Chapter 48 Entering the Mountain
Gu Jiu threw away the sour soup stick. Feeling that his mouth was full of sour taste, he took off the kettle from Lin Shu and rinsed his mouth.
Lin Shuxiao looked at him: "How do you feel?"
The expression on Gu Jiu's face softened and he smiled: "I feel like there is sweetness in my mouth now."
"Sour is followed by sweetness, which is why rural children like it." After Lin Shu said this, he tore off the skin of another sour soup stick.
"This tiger stick can be used as snacks, and its roots can be used as medicine."
"Can it be used as medicine?" Gu Jiu stopped, "Why didn't you tell me earlier? I would have dug them out if I had told you earlier."
Lin Shu pointed to the tiger battle not far away, "It's not easy to dig there. Yes, go dig out those two plants."
"Okay." Gu Jiu took the medicine hoe and stepped forward, "Do you want the sour soup pole?"
Lin Shu shook his head: "It's so sour. Eating too much will help digestion. It will make you hungry quickly, so I won't eat anymore."
She looked around, and suddenly her eyes were fixed on one point, "Haha. Look what a big treasure I found!"
Gu Jiu, who was sticking up his buttocks to dig out roots, heard this and straightened up in anticipation. Asked: "What big treasure?"
Lin Shu trotted to a dead tree, "What do you think this is?"
Gu Jiu followed, "What is this? Why does it look a bit like fungus?"
"This is fungus, a pure wild fungus." Lin Shu was very excited. This was the first time she found wild fungus in the wild, and a whole dead tree was covered with fungus.
"Agaric is a medicinal material?" If he remembered correctly, this thing is an ingredient, but the price is a bit attractive.
"I'm going to pick it back and dry it for my family to eat." Lin Shu took out the snakeskin bag and started picking.
"Then you pick it first, and I will continue to dig out the rhizome." Gu Jiu returned to the same place and worked hard to dig out the rhizome of the tiger stick.
Lin Shu picked quickly and picked out the whole dead tree, which weighed about two or three kilograms. She divided half of it and sold it to the system for two yuan a kilogram and four taels a kilogram for two yuan and eighty yuan. dime.
"Lin Shu, come here and see if this is Polygonatum japonicum seedlings?"
Hearing Gu Jiu's shout, Lin Shu picked up the snakeskin bag and walked over. There was a clump of Polygonatum seedlings, about a dozen of them. "The seedlings are too small. We will dig them again in a few years."
"This Can brown mushrooms be eaten?" Gu Jiu had good eyesight, but unfortunately the Polygonatum seedlings were too small to dig. Soon he found another mushroom.
The two passed through a bush and found that there were many dark mushrooms growing on the dead leaves under the woods. You really couldn't find them if you didn't look carefully.
“This is a pine fungus.” Lin Shu took one and looked at it carefully. In fact, he asked the system and got feedback from the system. “Pine fungus usually grows on the rhizomes of pine trees and requires both humidity and temperature. Very harsh.”
In fact, the system told her that the pine fungi under her feet are non-toxic and rich in nutrients that the human body needs. There is no way to artificially cultivate this kind of pine fungus. The system purchase price is five yuan per catty, the same price as fir tree fungi.
Of course, there are many types of mushrooms in nature, many of which are poisonous. Those who are not good at identifying them should not pick them randomly. Lin Shu also relies on the system, otherwise, she would not dare to pick mushrooms in the mountains randomly.
The two of them finished picking the pine fungi and found a stone to sit down and rest.
“Are you tired?”
Climbing mountains to collect herbs is not easy, and it is difficult to persevere without any physical strength.
Gu Jiu took the kettle and took two sips, "It's not bad for us men."
Speaking of physical strength, Gu Jiu really admired Lin Shu's physical strength. After wandering around the mountain for a long time, he hadn't seen her out of breath yet.
“Are you men so proud of your face that you want to save face and suffer the consequences?” Lin Shu motioned for him to stretch out his palm.
Gu Jiu did as he was told.
“It’s all mud.” Lin Shu patted his palm.
Gu Jiu chuckled and said, "How can I dig out roots without getting mud on my hands?"
Lin Shu: "Let's go to the ravine below. There should be a stream there."
Gu Jiu also heard the faint sound of water, so he got up and picked up his backpack and followed her.
The water in the creek was very clear. Lin Shu rolled up a handful of leaves beside him, wetted them with water and scrubbed them vigorously. Within a moment, a lot of bubbles appeared.
Gu Jiu was surprised when he saw it, and followed her example in rolling up the leaves, "Lin Shu, what kind of leaf is this? It can actually make bubbles, a bit like soap."
"It's just like that. It's called soap grass. As the name suggests, it contains a substance called 'saponin', so it can be used as soap. Moreover, it is very convenient to rub it when washing hands in the wild. ”
“It’s very convenient. Just put it in water and rub it a few times to make bubbles.”
