dishes and chopsticks were ready, and she knew at a glance that it was Chen Jianguo who brought them to her.
I sat down, picked up my chopsticks and started eating. I glanced around and saw that they had prepared meat for most of the night, and several large wooden basins were covered.
When she left last night, the Zhou Xiuying couple were still busy, and it seemed that the water had been flooded.
Chen Jiaojiao packed the buns in a cloth bag, preparing to eat them when she was hungry later.
Jiang Baige drank a few mouthfuls of porridge, took a bun and left the table.
I'll go back and get some things, then we'll set off.
She was bitten badly by mosquitoes in the woods last night, so she would not be so stupid as to go up the mountain to be bitten by mosquitoes today.
What she went home to get was toilet water. Although this thing was not available here, they didn't know whether it was brought from her hometown.
After getting the floral water, Jiang Baige called Chen Jiaojiao out.
Chen Jiaojiao went out happily carrying a small backpack, and Siyan was with her.
They originally planned to go alone, but unexpectedly, Chen Jianguo followed them when they left.
Jiang Baige asked, "Are you going too?"
Chen Jianguo took the basket from his sister's back and said with a half-smile, "I'll go and protect you."
Chen Jiaojiao said happily: "Great! If big brother goes too, I won't be afraid anymore."
Jiang Baige was speechless. Seeing Chen Jianguo's half-smile, she turned her head away and continued to lead the way.
This person is like a dog. If he goes there, he might be in danger.
After going up the back mountain, we followed Siyan. He had a very sensitive nose and could spot any rabbits or pheasants.
About an hour later, they arrived at the place where they hunted wild boars yesterday. The dried bloodstains on the ground seemed to tell of the tragedy that happened here last night.
They hadn't gained anything along the way, and Chen Jiaojiao was chasing Siyan very quickly.
After walking up the mountain a little further, something flew out from the bushes and Chen Jiaojiao screamed in surprise.
"Oh! It's the pheasant that flew away."
Four Eyes had already chased after the pheasant.
Jiang Baige felt that there might be a pheasant's nest nearby, so she followed the place where the pheasant had just flown away to look for it.
There was indeed a chicken coop on the ground, with a few eggs in it. They were not big, but at least there was a harvest.
Chen Jiaojiao laughed: "Haha, so many, luckily our trip was not in vain."
Chen Jianguo thought to himself, "Children are so easy to coax. A few eggs can make them so happy."
They were in a thicket with a few large trees scattered among the bushes, making it difficult to see what was ahead.
Chen Jianguo said, "Don't go up there anymore. It's hard to walk up there."
Jiang Baige also found it difficult to walk, as she couldn't even see a snake on the ground.
Four Eyes has returned, still holding the pheasant in his mouth.
Chen Jiaojiao was very happy to see the harvest, so she called Siyan and rescued the pheasant from his mouth.
"Let's go! Let's go down the mountain."
It is easy to go up the mountain, but it is not so easy to go down the mountain.
After walking for a while, Jiang Baige noticed that the wild vegetables under a big tree seemed different from the others. She had seen it when they came up just now, but now when she came back to look at it, the fruits on these wild vegetables were very different.
Jiang Baige grabbed Chen Jianguo's arm, wanting him to wait.
Chen Jianguo turned around puzzledly and asked, "What's wrong?"
Jiang Baige said, "Do you feel anything different about this wild vegetable?"
As she spoke, she pointed at the small seedling under the big tree.
Chen Jianguo followed her hand and saw the small grass with red fruits.
Chen Jianguo asked, "You want this fruit?"
Jiang Baige shook her head, "No, I feel like this is the ginseng mentioned in the book."
Chen Jianguo had heard of ginseng, which was very expensive, but he had never heard of it here.
He said, "Why don't we dig it out and take a look? Since you're here, if you don't figure it out, you'll still be thinking about it when you go back."
Jiang Baige also felt that this should be done. Regardless of whether it was true or not, it would not take much time to dig it out.
Chen Jiaojiao was walking silently just now. Seeing that they didn't catch up, she stopped and asked.
"What are you doing?"
Chen Jianguo said: "It's okay, just wait there for a while, we will be there soon."
Chen Jianguo cut a branch with a knife and started digging on the ground.
Jiang Baige said, "Be careful and see if there is a white root."
Chen Jianguo hummed: "Yeah, I understand."
Two minutes later, Chen Jianguo said, "Wife, take a look and see if this is it."
Jiang Baige went to see immediately and found that it was indeed the ginseng she had imagined.
A small white root has already taken on a human shape.
She said, "Next, go slowly so as not to break the roots."
Chen Jianguo responded again: "Well, I will be careful."
After a while, a ginseng was dug out by Chen Jianguo.
He asked, "Why is this thing so big?"
He originally thought there was just a root under a thin seedling, but when he dug it out, he found there was such a big head, like a small radish.
Jiang Baige counted the stalks on the ginseng head, "One, two, three, four."
Chen Jianguo asked curiously, "Why are you counting this?"
Jiang Baige said, "Counting these is called reed heads. If you can tell how many there are, you'll know how old the ginseng is."
She had finished counting, and then she said, "Thirty-six. That's thirty-six years. That's half my age."
Chen Jianguo was also very curious and looked at the ginseng carefully.
I'm a little confused and can't believe that this thing can really survive for so many years.
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