Soon, Wang Ke collected a large bundle below and wanted to throw it up, but it was too high and there was no way.
Wang Mingsheng took off his leggings, but it was only less than five meters, and he still couldn't reach the bottom. Wang Ke picked up all the branches, tied a knot in the air, and hoisted these things up. He was doing Uncle Geng some favors and thanked him for letting the whole platoon in for a visit.
Uncle Geng is very happy, this can be regarded as a solution to his worries. For many years, he couldn't do it. If he wanted to move a ladder down, no one would be able to do it.
As soon as they started working here, a few more soldiers came from the command platoon, especially those from the reconnaissance squad. Hemp stalk Zhao Mingming and sweet potato Liang Xiaolong were both hung up through leggings.
With this tidying up, the river was soon cleared of dead branches of all sizes.
"Lao Kezi, what did you find below?" In addition to what Yu Deben was holding in his hands, his two pants pockets were also full of peaches.
Xiao Gao, the telephone monitor, said: "Hygienist, this kind of food cannot be eaten. Even if it is edible, you can see that it is covered with hair and it will definitely make your stomach ache."
Hygienist Yu Deben rolled his eyes at him, ignored him at all, and continued to shout to Wang Ke: "Did you find any treasures?"
His words made almost all the soldiers in the command platoon laugh. Although the river is a little curved, you can basically see from one end to the other, and nothing can be hidden except dead branches and leaves.
But health worker Yu Deben had seen Wang Ke's ability. He had long suspected Wang Ke, but he had never found any evidence. Otherwise, he wouldn't have exchanged his Hongmei watch for Wang Ke's broken pocket watch that he bought from the county town.
He believed that Wang Ke must have superhuman abilities or special powers, but he couldn't tell what they were.
And Wang Ke is really famous. As soon as he finished cleaning up the river here, he immediately called out: "Where is Gu Maolin, are you there?"
"Here!" Gu Maolin stuck his head out from behind the crowd and said to Wang Ke, "Platoon leader, I'm here."
"Bring a telescope down and put the two recruits on first." Wang Ke said.
"Platoon leader, what else do you have to do?" Digua Liang Xiaolong and Ma Zhuo Zhao Mingming were stunned. The bottom of the river has been cleaned up, so how can there be any work to do?
"Old monitor, are you here?"
"Yes." Huang Zhonghe, the wireless squad leader, also stuck his head out from the bridge.
"Except for Gu Maolin and Wang Mingsheng, please organize the entire platoon. First help Uncle Geng get the dead branches and leaves outside the cemetery, and then wait for us in the side hall."
"yes!"
Everyone scrambled to drag the two recruits up and put Gu Maolin down.
"Lao Kezi, what are you doing?" Health worker Yu Deben was unwilling to leave. He squatted next to Wang Mingsheng and looked down at Wang Ke in the river.
"Lao Yu, let me help you pick some more peaches. It's better to pick them down below." Wang Ke looked at the health worker Yu Deben slyly. Although the peach tree grew next to the rocks on the shore, the whole branch was hanging down. In the river, it is less than two meters below. If it wasn't too dangerous, Uncle Geng would have chopped it down long ago.
"real?"
"Of course it's true. I'll ask Gu Maolin to pick up some of the things that fell on the ground for you."
"Very good."
"Gu Maolin, give me the telescope and ask Wang Mingsheng to pick up a benchmark bag. You first use your hat to help the health worker pick it up."
"I'll go, I'll go." Hygienist Yu Deben happily ran to get the canvas bag containing the benchmark without saying anything. He knew Wang Ke saw it.
"Platoon leader, what do you mean? Do you and the health worker still treat this rough peach as a treasure?" When Gu Maolin asked him to pick it up with his hat first, he was a little worried. After all, it was a rough peach.
"Stop talking nonsense and go quickly. I'll tell you later what's the use of this peach." Wang Ke said as he picked up the telescope, pointed it under the bridge and began to adjust the focus of the telescope's eyepiece.
