Republic of China: Guandong Ginseng King

Chapter 174 Going into the mountains to find someone
"Quick, go get a big bowl, mother-in-law, I need to trouble you to steam a pot of yellow rice."

Doctor Chen was very excited and immediately ordered people to prepare things.

Xiao Zhi was quick on his feet and hurried to the outer room to get two large bowls, while Lin Ruolan quickly went to light the fire and cook the rice.

Here, Doctor Chen took a knife and carefully cut the wild boar gallbladder.

Logically, the bile in a wild boar's gallbladder should be dark green, but the bile in this pig's gallbladder was actually dark red with a hint of gold.

After all the bile has been squeezed out, the gallbladder is completely cut open and poured into another bowl.

I saw a lot of block-shaped objects in the bowl, some were as big as pigeon eggs, most were about the size of a thumb, and small ones were as small as soybeans. They were all dark red with a slight hint of gold.

"It's pig grit, good quality pig grit.

This thing is at least ten years old, it’s hard to come by, it’s a good thing.”

Doctor Chen held the bowl, looked at it carefully again and again, and exclaimed in amazement.

Hearing what Doctor Chen said, Liu Dongshan was very happy.

"Look, I said Shaoyang was born with good fortune, right? He encountered all kinds of good things when he went into the mountains.

This pig litter, I have only heard of it twice in all these years. "

When Liu Dongshan said this, everyone burst into laughter.

Doctor Chen had seen enough of the pig gizzards, so he asked Qu Shaoyang to quickly find some cotton or cotton cloth to wrap up these large and small stone-like things.

"Remember, don't expose it to direct sunlight. It's best to store it in a porcelain bottle and don't let it dry out.

This thing is very useful, and its effect is better than bezoar."

"Okay, got it." Qu Shaoyang agreed readily, then found something, wrapped up the pig litter and put it away.

The remaining pig bile cannot be thrown away.

Doctor Chen instructed that after the yellow rice is steamed and slightly cooled, the bile should be mixed into it, spread out to dry, and preserved.

This rhubarb rice soaked in bile is also very useful, although its medicinal effect is not as strong as pig gizzard.

After finishing all this, everyone had a quick meal and then started to clean up the wild boar.

Just peel them, chop them into pieces, put them outside, and pour cold water on them several times.

This way, a layer of ice will cover the skin and the meat inside will not dry out. Whenever you take it back and open it slowly, it will be as fresh as new.

As for the rest of the pig offal and so on, I don’t have time to wash them for now, so I’ll freeze them outside and deal with them later when the market is empty.

It was already midnight when we finished all this.

Doctor Chen and his wife took their two sons and said goodbye to go home. Qu Shaoyang and Chen Xiuyun also went back to the west courtyard to rest.

The dogs were exhausted after going up the mountain and needed to rest at home. Besides, Qu Shaoyang and the others didn’t rely on hunting for a living, they just wanted to pass the time when they were bored.

It’s good enough to bring back so many pigs from one trip into the mountains. There’s no need to go into the mountains all the time to kill pigs.

Humans and nature must also coexist in harmony. If any one of them loses balance, it will cause irreversible consequences.

The main reason is that the rapid-fire guns used by Qu Shaoyang and his men are too powerful.

Other hunters would go to the top of the mountain and get an old musket. Several people would work together and bring a dog, but it would be very difficult to kill a wild boar.

They are nothing like Qu Shaoyang and his gang, who can sweep away any pigs they encounter in the mountains.

Do not hunt by burning the forest or fish by draining the lake. For long-term development, we cannot just seek immediate pleasure.

In the following days, Qu Shaoyang took his two uncles to the mountains from time to time to stay for a few days, to set up traps and check out the snares.

If there is a harvest, bring it back; if there is no harvest, forget it.

The mountain area occupied by Qu Shaoyang has a good geographical location and many wild animals. Every time he goes into the mountain, he can get something. The brothers Chen Yunhan and Chen Yunzhe have never been exposed to these things before and are quite interested in hunting.

I wish I could live in the mountains every day so that I don’t have to listen to my mother nagging about getting married at home.

The days passed quickly and it was already the twelfth lunar month.

As soon as the twelfth lunar month began, there were two consecutive heavy snowstorms and the weather was abnormally cold.

Water outside freezes into ice and the biting cold wind is as sharp as a knife. Sometimes strong winds will blow up snow foam and form a wall several meters high.

This is what people often say, "big bubbles" blow in the Northeast in winter.

In this kind of weather, most people stay at home unless it is necessary and stay at home to spend the winter.

Those who have stored food at home feel more at ease, but those who don’t have much food stored are very worried.

Two or three days after the heavy snow, two hunters nearby took a few days' worth of dry food and led a few dogs into the mountains to hunt.

As a result, he left for four or five days and there was no news from him.

"Brother Lao Liu, Shao Yang, I have something to ask you two."

On the morning of the thirteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, Lao Zhou and Wang Jiaxiang came over to discuss something with Liu Dongshan and Qu Shaoyang.

"It's like this, Lao Hu and Lao Zhang took their dogs into the mountains to hunt and haven't come back for five or six days.

Their family was extremely anxious and came to me early this morning, asking me to help them look for the body in the mountains.

I was thinking that we were short of manpower and might not be able to help. Could I trouble my elder brother and nephew to bring some manpower and guns with us to go up the mountain and take a look?

Alas, there is nothing I can do. They have come to me for help. They are all neighbors. It would be bad if I don't help them." Old Zhou said with embarrassment.

Seriously speaking, in the entire area around Maoer Mountain, the most powerful hunting gang is that of Liu Dongshan and Qu Shaoyang.

There were many guns, many people, and tough dogs, so they could bring back a lot of prey every time they went into the mountains.

The two families also wanted to ask Liu Dongshan and Qu Shaoyang for help, but they had no previous contact with them, so they begged Lao Zhou for help.

Old Zhou Yi thought that the area to be covered in the mountains to find people was quite large, and not enough people would be enough, so he came to Liu Dongshan to discuss it.

"Both families live in ordinary circumstances, without much land, and rely on hunting to supplement their lives.

Now the wives of the two families are crying and I am really at my wits’ end, so I came to ask my younger brother and nephew for help.” Old Zhou explained.

"Brother Zhou, you don't need to say anything. Neighbors, who has any big or small things going on?
Now that you've opened your mouth, what else is there to say? I'll call for help right away, and you tell me how to find it. We'll go into the mountains right away."

The world is in turmoil these days, and no one can guarantee that they can live without asking for help behind closed doors. So we should help each other if we can.

So Liu Dongshan did not refuse Lao Zhou, but agreed readily.

In this way, Liu Dongshan and his apprentice Qu Shaoyang, led a dozen servants from their family and went out with their dog.

He happened to meet the brothers Chen Yunhan and Chen Yunzhe. When they heard that they were going to look for someone, they followed him up the mountain.

Lao Zhou came to Maoer Mountain early and had a wide network of contacts. He went door to door to make arrangements.

Finally, they gathered a dozen hunter families from the vicinity of Maoer Mountain, divided them into two groups, north and south, and went into the mountain with hunting dogs to search.

The group on the north side is Liu Dongshan and his disciples.

Led by Qinglang, the group went into the mountains and searched for a day.

The next morning, the scattered skeletons of what appeared to be two people and the remains of several dogs were found by a small river.

The clothes on the two men had been torn and scattered all over the ground, but no skulls were found.

"Hurry, search around here, it shouldn't be too far." Qu Shaoyang said hurriedly after taking a look.

(End of this chapter)