Mo Ziyuan made up her mind to go to the mountain to try to find medicinal materials by identifying smells, so she turned around and supported Song Nanzhi and said, "Grandma, go back to bed and lie down. I will be back soon."
Knowing that she was worried about him, he promised: "Don't worry, grandma, I'm just going to take a look! I'll come back after taking a look, and I won't delay cooking." After saying that, he winked at Song Nanzhi.
Seeing her blinking, Song Nanzhi knew that she wanted to see the medicinal materials found yesterday, so he said, "I'll go with you."
Mo Ziyuan shook her head hurriedly and said: "No, grandma's dizziness is not over yet. She is tired after walking a few more steps, and the mountain road is not easy to walk. Grandma, just wait for me at home. I will definitely be back soon." "Say more." It’s not far, I’m not afraid even if I go alone.”
Song Nanzhi knew that her granddaughter had big ideas now. Besides, she was not in good health right now. If she wanted to run away, she could run away quietly, just like the last time she went to the county. If she didn't tell her, neither she nor her father would know. She secretly ran to the county, and no longer stopped her. She only warned her: "Just play at the foot of the mountain. Don't go inside. The roads inside the mountain are not easy to walk. You will fall easily if you go there."
Seeing that her grandma agreed, Mo Ziyuan promised: "Okay, I will definitely not go inside."
Song Nanzhi turned to Li Dagang and said, "Dagang, your sister Wan Wan is still young. Run slower on the road and hold your sister to prevent her from falling."
Li Dagang also promised: "Okay. I will definitely not let her fall."
Before the two went out, Mo Ziyuan took another sickle and put it in the basket Li Dagang was carrying. This time, Li Dagang took care of Mo Ziwan very seriously. After the two of them reached the foot of the mountain hand in hand, Li Dagang asked: "Sister Wanwan, what do you want to do on the mountain?"
Mo Ziyuan carefully felt the various smells coming from under the tip of her nose. She felt the changes in the smell under her nose as she walked. She carefully looked at the plants around her every few steps to determine what the smell was. Plant plants.
After hearing Li Dagang's words, he raised his head and replied: "I'm looking for medicine!" After that, he pointed to an wormwood plant and said: "This is mugwort leaf." He pursed his lips to hold back a smile. He was not really fooling the child.
From ancient times to the present, every household will pick or buy calamus and mugwort leaves to hang at the door every Dragon Boat Festival. In addition to hanging on the door, the two medicinal herbs will also be boiled into water and bathed to remove evil spirits. Therefore, these two herbs have been known to me for a long time, but they are so common that even if they are collected, they cannot be sold for much money.
Li Dagang looked at the wormwood and said excitedly: "I know this. Every year during the Dragon Boat Festival, my mother would cut a lot of them and hang them on the door and boil water for bathing."
It's good to know. Mo Ziyuan continued: "Yes, wormwood has a heat-clearing effect, and it can also repel mosquitoes after burning it and making it into sachets."
Listening to Mo Ziwan's words, Li Dagang heard for the first time that the leaves can be used to make sachets and can also drive away mosquitoes. This is amazing. After Mo Ziyuan's words, she said: "I will also cut some and burn them in the evening to see if I can drive away the mosquitoes."
Mo Ziyuan was very happy that he had such an idea, and immediately encouraged him: "Okay, I'll cut it for you!" After agreeing, she added: "That's it, you don't just believe what others say, you have to discern what is behind the words. Meaning. Just like this mugwort leaf, although I said it has the effect of repelling mosquitoes, you have never seen it, so you don’t know whether it is true. At this time, if you practice it, you will know whether it is really what I said. "
There was only one sickle, not to mention that Li Dagang was much older than Mo Ziyuan and should have been cut by him, but because of the child's temperament, Li Dagang was very interested at this time and would not let Mo Ziyuan use the sickle to cut the moxa leaves.
Li Dagang was cutting mugwort leaves, and Mo Ziwan continued to walk towards the place where Angelica was found yesterday, smelling the fragrance along the way. When she was about ten steps away from the place where Angelica was found, she stopped and felt it carefully. The smell came from under my nose. After a while, I continued walking forward until I reached the place where Angelica sinensis grows. After I stopped, I picked the leaves of Angelica sinensis and put them in front of my nose to smell them. I took note of the smell emitted by the leaves. The taste will be more convenient when you go out to look for medicine in the future.
After confirming that the angelica was still there and remembering the smell of the leaves, he walked forward again, stopping every few steps to smell the smell coming from the surroundings to make sure there were no more valuable medicinal materials before looking for them.
People listen to all directions and see eight directions, but when it is their turn, they hear all directions and see eight directions.
Seeing that Li Dagang was still cutting mugwort, it was definitely not enough to teach him how to recognize mugwort. However, Angelica sinensis could not be taught to him yet. He did not want to hide it. There were limited medicinal materials in this mountain. Today he followed him here again. If the place where angelica grows grows, if there is a religion, I am afraid that the angelica in this land will not be dug back.
You can teach him, at least you have to wait until you dig up these dozen or so plants before you can teach him. However, if you encounter other single plants of herbal medicine later, you can teach him first. Of course, this does not include the Ganoderma lucidum.
After making up her mind, Mo Ziwan walked a little further and continued to search around. Of course, it was indispensable to smell while walking.