After jumping off the dry river, he took a quick look and glanced under the three stone bridges. All are paved with huge monolithic stone slabs. He noticed that under the northernmost bridge, it was the bridge not far from the peach tree. There are three "scratches" of different lengths on the side. If you don't pay attention, many people will think that they are scratches caused by friction during transportation.
But Wang Ke noticed that this was not an ordinary scratch, but a shallow mark made with a chisel.
Why leave three "imprints"? It's easy to explain, it's a mark. So he wanted to take a look at what was so weird about this bluestone slab with three carved marks?
However, this is just a stone slab without any other cutouts. Moreover, these three scratches are not parallel, but are scattered horizontally and vertically.
Wang Ke walked under the bridge, raised his head, and carefully examined these "scratches". He really couldn't see anything.
"Lao Kezi, catch it." Hygienist Yu Deben threw down a standard bag.
Wang Ke picked it up, walked over, and started squatting under the tree to help Gu Maolin start picking it up.
Soon the benchmark bag bulged. "Platoon leader, I can just pick it up myself. This peach is quite irritating."
"It's okay." Wang Ke said, and he and Gu Maolin picked up the peach tree. Health workers Yu Deben and Wang Mingsheng both squatted on the bridge and looked at them.
Wang Ke said in a low voice like a mosquito: "Maolin, please help me take a look at the bridge stones under the bridge deck to see if there are any empty ones? Is there anything strange? Especially if there are any others thing?"
Gu Maolin raised his head and looked at Wang Ke suspiciously, and suddenly he realized. "Platoon commander, is this the bridge where they are squatting?"
"Yes, keep your voice down, and don't let anyone find out."
"yes."
The benchmark bag was filled quickly. Gu Maolin carried it under the bridge, and Wang Ke took it over and began to tie the leggings to help the health worker Yu Deben hang himself. As for Gu Maolin, he took the opportunity to look at the stone slabs under the bridge, front and back, and even the piers on both sides of the bridge. He shook his head at Wang Ke.
"Then let's go up."
"Lao Kezi, are you sure you want to come up?" Hygienist Yu Deben was a little unwilling to give up. He was very suspicious and wanted to confirm. How could Wang Ke go down and come up so easily?
"Nonsense, what are you doing if you don't come up? I'm coming down here to help you. Don't you know what's going on?" Wang Ke has already made up his mind to go home and sort out his thoughts before finding another opportunity.
"Oh well."
Hygienist Yu Deben was carrying the benchmark bag and was about to leave. Wang Mingsheng's voice suddenly sounded behind him: "Hygienist, wait a moment. I'll use the benchmark bag first."
Wang Mingsheng poured all the peaches in the benchmark bag onto the bridge, then folded the leggings into two strands, tied a "pig's trotter buckle" with the benchmark bag, and then put it down.
The two people above quickly dragged Gu Maolin up, and then Wang Ke.
Wang Ke looked at Wang Mingsheng with satisfaction and nodded. Stand nearby. Watching Gu Maolin and hygienist Yu Deben pack those peaches again.
"Platoon leader, isn't this Maotao?" Wang Mingsheng asked Wang Ke while pretending.
"Why isn't it a hairy peach? Look at the core and the hair." Gu Maolin picked up one and wanted to bite it.
"Wait a minute, you can't eat it." Wang Mingsheng shouted. He reached out and picked up a leaf from the side and said, "Soldier, do you think this leaf looks like a peach tree?"
"How come it doesn't look like it? It's long and thin. Oh, it really doesn't look like it!" Gu Maolin took the leaves. The two in the middle looked like peach leaves, but there were three pointed and long ones connected next to it. Xiaoye, it’s really hard to tell for those who don’t pay attention.
"How come the leaves of the peach tree are still so long?" Gu Maolin exclaimed in surprise.
"This is not a peach tree at all. Look, peaches can't be knotted like this." Wang Mingsheng no longer cares about whether Gu Maolin is a veteran. He walked over and picked a peach from the peach tree. Milky white juice oozed from the wound.
