In March, it was still a bit cold in the mountains.
Li Shiqiang first took off the old-fashioned gun from his back, added gunpowder and iron sand, and then rushed toward the mountain with the gun in one hand and a wooden stick in the other.
When you go into the mountains, you are most afraid of encountering two things.
One is a wild beast, and the other is a trap planted by others.
Speaking of wild animals, the Bashu region is most famous for its round, chubby, cute-looking panda.
But these days, pandas have not yet become a national treasure.
Some rural people even hate this kind of thing.
Because after these guys have nothing to eat in the mountains, they will come down the mountains like wild boars and cause harm to the farmland.
Fortunately, the higher authorities have been calling for the protection of pandas since the 1950s, and there are people who come to them to do ideological work.
However, Li Shiqiang heard that some people secretly went to the mountains to hunt pandas, and even took foreigners with them.
As for the clip, it doesn't just refer to the iron clip.
Rather, it refers to the traps made by others in the mountains.
Some are simple covers, some are dug pits and cages, and some are iron clamps that can break the legs.
If you accidentally step on that kind of iron clamp in the mountains, it will really make the sky and the earth unable to respond.
However, real hunters usually put dot marks next to their clips to prevent others from stepping on them.
But the most common ones in the mountains are the clips placed by people who just want to get some meat to eat in the mountains and don't care about anything.
"Cuckoo....chiggukuchi...."
Not long after entering the mountain, Li Shiqiang heard the crow of pheasants.
But he didn't pay attention.
This little animal looks simple, but how many simple things can survive in the mountains?
His main purpose of going into the mountains this time was to find herbs, not hunting.
Some game may be sold for a few dollars at the market, but if you can find a valuable herb, it can be sold for hundreds of dollars.
After all, the medicinal materials in the deep mountains and old forests these days have not yet been deeply explored. If you can find a ginseng or Ganoderma lucidum, you will make a fortune!
Moreover, Li Shiqiang was alone, without hunting dogs to help him chase his prey, so it was most cost-effective to collect herbs honestly.
But if some blind guy really hits him in the face, he still won't let it go.
"Chirp...!"
"Chirp...!"
After walking a few steps, Li Shiqiang saw several black shadows suddenly appear on the branches above his head.
He quickly raised the gun in his hand and stared closely at the black figures that were getting closer and closer.
"Chirp...!"
A gray shadow suddenly fell down, with its long tail raised and its limbs steadily walking on the branches. As it walked, it tilted its head to look at Li Shiqiang.
monkey!
Li Shiqiang felt relieved, but his finger did not take off the trigger.
The monkey is also an unpleasant guy. Not only will he go down the mountain to steal grain, but he will even pick up some children and drag them into the mountain.
Li Shiqiang remembers that when he was a child, his mother would often scare him: If he ran around alone again, he would be dragged away by the Thunder Monkey!
After a moment's thought, several wild beasts appeared on the tree trunks around Li Shiqiang.
Some were sitting or walking, and some were holding little monkeys in their arms.
They all looked at him with a bit of curiosity.
Li Shiqiang lowered the muzzle of his gun slightly, not daring to reveal a hint of murderous intent.
When facing monkeys, as long as you show a little evil intention, they will be able to detect it very keenly, and then a group of monkeys will rush up.
Li Shiqiang even watched a short video in his previous life. A group of monkeys kept teasing a tiger in the forest, but the tiger was unable to do anything to them.
However, the wild monkeys in this mountain usually have territories.
As long as you don't intrude into their territory or act in a way that threatens the little monkey, monkeys usually won't hurt people.
Li Shiqiang lowered his head and took a few tentative steps forward.
Sure enough, the group of wild monkeys just gathered around the tree trunk around him and did not do anything else.
After walking some distance, Li Shiqiang began to look for herbs with peace of mind.
Not long after, a hint of joy suddenly appeared on his face.
On the hillside in front of him, there was a patch of wild grass more than half a meter high.
This weed looks very ordinary and inconspicuous, but it is a kind of herb with many uses and anti-cancer effects-Sophora flavescens.
Although Sophora flavescens has the word ginseng, it is not classified as ginseng.
And no one has yet discovered the anti-cancer effect of Sophora flavescens. It is allowed to grow like a weed in the mountains and forests, and no one cares about it.
However, Sophora flavescens happens to be an herb that clears away heat and removes dampness, and can treat his old man's ulcerated feet.
After Li Shiqiang picked some sophora flavescens, he continued to search for herbal medicine.
Although he was not a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner in his previous life, he was a herbal farmer who had been growing herbal medicines for many years and was very familiar with the medicinal properties of some herbal medicines.
His father's feet were ulcerated due to being soaked in water for a long time. He only needed to find some herbs that could clear away heat and remove dampness and apply them externally.
Li Shiqiang looked around and found some honeysuckle that can clear away heat and dehumidify.
It just so happens that the picking season for these two kinds of herbs is March.
The picking of herbs is highly seasonal. Once the best picking period is missed, the medicinal value will be greatly lost.
Li Shiqiang walked around Laowu Mountain all afternoon, and the bamboo basket on his back was already full.
In addition to Sophora flavescens and Honeysuckle, he also dug some Beizhonglou, Artemisia arborescens and Gastrodia elata.
Among these herbs, Beizhonglou and Gastrodia elata are the two most valuable.
Beizhong Tower alone could have been sold for three to four hundred yuan per catty in a previous life.
However, at this time, Li Shiqiang didn't know how much the Beizhong Building could be sold for, and he had to wait until he got the medicinal materials supply and marketing cooperative to find out.
Li Shiqiang looked up at the sky and saw that the sun was almost setting, so he was ready to go down the mountain and go home.
However, just as he turned around to go down the mountain, the group of monkeys suddenly became impatient.
"Chirp...!"
"Chirp...!"
Li Shiqiang held the gun and took two steps back in surprise.
"Chirp...!"
And just as he was retreating, the sounds of the monkeys suddenly became excited again.
Why are these monkeys going crazy?
Li Shiqiang glanced around and walked down the mountain again.
"Chirp...!"
The screams became impatient again, and there was even a monkey with thick hair that looked larger than other monkeys of its kind. It came to Li Shiqiang's feet and pulled the hem of his clothes.
"You want claws!"
Li Shiqiang glared and was about to shake it off when he suddenly noticed that the monkey at his feet was pulling him while looking in the direction of the mountain.
After hesitating for a moment, he looked at the monkey at his feet and asked, "Do you want me to go up the mountain?"
The monkey at his feet did not understand this sentence, but his movements became more and more impatient, and he kept trying to pull him up the mountain.
It turns out that you stayed around me for a long time because you had trouble with me?
Li Shiqiang thought for a while, and finally followed their wishes and walked up the mountain.
As soon as he moved, the surrounding monkeys quickly followed behind him and surrounded him up the mountain.