“In fact, in nature, there are several other plants among common herbs that can make bubbles. Next time I'll teach you when you see her."
Gu Jiu looked at her with a half-smile, "Are you agreeing to my company? Going up the mountain with you?"
Lin Shu rolled his eyes at him and said, "If I don't agree, you won't follow me?"
"That can't be done, no matter whether you agree or not, I will. I plan to accompany you up the mountain, just so you can find something to do for me, a street kid.”
Lin Shu pushed away the smiling face and said, "Be serious."
"I followed you up the mountain seriously, what else can I do to be serious?"
Lin Shu looked at his playful face and consciously shut up. After washing his hands, he took out a steamed bun from his bag and gave it to him, "Come sit down and rest for a while. Let's eat by the way." Something to fill up my stomach."
Gu Jiu took the steamed bun and took a bite. "It's about lunch. I'll treat you to a restaurant in the evening."
"I have to go home today. , save the restaurant for next time, I’ll treat you next time. In the afternoon we will focus on looking for Polygonatum, Smilax, or wild yam.”
Mainly because Lin Shu wanted to find something for Gu Jiu to do in the afternoon, so that she could look around for other herbs that didn't require digging out the roots.
Secondly, I want him to experience the hardship of going up the mountain to dig medicine. If he wants to go up the mountain with her next time, he will know to consider it.
To be honest, although it is helpful to bring someone with you, there are also times when it is inconvenient. For example, when she goes up the mountain to dig up herbs and sells them directly to the system, she does not have to carry them down the mountain.
In this way, she can always travel light when climbing mountains.
"Is it all root digging?" Gu Jiu was worried in his heart that it was all physical work, but he didn't dare to show it, so he had to grit his teeth and persevere in the afternoon.
Let’s talk about the county seat.
Xu Ming didn’t get up until noon because he drank too much wine last night.
Xu Ting had just woken up and was sitting at the table eating. When she saw that he was awake, she complained: "I didn't agree that I would stay at Brother Jiu's place last night, why did you get me back? "
"Cousin Lin Shu was also drunk last night. How can he take care of you two by himself? Besides, if you don't come back to live, how will I explain to my parents? "Xu Ming searched the house, "Where are my parents?"
"They left my grandma's house. It seems that my sister-in-law is back and asked us to have a dinner together at night." I filled a bowl of white porridge, looked at the dishes on the table, and said a little disgustedly: "Is this what you want for lunch? Apart from pickles, just shredded potatoes?"
“Mom said, it’s good if you have something to eat. Lazy girls like us, without her at home, we won’t even have anything to eat.” Xu Ting urged: “Don’t dislike it, eat quickly, eat Let’s go to Brother Jiu’s house to play.”
I don’t know if anything irreversible happened when they were alone together last night.
But then she thought about it and felt that it was impossible for Gu Jiu to like a village girl from the countryside.
Xu Ming didn't know the tangle in her heart. When he heard that he was going to Gu Jiu's house, he shook his head: "I just came back from his place last night, why are we going to his house again? We are going like this Be diligent, that kid should have some opinions. Let’s take a break after dinner and go to grandma’s house for dinner in the middle of the afternoon.”
Xu Ting rolled her eyes, "Don't you want to know if your cousin Lin Shu has left? In case she hasn't left yet, you can just go and see her off."
Speaking of Lin Shu, Xu Ming felt It was time for him to go over and take a look, so he agreed.
Suddenly, Xu Ting stopped eating. She covered her mouth and nose with an ugly face. She stood up and retreated to the door.
"Brother!"
Xu Ming drank the last mouthful of porridge and looked at her with raised eyebrows: "What are you doing? You don't know that this is just a breath of air, what's the fuss about."
"Poof!"
"Brother!"
"Stop shouting, I just farted and jumped to Moscow and came to Italy. The king of Italy was watching a play and smelled this I was very dissatisfied with the fart, so I hired scientists to study and analyze it. I found that the fart was just a breath of air, rushing around in a person’s stomach, and accidentally opened the back door and slipped out”
< br>While clearing the dishes, Xu Ming hummed a jingle proudly, pointed at himself, and then at Xu Ting, "People who fart are happy, people who smell farts are dejected, and if you don't fart, it will break your heart."< br>
"Brother!!" Xu Ting was so angry that she almost jumped. This person is not particular at all. He used to avoid people, but now this jingle is his biggest shield.
Xu Ming whistled, turned the bicycle key on his finger, and pushed Xu Ting out quickly, "Okay, okay, let's go, hurry up and go to Gu Jiu's place."
"Gu Jiu, backpack and snakeskin The bags are full, let’s go down the mountain.”
In this era, traditional Chinese medicine has been in decline for a while, and few people are digging the medicinal herbs on the mountain. You can find any mountain and the resources are abundant.
