Chapter 43: The Great Expedition of the Icefields Tribe 3
You Wei dug intently, and Yu Hai also watched carefully, afraid of missing the moment when the medicinal materials were unearthed.
The snow peeled back layer by layer, revealing soon the black-brown needle-like leaves underneath.
Peel off the fallen leaves, revealing black dirt.
At this time, Yu Hai's attention was more concentrated, and he saw the soil, which meant that he was about to dig up the medicinal herbs.
You Jiong's movements became more cautious, for fear that his movements would be too large and destroy the integrity of the medicinal materials.
Continuing to dig down to a depth of more than ten centimeters, You Wei was stunned at first, as if he had found something, only to see him take out a small brush made of animal hair from behind his waist, brush the broken soil on the surface with the brush in one hand, and dig it up from the side with the other, so as to be careful and try not to damage its root system.
Ten minutes later, a black ball the size of a baby's fist was dug out, You Zhi put it on the palm of his hand, and carefully swept away the fine soil on the surface with a brush, revealing the uneven surface and small bumps.
Yu Hai had goosebumps when he looked at it from the sidelines, what is this, why is it so disgusting. Especially You Zhi still looked like he had picked up the treasure, carefully cleaning the dust on its surface.
Yu Hai was not staring at the black mud block that had just been unearthed, but looked at the surrounding environment.
There are many pine trees growing in this area, it is a pine forest, and when you look at the trees, you can see several small holes, and a small furry head is poking out of one of the caves, looking at them curiously.
Look at it, it turns out to be a squirrel, this little thing is not good to hibernate in the cave, run out to see the excitement, it is really bold, not afraid of the hungry hunter to take it as a snack, after catching it and then dig its nest, you can also harvest a handful of pine nuts.
"Yu Hai, look, this is a good thing. As he spoke, he shoved the black clod of soil he was holding into Yu Hai's hand.
Yu Hai looked at the black clod of soil in his hand, only thinking that it was the rhizome of some kind of plant, similar to potatoes or something, but it grew wilder.
If it weren't for the gloves, Yu Hai really wanted to throw it away, those small raised particles would be uncomfortable to look at.
Yu Hai looked at the thing he was holding in his hand, and then at You Jiong: "What is this?"
"It's a good thing, if it weren't for the fact that everything I found today would be yours, I would be reluctant to give it to you. ”
When Yu Hai heard this, he became even more curious about what he was holding in his hand, endured his nausea, held up and watched it up and down at close range, up and down, left and right, and looked at it from a distance, but he still couldn't see anything.
I could only ask You Wei for advice: "I really don't know what this is." You explain it to me. ”
You Wei no longer had hope for the knowledge of the sea, and said: "This is a plant, not only tastes good, but also strengthens the body when eaten. In the past, if you dug up this thing, such a piece and gave it to other tribes, at least you could exchange it for a wild boar, or two baskets of grain. ”
When he said "wild boar", the leader of the younger generation also glanced at You Jiong, as if to say what to do with me.
Hearing this, while looking at the pine trees and wild boars next to it, this will not be, an idea arises in the mind of the sea.
I took out my tablet from my backpack and looked at the botanical book, and it looked like it was really similar to the thing I had just dug up.
After looking at the following introduction: the truffle fruiting body is lumpy, the small one is like a walnut, and the large one is like a fist. When young, the interior is white and uniform, and when mature, it becomes dark black with a lighter brain-like texture.
After reading it, I compared the mud block I was holding in my hand, and it seemed to be the case. Then read on.
Truffles, mostly grow in filaments at the roots of broad-leaved trees, and generally grow under pine, oak, and oak trees. It is scattered at the bottom of the tree in a radius of 120~150 cm, and the block body is hidden in the ground for 3~40 cm.
Really, wasn't this found under the pine tree, and I just saw a squirrel coming. You Jian also dug down more than ten centimeters before discovering it, which is also very consistent.
Then I saw: truffle and Qiongzhen Ganoderma lucidum are known as the king of immunity, and they are the best food to improve human immunity.
No wonder, You Wei said that eating this thing can strengthen the body, no wonder other tribes will exchange food for them.
Finally, it was written: Because it was arched out of the ground by pigs, the Chinese people called "pig arch fungus", "arch fungus", also known as "rootless vine fruit".
It's all right, isn't this what the young Jiejun discovered?
It turns out that this is a truffle, but it's a pity that this thing is also very precious here, otherwise you can exchange it for more.
Putting away the tablet, he said to You Jiong: "I just checked the information, this is really a good thing, is there anything else around here?"
When You Wei heard Yu Hai's words of agreement, he immediately became happy: "I'll just say it, you shouldn't know about such a famous thing." But there's not much of it, and as far as I know, it's only in our tribe. When we dig up this thing, we usually give it to the children of our tribe to eat, and if there is a surplus or there is not enough food this year, we will take it out and exchange it. ”
"Then we're going to dig a little bit more today. Yu Hai said, and then took the initiative to pat the wild boar's head for the first time: "It's up to you today, I'll give you more food when I dig up good things and go back." ”
Worried that it would not understand, he took out a vacuum-packed multigrain nut bread from his backpack, opened the package and sent it to the wild boar's mouth.
The wild boar first sniffed it, then his eyes lit up, and he took the bread from Yu Hai's hand and ate it on the snow.
In a few moments, a loaf of bread was finished, and the wild boar showed an unfinished expression, and his expression was very anthropomorphic.
Yu Hai smiled and patted the wild boar's head, "If you still want to eat, work hard, dig a little more of this, and reward you with a piece of bread for every piece you dig." He took the truffle and shook it in front of the boar's eyes.
The boar turned around and walked under another pine tree, and began to sniff around again, picking up the snow, stopping and stopping along the way.
As soon as he found out, he snorted at the two of them, and found that You Wei was slow, and he would arch his thighs with his nose to urge him to move faster.
Then he looked at Yu Hai with a flattering expression, begging for another piece of bread.
The wild boar's completely different attitude towards the two of them exclaimed when he saw You Jiong, who was constantly digging on the side.
In response to him, it was the arch of the boar.
Yu Hai watched from the side, and silently took out two pieces of bread from his backpack, one for the leader of the younger generation, and the other for You Bing.
"You can taste it too, this bread is not only nutritious but also delicious, and you are hungry after digging for so long. ”
Before You Wei could take the bread, the wild boar arched at him again, but he didn't grab the bread from Yu Hai's hand, as if he knew that it was not for him.
You Wei smiled bitterly: "You help me collect it first, go back and eat it again, I don't want to eat it if I don't finish digging, it's just a little slow and it will be arched, but unfortunately I can't beat it." ”
Stop-and-go, after a whole day, I dug up a dozen pieces, some large and some small, the big one the size of an adult's fist, and the small one smaller than an egg.
If it weren't for the fact that it was almost dark, You Wei said that it was not safe in the mountains at night, and the wild boar would still want to continue looking for it.
In the end, Yu Hai gave it two pieces of bread and promised to come back tomorrow, so he persuaded it to go back with him.