20. Chapter XX
On the mountain, the two of them ate the dry food and hot water they brought with them for lunch. Fortunately, the footsteps of the two are not slow, otherwise they will definitely not be able to go back in two or three days when they come out this time.
"I can't find it this way, I can't see the situation below. Feng Junhui and the others came to the edge of a cliff again, but the situation under the cliff was completely invisible. Some of the places with plants were covered by snow, and it was not known what the plants were.
"You wait up here, I'll go down and see. If only you tell me what that thing looks like. Li Kaize frowned, looking at it this way, he couldn't see anything at all. He knew Dendrobium, but he couldn't distinguish the so-called mutated Dendrobium.
"There is no big difference between mutant dendrobium and ordinary dendrobium, except that there is a red section on the top of the root. But you don't have any tools with you, can you do it? It's snowing, and it's not easy to climb on the cliff, it's very slippery. Feng Junhui was not at ease.
"You wait. Li Kaize said and climbed down the cliff. There was already a layer of thin ice on the rock, and after he pressed it with his hand, he still climbed very steadily, and he did not slip at all.
Feng Junhui worriedly looked at Li Kaize's situation at the bottom of the cliff, afraid that his hand would slip and fall to the bottom of the mountain. However, the snow and ice seemed to be completely unsuitable for Li Kaize. Like an ape who is good at climbing, he can always find the most suitable place to stay and climb on the cliff. Moving left and right on the cliff face, he quickly searched most of the cliff.
After searching below for more than an hour, Li Kaize came up, but the harvest was not. No trace of the mutated dendrobium was found, but two ordinary dendrobium plants were collected, and after being prepared well, they were also good medicinal materials.
"It's a pity that I didn't find the mutant dendrobium. ”
"This dendrobium is not easy to find, let alone mutated dendrobium. Let's look for it again, but it really can't be done, and tomorrow I'll go into the deep mountains to have a look. Li Kaize comforted. If he wanted to go into the mountains for a few days, he decided to go by himself, not taking Feng Junhui with him, for fear of encountering danger and not taking care of Feng Junhui.
"Yes, yes!" the starling next to him shouted proudly, and tried to catch the dendrobium with his claws.
"Don't move. Feng Junhui slapped its claws away.
"Yes!" the starling was a little anxious, he knew very little human language. This time, it grabbed the corner of Feng Junhui's clothes with its claws and flew in one direction. However, its power is too small to drag Feng Junhui at all.
Seeing the starling's movements, Feng Junhui understood, it is estimated that the starling knew where there was a dendrobium and wanted to take them to find it. So, Feng Junhui tried to ask it: "Do you know that this kind of grass is found in the mountains?" pointing to the dendrobium in his hand, and then pointing to the direction of the deep mountain.
"Yes!" Starling was happy this time, and his tone became happy.
"Let's follow it and see. Li Kaize said that these starlings flew around in the forest, and maybe they really encountered them.
The two followed the starling brother to the deeper into the mountains, and the more Li Kaize went, the more unreliable he felt. There is no big cliff at all in the direction where the starling is carrying, but in the deep mountains, there are countless towering trees. But after walking for so long, they will continue to follow, maybe there will be some unexpected gains.
After walking some distance, Feng Junhui and the others were taken by the starling to the bottom of the towering tree, and the dead branches and rotten leaves under their feet were thick, and there was a feeling of silt under their feet when they stepped on it. The starling continued to lead them under these big trees, and it was not until the two of them came to the dense forest that there was no light of day, and the starling stopped at a big tree.
"Yes, yes!" the starling flew around the tree two more times, and then flew to another tree and settled.
When Feng Junhui and Li Kaize carefully inspected the tree, they found that there were actually dendrobium climbing on the branches. Dendrobium is originally an orchid, in addition to preferring to grow on claustrophobic mountain streams, some will grow on large trees. They are carried by various animals to the dead holes of large trees, or to the crevices of branches.
Dendrobium grows by digging its roots directly into the bark or dead branches of the tree and using the nutrients and water that the tree draws from the ground. And because the big trees can help them shelter from the wind and rain, the dense forest raises the temperature around them a lot, which is very suitable for the growth of dendrobium. It's just that this way of growing needs to be done by chance, and there are fewer wild ones, but there are many artificial ones in Yunnan, Guizhou and other places, and dendrobium is fixed on the trunk with wire and soil to plant dendrobium.
Li Kaize is very good at climbing the cliff, and he is not bad at this big tree, with his feet kicked, his hands are strong, and he will arrive at the place where there are dendrobiums in a short time. These dendrobiums are quite a few years old and grow very well. Even if it wasn't a mutated dendrobium, he picked it all. After searching around the big trees in this vicinity, I actually found two mutated dendrobiums, which grew very luxuriantly and bloomed with blood-red flowers.
