Farmhouse Pastoral Notes

Chapter 20

Heishan Town is subordinate to Nine Townships and Eighteen Villages, and the surrounding villages are scattered around Heishan Town.Every month on the first, tenth, and twentieth day of the month is the market in Heishan Town. People from this town or from other towns will bring their own food or things to sell to the market to find buyers. .

Mrs. Yang and Li wanted to take advantage of this market on the first day of May to sell all the duck eggs they found in Chunqiu and exchange them for some necessities. They also finished embroidering odds and ends such as purses embroidered by Gu and the others. Fang took some back and continued to embroider, and waited until the next market to bring them back for money.Before Chunqiu heard that there was a market, she begged Yang Lishi to bring her to the last episode. Yang Lishi nodded and agreed, so Chunqiu also wanted to take advantage of this time to go up the mountain to find unripe Chinese herbal medicine. As for students majoring in Chinese herbal medicine, there should be mature Chinese herbal medicines at this time.

After finishing farming, Yuan was busy embroidering purses.Of course, I can't go to the back mountain with Chunqiu. Although I think that there are no ferocious beasts in the back mountain where Chunqiu is going, I still don't feel relieved. It just so happens that Yang Chunni is going to the back mountain to dig wild vegetables to feed the chickens. Please this great niece.

So today, besides Yang Chunni, who is doing business, and Chunhua who was fooled by Chunqiu, who went to Houshan today.The three of them got up early in the morning and came to the back mountain.

"You two don't run around for a while, I will dig wild vegetables outside, and you can play around, don't run into the mountains, understand?" Yang Chunni asked a little worried.Although the altitude of the back mountain is not high, the trees in the forest are still very lush. If they accidentally ran in, it would be very troublesome to find them.

"Got it, big sister, the two of us will definitely not run around, just play around." Chunhua agreed with a face, and reached out to pat her own small chest to reassure.

"Well, don't worry, big sister, we won't wander around," Chunqiu also nodded.She won't run around. . .No wonder, she wants to make money.

Yang Chunni didn't know what was going on in Chunqiu's mind, but she just looked at the two younger sisters who looked like I would be good, and she let go of her thoughts, she was really afraid that she would not care about these two little ones, "Call me if you have something to do? I'm on the slope to the north." Yang Chunni pointed to the grassy slope not far away.

Chunqiu looked not far away, nodded, "Understood, eldest sister, the two of us are going to the south side." Chunqiu pointed to the place beside the guide.

Yang Chunni looked up, well, the vegetation is not very tall, and it can block the sun, so it doesn't look dangerous, so she nodded in agreement.

Seeing Yang Chunni nodding, Chunqiu jumped up happily, took Chunhua's hand and ran over.

"Run slowly, don't fall" Yang Chunni's words came from behind Chunqiu, "Got it" Chunqiu replied.

"Why are we here, where is the money?" Chunhua looked at the surrounding trees, a little confused, didn't the third sister say that she was rich?Where is the money? She still wants candy.

Chunqiu is full of black lines, she hasn't found the medicinal materials yet, how can she have money, "Second sister, you stay here and wait for me, I'll go inside and have a look, when the eldest sister calls us, you just say we rest here No"

"But Eldest Sister won't let us in." Chunhua frowned, she just agreed to Eldest Sister.

"Do you want money to buy sugar?" Chunqiu asked.

"Yes" Chunhua was sure.

"Then you can't tell Eldest Sister, you know? I'll go in." Chunqiu said, then picked up the basket under his feet and walked towards the distance.

"Okay then, you have to come back quickly," Chunhua shouted at Chunqiu.

"Know it"

The south hillside is more lush than the plants in the north. Chunqiu carefully avoids the obstacles in front of him, bends down and walks forward. After walking for a long time, he still doesn’t see any Chinese herbs, like honeysuckle, motherwort, Tianqi Wait, I haven't even seen a single hair!Chunqiu sat down angrily, took out his small handkerchief and wiped the sweat from the corners of his face, he felt a little stuffy, logically speaking he couldn't, could it be that the mountains here are too short?Not suitable for the growth of Chinese herbal medicine?Chunqiu thought about the suitable growth environment for herbs.While holding a small wooden branch to compare pictures back and forth.

Chinese herbal medicines that use flowers as medicine, such as honeysuckle, should have lost their flowers by now. It seems that she can only look for those that use roots as medicine.

Just do it, Chunqiu stood up and patted his buttocks, looked up and looked around, and picked a road that seemed to be easy to walk.

He Chunqiu's estimate was correct, she saw a piece of honeysuckle that had already fallen, alas, Chunqiu sighed helplessly, she should have come earlier if she had known.

