allonlinenovel Chapter 107: Seems to have missed 1 million
Chapter 107: Seems to have missed 1 million
Shen Youyou and the others returned to the cave. The fire-bed on the woman's side had been built, and the men's fire-bed was also being finished.
The divisions inside the cave have been made. From now on, both men and women have their own private space. When the time comes, we can light a kang, keep warm, and take a bath. All we have to do is put a piece of cloth around the corner.
Everyone was really tired these days, but they were also very happy to see the finished product, although this is not their real home and they cannot live here forever.
But having such a warm and comfortable cave in the cold winter is already a very happy thing.
After Shen Youyou came back, she went straight to Doctor Guo: "Grandpa Guo, can you help me check if this is a medicinal herb?"
Doctor Guo was also shocked by the huge object that Erhu and Dahu were carrying: What is this?
I saw that the root of the tree was one and a half steps long and weighed at least more than 100 kilograms. The shape was also very unique, similar to the shape of ginseng, but it was too big.
He reached out his hand, touched the juice at the cut end, tasted it, and spit it out, saying, "This seems to be the whole chicken, but it is a little different from the whole chicken I have collected before."
At this time, all the busy people were attracted by this guy who looked like a super "big ginseng".
Shen Zhiqiu was originally burning the kang on the woman's side in the cave. It was damp when it was first made, and he had to burn it for two or three days before he could sleep. When he lit it, it would smoke and his face would be covered in black and gray.
I heard someone say that his daughter came back and brought a big thing with her. She came out without even wiping her face. It was mainly because he felt that his daughter had been acting mysterious recently.
Their team had a great harvest. The sweet potatoes they brought back were piled up more than one person high, and each one was neatly arranged. Doctor Guo also selected a lot of good ones to make medicinal materials.
This was something worth being happy about, but he felt that although his daughter was happy, there was still a hint of regret between her brows.
Shen Zhiqiu was too busy these two days and had no time to chat with his daughter. He went to work at dawn, and after dinner he went to cut palm tree bark. Later he cut down some densely grown palm trees and ate the tree hearts as vegetables.
Jingshu and her friends haven't gone to dig bamboo shoots recently because they really don't have the time. They all come back to make dried and pickled bamboo shoots, process the palm barks, and make mattresses.
I don't have time to make a raincoat. I'll make it after I finish preparing everything and winter.
They were so busy that they were dizzy and lost their way. The old men and women were not idle either. They made a lot of salt, enough for a group of people to eat for a year.
But the weather was getting colder, and even though they had burned a lot of charcoal, it was still not enough. Shen Zhiqiu asked the men to use large stones to build a stone wall on both sides of the cave entrance, so that the entire cave was just a step away.
They also made a bamboo door. When they were in the cave, they would close the door and even if there were wolves, they could not get in. Even if they could come in, they would have to come in one by one. The cave was relatively safe.
As for the space between the bamboo partition they built and the stone wall at the entrance of the cave, they put the firewood there. As long as there is a space for people to pass through, it will be fine. The firewood is chopped and stacked one by one. In the words of his daughter, it is good news for people with obsessive-compulsive disorder.
As soon as Shen Zhiqiu came out, she saw the oversized "Granny Ginseng", which looked so familiar: "Girl, where did you dig this kudzu root? It's so big, it must be the king of kudzu roots, right?"
Shen Youyou's eyes lit up: "Dad, are you sure this is Pueraria root?"
Shen Zhiqiu nodded and said, "Yes, if it's not Pueraria root, what else could it be?" He walked over, touched the broken end of the Pueraria root, tasted it and said, "It's Pueraria root!"
Shen Youyou asked quickly: "Why does it look different from what I see... um, what's written in the book?"
I was so excited that I almost spit out words.
Shen Zhiqiu explained: "This thing is divided into Chai Ge and Fen Ge. The Chai Ge with yellow cut ends looks like a tree root, while this Fen Ge looks like ginseng or sweet potato. Chai Ge is a medicinal herb, also called...what is it called?"
He turned and looked at Doctor Guo.
Doctor Guo said uncertainly: "You mean the chicken root."
Shen Zhiqiu immediately responded, "Yes, it's called Jiqigen. This kudzu root has a higher yield than the other one, and it's good for your health. Where did you get it? I tried to find it before, but I didn't see any kudzu root vines."
Okay, Shen Youyou understood. His father had also made a misunderstanding. He thought that Pueraria root was very expensive nowadays and must be hard to find. When he saw the thick vines hanging on the tree, he had not yet considered that it might be Pueraria root.
I am speechless. If they had been discovered earlier, what grass seeds would they eat?
"Those big thick vines on the trees should be kudzu roots,"
As soon as Shen Youyou finished explaining, Shen Zhiqiu also felt that they all seemed to have missed out on a hundred million.
Mainly, he was confused as to why he didn't see any green leaves or flowers when he entered the mountains?
Forget it, he didn't think about it anymore. Was it because the people on the road ate all the leaves, or was it because of the drought that there were no leaves? He didn't know. He just needed to know that there was enough food to survive the winter.
Everyone probably understands it now. This thing can be eaten. It is very good for the body and can be used as a medicine. Compared with the yam they dug up a few days ago, the main difference is the quantity, because they saw a lot of vines.
I've seen them before in my hometown, but no one ever thought that anything edible could grow under these vines!
In fact, even Doctor Guo could only confirm that it was a herb by looking at its leaves and flowers. Most of the thick vines had already climbed to the top of the tree.
In previous years, the mountains were covered with lush forests and leaves, and those purple flowers loved the sun and would climb to the treetops to bloom.
Now the men's kang still needs finishing work. The men had originally planned to dig some bamboo shoots, but now they have kudzu root.
They all suggested to Shen Zhiqiu: Third brother, make arrangements quickly. There is still some time before dark. Let's go dig some Pueraria root first.
Shen Zhiqiu was also very excited and called out his troops and generals on the spot.
A dozen strong men were left behind to continue making the kang and protecting the women and the elderly, and the rest of the men and boys and girls followed him.
In fact, there are no Kudzu vines in their area, probably because of the wild boars. Anyway, no Kudzu vines were seen.
The only thing I saw was the same tiny vines that I had seen when I picked wild pears before. I didn’t pay attention to what kind of vines they were at the time because I was attracted by the wild pears.
But it is definitely not Pueraria lobata vine or Chinese yam vine.
This time, the men carried bamboo baskets and pushed unicycles in order to dig more.
Erhu and a few other guys led the team, walking in the front with shovels in their hands. Because they had a cart, they had to shovel the uneven ground to level it, and those that were too low had to be made more regular.
But all these were of no use. Before the men pushing the carts arrived, the dozen or so guys leading the team, plus a dozen or so strong men, had already built a long mountain road.
Even in the mountains, it didn't take much longer than when Shen Youyou and the others walked alone.
For them who had already walked on the mountain road for so long, this journey was a piece of cake and not worth mentioning.
In fact, they saw a lot of vines before they reached the place where they were digging kudzu roots, but Shen Youyou was thinking about the big tree growing on the ground halfway.
Is it possible that it is not a big tree, but a huge kudzu vine growing on the ground? That would be too strange, so I want to go over there and take another look.