"Ah! There are really fish! It's a pity that I didn't bring any tools today!" Jiang Zhi looked at those small fish and salivated.
These fish are only about the size of a thumb and look like small fry, but they have actually grown up.
She didn’t know what kind it was, but she only knew that the scales were thin and it was particularly delicious when fried.
Apart from the small fish, there are also a few green shrimps clinging to the grass blades in the water.
A thumb-sized snail is lying on the stone, gnawing at the moss.
Jiang Zhi's mouth almost watered.
Xiao Man said wrongly, he wanted to catch eels.
You should know that eels and loaches will not grow in such fast water, but there will be some small crabs and snails in the crevices of the rocks.
No one would climb a mountain for several hours to catch a few hairy fish, so Jiang Zhi didn't mind.
She looked at the backpack she was carrying, and then at the sweet potatoes on the cliff...
Why! The sweet potato fruit won’t run away, so catch the fish first.
Taking off his straw sandals, Jiang Zhi stepped into the cold and biting water. He first built a funnel-shaped low dam with nearby rocks to collect the water, and then tilted his basket into the dam mouth at the bottom of the funnel, forming a trap where the fish could not return. trap.
Pick a few sweet potato fruits on the cliff, crush them and throw them into the water. The red flesh exudes an intoxicating sweet fragrance, attracting fish to rush around and scramble for them.
Some finely chopped fruit pulp drifted toward the back basket with the current, and the fish followed them downstream.
Haha, not bad, the rest is waiting!
Jiang Zhi's mission this time is still to pick sweet potatoes. Whether the fish can be caught or not is still a matter of fact. It is just a casual catch.
Climbing the sweet potato vines up the cliff and pushing aside the vines revealed reddish-brown sweet potato fruits half buried in the soil.
Jiang Zhi pulled the hem of his clothes and tucked it into his belt, which immediately formed a pocket and stuffed the unsqueezable sweet potatoes into it.
A handful of canes tied into small bundles were thrown off the cliff, and the sweet potatoes in her pockets were also bulging.
Suddenly, Jiang Zhi said "Ah" and almost fell off the cliff. He quickly grabbed a nearby bush to steady himself.
In her horrified eyes, a frightened centipede jumped out of a crack in the stone and quickly swam into another crack.
Jiang Zhi patted his chest: "I'm scared to death!"
well! She would always come across these things when collecting herbs, and she was afraid of those that had too much and those that didn't have enough.
It's okay for snakes. If you pat and smash the bushes and bushes in advance to scare the snakes away, there won't be any problems. It's just that these little guys can't avoid it.
Jiang Zhi was frightened and jumped down the cliff. It turns out that centipedes are also good medicinal materials, but she couldn't catch them.
At this time, there were already more than a dozen fish in the basket on his back. Jiang Zhi did not disturb them, but stepped into the water again, moved the stones in the water, and touched crabs and snails from the gaps.
The crabs here are not lazy, plump hairy crabs.
In winter, when there is a lack of water and food in the mountains, the harsh environment forces them to bury themselves in the mud and hibernate.
The appearance of mountain crabs is the same as that of ordinary river crabs, except that the back shell is dark brown, lean and compact without a trace of oil, and the entire body appears to be as hard as iron. In the previous life, Jiang Zhi used to call them "iron crabs."
Jiang Zhi catches them not for eating, but for medicinal purposes.
In the previous life, my grandfather used to pound iron crabs and mix them with herbs for injuries caused by bruises and apply them externally to treat bone injuries.
Probably because Chinese medicine emphasizes "complementing the form with the form", eating pig brains to supplement the human brain, and eating tiger whip to supplement the human whip.
Iron crabs are made of iron bones and are good at digging holes and cracks, so they can dredge meridians and strengthen muscles and bones.
It has a certain improvement effect on injuries, congestion, waist and leg pain, rheumatoid arthritis and other diseases, and is suitable for people with bruises and fractures.
The herbal medicine is the maidenhair fern that can be seen every day. The whole plant is used as medicine, and reducing swelling is one of its important effects.
maidenhair fern
Crushed and applied externally, it can relieve joint swelling and pain, bruises and sprains, and is also effective in treating burns, burns, and snake bites.
