Chapter 6 Collecting Medicine in the Mountains

Baskets, ropes, medicine collection tools and other necessary items to live on the mountain are packed up and put into the baskets, so that you can leave on your back early tomorrow morning and will not leave anything behind!

Linhe Village is surrounded by mountains, a river with abundant water in all seasons surrounds the village, so Linhe Village gets its name from this, and here is also fifty or sixty miles away from the nearest town, fortunately there are rural roads connected, and the traffic is not very closed, but there is really no other livelihood here except farming, which makes this small mountain village rare quiet.

It is precisely this kind of original ecology that is relatively intact, so in recent years, there are occasionally some people who come here for outdoor activities, and this place of green mountains and green waters is indeed not something that can be felt in the city.

The sky is bright, Fang Zichen carried a basket on his back into the mountain, the route of driving is far away with the shape of the mountain, and people do not need to take the road of vehicle walking if they walk into the mountain, such a mountain has perennial people walking and stepping out of the mountain road, such a mountain road is generally very hidden and rugged, but the distance into the mountain is much closer.

People who grow in the mountains don't care about walking such mountain roads, the more rugged the better, because it is easier to walk through the mountains with strength.

Walking in the mountains whether it is time or distance will pass very quickly, in the two mountain beams is the place where there are more medicinal materials, not to go so far, because the near places are basically picked by people, farmers will also enter the mountains in their leisure time to supplement the family, so the medicinal materials in this vicinity are not only scarce, but also not long, and the medicinal effect is relatively much weaker.

This mountain is no stranger to Fang Zichen, he used to follow his master and often came in to collect medicine, and then he was himself, although he went out to study for several years, but he always had to go into the mountain to collect medicine every summer.

Breathing in the fresh air, watching the golden rays of the sun shining through the gaps in the leaves, and listening to the birdsong in your ears, it's all a joy to hear.

Soon most of the morning passed, at this time Fang Zichen only had a few herbs in his back basket, and the harvest was not optimistic, but he had already traveled all over the area, if he wanted to have a better harvest, it would be farther away, as long as he could rush home before dark.

In fact, Fang Zichen still didn't dare to go too fast, for fear that excessive force would induce disease, and the gains would outweigh the losses, so there was no way to do it, but now it was far away from home.

However, it doesn't matter if you live on this mountain, for Fang Zichen, it is no problem to stay overnight on the mountain, it is not that there was no night in the mountains before, and this time I came out and prepared for this.

At noon, he simply ate a bite of the dry food he brought with him with the spring water, Fang Zichen discerned the direction for a while, and after a little hesitation, he still got up and walked in the direction of a mountain beam.

The towering ancient trees on the ridge of this mountain prove the long time, and also prove that this place is far away from the direction of home, and the villagers rarely come to such a far place, if it were not for the fact that there are a few very important medicinal materials that have not been collected, he will not go to this farther and more primitive mountain, so he wants to go into the mountain again to see if there is any good luck.

After turning over this mountain beam, it is still an ancient tree towering to the sky, and the ordinary medicinal materials are gradually increasing, it seems that it is really different here, but the more precious medicinal materials are still not found, walking down the hill, unconsciously, the medicinal materials in the back basket are gradually increasing, and the time is almost when the sun is about to set.

Just when the sky was getting dark, Fang Zichen suddenly realized that he had delayed too much time because he was greedy for picking more herbs.

After looking up and discerning the direction, Fang Zichen only felt a little bitter stomach, because he lowered his head to collect medicine, he had unconsciously walked too far, and it would definitely be too late to rush home at this time, so it was better to stay in the mountains for the night, and pick more tomorrow before going back.

Because this place is too far away from the village, Fang Zichen is not very familiar with it, and some familiar shacks and ground manholes are not here, but fortunately, he has a very good sense of direction, and he is not too lost in the mountains.

I found a place near the leeward of the stream, took out the overnight supplies prepared in the morning, set up a simple tent propped up with plastic sheets, and then collected firewood to make a fire.

Since he was a child, he has followed Yin Duo, the master, to the mountains to collect medicine, and he has lived in the mountains for so many years, what do you say that this is also a skilled job, it is not a big deal for Fang Zichen, but it is a lot of trouble when building, which is why he envies the outdoor equipment of those outsiders.

However, he also knew that the price of those things was not low, and it was unthinkable for him as a poor student who earned his own money in his spare time.

It was already completely dark, and the primitive mountain was suddenly eerily quiet, and there was no sound except for the occasional crackling of the fire.

Towering trees are also hidden in the night, there are not only a variety of precious medicinal materials, but also a very complete food chain, that is to say, there is no shortage of beasts at the top of the food chain, black bears, wild wolves, wild boars, and even tigers and leopards, these things are not uncommon in the mountains near the Russian Far East, but they rarely take the initiative to approach human gatherings, and they are also a little afraid of humans.

But it's different here, this is their home, staying overnight here, that is to invade their territory and challenge their patience, no one can guarantee whether they will be attacked, during the day, Fang Zichen has seen the feces and signs of activity of wild animals, and he is very mentally prepared for these Fang Zichen.

This is also the reason why the fire is lit at night, no matter what kind of beast it is, they have a natural fear of fire, so making a fire is not only for heating and cooking, but also a way to protect yourself by staying in the mountains and wilderness at night.

After eating something simply, Fang Zichen sat down in front of the fire, took out a medicine pot from the back basket, put it on the stone that had been supported in advance, and then took the back basket and poured out all the medicinal materials inside, after simply sorting and classifying, then stretched out his left hand, the void helped the medicine pot, and began to stare at the temperature change of the medicine pot on the flame, and the palm of the void holding the medicine pot spit out a faint breath, enveloping the entire medicine pot.

A medicinal herb enters the medicine pot, with the sound of "swish", it begins to wilt, and then another plant, and then it is constantly put in, and soon, these medicinal herbs begin to wilt and change color, and gradually dissolve the juice, and the remaining fiber residue is removed one by one.

The firewood had been burning under the medicine pot, and during this period, Fang Zichen also added wood to it from time to time, obviously wanting to make the flame more vigorous.