Chapter 255: Prepare to make wine
The name Guoshanfeng is like a nightmare in everyone’s mind.
If we were in the mountains and fields on weekdays, just hearing the words mountain breeze, let alone taking a closer look, would be too late for anyone to run away.
At this moment, I heard Zhang An say that the wind passing through the mountain was dead, so everyone dared to get closer and take a closer look.
Although Zhang An was holding this mountain wind in his hand, when he lifted it, it was as tall as a person.
Everyone’s height is different, so the two-meter-long snake is even more scary.
"How did Xiao An hit him? This thing can chase people, and it is still so big."
Guoshanfeng will chase people, even if it is not Everyone who has seen it knows it, especially when there is such a strong mountain wind.
"Zhang Mazi and his third uncle were bitten to death by this thing in the past. The turtle is as thick as my hand, no wonder it can bite people to death."
How many times? As soon as the old lady saw this thing, she thought of Zhang Mazi's third uncle who had been dead for many years.
At that time, let alone Zhang An, even Zhang Jianguo was only over ten years old.
This has been happening for decades, and Zhang An only heard it from the old people in the village.
Zhang Mazi’s father originally had three brothers, but now only his father and his uncle are left.
Because his third uncle Zhang Baifa encountered a mountain wind when he was young and was bitten to death.
Actually, it’s his third uncle’s fault for being greedy, he was destined to meet him.
At that time, everyone was still earning work points in the brigade, and everyone would be assigned their own work.
Zhang Mazi and his third uncle are a diligent person, but he just has a big mouth.
Because at that time everyone was eating from a big pot, not to mention oil and water, and they were not full.
But this guy is smart and learned some techniques of catching wild animals from the old people in the village.
Every time he finished his work in advance, Zhang Baifa would rush into the mountains.
As time passed, everyone knew what he was going to do, but no one said anything.
After all, they have already taken care of themselves, and they have done better than others, which leaves everyone speechless.
Although you can't take out the things you catch in the mountains and eat them openly, you can open a small stove secretly.
At that time, Zhang Mazi and his third uncle were not married yet, so they did not have to worry about their mother, father, and brothers at home.
So whatever I found on the mountain, I had to deal with it immediately.
Occasionally, I bring some back, which is enough for their family to have a happy meal.
But it was this cleverness that harmed him.
That year, it was the time when everyone was in the fields digging their heads into the corn.
Zhang Baifa was still the same as before, with his brisk hands and feet, he quickly finished the place he was assigned.
Then as usual, I quietly walked into the mountains.
During that period, he had bad luck and hadn't caught anything for several days.
It was the same day. There was no movement from the condom, but I couldn’t bear the feeling of not having a drop of fat in my stomach.
Seeing that it was still early, the man started searching in the mountains to see if he could find something.
Finally, I found a large nest of eggs in a pile of rotten leaves.
This egg is different from a wild egg. It is not oval, but long. At a glance, you can tell that it is a worm egg.
But at this time, Zhang Baifa doesn’t care what your eggs are, it’s a good thing if you can find it.
Although eggs at this time are not as expensive as meat, they are not cheap either, and you can’t buy them without a ticket.
With so many worm eggs, it would be enough for their family to eat for many days.
So this guy took off his clothes, picked up a whole nest of worm eggs, and packed them up to take home.
After taking a few steps, I heard a swishing sound coming from the leaves of the weeds behind me.
Zhang Baifa looked back and found that there was a long worm covered in pitch black with a silver garland and a pale yellow belly following him.
This thing is like passing the mountain wind. When Zhang Baifa walks, it will follow suit. When Zhang Baifa stops, it will also stop and remain in a stalemate.
Zhang Baifa, who was accustomed to running around in the mountains, also caught a lot of snakes.
Basically, the long insects you encounter will run away on their own after discovering people, otherwise they will be arrested.
This was the first time he had encountered such a long insect chasing people today.
Although he had never seen this snake today, his name was heard from the villagers.
Looking at the mountain wind chasing him, he ran all the way down the mountain.
In this mountain forest, he couldn't run fast to begin with, and he also carried a bag full of insect eggs, so he ran even slower.
At this time, he probably understood that the eggs he picked up might have come from the wind passing through the mountain behind him.
But now that he has lost so many eggs, it would be even more uncomfortable than killing him.
After running for a while, he still couldn't get rid of the mountain wind behind him.