In addition, you can use sorrel, also called sorrel, which can also activate blood circulation and reduce swelling.
Sour grass blooms
The fresh product can be simmered with wine and heated by rubbing the affected area to treat redness, swelling, pain, and bruises. Generally, red leaf grass is more effective than green leaf grass.
Now that there is no wine, Jiang Zhi can only mix it for external use.
Seeds will explode when pinched
Although this combination looks disgusting, it can bring care to patients who live in remote mountainous areas, are inconvenient to move, and have no money to go to the hospital.
Xu Dazhu has been injured for two years now. It is not a new injury or fracture. The effect is unpredictable, so we can only give it a try.
Iron crabs are the most alert and responsive. Jiang Zhi was busy for a while and only caught five crabs the size of glutinous rice balls.
Throw it into the basket and start touching the snail again.
The snails here are very big and plump, and the branches on the river are like picking up sweet potatoes and throwing them onto the bank. After a while, there are piles of them.
The water in the mountain stream was so cold that even though it was noon, Jiang Zhi couldn't stand it for a while. He was shivering from the cold and hurried ashore.
When I mentioned the basket on my back, a few small fish were fooled at this moment. These fish are proud and will die after jumping out of the water for a few times without giving anyone a chance to torment them.
Only the iron crab showed no sign of weakness. It raised its two large pincers to demonstrate to others, while spinning wildly in its basket, stepping on fish carcasses in an attempt to find a hiding place.
There was no other way, so Jiang Zhi had to find dogtail grass and tie the crab to calm down.
The snails are the most honest, as long as they are wrapped in leaves, they will not move.
After reinstalling the sweet potato vines, sweet potato fruits, and snails, Jiang Zhi left the mountain stream and walked back.
The sun was already in the west, but it was still painful. Jiang Zhi simply broke off the branches and wove a hat ring to protect himself from the sun, so that it would be cooler.
When she got home, Xu Errui was holding the child and clumsily changing the diaper. Next to her, Qiaoyun was preparing hot water to bathe the child.
Living in the mountains, it was humid and stuffy. Jiang Zhi asked Qiaoyun to boil water for her children to bathe frequently. Even she couldn't bathe and wash her hair herself, so she had to wipe her body with lotion to keep her clean and fresh.
Qiaoyun was puzzled. In her impression, you couldn't take a shower or wash your hair during confinement, so it was a boring month.
But my mother-in-law had to rub her teeth with precious salt grains and wipe her body with lotion. She watched her more closely than usual, and she couldn't steal it even if she was lazy.
How could she understand Jiang Zhi's intentions?
After a woman gives birth, due to hormonal changes in her body, not only will her bones be sore, but her teeth will also feel softer.
Rubbing your teeth with salt grains not only prevents cavities, but also strengthens your teeth.
In the "Famous Doctors" written by Tao Hongjing of the Liang Dynasty in the Northern and Southern Dynasties of my country, it was recorded that table salt has the effect of clearing fire, cooling blood and detoxifying.
According to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, salt tastes salty and enters the kidneys. Teeth are in addition to bones, and kidneys control bones. Therefore, salt can stabilize teeth and prevent them from falling out as we age.
If possible, green salt is the best!
Jiang Zhi doesn’t know if green salt is available here, which is coarse salt produced in Qinghai, but it’s the same with coarse well salt.
Letting the young couple take care of the children, Jiang Zhi took the snail and entered the kitchen.
There were two large bowls of snails that I brought back this time. I first carefully cleaned the snail shells and brushed off the moss on them. Then I put a few drops of clear oil into the water and set them aside, waiting for the snails to spit out the sediment in their stomachs.
Taking advantage of this gap, Jiang Zhi took the iron crab, as well as the maidenhair fern and sour grass he caught on the road to Xiaoman's house at the foot of the cliff.
Three months have passed since she went up the mountain at the end of February. The preliminary preparations have been enough, and she is also preparing to give Xu Dazhu medicine.
