Chapter 8 Collecting Medicine in the Mountains

22. Collecting medicine in the mountains

It's good that someone brings it, Zhao Yuanqing and his wife feel much safer, at least they won't get lost! In the evening, I prepared small hoes, backpacks, ropes and other climbing supplies. On the second day, the two brothers went into the mountains.

If you take the plain to the peak of the high mountain, Yunwu Peak, such as a mountain, Qianzhuang is only halfway up the mountain. If you want to reach the top of the mountain, there are still ten miles to go, and these ten miles are not flat ground. It is a mountain, a hurdle, and a moat! Walking three or five miles, no matter how brisk the person walks, he will sweat and panting!

Qian Long said to Zhao Zhibao, who was walking in front: "Xiaobao! Can't you slow down? Brother can't do it, take a break! ”

Zhao Zhibao said: "Brother! Why can't it? Is it old or hollowed out by something? ”

Qian Long said: "A child will know when you grow up and have a wife!" I can't tell you clearly, take a break! ”

"Good! Take a break! Zhao Zhibao also stopped and didn't leave.

Qian Long began to drink water, while Zhao Zhibao began to observe the surrounding flowers and plants.

Qian Long asked, "Did you find anything?" ”

"Yes! But not something I need. Zhao Zhibao said: "Let's go in a little more!" ”

The two of them rested for a while, and then moved on.

The road is getting harder and harder to walk. Zhao Zhibao's eyes were getting wider and wider, and after a while, Zhao Zhibao said, "Brother! You rest where you are, I'll look for it! ”

I saw Zhao Zhibao quickly climb a mountain cliff, grabbed a tree vine with his left hand, and shook it gently, thinking that it was okay! With his right hand, he took a small hoe and dug into the roots of a tree with white flowers on the cliff, and when the sapling fell, he hooked it with his hoe, and the sapling swung on the hoe, waiting for it to be balanced, and then he stepped back and hooked, and the sapling went into the back basket behind him.

Qian Long was stunned, and kept saying, "Xiaobao! Be careful! ”

Zhao Zhibao said: "Brother! It's okay! It's not a deep valley down there, so there's no problem with falling down. ”

After Zhao Zhibao came down, Qian Long asked, "What is it?" ”

"It's not anything, it's herbs. It's useless to tell you, you'll know later! Zhao Zhibao said.

They advanced a little further. Directly in front of it is a steep mountain cliff, there are several rare medicinal materials on the cliff, beckoning to Zhao Zhibao, but his hand is too short to dig it, Zhao Zhibao glanced around and said, "Brother! There you have it, the side can go up! ”

Qian Long glanced at it and said, "How do you go up?" I can't! ”

Zhao Zhibao thought for a while and said, "Brother! Shall I go up with the rope on my back, and then put the rope down and pull you up? He didn't wait for Qian Long's consent, he climbed up from the side with the rope on his back.

Zhao Zhibao found a big stone on the cliff, tied one end of the rope to it, and put the other end down the cliff, and when he put it down the cliff, Zhao Zhibao said: "Brother! You tie yourself around your waist with a rope, tie a dead knot, and then walk up with the rope in your hand, don't be afraid! I can bring you up as soon as I mention it, and it's foolproof. ”

Qian Long is also a person who practices martial arts. The courage is not small, if you can't go up like this, then you will lose the dead in front of your younger brother! So he said, "Xiaobao! You pull it! Just slow down, I'm so balanced. The rope was pulled up at a uniform speed, and Qian Long arrived at the cliff in one fell swoop.

Qian Long said: "It's so simple! ”

Zhao Zhibao said: "It can't be said to be simple, the rope must not be close to the stone, otherwise the rope will be in danger if it is broken!" ”

"Got it!" Qian Long said.

Zhao Zhibao said: "Brother! You untie the rope and give it to me! ”

When Qian Long untied the rope and handed it to him, Zhao Zhibao tied himself up, and he said to Qian Long: "Brother! If you put me down now, I will stop when I say stop, and you want everything to be under my command, okay? ”

Saying that he walked to the edge of the cliff, he turned his back and walked down, Qian Long held the rope with both hands, and slowly put it down, Zhao Zhibao said: "Go to the left!" Qian Long moved to his left.

"Brother! Wrong! It's to your right, and when I say left, I mean my left, and we're the opposite. ”

The two of them moved left and right, up and down, up and down. Zhao Zhibao picked the herbs under the cliff into the back basket.

It is not easy to collect medicines, especially those rare and expensive medicinal herbs. Today, Zhao Zhibao, with the assistance of Qian Long, is a basket full of backs.

Zhao Zhibao said: "Brother! Let's go back and come back next time! Please help me again, I won't treat you badly! I'll give you something nice as a thank you. ”

Qian Long felt helpless, don't help, it's his younger brother; Help, a little reluctant! To put it bluntly, he's still a little scared.

There was no dry food to eat on the way, but it was better to get home than 3:00. Everyone is hungry, and the Chinese food prepared by Qian Doudou is still hot in the pot, so-so enough for two people to eat.

After eating, Zhao Zhibao was busy cleaning and washing, because it was in the mountains, there was no sun at 4:00 in the afternoon, and he could only dry it today. He confessed to Qian Doudou and said, "Mom! Tomorrow you can dry it for me again, so that he can see the sun, but don't dry it too much, if it is too dry, you can just get a cool place to go!

Qian Doudou should come down. Zhao Zhibao made some preparations for tomorrow's visit.