Chapter 6: Poria and the Boy
Ling Mei's purpose today is clear.
Yesterday she was passing through a pine forest in the mountains. Pine trees are a good thing. Pine nuts can satisfy cravings, pine wood can make ink, and rosin is also extremely versatile. Even where its roots sprout and shade, good things can grow.
Seeing her suddenly shift to the pine forest, Jin Yuan asked curiously, "What are you looking for?" ”
Ling Mei watched in the pine forest for a long time, until a bunch of small round black and purple fruits fell into her eyes. The leaves are slender and thick, and the rhizome is also entangled with slender white filaments. On top of that, it grows under a truncated stump of pine roots.
That's it.
Ling Mei carefully dug under it, and after a while, she saw large pieces of gray-colored roots, which were still two stones if she didn't look closely.
Tuckahoe.
Poria cocos in the wild.
Ling Mei sighed at her good luck, and hurriedly picked a large one and sent it into the space, and put a slightly smaller one on her back. According to a rough estimate, the big one weighed ten pounds, and the small one weighed six pounds. She then covered the earth and stepped on it. Looking at this pine forest, she suddenly had a thought: I don't know how many Poria cocos are still hidden under this forest?
Almost instantly, the image of the pine forest popped up in her mind, and the scenery quickly turned to the surface, deep into the ground. Wherever there are poria cocos, their size and shape are clearly outlined.
Mei was delighted, but suddenly dizzy. Quickly close your eyes and sit on the ground to rest.
Jin Yuan Bao gloated and said: "Exploring the mountains and forests also requires the consumption of mental power. Drink some of my spiritual spring water to replenish it. ”
Ling Mei drank a glass of spiritual spring water and quickly recovered her spirits.
The gold ingots were still nagging in her ear: "I said I was going to dig up Poria cocos, you have to remember." In the future, the valuable treasures on this mountain cannot be picked indiscriminately. Do you want to ask for my consent? ”
Ling Mei was speechless: How did you meet a stingy mountain god and spirit pet?
"You've said so much, can you show my original form so that I can see it?"
The gold ingots stopped squeaking, and only after a while did he say in a concealed manner: "I just woke up, and my spiritual power is weak." Not easily visible. ”
Yes. That's just nagging and can't do practical things, right? Ling Mei immediately put the warning of this useless little spirit pet behind her.
"Let's go back."
She had just come out of the pine forest and caught a glimpse of a familiar figure.
"Daddy?!"
As soon as Xiao Yueshan went up in the morning, he was in a hurry to find his daughter after laying several traps. Seeing the girl's thick eyebrows, she raised her eyebrows: "I said that I wouldn't let you go up the mountain, why didn't you obey?" ”
Ling Mei smiled and wrapped her arms around her father: "Dad, I've found something good." ”
Xiao Yueshan couldn't be fierce with his daughter: "What a good thing?" ”
Ling Mei untied Zhu Yu and asked, "Do you know what this is?" ”
Xiao Yueshan saw a wrinkled thing full of dirt and frowned: "This...... I saw it at Dr. Zhu's house. What is the medicine? ”
"Poria cocos. This is a wild Poria cocos. "Let Mei's eyes crook." Dad, my brother and I will have a lot of tuition for next year. ”
Xiao Yueshan's eyes widened: "It's really like Poria cocos." Where did you find it? ”
Ling Mei made a proud little girl: "Dad, have you read the books in vain in the past few years?" I've seen pictures and introductions in the school library. It is said that we are here, and it has been the origin of Poria cocos since ancient times. ”
Xiao Yueshan was puzzled: "Don't be mistaken, right?" ”
Ling Mei Buyi: "I dug it under the roots of a pine tree." What else could it be if it wasn't Poria cocos? ”
Xiao Yueshan was happy: "Good girl! Let's go, I'll take you to Dr. Zhu's house. His family has been collecting medicine. As he spoke, he carried Zhulu on his back and led his daughter's hand down the mountain.
