Chapter 182 Hunting in the mountains and digging out a century-old wild ginseng
Chapter 182 Go hunting in the mountains and dig up century-old wild ginseng
But how can you do it if you don’t go out? If you don’t know how to make money, you will have to starve to death when the mountains are closed due to heavy snow in winter? But how can you make this money? Shen Yuhu knows medical skills, but everyone in Shenjia Village regards her as a fool. If she wants to use medical skills to make money, she has to go town or county.
I can't go there now that I don't have travel expenses.
It seemed that she had to go into the mountains to have food and water. She knew medicinal materials, and there must be many rare medicinal materials in the old forests of the mountains.
Shen Yuyu made up his mind and decided to go into the mountains with Ji Xun.
Ji Xun wandered around outside and came back soon. He hunted a pheasant in the morning and sold it, bought some rice, and had to go into the mountains in the afternoon. How would he survive this winter if he didn't hunt more prey?
When he walked into the cave, he didn't look sideways and didn't even look at Shen Yuyu.
Seeing that there were two bowls of porridge on the table instead of rice soup, his expression changed and he didn't say anything. He drank the porridge with an indifferent expression. Then he put the noose hanging in the corner on his back, picked up the animal trap, and took the walking stick. Walk out of the cave
Shen Yuyu hurriedly carried her backpack and followed her out: "I want to go into the mountains too." She said it with certainty, letting the other person know that she was not joking.
Ji Xun's expression was stagnant. He didn't know whether it was because Shen Yuyu didn't call him 'Ji Zizi' or because Shen Yuyu wanted to go into the mountains, which made him feel strange. This woman had been married to him for more than a month and only scolded him when she ate and slept. She never stopped for a day. .
Why did she change her gender today? She didn’t get scolded, but she followed her into the mountains. It’s weird!
After being stunned for a moment, Ji Xun said coldly: "There are wild beasts in the mountains, it's not safe for you to go." After that, he left without looking back.
"You have a lot of experience in going into the mountains, so you must have ways to avoid wild beasts." Shen Yuyu followed behind him unhurriedly, "Don't worry, I won't run around."
Ji Xun ignored her and just walked away. He must have been extremely disappointed and disgusted with the original owner and didn't want to say another word to her.
The two of them entered the mountain one after another.
Of course, Shen Yuyu cherished her life. She would follow Ji Xun wherever he went. If he got lost in such a dense forest, his body would probably be gone.
Ji Xun checked several traps and traps, but found nothing.
Shen Yugu also only collected some common medicinal materials and picked some dried fungus from a dead tree, but the harvest was not great.
Ji Xun kept silent and continued walking deep into the forest. Shen Yuyu looked in all directions and listened. As soon as Ji Xun left, she followed him.
Not long after walking, there was a cliff ahead. From a distance, Shen Yuyu saw a plant under the crooked neck tree next to the cliff that looked like a wild ginseng. When he got closer, it turned out that it was really a ginseng!
He hurriedly knelt down and dug with the small wooden stick in his hand.
When I dug it out, I saw that it was a big ginseng. It was at least a hundred-year-old wild ginseng. It was now very developed.
Shen Yuyu was so happy that she couldn't close her mouth. She carefully tore off a piece of clothes, wrapped the ginseng, and put it into her backpack.
Over there, Ji Xun heard a sound of "wiping", and Shen Yue was tearing his clothes off again, and his face couldn't help but darken.
Seeing Shen Yuyu's apologetic look, he quickly turned his head and pretended not to see it.
Shen Yuyu dug up a century-old ginseng and was very satisfied. He ran over to see how Ji Xun's trap was laid. After watching for a while, he couldn't help but make a sound.
"It's not easy for you to set a trap like this, right?" Shen Yuyu explained while fixing the rope that Ji Xun didn't set correctly. "If the prey comes from this direction, it will eat the bait but not step into the rope." , if you put it like this...okay, okay, you do it, you do it yourself."
Seeing Ji Xun staring at him with cold eyes, Shen Yue hurriedly shrugged his shoulders and stepped aside.
