Chapter Twenty-Six: Meet the Master
Bigu is not so mysterious, and it is not simply not to eat, that will make the stomach hungry.
Shi Niang gave me a stomach cleansing soup every morning and evening, and a tea soup made of yellow essence during the day, and when I was hungry, I would eat a pill, and after eating three pills, I could eat raw peanuts.
Although I collect medicine in the mountains every morning, wash and dry the medicine in the afternoon, read and meditate in the evening, and practice recognizing copper coins, I don't feel tired or hungry at all.
I accompanied my sister to dig Chinese medicine in the mountains, and she taught me to know many Chinese medicinal materials such as bellflower and gastrodia.
The season and time of harvesting of different medicinal herbs are also different, and Shi Niang said that this is related to the medicinal properties of medicinal herbs.
For example, the windbreak should be dug from late October to mid-November, and now is the right time.
When digging, dig deep from one side of the root, and after exposing the root, pick it out by hand to prevent it from breaking.
After digging out, remove the residual stems and soil, remove the hairs when they are semi-dry, and then dry them until they are ninety percent dry, tie them into small bundles according to the thickness and length, and then dry them until they are completely dry.
However, it should not be exposed to strong light, as the medicinal power will evaporate.
The best harvest period is before and after the frost falls.
It is necessary to dig along the slope to the side, choose a strong and disease-free one, dry it slightly, remove the dead leaves and yellow leaves, cut or cut it from the reed, and separate the roots according to the size.
It can be dried or dried in the shade, and it should not be exposed to the sun.
Salvia is harvested in late October after the stems and leaves have withered.
Choose a sunny day when it is drier to dig, first hoe and loosen the soil around the roots, then dig up the whole root, expose to the sun and semi-dry, wash the soil and ventilate and dry.
Cassia seeds are harvested in September~October.
When the pods turn dark brown, they are harvested, the whole plant is finally cut, transported back to dry, and the seeds are cut with wooden sticks to remove impurities and dried until they are completely dry.
It's similar to our hometown harvesting rapeseed and sesame seeds.
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In case of rainy days, it should be dried immediately to prevent mildew.
We are all busy these days, and the master also goes up the mountain to collect medicine.
Collect medicine during the day, wash it at night, and dry it.
It turns out that picking herbs is like planting crops to harvest, and after the harvest season, either the medicinal properties are insufficient, or the fruit is not harvested.
Standing on a mist-shrouded mountain, surrounded by mountains in the distance, there is a large area of clear turquoise water.
The blue sky and the emerald green lake complement each other, the undulating mountains, and the tranquility of the water are flawless, merging into a dreamlike ink painting.
The lake was as green as green, as bright as jade, clear, pure, quiet, without the slightest blemish.
It looks like a jasper plate embedded in the mountains.
The fairy sang in the hometown Huangmei opera "Tianxian Pei":
The water is like a jasper plate, and the mountain is inlaid with jade edges.
The red lotus flowers out of the water are fresh, and the beauty of the world is better than the sky......
I pointed to the lake in the distance and said to the master:
"Master, I haven't been to Sun Lake yet, when is it empty, let's go play, okay?"
The master said to the master, "We haven't seen Qing'er for a long time!" When are we going to check it out? ”
Shi Niang looked up and said, "The last time it was the Mid-Autumn Festival, it's been almost a month."
"Then tomorrow, we should go to see Shitai." The master said.
Shi Niang said: "It's better to wait for two days, well, the fabric that Pi Yang bought for me, I asked the tailor Zhai in the town to make a jacket and pants for Wanqing." It's cold, so I'm just right to bring it over. ”
I wondered, could it be that the master's daughter went to work or school at Sun Lake? Is there a school there?
But I didn't ask.
We went to Sun Lake three days later.
There is a bus to Lake del Sol from town.