Along the way, he pointed to the trap he had set up and reminded her: "Go up the mountain and avoid this place in the future." I hooked it. ”
Ling Mei vaguely remembered that her father was a master hunter. According to her mother, when he was young, his father played with a dirt gun. Later, the state confiscated and banned guns, and for some reason closed the mountain, banned hunting and logging. When it comes to protecting wild animals, he rarely goes out hunting.
"Why did Dad suddenly think about hunting again?"
"The village collects wild game to entertain foreign guests."
Under special circumstances, the village committee will issue a certificate and catch a few non-protected animals, and the state will not take care of it.
Ling Mei was stunned: "In our place, there are still foreign guests?" ”
"It is said that I came to invest in the opening of a factory."
Ling Mei was curious: "Which country's foreign guests?" ”
Xiao Yueshan chopped a piece of firewood: "Japan." ”
Ling Mei understood. Isn't the 80s the honeymoon period between the two countries? Both sides win and benefit each other, and each has its own gains.
So she took advantage of her father's unpreparedness and secretly dripped some spiritual springs into the trap all the way. Hopefully it will help her dad attract more beasts.
The father and daughter talked and laughed all the way to Dr. Zhu's small courtyard.
Dr. Zhu's name is Zhu Hanyan. This year is less than forty, Shanghainese. His father is a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner, since he was a child, he was deeply influenced by traditional Chinese medicine, and he wanted to be admitted to a medical university, but after graduating from high school, he responded to the call of the country and threw himself into the torrent of society. Because of his extensive knowledge of Chinese medicine, he was accepted as a hygienist by the newly built local health center not long after, and after simply learning the basic knowledge of Western medicine and training, he became a barefoot doctor with honor.
The young doctor, who combines traditional Chinese and Western medicine, quickly made a name for himself in Yunlai Village and even nearby villages and towns.
The small courtyard of the Zhu family is clean and tidy, and there are many baskets in the courtyard, all of which are dried Chinese herbal medicines. The most eye-catching thing is a 38-bar Phoenix brand bicycle leaning against the corner. The three-bay beautiful blue-tiled house is a style that even the village chief can't compare to in the village. No way, who makes people have the ability?
With Xiao Yueshan's "Is Doctor Zhu there?", a slender and handsome young boy walked out of the house.
Ling Mei couldn't help but glow with indescribable pleasure from body to heart, and when she noticed this strangeness, she had already called with a sweet smile: "Brother Jun Xiao." ”
Zhu Junxiao has a pair of beautiful peach blossom eyes, his skin is healthy white, and he looks especially good when he smiles. He smiled brightly at Ling Mei: "Ling Mei." Uncle Shaw. ”
The strangeness in Mei's heart gradually dissipated. Looking at the handsome face of the young man, she understood something. What girl doesn't have a spring? A boy like Zhu Junxiao is probably the dream lover of all the girls in the village, right?
"Ah Xiao." Xiao Yueshan was also smiling, "Ling Mei found something in the mountains." I don't know what it is, I want your dad to see it. ”
Zhu Junxiao hurriedly invited the two into the courtyard and sat down.
"My dad hasn't come back yet." He looked at Ling Mei and asked affectionately, "What good things have you found?" ”
Ling Mei endured the charm exuded by the handsome guy: "It may be Poria." ”
Jun Xiao's smile froze, but his eyes brightened. Exclaimed: "Poria? Did you find Poria cocos? ”
Daddy Xiao had already picked up something like a big mud block: "We're not sure, let's see if it's okay?" ”
Jun Xiao was shocked: "It's really Poria cocos!" Oh my God, my dad is going to be happy with such a big Poria. ”
Daddy Xiao was determined: "It's just Poria cocos." I'm still worried that Ling Mei will admit that she is wrong. ”
Jun Xiao stretched out his thumb and praised her: "Ling Mei is the best." ”
Ling Mei pursed her lips and smiled. The young man looked at himself with a strange light in his eyes, she was a person from the past. An old aunt in her forties, how can she not understand?
Father Xiao looked at the subtle atmosphere between the two children, and his heart was half happy and half worried.
Is his family Lingmei climbing?
Fortunately, at this time, the Zhu family and his wife came back.