Gastrodia elata grows in a spindle shape, a bit like potatoes. It grows underground and is likely to be distributed in many layers.
There are two ways to dig Gastrodia elata.
One is in spring, before the gastrodia elata is unearthed, take a shovel and go up the mountain.
Where you think there may be Gastrodia elata, use a shovel to dig into the ground and look into the soil.
Maybe if you are lucky, you can find a mound, and maybe you can dig out a pot from this mound.
The gastrodia elata dug out at this time has high nutritional content and the tubers are not empty because the seedlings have not emerged, so the price is higher due to its good quality.
The other option is to wait until after the summer solstice for Gastrodia elata seedlings to be unearthed.
Gastrodia elata seedlings are generally yellow-green or purple-red, with yellow-green flower spikes on them, and are easy to see in the forest.
Most of the time, under a Gastrodia elata seedling, there will be many large and small Gastrodia elata cubs.
If you encounter three or four seedlings growing together, it would be even better. If the soil between several seedlings is turned over, half a bag can be dug out if the seedlings are not even.
If you encounter a Gastrodia dragon, that is, if you see a dozen or twenty Gastrodia saplings that look like a dragon, then go ahead and start digging.
"It's over. We're late. Look here. It's been dug up for so long. This must be Gastrodia dragon."
On this day, everyone went to the north of Kaifeng Road to dig Gastrodia elata.
I had just come down from the firewood road, and before I had walked a few steps into the forest, I saw someone had dug up a long area in front of me.
Judging by the way the soil is turned, you can tell that there must be at least twenty or thirty Gastrodia dragon trees growing in this place.
When several people saw that Ma Long was poached that day, they were immediately discouraged.
This means that someone has been here before them, and even if they encounter them again, most of them will be single trees, which is not interesting.
"We're here, let's go look in the woods, then we can't just go back, let's go." Xu Shiyan was not discouraged.
As the saying goes, if a fish passes through a thousand-layer net, there will be fish in every net.
The same goes for going up the mountain to do a side job. No one can go through it all without missing a thing. There will always be something missed.
Maybe that person dug up a Gastrodia dragon and left with satisfaction? Anything could happen in the mountains.
Everyone thought the same thing, we are all here, how can we run anywhere else?
Let's go, walk inside, go a little further, maybe you can gain something?
In this way, everyone followed Xu Shiyan and walked all the way into the forest.
I don't know if someone has dug it here, or if I came to the wrong place today. After walking for more than half an hour, I didn't see any one. Everyone couldn't help but feel discouraged.
Huang Shengli became less and less confident as he walked, so he stopped on the hillside to rest, holding a grass stalk with one hand and playing with mushrooms there.
"What's going on today? Several of us didn't open our eyes.
Gastrodia elata, Gastrodia elata, where have they all gone? Could it be that they have all been poached?"
Xu Shiyan had already walked to the hillside. Hearing Huang Shengli chanting rice fields there, he couldn't help but look back at him.
Then, Xu Shiyan realized something was wrong. "Shengli, look what you are holding in your hand?"
"Ah? What else could I hold in my hand? Grass, green straw?"
Huang Shengli glanced at the tree in his hand, which was as thick as a little finger. What's so strange about it?
"Look up and take a look." Xu Shiyan smiled and shook his head, pointing Huang Shengli to look up.
"Raise your head? What can you do if you raise your head? Gastrodia elata is not in the sky, so I can see it if I raise my head."
While Huang Shengli was chanting, he raised his head and looked up. Then, he was dumbfounded.
"Grass, Gastrodia, this Gastrodia is really taller than me?"
Huang Shengli is not tall, a little over 1.6 meters tall, but a Gastrodia elata tree is taller than him, which is really too much.
"It's too bullying. I'm not as tall as Gastrodia elata."
Huang Shengli's words made several people laugh.
"Okay, don't leave it there to read the rice seedlings, dig up the gastrodia elata quickly and see how much is underneath?"
Huang Shengli broke the gastrodia pole in one stroke, leaving only the bottom about a foot high.
Then use your hands to remove the turf and soil along the bottom of the stem, and dig down bit by bit until the potato-like gastrodia tuber is exposed.
However, he did not take out the tuber directly, but dug back the soil along the tail of the tuber.
Sure enough, not far away, four or five big cubs were pulled out. Looking further down, there were some slightly smaller ones.
Finally, within a radius of two feet, Huang Shengli dug out two large handfuls of Gastrodia elata.
It is very good to have so many under one seedling.
Huang Shengli opened his eyes, and everyone became more confident, so they dispersed and walked forward to find Gastrodia elata.
Xu Shiyan walked towards the pillar in front of him, climbed over the pillar, and suddenly looked at a pink thing on the tree in front of him.
Xu Shiyan walked over quickly and found a tree mushroom.
This tree mushroom is pink in color and is one of the few mushrooms that are brightly colored but not poisonous.
The tree mushroom, scientifically called sulfur fungus, is an edible and medicinal fungus.
One characteristic of this fungus is that it grows very fast.
Maybe it didn't look as big as an egg the day before, but after two days, it had grown to the size of a cattail fan, and was lignified and inedible.
Therefore, it is not easy to go into the mountains and encounter the tree mushrooms that are growing just right and are fresh and edible.
Today, by chance, this tree mushroom grew just right and was tender.
I cut it up, blanched it in water, and fried it with leeks. It was very delicious.
If you don't want anything, you can also wrap it in flour and fry it, then dip it in some salt and pepper and eat it. It's so delicious. It really feels like eating chicken. How about calling it a tree chicken mushroom?
Xu Shiyan stretched out his hand and carefully peeled off the large and layered tree chicken mushroom.
He took out another bag from the bag he was carrying on his back, wrapped it individually, then put it back into the bag and carried it on his back.
Things in the mountains are not domesticated, and it is impossible for everything to go as planned, and whatever you want will come to you.
No matter what happens, Xu Shiyan can accept it as long as he has something to gain and doesn't go back empty-handed.
After carrying his bag, Xu Shiyan continued to walk forward. He planned to go down from this post and take a walk ahead.
As soon as I took two steps forward, I found two Gastrodia elata seedlings in front of me.
After being in the mountain for a long time, his eyes were finally opened. Xu Shiyan was very happy and walked towards the two Gastrodia elata trees.
As soon as I arrived, I looked around a few times. Huh? There are three more trees not far ahead.
Xu Shiyan became happy. With five trees so close together, there was probably a big nest in the middle.
"I met Gastrodia elata here, there are five seedlings." Xu Shiyan shouted.
"You should all look carefully, maybe there are some around here."
Gastrodia elata is not wild ginseng and is not worth much, so whoever sees it in the mountain will own it.
Wild ginseng is too valuable. If it cannot be divided equally, some people may feel unbalanced, especially if it is a big deal, which may result in death.
Several people over there were also opened their eyes when they heard Xu Shiyan. They were all happy and more confident, so they walked around nearby.
Not to mention, there really is one nearby. Not long after, Sun Xiaofeng and the others also shouted, "It's time to open their eyes."
When you go into the mountains, you are afraid of not opening your eyes. As long as you open your eyes, it will be easy to talk.
Xu Shiyan cleared all the grass around the five Gastrodia elata trees, and then started rummaging around the area surrounded by the five Gastrodia elata trees from the outside inward.
Sure enough, we encountered a nest, and eventually we dug up a basin full of large and small gastrodia elata.