Butterfly unicorn, also known as pimple vine, the leaves are butterfly-shaped, the medicinal part is the root, this medicinal material grows very strangely, the root is elongated, there is a pimple every centimeter or so, it is a very effective knife wound medicine, and it can also be used to soak in wine.

Without looking carefully, along the top of the old mountain towards the destination mentioned by Uncle Zhao Chuanyi, I saw a lot of medicinal materials along the way, among which there were many precious ones, but under the cover of ice and snow, Zhao Yuan and his party did not dig out all these medicinal materials.

There are a lot fewer animals on the top of the old mountain, because it is too cold, and most animals do not come to the top of the mountain.

The wind on the top of the mountain is relatively strong, very cold, and the group has a lot less to say, and has been walking towards the gentle slope of the north, about two quarters of an hour, and came to the gentle slope of the north mountain that Uncle Zhao Chuanyi said.

"It's finally here, it's too far." After finding a stone, Zhao Yuan gasped and sat down all of a sudden.

"Let's take a break and eat something." Uncle Zhao Chuanyi sat down next to Zhao Yuan and said.

"It's a good place to open up wasteland, but it's too far away from home, and it's not convenient to go back and forth." After a pause, Zhao Yuan stood up and observed the entire gentle slope and said.

The gentle slope of the whole north mountain, there are not many trees growing, most of them are shrubs and thatch, and the land that can be reclaimed is about 300 acres, and the soil has a relatively high sand content, but there is no problem at all for planting soybeans.

"Uncle, this land is big enough, but it will take a lot of time to reclaim it." Zhao Yuan said.

At the beginning, the land under the river dam in Zhao Yuan was almost 400 acres of wasteland, and more than 100 people worked for more than 20 days. Now on this barren mountain, there are only more than ten people in Zhaojiazhuang, and I don't know how much time it will take to open up this nearly 300 acres of land, and it is more difficult to open up the land on this mountain than it was in Xiaheba.

"Take your time, let's open up the wasteland when we have time in the year, and this year we can open a few acres of land." Uncle Zhao Chuanyi said with a smile.

One of the advantages of cultivating land in this mountain is that you don't have to pay taxes, and you can harvest as much as you can produce, so everyone is very happy to see such a large piece of land that can be used for wasteland.

After resting, they cleared out a clearing, found some dry firewood and licorice, and made a fire, and everyone baked the pancakes they brought on the fire, and settled lunch with the water in the bamboo tube.

In ancient times, the land was generally cleared out of a firebreak, and then fireproofed, all the vegetation on the ground was burned and then the large stones in the ground were cleared, and the ground covered with grass and wood ash would be very fertile, and the crop yield in the first two years would be very high.

But now you can't do this, in the old mountain to open up wasteland, it should be a relatively secret thing, here almost no people come all the year round, but once the fire starts, many places at the foot of the mountain can be seen, so it can only be used by manpower to remove the shrubs and weeds in the field.

After resting, everyone began to work, using their hoes and sickles to clear the bushes and weeds in the field.

"Atom, you can rest on the sidelines, you don't need your help." Uncle Zhao Chuanyi saw Zhao Yuan holding a tool and was about to come to help, so he waved his hand to stop him.

"In this way, let's dig a big soil pit here, put the weeds cleared up into the pit as fertilizer, and turn it out as fertilizer when planting soybeans, and then the pit can be watered for irrigation." Zhao Yuan did not refuse, and said to everyone with a smile.

"This is a good idea, in this way, Zhao Yang, Zhao Qing, Qiu Ren, Qiu Yun, you dig a few holes, and we old ones clean up these shrubs and weeds." Uncle Zhao Chuanyi arranged.

"Big brother, I think some of these shrubs are quite straight, when we clean up, pick out these ones that grow relatively straight, and dry them to make fences, otherwise there are so many animals on this old mountain, and the beans planted will be spoiled by animals." Second Uncle Zhao Yuancheng proposed.

"Yes, I don't know if you have paid attention to the road just now, there is a large bamboo forest not far from above, and when we open up the land, we will find two days to cut bamboo to make a fence." Uncle Zhao Chuanyi nodded and said.

"I noticed, let's open some ground today, and then cut it next time I come up." Zhao Yuancheng nodded.

Zhao Yuan a few young people, found a low terrain, began to dig a pit, at this time there is an advantage of clearing the wasteland is that there is no need to worry about poisonous insects and poisonous snakes in the grass and shrubs, just need to clean up side by side.

"Atom, you don't have to do farm work anymore, do you?" While digging a pit, Zhao Qiuren asked.

"Well, why don't you do it, but the land at home will ask someone to help plant it, and I will open a vegetable garden near the house at most, and just plant some vegetables." Zhao Yuan said with a smile.

"I don't know how you got enlightened all of a sudden, my father has been talking about you lately, and our life is not easy." Zhao Qiuyun also said on the side.

"Haha, so a few brothers have to come on." Zhao Yuan snorted, knowing that it was all a joke.

"Atom, you have a good brain, can you help us think about what to do, even my son always talks about Uncle Atom at home." Zhao Qiuren said.

"Okay, I'll go back and think about it." Zhao Yuan agreed with a smile.

The land on the barren mountain is very rigid because it has never been cultivated, and when you dig it down with a hoe, you can feel the feeling of the hard erection of the land.

"Atom, come and see if this is a medicinal herb." Suddenly, Fifth Uncle Zhao Lao Wu shouted towards Zhao Yuan.

"Here, Fifth Uncle, I'll take a look." Zhao Yuan responded and walked towards the wasteland opened by several uncles.

"That's it, there are a lot of them here, and I only saw this root when I dug up the ground." Zhao Lao Wu took a ginseng-like root, handed it to Zhao Yuan and said.

"This is bracken nettle root, also called hairy chicken legs, which can be eaten." When Zhao Yuan saw it, he recognized that the root that the fifth uncle was holding was a nettle root, which was the nettle root that Zhao Yuan dug up on the north mountain of Zhaojiazhuang.

"I have it on my side, too." Second Uncle Zhao Yuancheng also said.

"I guess this piece is all there, and you can dig up all the bracken nettle roots and bring them back." Zhao Yuan said with a smile.

At this time, the bracken nettle root is a little old, and the moisture content is not as much as when it was dug in Zhaojiazhuang Beishan, but the bracken nettle root is rich in starch and can be eaten as a snack.

"Atom, can you eat this directly?" Zhao Qing dug up a nettle root, wiped off the soil on it, and asked.

"Yes, it's delicious." Zhao Yuan nodded and said with certainty.

"It's delicious, it's sweet." Zhao Qing took a bite of the bracken nettle root, nodded and said.

"If you see it, dig it aside, or open up the wasteland first." Uncle Zhao Chuanyi also tasted a bracken nettle root and said with a smile.

"The pit has almost been dug up, and the lads are very neat in their work, so draw two men to press the thatch into the pit." Zhao Yuanyun looked at the pit dug by Zhao Yuan and the others, and said with a smile.

"Okay, I'll move the grass." Zhao Yuan said with a smile.

After a while, about one acre of land has been cleared, and the cleared wasteland looks much cleaner, but although this hillside is relatively gentle, when it is time to cultivate, it still needs to be built a little to make it into a terraced form.