The happy little days of the Ye family

Although the cave is not small, there are very few things inside. Apart from the large wooden box, the only thing left to store things is the small wooden shelf in the corner.

The shelf was very small, with only three layers, only as high as Tang Xiaojing's chest, and was in tatters.

There were several small bamboo baskets with lids placed on the upper two floors of the shelf, but they were too rotten to be seen.

Tang Shan and Tang Xiaojing looked through the contents of the bamboo basket one by one and found that most of them were common herbs.

However, most of the herbs had been destroyed by insects or decayed. Tang Xiaojing could only barely tell which herbs they were from the residue of the herbs.

Tang Xiaojing held a rhubarb plant that was half damaged by insects and felt very sad.

The rhubarb essence in such good condition was actually eaten by a bug. I wanted to find this ignorant bug and crush it.

Tangshan looked at the medicinal residues in the bamboo baskets and guessed: "The contents in these bamboo baskets are all medicinal herbs. It turns out that the people who live there are either doctors or people who make a living by collecting medicinal herbs."

Tang Xiaojing said casually while rummaging through the contents of the bamboo basket:

"Dad, do you think this is the temporary residence of some herb collector? He just came here to stay while he was collecting herbs."

Tangshan felt that it didn't look like a temporary residence. "There are beds, tables, and shelves here. It doesn't look like a temporary residence. I should have lived here for a long time."

"And if it was just a temporary residence for collecting herbs, I wouldn't have left so much money and two ginseng trees here."

Tang Xiaojing couldn't understand, "Who lived here before? Why didn't they take the silver and ginseng with them when they left?"

"Who knows, picking herbs is inherently dangerous, and you might fall off the mountain and die."

The bamboo baskets above were all filled with medicinal herbs. Tangshan didn't recognize them, so he ignored the items on the upper two layers and bent down to check the items on the third layer.

The shelf has only three levels. The upper two levels are filled with herbs, while the lower level contains three small clay pots.

Tangshan bent down and took out all the clay pots. Two of the three clay pots were larger, and the other one was only as big as Tang Xiaojing's palm.

Tangshan opened one of the large clay pots and smelled a strong smell of wine as soon as he opened it. In addition to the smell of wine, there was also a fruity aroma, which smelled a bit like grapes.

Tang Shan smelled the aroma of the wine and became greedy again, "It's a good wine. Just by smelling it, I know that this one is good."

Tangshan lovingly covered the jar and opened another large clay jar in a good mood.

I found that it was still filled with fruit wine, but the fruity aroma was different from the one just now, so the fruit inside should be different.

The first bottle of wine has the aroma of grapes, and the second bottle smells a bit like peaches.

Tang Shan looked at the two small jars of wine with joy, "Hahaha, today's harvest is really good. These two jars of wine are no worse than the one the village chief brought back from the city."

Tang Xiaojing ignored Tang Shan, an alcoholic, and opened the palm-sized jar. What was inside was medicinal wine, which smelled a bit like the drinking wine in a pharmacy.

"This medicinal wine smells good. It seems that he must be a doctor with good medical skills."

Tangshan was not interested in medicinal wine, but thinking that the original resident might be a doctor, he happily said to his son:

"Then look carefully and see if there are any medical books or prescriptions."

Tang Xiaojing quickly rummaged through the items on the shelf again, and finally found a piece of yellowed paper under the bamboo basket on the top shelf.

There are two recipes for medicinal wine written on the paper. One is the recipe for the medicinal wine for bruises. The small jar of medicinal wine just now should be brewed with this recipe.

The other prescription is a prescription for a tonic medicinal wine to strengthen the body. The prescription contains ginseng. It seems that the two ginseng in the wooden box were originally intended to be used to brew the medicinal wine.

Tang Shan saw that Tang Xiaojing found a piece of paper and leaned over curiously. "What is written on this paper? Is it a prescription?"

Tangshan grew up in Taohua Village. He did not go to school when he was young, so he was not literate.

Tang Xiaojing put away the yellowed paper and said excitedly:

"There are two prescriptions on this paper, one is a prescription for ordinary drinking wine, and the other is a prescription for medicinal wine for strengthening the body and nourishing the body."

"I don't know if these two medicinal wine prescriptions are correct. I'll take them to Wang's Pharmacy tomorrow and show them to Shopkeeper Wang to see if there are any problems."

Tangshan also agreed to show the prescription to shopkeeper Wang first.

"It's okay that Diodajiu is a medicinal wine for external use. It's a nourishing medicinal wine. You must ask Shopkeeper Wang for details. This is something you drink into your stomach, so don't mess with it."

At this time, Dahuang suddenly jumped out from under the bed, startling Tangshan.

Tangshan saw Da Huang emerging from the bottom of the bed with a black object in his mouth. He was very happy, thinking that he had found something good again.

When I got closer, I saw that it was actually a half-grown mountain rat. This mountain rat was still alive, and it was still struggling after being bitten by the rhubarb.

Tangshan pointed to the small cave entrance opposite, "Dahuang, get rid of this mountain rat quickly, go quickly."

When Dahuang saw Tangshan pointing at the entrance of the small cave, he sounded unhappy and obediently took the mountain rat in his mouth and walked towards the entrance of the small cave.

At this time, Xiao Huang was inspecting around the cave, sniffing left and right on the walls.

When the father and son saw that Xiao Huang was interested in the cave walls, they also groped around on the walls and knocked here and there.

The walls around the cave are made of hard rock, and the sound is very heavy when knocked.

After knocking, Tang Xiaojing discovered that there was a rock whose sound sounded a little different.

Tang Xiaojing knocked carefully twice more, and the sound sounded crisper. Then he knocked on the rock next door, and the sound sounded thicker.

Tang Xiaojing was very excited, thinking that there must be a secret room or hidden compartment inside, and there might be treasures hidden inside.

Tang Xiaojing quickly called Tang Shan over, and the father and son hammered on the rock in question again.

However, after groping for a long time, the two of them still couldn't open the rock in question.

At this time, Tangshan became a little impatient, so he simply took out the dagger he found in the wooden box, directly inserted a few holes in the rock, and then found some wooden boards and smashed them on the rock.

In this way, a hole was punched out of the rock by Tangshan, revealing the hidden grid inside.

This secret compartment was not big. Tang Xiaojing moved the torch closer and found that there was nothing inside.

Tangshan said disappointedly: "It's actually empty inside, so all the work was in vain."