Chapter 9 Discovery
"Go up the mountain?" Ye Sangwan looked at the mountains behind Yun Heng and fell into deep thought.
Banyuepo Village is actually surrounded by mountains. There are stone mountains with dangerous peaks, cliffs with thousands of rocks and gorges, and earth slope mountains rising from the ground.
As the old saying goes: You can rely on the mountains to eat, but it seems that Banyuepo Village has not taken this to the extreme.
Except for the hunters who knew how to hunt, Grandpa Song who gathered medicine, and occasionally a few women picking wild vegetables, and men collecting firewood, no one seemed willing to run into the mountains.
Perhaps, this mysterious mountain group can be the cover of her space.
"If it's convenient, I'd like to go!"
Yun Heng looked at her bright eyes and her happy look, and his mood also became very good: "It's natural and convenient."
The two separated outside Ye Sangwan's house and agreed to meet at the foot of the mountain in a quarter of an hour.
A quarter of an hour later, Ye Sangwan went to the appointment with three little tails who were ready to go.
From a distance, I saw Yun Heng dressed in slim-fitting clothes, his wrists and ankles tied with ropes, carrying a bow and a bamboo basket with arrow feathers on his back, and a sharp dagger hanging on his waist.
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His dark hair was tied up high, and his figure was slender. He stood alone in the shadow of a tree, turning his head to watch the birds playing on the branches. The breeze picked up, and his hair was flowing in the wind.
As if aware of Ye Sangwan's arrival, he turned to look at Ye Sangwan, his eyebrows suddenly twisted into the character "Chuan".
Yun Xiang waved towards Yun Heng, "Brother, A Yan and I will dig some wild vegetables at the foot of the mountain. It won't affect you..." He was in love with Sister Wanya.
Ye Chuan raised the hatchet in his hand and said: "I'm going to chop wood..."
Ye Sangwan was puzzled by this full desire to survive.
That's obviously not what they said just now.
"Let's go." Yun Heng glanced at Ye Sangwan, his voice was deep and seemed to have magic power.
It wasn't until Ye Sangwan followed him for about a hundred meters that he finally realized why he wanted to go with him?
"Phew!" As soon as an arrow shot through the air, a gray rabbit was heard squeaking in the trembling grass not far away.
When Ye Sangwan came closer, she discovered that the arrow had hit the gray rabbit's hind leg, and that the arrow had passed through the hind leg and was stuck in the soft soil. This archery skill... reminded her of the scene of the oxcart's death in the morning.
Tragic wild animals.
Ye Sangwan swallowed his saliva and stared at Yun Heng without words. There was a hint of awe for him in his eyes, no! To be precise, it was fear.
"What's that! I walked around and saw that there are a lot of dead trees here, and there should be a lot of mushrooms..." After saying that, he ran away as if he was being chased by ghosts.
Yunheng:……
Didn’t Mom say that if you like someone, you should show your best side in front of her?
Did your mother say that she fell deeply in love with her father after she saw her father shoot a pheasant with an arrow?
He showed it, and then what?
Could it be that the problem was that the shot was not a pheasant?
He was so angry that he strangled the ignorant gray rabbit to death...
Next, he specifically selected pheasants to hunt. In less than half an hour, the basket on his back was filled with colorful pheasants, and there was a string hanging on the outside of the basket...
Ye Sangwan, who was far away, kept hearing the wail of pheasants, like a cold-blooded poisonous snake slowly crawling through his heart...
It was all because of the zombie movies and ghost movies she had watched in her previous life that countless terrifying conjectures were lingering in her mind. At this moment, she felt a chill on her back.
Yun Heng is handsome, but if she accidentally offends him one day, what will happen to her... tsk tsk tsk, it's too bloody, too graphic, and too tragic!
She was so frightened that she lost control of her hand and crushed a bunch of fresh tea tree branches...
She shook her head to get rid of the messy pictures, and then performed a disappearing technique on the spot. In a flash, she was at the vegetable patch downstairs of the staff dormitory in the space.
Originally, this land was paved with lawn, but later it was turned into a vegetable plot for some reason. After all, it was approved by the superiors. This land is about five acres wide, which can temporarily meet the basic needs of planting enthusiasts.
Walking to the area where the sweet potatoes were planted, Ye Sangwan raised the hoe and dug up two sweet potatoes with their roots and roots.
Looking at a dozen large and small sweet potatoes hanging from the thick stems, Ye Sangwan clasped his hands together: "Thank you for the high-quality labor provided by the eldest sister/aunt/aunt. I will make these sweet potatoes flourish in Banyuepo Village!"
After digging the sweet potatoes, Ye Sangwan dug out two more potatoes. This time she just dug the potatoes. The potato seedlings were of no use, so there was no need to add more labor to her.
After finishing these things, Ye Sangwan's small bamboo basket was full.
In addition to sweet potatoes and potatoes, she also picked some oyster mushrooms, tea tree mushrooms, shiitake mushrooms, etc., and also dug up some wild Panax notoginseng.
Panax notoginseng has the effect of stopping bleeding. Wild Panax notoginseng is relatively rare in modern times, and there is a war on the front line. There should be a shortage of this kind of medicinal materials.
"Eldest sister! Eldest sister~, where are you?"
It was Ye Chuan's voice. His tone was brisk, something good must have happened.
Ye Sangwan stood up quickly and shook the sapling next to him as if he was experiencing a level 15 typhoon: "Chu'an, I'm here!"
After about one stick of incense, Ye Sangwan saw Ye Chuan and three others covered in grass seeds and dead leaves.
