Chapter 117 Going up the mountain to collect herbs
We had lunch at Li Hongbing’s house, and Banggeng gave Liu Hongmei acupuncture by the way.
Banggan’s acupuncture skills are very good. After acupuncture, Liu Hongmei felt a little more relaxed and the pain in her body was also relieved.
"Acupuncture alone is not enough, you have to take medicine."
Banggeng sighed, but became even more determined in his decision to stay.
Banggan and Li Hongbing packed up and saluted, and decided to go up the mountain to collect herbs.
The mountain is also a place Bangge has wanted to go to for a long time.
For this purpose, he also specially prepared equipment.
A large slingshot, about the size of two palms.
"Brother Jia, your slingshot is so big, can you show it to me?" Li Hongbing's eyes lit up instantly when he saw such a big slingshot.
"Look! But with your strength, you may not be able to pull it." This slingshot was tailor-made for Bangge, and even an adult can only use it a few times.
Li Hongbing took it unbelievingly, and finally managed to pull it with all his strength.
"This is too laborious. It's not easy to use. It's not easy to use." After trying it, Li Hongbing immediately lost interest.
"Whether it works or not, you will know after you try it."
A mysterious smile appeared on Banggeng's face.
For this slingshot, he also equipped it with bullets. Well, it can't be said to be bullets. It should be said to be iron arrows, sharpened iron rods.
He got this thing only after asking Silly Zhu for help.
In this era, there were many small animals on the mountain, and hares, pheasants, etc. were very common.
Of course, there are no jackals, tigers or leopards.
Even if there were, they would have been wiped out long ago.
"Tiewa, do you know where I can get the medicine?" Banggeng asked Li Hongbing when they were going out.
"I know that there are medicinal herbs on Liushui Mountain. Grandpa Li Shi from our village likes to collect medicinal herbs there." Li Hongbing replied.
"Okay, let's go there to collect herbs." Banggeng nodded.
"Um."
Li Hongbing excitedly led the way.
He just heard that Banggeng collects medicine for his mother.
If you collect medicinal materials, you will have medicine to drink.
The Liushui Mountain mentioned by Li Hongbing can be seen from a distance.
But when we actually arrived at our destination, we walked for a full hour.
There is nothing to say about the roads in the countryside. They are all small roads, and some places that are not long are overgrown with weeds.
Entering the forest, Banggan's attention became concentrated.
He held the slingshot in his hand and scanned the surroundings with his eyes, always paying attention to the movements around him.
"Brother Jia, are you here to hunt or to collect herbs?" Even Li Hongbing couldn't stand his vigilant look.
"No delay, you can also hunt while collecting herbs!" Banggeng asked in a low voice: "By the way, there should be rabbits in this mountain!"
"There must be one, but can you hit it with your slingshot?" Li Hongbing asked doubtfully.
"certainly."
At this moment, the grass not far away was disturbed by their voices, and a pheasant flew up with its wings flapping.
Whoosh!
With his quick eyes and quick hands, the iron arrow in his hand, which was about three inches long, was shot instantly. The pheasant was shot as soon as it took off and fell to the ground. It was still alive.
"It's hit, Brother Jia, you've hit it." Li Hongbing exclaimed, ran over quickly, held down the pheasant, and lifted it up.
"Look, isn't this a perfect shot?" Banggeng also had a smile on his face.
The first battle was won, and there was meat for dinner today.
"It's amazing. This sharp stick is more powerful than a bow and arrow!" Li Hongbing exclaimed.
Bangge smiled at this and said nothing. If the conditions didn't allow it, the bow and arrow would really be better than the slingshot.
It's just that bows and arrows are controlled weapons and are difficult to operate in the city. If you live in the countryside in the future, you can prepare one.
With his master-level shooting skills, combined with the bow and arrow, he can't hit where he wants!
"Put it away and let's continue." Banggeng said to Li Hongbing.
"Um!"
After seeing Bangge's ability, Li Hongbing no longer had any doubts.
He followed Bangge enthusiastically without saying anything, for fear of disturbing the prey.
But then they were not so lucky, and they never encountered other animals along the way.
Of course, there are a lot of sparrows and birds, but I can’t stand them anymore.
Of course, he did not forget the main task of going up the mountain. On the way up the mountain, he also encountered many medicinal herbs.
Such as Cangzhu, Salvia, Astragalus, Bupleurum, Fotanmu, Plantain and so on.
Most importantly, he found the yew tree.
Yew is a natural anti-cancer plant. Its bark contains paclitaxel, which can effectively inhibit the spread of cancer cells.
"There are a lot of good things on this mountain!" Banggeng sighed.
The mountains are like an inexhaustible treasure land. In less than an hour, Banggan and Li Hongbing's backpacks have been filled with medicinal herbs.
"Brother Jia, come and look, there seems to be a rabbit hole here.
Li Hongbing is relatively familiar with the rural environment, and rabbit holes and the like are not uncommon.
But the cunning rabbit has three burrows. Under normal circumstances, even if a rabbit hole is discovered, there is nothing to do with it.
"Let me take a look." Bangge followed curiously.
Under his careful observation, he discovered traces of rabbit life.
"Block this hole first, then let's look around. There must be other exits." Banggeng continued to observe. Since he had encountered this rabbit hole, there was no reason to let it go.
[You carefully observe the traces of the rabbit’s life, judge its clues, and observe its behavior +1.]
[You carefully observe the traces of the rabbit's life, judge its clues, and hunt +1.]
Hunting(entry,1/100)
The emergence of hunting skills made Banggong feel happy.
This is the time to make him a hunter!
This time, he was not in a hurry to catch rabbits.
For him, skills are more important than rabbits.
After some careful searching, Bangge took the lead in finding another rabbit hole.
At this moment, he vaguely realized that this rabbit hole should be the one connected to China just now.
Immediately afterwards, Bangge continued to search. He felt that there should be another rabbit hole.
As the saying goes, rabbits in the wild should usually have three burrows, but they still haven't found one.
In the process of searching, the proficiency of Bang Terrier's hunting skills is also constantly increasing.
Combining the knowledge in his mind, he soon found another rabbit hole.
"Tiewa, quickly find some hay and we'll smoke it out."
After finding all the cave entrances, the next thing will be easier.
Banggeng asked Li Hongbing to light a fire at the lowest cave entrance, while he guarded the other exit.
After a while, a rabbit couldn't bear the smoke and ran out of the hole guarded by the stick.
stop!
Bangge was well prepared for this. The slingshot in his hand was instantly fully loaded. The sharp iron arrow passed through a stream of light and hit the target instantly, knocking the hare to the ground.
"Haha, rabbit, there is rabbit meat to eat today." Seeing the stick hit the target, Li Hongbing jumped up with excitement.
"Haha, he is still a child after all." Banggeng looked at Li Hongbing's happy look in a funny way.
Although Li Hongbing usually seems quite mature, he is only thirteen years old after all. When encountering something happy, he still can't help but reveal his true nature.