"Ginseng here?"

Ye Tian was stunned for a moment when he heard this, this place is a hillside, overgrown with low miscellaneous trees, and the field of vision is very open, if there is ginseng here, it will not be picked up earlier?

"Yes, this is it-" Hu Hongde nodded, and said with certainty: "I found it the year before last, and this ginseng is not enough, so I will keep it." ”

"This place is only two mountains away, will it be taken away if someone touches it?"

Ye Tian asked the question in his heart, and he always thought that ginseng grew between high mountains and mountains, but he didn't expect to be able to encounter a wild ginseng so easily.

You must know that when Ye Tian was in the medicinal herb market in Hebei, the real wild ginseng was definitely rare, not to mention the century-old ginseng, it was for decades, and it was regarded as the treasure of the town store by some merchants.

After hearing Ye Tian's words, Hu Hongde showed a look of pride on his face and said: "The old guys all know that this is my territory, even if they put the mountain here, they will not touch the mallet I left behind!" ”

"Put the mountain, what is that?" Ye Tian heard another term that he didn't understand.

"Digging wild ginseng, that is called releasing the mountain, those people are afraid of accidents when they go into the mountain, generally seven or eight people enter the mountain, and one of them is the leader, called the head ......"

When Hu Hongde was young, he also used to let go of the mountain with others, and later he found out the experience of picking ginseng in winter, so he changed to go into the mountain alone, so he also knows a lot about the mountain.

Every word and deed of the mountain people is full of mystery in the eyes of outsiders, but in fact, these words and deeds have a practical purpose.

At the beginning of the mountain, the people who put the mountain should be lined up, use the wooden stick to open the weeds, and look up the hillside from the foot of the mountain, which is called "pressing the mountain", and the other way is called "digging the mountain", that is, everyone is scattered to find, and the wooden stick is used as a communication signal.

But either way, it is strictly forbidden to speak, let alone eat, according to the Shanren, once the ginseng doll in the red belly pocket is alarmed, the ginseng will run away.

The real reason is that you need to pay full attention to looking for ginseng, talking and eating will distract everyone, and if you shout loudly in the mountains and forests, it is easy to create echoes and get lost.

Whoever found the ginseng immediately stuck a wooden stick on the ground, tied it to the ginseng stem with a red thread tied with a bronze coin, and spread a red cloth under the ginseng. update

Actually, the red thread is just to be eye-catching, because ginseng grows in the weeds and can be broken if you are not careful. Tie a red thread, red and green, particularly eye-catching.

As for the red cloth on the ground, it is used to pick up the ginseng seeds that fall off when touched, and this thing is also very valuable, and it is a good medicine for giving birth to midwifery. After doing all this, the lucky person who finds the ginseng will shout "Awesome!" ”。

Then the buddies will ask, "What goods?" Answer: "Five-pin-leaf!" When the people heard this, they said, "Do it quickly!" "Fast, fast, when, smooth, this is also a jargon in the Changbai Mountain forest area.

"Why do I sound like a bandit in the mountains? What is a five-pint leaf? Ye Tian looked at Hu Hongde with some suspicion, and said with a smile: "Old Hu, this is not the black language you learned in the cottage back then, right?" ”

"Hey, haven't you ever bought ginseng? Why don't you even understand the grade of ginseng? Hu Hongde, an unreasonable person, had no problem when he met Ye Tian, so he could only patiently explain the characteristics of ginseng to him.

It turns out that wild ginseng grows only one compound leaf on the ground in 1-5 years, commonly known as "three flowers", and can grow a complete five-piece palm-shaped compound leaf in 5-10 years, commonly known as "palm".

And 10-20 years later, the wild ginseng only grows two palm-shaped compound leaves, and the head of the mountain is called the "key to opening the mountain", which means that finding the small twist is to find the clue to take the big goods, and there are likely to be many "mallets" nearby. ..., 30 years later, wild ginseng has three palm-shaped compound leaves, commonly known as "lampstand", 50 years is called "four-pint leaves", and wild ginseng with four-pint leaves is often 50-80 years old.

The wild ginseng with five palm-shaped compound leaves is the "five-grade leaf" that Hu Hongde just said.

Wupinye is at least 80 years old or more, it is rare in Changbai Mountain, put the head of the mountain and call it "a pile", you can find wild ginseng of all sizes as far as the eye can see, there are 60 or 70 years of children and grandchildren, and there are 30 or 40 years of grandchildren.

As for the "six leaves", it is extremely rare to be more than 100 years old, it can be described as a rare national treasure, and the people who put the mountain are accustomed to call it "a piece", which means that when you see this elder, there will be countless children and grandchildren on the whole hillside, just like an ethnic group.

Now it is not in the lofty mountains and mountains that are difficult for even ginseng pickers to reach, and there is no existence of six-pint leaves at all, which is also the highest level of existing old ginseng, like the legendary seven-pint leaves, even Hu Hongde has never seen it.

"Lao Hu, you said that there is a fifty-year-old wild ginseng here, isn't that called Sipinye?" Ye Tian learned quite quickly, and urged: "Hurry up and point it out, let me see what the four-rank leaf looks like." ”

"I said, 'How can there be any leaves this winter?' Ginseng, like black bears, hibernate in winter! "Hu Hongde really doesn't know if he was right or wrong to take Ye Tian into the mountain, this kid doesn't even know a little about ginseng.