The shape of these flowers is somewhat like a lotus petal orchid, but the blood-red color is particularly charming, completely lacking the elegance of the orchid. This made Li Kaize find it at first sight on a tree with a lot of dead branches in the dark light. Carefully picking the mutated dendrobium, Li Kaize hurriedly handed it to Feng Junhui after getting off the tree: "Is this it?"
"It's actually blooming!" Feng Junhui was also very surprised to see the bewitching red flowers. This is exactly what is described in the book, and the whole plant grows more vigorously than the average dendrobium. I pity the big tree that is attached to it, a trunk of more than 20 meters, and a thick branch like a forest of trees. But these two mutant dendrobiums robbed them of nutrients, and they grew less luxuriant, and even a lot of dead branches appeared.
"It's amazing!" Li Kaize took out a piece of dried meat and threw it at the starling. He has this habit because when he used to get along with police dogs, whenever the police dogs did a good job, they would always be rewarded with food. This jerky is yak meat, or sent by Feng Junhui's parents, and the farmer makes it himself, and the taste is very pure.
Starlings are also gluttonous, grabbing jerky with their claws and starting to peck. Looking at the way it looks, it seems to like the taste of jerky.
"Is it delicious?" put the starling directly into his arms, and then Feng Junhui broke the jerky and fed it to eat. Starling especially enjoyed Feng Junhui's warm embrace, as well as the feeding of jerky, and never thought about leaving.
"Okay, eat ......" Starling only occasionally imitated Feng Junhui meaninglessly to speak.
"Is it okay to call you Xiaoba in the future?" asked Feng Junhui. Of course, the starling didn't understand what he meant, but he heard a lot of "good" words, so he imitated this. So, the name of this starling was finalized. Because this starling is smart, Feng Junhui plans to take it back to raise. It's best to help him find some uncommon medicinal herbs in the mountains in the future.
Li Kaize also praised the starling for being "smart" this time, and because of the act of feeding the jerky for the first time, the starling was a little less afraid of Li Kaize and a little closer to him.
"I think you can also try planting dendrobium on a tree, I remember seeing it somewhere before, and it looks pretty good. Li Kaize looked at the dendrobium of Feng Junhui and said. Dendrobium is known as the immortal grass, and it has many effects and good medicinal effects. It can not only nourish yin and replenish deficiency, but also enhance the activity of anti-cancer cells, promote muscle growth, moisten the five internal organs, and clear qi and so on.
Of course, it is not easy to buy wild dendrobium these days. Artificially planted dendrobium has also been gradually put into the market, making this a medicine that is not very special. But Li Kaize believes that if Feng Junhui wants to grow dendrobium, then the effect will definitely be no worse than that of wild ones, just like the final ingredient report of the vegetables that were brought back, which is super high.
"This price is high, I know that there is a tree planting dendrobium in Yungui, the teacher also mentioned it in the previous class, I don't know the specific operation and details, and I will look up some information when I go back." Feng Junhui thought for a while and said. Dendrobium is definitely a good medicinal material, and the price is not cheap, especially after the current popularity of health care, it is also good to sell Dendrobium alone.
When he went back, Li Kaize was obviously in a good mood, and went to find a few rabbits nesting in the hole to hide from the cold. It's just winter, and the rabbit is still sticking to the fat autumn fat, which is the most delicious time. The rabbits targeted by Li Kaize did not run away, Li Kaize chose a few fat ones to catch, and carried the rabbit's long ears to the house.
"There are many rocks in the mountains behind your house, and you can't grow anything, so it's better to fence them up and raise some hares and pheasants and find someone to help take care of them. I tell you, these hares and pheasants are brought home to raise, don't feed them, let them run around more on their own, the taste is better than that of pure wild, and there is less fishy smell. "Li Kaize is now getting more and more like a foodie, and it is estimated that if he stays for a while, he will grow in a circle.
"Let's look back. "It's not easy to feed pheasants and hares, and when you get sick with long hair, all your efforts may be gone. Besides, if you don't feed them, you have to prepare them to eat, which is another troublesome job. It is better to let other people in the village try to go up the mountain to catch pheasants and hares by themselves, and raise less first, and there is nothing to lose.
In fact, Li Kaize regretted it after he finished speaking, now Feng Junhui can't even care about refining medicine and cultivating the truth, if he finds something to do, then he still has a very slow time? So when he heard Feng Junhui's tone that he didn't plan to do this, he was happy in his heart. If Feng Junhui agreed, he would probably be able to pump two big mouths by himself!
When they arrived at the place where they were picking up pheasants, Li Kaize took a few steps up the tree and took down the stupid pheasant. It's cold, even if it's dead for a while, it doesn't matter if you take it back and deal with it. With these wild creatures, the evening meal will naturally be settled.