Of all the various ways to make a living in the mountains, the field of mountaineering is the one that has the most talk about.
From Sun Liang, the old leader, to the present, people who gather ginseng in the mountains have a whole set of rules, big and small.
In addition to going to the mountain to offer sacrifices, you have to kowtow when you look at the old man, and you have to kowtow when you are carrying large items.
Therefore, it is not a problem for Zhao Youcai to kowtow to one more person at this time. After all, it is not strange to give gifts to many people.
"Dad." It's just that Zhao Jun can't stand it anymore. The two of them usually fight each other, but this is his biological father after all. Mr. Zhao Youcai fell to his knees and got up like this, which made Zhao Jun feel very uncomfortable.
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Furthermore, there may be many big goods hidden in this old village. If Zhao Youcai smashes his head according to this method, how will he be able to see people at work in two days?
But before Zhao Jun finished speaking, Zhao Youcai had already kowtowed three heads. Zhao Jun was digging ginseng here just now, and the surrounding ground was covered with soil. Zhao Youcai kowtowed his head on the soil, so he couldn't make any noise this time. After kowtowing, Zhao Youcai stood up, raised his hands to rub the dirt on his forehead and hair, then turned around and asked Zhao Jun, "Son, what's wrong?"
Zhao Jun twitched the corner of his mouth and said to Zhao Youcai: "Dad, it's just the right amount, you don't have to keep knocking..."
"Shut up!" Before Zhao Jun could finish his words, he was loudly interrupted by Zhao Youcai. He raised his finger and pointed at Zhao Jun and said angrily: "If you can't speak, then don't speak!" p>
Zhao Jun: "..."
Zhao Jun seriously stopped talking. He walked up to Zhao Youcai with the antler key and said angrily: "Get started! I'll lift the ginseng!"
"Hey!" This time Zhao Youcai agreed happily and quickly stepped out of the way to make way for Zhao Jun.
Zhao Jun also knelt down, but it was for the convenience of digging ginseng. He used the deer antler key to carefully break the ground aside.
Zhao Youcai glanced at Zhao Jun reluctantly, turned around and ran up the hillside. The two men had a clear division of labor. Zhao Jun was responsible for technical work, and Zhao Youcai was responsible for running errands and offering sacrifices.
Zhao Youcai went to remove the moss, and Zhao Jun began to lift the ginseng here. The antler spoon kept digging and pulling the soil, and a ginseng reed head soon appeared in front of Zhao Jun.
The reed head of ginseng is, to put it bluntly, its rhizome, the part that grows in the soil.
Every spring, the rhizomes and buds break through the ground and sprout branches and leaves. In autumn, the parts on the ground fall off, leaving traces on the reed heads. This trace is called a reed bowl. It is like the growth rings of a tree.
The more bowls, the older the ginseng seedling is.
As for the part of the reed head closest to the ginseng body, the reed bowl is generally not visible. This part is called the round reed, which is unique to wild ginseng.
There is no reed bowl visible in this part of the ginseng round reed. This is because the round reed close to the ginseng body is the earliest part of the rhizome, and the reed bowl above it gradually degenerates and disappears.
But on the round reed, there are tight annular wrinkles, and it is said that each wrinkle represents a year.
In addition to the round reed, the common ginseng reed head, there are also the flower reed and the horse tooth reed.
Stacked flower reeds are formed when the roots of ginseng grow upward and are pressed by the soil and piled together.
The reed bowl on the head of this kind of reed is clear but incomplete. For example, the ginseng with only piled flower reeds has a shorter growth period than the ginseng with only round reeds.
As for the horse tooth reed, as the name suggests, it is shaped like a horse tooth, and the reed bowl is relatively more regular.
Like the ginseng seedling that Zhao Jun just carried out, from top to bottom, there are horse tooth reeds, Duhua reeds, and round reeds. Such reed heads are called three-section reeds. Not only are they the most standard reed heads of wild ginseng, they also prove that this
Miao ginseng has reached a certain age.
But at this time, the ginseng seedling that appeared in front of Zhao Jun's eyes actually had bifurcated reed heads, one on the left and one on the right, and there were also galls growing on the reed heads.
This is called ginseng reed. It is caused by people or animals trampling on the ground and causing damage to the ginseng reed heads under the soil, which are formed after secondary growth.
Such ginseng was of poor quality, but Zhao Jun did not dislike it and carefully dug up the soil, trying to ensure that every ginseng root was intact.
Ten minutes later, Zhao Youcai came back with six or seven pieces of moss. He first went to the tree where he kept his things, picked up his gun and took a look around.
Zhao Youcai is not guarding against people. No matter how many large goods are hidden in this old village, if someone comes, Zhao Youcai will not be able to shoot. He is like this, but he is guarding against wild beasts.
Normally, when digging ginseng, you would shout and answer the mountain, and from time to time you would use a rope to pull a stick and hit the tree. The main purpose of these is to scare away wild animals. After all, if a person shouts at the top of his voice, the mountain animals will
Hearing the noise from a distance, he walked around.