The annual growth period of wild ginseng is very short, the three months of June, July and August of the year are the peak growing season, the first frost in mid-September, and the final frost in mid-May of the following year, and the dormant period is as long as more than 240 days.

Such a short growth period makes the growth and weight gain of wild ginseng only about 1 gram per year, and when the year is not good, it will even shrink and become negative growth, which is also a major reason why wild ginseng is so valuable.

Ye Tian heard that he couldn't see the four-grade leaves, and said a little disappointed: "Okay, let's dig out this fifty-year-old plant first, the taste of wild ginseng stewed soup is fragrant!" ”

Hu Hongde said with some hesitation: "Ye Tian, these four-grade leaves can still grow, otherwise, I'll take you to dig up the six-grade leaves, right?" It's time for that to come out, too. ”

"Don't mind, Lao Hu, even if it can grow into a five-grade leaf, how many more years can you live? If you don't dig this thing, someone will dig it up sooner or later! ”

After hearing Hu Hongde's words, Ye Tian shook his head, thinking that he couldn't even afford to buy wild ginseng for thirty years in the medicinal herb market, but now that he has fifty years, how could Ye Tian let it go?

"Yes, if you say dig it, we'll dig it!"

Hu Hongde smiled bitterly, fortunately Ye Tian didn't know how to distinguish ginseng, otherwise if he came to pick ginseng, it would definitely be a disaster in Changbai Mountain, maybe ginseng, deer antler, and mink, the ginseng in the three treasures of Changbai Mountain, will be extinct since then.

Fifty years of wild ginseng is already in the category of digging, Hu Hongde didn't feel much regret, and squatted down to clear out a piece of snow in front of him.

"You kept this?" Ye Tian saw that there was a red rope tied to the rhizome of a dead tree under the snow, and a copper coin was hanging from the red rope.

"Yes, it has my mark on it, and everyone who sees it knows that I left it behind."

Hu Hongde took off the red rope and handed it to Ye Tian, Ye Tian took it in his hand and saw that the words on the copper coin had been smoothed, and then carved a "Hu" on it with a knife.

"Isn't it necessary to tie ginseng to ginseng? What are you doing with a rope tied to a tree? Ye Tian was a little confused.

"The branches and leaves on the ginseng ground will wither this winter, where can I find them?" Hu Hongde's question to Ye Tian is simply big, this knowledge that an eight-year-old child in Changbai Mountain understands, but Ye Tian doesn't understand.

"Oh, so according to your words, this ginseng is nearby?"

Hearing Hu Hongde say this, Ye Tian understood, and suddenly his heart moved, and he released his divine sense, this ginseng is formed by the essence of heaven and earth, maybe he can sense it? ..., "Huh? Sure enough, you can find it?! As soon as the qi was released, Ye Tian sensed that the ground less than thirty centimeters away from his left foot contained an extremely rich aura.

"Lao Hu, ginseng is here?" Ye Tian pointed to the ground.

"Huh? How do you know? Hu Hongde was stunned for a moment when he heard this, reached into the bag that Ye Tian was carrying, and took out his old cigarette pouch.

"You can't learn this, Lao Hu, wait, watch me find a seven-grade leaf for you!"

Discovering that the divine sense has this kind of wonderful use, Ye Tian was overjoyed in his heart, although his skill is still shallow, and the divine sense can only sense a range of about ten meters, but if he is lucky enough, he may really be able to find some superb old ginseng.

"How can there be a seven-grade leaf in this world?" Hu Hongde shook his head, lit the cigarette pouch and smoked.

"Maybe I'll be lucky enough to run into it?" Ye Tian pushed Hu Hongde, "How will this be smoked?" Hurry up and come out, let's go pick six-grade leaves! ”

"I'm afraid my hands will tremble if I don't smoke, wait until I smoke this bag of cigarettes and start again!"

Before picking ginseng, people will smoke a bag of cigarettes, which is to relieve the tension in their hearts, you know, if you accidentally break a little skin, or dig up a ginseng whisker, the ginseng pulp will seep out, and the value will be greatly reduced.

Hu Hongde was also a mountain farmer in his early years, although he later ran a single gang, but this habit was retained, and there were a lot of insects when picking ginseng in summer, and smoking also had the effect of repelling insects.

"Lao Hu, if you're afraid of shaking your hands, I'll come." Under Ye Tian's divine sense, the underground ginseng whiskers were all presented in Ye Tian's mind, and he was confident that he would never hurt a single ginseng whisker.

"Don't, Ye Tian, isn't this a joke?"

Hu Hongde was frightened by Ye Tian and jumped up from the ground, almost didn't even hold the cigarette pouch steady, these fifty-year-old wild ginseng is already relatively rare, and it is worth at least 1.8 million yuan when taken out, it would be a pity if it was ruined by Ye Tian.

Hu Hongde's reaction made Ye Tian very unhappy, and said, "Old Hu, don't you believe me?" If you go on a business trip, I'll accompany you with the money for this ginseng! ”――

ps: The fifth update, I wrote for another 15 hours, I was really tired and paralyzed, I didn't say anything, I recommend a monthly pass, please support my friends, please everyone!.

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