"Hey, the peach is also dripping with juice?" Gu Maolin squeezed the sweaty pulp with his hands, which was still a little sticky. He rubbed it under his nose and smelled it, and there was still a faint fragrance.
"You are so stubborn. This is not Mao Tao." Wang Mingsheng turned away, disdainful to argue with Gu Maolin.
But Gu Maolin didn't know what to do. "Wang Mingsheng, you said it's not Maotao, what is it?"
This time, Wang Mingsheng was also questioned. He was from the Mongolian ethnic group, so naturally he didn't know this kind of fruit. He looked at Wang Ke as if asking for help.
Wang Ke smiled and was about to speak when Gu Maolin wiped his hair and took a bite. He insists that this is a raw peach. Since it is a raw peach, you can eat it. It may not taste good, but it will not be poisonous.
This time he got it right, and when he took a bite, it was very solid. But there is no peach flavor, instead there is a coconut aroma and a hint of spiciness. "Bah, bah, why is it the same as orange peel?"
Wang Ke smiled and looked at the health worker Yu Deben and then at Wang Mingsheng. He became more and more interested in this newly transferred recruit and observed every detail.
"Is the platoon leader right?" Wang Mingsheng asked again.
Wang Ke then said: "You two, stop arguing. In fact, Gu Maolin is right. It is indeed a peach."
"Is this Maotao?" Wang Mingsheng's face was full of surprise.
"Yes, this is a peach, but it's not a real peach. Its name should be Wuzhi peach. It's a traditional Chinese medicine. Am I right? Lao Yu."
Hygienist Yu Deben also opened his eyes in surprise. Coming from the south, he couldn't believe his ears. Because this kind of fruit is rare even in the south and is only concentrated in a few provinces, Wang Ke actually knows it.
"Five-fingered peach?" Gu Maolin and Wang Mingsheng shouted at the same time. Is there such a strange thing in this cemetery?
"Lao Yu, I'll tell you for you." Wang Ke raised his head, and after speaking to Deben, he turned back and said: "Wuzhi Maotao is a precious medicinal material. It tastes like orange peel, but it is pure. The five-finger peach has a faint coconut fragrance. It is born in mountain forests or valley bushes, and beside ditches in villages. It is only found in the south, such as Guangdong, Guangxi, and Gan provinces, but this How come things appear in Xishan?”
Wang Ke said to himself, just like the golden cobra on the eagle's mouth, it's so strange.
Hygienist Yu Deben was not only surprised now, he extended his thumb and said, "Lao Kezi, this is incredible, do you even know this person?"
Hygienist Yu Deben came from a family of traditional Chinese medicine and worked as a barefoot doctor before joining the army. Naturally, he knew this traditional Chinese medicine. He accidentally discovered the five-fingered peach in the cemetery. He was ecstatic.
The five-fingered peach is a plant belonging to the Moraceae family, but it is not a peach. It is named because its leaves look like five fingers and its fruit looks like a peach when ripe. It has the effects of strengthening the spleen and lungs, promoting qi and promoting dampness, relaxing muscles and activating collaterals. Mainly used to treat spleen deficiency and edema, lack of appetite, cough due to tuberculosis, night sweats, rheumatic arthralgia, edema, bruises and other symptoms.
The troops were stationed in Xishan for training. The humidity was heavy and the food was not good. Some soldiers had no appetite. Naturally, these five-fingered peaches were a good thing. Boil soup with pig trotters and pig bones, it is a great supplement. So, he picked it immediately.
Longquanzhuang, no, it should be said that Uncle Geng did not know the five-fingered peach. This tree was not easy to cut down, so it was spared. Yu Deben, like Wang Ke, was also curious, how could there be such a rare tree species in the south in the north?
"You have to keep it a secret for me!" Hygienist Yu Deben was afraid that Uncle Geng would find out and he would never be able to pick again.
"yes!"
