After the lunch break, Zhou Ziwen took an ax and tied a sack around his waist, and set out for the mountain with Tayun.
This time I am traveling lightly, only hunting prey and not caring about anything else.
Perhaps feeling the emotions of his master, Taiyun also looked very energetic, with his four legs moving regularly, like a general about to go on an expedition.
Seeing Tayun's appearance, Zhou Ziwen's eyes flashed with admiration. This dog's eyes were good and he looked more and more like a hunting dog.
On the way up the mountain, Tayun didn't act as usual. He didn't move around when following Zhou Ziwen. His ears moved from time to time, and he always paid attention to what was going on around him.
Arriving at the foot of Niutou Mountain, Zhou Ziwen did not delay and took Tayun all the way up the mountain, then over the top of the mountain and continued down the mountain.
In all the time he has been here, he has never passed Niutoushan or jumped to the next mountain.
Today he planned to go a little further to see if he could encounter a bigger beast.
His requirements are not high, just like last time, just bring back a roe deer.
There was only one person this time, and the goal was clear. Zhou Ziwen was very fast, and he passed halfway up the mountain in a while and continued downward.
This area was a place he had never been before, and as he went deeper, the surrounding weeds became denser.
Sometimes some grass and vines block the way, and you have to go around it before you can move forward.
From time to time, Zhou Ziwen used an ax to cut a path, firstly to frighten the snakes, and secondly to facilitate walking.
Tayun followed him step by step without making any noise.
But Zhou Ziwen noticed that this little guy was always paying attention to what was going on around him.
Once it finds something, it will sound a warning.
“Hey, what is this?”
At this moment, Zhou Ziwen’s eyes lit up and he stared at a patch of grass. He found that there was something a little strange about an inconspicuous weed among them. Same.
“This seems to be ginseng!”
After Zhou Ziwen came closer, he looked at it carefully for a while.
Through the medical books he had read during this period, and the knowledge that the hanging panel had subtly integrated into his mind through the hanging, he finally confirmed that this was ginseng.
“Good guy, I didn’t expect that I would get something unexpected when I went out.”
At this time, Zhou Ziwen didn’t say he was going hunting anymore, he just wanted to get this ginseng first Come out and see how big it is.
Based on his limited knowledge, this ginseng plant should be quite old, but the exact size cannot be known until it is dug out and examined.
Zhou Ziwen didn’t have any digging tools, so he simply found a branch.
This thing is a good thing and needs to be dug slowly. If the roots are accidentally broken, the loss will be huge.
Fortunately, Zhou Ziwen had enough control and moved his hands quickly. After a while, the head of the ginseng was exposed.
Looking at the size, it should be a little bigger than a carrot.
"Well, such a big ginseng can definitely be used as a family heirloom." At this moment, even though Zhou Ziwen was calm, he couldn't help but be ecstatic.
At this moment, he was like winning a lottery, pie in the sky, he couldn't believe it was true.
But touching the rough soil, he was sure that this was true.
“Dig!”
For a moment of joy, Zhou Ziwen continued to use branches to carefully dig the soil around the ginseng.
This time, Zhou Ziwen's movements were more careful, and he peeled away a little bit of soil, as if he was scraping.
However, although his movements are light, his speed is very fast. With his control over the body, it is difficult to hurt the ginseng.
When you are busy, time always passes quickly. In the blink of an eye, two hours pass. After two hours of hard work, he had dug out the main part of the ginseng, leaving only the roots, which were the most troublesome part.
The roots of this ginseng are very long and deeply rooted, and you have to be careful when handling it for fear of breaking the roots.
However, Zhou Ziwen didn't mind it at all, and even wished he had more roots.
He has decided that even if he doesn't go home tonight, he will stay here until the ginseng is dug out.
Soon, three hours passed and the sun was about to set.
This is ginseng, and Zhou Ziwen dug out most of it.
In fact, there are rules for digging ginseng, such as tying the roots with red strings, and there seems to be traditions such as rituals.
But Zhou Ziwen is not a mountaineer and does not understand this at all.
As the saying goes, if you believe it, you will be spiritual, if you don’t believe it, you will lose it. Because Zhou Ziwen didn’t understand the method, he chose not to believe it.
Soon, as time passed, the sky outside became darker and darker.
Fortunately, Zhou Ziwen has good eyesight. Although it is a little dark, he can still look down upon it.
Until the last bit of light in the sky disappeared, Zhou Ziwen finally dug out the complete ginseng.
“Let’s go, step on the clouds, and go home.”
Seeing that it was getting dark, and fearing that the Chen sisters at home would worry, Zhou Ziwen took off his shirt and carefully wrapped the ginseng inside. , then tied a knot with his sleeves, and then called Tayun to go home.
"Woof woof."
After staying here all afternoon, Tayun couldn't stand any longer. When he heard Zhou Ziwen's greeting, he immediately became active.
On the way back, Zhou Ziwen was in the dark.
Although it is already dark outside, there is still some light. Zhou Ziwen does not have night blindness and can still barely see the surrounding environment clearly at a close distance.
Driving quickly, it took less than half an hour for Zhou Ziwen to return home.
As soon as he arrived at the door of his house, Zhou Ziwen saw that the door of the Chen sisters' house was still open. Outside the door, the two sisters were squatting on the left and right at the door.
The moment they saw Zhou Ziwen, the two girls couldn't wait to stand up, and one of them couldn't help but pounce towards him.
Zhou Ziwen didn’t even know how they were sure that this person was them when it was so dark outside.
"Brother Ziwen, you are finally back. You have worried me to death."
As soon as this thought flashed through his mind, Zhou Ziwen felt a soft body hugging him tightly. .
"I'm fine, I'm just delayed by something." Zhou Ziwen held the ginseng wrapped in clothes in one hand and patted the girl's back to comfort her with the other.
He also felt a little guilty at this moment. If he had known that these two girls would be so worried about his comfort, he would not have dug out the ginseng.
Ginseng can’t escape anyway, so we can just dig it out tomorrow.
"It's great that you're fine, Ziwen. Don't come back so late next time. I'll have to worry about Yiyi for a long time."
Chen Shiying on the side also walked over, and it was rare that she didn't come back. Scolding my sister for her rude behavior.
"I'm not the only one who's worried. Sister, you're not very worried yet." Chen Qiaoyi, who was lying in Zhou Ziwen's arms, retorted and left his arms.
But even though she left Zhou Ziwen's arms, she held his hand tightly, for fear that he would disappear.
“I’m worried about what’s wrong?” Chen Shiying rarely refuted.
"Thank you sister for your concern, and thank you Yiyi for your concern."
Seeing the two girls caring about him so much, Zhou Ziwen felt warm in his heart. (End of chapter)