At six o'clock in the morning, it was already dark, and the workers who were cutting down the trees had already gone to Kofuyama on their own.

Gao Mingcheng has no supervisor, but no one will be lazy, because of the hot weather, everyone comes to do things in the morning and evening, and the lunch break is longer.

After breakfast, Gao Mingcheng was ready to process the first batch of Poria cocos.

These poria cocos are sweated and dried on the pile, and then sweated and dried again, and repeated several times until the epidermis shrinks and turns brown.

There are a total of more than 20 Poria cocos in this batch of goods, the big one is like a football, and the small one is like a sweet potato, Gao Mingcheng called a lot of beauty over, and the two of them held knives and began to cut off the skin of Poria cocos, revealing the white pieces inside, some of which will reveal light red, this part is called red poria.

If Poria cocos is subdivided, it can be divided into four types, and each has different medicinal properties, such as Poria cocos skin, its function is to dilut edema.

Red Poria cocos, its function is to infiltrate dampness and heat, and the most common white Poria cocos, its function is to infiltrate dampness and strengthen the spleen, as for the cocos, it is the part of the white Poria cocos with fine pine roots in the center, cut it into square slices, which has the effect of calming the heart and calming the nerves.

Gao Mingcheng was dealing with Poria cocos, and at the same time explained to many beauties, he still had half a room of Poria cocos, and this had to be handled by many beauties to help them deal with it.

Many Mei also listened carefully, she was also a clever person, and she knew a little about medicinal materials, so it was easy to learn.

First of all, the skin of the poria cocos was removed, and then it began to be cut into pieces, which was difficult and beautiful, and in her opinion, it was no different from cutting vegetables.

Cut into large pieces, then stack them on top of each other and cut them into strips, then align the strips and cut them horizontally into squares.

The length, width, and thickness of this square are about 4 centimeters, and when they are dried, they will shrink a little more.

The two of them raised their knives and fell, and the white poria pieces rolled down from the cutting board into the bamboo sieve.

After all the poria cocos were processed, Gao Mingcheng said to Duo Mei: "You separate those leftovers and use another bamboo sieve to dry, and keep this for your own use." ”

Poria cocos has many uses, and there are many ways to eat, the simplest is to cook porridge, and the more complex is to be compatible with different Chinese medicines, and then have different effects to cure diseases.

But for women, Poria cocos also has a great benefit, that is, it forms three white soups with white peony and atractylodes.

You must know that Sanbai Tang was recorded in the book "Introduction to Medicine" in the Ming Dynasty, and then it spread among the people and was deeply loved by women.

The recipe is very simple, use 5 grams of white peony, atractylodes, and white poria cocos, 2.5 grams of licorice, decoction in water, and warm consumption.

However, this recipe is not suitable for people with dampness and heat, and the liver is hot.

Leaving the follow-up to many beauties to deal with, Gao Mingcheng took the tools and bags and entered the mountain again.

This side of the mountains and forests near Gaojia Village has already been covered by him, and he plans to go farther today. The mountains are vast and contain many treasures, waiting for the arrival of treasure hunters.

Rushing all the way into the mountain, disturbing many birds and beasts, but Gao Mingcheng didn't pay attention to it, after he left, the small animals in the mountain would naturally return to quiet.

As the altitude increased, the plants in the mountains also changed somewhat, and in the shady and damp humus soil under the forest, Gao Mingcheng saw a large area of fine pungent seeds.

Asarum is also a medicinal material, is a perennial herb, can be used as a whole herb, it has many functions, but the most well-known is that it can remove bad breath.

In February, August, you can pick roots and dry them in the shade, and now it is also the season, since you have encountered it, Gao Mingcheng is not merciful, and he stepped forward to pick it up.

The root system of the fine pionator is very well developed, and it is mainly used for its roots, so it is necessary to use a hoe to dig up the soil loosely, and then carefully pull out all the roots.

Fortunately, it likes to grow in shady humus soil under the forest, so it is still easy to pull out the roots.

