novelaction Chapter 217 1 Piece of Ginseng
Chapter 217 1 Piece of Ginseng
We turned another hill. This hill was higher than the other hills, and the trees inside were also bigger than those on the other hills.
Zhou Guo walked around carefully, but didn't find a single pine mushroom. Instead, he came across a tree that was so big that two people could hug it. He sat down at the root of the tree, held the bamboo tube and drank a sip of water, planning to take a break before walking again. "I don't know where the master has gone."
After saying that, he lowered his head and found a few small red fruits among the grass leaves sticking out from under the big tree. He was stunned, then slowly leaned over, lay on the tree trunk, tilted his head and looked over there along the leaves. After a long while, he blinked his eyes, blinked again, and subconsciously looked around, but saw no one.
Then he slowly squatted over.
Ginseng!
A piece of ginseng!
Zhou Guo's eyes were sparkling, and she couldn't stop smiling among the ginseng seedlings. In her previous life, she had only seen garden ginseng, but never the real wild one. Oh my, this was the only good thing about ancient times, there were so many resources in the mountains!
Haha, that’s a lot!
"One, two! ... Eight!"
In this small place, there were actually eight ginseng plants, some big and some small. She pulled aside the leaves, looked carefully at the ground, searched around on the ground, and found three small palm-sized leaves.
These should be ginseng seeds that fell on the ground and sprouted. There is a largest one under the root of the tree. It is the tallest, and has the most and largest leaves. "One, two, three... six!" There are six leaves in total. It must be hundreds of years old to be so big, right?
A ginseng that is hundreds of years old!
Zhou Guo still couldn't believe that he could come across such a large piece of ginseng.
He looked at it happily for a long time, looked left and right, stood up and cut a flat-headed piece of wood, squatted down and started digging from a distance, starting from the largest one, and began to plane it little by little with the piece of wood.
She didn't dare use force for fear of breaking the roots. There were many other unknown roots in the soil, entangled together. In order to make it easier to dig them out, she took out a dagger and cut off the roots one by one, like digging for gold.
After half an hour, the ginseng roots were still not found, but several ginseng roots were dug out. They were very long. Fortunately, they started digging from a place far away from the roots, otherwise these roots would have been broken.
More than half an hour passed. She stood up, closed her eyes, shook her hands, stood up, twisted her ankles, and rubbed her knees. Her eyes were blurry, her hands were sore, and her legs were numb from squatting. If this was not a good thing, who would pick it out so carefully, bit by bit, as if she were repairing an ancient book.
"Zhou Guo!!!!" A voice came from far behind.
Zhou Guo was shocked and quickly shouted back, "Hey! I'm here! Master, here!"
Not long after, the old man came up and said angrily as soon as they met: "What are you doing here? Didn't we agree to meet by the pond at the appointed time? I've been waiting for you for half an hour. You usually leave early. Think about yourself, the old master. You are old and can't stand the hardship anymore."
Zhou Guo pulled him towards the big tree and said with a smile: "Master, look what good thing I found. With this thing, you may be able to live another sixty years. In this way, you are not old at all."
The old man frowned, "What nonsense are you talking about? I can't understand..."
The words stopped abruptly.
Zhou Guo smiled and said, "How is it, Master? With this thing, can you live another sixty years?"
The old man looked at the ginseng in front of him in shock. After a while, he looked at Zhou Guo, "...You, you, how did you find it?"
Zhou Guo recounted what had happened in detail.
The old man listened for a long while without saying anything. "You really, what good things did you do in your previous life? All this luck has fallen on you alone. This is something that a herbalist would never encounter in his whole life, but you just found a tree to sit down and rest and you encountered it?"
Zhou Guo didn't think he was that lucky. "It just means there are a lot of ginseng in this mountain, and I just happened to come across one."
If she was lucky, wouldn't she have encountered so many things on her way to escape? Would she have died or gotten lost?
"Master, I have been digging for more than an hour and haven't found anything yet. Please come with me, and let's dig up the biggest one. It may be hundreds of years old." He pointed to the largest tree on the side.
The old man squatted down and took a closer look, nodding his head, "You are right, this might really be a hundred-year-old ginseng, it could be worth a lot of money, at least a hundred taels."
Zhou Guo took the shaved wood and started to dig the soil bit by bit. Hearing this, he said, "I don't care how much it costs. I'm not selling it."
The old man was very surprised. "You don't want to sell it? Not even for several hundred taels of silver?"
Zhou Guo nodded, "Let alone hundreds of taels, we won't sell it for thousands of taels. We'll keep it for ourselves. How can we sell such a good thing? If we are really short of money, I can catch some piglets and sell them. We can't sell this. If anyone in the family has any misfortune, they will rely on this to save their lives. When the time comes, I'll pick out some roots and make a big jar of wine for you. Drink a glass from time to time to prolong your life. You will definitely live a long time."
The old man felt something warm flowing through his heart, and was speechless for a moment. After a while, he asked, "Can you make it?"
"No." Zhou Guo paused in digging the soil, raised his head and asked expectantly: "Master, can you do it?"
The old man nodded, "A little bit."
Zhou Guo was surprised and asked, "You can also prepare medicinal herbs? Master, you are really amazing. How come you know everything? Where did you learn it? It's already amazing for others to know one thing, but you know so many!"
The old man was very pleased with the flattery. He twisted his beard proudly and said, "When I was young, I was smart and studious. I was just like you. I learned everything quickly. I did a lot of things at that time and secretly learned a lot of skills from others."
Zhou Guo's eyes turned, "What other precious medicinal materials can you prepare?"
You can make a lot of money by selling medicinal herbs.
The old man coughed dryly and said, "I stole it. I can learn as much as I can. I can prepare this ginseng because it is simple."
Zhou Guo was not disappointed and consoled him, "Yes, Master, you are already very impressive for being able to learn it secretly. Don't be sad. Come, let's dig together. It's getting late. We have to dig it back today. If it gets eaten by deer or other wild animals at night, it will be a big loss."
The old man originally wanted to say that he would come back to dig tomorrow, but after hearing this, he picked up the dagger beside him and started digging.
It took the two of them another half an hour to dig out the big ginseng.
The main body of this ginseng is nearly two inches long, and the longest root is almost two feet long. The root is like a small radish, fat and has four branches. The top part is like a bowl-shaped scar. I weighed it and it is quite heavy, almost one kilogram.