HLnovel Chapter 106: All Over the Mountains, I Don’t Know You
Chapter 106: All Over the Mountains, I Don’t Know You
In the next two or three days, Shen Youyou and the others dug yam on this small hillside. After all, this thing can be stored. The broken part of the yam will not go bad as long as it is covered with a little wood ash.
Shen Zhiqiu and his team had almost finished building the cave in the past two or three days. The bamboo bed and bamboo plank frame were ready, but the kang was not ready yet. Of course, they also had to build a six-pot stove in the activity area.
In winter, you can cook directly in the cave, which is warm and safe.
Shen Youyou has been sleeping on a bamboo bed at night recently, which is much more comfortable than sleeping on the floor, so she is looking forward to the kang that will be completed soon.
The weather has been getting colder day by day these days. It’s almost the Chinese New Year, and there’s only less than a month left.
They still couldn't find Pueraria root, but they did get some yam, but they didn't know if yam powder could be used to make dumplings. She hadn't tried it yet.
Just when Shen Youyou was tired of digging yams and was about to take a rest, she heard a crisp "crack" sound. She turned around and saw Gao Erzhuang holding the broken yam in his hand, chuckling.
"This yam is too long,"
After hearing what Er Zhuang said, Shen Youyou also went forward to check curiously: Wow! It is indeed long, and very thick, with many wide branches growing out from the bottom.
Guo Erya also came over to take a look and said, "This one is really big. I've never seen one this thick."
Then he said to Shen Youyou: "We have almost finished digging this hillside today. Should we look for yam or something else next?"
Now they all follow Shen Youyou and call her Shan Yao, as everyone feels that this name is easy to remember.
It's not even noon yet, so we can't just go back and waste time: "We'll just take whatever we find, as long as it's edible."
This is not an exaggeration at all. These people, when they come across anything edible, will eat it up like a swarm of locusts.
Of course, some will be left behind to allow them to continue reproducing.
Wang Taohua, who was standing by, suggested: "Why don't you look around to see if there are any yams left? Don't go too far."
Shen Youyou nodded, and then shouted loudly: "Everyone, look around to see if there are any yams. Divide into five groups, one brother in each group, and don't go too far."
After saying this, no one even needed to divide them into groups. They just drew a line and started looking for wild yam vines in groups of three or five.
In fact, although we are looking for wild yam, if we can find something else to eat, we will definitely not miss it.
Not long after, Shen Erya shouted, "I found the yam vine."
Her shouting attracted everyone's attention.
Shen Erya was in the Bala grass, and at this time, several people who were nearby also gathered around.
Shen Youyou took a look and found that it was indeed a yam, but there was only one.
I thought to myself: "It's okay, it's okay. One pill is not too few, one pill is not too many. A little adds up to a lot, and the more the better."
This wild yam grew under a big tree covered with vines. There were many dry and yellow weeds around it, so it was not easy to clean. Erhu and Erzhuang started cleaning it directly.
They were stronger and worked more efficiently. The others continued to look around. Shen Youyou also found another one, and Sister Taohua helped her dig.
It was not easy to get the yams in the haystack. A lot of hay had to be cleared away first. And they were not on the hillside, so they could only dig straight down. When they reached deep places, they had to dig them out little by little. Shen Youyou felt her arms were sore, and Sister Taohua was sweating profusely.
But when you take out a yam that is more than one meter long, it is still worth it.
"Erhu, why is there white water coming out of this tree root?" Erzhuang asked
Erhu continued digging the hole: "Who knows? You should be careful. Fortunately, it was not the yam that was cut off. This tree root is broken, it's just a small branch root. The big root is fine, and the tree can grow. Don't worry."
Shen Youyou, who was about to take out a cotton cake and eat two, paused: "White water coming out?"
She suddenly stood up and ran over there: "Let me take a look, let me take a look!"
What caught Shen Youyou's eyes were the roots of the vine underground. She had seen many such vines in this forest and was no longer surprised by them.
However, the white liquid flowing out from the broken part under the vine is most likely the Pueraria root that Shen Youyou is looking for.
She carefully dipped her hand in some of the white liquid, put it to the tip of her nose and sniffed it. It was a little bitter. Just as she was about to put it in her mouth to lick it, Sister Taohua grabbed her and said, "Yo Yo, you dare to put anything in your mouth. The tree roots leave white liquid. Aren't you afraid it's poisonous?"
Erhu and Erzhuang also looked at her with disapproval.
"I feel like this is the kudzu root I'm looking for, a kind of food, but similar to yam, it's also eaten as a root, and it also has many medicinal values."
Wang Taohua disagreed: "Are you sure? You've been looking for it for so long and still can't find it, which means you don't know what it looks like. This vine has always been here. If you could have recognized it long ago, why didn't you dig it?"
Shen Youyou was speechless. She really didn't expect that these vines were actually kudzu vines. She had seen too many such vines along the way, and they were very thick. The thinnest one was as thick as a thumb, and the thickest one was almost as thick as an arm.
The Pueraria root she knew was the kind seen in the video, which looked like yam and grew all over the hillside, all lush and oily.
Even if there are no dry leaves, there should be a hillside with withered and yellow vines, and vines as thin as yam vines.
But now think about it, just like the Kudzu King I saw in my previous life, which has grown for thousands of years, the vines must be thicker than this.
She really fell into a misunderstanding. She had always thought that vines of that age must be rare, so she ignored the vines all over the mountain and thought they were just ordinary vines.
But now think about it, this was in ancient times, a time when only a few people knew what Pueraria lobata vines looked like. It was still in the wild mountains and forests, rarely visited by people, and no one dug up Pueraria lobata. What's so strange about them growing for such a long time?
Seeing that Sister Taohua would not let her try it no matter what, and thinking that Pueraria root is also a medicinal herb, she wanted to ask the Guo sisters.
"Sister Guo, do you recognize this thing?"
The Guo sisters, who were still looking for the yam vine, trotted over and Guo Erya blurted out, "What is that? A tree root? Why does it look so familiar?"
Shen Youyou explained that this should be a kind of medicinal herb recorded in the book and can also be eaten. It is called Pueraria lobata.
The two sisters of the Guo family also picked up the broken ends and took a look. Shen Daya said, "I have only seen a kind of medicinal material called Jiqigen, which is similar to this one, but it is only similar because the broken end of this one is white, and that one is yellow, and it looks more like a tree root, while this one looks more like a yam."
Guo Erya also added: "Yes, my grandfather bought the chicken roots from Old Zhang in the next village. We don't know what they look like, but the book says that the leaves are three-lobed and have clusters of small purple flowers. There are no leaves or flowers here. Why don't you take it back and show it to my grandfather?"
But Shen Youyou is now very convinced that this is Pueraria root, but Sister Taohua obviously won't let her taste it. Now the other sisters from the village who have just arrived also disagree. She has no choice but to ask Erhu and the other three to dig out the thick rhizome and bring it back to show Grandpa Guo.
If Grandpa Guo can't tell the difference, then they can only make it into kudzu root powder for confirmation, because no one in his family has ever seen the real kudzu root.
It was the Pueraria lobata king mentioned in the report. Although it looked very similar to this one and both were in the shape of tree roots, she clearly remembered that the news said that its cross section was yellow.