But at this time, it was impossible to tell what kind of ginseng leaf it was. Furthermore, Zhao Jun was afraid of attracting others, so he skipped this step.
Without this link, Zhao Youcai had to take precautions, otherwise the two of them would be in trouble if a blind man suddenly appeared.
Seeing that there was nothing strange around him, Zhao Youcai came to Zhao Jun's side with moss and watched Zhao Jun lift the stick from the soil.
Zhao Jun worked on this seedling stick for more than 20 minutes in total before lifting it out of the soil.
He pinched the reed head with the thumb and index finger of his right hand and moved it in front of Zhao Youcai.
Zhao Youcai hurriedly brought a piece of moss to pick up the ginseng seedlings. However, seeing Zhao Jun casually placing the ginseng on the moss, Zhao Youcai asked: "Son, what's this stick like?"
Zhao Youcai wanted to ask if this ginseng seedling was worthless, but he couldn't say this during the process of releasing the mountain.
Zhao Jun understood what his father meant. Compared to Zhao Youcai, he had a lot less scruples and said simply: "It's only about three hundred yuan."
"Three hundred!" Zhao Youcai's eyes widened, and then he curled his lips and said, "This is crazy for you, so what's three hundred? Even those gangsters can't spend this kind of money to get a wife."
Hearing what Zhao Youcai said, Zhao Jun chuckled and said nothing more.
Zhao Youcai carefully rolled up the ginseng with moss, looked up at Zhao Jun and said, "Son, are you coming next?"
"Ha!" Zhao Jun couldn't help but sneered when he heard this, looked at Zhao Youcai and asked: "Dad, won't you let me rest for a while?"
"Ah!" Zhao Youcai reacted and said quickly: "Halt! Rest! Let's get the trick!"
Zhao Jun rolled his eyes at Zhao Youcai, stood up and went to the big tree where the items were placed. He took out a military water bottle from his shoulder bag, opened it and took a sip of water.
At this time, Zhao Youcai wrapped the two moss tubes with pine bark, tied them with fine linen ropes, and put them into his shoulder bags. He then approached Zhao Jun and said, "Son! How about we call Li Liang too?"
I shouted loudly all over the mountain, asking for a good sign."
"You can pull them down." Zhao Jun frowned and said: "There are people picking mushrooms on the left and the right. Let them listen. How can we deal with a bunch of people?"
"That's right." When Zhao Youcai heard this, he nodded and stopped talking. Seeing this, Zhao Jun quickly added: "Okay, Dad, don't think about that. You have done what you should do.
You’ve already donated a pig’s head, so what’s going on?”
"Oops!" Zhao Youcai suddenly slapped his thigh and said to Zhao Jun: "That's not good, there is a pig's head. We have to pick it up before we go back. Take it home so dad can make pig head stew for you."
"Ha!" Zhao Jun just smiled but said nothing.
Zhao Youcai seemed to realize something. He smiled at Zhao Jun, then took the kettle from Zhao Jun and poured two sips into his mouth without even wiping the water flowing out of the corner of his mouth. Zhao Youcai only looked up at the green mountains in the distance, his eyes
It is full of hope and longing.
Looking at Zhao Youcai's expression, Zhao Jun's brows were all twisted into embarrassment. He knew without asking that his father was doing such good things.
These two Gudongs can’t be too busy!
Thinking of this, Zhao Jun pointed to the place close to Gangliangzi and said to Zhao Youcai: "Dad, don't be a fool. Go look over there and see if there are any sticks in the haystack. I want you."
Just call me."
"Hey!" Zhao Youcai came to his senses, agreed, twisted the lid of the kettle, threw the kettle into Zhao Jun's shoulder bag, then stood up and ran in the direction Zhao Jun pointed.
Zhao Jun was leaning against a big tree, blowing in the wind, and was preparing to rest for a while. Over there, Zhao Youcai bent over, stuck out his butt, and looked around.
Suddenly, Zhao Youcai froze, bent over but turned his head towards Zhao Jun. He was seen with one hand stuck in the grass, motionless, and the other hand waving towards Zhao Jun.
The key is that Zhao Youcai still has a bright smile on his face.
Zhao Jun, who was resting under a tree with his shoulders in his arms, was startled, then sat up and looked at Zhao Youcai in surprise.
Zhao Youcai had already found Bang Chui not even two minutes after he passed by? If this is the case, then he is very lucky!
But seeing Zhao Youcai waving to him repeatedly, Zhao Jun did not doubt that he was there. He got up from under the tree and trotted up to Zhao Youcai.
"Son." Zhao Youcai tapped his chin from the grass and said, "Take a look."
At this time, Zhao Youcai's hand stuck in the grass did not grab anything, but just pushed aside a piece of yellow grass. Zhao Jun took a closer look and saw that there was a small section of grass, but it only grew in one stroke.
Zhao Jun took one look and thought it looked like a ginseng penis. He immediately squatted down and looked carefully. The rest of the penis should be rotten. However, after Zhao Jun saw it, he nodded heavily to Zhao Youcai.