Gao Mingcheng removed its leaves, leaving only the roots and throwing them into the bag, and after digging out this piece of fine prickly, he went forward.

He didn't pick and choose, but all the medicinal materials he encountered were directly picked and excavated, and all kinds of medicinal materials accumulated into a lot, and after he went to the medicine fair, he could sell them in one go.

Although the weather is dry this year, it is only partially dry, so the impact on the mountains and forests is not very large, but the streams on the surface have become less, and there are not many ditches and puddles as far as the eye can see.

He passed by the place where he had caught bullfrogs, and found that there was also a lot less water, most of the bullfrogs lived on the ground, and the only remaining water was also crowded with bullfrogs.

Seeing this, Gao Mingcheng felt that he needed to make some living space for the bullfrog group, so he put down the bag full of medicinal herbs and carried an empty bag, ready to have a close contact with the bullfrogs.

He specially picked out the big catches, and his hand speed was amazing, and before the bullfrogs could react, he had already let the bullfrogs change a space to stay.

After grabbing half a bag, he stopped.

The water is about to dry up, and although bullfrogs are amphibians, they can't do without water, and they will definitely die by then.

Not only bullfrogs, but also some fruit trees will reduce their yields, and he has found that this year's wild fruit trees in the mountains are not bearing more fruit than in previous years.

This is also something that cannot be helped, in the event of a natural disaster, people can still seek help from the same kind, but plants and animals are much more passive.

After some exploration, Gao Mingcheng found that there were still several ponds in the mountains where the water level had not dropped, and these ponds were not affected by the weather, either there were springs underneath or they were directly connected to the underground dark river.

Either way, as long as there is water, so that some aquatic animals do not die in large numbers, and the animals in the mountains and forests can also have water to drink.

When he discovered the water source, he also discovered that many animals had made their home in the area, the most prominent of which was a herd of wild boars.

There are twelve of them, eight of them and four of them, and they occupy a small area of water, where they frolic and drink.

Gao Mingcheng left quietly, without the idea of fighting this group of wild boars. Now is the time for the long autumn fat, and let them eat and drink!

He walked all the way, digging medicinal herbs all the way, and it was a little far away from the village, and when he was ready to go back, even if he ran all the way, it took a lot of time.

Running halfway up the mountain near the village, I saw that there were people crowded in the forest, and sometimes there was a sound of talking, which was that the villagers had also gone into the mountain to dig medicinal herbs.

When he appeared carrying several sacks, it instantly aroused the envy of everyone.

Most of the people who came here to dig medicinal herbs were women, and they didn't dare to enter the deep mountains, so when they saw Gao Mingcheng walking out of the deep mountains and carrying so many things, they felt envious.

But there are some things that can only be envied, not everyone has the ability to enter the mountains, and not everyone has the freedom of time.

For these women, their day is very busy, they have to get up early in the morning to cook porridge, then work in the fields, then do household chores, and then have lunch and dinner.

If you have children, it will be even busier, even if raising children is very rough now, it will take a lot of effort from the mother to be able to pull the child to grow up.

After Gao Mingcheng said hello from afar, he went all the way back home.

As soon as she put down the things she brought back, she saw Duomei walking out of the kitchen, and she said, "Mingcheng, Shufang came here before, saying that grandma was not feeling well in the past two days, and your father told you to go back and have a look." I've prepared ten eggs, do you think they're missing? If it is less, I will go to my second sister's house and buy some. ”

Other people's eggs will be kept and sold for money, but his eggs can't be kept, as long as there is, they will be eaten.

Seeing this, Gao Mingcheng said: "No need, just bring ten, I got some bullfrogs in the mountains, just bring some bullfrogs." ”

So he went to the miscellaneous room and got a bag, and from the bag with the bullfrogs came out of ten large bullfrogs.

Don't look big at this bullfrog, after peeling and gutting, there won't be much meat.

(End of chapter)