Gao Mingcheng also sent a bottle of honey and a plate of bullfrogs to Grandma Xi's house. The bullfrogs are already prepared and can be fried directly in the pot.
Grandma Xi asked him to eat at home, but Gao Mingcheng refused, saying that Duomei had already cooked the meal.
So Grandma Xi didn't force her. After a few words, Gao Mingcheng said goodbye and left.
The next day, Gao Mingcheng went to the sweet potato field and dug out a small ridge of sweet potatoes. After shaking off the soil, he saw small sweet potatoes hanging from the roots. The ones were as big as an adult's fist and the smaller ones were as slender as a baby's arms.
This potato seed he planted, when the weather was good in previous years, the sweet potato grew very big and could be eaten as a meal, so the local dialect here called it rice potato.
The potato seeds given by Grandma Xi's family are all white. The ridge he dug is all white. He peels off the skin with a knife, and some milky white juice will quickly emerge from the surface of the sweet potato. This is easy to stick to the hands. .
Sweet potatoes can be eaten raw, and they taste a little sweet and crunchy. Gao Mingcheng ate a sweet potato in a few mouthfuls and thought it tasted pretty good.
He looked down and saw that the sweet potatoes were green and not particularly big, so he planned to dig some of them and eat them first, and save the rest.
Because many Americans like to eat sweet potatoes with red hearts and think they are sweeter, he went to dig up a small ridge of sweet potatoes with red hearts, and then went back with the sweet potatoes in one hand and a bundle of sweet potato vines in the other.
Duomei was drying medicinal materials. When he saw him coming back with sweet potatoes, he couldn't help but said, "It's not time to dig sweet potatoes yet, right?"
"Yeah, but someone is already digging in the village." Gao Mingcheng said, and then spread the sweet potatoes in a cool place.
Freshly dug sweet potatoes have a lot of water and have not yet been saccharified, so they are not sweet enough. After a few days to dry out the water, they will become sweeter.
"I dug some first and ate them. The big ones can be cooked into porridge, and the smaller ones can be roasted and eaten." Gao Mingcheng said as he divided the sweet potato vine in his hand into two parts, and fed one part to the cattle and sheep. Part of it is spread out in the sun to dry.
Cattle and sheep can eat fresh sweet potato vines or dried ones, but it is said that cattle cannot eat too much fresh sweet potato vines, otherwise they will have diarrhea.
"What are you feeding them? I'll take them out later." Duo Mei was speechless and felt there was no need to feed them now.
"You can take her out later. Aren't you busy now?" Gao Mingcheng said, watching many beauties skillfully drying the medicinal materials.
During this period, he went into the mountains every day to collect herbs, but the person responsible for handling the herbs was mostly Duomei.
Since many aestheticians will handle Poria cocos, once the skin of the Poria cocos in the house shrivels and turns brown, she will take care of it herself.
Nowadays, the bamboo sieve is filled with all kinds of medicinal materials. Fortunately, his yard is wide and there is enough space for drying.
"I'm going into the mountains." Gao Mingcheng picked up the tools and bags and prepared to go into the mountains.
He ran all the way into the mountains again, this time going farther. After nearly half a month of mining, he had already visited the mountains and forests near Gaojiacun.
This time, after careful searching, he found several Polygonatum odorifera plants in the shade.
Polygonatum is a multi-leaf branch, and the leaves are shaped like bamboo leaves, but are shorter than bamboo leaves.
It is a kind of medicinal material whose roots are dug in autumn. At this time, there are some ripe fruits hanging on the Polygonatum plant, which contain the seeds of Polygonatum.
There are two types of propagation of Polygonatum japonica, one is propagation by rhizomes, and the other is propagation by seeds. Propagating by seeds is more troublesome and the growth rate is much slower, so from an economic point of view, it is best to choose rhizome propagation.
This is similar to yams. Yams can also be propagated using rhizomes and yam beans. However, if rhizomes are used to propagate, they can be harvested that year, but if they are propagated by seeds, that will not work.
Gao Mingcheng was a little excited when he saw Huang Jing.
Their place is not a place where Polygonatum japonica is abundant, and when they were on the hills, they rarely saw Polygonatum japonica. However, Polygonatum odoratum has a very good reputation, and is said to be the essence of Zhicao.
