The mountains are always smoky after the rain, and the humid air and environment always make people in a hurry irritable. The dew accumulated on the branches of the trees streaked across the bodies of the people who walked through the middle of the dense forest, and before they had gone far they were completely damp, and the wet clothes were extremely uncomfortable against the people's skin.

The weather in the mountains is extremely changeable, and a sunny day can turn into a downpour in the blink of an eye. Moreover, the muddy mountain road in the deep mountains after the rain makes it very difficult for people to walk, one foot deep, one foot shallow, stepping on this dense forest that is not called a road, shuttle, even if you are careful, it will be easy to fall.

Summer had been patrolling the mountains with this group of ginseng pickers for almost seven days, and if it weren't for the more frequent signals from the debris collectors in his mind lately, he was beginning to wonder if he was in the wrong place.

"Dog, take care of your seventh uncle, don't let him fall." The old man who walked in the middle said to the dog behind him: "In two days it will be time for the barbarians to come to the village to collect the mallets, so we must find it in these days." ”

The dog baby listened to the old man's words, and put his seventh uncle, who was attacked by the bear, on his back and let him go a little easier. "Boss, then, what if we can't find it in the next two days?"

"You bastard, do you talk like that?" Hearing the dog baby say this, the seventh uncle, who was leaning on the dog baby, scolded angrily at that time.

"I, I didn't mean that, Uncle Seven. It's just that this thousand-year-old ginseng is too hard to find, we have been looking for it for so long, and we haven't even seen a shadow until now. The dog baby shrank her head and whispered.

"What do you mean by that? There are so many people in our village, we have to find the life-saving thing. If I can't find it, I won't smoke you, you fool. "For the dog baby's words, the more Uncle Seven listens to it, the more angry he becomes. I almost fell excitedly, if it weren't for the dog's tight support, I am afraid I would have fallen immediately.

"Alright, don't make a fuss." The old man looked at the two of them and said, "Hurry up, you must get to the mountain in front of you before dark." ”

The old leader's words were still quite majestic, and the two of them were suddenly speechless, and they began to rush to the road on their own.

Summer looked at the people who were hurrying behind them, and their faces were bitter at this time, although they were all in a hurry, but there was an inexplicable feeling of depression lingering in everyone's hearts.

It seems that the long search has been fruitless, and this group of people has already been disappointed in their hearts. Maybe it's more worried because there is no thousand-year-old ginseng exchange, and the net worth of everyone in the whole village is at stake?

Summer also knew that something was wrong with this group of people at this time, but he couldn't say anything, after all, he couldn't help at all, so what's the use of talking so much?

And the most important thing now is to find the second fragment, and from the search in the past few days, the ginseng they collected has a smell like the one they came into contact with for the first time. And the frequency of the past few days has been getting higher and higher, and it seems that this proves that they are not wrong to follow the direction they are going in so far.

The group slowly hurried to the road, and suddenly the old man with the road in front of him stopped, and everyone immediately stopped. Summer hurriedly walked over to the old boss and asked, "What's wrong?" And wild goods? ”

"Engong, don't panic." The old man shook his head at Summer's question, and then said, "The mountain in front of you is very beautiful, maybe there is a big mallet." ”

Hearing this, Summer still hasn't figured out what the old man means? Suddenly, I saw the old man shouting to the back: "You all get ready for the guys, there may be a head ahead." ”

"Really?" Although they were questioning, the eyes of the people in the rear lit up, and they immediately began to take the red velvet rope and rope stick into the back basket. For the old leader's experience of releasing the mountain, everyone absolutely believes it.

"You can't be wrong, let's go ahead." The old man waved his head to everyone and walked forward with a wooden stick.

As soon as the old boss moved, everyone in the rear immediately seemed to have found some target, and the dark bitterness was immediately swept away from their faces. The originally slow footsteps on this muddy mountain road actually had a feeling of walking like flying.

Summer looked at everyone's reaction as if she knew something, and it seems that the old boss also knows how to properly regulate everyone's emotions.

……

At this time, everyone finally came to the mountain that the old leader said, and the old leader took everyone to stop and observe the surrounding environment at this time, and then walked forward. He looked like he was looking for something.

It wasn't long before he led the group to a sparsely populated area, and then took a stick and began to pull the grass and shrubs on the ground. When the ginseng pickers in the rear saw the movements of the old man's head, they immediately scattered and began to do so.

After a while, there was a "da-da-da" sound in the forest, which was the sound of them hitting the trees next to them with their sticks, which sounded a bit like the sound of woodpeckers pecking at trees.

It was not the first time that Summer had seen them look for ginseng in this way, and during the seven days of getting along, Summer also learned from the old boss that this was their way to connect with the ginseng pickers around them, so that they would not go too far away from the team.

Even if she has seen it many times, Summer has to admire their methods and ancient wisdom.

And summer is not without anything to do now, he is responsible for whether there will be any wild beasts in the vicinity to ensure their safety when the ginseng pickers are seriously looking for ginseng.

And because of this practice in summer, the prestige of summer at this time does not know the prestige among this group of ginseng pickers. Last time, it was because of his vigilance that he drove away a wild boar.

Otherwise, this thing is really not something they can deal with. After all, the wild boar is a stunned character, the more he provokes it, the more aggressive he becomes, and the wild boar is not only huge in size, but also has thick skin, and the fangs in its mouth are also very easy to pierce the bark, let alone people.

However, this summer, when I was just about to go around to look at the wind, the old boss suddenly barked.

'Awesome mallet!'

Damn, found it so quickly? Summer is a little puzzled, after all, they usually look carefully, a piece of woodland to find a kung fu. I didn't expect to find it so quickly today.

"What?" The crowd also began to stand in the distance and returned.

"Six pins!"

In the summer, I remember that their shouting is also a necessary ritual, that is, the person who finds the ginseng needs to grab the ginseng seedling leaves and shout loudly, there are questions and answers, and everyone who hears it must sing and harmonize together, and listen to what the old boss says, which is called shouting mountain.

After the communication, Xia saw that these people immediately ran to the old leader's side, with excited expressions on their faces, and they were all looking forward to this mallet they were looking for.

Because there are also differences in ginseng, annual ginseng is composed of three leaflets, and they are called Sanhuazi. The biennial is composed of five leaflets, shaped like a human hand, and is called a horseshoe. The two branches of the three-year-old, each with five leaves, are called Erjiazi. The three branches of the four-year-old are called the lampstand, and the four-branched of the five-year-old are called the four-pin-leaf leaves. The six-year-old five branches are called five-pint leaves. There are also six palm-shaped compound leaves, which are called six-pint leaves.

Among them, the six-pint leaves are the most precious, because ginseng will not grow leaves when it grows to the sixth-pint leaf at most. After finding this, you only need to look at the year of ginseng.

As for the vintage, it is judged from the reeds, body, whiskers, and above of the ginseng.

Reeds usually grow once a year, the higher the density of the reed bowl, the longer the age of the ginseng, the longer the length of the striae, if there is a ring pattern, you can judge that the age of the ginseng is not short.

The body will be expressed on the skin of the ginseng, the older the skin, the darker the color of the ginseng, you can see the age of the ginseng.

The older you are, the less ginseng you have.

However, if you want to judge, you have to dig it out to make a judgment.

Everyone immediately began to kneel in front of this ginseng and began to bow down, this is a must rule in the mountain, the old boss said that this is the spirit of the mountain god to invite it out to respect.

But just as everyone was bowing, a thunderous voice came from nowhere, and it smashed into everyone's ears in a dull manner.

"Roar!"