If it had been anyone else, they would not have lingered at all and would have tried their best to keep running.
But Zhang Baifa was furious that day. Seeing that he couldn't get rid of that beast, he didn't want to continue running.
Although the wind in this mountain was indeed very strong and scary, it was not like he had never caught big worms before.
So he put down the clothes containing the snake eggs, picked up the hoe and walked towards the long insect.
He didn't catch anything in the mountains during this period, and he felt extremely aggrieved.
In the end, he encountered such a long worm and chased him for a hundred and eighty thousand miles, and he didn't want to keep running.
Mom, he happened to catch this long worm today and took it back to eat meat.
He looked at the wind that was standing there staring at it, and he became more and more sure that this thing didn't dare to come up and fuck him directly.
With the hoe in his hand, Zhang Baifa felt even more confident.
One person and one snake were in a stalemate for a long time, but the mountain wind caught up with them.
Zhang Baifa simply attacked the snake first and swung his hoe towards the mountain wind.
Although this mountain wind moves quickly, it is a pity that its body is too long.
Even though he kept twisting, Zhang Baifa still used the hoe to cut off a section of his tail.
Guo Shanfeng was already fierce in nature, and he was already irritated when he saw Zhang Baifa making the first move.
In addition, when he was dodging, a section of his tail was cut off by a hoe, which made him even more angry.
When Zhang Baifa was digging it with a hoe, he simply stopped trying to hide and headed directly towards Zhang Baifa.
Zhang Baifa just had no time to dodge, and there was a stinging pain in his feet.
At this time, he had no other option, so he endured the pain and dug the mountain wind to death.
Zhang Baifa also knew that the mountain wind was poisonous, so he quickly took off his belt and tied it tightly around his calf several times.
Hurry down the mountain with the hoe snake egg and the dead mountain wind.
Even if he did this, after he came down the mountain, his body began to feel dizzy, palpitating and stuffy.
If he hadn't tied it with a belt, he probably wouldn't have been able to make it down the mountain.
In the end, before reaching the entrance of the village, he fell to the ground unconscious.
Because it was evening, there were many people preparing to go home after their work, and soon someone found him passed out.
Seeing the wind he was holding onto and the belt tied around his feet, everyone knew he must have been bitten.
Soon everyone carried him to the health center. After checking it out, the only barefoot doctor in the village quickly found the place where he was bitten. Looking at Zhang Baifa's swollen foot, he saw that the cloth shoes Zhang Baifa wore had two bite marks.
Although there are remedies for treating snake venom in the village, he was bitten by the mountain wind, and it took such a long time.
The barefoot doctor shook his head when he looked at Zhang Baifa's feet. Everyone knew that this man was probably going to die.
In the end, the barefoot doctor used local methods to wake up the unconscious Zhang Baifa, and everyone learned about the incident from his mouth.
Everyone’s life was hard in the past. Many people in the village had the same idea as him and wanted to go into the mountains to get something.
But since what happened to Zhang Baifa, almost no one wanted to enter the mountain in the past two years.
From that time on, the bad reputation of mountain wind began to spread in the village.
Everyone in the past knew it was poisonous, so they would avoid it if they encountered it.
But what happened to Zhang Baifa this time tells everyone that the wind in the mountains will chase people, and everyone will avoid this thing even more.
"Gouwazi, you don't want to die anymore."
At this time, among the crowd watching Shanfeng, a village maid suddenly cursed loudly.
Because a teenage boy had already taken advantage of Shanfeng and touched the snake's head.
The maid who spoke was the child's mother. She raised her hand and slapped him.
Others were scared when they looked at it, but their Taibao was really good and even took advantage of it.
If this long insect is not dead and bites him, he must not follow Zhang Baifa.
"Okay, okay, I've finished reading. I'll take it back first."
Zhang An has been standing here for a long time when he came back. If he doesn't leave, he will still have to go. Keep standing.
Zhang An did not take the snake home this time because Wang Fang was even afraid of cauliflower snakes, let alone such a big venomous snake.
In order not to worry his old mother, Zhang An simply did not take it home and went directly to Mr. Zhang.
"Master, I brought you a treasure." Zhang An shouted towards the house after entering the yard.
As soon as Mr. Zhang heard Zhang An's voice, he immediately walked out of the room.
"This is the mountain wind? Xiao An, have you been bitten by it?"
Looking at the thick mountain wind in Zhang An's hand, Mr. Zhang did not go there immediately focus on.