The two of them dug for five or six hours and filled the backpack and two snakeskin bags. If they dug further, there would be no more containers.
The total weight of all the fruits exceeds 100 kilograms, and most of them are Polygonatum sibiricum. Since the price of Smilax smilax is slightly cheaper, the two of them try their best to dig up Polygonatum sibiricum.
"Okay." Gu Jiu wiped his sweat, put down the medicine hoe and blew on his hand.
Lin Shu grabbed his bony hand and examined the palm. Sure enough, just as she thought, there were two blisters on his palm. "Next time you want to go up the mountain with me, remember to prepare a few blisters." A pair of gloves, otherwise, your hands will get thick calluses in a short time."
"I know, I will prepare gloves next time," Gu Jiu took the lead in carrying the backpack. He picked up another snakeskin bag of Huang Jing, but was stopped by Lin Shu.
"Okay, just carry the basket on your back. Leave these two snakeskin bags to me. I can just carry them down the mountain."
"These two snakeskin bags are not light in weight. Why don’t you carry the basket and I’ll pick it up?”
Gu Jiu knew that there were twice as many herbs in the snakeskin bag as in the backpack, but he had never carried a load before, so he was not sure whether he could carry it down the mountain.
"Okay, don't argue with me. You're already tired from digging the roots all day long. It's up to me to pick them." Lin Shu stopped him.
It was indeed the first day that Gu Jiu went up the mountain and he wielded a hoe all day long. Now his arms are sore. He doesn’t know what will happen if he goes back to spend the night?
But the man's face prevented him from showing timidity in front of her. Now that she refused, he did not dare to take the burden by force.
I didn’t feel comfortable going up the mountain. I walked down the mountain for more than an hour before I reached the bush where the bicycle was hidden.
Gu Jiu pulled the two bicycles out of the bushes, "How about I ride you back?"
"No need." Lin Shu tied a snakeskin bag to the back seat of the bicycle and carried a pannier on his back. Carrying it on the body, put another snakeskin bag on the big bar in front, with the middle recessed and stuck on the big bar. The two ends of the bag are hung on the big bar so that it will not fall off even if you are riding a bicycle.
Gu Jiu was dumbfounded as she watched her operate as fiercely as a tiger, and she had completely arranged two bags and a basket of herbs.
"Are you really good?"
"This is very safe." Lin Shu waved to him: "You are tired after spending a day in the mountains, so go back quickly."< br>
She had to go home quickly. It would take two or three hours to get home, and it would be dark by the time she got home.
“When will you come to the county again?” Gu Jiu felt reluctant to give up.
Lin Shu noticed his reluctant look and thought for a moment before making a promise, "I will come to you in a few days at least when I come to the county seat."
"Next time you When you come to the county town, can you bring a letter of introduction signed by the Women's Director, and we can apply for the certificate then?" Gu Jiu had been busy all day, and he still didn't forget to go to the office in the morning to get the certificate.
"Why are you so obsessed with trying to testify?" Lin Shu was not in a hurry to leave now. He crossed his arms and asked seriously: "You want to testify with me. Do your parents and elders know about it?" What will you do if they dislike my background and feel that I am not worthy of you, and they object to you being with me?”
"And are our views and personalities compatible with each other?"
"Don't worry, my parents won't object. I'm not young anymore, and my parents and elders want me to get married as soon as possible so that I can settle down. I didn't get married before. The main reason is that I can't stand the fact that they bundle marriage with interests, and interests come first, which disgusts me."
So he has been putting it off until now. In the end, he didn't want to face his family's pressure to get married, and finally hid. Came to my ancestral home.
Lin Shu shook his head, "Your explanation does not make me determined to follow you. We have many difficulties together. The most realistic one is that after getting married, my household registration is in the countryside. If it is not solved, If I give birth to a child, my child will have to have a rural household registration with me.”
"Don't worry about this, I'll figure it out." Gu Jiu didn't want to give up on a girl with feelings just because of these small difficulties.
Lin Shu nodded, let’s hold off for now.
When this guy gets over this heat, he might stop yelling about evidence.
Besides, before she enters a relationship, she also wants to find out who took away her innocence in her previous life?
She currently has no clues about finding this person, and the only way is to go back to the place where the incident occurred to investigate.
Some people may think that they can start from the appearance of their son in the previous life, but the appearance of the son in the previous life followed her.
A son is like his mother, and a daughter is like her father.
The eldest son in his previous life completely verified this sentence.
While riding along, carrying the herbs on her back to a deserted section of the road, she sold all the herbs to the system.
After exchanging 245 yuan, plus the stems and leaves of herbs she sneaked into the system today and selling them for 20 yuan, she gained 265 yuan on this day.
As for Gu Jiu's contribution, I will give it to him next time we meet.
Two in one chapter.
(End of this chapter)