[015] New discovery
The clouds were dense and the sky was dark.
Today's wind is very noisy, blowing the bushes in the forest to make a 'rustling' sound, and the green leaves on the treetops can't resist the wind blowing, so they fall one after another from the top of everyone's heads, and fall into the earth in the fluttering dance.
Shen Nong is an idle person, let him stay in his small cave honestly and wait for others to bring food and water, and then sit in the cave all day to either eat or sleep, this kind of uninnovative life is simply more uncomfortable than killing him.
So Shen Nong left the Huangqiu tribe again the next day with the collection team of the Flying Shell, and in order to protect his safety, Chi was still sent by Xiong Sickle to act as Shen Nong's guard, preventing the Flying Shell from being unable to protect Shen Nong safely when there was danger.
In fact, in this forest around the Huangqiu tribe, in addition to falling peanuts, there are still a lot of foods that can be eaten with confidence, not long after Shen Nong left the Huangqiu tribe, he found five white radishes growing in the ground, three bare ground, highly recognizable ball vegetables, and two ripe winter melons that grew directly on the ground.
These vegetables were not involved in the Huangqiu tribe before, so they are still quite abundant in quantity.
"Flying Shell, bring all of this. Shen Nong stood in place and said calmly.
"Wu, can these be eaten? What if they are poisonous?" Feihu squatted down and looked at the white radish that Shen Nong pulled out of the ground, looking very resistant, his ancestors had used their lives to bring a lesson to the people of the Huangqiu tribe, that is, don't eat wild plants casually, especially those with bright colors, because it is very likely that they contain poison that can directly poison people.
Flying Shell's grandfather was broken by eating a spotted mushroom without permission.
Therefore, for a long time, in addition to the meat of wild beasts hunted by the Huangqiu tribe as food, there are only a few kinds of fruits and vegetables that can be eaten by the ancestors who have been verified by their ancestors to be non-toxic, and now no one dares to use their lives to discover new edible plants.
In the past, the witch of the Huangqiu tribe also thought about raising herbivorous beasts as an experiment to taste whether the new plants were poisonous, but later he found that some plants were not toxic to wild beasts, but when they came to the mouth of humans, they became extremely poisonous.
Shen Nong wanted to take away so many kinds of vegetables in one breath, and the flying shell was naturally a little unacceptable, because for him, these plants that Shen Nong found were unknown and dangerous, and he was likely to die if he ate them.
Seeing that the flying shell was a little resistant, Shen Nong didn't say much, he directly picked up a white radish, reached out to wipe the soil on it, and until he wiped it clean, he suddenly put the white radish close to his mouth, and clicked a mouthful.
"Wu!" Flying Shell couldn't help but be stunned when he saw this scene.
I saw Shen Nong's mouth chewing, a large amount of sweet juice seeped out from the white radish fragments in his mouth, filling the entire mouth, I have to say that the white radish in this primitive era is really a little different, the weird radish taste is much lighter, and instead of a sweet and crisp taste, this is definitely the best choice if it is used as food.
Throwing the bitten white radish to the flying shell, Shen Nong said vaguely: "See, it's not poisonous, you can eat it, let's put it away first, and you can use this radish as everyone's food in the future." ”
"Witch ...... Please forgive me for my distrust of you. Feike was moved in his heart, and looked at Shen Nong with great admiration, everyone knows that testing poison is a very dangerous adventure, if you are lucky that what you eat is not poisonous, you can get away with saving your life, but if you are unlucky and happen to eat highly poisonous plants, then you will have to wait for death, and there is no way to even witch.
In order for the tribe to have more food, in order to dispel their suspicions, the noble Wu actually tested the poison himself, and Shen Nong's behavior of risking his life was undoubtedly easily respected by these primitive people.
"It's okay, it's okay, you can rest assured, in addition, these things are also edible, but you have to cook them before you can eat them, otherwise it's not good for your stomach, so I don't need to show you these again, right?" Shen Nong smiled as he pointed to the ball vegetables and winter melons on the ground.
"No, no, from today on, I believe whatever you say. Feihu hurriedly said, turned around and tied all the vegetables found by Shen Nong and several other members of the collection team to the flat pole.
In the past, because the collection team did not have any suitable loading tools, every time they found a large number of berries, they had to spend manpower and pick them back and forth many times before they could be collected, which was very inconvenient and a waste of tribal manpower.
But now it's different, the tool called Biantan provided by Shen Nong can hang twenty or thirty catties of food at both ends, and on average, each member of the collection team can bring back forty or fifty catties of food once he returns to the tribe, which greatly improves the efficiency compared to before, and reduces the time for the members of the collection team to travel back and forth many times.
Seeing that the flying shell had firmly tied the two winter melons to the two ends of the flat pole on his shoulder, Shen Nong continued to wander around, but this time he was smart, and he must stay away from those adult-tall bushes everywhere he passed, so as to prevent any more beasts such as giant apes from hiding in it and ambushing him.
Chi didn't dare to slack off, and when he saw Shen Nong just take a step, he immediately chased after him, and followed closely behind Shen Nong to prevent him from encountering any danger.
However, Shen Nong had just walked a few dozen steps, and suddenly stopped in front of an inconspicuous-looking tree, Chi was a little curious, but he was too embarrassed to ask more, so he could only stand behind Shen Nong, watching him suddenly bend his waist.
"I'm lucky to find this thing at such a low altitude. Shen Nong looked excited, and carefully picked up a plant fruit with eight bone protrusions, light green in color, thick skin, blunt tip at the front of a single-petal fruit, and a strong aroma from the soil at his feet.
Under the gaze of the worm, Shen Nong directly put this thing into his mouth and bit it gently, and immediately he could see that Shen Nong's face changed instantly, as if he had eaten, and his whole face was twisted together and was extremely hideous.
"Wu, are you alright?" asked immediately and worriedly.
"Phew!" Shen Nong spit out a few mouthfuls of saliva vigorously, and the bitter smell in his mouth was reduced a little, but he still couldn't say that it was uncomfortable.
"It's really star anise, now it's good, and you don't have to drink such tasteless broth in the tribe in the future. Shen Nong looked up at the anise tree on the branch of the tree beside him, and said bitterly.