"I'll go with Xiu and come back with a little more!" Mu Xiaocao heard that the mushrooms were still so much away, so she took off her apron and planned to go with her.

"Hey, sister, no need, it's dangerous in the mountains, you just take care of your mother and brother Pan at home, don't talk about it, Brother Chen is still waiting for me." Mu Xiucai was reluctant to stare at her with a person, Mu Xiu grabbed the bamboo basket, ran away as soon as she slipped away, and Zhou Shuilian's helpless voice came from behind her, "Pay attention to safety." ”

When Mu Xiu ran to the bottom of the mountain, Chen Xuhui was already waiting there, and when he saw Mu Xiu, Chen Xuhui took the lead in walking towards the mountain, and Mu Xiu followed closely.

The back mountain is called Hulu Mountain, because the shape resembles a gourd, Hulu Mountain is very high, but it is not a cliff, and the undulating mountains make Hulu Mountain look majestic.

It's late autumn and early winter, and the leaves of the trees on the mountain have fallen thickly, and the dead grass and branches are also very lush, and some of them are very resilient and sharp.

Mu Xiu's shabby clothes were wearing thermal underwear, and the clothes were thick and fine, but her hands were accidentally scratched red by those sharp blades of grass, and there was a little blood, she pulled her sleeves down to cover her hands, so as not to be scratched again after a while.

"Hey, that's ...... up front Sea buckthorn? Mu Xiu's eyes were sharp, and he caught a glimpse of clusters of orange-yellow fruits not far away, although the sea buckthorn tree was called a tree, but it was not tall, but as tall as a bush.

"You say life-saving fruit?" Chen Xuhui followed Mu Xiu's gaze and saw bunches of fruits hanging there.

"This is called life-saving fruit?" Mu Xiu asked curiously.

"Isn't that what the village calls it? In the past few years, when the famine was severe, everyone had no food, looking for food all over the mountain, this life-saving fruit can pick more than a dozen catties as soon as it is picked, and it can also fool the stomach when you eat it, so as not to starve to death, these wild fruits are ripe in early November, and this season tastes sweet, thanks to the fact that we have gone far, those life-saving fruits close to the village have already been picked, and I don't know how there are still here. Chen Xuhui stepped forward and stuffed it into his mouth, wondering how Mu Xiu could not know this while eating.

"It's so sweet." Mu Xiu realized that she had asked the wrong thing, she selectively ignored Chen Xuhui's gaze, she also picked one, gently blew the ash on it and put it in her mouth.

It's so sweet, much sweeter than the sea buckthorn she had eaten before, Mu Xiu kept her hands, and then took another handful, put it in her hand, and ate it.

The nutritional value of this sea buckthorn fruit is very high, containing a lot of vitamin C, carotene, after Mu Xiu crossed over, the fruit has basically not been sold, she can eat the fruit of the space, while the other people in the family have not eaten any fruit, and now I have found this, just pick it back, everyone can add some vitamins after eating.

"Brother Chen, let's take them all off."

"This thing is not put away, I pick it too much, and it will rot after a few days of going back, and after drying, only a layer of skin remains, and it doesn't taste good to eat, I've tried it before." Chen Xuhui used to want to store a little more food, but in the end, it was all broken and had to be thrown away.

"I know how to store this." Mu Xiu said with a smile.

"How?" Chen Xuhui's eyes lit up and he asked, he had a paranoid fanaticism about everything he could eat.

"In fact, it is best to store it in winter, choose a dry and ventilated place, pile up the fruit, sprinkle some water, if the temperature is low, it will freeze the next day, and then cover it with a layer of firewood and grass, and when you want to eat, take it out and soak it in hot water to eat."

"But it's still early to freeze, so I can only use another method, put it in a pot and boil it hard, boil it into jam, put it in a dry jar, and when I'm hungry, I dig it and eat it, it tastes good and fills my stomach." Mu Xiu recalled what he knew about the storage method.

"Mu Xiu, you know a lot, then take it off first and go back and try it." Chen Xuhui is a man of action, and immediately took out the cloth bag and began to pick.

Mu Xiu is the same, but she secretly puts it in the space while picking it.

The two of them quickly picked the tree, the amount is considerable, there are about 5 catties hidden in the Muxiu space, and there are about a dozen catties in the cloth bag brought by the two people.

"Come, I'll carry it, and when I go back in the evening, you can do it, and we'll divide it equally." Chen Xuhui put the life-saving fruit into the bamboo basket and continued to walk forward with Mu Xiu, encountering a lot of life-saving fruits in the depths of the woods along the way, and both of them would stop and pick them.

The trees are getting taller and taller, and they have gone deeper and deeper, "Brother Chen, come on, there is a piece of Sanqi here!" Mu Xiu looked at the trees on the left in surprise, and shouted loudly to Chen Xuhui, who was walking forward.

Panax notoginseng powder is very effective in treating high blood pressure, Mu Xiu's mother-in-law used to eat it often, and Mu Xiu was also often in contact with it.

Mu Xiu's voice was too high, so frightened that Chen Xuhui rushed to Mu Xiu's side in three steps and five steps, covered Mu Xiu's mouth with his hand, and whispered to her: "Don't make too much noise, be careful of attracting danger." ”

Only then did Mu Xiu react, in the deep mountains, everything must be cautious and careful, in case a loud noise attracts danger, it will be more than worth the loss.

Mu Xiu hurriedly nodded to indicate that he knew, and Chen Xuhui let go of his hand, but when his hand left Mu Xiu's face, the warm and moist touch also disappeared, and the feeling was so good, just like the white-flour steamed buns that his mother stuffed for him during the New Year when he was a child, soft and tender.

Chen Xuhui thought of his mother-in-law, and immediately sobered up, "pop" Chen Xuhui patted his head, what was he thinking!

Mu Xiu walked over, wild notoginseng grows up, it takes at least three years, the growth environment needs three points of yang and seven points of yin, Mu Xiu dug out a plant of notoginseng, wiped the soil clean, my heart is really secretly happy, this random plant is 20 heads of notoginseng, this is placed in a few decades, it is difficult to have such a big wild notoginseng, it is worth a lot of money, although it can be exchanged for money now, but the price will not be too high.

"What is this?" Chen Xuhui did not know Chinese medicine.

"This is Panax notoginseng, which is a taste of Chinese medicine." Mu Xiu lowered his head and began to dig up one by one, Chen Xuhui was immediately not interested when he heard that it was a herb, "You dig first, I'll go to the front to see if there is a rabbit nest or pheasant." ”

"You can also pick some, Sanqi can sell for money." Mu Xiu didn't know how much these were worth though.

"With my appearance, it's impossible to sell things, I don't want to, you wait for me here." Chen Xuhui seems to have been hit hard before.

Mu Xiu didn't say much, squatted down, and began to clear the field, this piece of notoginseng seems to have never been picked, all of them are 12 to 30 heads, the year is more than five years, the medicinal value is very high, but the number is not much, that is, more than 20 plants, such a good quality of notoginseng is really uncommon.