Chapter 185: Someone Behind It
Ginseng is divided into "three flowers", "slap" (five leaves), "two horns", "lampstands", "four leaves", "five leaves", and "six leaves" according to the growth age. The largest is eight leaves, and the main stem of the eight-leaf ginseng has two layers of leaves, called a two-story building; There are four forks on each floor - four leaves, and the four leaves on two floors add up to form "eight leaves on two floors", which is extremely rare. We came to find the first one this time, which is the eight leaves.
If you encounter four leaves, you can't call four leaves directly, "four" is unlucky, just shout mallet! And the little knife shouted that the first is five leaves, and it is a big mallet. Although it is not a century-old ginseng, it is quite good.
We all moved closer to the direction of the knife, and saw that the knife had stuck the stick next to the ginseng, and was sitting next to it to rest. People who find ginseng have merit and can rest and smoke or something.
Liu walked over and looked at it, and was very happy, and saw that the little knife had tied the ginseng to the Suobao stick with a red rope, so he sat aside and pressed the tobacco into the cigarette bag and pot. Smoking a bag of cigarettes is called taking a break. When he finished smoking, he began to raise the mallet. Digging ginseng is not called digging ginseng, it is called lifting a mallet.
Carrying the mallet is a very complicated and delicate job, and this work can only be done by the experienced Liu. I saw that after he finished smoking, he put on a cigarette bag and pot, and began to raise the mallet.
First, use your hands to pick up the grass and leaves around the mallet, open the plate, and use a quick saw to cut off the roots around the mallet, you can't cut it with an axe, the roots are elastic, and the mallet will be damaged. Thin roots are cut with scissors. Carefully remove the soil around the mallet with a quick stick until all the roots of the mallet are exposed, which requires great care so that no tiny roots can be cut.
Every whisker should be buried with the original soil at all times to prevent water loss. The time taken to lift the mallet is related to the size of the mallet and the environment in which it grows. Sometimes it takes a few days to lift a mallet. Fortunately, there are not too many roots around the mallet, so it is not very difficult to clean up.
After the mallet is lifted out, it is necessary to "beat the ginseng buns". Peel off a piece of fresh moss and lay it out, put some of the original soil on it, wrap the ginseng, wrap it in bark, and tie it with a rope. Moss is soft, moist, and does not dry easily, and is used to wrap ginseng and help preserve freshness.
All this is done, and it is necessary to "cut the omen". On the red pine tree near the mallet, use a knife or axe to cut off a piece of bark from the ground at the height of the stick facing the direction of ginseng, and carve a horizontal bar on the left side of the smooth trunk according to the number of gangs, and on the right side carve a horizontal bar according to the number of horses that lift out the ginseng. Then give the omen "wash your face".
The so-called washing of the face is to burn the pine oil around the omen with fire, so that it can be seen clearly after decades of protection of the omen. Mountain goers can often find ginseng many years ago before the old omen. Because sometimes, people will participate in the long films, some big and some small. The people who put the mountain follow the ancestral system and pay attention to lifting the big and leaving the small. The big ones are gouged up, and the small ones are left to keep growing. In the future, you can find this place again according to the old signs on the tree, and continue to carry the mallet.
By the time it was all done, it was already more than two hours later. Seeing a big mallet being lifted out completely, everyone was happy in their hearts, and they finally had a harvest. It's still a long way from what we're looking for, but it's a good sign. Liu carefully put the ginseng buns into the back basket, and everyone took a breath of relief and continued to press forward the mountain.
Dad said: "Originally, there were mallets all over this mountain, but now, I have only seen one in three days, and I am afraid there will be no more in the future!" There was a sense of depression in the words.
Before that, there was no more ground stove, so we had to find a place to build a ground stove and prepare to spend the night. Liu looked at the forest in front of him, looked solemn, and said, "Further on, it is the boundary of Fulongling." It's so dangerous inside, I don't know what will happen. I recommend that you search the distance so that there are no accidents. ”
Naturally, everyone only looked forward to Liu's words, nodded one after another, and recuperated one by one, waiting to enter Fulongling tomorrow. I didn't sleep well last night, so I didn't have to keep vigil today, so I went to bed early. In a daze, I don't know how long I slept, but I felt that my divine consciousness was attached to Beiluo Shimen's body again, and I ran around with it.
Beiluo Shimen ran to a place, and I looked closely, and found that it was the place we had walked through, because there were still crutches we had beaten by the tree. I wondered in my heart, why are you going back to the Beiluo Division?
Beiluo Shimen walked slower and slower, and even crouched on the ground, slowly lurking forward. I saw it slowly crouch down on a protruding tree root and look forward. The ground was dark, and something seemed to be wriggling. With the excellent night vision ability of the Beiluo Master, I was shocked to find that those wriggling things turned out to be hundreds of snakes!
It's a bat and a tiger, how can there be so many snakes all of a sudden? It's really weird.
Beiluo Shimen slowly stood up, his white hair trembled, and a low roar came out of his throat. The snakes on the ground seemed to sense the breath of the Beiluo Master, and they all stopped, raised their heads, and made an attack.
Beiluo Shimen kept making strange noises, and the snakes suddenly became agitated, and began to scurry around, and in the blink of an eye, they saw that the group of snakes was boiling like hot water in a pot. For a while, they became friend and foe, tearing each other apart. In a short time, a large pile of large and small snake corpses were piled up on the ground, all of which had been killed by the venom of the same kind.
I was horrified, but at the same time proud. It turned out that while we were sleeping, Beiluo Shimen drove away countless troubles for us, and we didn't know it. I secretly appreciate it in my heart, thanks to the Beiluo Division, otherwise I don't know how much trouble I would have encountered.
Beiluo Shimen solved the trouble of the snake group and just came back. Suddenly, I heard the sound of a tree branch crushing overhead. Beiluo Shimen raised his head suddenly, and couldn't help but be shocked!
I saw a thigh-thick python hanging down from the branch above my head! Its golden pupils reflected light in the darkness, and each scale was the size of a small saucer. The slender letter snorted and spouted, and there seemed to be a fishy smell in the air.
The giant python aimed at the direction of the Beiluo Division, suddenly opened its big mouth, and bit down like lightning. But—
With a "bang-" sound, the giant snake actually hit the big tree behind the Beiluo Shimen, shaking the big tree that hugged it for a while. "Click—" With a bang, one of the serpent's slender fangs broke.
At the critical moment, Beiluo Shimen launched the "Chaos God" stunt, causing the giant python to lose its position and hit it dizzy. Beiluo Shimen took the opportunity to jump up and gently landed on the giant python's head, and as soon as his paws were extended, "poof-" sounded, and one of the giant python's eyes was wasted.
The python was in pain, hissing and screaming, and tumbling violently. As soon as Beiluo Shimenfu succeeded, he immediately jumped away and jumped along the branches to a safe distance.
Suddenly, there was a strange sound of a flute in the woods, and when the serpent heard it, he immediately calmed down, turned around and crawled in the direction of the flute. Beiluo Shimen followed, looked down from the tall tree, and saw a vague figure hidden under a tree-