However, Ji Xun did not make any changes, and arranged the noose according to Shen Yuyu's instructions, and then the two of them hurried out of the mountain before the sun set.
When we returned to the cave, the sun set in the west, and the crimson sunset painted the cave inside golden yellow, which was quite interesting.
"Sister-in-law, you've gone into the mountains? You're so awesome." Ji Feng greeted him with a bright smile. He had been fawning over Shen Yuyu before, but he just didn't want Shen Yuyu to reconcile with his brother, but now his smile came from the bottom of his heart, and he felt My sister-in-law seems to be a different person, she is pleasant and cheerful, and she is willing to accompany her brother to the mountains. He likes her from the bottom of his heart!
"Isn't it awesome? Ah Feng has to be a courageous and knowledgeable person when he grows up." Shen Yuyu said as he put down his backpack and rubbed Ji Feng's little head.
Ji Feng was so happy that his eyes were filled with bubbles, as if he was in a dream.
In the morning, his sister-in-law scolded him for being a dragster and snatched half of his bowl of porridge. He didn't expect that she would be so gentle to him. It must have been her conscience that she wanted to live a good life with her brother.
Hey, he is still looking forward to his sister-in-law giving birth to a baby as soon as possible and playing with him.
"Sister-in-law, what treasure did you pick in the mountains?" Ji Feng was very close to Shen Yuyu, and he looked into the basket with a smile.
Shen Yuyu took out the medicinal materials inside one by one.
"This is Aesculus aesculata, which can clear away heat, detoxify, reduce swelling and relieve pain. This is called Tianqi, which is a good medicine for removing blood clots and stopping bleeding..." Shen Yuyu, a modern Chinese medicine major, is very familiar with these medicinal materials, and Ji Feng said with admiration. .
A sneer curled up at the corner of Ji Xun's lips. He wanted to poison their brother with hemlock at noon. Are you pretending to be good because he's afraid that he will report to the government? Humph! Ridiculous woman.
Shen Yuyu didn't care what Ji Xun thought, she and Ji Feng got along very happily.
"A Feng, where is the water? Let's go wash these medicinal materials, dry them and sell them for money. Oh, by the way, do you have a basin? Wash these dried fungus and my sister-in-law will cook them for you in the evening."
"Yes." Ji Feng nodded heavily, his little bun-like face full of happiness that could not be concealed. He hurriedly ran to the corner to get a wooden basin and led Shen Yuyu out.
The well is located under an old locust tree between the cave and the village, and a clear spring gushes out like a sapphire.
The wells are divided into three with stone slabs, one for drinking, the second for washing vegetables, and the third for washing clothes.
At this time, people gathered at the well, including those who came to fetch water for cooking, and those who came to wash vegetables and laundry. It was very lively.
Seeing Shen Yuxi coming over with a basket on his back, Mrs. Zhou from the village smiled and asked, "Hey, Yuxi, are you here to wash the vegetables?"
Shen Yuyu glanced at Aunt Zhou. In his memory, Aunt Zhou had a good heart. Normally, Aunt Zhou would persuade the original owner when she was stupid. Seeing her greeting him, Shen Yuyu smiled at her and said yes.
Someone next to me was washing vegetables and looked up with disdain: "What vegetables are you washing? She knows how to grow vegetables? If she wants to wash vegetables, they are probably wild vegetables." This is Shen, the girl who had a fight with the original owner today and pushed the original owner into the lake. Shen's daughter Shen Xi.
In total, they are related to each other. In Shenjia Village, most of them have the surname Shen and are from the same family.
The young woman next to Shen also gloated with a smile on her face: "Wild vegetables? It's possible. Didn't I just see her picking wild vegetables in the field in the morning? What kind of wild vegetables do you think she picked? Poison hemlock, hahaha, it made me laugh to death. ."
Shen: "Tsk~~You can't tell the difference? You fool."
"My sister-in-law is not stupid." Ji Feng pinched her waist with her small hands and said angrily, "She is smarter than you, and she also knows herbal medicine."