There are many ways to take it. It can be mixed with other medicinal materials and used to make wine, or it can be stewed with meat or chicken.
Polygonatum is also called wild ginger. In ancient times, it was also used as a grass to save famine. After nine steaming and nine exposures, it became a food substitute.
Nine-steaming and nine-exposure are quite troublesome to operate. In fact, many people in mountainous areas often eat it as a vegetable because its rhizome is shaped like a potato. Its fleshy rhizome is thick and contains a lot of starch, sugar and other nutrients. It can be grown. It can be eaten or stewed. It is useful for fitness and can make people stronger.
Therefore, people in mountainous areas like to eat Polygonatum very much.
Gao Mingcheng often ate it in his previous life. It was not only good for the body, but also tasted good, so it was quite popular among people.
Now that he encountered it, he couldn't miss it, so he started to get started, first collecting Polygonatum berries. There were five or six seeds in these black berries, which could be used for planting.
Yes, Gao Mingcheng plans to grow a batch of Polygonatum by himself. Even if he has not encountered it before, since he has encountered it, it means that this place is still suitable for the growth of Polygonatum, so it can be mass-produced.
Polygonatum is not widely distributed, but it is not small either. It is produced in many provinces. As long as the geographical location is suitable, it can also be cultivated artificially.
After collecting all the black berries, the next step is to dig up the roots. The rhizome of Polygonatum japonica is more like ginger, with one segment per segment. If the rhizome is used for propagation, then cut the rhizome into several segments, and then each segment has three or four segments.
And it can be planted in late autumn and early spring.
After digging up these Huang Jingcai plants, Gao Mingcheng found some more nearby. Because it can be propagated by seeds, most Polygonatum won't exist alone. As long as there is one, you can definitely find others if you look carefully nearby.
But there may not be, because the conditions for seed propagation are relatively harsh, so the germination rate is not high.
Looking at the harvested Polygonatum, Gao Mingcheng looked solemn. He knew that one of their chickens was going to be in trouble, because for chickens, Polygonatum is poisonous and can kill a chicken in one meal!
The chicken stewed with yellow essence is so delicious!
While he was thinking about the deliciousness of the chicken stewed with Polygonatum japonica, Gao Mingcheng's ears moved slightly, and he looked around and found traces of a group of pheasants.
Well, the chickens in his family were saved!
Gao Mingcheng took out the knife he carried with him and aimed at one of the chickens from a distance. The moment the flying knife came out of his hand, the target chicken fell down.
Immediately afterwards, another flying knife was thrown, killing the pheasants before they were frightened. As for the other pheasants, they had already fled away after sensing the danger.
I haven't hunted for a while recently. With these unexpected gains, Gao Mingcheng was quite happy. He walked over and picked up the dead pheasant. As he bent down, he noticed rustling movements in the nearby grass. Among them was a pheasant. The snake's tail disappeared quickly. After careful identification, Gao Mingcheng recognized that it should be a black-tip snake.
Black-haired snakes are widely distributed in the country, and they also buy large quantities of medicinal materials. Gao Mingcheng had planned to catch a batch of black-haired snakes this year and sell them.
But the snake had already escaped, so Gao Mingcheng naturally let it go.
But during the subsequent search process, in addition to keeping his eyes on the ground, he would also look at the branches near the water from time to time.
The black snake likes to eat frogs, fish, loaches, eels, rats and other food, so it often appears in areas near water. In addition, it likes to climb branches and often hang on trees.
Although the black-tailed snake moves quickly and reacts quickly, it is good at escaping. But it has a very docile character and generally does not bite. Of course, it will bite when it is in danger or frightened.
But even if it is bitten, it is not a big problem because it is a non-venomous snake.
Because of its medicinal value and non-toxicity, black snakes were hunted in large numbers. In later generations, their numbers in the wild were greatly reduced, and they tended to be classified as protected animals.
However, black-tailed snakes can still be seen often in the mountains and fields.
If you observe carefully, you will find that black snakes often crawl along the ridges on the inside of paddy fields. They can also be observed near vegetable fields and ditches.
Some people in the village who are not afraid of snakes will catch them and eat them, make them into wine, or stew them and eat them. They all taste pretty good.
(End of chapter)
