Da Ya knelt down confused and stared at the tree stump for a long time, but still couldn't see a single flower. She asked weakly, "Sister-in-law, what's wrong with this tree?"
Manbao said with a serious face, "This is a pine tree."
Da Ya looked at it and seemed to be so, "Then what?"
"Has been chopped off."
Daya: "...well, so?"
"So, are there any cut pine stumps around here?"
"Yes. In order to bake rice and wheat, my family used almost all the firewood. My father and my third uncle went up the mountain and cut down several trees. They all seemed to be pine trees."
This piece of land belongs to the village chief's family. Anyway, there are no good straight trees that can be used to make houses, beds, boxes, etc. These pine trees are cut down casually.
Manbao looked around, "Where is it?"
Daya:...How does she know where it is? She didn't cut down the tree.
But Da Ya thought about it and remembered that she saw several tree stumps when she went up the mountain in the past two days, but she couldn't tell what kind of tree they were.
But no matter what, just take my sister-in-law to see it.
Da Ya was still very curious, "Sister-in-law, how did you know that it was a pine tree stump?"
Man Bao gave her a strange look, "You can see it. There are pine trees next to the tree stump. You can see it by comparing it."
Daya: ...She just can’t tell. She thinks all the tree stumps in the world are the same.
Of course, Man Bao couldn't abandon her bamboo basket, so she insisted on dragging her broken bamboo basket. The key was that there were not only dead leaves in it, but also a lot of soil, which was very heavy.
Da Ya followed and dragged it for a while, but after being unable to move it, she dropped the bamboo basket and ran to find her fourth uncle on the other side.
Zhou Lang came over happily. He picked up the bamboo basket and was about to go down the mountain. It is better to follow Man Bao than to follow the second brother and the third brother, right?
Manbao is a young man, so he won't do any heavy work.
Seeing that he was about to go down the mountain, Man Bao immediately grabbed his clothes and said, "Fourth brother, we still need to find something, don't go down the mountain yet."
Zhou Lang took a look at the bamboo basket and said, well, it's not full enough.
He didn't mind either, so he carried it for the two of them, waved his hand and said, "Let's go, I'll go with you to find it."
After turning around two tree stumps, Zhou Lang realized that they were not looking for dead leaves, but "tree roots".
Yes, Zhou Lang had seen the few dark brown things that Man Bao threw in the bamboo basket, and thought they were tree roots, but when he saw the white root flesh, he felt something was wrong.
Is there any tree root with white inside?
Zhou Lang was thinking deeply about what this thing was, when Daya's exclamation came from over there, "Sister-in-law, I found it!"
Man Bao immediately dropped the tree stump at hand and ran over to see Da Ya's.
She saw it at a glance, and immediately stepped forward happily to break it off, "That's it, that's it."
She didn't pull it out the first time, and she almost sat on the ground.
Zhou Lang put down the bamboo basket, rolled up his sleeves and stepped forward, "I'll do it!"
This tree has not as many stumps as the previous one, but it is still quite a lot.
After breaking it off, Zhou Lang smelled it and felt a fresh fragrance, so he glanced at Man Bao strangely and said, "Yaomei, please tell Fourth Brother quickly, is this a treasure?"
Man Bao nodded seriously, "Yes!"
Zhou Lang's eyes shone brightly and he asked brightly: "What kind of treasure is it?"
"We'll find out soon." Man Bao hugged a piece and said, "Let's go down the mountain. I'll ask the teacher."
Zhou Lang: "...So you don't know?"
"I do not know."
Zhou Lang was unable to speak anymore, so he picked up the small broken bamboo basket and said, "Okay, let's go down the mountain and go home. It's almost time for dinner, right? Have you finished your homework?"
Zhou Lang only worked in the forest today. Because there were many trees in the forest, shadows were everywhere, and it was cooler, so Lao Zhoutou didn't give them any time to rest at all.
Zhou Lang felt that he could hardly straighten his waist now.
Manbao accurately saw the fourth brother's intention to be lazy, and hummed twice: "I've finished it long ago, I'm not you."
Da Ya didn't want to go down the mountain. Many of her friends were still in the forest. She wanted to stay and play with them. When she saw that her sister-in-law was being taken by her fourth uncle, she immediately ran off to play.
Man Bao didn't mind either, and walked down the mountain with Zhou Lang.
Man Bao did not go home directly, but ran to find his husband holding the ball in his arms.
Mr. Zhuang was drinking tea in the yard and correcting the children's homework. When he saw Man Bao running in dirty, he looked at her with a smile and said, "What's wrong?"
"Sir, do you know what this is?" Man Bao showed him the pile of things in his arms.
Mr. Zhuang was slightly surprised, "Poria?"
He smiled and asked, "Where are you from?"
"Poria?" Man Bao's eyes were bright, "I know, Poria cream, Poria cake."
Mr. Zhuang laughed loudly after hearing this and said, "These are all for food. Did you eat them at Shanbao's house?"
Manbao lowered his head in embarrassment, he really ate it at Bai Shanbao's house.
Mr. Zhuang looked at the Poria cocos in her hand and said, "Did you break this?"
Man Bao nodded, "I couldn't break some of them, so it was my fourth brother who broke them."
Mr. Zhuang nodded slightly and said with a smile: "If you dig deeper into the ground along the roots of the pine trees, there should be more."
Man Bao was surprised, "How do you know, sir, that I found it at the root of a pine tree?"
Mr. Zhuang smiled and said: "Do you know why it is called Poria?"
Manbao shook his head.
"Because some people think that it is a magical thing transformed from the essence of pine trees, they call it Poria Spirit (Poria), Poria God or pine. Ge Hong of the Jin Dynasty had a "Biography of Immortals", which contains "The essence of the old pine transformed into
"Poria cocos". Mr. Zhuang said with a smile: "There are three parts of Poria cocos, and all three parts can be used as medicine."
Mr. Zhuang pointed to the dark brown skin and said: "This is Poria cocos skin, which can diuretic, reduce swelling, and remove water from the skin;"
Then he pointed to the white flesh and said: "This is White Poria. The Poria Cream you mentioned is made from it. It has many uses. It can strengthen the spleen and qi, and can also cure insomnia and dreaminess."
Mr. Zhuang has only read one or two medical books, and his knowledge is only superficial. It is up to Manbao to find out more details.
Mr. Zhuang said: "This is a medicinal material. If you want to know more, you have to ask a doctor or someone in a drug store. However, this Poria cocos also has a part penetrated by pine roots, which is called the Poria Shenmu. You probably haven't dug it out. Then
Fu Shenmu is also a medicine."
"What can be cured?" Man Bao asked quickly.
Mr. Zhuang smiled and shook his head, "As a teacher, I don't know. I am a teacher, not a doctor."
"Then when I find out, I'll tell you sir."
Mr. Zhuang smiled and responded, "Okay, I'll wait for you to tell me."
Mr. Zhuang looked at the time, waved his hand and said, "Go back quickly, otherwise my family will be looking for you in a hurry."
Man Bao responded, hugged Poria and ran home.
At home, Lao Zhou was holding up the dark brown thing to look at it. He couldn't figure out what it was for a long time. He felt that Lao Si was playing tricks on him, so he dropped it and asked, "Can this thing be a treasure?"
As soon as Manbao ran back, she saw her father throwing her things on the ground, and immediately shouted: "Dad, this is Poria cocos!"