Longing for mountain village life

Tao Mountain, an ancient mountain range, stretches continuously, like a hundred thousand mountains, and the other mountains are towering and difficult to go up, that is, it is barely possible here.

After many years of walking, people walk more, and a road is formed.

The three people followed a path into the mountain, ancient trees into forests, a large number of leaves fell on the ground, stepping on it is very soft, but people who enter the mountain absolutely dare not walk on it at will, otherwise it is easy to fall into the pothole.

Grandpa held a stick in his hand to stir away the weeds in front of him, Jiang Tian carried various tools for digging ginseng on his shoulder, and held a machete in his hand.

Old man Li was holding a shotgun and always paying attention to the situation around him.

The three men formed a horizontal line and walked slowly towards the mountain.

Grandpa tapped the trees with a stick, making a crunching sound.

The reason why Old Man Li came to look for his grandfather to help him go into the mountains to find ginseng was because when his grandfather was young and wandered, he learned such a hand from the people in the north.

He is now in the position of leader, leading others to find counselors.

That is, there are not enough people, otherwise as my grandfather said, at that time, there were more than a dozen people in Changbai Mountain, with a head to lead, a side stick, that is, a deputy to help.

The group carried pots and pans and living utensils, ready to stay in the mountains for dozens of days or months.

After going down the mountain, I basically found a lot of ginseng, even a hundred years old ginseng.

You can see many man-made traces here, small trees have been cut down for firewood, wild vegetables have been dug up, and ginseng cannot be found.

After walking for about 20 minutes, Grandpa stopped and sighed, "It's not easy to find ginseng now, we need to go deeper!" You must know that there is everything in the mountains, and you must pay attention to the fact that once you encounter a beast, run immediately, and do not hesitate.

Jiang Tian and Old Li nodded heavily, they didn't come here to give their lives.

As they continued deeper into the mountains, the trail from which people had walked had disappeared, the road was rough and overgrown with weeds, and every step had to be taken with extreme care.

In front of it is a broken dead tree, the lower half is revitalized with branches growing, and the upper half is dry and damp, with umbrella-shaped mushrooms scattered on the ground.

They walked over, Lao Li Tou distinguished, praised: "Luck is not bad, I met chicken fir mushrooms, this thing is a good thing, whether it is a variety of ways to eat, what you eat is an umami, the village does not say that you caught a big carp, using chicken fir mushrooms stew soup is absolutely a must."

Grandpa squatted down and skillfully picked it, without breaking it, and put it in the back basket that Jiang Tian was carrying.

"With this thing, there must be a termite nest, fortunately it is far from the village, otherwise the termites will arrive in the village, no matter how good the wood is, it will be empty in a few days."

"Go on, don't waste time!"

They set off again, and at this time the mountains were full of trees, and the canopy blocked most of the sunlight, that is, fell through the gaps, forming pillars of light.

Water vapor filled the air, dew fell on the three of them, and the air around them was muggy and hot, making them a little breathless.

This is good, if you encounter a miasma, then it is troublesome.

Jiang Tian took a machete and looked around, when he was a child, he also went into the mountains, but they were all shallow, just came in and were called away, and were not allowed to continue to walk inside, saying that there were wolves, bears, blind people, wild boars, but if he encountered one, he couldn't walk.

It may be that the population is sparse, the population is inaccessible, and the primitive ecology is well preserved, Jiang Tian can feel the existence of spiritual energy around him, although it is rare, but at least a little.

Suddenly, he heard a slight movement in front of him on the right.

"Grandpa!" Jiang Tian exclaimed softly and pointed over there.

Grandpa was holding a stick, and Old Li Tou was carrying a shotgun.

There is a cluster of bushes with slight movement of leaves.

They stared deadly, and suddenly, a gray shadow appeared inside, it turned out to be a wild hare, the body was fat, especially the stomach was swollen.

Grandpa pressed Old Li's shotgun, "Let it go, this is a hare that is about to give birth." The

hare's eyes glanced at them a few times and jumped away.

This is the simple idea of people living in the mountains, if they see a rabbit and can easily catch it, they don't mind adding a meal at night, but as long as they are pregnant, they will definitely be released.

Grandpa continued to beat the trees with his club, and the sound of the sticks echoed in the woods, which was actually not a good thing, it was easy to attract wild beasts, but if you wanted to find ginseng, you must use this method.

After going deep for about ten minutes again, they smelled a light fragrance, followed the smell and looked over, not far away there was a tree about seven or eight meters tall, growing oval-shaped, with a thick trunk and dense leaves.

The closer you get, the stronger the fragrance becomes, but unlike the disgusting fragrance, this fragrance makes people feel refreshed after smelling.

Old Li touched his grandfather, "Hey, you said that in the future, should we often go into the mountains and see, such a large wild tea tree is a rarity."

Jiang Tian asked, "What is a wild tea tree?"

"It's Pu'er tea, this thing is rare in the wild, the brewed tea leaves taste good, the seeds can also be squeezed for oil, I used to eat the dish stir-fried with the oil squeezed from Pu'er tea seeds, it is indeed delicious, and the taste is different from peanut oil and soybean oil."

Grandpa gave him a blank look, "You think I don't want to go into the mountain, do you know how many people have never gone out since they came in, hurry up and pick some tea, don't forget the purpose of your coming here."

Saying that, Grandpa walked over, walked forward only two meters, and suddenly stopped.

Tapping on the tree trunk next to him with the club in his hand, he shouted, "Stick mallet!

Old Li Tou's heart tightened, and he answered: "What goods?"

"Menorah!"

Old Li Tou was excited in his heart, and quickly ran over, and saw that there was a three-leaf ginseng on the ground, that is, three branches grew on the main branch, and each branch had five leaves, because these three branches were particularly like the three claws of the lampstand, so they gave such a name.

Grandpa took out the guy from the back basket and tied it to the ginseng with a red thread, and tied the copper money at each end.

After kowtowing three times, he slowly began digging with his tools.

These are rules, whether it's true or not, they all need to be followed.

Grandpa saw that he was a veteran of digging ginseng, and carefully did not destroy the ginseng whiskers at all, dug it out completely and put it in a box covered with red cloth.

He breathed a sigh of relief, "The mountain ginseng has been obtained, let's hurry down the mountain." "