Mount Luo is one of the Luofu Mountains, which meander for thousands of miles and occupy almost one-third of Anping County. There are various legends about the Luofu Mountains, among which the most widely spread is that there are gods in the mountains: legend has it that five hundred years ago, a woodcutter who was collecting firewood encountered a terrifying big insect (tiger) in the mountain, and when the woodcutter thought that he was dead, a beautiful fairy killed the tiger, and then the fairy took off, and he dragged the tiger out of the mountain and sold it for a large price, and since then he has lived a good life without worrying about food and clothing......

Yao Huang and Yao Qing each carried a large and a small basket to Luodan Mountain. The village of Qingshui, where they were located, was at the foot of Mount Luodan, the sun had already risen, and the morning light was projected on the two siblings through the layers of clouds, as if gilding them with a layer of golden brilliance. There are no overly tall trees on the periphery of Mount Rodin, the tallest trees are no more than five or six meters, and some climbing mangroves and rattans are wrapped around the trunks. The low shrubs as well as the wild grasses are lush and green, showing a strong vitality. There is a path in the mountains, only about a foot wide, which is not conducive to walking. Yao Huang walked cautiously on the mountain road, for a senior otaku, climbing a mountain is not a beautiful thing. On the other hand, Yao Qing walked very easily, picking up some dry branches and putting them in the back basket as he walked.

"Xiaoqing, don't pick up the branches, it's too heavy to carry. We'll pick it up when we go down. Yao Huang spoke up to stop Yao Qing's actions.

Yao Qing thought about it, he and his second sister went up the mountain to find food to eat, not to pick up firewood. Walking to a big tree on the side of the road, Yao Qing piled up the dead branches in his back to an inconspicuous place on the back of the big tree, and then took them home when he came down the mountain.

It is late spring and early summer, and the mountains are full of trees and green grass. Among these herbaceous plants, there are many plants that make Yao Huang's eyes familiar, even if she hasn't really seen them, but she has seen pictures of these plants on the Internet, dandelion, purslane, bracken...... Dandelion is a little old, but for the Yao family, who are struggling on the verge of starvation, being able to fill their only son can be ignored if they are a little bitter. Yao Qing knew several edible wild vegetables, and after a while, half of the wild vegetables were filled in his back basket.

Yao Huang frowned, most of the farming novels she had read were based on the products of the mountains to change their poor lives in the early stage, and people could pick delicious wild vegetables and wild fruits as soon as they went up the mountain, pick olives to squeeze oil to make side dishes, catch pheasants and hares and other wild things to improve their diet, or simply directly pick ginseng and Ganoderma lucidum These precious medicinal materials for money, why did she get to her but there was nothing but some common wild vegetables? The pheasants and hares had seen one or two, but with her and Yao Qing's short arms and legs, they couldn't catch them at all. Yao Huang was depressed, before she came, she confidently thought about picking some mountain treasures and wild things to improve her life, and sold the surplus things to Wenren Chiba for treatment, but the fact shattered her confidence. You can't get a few bucks when you go back with a basket of wild vegetables.

Yao Huang sighed, the traverser without the golden finger is even more useless than the willing residents.

"Second sister, give you flowers." Yao Qing handed a blue wildflower to Yao Huang, "It must look good on your head." ”

"Thank you, Xiaoqing." Yao Huang showed a smile and took the flower. The blue-purple flowers have five petals and look thin but bright, and the leaves are ovate-lanceolate. Such an obvious feature made Yao Huang recognize the name of the flower at once.

"Kikyo flowers!" The reason why I met the bellflower was because of the heroine of an anime that Yao Huang liked. Kikyo is a tragic woman, and her name reveals her fate, just like the flower language of Kikyo flowers: hopeless love. Legend has it that the blossoming of bellflower represents the return of happiness. But some people can grasp happiness, and some people are destined to have no chance with it, can't catch it, and can't keep flowers.

"Second sister, do wildflowers have names?" Yao Qing asked curiously.

"Of course." Yao Huang smiled, "Every plant and every flower is unique, and naturally it has its own name. ”

"And what's the name of this flower?" Yao Qing picked a pale green flower and held it up in front of Yao Huang.

"It's a chessboard."

"What about that?" Yao Huang asked, pointing to a clump of white wildflowers.

"Goose gut grass."

"Kind of?"

"I said little brother, I'm not a botanist." At most, she knew a few common wildflowers.

"What is a botanist?" Yao Qingqing is sensitive and studious.

Yao Huang's expression froze, rubbing, how to explain to an ancient person "what is a botanist"?

"Xiaoqing, is there only such a bellflower in this area? Are there any others? "Change the subject.

"Yes, there's a bellflower bush over there." Yao Qing pointed to the woods on the right.

"Take me there."

"Second sister, can you pick some flowers and go back to the eldest sister?"

"No, for my brother-in-law."

"What?" Yao Qing thought she had misheard, "Second sister, brother-in-law is a man." "I don't like flowers.

"Hehe," Yao Huang said with a smile, "Silly brother, of course I know that my brother-in-law is a man." I picked bellflower flowers and went back to make medicine for my brother-in-law. ”

"Can bellflower be used in medicine?" Yao Qing was surprised.

