After so many days in the mountains, I finally found a large wild ginseng.

Wang Yuan squeezed into the crowd and looked at the ground in front of Liu Hui, only to see a cluster of red and bright ginseng seeds on top of a ginseng seedling.

The ginseng seeds are quite beautiful, and Wang Yuan couldn't help but be fascinated by it.

More than 1,000 years ago, Su Song of the Song Dynasty was ordered to write "Tujing Materia Medica", which contains a detailed description of the appearance of ginseng.

"Spring seedlings, more than the deep mountains in the shade near the linden tree under the moist place, the first small three or four inches, one five leaves, four or five years later, two five leaves, no flower stems, to ten years after the birth of three Ya, the deep age of four five leaves each, the center of a stem, commonly known as a hundred feet pestle......"

Not only Wang Yuan was fascinated by it, but others were also amazed.

"Lift!"

The old man thought that he would be content to find a "three-leaf plant", but he didn't expect to find a four-leaf plant.

It is difficult to judge the age of wild ginseng, but there is a general reference range, generally four-leaf wild ginseng, the age of ginseng is about 40~60 years, and it is also a very rare wild ginseng.

The old man unloaded the back basket and asked Wang Yuan to go to the upper wind to light grass to repel mosquitoes, while he worshiped the mountain god and then made a one-meter-long circumference around the ginseng plant.

Put the quick axe and the quick saw next to it, and use the deer bone drill to lift the ginseng little by little.

Using the word "lifting" instead of "digging" has the meaning of respect and attention.

The old man used a deer bone chisel to pull the soil little by little, and the others were squatting or standing next to him, and there was a lot of discussion.

The old boss was annoying to them, so he drove them directly to the side to find ginseng, and around a large ginseng plant, there might be other ginseng.

Time passed, and at 1 p.m., a few tree roots blocked the old man from raising his head to ginseng.

"Old boss, give you an axe to cut off the roots of the tree with an axe."

Wang Shuai squatted next to him very actively, and he felt that when he lifted the two ginseng plants in the near future, he could also lift his head like the old man.

"Go, go, the elasticity of the roots is very good, and the ginseng that bounces back can easily hurt the ginseng."

The old man picked up the quick saw, and began to carefully saw the roots, and the sawdust fell on the fresh soil.

At about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, the ginseng was finally brought out, slender and long, with a whisker of more than 70 centimeters long, and the roots were like two forked legs of a person.

The old man was very excited, buried the pit of ginseng, put a red cloth on it, and then picked up a large piece of moss under a large pine tree, and peeled off a large piece of birch bark.

Place the moss on the bark of a birch tree, sprinkle a thin layer of ginseng soil on top of the moss, and carefully place the ginseng on top.

Carefully roll the birch bark, wrap the ginseng inside, and tie it with a red string - the "ginseng bun" is made.

Carved a photo on the birch tree - nine horizontal on the left and four horizontal on the right, representing that nine people have found a four-leaf ginseng plant.

Although Wu Qian is cooking on the other side of the nest, he still has to be counted.

There was no other ginseng around, so the old boss said directly: "Okay, let's go back early today and have a good night's rest."

Everyone was happy.

However, in addition to being happy, Wang Shuai also had a touch of disdain in his eyes, the large piece of ginseng he found could have five leaves and six leaves, which was much more precious than the ginseng with four leaves.

Back in Diwozi, Wu Qian was also very excited after knowing everyone's harvest, and said again and again: "What does the adult ginseng look like, let me see it."

"The ginseng is in the ginseng bun, and it can't be opened because of the Liniang soil, come, and worship the mountain god together." The old man put the ginseng bun in front of the old man's temple, and everyone continued to bow.

At dinner in the evening, everyone was still talking about ginseng, Wang Shuai was very curious about how much this ginseng was worth, but the old boss stopped him:

"Don't talk about money, talk about anything else."

"Oh."

Money - may make a rift in everyone's hearts and affect unity, and there were bandits in the mountains a long time ago, and the money may make the bandits target, so it is not allowed to talk about money when digging ginseng.

Of course, it may also have something to do with the fact that people value ginseng, respect the mountain gods, and think that money that is too cheesy will destroy the sacredness in their hearts.

Drizzle overnight.

The next morning, Wang Yuan was woken up by freezing, and after waking up, he couldn't help yawning.

The fire that had been going on all night had been extinguished by the rain last night, and the old man had lit a small fire at the mouth of the ground.

"Is Yuanzi awake? Let's come over and bake the fire to get rid of the moisture. ”

"Oh, good."

Wang Yuan sneezed, got up and glanced at the others, Wu Qian, who was serving the pot, had already gotten up to cook, and the others were still sleeping with their bodies shrunk.

"Old man, are we still going into the mountains today?" Wang Yuan squatted on the right side of the old leader's head and spread out his hands to roast the fire.

The scarlet flames jumped, and a little warmth began to spread from the palm of his hand to his body, and Wang Yuan couldn't help but feel warm.

A light rain was falling, and there seemed to be a little fog between the mountains in the distance, while the leaves of the trees, the ground, and some of the firewood were all wet.

"Wait for the rain to stop before going into the mountain, if you catch a cold in the rain, you will be in trouble."

For the next few days, no ginseng was found, so the old boss suggested going home.

The sluggish Wang Shuai instantly pricked up his ears, and hurriedly spoke out in approval, seeing Wang Yuan looking at him with a smile, he couldn't help but glance at the latter with contempt: "What are you seeing?" I'll be able to buy a motorcycle soon. ”

"Huh?"

Wang Yuan was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "Buy a motorcycle? Dream on, you can't afford a wheel. ”

"Cut~ You just don't understand anything, when I buy a motorcycle, don't be envious and your eyes will pop out."

Wang Shuai thought that no one knew his secret, and he had been pressing the mountain in the west for the past few days, far away from the location of the two ginseng plants, so Wang Shuai didn't have a chance to take a look again.

It's too bitter in the mountains and forests.

The freshness of the crowd had long since disappeared, and now they unanimously agreed to go home.

So after packing their bags, a group of 9 people rushed back.

After walking out of the road, Wang Yuan couldn't help but look back at the semi-underground, gray and withered ground:

"I don't know when I'll be here next time, maybe I won't be here for the rest of my life...... There are still a lot of quick comings and a lot of places worth reminiscing about these days. ”

The old man is also old and has a lot of geriatric diseases, and he knows through chatting that he may not press the mountain again in the future.

Even if you press the mountain, you won't come to such a far place.

They set out in the morning and traveled all the way, perhaps because they were homesick, or because they had consumed a lot of food and the basket had become lighter, but it was just after 4 o'clock in the afternoon when they returned to the village, much faster than when they went.

The little girl Wang Xiaodie was catching insects and feeding the chickens, and when she saw Wang Yuan, she screamed in surprise instantly, and then ran over excitedly with her little short legs.

"Second brother!!"

Well, in a trance, Wang Yuan had the illusion that he had a puppy, and then the puppy came running quickly.

The little girl threw herself into his arms, and then she smirked and got tired of being by his side, like a little tail.