Shen rolled her eyes at Ji Feng: "Yo? Really? You have to tell your lame brother when you get home, Xiaomoyouping. The wild vegetables picked by Lin Fool are poison hemlock. If you eat them, no one will go to the cave to give them to you tomorrow." You collect the bodies."
There was another round of laughter at the well.
Aunt Zhou couldn't stand it any longer. She looked at the little daughter-in-law next to Mr. Shen and said earnestly: "Shen Wen's daughter-in-law, you and Shen Yuyu's family haven't had any blessings yet. Even if you are close relatives, they won't say anything when they see her picking poisonous celery." One sound?"
"She's not a child. Does she need someone to tell her?" Shen Wen's wife pouted dissatisfiedly, "Maybe she knows him at all and deliberately picked it back for Ji Xun to eat."
After hearing this, Aunt Zhou fell silent. How good was Shen Yuyu when she was a child? She has been taught badly by her stepmother over the years. Maybe she really has the idea of poisoning her husband Ji Xun?
Thinking of this, Aunt Zhou hurriedly called Shen Yuyu over, took her backpack and looked in. If this silly girl really had such bad thoughts, she should be persuaded. Even if she hurt people's lives, she would not be in a good position. The end result is that they are all poor people!
However, when I looked at it, I saw that there was indeed no poison hemlock inside, but there were only a few herbs and some fungus. Aunt Zhou was still worried and asked: "Eucalyptus, you have to tell the truth. Have you ever picked poison hemlock and brought it home?"
Shen Yuyu was very grateful to Aunt Zhou. Seeing how worried she was, she quickly said: "I picked it, but I picked it for fun and I knew I couldn't eat it and threw it all away."
Aunt Zhou breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good, don't pick those kinds of vegetables when you see them in the future, it will kill people."
"Yes, I understand." Shen Yue responded obediently.
"Then you wash slowly, Auntie will go back first." Auntie Zhou said, soaking the vegetable basket in the water, and took it home.
After Aunt Zhou left, Shen Yuyu and Ji Feng squatted down, first took out the fungus from the basket and put it in a basin to soak.
The medicinal materials were full of mud. Seeing that there was no one at the washing well, Shen Yuxi took the basket and went there to wash it.
Over at Erjing, Mrs. Shen, Shen Wen's wife and others were still chatting.
"I heard that Wang Xiucai has returned to the village. I just met him when I came to the wellhead."
Mrs. Shen deliberately spoke loudly, and while talking, she glanced at Shen Yuyu from the corner of her eye. If Shen Yuyu had heard about Wang Xiucai in the past, she would have gone crazy and looked for him, and then the whole village would have gone to Su. Watch the trick at home.
But today...
Shen Yuyu washed the medicinal materials slowly, as if he didn't hear anything.
Weird, Mrs. Shen’s mind was filled with questions: Is this stupid, poisonous and nymphomaniac Shen Yuyu deaf or has she changed her temper?
The other women were also quite strange, especially Shen Wen's wife. She was a little interested in Shen Yu's man Ji Xun. She wanted to see Shen Yu's divorce or make a fool of herself. At this moment, she took over Shen's words and said deliberately: "Listen It is said that Wang Xiucai wants to arrange marriage in our village, but I don’t know which girl has this honor."
"Seriously?" There was a hint of joy in Shen's eyes. Her daughter Shen Xi also liked Wang Xiucai. Wang Xiucai had taught Shen Xi how to read before. Later, because of Shen Yuyu, a nymphomaniac who stalked Wang Xiucai, everyone in Wang Xiucai's village became obsessed with him. He didn't dare to go back and gradually became alienated from Shen Xi.
Now that he has specified that he wants to marry in the village, won't the opportunity come for his precious daughter?
Shen Wen's wife affirmed: "Of course it is true, otherwise what would he do back to the village today? I heard that he doesn't have any requirements, and he can just divorce."
