Across Ranch Story: Friends of Mineral Town

Having been attacked by dog ​​food twice in one day, Lin Xia no longer plans to practice. Instead, she wants to relax, take a walk in the back mountain, and comfort her "fragile" little heart.

So we turned to the back mountain, still following the path we took when we pulled bamboo shoots. It was the end of spring now, and many plants were growing more luxuriantly. It was completely different from the beginning of spring, when the grass had just sprouted, and some branches had not even sprouted yet. Now the weeds in the mountains are very deep, and the trees are dense, so that the sunlight can only penetrate through the gaps between the leaves.

Lin Xia walked along, scanning the surroundings, picking any plants that she knew and could use without hesitation, such as the various herbs and bamboo shoots that she often picked, and the fungus that she found growing on the dead trees. She had never picked fungus before, one because the fungus was still very small at that time, so it was not cost-effective to pick it; the other was that fungus was not on the shipping list, and she didn't have a kitchen or refrigerator, so she couldn't cook or store it after picking it. Now it's different. Now she can not only tinker with it herself, but if she has too much, she might even ask Huo An if he will take it!

Lin Xia also found a lot of honeysuckle, which is a vine plant that often grows in hillside bushes or sparse forests, piles of rocks, and roadsides at the foot of the mountain. It will also entwine around other plants and bloom. If you have a yard and a fence at home, you can plant honeysuckle next to the fence. It will entwine around the fence and grow. When it blooms, it looks very beautiful and fresh. Lin Xia thought that when the ranch work is on track, he would also plant some honeysuckle around the ranch.

Most of the honeysuckle in front of him could be picked, and Lin Xia did not hesitate to pick them immediately. Honeysuckle is a good thing, it has the effect of clearing away heat and detoxifying, and evacuating wind and heat. It can be taken orally or applied externally, and can also be directly soaked in water and drunk.

After picking the honeysuckle, Lin Xia continued to move forward, occasionally picking some wood ears and small mushrooms. It hadn't rained recently, so there shouldn't be any or very few small mushrooms. However, there were quite a few mushrooms where Lin Xia was walking, growing in the grass under the big trees.

Yes, the trees in this area are particularly tall, and the leaves block out the sun, so the sunlight cannot fully come in, making it relatively cool and humid here. However, the temperature is not very low, but rather very warm, which also provides a good environment for the growth of mushrooms.

Some mushrooms are edible, but some are not. For example, these umbrella-shaped mushrooms, which are white or brown, are poisonous. There is an old saying: red umbrellas and white stems, you will have to lie on the bed after eating them.

It can be seen how powerful poisonous mushrooms are. Lin Xia cannot completely tell whether these mushrooms are poisonous or not, but it does not prevent Lin Xia from picking them, because Dot, the only doctor in the town, likes to study these poisonous plants the most, reportedly in order to develop better medicines.

Therefore, among the herbs shipped every time, the poisonous herbs are more expensive than those that can restore physical strength or reduce fatigue.

Lin Xia planned to pick all these mushrooms and take them back to Duote to identify them. The poisonous ones would be sold to him, and the non-toxic ones that could be eaten would be kept for herself to make soup or stew chicken. Haha, pheasant stewed with mushrooms, how delicious!

Lin Xia was daydreaming happily, completely forgetting that she had neither a pot nor a chicken (to eat).

While picking, Lin Xia came to a low slope. It was very warm here, with only a little shade and moisture. But that was not the most important thing. The most important thing was that there was a large area of ​​Panax notoginseng here!!! I was going to make a fortune!

What is Panax notoginseng? A medical book states: Ginseng is the best for replenishing qi, and Panax notoginseng is the best for replenishing blood. They have the same taste and function, so they are called Ginseng Panax notoginseng, which is the most precious in Chinese medicine. Northern ginseng and Southern Panax notoginseng have always been well known to people.

The leaves of Panax notoginseng are oblong, obovate or obovate oblong, and have not yet bloomed. The flowering period of Panax notoginseng is from July to August, which is summer, and the flowers are light yellow-green; the filaments are the same length as the petals. The fruiting period is from August to October, which is autumn, and the fruit is flat spherical and kidney-shaped, bright red.

Panax notoginseng is mainly used for its rhizome and fleshy root, which has the effects of hemostasis, blood stasis, anti-inflammatory, analgesic and nourishing, and is the main medicine for treating traumatic injuries. The flowers and leaves also have the effect of clearing heat.

The plants in front of us are growing particularly lushly, and each plant is very strong. It seems that the growth age is no less than 10 years. There are some obviously smaller ones growing scattered around, which should be grown from plant seeds that fell naturally.

Lin Xia secretly took note of this place and would come back to pick fruits in autumn. The back mountain is really a treasure land!

After leaving the slope where Panax notoginseng grew, Lin Xia continued to move forward. After walking for a while, he was suddenly attracted by a sharp crowing of a rooster. A pheasant?

Lin Xia rushed over immediately and saw two roosters fighting. One of them looked particularly familiar. It was the one whose pheasant eggs Lin Xia had stolen.

Is it still Brother Chicken, not Sister Chicken?

But it's also true that no hen has such gorgeous and colorful pheasant feathers. It's usually the roosters that are more beautiful!

The fight between the two roosters has reached a fever pitch. The rooster fighting against the big rooster has less gorgeous feathers than the big rooster, but it is also very beautiful, slightly yellowish in color, while the big rooster is reddish brown and full of color. The two roosters kept flying and pecking at each other, crowing loudly, and the fight was very intense.

Lin Xia carefully observed the surroundings and found a medium-sized hen a little further away (could it be a real chicken sister?)

In the end, the chicken was more powerful. He pecked the other chicken so hard that it ran around in panic, its feathers fell to pieces, and it fell to the ground dying.

Fortunately, chickens don’t eat chickens, otherwise the poor chicken on the ground would have really died. But now it’s in a very miserable state. There is not much good meat left on its body, and half of the comb on its head has been pecked off.

After the fight, Brother Chicken proudly combed his messy feathers, glanced at the loser on the ground, and then glanced at Lin Xia.

Lin Xia... I'm so panicked!

This chicken is much bigger than an ordinary chicken, and it is fat and healthy. It has claws, a sharp beak, and can fly. Although, Lin Xia is really scared!

Fortunately, the brother rooster just glanced at her and then walked towards the sister rooster without recognizing any relatives. The two chickens walked into the dense forest hand in hand.

It seems like another pack of dog food! Even the chicken didn’t let Lin Xia go!

Lin Xia finally felt relieved and refused to admit that she was despised by Brother Ji!

He lowered his eyes and looked at the defeated pheasant lying on the ground, looking worse than death. If it weren't for the rise and fall of its chest, Lin Xia would have thought the chicken was dead!

However, Lin Xia was not afraid of this dying chicken. She immediately picked up the pheasant on the ground excitedly and ran out of the mountain!