Wild boars, like elephants, are social animals, with the matriarch as the leader, and the sow living with her ungrown children.
All the boars in the group will be driven away from the group before they reach adulthood, leaving only sisters, aunts and aunts.
The stray boars usually stay in groups of three or five, or they act as loners. They will only come back to live with the sows for a period of time when the sows are in heat and leave their mark.
Now the little wild boars are intruders in their eyes, and the little wild boars that rashly ran back to recognize their relatives suffered a lot.
While the big sow was protecting her cubs and retreating, Jiang Zhi also protected her cubs and left immediately with the little wild boar.
Back at Laoyunya, when Mr. Xiao Man looked at the bloody wounds on his body, the little wild boar that had been covered with medicinal powder said angrily and funny: "This baby is still ignorant. Your mother will not recognize her cubs again after weaning, and I will bite you to death." It’s possible to eat meat.”
The little wild boar hummed pitifully, and it seemed that he would not dare to go there again!
Xiaoman and others discussed going there again.
There are so many young wild boars, which are perfect for eating roast suckling pig. Once they grow up, they will become a threat.
As for the big sow... without the boar, as long as there are many people, just harassing but not attacking, and taking advantage of her foresight to protect her cubs, she can be exhausted to death.
Hehe, no matter animals or humans, they are invincible when they are eager to protect their cubs.
But if you have a child, you have a weakness, and no matter how tough you are, you can't afford it.
In the next few days, the little wild boar was recovering from his injuries at home. Jiang Zhi, Chunfeng and Xiao Manye took the time to replenish wheat seeds with Li Laoshi.
Others went to round up wild boars, chasing and harassing the pigs every day, forcing the big and small pigs to have no peace of mind when eating or sleeping.
When the wheat was replanted here, Xu Errui and Xiaoman came back carrying two semi-large pigs weighing twenty to thirty kilograms and five or six dead piglets that had not yet been weaned.
"Brother Xiang and the others are chasing a herd of wild boars. Let's bring these back first and clean them up for barbecue."
Xiao Man was very proud. The pigs were frightened and ran away that day. Wu Hongmao and others bet that the pigs would be reluctant to part with the huge pig nest.
So I took the time to place a series of nooses around the area. Sure enough, the pigs that had escaped came back again, and several of them were caught in the trap on the spot.
But the big pig ran away with the half-big piglets, and Xiang Dejin and the others chased after them, driving the pigs away from the pass.
With this arrest, we can maintain peace for several months.
Since it was Dejin and the others who wanted to eat barbecue, everyone got busy, pounding chili powder to make salt and pepper dipping sauce, and chopping green onions.
The tender suckling pork is cut into slices and threaded on bamboo skewers, and then firewood is piled in the yard to burn a charcoal fire to prepare the barbecue.
Xiang Dejin and the others came back when it was almost dark, still holding a pheasant in their hands: "Don't worry, everyone, we have demolished all the pig nests today. With this, we will not be able to come here until at least the spring famine next year."
Both humans and pigs have to live on this mountain, encroaching on each other's territory.
It is impossible to drive wild boars away by manpower and kill them.
People rely on their clever brains to use tools to lay traps, pigs rely on their ability to survive, and win with numbers. This is how you come and go to the extreme.
A half-big pig weighing dozens of kilograms is shaved and marinated into bacon, and the little suckling pig is packed and served to the table.
There was barbecue and pheasant, and this meal satisfied more than a dozen people.
Li Laoshi polished every bone, and he was extremely satisfied with the path he had chosen.
I have never eaten meat like this in the past few decades. From now on, I must hold on to these thighs and eat delicious food and drink spicy food every day.
But his dream was shattered not long after.
After chasing away the wild boar, Xiang Dejin and others were also ready to leave. Because they were nourished by the medicinal soup, they originally thought it would take two months, but they were completely fine after just one month on the mountain.
Even after their injuries are healed, they have to find their own way out.
Although Jiang Zhi had wanted to keep a few helpers before, he didn't say anything.