Zhao Youcai's eyes lit up, and he immediately knelt down. Zhao Jun quickly pulled him up and said to him: "Dad, please go and look elsewhere."
"Yeah." Zhao Youcai stood up after being persuaded and walked into the distance to continue searching, leaving Zhao Jun alone to carry the ginseng.
Zhao Jun still used the old method, first removing the surrounding weeds, and then breaking the soil with an antler spoon. The soil was mixed with half-rotten leaves, which was not only fertile, but also soft.
Zhao Jun quickly dug out the reed head. Seeing that there were round reeds and horse tooth reeds on the reed heads, but no flower reeds, Zhao Jun smashed his mouth and continued digging.
A reed head like this is called a two-jointed reed. Similarly, if there are round reeds and flower reeds on the reed head but no horse-toothed reeds, it is also called a two-jointed reed.
The age of Erjielu ginseng will not be too long, usually around fifteen years, and never more than twenty years.
If this kind of ginseng has branches and leaves, it is Erjiazi.
Zhao Jun saw this and hurriedly looked up to look for Zhao Youcai. When he saw Zhao Youcai about ten meters away, sticking his butt out and paddling in the grass, he shouted to Zhao Youcai: "Dad!"
"Here we come!" Zhao Youcai heard the sound and ran over in a hurry. When Zhao Jun approached, he asked: "Son, what's wrong?"
Zhao Jun raised his hand, held up the antler key, drew a circle around it, and said, "Dad, please leave this area and look for it carefully."
"Ah?" Zhao Youcai was stunned, but Zhao Jun pointed at the ginseng seedlings and explained to him: "The key to the mountain!"
"Ouch!" When Zhao Youcai heard this, his face was filled with joy.
There is something very particular about the business of releasing mountains. Erjiazi cannot be called Erjiazi, but must be called Kaishan Key.
Don’t forget, when Zhao Youcai finished offering sacrifices to the Mountain God before, the boss shouted, "Mountain God! Boss! Open the door."
Why open the door?
Only with the key to the mountain can the door be opened!
Although this Erjiazi is small, I'm afraid it won't be as long as a human's thumb after being lifted out. It wouldn't be worth selling it at the foot of the mountain, but there are things to pay attention to in mountaineering. There must be other mallets near Erjiazi, which means that only
Only by holding the key to the mountain can you make a fortune!
Yesterday and today, in two days, Zhao Jun and Zhao Youcai, father and son, carried out three seedlings of ginseng. The first two seedlings were one large seedling and one heavy seedling.
But now when he looked at the key to the mountain, Zhao Youcai felt that his father and his son were really going to make a fortune!
When he thought of this, Zhao Youcai bent his knees, knelt down on the ground again, and banged his head three times at the ginseng seedlings.
Looking at the fanatical Zhao Youcai, Zhao Jun did not dare to stop him for fear of being beaten. Zhao Youcai kowtowed, raised his body, knelt there and muttered: "Thank you, Mountain God! Thank you, boss!"
After saying that, Zhao Youcai stood up and waved his hand at Zhao Jun, indicating that Zhao Jun should continue carrying the ginseng.
And he followed Zhao Jun's instructions and searched within a radius of four to five meters.
Ten minutes later, Zhao Jun was here carrying ginseng, while Zhao Youcai was three or four meters away, and unexpectedly gained something again.
You should know that for some ginseng at this time, the ginseng stems exposed to the soil have completely fallen off. You can still find so many ginseng with sticks at this time, which shows that there must be a lot of ginseng in this old village!
Zhao Youcai turned around and wanted to call out to Zhao Jun, but seeing that Zhao Jun was still carrying the ginseng, he did not dare to disturb him. He was afraid that Zhao Jun would be frightened by shouting, and he would dig out the ginseng beard with a trembling hand.
So, Zhao Youcai pulled the rope and stuck it next to the ginseng, and then quietly came to Zhao Jun's side.
When Zhao Jun lifted the ginseng seedling out of the soil and looked up for Zhao Youcai, Zhao Youcai tugged Zhao Jun's sleeve from the side.
Zhao Jun turned around and saw Zhao Youcai. Just as he was about to speak, he saw Zhao Youcai pointing over there. Zhao Jun followed Zhao Youcai's hand and saw a rope with a stick standing in the grass. He was immediately startled.
"Dad!" Zhao Jun looked at Zhao Youcai and said in surprise: "You are in the queue again, you are so lucky!"
In mountaineering, there is always a saying that only lucky people can see wild ginseng. Unlucky people cannot see it even if they pass by ginseng.
Of course, the fact that there are a lot of ginseng in this old village is one thing, but Zhao Youcai also has a really good eye. Zhao Jun wanted to praise his father and make him happy.
Zhao Youcai smiled when he heard this and held the moss in his hand to signal Zhao Jun to put the ginseng on it. But at this time, Zhao Jun hesitated and said to Zhao Youcai: "Dad, let's keep this ginseng secret?"
As soon as Zhao Jun said this, Zhao Youcai's eyes lit up and he nodded immediately!
