Chapter 013: Collecting Herbs
After walking up, the medicinal materials in the mountains gradually became more and more, but more of them were still partial types, perhaps because the people who collected the herbs did not recognize this kind of medicinal materials.
Xiao Yu picked up the medicine hoe and carefully dug up one medicinal herb after another.
Xiao Yucheng didn't know most of these herbs, so he could only obey Xiao Yu's command, and when she found him, he would be responsible for excavation.
And Xiao Yu also taught him to identify herbs by the way.
I didn't expect that there were still three notoginseng growing on this Niujiao Mountain! However, people in the world do not know about this medicinal material, and they do not know its wonderful use.
Xiao Yu told Xiao Yucheng in detail.
Xiao Yucheng's eyes lit up suddenly, and he immediately stopped digging, turned his head and said, "In this way, this Sanqi must be very expensive?" ”
Hearing this, Xiao Yu replied: "I think there should be a market. It's just that many people in the world don't know about this kind of medicinal material, so they shouldn't buy it easily, after all, they are worried that this thing is poisonous, and they don't dare to use it casually into medicine without a lot of tests. And there are few wild notoginseng. ”
Xiao Yucheng said: "That's okay, we can plant." ”
Xiao Yu also thought so, and immediately nodded and said, "Then dig carefully." ”
Putting a few wild notoginseng plants into the back basket, Xiao Yu straightened his waist, and suddenly saw a half-human-high piece of red grass in front of him, and suddenly felt happy in his heart.
Red grass is a rare and valuable medicinal material, the leaves are green and the flowers are red, the fruit is dark red, the whole plant can be used as medicine, and there are deadly toxins. Appropriate use of trace amounts can relieve pain, stop night sweats and salivation, etc., but need to be very cautious; Direct consumption can cause headaches, convulsions, and confusion, making behavior extremely aggressive, leading to death from a coma and, in mild cases, blindness. Its poison is so severe that three or two finger-sized fruits are enough to kill a young man. Be extra careful when collecting herbs to avoid vertigo.
"I went to pick the herbs that bloomed with safflowers." Xiao Yu pointed to the red grass path on the right side in front of him, he couldn't hide his excitement, he didn't want to slip and step on the moss, and almost fell to the ground.
Fortunately, Xiao Yucheng quickly pulled Xiao Yu: "Be careful!" ”
Xiao Yu stood firm, calmed down, turned his head to Xiao Yucheng and said, "Thank you." Otherwise, I'd have fallen to the ground. ”
"It's all said to be a family, what's polite." Xiao Yucheng waved his hand, turned his head, and went to the front to open the way so that Xiao Yu could pick the herb.
"Wait. I'll take a look at your hands. Xiao Yu said busily. When Xiao Yucheng grabbed her just now, she felt that his hand seemed to be blistering.
Xiao Yucheng unnaturally moved his hand back: "It's okay." ”
Xiao Yu directly pulled Xiao Yucheng's hand and took the knife away. Sure enough, there were several large blisters growing under the fingers of his palms. It's no wonder that Xiao Yucheng is opening the way for most of the way, he only took paper and pen before, and this year he has only practiced martial arts and boxing for basic skills and boxing, and he has only recently learned bows and arrows, and his hands are still relatively tender, unlike the thin calluses on her hands.
"It's a puncture to get better quickly." Xiao Yu ignored Xiao Yucheng's slight resistance, treated him with a few blisters, and turned out the hand socks that Xiao Pei had specially knitted with fine threads, secretly annoyed in his heart why he didn't remember to put them on him earlier.
Xiao Yucheng was not happy at first, until he saw that Xiao Yu was also wearing it neatly.
Xiao Yu worked hard to chop the grass with a knife. She rested for a long time, and was so energetic that she soon made a trail.
"This grass root is very rooted, you should be careful." Xiao Yu reminded Xiao Yucheng in the back.