"yes. Platycodon has expectorant antitussive, analgesic, antipyretic, sedative, hypoglycemic, anti-inflammatory effects, brother-in-law has recently coughed badly, with bellflower boiling water for him to drink, should be able to relieve some. ”

Hearing this, Yao Qing hurriedly squatted down to pick bellflowers.

"Xiaoqing, wait a minute, don't touch that flower." Seeing Yao Qing stretching out his hand to a blue-purple wildflower that looked like swallows and butterflies, he hurriedly spoke to stop it.

"Huh?" Yao Qing looked at Yao Huang suspiciously, his expression was very cute.

"This is not a bellflower, it's a delphinium, it's poisonous."

"Poison?" Yao Qing was startled and quickly retracted his hand.

Yao Huang pointed to the flowers of the delphinium and said, "The color of the delphinium and the bellflower are very similar, but the flower shape is not the same, you see, the flower shape of the delphinium is like a swallow and a butterfly." ”

"Delphinium is better looking than bellflower." Yao Qing carefully compared the difference between the two flowers.

"Stinky boy, you can't just look at the surface of things, otherwise there will be no saying that 'gold and jade are ruined on the outside'. Delphinium looks elegant and endearing, but the whole grass is poisonous, and the seeds are the most toxic. Of course, there are two sides to everything, delphinium can be used in medicine, the main treatment of wheezing and edema, and the root can cure abdominal pain. ”

"I didn't expect the little weeds to have so much knowledge." Yao Qing was impressed, "Second sister, last year, the three men in the next village died of eating weeds, and the doctor said that he ate aconitum by mistake, do you know what aconitum is like?" ”

"Aconite?" Yao Huang's gaze turned around twice and pointed to a certain plant, "That's Aconite, also known as aconite, which is a very poisonous plant. It can make the mouth, lips, tongue and limbs numb, salivation, nausea, dizziness, paleness, cold limbs and weak pulse, and then dyspnea, convulsions and coma in the limbs, arrhythmia or serious heart rhythm disorders, and even sudden death. People with sensitive skin can get allergies after exposure. ”

"That's amazing!" Yao Qing shivered, obediently, he would never touch such a terrible thing in the future.

"Aconitum also has medicinal value, can disperse the cold of the meridians and relieve pain, suitable for rheumatism, rheumatoid arthritis, etc. For example, aconitum soup can cure the disease of the calendar, disperse the cold of the viscera and relieve pain, and is suitable for pain in the heart and abdomen caused by cold evil; Aconitum red stone fat pills to treat heartache; Big aconitum decoction, aconitum cinnamon branch decoction to treat cold hernia and abdominal pain. ”

"Sister, when did you study medicinal herbs so much?"

"If you read more books, you will know the truth. My brother-in-law's book has a book called "A Collection of Herbs", from which I learned part of it; The others were heard from Yun Xige. Li Yunxi is a promising young man in the village, who works as an apprentice in a pharmacy in the city and returns to the village every six months. Li Yunxi and Yao Hong are the same age, and they often played with Yao Huang when they were children.

Yao Qing said, "Sister, can you teach me to identify herbs?" ”

"Why are you interested in herbs?"

"Sister, I want to pick herbs to sell after learning to supplement my family."

Yao Huang's eyes lit up, this is a way to make money, but unfortunately he can only make some small money, not a lot of money.

"I don't remember many herbs, when I go back and learn the "Herbal Collection" thoroughly, let's go up the mountain to collect herbs together, right?" Yao Huangdao, in fact, there are only a few kinds of medicinal herbs she recognizes, but she remembers more poisonous weed species.

When he was at home, Yao Huang read a novel about mercenaries, which described in detail some knowledge of survival in the wild, and it is said that the author referred to the "U.S. Army Wilderness Survival Manual". Poisonous weeds such as delphinium, aconitum, thousand grasses, pig plague, and wolf venom are described in detail in that novel. The novel also tells how to tell if a plant is poisonous: first look closely, then cut off a small part of the plant and put it in front of your nose to smell it, if there is an offensive smell of bitter almond or peach bark, it is a poisonous plant; You can also squeeze some juice droplets and apply them to sensitive areas of the body such as the forearm between the elbow and armpit, and if you feel unwell, rash or swelling, you should throw it away as soon as possible, because it must contain some toxic substances. Some poisonous plant saps may not react when applied in just one place, so try applying them to one or two more places, but try to apply them three to five minutes apart. Or try touching your lips and licking with your tongue. After reading this book, Yao Huang benefited a lot, and felt that if she was thrown into the African forest, she would be able to survive.

"Second sister, can so many bellflower flowers cure my brother-in-law's illness?" Although Yao Qing is close to his two older sisters, the person he admires the most is his erudite brother-in-law, and he has a very good relationship with Wenren Chiba. After hearing that Qianye was sick, in addition to Yao Hong, the person who was most worried was Yao Qing.

"I guess it's okay!" Yao Huang said uncertainly, "But we still have to find a way to change more money and ask Lang Zhong to show my brother-in-law, my brother-in-law's health is really bad!" ”

Yao Huang is very skeptical that such a Wenren Chiba can give Yao Hong happiness?