She is still a peasant woman now. Even if she met Magistrate Zhang at the Pingchuan County Government Office and promised to get a handwritten letter from King Zhou, there would still be no trace of her.
You cannot miss the future of others.
In addition, Xiang Dejin and the others also left the pork for the two families to eat without taking any money, so everyone wanted to give them some practical things to express their gratitude.
So Jiang Zhi took some medicinal materials from the attic and the family of three started making medicine.
Make "Anti-Inflammatory Film" first
Source: "Handbook of Traditional Chinese Medicine Preparations" 1964
Jiang Zhi weighed each of the four herbs: dandelion, purpurea, skullcap, and wild chrysanthemum.
Xu Errui moved the iron rolling trough and rolled skullcap into powder.
On the other side, Qiaoyun put the washed dandelions, purpurea and wild chrysanthemums into a copper pot, added 8 times of water and boiled for 2 hours, then added 4 times of water for the second time and continued to cook patiently for 2 hours, and finally took the medicinal solution and let it sit for 2 hours. Set aside to precipitate, and use the above clear liquid to boil again and concentrate into a paste.
The young couple had their own things to do under Jiang Zhi's arrangement.
When the concoction becomes a paste, Xu Errui's medicinal powder is also ground into fine pieces, mixed together and stirred evenly, dried and finally finely sieved, and then added with starch and pressed into flakes.
It took two days to finish.
Xu Errui took the brown pills and looked through them. Although he pressed them out with his own hands using bamboo tubes, he was still curious: "Mom, you said that if you catch a cold, cough or fever in the future, you only need to take pills like this instead of boiling potion? "
Jiang Zhi packed the pills in a big bamboo tube: "Yes, we have brewed the potion. Taking five pills at a time is like drinking a bowl of potion. It can be used for emergencies."
Xu Errui clicked his tongue and said, "This is better than drinking bitter potion. Mom, why did you only let dad drink herbal water before?"
In the past, when I had no money to buy medicine, I would buy herbs myself without knowing what they were.
Jiang Zhi's face darkened: "I used to have endless work to do every day. Do you have time at home or do you have to deal with all these things for me? It would be great if your father could have some medicinal herbs to drink."
Xu Errui suddenly didn't dare to say anymore. My mother used to work from morning to night every day, so how could she have the time to do this?
And there are none of these pots, copper pots, or iron grinding troughs.
Qiaoyun helped fill the pills, but said: "Mom, I think it's better to drink potion. I'm suffering from cold. Drinking hot potion will make your body sweat a little, which will make you feel better quickly."
She made these potions with her own hands, but she still felt that drinking water was better than taking pills, at least it was hot.
Jiang Zhi did not deny Qiaoyun's statement, and even praised: "Qiaoyun is right! Pills are not as good as potions!"
Having your own ideas is progress!
Today's fast life makes people don't even want to fry medicine, so they just use a medicine decoction machine. It is convenient, but the efficacy of the medicine is hard to say.
The quality of the medicinal materials originally grown was defective, and I was lazy in decoction. Alas...
If conditions permit, the original potion is more effective, and it is even better to cook it by hand.
Nowadays, it is convenient to make it into pills, but the effect is naturally compromised.
When making cold and fever medicine, Jiang Zhi also made other tablets.
The second type is compound Dijincao tablets.
Source: "Handbook of Traditional Chinese Medicine Preparations" 1964
Weigh the three medicinal herbs that are grown all over the mountains and fields, including Polygonum and Plantain that grow beside the ditch. A small half is rolled into fine powder, and the remaining half is boiled and extracted to obtain a thick ointment. Add the medicinal powder to reduce the juice and finely grind it. Finally, it is pressed into tablets and used for enteritis, dysentery and diarrhea.
Dijincao, also called red silk grass and milkweed, is used to treat dysentery, blood in the stool, sores, boils and carbuncles.
Polygonum is mainly used to treat dysentery, enteritis, and dysphagia. It can be used as distiller's yeast for wine making.
I will make two types of pills first to see if everyone can accept them.