A quarter of an hour later, Mo Ziyuan smelled a familiar smell. After standing still, she felt the smell carefully. After confirming that it was correct, she looked for it. At the same time, he carefully looked at every inch of his feet for fear of missing something, and finally found it at the foot of a rock. After finding it, he didn't make any announcement immediately. He looked around again and made sure there was nothing else before he pulled it away.
When I held Sanqi, I thought I could pull out all the roots with just a tug. But what I didn't expect was that I overestimated my ability. Apart from the redness and pain of pulling my hand and tearing off a few leaves, Panax notoginseng remained motionless at the foot of the rock. He had no choice but to shout: "Brother Dagang."
After hearing this, Li Dagang responded: "Why are you calling me?"
Mo Ziyuan replied after Li Dagang's words: "I found the medicinal materials, but I can't pull them off. Please help me pull them off, brother Dagang."
"Here we come." After Mo Ziwan said this, Li Dagang stood up and threw the cut mugwort leaves into his basket. As soon as the mugwort was thrown away, he walked towards Mo Ziwan. When he got there, he looked at the weeds on the ground and asked, "What the hell?" that?"
Mo Ziyuan pointed at Sanqi, whose leaves had fallen off after being pulled by her, and said, "That's it."
After saying that, he explained, "This is Panax notoginseng, which has the effect of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. It is in the medicine my grandfather took. Please help me pull it out, brother Dagang." He said politely again.
Li Dagang responded again: "Okay." Then he started to pull it off. Although he was a little older and his hands were stronger, he could not only tear off the stems and leaves, but also didn't pull up the Panax notoginseng. Mo Ziyuan was busy seeing this. He said: "Brother Dagang, don't pull it off yet. Use a sickle to slowly dig out some soil at the roots and then pull it off."
Thinking that it should grow very deep, but fearing that the sickle would hurt the roots, he reminded: "Be sure to go slower, don't cut it. When collecting medicinal materials, you must try to ensure the integrity of the medicinal materials and avoid scratches. If If it’s injured, you won’t be able to sell it for a good price.”
Scratches and breaks affect the quality of the medicine, and it is not as easy to handle as the intact medicine, so it cannot be sold at a good price.
Although Grandpa is using the medicine in front of him, only doctors know the dosage and incompatibility of the medicine. This medicine is not a nourishing medicine, and it cannot be used even if it is kept at home.
Speaking of money, Li Dagang changed his impatient temper after taking the sickle. He slowly dug up the soil at the roots with the tip of the sickle. After bit by bit of soil was dug away, the yellow rhizomes of Angelica sinensis were gradually exposed. Come out.
Mo Ziwan saw the rhizome of Angelica sinensis gradually exposed, and then commanded: "Slowly dig down along the rhizome, but be careful not to hurt the rhizome."
Although it was Li Dagang's first time to do such a thing, he did it very seriously, which made Mo Ziyuan's view of him slightly change.
After digging out another small section, Li Dagang put down the sickle and said, "You can pull it out now."
Seeing that the rhizome was a little thick, Mo Ziwan guessed that there should be a long part in the soil, so she said: "It looks like the roots are still relatively long. It's better to dig up some more soil and then tear them apart, so as not to break them again later."
Li Dagang looked at the exposed rhizomes and felt that what she said made sense, so he said, "Okay, I'll dig some more."
This time, Li Dagang didn't pull it out until he had dug out the entire main rhizome of Angelica sinensis. Without much effort, he pulled out the entire Panax notoginseng root.
After pulling it out, Mo Ziyuan asked Li Dagang to hold the Panax notoginseng and look at it carefully, "This is Panax notoginseng, it has the effect of stopping bleeding."
Although he had memorized all its functions, he was afraid that he would not be able to remember any of them. After he mentioned the main one, he continued: "You can look for more in the mountains when you have time. Once you find it and dig it up, you can take it to the county drug store and sell it for money."
After speaking, he looked at the Panax notoginseng in Li Dagang's hand and said, "But I only have this one now, so I can't buy it for much."
Li Dagang immediately handed the Panax notoginseng in his hand to Mo Ziwan and said, "Okay, next time you want to go up the mountain, I will accompany you."
"Okay, thank you, brother Dagang." Mo Zi thanked him after taking the Sanqi. After confirming that she could search for the medicine, Mo Ziyuan was not prepared to delay any more and said, "Let's go back first. My grandma is still waiting for me to go back and cook!"
Li Dagang: "Okay, I'll carry the backpack and we'll go back."
On the way back, Mo Ziyuan saw a cicada on a short bush. She walked over and took out the cicada and handed it to Li Dagang, saying: "This is the shell of a cicada. It can be sold for money, but you have to look for more." It only takes one to sell it for money." When I was a child, I often caught cicadas for fun, so this cicada also knew about it.
Li Dagang: "Really?" Li Dagang asked in disbelief, having never known that this thing could still be sold for money.
Mo Ziwan replied: "Of course it's true. The doctor who treated my grandfather said it. He also taught me how to recognize the panax notoginseng you just pulled out. I have written it all down, but it's a pity that you don't recognize it." words, otherwise I can show you the notes I took down.
After Mo Ziyuan's words, Li Dagang continued: "Our family has no money and cannot afford for me to study." There was a hint of loneliness in his words.