Ye Chuan was carrying two pheasants in his hands, and the baskets in Ye Sangyan and Yunxiang's hands were filled with wild onions and straw mushrooms. The three of them showed her one by one as if asking for credit, and briefly explained their understanding of these ingredients.
The anticipation of eating.
When Yunxiang saw the sweet potatoes and potatoes in Ye Sangwan's bamboo basket, she asked an epic question: "Sister Wan Ya, what are this long red-skinned monster and this thing that looks like a pebble?"
A long red-skinned monster? This adjective...is really your Yunxiang girl!
Ye Sang rolled his eyes at night, "This red-skinned one is called a sweet potato? It seems like it could also be called a sweet potato. I just dug it when I was bored digging an ant hole. I saw that the ants were eating it with gusto, so I couldn't help but eat it too.
I took a bite and it was really crispy and sweet.
I think it might taste better if cooked!
There’s also this one that grows next to the sweet potatoes when you’re peeling them. No, look at this, if it’s been bitten by a mouse, it’s definitely edible!”
"But... I've been to the mountain so many times, how come I haven't seen it once?"
"This is also the first time I've seen it. After all, these two things grow underground. Who would dig the ground?" Suddenly I thought of the nonsense excuse I just made, and explained: "Maybe I am more leisurely..."
Ye Chuan poked the sweet potato with his index finger and accidentally broke the skin, and a layer of white pulp oozed from the broken skin. He wrinkled his nose in disgust: "Then how do you burn this thing?
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"Burn! Everything can be burned!" Ye Sangwan had an idea, "It's still early, why don't we burn it and eat it?"
The three of them were not very interested and even frowned in disgust.
But looking at Ye Sangwan's confident look, the three of them had no choice but to cooperate with his acting, gathering firewood and digging holes.
In her previous life, she had been to a farm where there was a project called kiln sweet potato.
Quickly build the clay into a triangular tower shape, leaving a fire opening to make a kiln. Heat the fire inside until the clay is red, then lift off the top, put in the sweet potatoes, and smash the red clay.
In order to have better contact with the sweet potatoes, spread a thin layer of mud on top to prevent air leakage.
Wait for about two quarters of an hour and you can enjoy the delicious food!
When the kiln was opened, Yunheng came smelling the fragrance.
As a long-time fan of roasted sweet potatoes, every winter, the uncle who sells roasted sweet potatoes in the factory attracts a lot of customers because of the aroma of roasted sweet potatoes.
Therefore, it lived up to expectations, and the sweet smell made several people exclaim.
"Sister, it smells so good! It also has a sweet smell..."
"Yes! Sister Wanya, let me try one first!"
Ye Sangyan rarely showed a smile, but just sniffed implicitly, her smile gradually deepened, and her eyebrows were as curved as the first moon.
Ye Sangwan pulled out the sweet potatoes, divided them into two pieces for each person, and divided them into a small potato, "Eat it! Try it and see if it tastes good, we will dig some and plant some in the ground tomorrow."
Ye Chuan, the greedy little cat, couldn't wait any longer. He was so hot that he grinned and breathed continuously. While eating, he praised, "Sister, this thing is really delicious! It's sweet and glutinous. No wonder ants also like to eat it...
Eldest sister, I love eating too! If I could eat this three times a day, I would definitely not be a picky eater!"
Yun Heng glanced at Ye Sangwan in surprise, "Can this thing still be grown?"
Ye Sangwan put an untouched sweet potato in the basket on his back and stood up. On the relatively strong stem and vine, a bunch of sweet potatoes hung, and the growth was extremely gratifying. "Look! This one can produce such a fruit."
There are many fruits, but they still grow in barren mountainous areas.
If you transplant it into the field and take care of it, you might be able to produce more!"
"Okay! Then I will search carefully these days. I will dig some for you and try planting them." Yunheng didn't have much hope for this thing. After all, if this thing could really become a staple food, someone should have discovered and promoted it long ago.
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Ye Sangwan saw that everyone was eating with gusto, but she was not interested in planting. She sighed slightly.
It felt like chicken and duck were talking, so she should drag Zhu Chaozhang along. He must be excited about this, but when he thought of his trembling legs, he backed down.
"Eat! It's time to go down the mountain after eating. It's dark and there are wolves!" Yun Heng said as he handed her a peeled sweet potato.
Ye Sangwan was surprised, and glanced at the three people next to him carefully, and saw that they were looking at them with bright eyes, and their expressions seemed to be very consistent everywhere.
She coughed twice, took it generously and ate it. After taking a bite, she found that Yun Heng was still staring at him. She took a deep breath, her cheeks were as hot as fire, she lowered her head shyly, picked up a sweet potato and threw it to him, "
You eat too."
Ye Chuan took a bite of the potato, with a look of pity on his face, "Sister, this yellow-skinned potato doesn't taste as good as the sweet potato..."
"Actually, this tastes quite good. If you eat it with dipping sauce, it will be even more unforgettable!"
Ye Sangyan asked suspiciously: "Sister, how did you know? Isn't this the first time you dug this thing?"
"This... I'm thinking of the all-purpose dipping sauce that I accidentally learned before... Let's try it next time, try it..."
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That night, Yunheng had a dream.
I dreamed that the sweet potatoes transplanted late in Ye Sang ushered in a bumper harvest before the frost. Half an acre of sweet potatoes yielded more than 100 kilograms.
This is not the first time such a predictive dream has occurred.
Chapter completed!