The fierce peasant woman is busy farming

It took us quite some time to climb up here. This ginseng is very old and has many roots, so it would definitely take half a day to dig it out.

After discussing it, they decided to go home first and come back to dig tomorrow.

But Master Zheng refused. He wanted to live here and take care of it before he could feel at ease.

This ginseng is a rare treasure that only comes once in a century. If he loses it, he will have trouble sleeping and eating for the rest of his life.

The Zheng father and son must be together, and Song Yuan also decided to stay. Xuan Mo, as the oldest boy of the Ning family present, took the initiative to stay.

In the end, Brother Dao stayed to accompany Xuan Mo, and Zhou Yue and the others felt relieved.

But Jun Mo disagreed and wanted to stay too.

But there was no way to sleep here. He was still a child. Others could just lie on the grass for the night, but the child's body was too fragile to do that.

Finally, Song Yuan made the decision and asked Xie Ping and Xie An, who were waiting at the foot of the cliff, to go home and get some bedding and straw mats, and bring up a few tents that they had been carrying with them.

Bring dinner over too.

When they came in the morning, they only brought lunch, which they had already finished.

The next day, when Zhou Yue and his children climbed up the cliff, Zheng and his son had already started working.

Climb up with great effort and use the basket to hang up for breakfast.

Invite a few people on the mountain to have dinner together.

Qing Mo was concerned about his brother, but glanced at Song Yuan out of the corner of his eye.

The wind was strong in the mountains and it was already late autumn, so they slept well.

Lord Song looked energetic, still standing straight like a pine tree. Although there was no smile on his face, it was obvious that he was in a good mood.

Looking at Xuan Mo again, I feel a little tired.

He was raised by his grandparents and was the youngest child in the family, so he had no chance to spend the night in the mountains.

I guess I didn’t sleep well.

"Brother Xuan, go home and catch up on your sleep. I, Yang Mo, and mother are here."

"Yes, go home and have some sleep before coming back. I think we'll have to wait until the latter half of the day to dig it out."

Zhou Yue looked at the cautious and pious look on Master Zheng and his son's faces and thought that it would be a great achievement if they could dig it out today.

Song Yuan moved his long legs, strode over and said:

“Brother Xuan, you didn’t sleep well last night. Unlike us, sleeping outside in the open is commonplace in more difficult times than this.

You should go back and have some sleep, and come back when you are full. You may just come across the time when ginseng emerges."

Xuan Mo didn't want to go home because he wanted to see the moment the ginseng was dug out.

Ginseng is a magical herb in rural legends and the protagonist in many folk tales.

After hearing what Brother Song said, he was immediately convinced.

He stood up, straightened his clothes, and said goodbye to everyone.

Then they walked to the edge of the cliff, Song Yuan pulled from the top, and Xie Ping and Xie An followed from the bottom and let him down.

Zhou Yue pulled Qing Mo to sit under a tree nearby, chatting while watching Master Zheng and his son busying around.

Song Yuan was sitting not far away. He wanted to come over and join in several times, but he looked like he wanted to say something but hesitated.

Zhou Yue thought it was funny and ignored him.

If you want to say something, you can’t stop yourself from saying it; if you don’t want to say it, you can’t ask it.

While continuing to talk to Qing Mo, Zhou Yue pulled at the grass under his feet.

It was almost late autumn, the leaves were falling, the grass leaves were withering and yellowing, and Zhou Yue suddenly discovered that the shrubs under his feet were actually Astragalus.

Pulling aside the branches, Zhou Yue dug down with a sickle and dug out a tree root as thick as a chopstick.

"Mom, is this ginseng?" Qing Mo had never seen his mother dig such medicinal herbs.

"No, it's cheaper than ginseng and less potent. I think it's astragalus."

Zhou Yue picked up the feathery leaves of Astragalus that had fallen to the ground and examined them carefully.

Then he took the leaves and roots, walked up to Master Zheng, and showed them to him.

Master Zheng quickly put down the bone knife and the small broom made of reed flowers, wiped his hands on his body, and took the leaves and roots.

Zhou was brought by Lord Song, a relative of the host family, and she is very knowledgeable about medicinal materials, so I should take her questions seriously.

"Master Zheng, look, is this astragalus?"

"Mom, look, there are a lot of roots like this here. They seem different from the ones you dug."

Qing Mo also brought a few slightly thinner grass roots.

Zhou Yue took it and looked at it, then handed it to Master Zheng and said, "This looks like Codonopsis pilosula?"

Master Zheng asked suspiciously, "What is Codonopsis pilosula?"

Zhou Yue was just about to follow Qing Mo to see where she dug it from and what the above-ground part of the root looked like.

When I heard Master Zheng's question, I was stunned for a moment. Could it be that Codonopsis pilosula is not called this name at this time and place?

She followed the direction Qing Mo pointed, pulled the vine, and found that it was the withered vine of Codonopsis pilosula.

Dig along this thick vine and dig out a Codonopsis pilosula that is as thick as an adult's thumb.

Good stuff! Zhou Yue was excited.

Master Zheng still looked at the leaves and roots carefully.

"Wild ginseng? Yes, it's wild ginseng." Master Zheng confirmed.

It turns out that Codonopsis pilosula was called wild ginseng at that time.

Yes, Codonopsis pilosula got its name because the Codonopsis pilosula produced in Shangdang area of ​​Shanxi Province is of the best quality.

It certainly wasn't called this name in other places at first.

"Zhou, Sister Zhou, there are a lot of good things in your place.

I have worked in the county pharmacy for half my life, but I didn't know that we produce so many medicinal herbs here.

The quality is still so good.

It turns out that you have to keep learning as you grow older.

I really broadened my horizons today.

This is the first time I have seen such good wild fresh ginseng.

I also saw some very old astragalus and wild ginseng here.

It's incredible. "

Master Zheng was almost in tears.

Because of this interruption, Song Yuan and Qing Mo, who originally wanted to talk to Zhou Yue in private, were both distracted.

After getting Master Zheng's affirmation, others also started to work.

Qing Mo and Yang Mo followed Zhou Yue and started digging medicinal herbs.

This place may not have been visited by anyone for many years, and it is overgrown with weeds and vines.

Some medicinal herbs have died because no one has collected them for years.

They dug out a lot of Astragalus roots that were black and rotten, and they sighed as they dug.

Song Yuan found it funny, so he came over and helped with the digging using the tools left by Xuan Mo.

For a moment, several people were busy on this small cliff.

At noon, Xuan Mo came to deliver lunch.

He certainly couldn't feed so many people by himself. The other people in the family were old, pregnant, or disabled.

No one can come with him.

This kid is really smart. He tied two large baskets on Guangnian's body and let them hang on both sides of his belly.

The food was placed in a large basket and carried up the mountain by a donkey.

When everyone saw it, they all praised Xuan Mo for his many ideas.

Jun Mo ran over, hugged Xuan Mo's legs, and begged for a hug.

"Well, Jun Mo has become heavier, and his little face has become rounder.

I guess after a while, I won’t be able to hold him anymore.”

Xuan Mo pinched Jun Mo's little face and smiled.

Seeing this, Brother Dao also ran over and grabbed Xuan Mo's trouser leg.

"You want to be hugged too?" Unable to resist Brother Dao's obsession, Xuan Mo had to put Jun Mo down and hug Brother Dao.

Everyone served themselves some food and watched the two men and the dog making a fuss with a smile.

Guangnian was unable to climb up from the cliff and was tied to a tree at the foot of the cliff by Xuanmo.

It may have heard the commotion on the cliff, and started to cry out in frustration as well.