The red grass in front of me grows so tall and stout, it should be a few years old medicinal herbs, the whole plant is covered with white fluff, slightly red near the roots, the branches are long and the leaves are wide, and it grows very luxuriantly, it looks like a small piece, but in fact, there are only three plants.
It's the season of flowering for this herb, and the green foliage is dotted with bell-like vermilion flowers.
Xiao Yu sorted the medicinal materials in the basket and put them into a cloth bag, so as not to mix them and affect the medicinal properties, and then took out two large handkerchiefs and handed them to Xiao Yucheng: "This grass is poisonous, cover your mouth and nose." ”
When it was ready, Xiao Yu squatted down and excavated with a hoe.
A black snake with an arm thickness of about a few feet suddenly burst out of it, causing Xiao Yu to sit on the ground in fright. Xiao Yucheng also saw it and exclaimed: "There are snakes!" Hurriedly pulled Xiao Yu back and stepped back.
But he saw the serpent burrow into the dense wild grass beside it, and went away.
Xiao Yu was shocked, and couldn't help but reach out and pat his chest: "I'm scared to death, I forgot that there are often poisonous snakes and beasts next to good medicinal materials." ”
And he said, "It's a shame I didn't catch that snake." ”
Xiao Yucheng pulled Xiao Yu up, and seeing that her face was still a little pale, he said with concern: "Are you okay?" ”
"It's fine. Luckily, I was applied. Xiao Yu shook his head with apprehension, "Although I know that this snake medicine is effective, I will still be scared when I see this kind of thing." ”
At that moment, the two of them picked up branches and stretched them into the red grass to disturb them, and after making sure that there were no other poisonous snakes or the like, Xiao Yu carefully dug up the whole red grass and put it in the medicine basket.
Xiao Yucheng also endured his numb scalp and grabbed two finger-sized red centipedes hiding under the grass.
Because Xiao Yu said that she lacked this in several pairs of medicines.
Thinking that Xiao Pei's previous prescription seemed to have centipedes, Xiao Yucheng felt that Xiao Yu's medicine was really unusual, but in fact, he didn't know that centipedes were a kind of medicinal material, and because he knew that she knew poison before, it was inevitable that he had some preconceived ideas.
At this time, Xiao Yucheng saw Xiao Yu looking at the centipede in his hand with burning eyes, but he showed a little fear, he didn't expect her to be poisonous but he was also afraid of this, so he was playful, and raised his hand to throw the centipede towards her.
Xiao Yu was really frightened and sat on the ground.
Xiao Yucheng couldn't help laughing proudly, and put away the centipede that was not thrown out in his hand, and felt that this thing was not so responsive.
And Xiao Yu, who had just gotten up over there, was extremely speechless, and could only comfort himself not to be like a child.
After all the medicinal materials dug up were sorted out, Xiao Yu looked at the red grass that was filled with most of the basket, and suddenly ran this little thing out of the clouds, and his mood became brighter, and he felt that the trip was worthwhile.
"Let's go ahead and rest for a while before we go." Xiao Yu looked around and saw a few big stones not far in front of him, and there seemed to be a spring next to it, so he opened the way and walked towards that side first. She was still a little scared just now, and she still didn't come back to her senses.
"Okay." Xiao Yucheng naturally followed.
Coming to the edge of the stone, Xiao Yu looked up to check the sky from among the dense leaves, only to find that the sun had risen to midheaven unconsciously, no wonder he felt a little hungry in his stomach.
Xiao Yu took down the basket and put it aside, loosened his muscles, watched Xiao Yucheng sit down on the stone, and noticed that there was indeed a bent stream at his feet.
He had picked the red grass just now, and although he was separated by his socks, Xiao Yu cautiously let Xiao Yucheng wash his hands in the stream flowing out of the stone pit, and scooped up the spring water in the small pond to taste it.
The water is sweet and delicious, so there should be no problem. The two of them were relieved to eat dry food from the spring.
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