In addition to honeysuckle, Chunqiu also saw wolfberry trees and deciduous shrubs around 2 meters high.There are many branches, the branches are slender, arched, with ribs, and the surface is light green.The berries are oval or oval, and the ripe color of the fruit is dark red or orange.This was the description of goji berries she had read in a book before. Compared with the trees in front of her, it was indeed goji berries.It's a pity that it's not yet ripe, so we can only look at it in spring and autumn. The fruit of wolfberry is intermittently matured. In production, it is generally divided into three types according to the fruit maturity period: spring fruit wolfberry, summer fruit wolfberry and autumn fruit wolfberry. The fruit that matures from June to early July, that is, the fruit of the old eye branch is the spring fruit Lycium barbarum; the fruit that comes from the spring branch of the year from early July to August is called the summer fruit; the fruit that matures from September to October is the autumn fruit. In terms of the picking cycle of the seeds, the early stage is generally from mid-June to late June, and it is picked every 6-7 days; the peak period is from early July to late August, and it is picked every 7-8 days; In late April, it is picked every 9-10 days. Looking at the several wolfberry trees in front of me, it is only late April, and it will take one and a half months at the earliest. Li Shizhen's "Compendium of Materia Medica" records: "Plucking wolfberry leaves in spring is called Tianjingcao; picking flowers in summer is called Changshengcao; picking seeds in autumn is called Lycium barbarum; picking roots in winter is called Digupi".Thinking of this in Chunqiu, since the fruit cannot be picked, you can also pick the leaves. Tianjingcao, another name for wolfberry leaves, is called "Tianjingcao" in traditional Chinese medicine. It tastes bitter, sweet, and cool in nature. It enters the heart, lungs, and The four kidney meridians.Belonging to the tonic medicine category, it has the effects of nourishing deficiency and essence, clearing away heat and improving eyesight.Indications for fatigue and fever; polydipsia; conjunctival congestion and dizzy pain; obscuration and night blindness; uterine bleeding leukorrhea; pyretic sores. "Diet Therapeutic Materia Medica" records, "strengthen tendons and resist aging, remove wind, nourish muscles and bones, and benefit people to relieve fatigue" is the wolfberry leaf.

Looking at the young leaves in front of him, Chunqiu couldn't help stretching out his hand, and picked a basket before giving up.Chunqiu nodded in satisfaction, remembered the position in front of him, and then walked forward.

It should be said that the wolfberry tree gave Chunqiu a good start. After leaving, Chunqiu saw many Chinese medicinal materials one after another. Although there was no special curative effect, they could be sold for money. The basket is already half full.

Polygonum multiflorum, also known as Polygonum multiflora, Purple Wuteng, Yejiaoteng and so on.Polygonum Polygoni Multiflori is a perennial twining vine of the Polygonaceae Polygonum family, with thick roots, oblong, dark brown.It grows thickets in valleys, forests on hillsides, rock crevices on the edge of ditches.Produced in southern Shaanxi, southern Gansu, East China, Central China, South China, Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou.Its roots are used as medicine, which can soothe the nerves, nourish blood, activate collaterals, detoxify (cut malaria), and eliminate carbuncles; making Shouwu can nourish essence and blood, black beard and hair, strengthen muscles and bones, and nourish liver and kidney. It is a common precious Chinese herbal medicine.

Looking at the vine-like plant in front of him, with heart-shaped leaves and many branches, Chunqiu silently recited its characteristics.Polygonum multiflorum first came from "Compendium of Materia Medica", which records: During the Han Dynasty, there were horse liver stones that could make black hair, so later generations concealed the name (polygonum multiflorum), also called horse liver stone.Moreover, Li Ao in the Tang Dynasty had a "Biography of Polygonum multiflorum" which said: "The seedlings of Polygonum multiflorum are as glossy as wood, and shaped like peach willow leaves. Their backs are slanted, single, and they are not opposite to each other. There are males and females. The female seedlings are yellow and white, and the males are yellow. Red. It grows far away from each other, and at night, the seedlings will vine or disappear. It can be seen that the earliest discovery period of Polygonum multiflorum is relatively early.

And among other things, Chinese herbal medicine mainly uses ginseng, spirit

Zhi, wolfberry, and Polygonum multiflorum are famous, and this Polygonum multiflorum plant in front of me has been dug out, and it should be able to sell for a lot of money. Chunqiu immediately fell into the eyes of money, bent down to peel off the vines, and dug up with a spatula.

When Chunqiu came back dragging the full basket, Chunhua had already fallen asleep lying under a tree on one side, Chunqiu stood aside and wiped the sweat from his face, called Chunhua, and fell asleep here , not afraid of catching cold, although it is already April weather, but there is still a lot of moisture in the mountains.

"En? Third sister, are you back?" Chunhua was pushed awake by Chunqiu, rubbed her eyes, sat up and yawned.

"Yeah, is eldest sister here?" Chunqiu was worried that eldest sister would find out that she was not here, and if she told Yuan Shi, it would be her end.

"No, the eldest sister just yelled, I said you went to the toilet, the eldest sister didn't find out." Chunhua was a little proud, but when she saw the pile of leaves and the dark brown oval objects in the Spring and Autumn basket, Somewhat surprised, "You picked these? Is there any use?"

Chunqiu looked at Chunhua's surprised face, a little funny, these are all treasures, "Of course, you forgot, didn't someone sell this when we were in the last episode with Grandma? What's it called...he What did it come from? I don’t remember, but the old man said it was worth it.” Chunqiu pretended that he couldn’t remember it and said, anyway, Miss Chunhua didn’t remember it a long time ago, so when Grandma asks, one of them won’t be caught. Suspect.

Sure enough, after listening to Chunqiu's words, Chunhua was a little dazed and confused. She didn't remember it, but she had an impression again, "Yes, the old man did say that it was worth a lot of money." Chunhua nodded, she remembered that old man, and nothing else understood.

"Right, Second Sister, help me get some. We'll come dig tomorrow, and we can buy a lot of candies if we make money." Chunqiu continued to fool around, but she didn't believe that Chunhua wouldn't take the bait.

"Can we really buy a lot of candy? Then let's go digging tomorrow." Chunhua agreed without blinking when she heard that there was something to eat. Money to buy candy is more important than anything else.

"Yeah, let's dig together tomorrow," Chunqiu bowed his head and replied.

Putting the things in the basket on Chunhua's side again, Chunqiu breathed a sigh of relief. After all this work, Chunqiu was a little tired. He sat down with the support of the tree, reached out and patted his sore thighs, and stretched again. Waiting for Yang Chunni to come over after digging the wild vegetables and ask them to go home together.

　All Chinese medicines are based on Du Niang, I am not very sure, there is not much content in Chinese medicine, just take a look and be happy~~~
　　
　
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