This was said to Shen Yuxi on purpose. If Shen Yuxi had heard this before, he would have thrown away his backpack and gone back to find Ji Xun to make peace with Li or to pester Wang Xiucai.
But at this moment, Shen Yuyu seemed to be deaf and had no reaction. However, Shen's reaction was a bit loud, "That's a scholar. He wants Heli's woman? Impossible."
Shen Wen's daughter-in-law winked at Mr. Shen, meaning she was trying to fool Shen. Are you serious?
Mrs. Shen understood, and hurriedly laughed to round things off: "What's wrong in this world? There are so many people who want to marry a young man with a child. As long as you like her, that's fine."
"Isn't that true? A cousin from my mother's side was like this. My cousin-in-law fell in love with my cousin before we divorced. After we divorced, we became a happy couple..." the voice of Shen Wen's wife Shen Yuyu stood up before he could fall down. Seeing this, Mr. Shen was overjoyed, haha~~ I saw a trick!
Ji Feng also stood up and called out anxiously, "Sister-in-law." He was afraid that Shen Yuyu would leave him and go to Wang Xiucai to beg for her.
What everyone didn't expect was that Shen Yuyu walked up to Ji Feng, touched his little head, and said in a calm tone: "Are you done washing? Let's go home."
"It's done, let's go home." Ji Feng replied loudly, almost crying just now.
This is the daughter-in-law that my brother spent all his money to get back. He must help his brother guard his sister-in-law and prevent others from taking her away.
Along the way, Ji Feng held Shen Yuyu's hand tightly, almost making her laugh. This little guy didn't know what he was thinking.
The women across the well looked at each other, as if they didn't recognize Shen Yuyu, is this... the same nymphomaniac Shen Yuyu?"
When Ji Xun returned to the cave, he had already cooked the porridge and served it to the table, which was cold.
With a cold face, he didn't look at Shen Yuyu or talk to her. When Yuyu came in, he was clumsily holding a needle to mend Ji Feng's torn pants.
Shen Yuyu couldn't help but feel happy. No wonder the corners of the patches on his clothes and quilt were crooked. It turned out to be patched by this 1.9 meter tall man. However, his hands were really beautiful, with long and well-proportioned joints and fine pores. He didn't look like a farmer. hand?
Shen Yuyu glanced at Ji Xun and walked into the cave. He put away the cleanly washed 100-year-old wild ginseng, found an old dustpan in the corner, and left the cave.
Put the washed medicinal materials into categories on the dustpan, then put the dustpan on the clothes hanger, Shen Yuyu picked up the empty basket and entered the cave.
"Ah Feng, go get a big bowl." Shen Yuyu put the backpack in the corner and turned to tell Ji Feng.
"Yeah." Ji Feng quickly brought the bowl and put it on the table.
In addition to bowls, there is also a wooden basin on the table. In the basin is soaked fungus, which looks very brittle.
Ji Feng stared at the fungus for a moment, "Sister-in-law, how do you want to eat these fungus?" During these days, it was rare to see different food at home, and the little guy's eyes were filled with anticipation.
"Cold." Shen Yuyu replied.
First blanch the fungus in water, then soak it in cold water, wash your hands, tear the fungus into a bowl.
"Are there any peppers?" She also asked casually. Many modern things are imported from abroad, such as tomatoes and potatoes. I wonder if there are peppers here.
"There is chili powder." Ji Feng replied.
Sure enough, it was an imaginary dynasty, and there were also chili peppers. What a surprise! He quickly asked Ji Feng to bring chili powder.
I looked around again and found a jar of pickled sour beans in the corner. There was half a jar of sour beans in it. I remember it was sent by Mrs. Wang. I dipped it in some sour water and tasted it. Hey, it's quite fragrant and authentic.
Lao Tan’s sour water, I quickly scooped some out and put it aside for later use.
After the fungus is torn, add an appropriate amount of salt to the bowl, pour a spoonful of chili powder, pour a little acid water, and sprinkle with the wild onions that Ji Feng pulled back before. After mixing, the color and aroma are complete.