Early in the morning of the second day, Bai Yan hung a firewood knife on his waist and carried a basket on his back, so he came to Xu's house and went up the mountain with Xu Qingyi.Xu Qingyi, Xu Dafu, and Uncle Xu Dafu were also ready, and as soon as the white smoke arrived, the four of them went to the mountains behind Shili Village.Shili Village is surrounded by mountains on three sides, one side is surrounded by rivers, similar to a basin, a trail leads to Qingshui Town, Shili Village is warm in winter and cool in summer, the scenery is pleasant, the villagers rely on the mountains to eat the mountains, when they are idle farmers, many villagers will go up the mountain to pick up all kinds of food that can be eaten, and there are also villagers who go up the mountain to hunt, make traps to hunt, and more or less can add some household use.A group of four people walked along the winding path towards the mountain, their steps light but firm.The sun shines through the leaves, carrying the fresh smell of morning dew, and the mountain air is filled with the fragrance of grass and trees, which is refreshing.This time into the mountain, Xu Qingyi plans to go deep into it, deep in the mountains, there are many flowers and trees, and the more herbs grow, and even maybe you can meet rare herbs."
It's gentian."
Before she could go deep into the mountain, Bai Yan found a gentian grass, and she hurriedly stepped forward to check it.Gentian grass is hardy, light-loving, single-leaved opposite, sessile, basal leaves small, middle and upper leaves ovate to lanceolate, leaf base rounded and united on the stem nodes.The flowers are solitary at the top of the stem, broadly funnel-shaped, dark blue.It has the effect of clearing away heat and dampness, and purging liver and gallbladder fire."
It's a pity that there are too few, and after picking, the amount is not much, so let's go deep into the mountains first and then take a look."
Xu Qingyi nodded."
Huh!
This is Bupleurum. ”"There's asters too.""
And kudzu."
After going up the mountain for a while, Xu Qingyi and Bai Yan discovered a lot of commonly used herbs.But the amount of these herbs is not much, if you pick and concoct them for home use, then there is no problem, if you want to sell them for money, such a small amount, too little, not to mention that you can't sell for any money, and it takes time and effort."
Hey, that's privet."
When Xu Qingyi passed by a shrub slope, he found that there were more than a dozen wax trees growing on this low slope.Now all the ligustrums growing on the wax tree have turned blue-black, and some of them have even fallen off automatically when they are ripe.There were a lot of rotting privets under the tree."
I finally found a medicinal herb that is suitable for novices to pick and concoct."
After the privet fruit turns from green to blue-black, the seeds are ripe, and the berries are picked in time, generally in 1012 months.The fruit is washed, dusty and detrine removed, and dried; Or blanch in hot water and dry.This is a raw ligustrum, which has not been made of salt or wine, and the raw ligustrum can only be counted as an inferior price.Raw ligustrum is cool, can play a role in nourishing yin and moisturizing dryness, nourishing yin essence, clearing heat evil, clearing the liver and brightening the eyes (clearing liver fire, making the eyes see things brighter), used to treat constipation caused by yin deficiency, dizziness caused by liver heat.Once all the medicinal materials are related to the nourishing properties, the price will be much more expensive than other medicinal materials, and this inferior ligustrum will cost ten pennies a catty.Liquor and salt ligustrum are even better, priced at fifteen pennies a catty, provided that they are concocted in place."
This wax tree is a medicinal herb?
Can you sell it for money?
And I saw that there were more than a dozen of these wax trees in one place. ”After Xu Dafu saw his niece and Bai Yan looking at those wax trees and saying that they were medicinal herbs, he said a little strangely.This herb can be used for medicine, but it is strange."
The name of this lashu seed medicine is ligustrum, ligustrum is a nourishing medicine, after picking and concocting, the selling price is not low.Remember this place first, and after looking for a few more medicinal herbs, I will go up the mountain in the afternoon to excavate, and when I get home, I will teach you how to concoct medicinal herbs. ”When Xu Dafu and Xu Dafu heard that this privet not only had a nourishing effect, but also sold at a high price, their eyes lit up, and they looked at the dozen or so privet plants with a bright light.As they walked and stopped, they found a patch of skullcap in a sandy area.In a lush grass pile, a lot of jade bamboo and atractylodes were found.Of course, other medicinal materials were also found, such as: Xinyi flower, aristolochia, salvia, Xuanshen and other medicinal materials.In the end, as soon as Bai Yan and Xu Qingyi were combined, they first tentatively excavated and concocted these four medicinal materials.After searching for the medicinal materials, Xu Qingyi and the four of them did not stay in the mountain for long, and after remembering the location of several medicinal materials, Xu Qingyi and the four of them went down the mountain.After returning home, Baiyan's grandmother, mother, and younger brother all came to Xu's house and chatted with the Zhu family, as if they were waiting for Xu Qingyi and them to come down the mountain to bring good news."
Grandma, mother, eldest sister, they have gone down the mountain."
The sharp-eyed Xu Qingan looked at the way down the mountain, and when she saw her eldest sister and they were back, she ran and shouted in the direction of her home."
How?
Have you found any medicinal herbs?
”Zhu and Zhang poured water for them to drink, and asked Xu Qingyi and Bai Yan with an expectant expression."
I have found four kinds of medicinal materials, there are a lot of them, and they can be sold at a high price, and we will take you up the mountain to pick and concoct them in the afternoon.White smoke, these four medicinal materials, your family chooses the one, and you will choose it first. ”Xu Qingyi looked at Bai Yan and asked.When the Xu family saw that Xu Qingyi asked Bai Yan to pick it first, they didn't say anything.They know that the Bai family is scarce, they are all orphans and widows, not to mention taking care of them, their family has no manpower, and they can't do a lot of work, so they will still be cheap when the time comes.But a few members of the Bai family looked grateful."
Let's choose Atractylodes!"
White Smoke had an idea.Atractylodes can be harvested in spring and autumn, but the quality of excavation is better from late autumn to spring before the seedlings are unearthed.After digging out the roots, remove the stems, leaves and soil, dry to four or five percent of the dry time into the basket, knock off the fibrous roots, that is, into a black brown, dry to six or seven into dry, hit again, until most of the old skin knocked off after the sun to dry to the full, hit the third time, to the epidermis is yellow-brown that is into the medicinal materials, simple and easy to use, very suitable for her grandma and mother.The main force of their family is only grandma and mother-in-law, and they can't do the work that consumes energy and is too complicated, compared to the three medicinal materials of ligustrum, jade bamboo, and skullcap, whether it is concocted or time, or people's hands, their family is not enough to take.There are many Xu families, but they can eat it."
Okay, then my family will take Yuzhu, skullcap and ligustrum."
Xu Qingyi also expected that Bai Yan would choose Atractylodes to dig and concoct.Compared with Atractylodes, the three flavors of jade bamboo, skullcap and ligustrum are more time-consuming and complicated than picking and concocting Atractylodes, whether it is processing, time or labor.First of all, you have to knock off the ligustrum with a bamboo pole, then remove the stems and leaves and other impurities, wash them and set them aside.If you want to make privet, just dry it directly.If it is made of wine or salt, it is much more complicated.