Chapter 23: Harvest Season (3)
Early in the morning, Gu Xi got up and began to leave the yard as a land for planting vegetables for loosening the soil, because there have been no seeds, the land in the yard has been empty and has not planted anything, so he planted some garlic and shallots near the kitchen, and other places because they are not planted, usually people always walk around, and the soil is pressed to the plate, *, before planting, the soil must be loosened, he plans to sprinkle a little pepper seeds to see if it can successfully germinate, as long as it successfully grows a few plants, it can produce a lot of peppers, I saw a chili plant in the bear clan before, which can grow very big, enough to eat, and if you have more, you can boil some chili sauce to come out.
Because there are not many plants, he loosened a small piece of soil, planted the pepper seeds, watered a little water, and waited for germination, the impression should not take a few days, because the pepper is very good to plant, he has seen many friends and old people like to plant some vegetables, and those who live in buildings can even be planted with a flower pot, the land of the beast world has not been polluted, and the ability is very good to grow things, and the things planted will be very good, if there are more pepper seedlings growing at that time, you can directly distribute the pepper seedlings to the people in the tribe.
After finishing these, the big collection organized by the tribe today has also begun, in the two months that Gu Xi is away, everyone's collection scope has expanded a lot, today everyone decided to pick back the winter melons found by Yan Yan, as long as the winter melons are not cut, they can be put for a long time, and the edamame everyone decided to put them in the ground and wait until they are ripe and then take them back, and then directly collect soybeans, because now they are not short of food, it is better to wait until the soybeans are harvested, they can be stored for a long time, and they can make new food in the cold winter, everyone said to Gu Xi's soy sauce, Tofu is very interested.
The winter melon is in the open space behind the mountain, Gu Xi has never been there, the wild grass there grows higher, and it has grown to the position of the waist, because someone has been here before, so a path has been opened to come out, this time for the convenience of collecting in the future, just cut off the grass wherever you go, anyway, there are many people this time, and the cut grass can be taken to the white-haired beast to eat, and now the captive white-haired beast has also added a few cubs.
The open space without weeds immediately broadened its vision, there were several winter melon vines growing on the ground, and three or four large winter melons were bearing on one vine, each winter melon was more than one meter long, Gu Xi could barely hold it alone, but he couldn't go far, so today Tong Qi and Wei Shan and Uncle Jiang are here, they have become tigers, and they can all be carried back at one time, and finally everyone counted this piece A total of nineteen large winter melons have grown, and they will be put in the central square when they are moved back, and they will be divided when the time comes.
Tong Qi and Wei Shan went back with winter melons, Uncle Jiang stayed behind to take care of the orcs, and the others began to collect again, all kinds of green leafy vegetables, mushrooms, and garlic that had been eldered...... Leave nothing to chance.
Gu Xi also found cowpeas, densely climbing all over the tree, at this time it is not yet fully ripe, but a lot of cowpeas have fallen down, this thing looks slender and long, not very like food, others have also found it before, they can't imagine that it will be something that can be eaten, Gu Xi is already thinking that this time will directly make capers! It can be put and lived, and it is very fragrant.
"Wait a minute, this thing is cooked, it can be produced, the name is cowpea, stir-fried, and it is also delicious to stew with clucking birds, meat and the like, and it can also be pickled," Gu Xi introduced.
"When you're done collecting things here, go down the hill and you'll find more," Song Xuan said.
"Gu Xi, look, this little red fruit is really good-looking" Yan Yan pinched a bunch of small red fruits and handed it to Gu Xi, the surroundings of the Tiger tribe are not as good as the bear tribe, there are flowers everywhere, there are not many flowers here, Yan Yan likes more colorful things, try to pick some small flowers when he comes out to collect.
Gu Xi took a look and felt a little familiar! Take it in your hand and look at it, how is this little red fruit similar to the thing I saw when I was a child, the thing on the top of the head of the ginseng doll that appeared in the very old cartoon! Could it be ginseng?
"Where did you pick it?" Gu Xi hurriedly asked.
Yan Yan saw Gu Xi so nervous, and thought that he had found something delicious again, so he quickly pointed it out to Gu Xi, Gu Xi hurriedly walked over, he must not be able to see a plant like this, so he squatted down, and carefully began to dig around the plant with a small wooden shovel, this wooden shovel is one of the gadget sets on Gu Xi's body, in order to facilitate the collection, Gu Xi specially asked Uncle Jiang to make a few, and soon won the love of the sub-beasts in the tribe, and now every family has a set.
"Is this the thing?" Yan Yan watched Gu Xi dig so carefully from the side, and as a result, he dug up a root.