And he quickly walked to Zhang An to check whether Zhang An had been bitten.
After all, Zhang Baifa, who was bitten decades ago, didn’t even make it through the night.
Grandma Zhang also ran over as soon as she heard this.
"Grandpa, grandma, don't worry, I haven't been bitten by this guy. If you don't believe me, ask your godfather."
Zhang An looked at his nervous grandparents and quickly explained. .
"That's fine. Why are you messing with this guy when you have nothing to do? This thing is very vicious."
After listening to Zhang An's words, the two old men looked at Zhang An and nodded. Then I felt relieved.
At this time, I started to examine the long-dead snake in Zhang An's hand.
"Master, this is not for us to mess with it. I haven't lived enough yet."
With that said, he explained to the two elders about going to the Taoist temple.
"I thought this guy was just walking around in the mountains, but I didn't expect it to be found in the bamboo forest. It seems I have to be more careful when going to the bamboo forest in the future."
In fact, there are many venomous snakes in the purple bamboo forest, such as green bamboo leaves, five-step snakes, Rotten grass snakes, etc. may appear.
"Sir, I beat this thing to death. Do you think it can still be made into wine?"
The Miao family in the mountains often make snake wine, and they all use venomous snakes, and The more poisonous the better.
Generally, poison kings such as five-step snake, bungara and cobra are used more often.
Zhang An has seen others make snake wine, but they used live worms.
And the mountain wind in his hand has been killed long ago, and he doesn’t know if he can still use it.
"It can be brewed. Your master and I are not those young people. Not only is it dangerous to brew wine with a live snake, it is also a sin."
The old man has brewed several jars before, so Zhang An brought it over Find him.
Snake wine is a very common thing in the mountains. The snake wine brewed by many snakes can cure rheumatism or other difficult and complicated diseases.
At this time, there are not so many protected animals in the mountains, and everyone has a lot of earthworks in their hands, so these things are still very common.
“But if I want to make wine, I don’t have enough medicinal materials here, so I need to prepare them.”
If you want to make snake wine, you not only need snakes and wine, but also need other medicinal materials. Together.
"You put it here with me first, and I will take care of it at night."
Knowing that Wang Fang was afraid of snakes, Mr. Zhang did not let Zhang An take it back.
"Master, what medicinal materials are you short of? I have collected a lot of them before and they are all at home."
In the past two years, Zhang An has grown more and more medicinal materials in his space. The more.
Not to say that the variety is very complete, but most of the things that can be used are available.
He did not plan to sell these to make money, but to prepare them for his family.
With the development of science and technology in the future, various planting industries are booming, and the same is true for Chinese medicinal materials.
But the problem is that although there are many artificially grown medicinal materials, they have no effect.
So Zhang An planted some in the space to prepare for emergencies.
Then Second Master Zhang An also told Zhang An the medicinal materials that needed to be used.
It’s not a rare thing, it just happens to be in Zhang An’s space.
I went home to clean up and got the medicinal materials that the old man wanted to use.
Originally, Zhang An was thinking of bringing an old wild ginseng over and soaking it with the old man.
But in the end, I thought about it. That thing is worth much more now than it was two years ago.
Even if I take it, the old man won’t agree. He must be trying to get Zhang An to sell it.
And usually, when Zhang An would send ginseng wine to the old man, he would not dare to say that it was brewed with old ginseng.
If the old man finds out, he will definitely scold him and say he is a prodigal.
In line with the principle that one thing is worse than one thing less, let’s leave this thing alone for now.
After Zhang An brought the medicinal materials, the old man was also dealing with the mountain wind.
Zhang An took a break and went to Wang Xinhua's house to bring back fifty kilograms of liquor.
There is no way, the wind is too strong on this mountain pass. If there is less wine and the jar is too small, it will not be able to brew.
"Sir, why did you remove the venom glands? People say that the snake venom was soaked in it."
Watching the old man cut open the snake body and remove the venom glands, Zhang An was curious asked.
Although Zhang An has seen snake wine, he has never brewed it himself. He has only heard about it when others brag about it.
“Don’t listen to the nonsense from outside. If you don’t have a recipe for this thing, don’t mess with it, otherwise it will kill you.”
Hearing Zhang An ask this, Mr. Zhang He explained it to Zhang An and finally warned him.
It is true that soaking poisonous snakes in wine has miraculous effects, but if it is not handled properly, people will die.
(End of this chapter)