The master said: Sun Lake was founded in 1958, with a water surface of 130,000 acres, which is the largest artificial lake in the province, and also the deepest, longest span and most beautiful mountain canyon lake in the province.
At the bottom of the lake, there are more than 2,000 years of Guangyang ancient county town and Longmen ancient street.
After getting out of the car and walking a dirt road, you can see Sun Lake.
I stood by the sun lake, looking at the gentle and gentle lake, the lake breeze blowing on both sides,
Like a shy and gentle Huizhou girl, she is shy and faintly dancing in front of your eyes, showing the unique beauty of southern Anhui.
I have read Tang Xianzu's "Traveling to Huangshan Baiyue without Fruit" in the Ming Dynasty:
If you want to know gold and silver, you should travel from yellow and white.
A lifetime of obsession, no dream to Huizhou.
South of the south of the Yangtze River, the hometown of Hui, the mountains and rivers are mianmiao, and the Daiwa powder wall,
She has mountains, Yangling Mountain surrounded by clouds and mist;
She has water, the clear Qingyi River;
There is food, one of the eight major cuisines of Hui cuisine;
There is a text, one of the three major local studies of Huixue.
The character "Hui" in Huizhou in the folk proverb is:
"Under a great mountain, there lived two men,
Wearing a silk gown, he speaks in classical Chinese".
This contains the elegance of Huizhou people and the culture of the squire.
It is the late autumn season, the sky is high and the clouds are light, the sun is mild, and I don't feel dry at all.
The lake breeze is filled with a sweet and moist fragrance, making you involuntarily breathe in a big gulp, as if you can wash your internal organs clean, which is refreshing.
The mountain path is covered with dead leaves, and the sound of stepping on it rustles is like a dream.
The water of Taiping Lake, after brewing in summer, has become deep green, plump green, and ripe green.
Under the illumination of the autumn sun, the lake surface is sparkling, and the blue bricks and tiles in the distance and the colorful reflections of the mountains and fields in front of you are reflected in the water, filling with a thick autumn charm of southern Anhui.
The wisps of autumn breeze will put on a gorgeous and colorful dress for Taiping Lake, showing the beauty of the year to the fullest.
I can't describe it, it's still wonderful written by the ancients:
Loaded with a boat of autumn colors, tiling ten miles of lake light.
The wave god left me to watch the slanting sun, and let go of the scales and waves.
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The master called a fishing boat, and it seemed that they were very familiar with it.
Sitting in the boat, like a hairpin paddling the jasper plate, the water ripples, the oars fall, and the ripples spread.
The shore of the lake is like a long stretch, the clear is the water, the lush is the mountains, and the small islands lie in the water, like pearls scattered on the jasper plate.
After rowing for a long time, the boat turned into a bay, the island is like an arm, the bay is like a heart, green and quiet.
The heart-shaped recess, an old courtyard, is hidden in the shade of the trees, and if you don't pay attention, you can't see it at all.
The ship is a stone shore, and there is a simple wharf with bluestone slabs.
When they went ashore, they were also two humming generals, one yellow and one black, and they came out with their tails wagging.
An old Taoist decorating master leaned on the cane of the door, and said with a smile: "Qiuyue, Hu Sheng, why are you free today?"
It turned out that the master's name was Qiuyue, and the master's name was Hu Sheng.
Shi Niang stepped forward affectionately and held Shi Tai's hand with both hands: "Master, how are you old man?"
Mrs. Shi looked at me and asked, "Who is this little boy?" My eyes are born! ”
The master smiled and said, "This is the apprentice I just accepted, named Zhang Piyang."
The master said to me again, "Piyang, kowtow to the master."
I said, "The teacher is too good." Lying on the ground and kowtowing three times.
Shitai nodded: "Okay, get up."
We walked into the yard, there was a grape trellis in the yard, the grapes were luxuriant, covered a small half of the yard, and there was a LI stone table under the shade of the trees.
At the stone table sat a fairy, smiling at us.