"Wait until I dig it all out and take a look, if it's really ginseng, it's a good thing" Gu Xi said excitedly, modern ginseng breeds in large quantities, and there are very few pure wild ginseng, unless you go to the kind of forest in no man's land, but in fact, it is almost dug for people, usually everyone can only eat artificially planted, but this is different, no one in the beast world knows the storage of ginseng, and even he has not seen ginseng last time in the Xue Doctor of the Bear Clan, which means that no one has dug ginseng at all, so the ginseng here may have grown for decades, Or even thousands of years...... Not to mention that it is fine, it must also be the best herb in herbal medicine, and it is no exaggeration to say that it can be used to save lives.
When Gu Xi dug it out, the big ginseng was as long as Gu Xi's palm, and the roots outside spread very long, Gu Xi had only eaten ginseng that had been processed, and he had never seen such a fresh one, but when I bought it before, I had heard that many ginseng relied on the roots to identify the value, and the one in the hand of the flower must be very good, at least the year will not be less, but how good it is, he doesn't know, because he has never dug up ginseng, and he has also broken several roots, and I heard that just a small knot of roots is very replenished, It's a pity, the next time I meet it, I have to dig more carefully.
"Gu Xi, what are you doing with the roots? Can you eat it too? "Everyone is so curious, usually Gu Xi shows this expression to indicate that he has found something very good.
"This is really a good thing, the name is ginseng, as long as you use a little bit, you can save a person's life, and it is very replenishing to the human body" Gu Xi's eyes lit up and said, holding the small red fruit that Yan Yan had just picked to show everyone: "If you see this, you can dig it out like I did, as long as it is dried and stored for many years, it can also be said that this is a very good herb." ”
"Really, can I take it back for Sanjay?" It was Wei Shan's mother and father Yuan Rong who spoke, and the hair was cut short to take care of Xixue, and Wei Shan's hearty character was inherited from him, and he was a very simple sub-beast.
"Hmm...... If Sanjay's body is fine, don't be in a hurry to eat, although this thing is good for the body, but for the sub-beast that is pregnant with cubs, I don't know, be safe, wait for Anhua to come back after learning, and then study and study, we don't have to dig too much, the more years of this ginseng, the better, we just need to dig a little and put it in the tribe, as a life-saving herb, by the way, ginseng is full of treasures, and you should be extra careful when digging, it is best to keep its roots" Gu Xi said, I did hear that someone would make up for it, and he didn't dare to make a decision casually.
Yuan Rong is a little regretful, but it is also very happy that the tribe can have more life-saving herbs, although the healing ability of the orcs is very good, but every time there is too much blood, it will also be very weak, usually through guò meat to make up, now with this ginseng thing, there is no need to worry about not replenishing the body, especially in the cold winter, so when collecting next, everyone while collecting food while carefully checking whether there are small red fruits on the ground, this kind of good ginseng that is difficult to meet in modern times, It's very easy to find here, and in the end, I met five more, all of which are very old.
When the collection is over, everyone hands over the collected ginseng to Gu Xi for processing, Gu Xi washes the soil on the ginseng carefully and carefully, puts it on a stone slab that specializes in drying things, dries the water, and then puts it away, and then takes it out to dry tomorrow when the sun is good.
Today's winter melon Gu Xi divided two are still small, even if they are still small, and then Gu Xi is already very big here, I used to go to the vegetable market to buy vegetables, but they were all bought in a small section, this time it was a whole piece, so Gu Xi left a small section to eat these days, and the rest was all pickled, pickled vegetables Gu Xi knew, pickled winter melon has not been tried, Gu Xi plans to try it himself first and then promote it in the tribe, cut the skin of the remaining winter melon, remove the sac, cut it into small pieces, pour in salt, sprinkle it with chili powder, stir it evenly, and put it directly into the stone jar to seal, Let's take a look in ten days, if the taste is okay, the remaining winter melon will be pickled in this way, so that there will be another side dish in the future.
Before dinner, Huo Bai had disposed of the prey in the central square, and returned home with the meat he deserved, and as soon as he returned to the tribe, he heard about Gu Xi's discovery of life-saving herbs.
Gu Xi was recycling the dried ginseng, and by the way, he was waiting for Huo Bai to come back to light the fire, and when he saw Huo Bai coming back happily, with a smile on his face, he asked curiously, "What is so happy?" ”
Huo Bai didn't speak, put down the things in his hand, and hugged Gu Xi: "Gu Xi, thank you." ”
"Well," Gu Xi thought, probably because of ginseng, "Actually, it's not that magical, it's just that I'm there, I always say that it can save lives, and those who are about to die eat this, and even live a few more days...... I'm not sure either. ”
"You've done well enough, West," Huo Bai kissed him on the forehead.