Chapter 46: Another Encounter with Mountain Ginseng
Ginseng can be said to be a treasure all over the body, not to mention the root, which has extremely high medicinal value.
The leaves can be used to make tea, make cigarettes, extract saponins, and the ginseng flowers can also be used to make tea, make medicine, and make cosmetics.
Even when ginseng is steamed, the remaining water in the pot can be boiled and concentrated to make ginseng paste.
This ginseng ointment is a good thing. If anyone has a sore or boil, get some ginseng ointment and apply it, and it will be cured in a few days.
If there is mumps in any year, also known as mumps, you can also use ginseng ointment to apply it.
If you want to be more luxurious, you can also mix ginseng paste with hot water and use it to soak your hands and feet to make your skin whiter and softer.
Therefore, the water used to steam ginseng in every pot will not be wasted. It has been booked by everyone early and taken home to make ginseng paste.
Autumn is a harvest season, a season full of joy. Every busy person has a happy and satisfied smile on his face.
The busier they are, the happier everyone is, because it means they can have a good harvest this year.
This year, the Dongjiangyan Brigade started to make more than 500 feet of goods. The forty people could lift more than 200 feet a day, so the work was almost finished on the morning of the third day.
"Shixiang, we don't have much left in the afternoon, right?" Yang Chunming asked Xu Shixiang during lunch.
"Well, the only thing left is the one at the end, which is only about thirty feet. It won't take long in the afternoon to get up and go home."
Xu Shixiang nodded. He was familiar with how many ginseng fields there were in the team, so he would definitely remember them correctly.
"Oh, let's not start working too early in the afternoon. It's too early to go back and it's hard to remember the work points."
Yang Chunming has a lot of eyes, so he must remind Xu Shixiang.
There is definitely a difference in recording work between a day and a half day, but for those who work, there is not much difference.
You and I have been out for a day, and who doesn’t want to earn a few more work points?
Xu Shixiang was stunned for a moment, then smiled, "Okay, let's take a good rest at noon. It's quite tiring to play with the hammer for three days in a row."
Xu Shixiang is a very lively person, otherwise he would not have become the captain of the sideline at a young age. In addition to being educated, he is also capable.
It's all work in the team, and the work points are paid by the public, and they don't come out of Xu Shixiang's pocket, so why offend others?
Seeing Xu Shixiang nodding happily, everyone was very happy.
So we ate quickly, some people went inside to lie down and rest, some set up tables outside to play chess, or just drank tea and chatted.
"Third brother, let's take advantage of the lunch break to go into the forest and pick some mushrooms, or some mountain grapes, soft dates, etc."
My little boy is greedy all the time, and there is nothing for him to eat at home." Yang Chunming approached Xu Shiyan and asked in a low voice.
Yang Chunming got married early, before he was twenty, and his daughter-in-law is now five years old.
When Xu Shiyan heard this, he immediately nodded in agreement.
There are a lot of soft dates and mountain grapes in the woods nearby. It would be good to pick some and take them home as snacks for Su Anying.
There are not many fruits that can be eaten these days, unlike in the past where as long as you have money, you can buy everything.
Su Anying is pregnant and has a bad mouth, but there is really nothing for her to eat at home.
There were a few foreign persimmons a few days ago, but they have all been eaten these days. Su Anying can only eat radishes.
If you can pick some mountain grapes, soft dates, etc., you can eat them for a few days when you go back, especially the soft dates, which are the best to supplement vitamins.
The two reached an agreement, quietly stood up, grabbed a sack and walked out.
On the other side, Zhao Jianshe, Wang Zhijun and a few other people they got along with on weekdays saw this and came over.
As soon as they heard that they wanted to go pick mushrooms in the forest, these people followed him out carrying their satchels.
The mountains in autumn are rich in color, with red maple leaves, yellow birch trees, poplar trees, and green pine trees. The colors change in shades, just like a rich oil painting. It's really beautiful.
There are many delicious foods hidden in the mountains and forests. On the trees there are pine cones, walnuts, sorbets, and hazelnuts. On the vines there are mountain grapes, schisandra chinensis, and jujubes. There are also hazel mushrooms on the ground. It can be said to be a huge treasure house.
These days, people in the village are busy harvesting and harvesting ginseng, and they haven't found time to go into the mountains yet.
Furthermore, Maekawa is far away from the village, with tall trees and dense forests, so most women dare not come.
So there is everything in the forest, and there are a lot of them. You don’t have to go too far into the forest to see patches of mushrooms.
Xu Shiyan was not interested in mushrooms. Others squatted down to pick mushrooms, so he kept walking forward.
He found a mountain grape tree, which was covered with purple-red grape bunches. Xu Shiyan reached out and picked two grapes and put them in his mouth, frowning sourly.
I guess his little daughter-in-law would like to eat this stuff. The taste of pregnant women is different from that of ordinary people. The sourer the better.
After picking a grape tree, I walked forward and encountered another soft date tree.
Soft jujube is a local saying, and its scientific name should be called Soft jujube kiwi fruit.
It belongs to the same category as kiwi fruit, but the soft date kiwi fruit from the Northeast is small and hairless, and tastes sweeter and more fragrant.
If you stay close to the village, the children will pick all the soft dates before they are ripe.
Pick the slightly raw and soft dates home, put them in a wooden barrel, cover them with a handful of wormwood, and cover them for a while before they become soft and ripe.
For children, it is also a kind of fun and enjoyment to look for ripe soft dates from the wooden barrel every day.
The mountains are far away from the village, so no one comes to pick them, so the soft dates will hang on the trees and slowly lose moisture.
Especially after the frost, the soft dates are sweet and soft and especially delicious.
Xu Shiyan didn't care about that. He picked a jujube tree and plucked it all away, leaving not a single one.
"Third brother, are you here to clean up, right? Look at the trees you have picked, I think the black blind man will cry if he encounters them."
When the few young guys behind saw it, they couldn't help but tease Xu Shiyan.
"I picked it for your sister-in-law. She has a bad taste now and there is nothing delicious at home."
Xu Shiyan just smiled when he heard this, let go of the soft jujube tree in front of him, and continued to move forward, looking for the next target.
Everyone picked wild fruits, mushrooms, and walnuts along the way, and gradually walked into the depths of the forest.
The further Xu Shiyan walked, the more familiar he felt. Looking more carefully, he found that the place in front of him was where he brought Chen Deyong and others to Fangshan last time.
"Not far ahead, there is a tree stump, where Chen Deyong was bitten by a snake." Xu Shiyan pointed to a short distance away and told everyone.
When everyone heard this, they immediately became energetic and had to let Xu Shiyan take them over to take a look.
In this way, everyone walked towards the tree stump while discussing Chen Deyong's funny scene at that time.
When they got closer, everyone saw the environment around the tree stump and couldn't help but shake their heads.
"Chen Deyong is really seeking death. How dare he urinate on a tree stump in a place like this?
There is obviously a hole under the tree stump, and something must be living inside."
At that time, Chen Deyong was bitten by a snake. Xu Shiyan was angry and walked away without paying attention to the tree stump. Now that he looked carefully, he felt that something was not right.
A flash of light flashed in his mind, and Xu Shiyan quickly raised his head.