sbdcsierra Chapter 1955 Phoenix Ginseng King
Chapter 1955 Phoenix Ginseng King
Chapter 1955 Phoenix Ginseng King
In the mountains and forests, Ma Yang led the way, with Zhao Jun following closely behind.
"Xiao Yang." At this moment, Zhao Jinhui couldn't help but ask, "Before I left, didn't you all climb the tree? Why are you still leaving the clubs?"
"We've climbed the tree." Ma Yang said with a smile as he walked, "My brother-in-law said that if we heard gunfire over here, we could come down. When we came down, I saw something vague over there that looked like some kind of sapling."
When I went over to take a look, it was a 260-year-old tree. I didn't think much of it at the time, but I didn't have a shovel with me, otherwise I would have just broken it off.
"Oh my god!" Zhang Yuanmin said upon hearing this, "It's a good thing you didn't break it, otherwise it would have been ruined."
“Absolutely.” Ma Yang laughed, “I told Li Ruhai to try it, and he just pulled it with a deer antler key, oh my god.”
As he spoke, Ma Yang paused, turned around, and gestured to Zhao Jun, saying, "Just look at that long horse tooth gourd! I knew it was a treasure, so I rushed over to report to you!"
"Well done!" Zhao Jun couldn't help but find Ma Yang pleasing to the eye. If he had known this kid was so promising, he should have taken him to Russia to learn foreign languages more often in his past life.
As soon as Zhao Jun finished speaking, he took a few more steps and saw Xing San and Li Ruhai.
At this moment, Xing San held a Type 54 pistol in one hand and gripped his knife in the other.
Li Ruhai, meanwhile, was holding a Type 56 rifle in his hands. He had already broken the bayonet off the rifle, looking ready for battle.
Seeing Zhao Jun leading his men over, Li Ruhai excitedly said to Xing San, "Uncle San, our troops are coming!"
After saying that, Li Ruhai ran towards Zhao Jun with his gun in his arms.
Then, Li Ruhai was pulled aside by Ma Yang.
"Come on, brother-in-law." Ma Yang raised his hand and led the way for Zhao Jun.
When Zhao Jun got closer, he saw that the seedlings of the second 60th year were indeed as Ma Yang had said. A long section of the rhizome had already emerged from the soil, and another section of the rhizome head was faintly visible in the black soil.
Although I can't see the whole thing, I know that the rhizome is definitely not short.
A long rhizome indicates that the ginseng has been aged for a long time.
"Great!" Zhao Jun patted Ma Yang's shoulder excitedly, making Ma Yang grin. But Ma Yang could feel Zhao Jun's excitement, so he grinned back and said, "Brother-in-law, is this stick good?"
"Great! Great!" Zhao Jun circled around the ginseng, grinning from ear to ear.
Even if the ginseng in front of him wasn't the Phoenix Ginseng King that Shen Qiushan had promoted in his previous life, it was definitely at the level of a Ginseng King.
Finding a wild ginseng in this vast Lushuihe Forest Farm is like finding a needle in a haystack; it requires immense good fortune.
Zhao Jun and his group left Lushuihe Forest Farm under the guise of wolf hunting. Now that the wolf pack is gone, the Zhao family gang can return later to report, but there has to be a limit; they can't just wander around these mountains for a month.
With this ginseng seedling as a foundation, Zhao Jun felt that the trip had been worthwhile.
"Hahaha..." Zhao Jun, who knew how to be content, laughed heartily. Seeing him so happy, the others in the Zhao family gang were also happy.
"Xiao Yang, you're so lucky!" Zhang Yuanmin gave Ma Yang a thumbs up, and Zhao Jinhui also praised Ma Yang, saying, "You're as lucky as a ginseng baby!"
The ginseng doll that Zhao Jinhui mentioned is a paper-cut animation short film from the Shanghai Animation Film Studio in 64. It tells the story of a ginseng doll wearing a bib who can run and burrow underground, playing cards and rescuing a farmhand.
This animated film was broadcast on TV on Children's Day this year. Zhao Hong and her friends watched it, and Zhao Jinhui watched it too.
At this moment, Zhao Jinhui compared Ma Yang to a ginseng baby, meaning that he was blessed.
Ma Yang had never seen this before and was immediately taken aback, saying, "Ginseng doll? Me? What do you mean, Brother Hui?"
“He said you’re a blockhead!” Li Ruhai suddenly interjected, “Don’t you understand? Then you really are a blockhead!”
The original meaning of the word "bangchui" is a wooden hammer used for washing clothes. In earlier times, the Changbai Mountain area was a forbidden area for the Manchu Qing dynasty, and the harvesting of wild ginseng was strictly controlled.
Wild ginseng hunters dare not openly refer to it as wild ginseng, so they use a club instead.
But in the North, if this phrase is used to describe a person, it means stupid or lacking common sense.
To be fair, Li Ruhai's joke was quite clever, combining the two meanings of "club" and instantly making everyone laugh.
"Get lost!" Ma Yang was obviously not happy. He pushed Li Ruhai away again and then said to Zhao Jun very seriously, "Brother-in-law, you carry him first, I'll continue looking."
"Okay, good." Zhao Jun looked at the ambitious Ma Yang with satisfaction. His brother-in-law's spirit was commendable.
As he spoke, Zhao Jun rolled up his sleeves, ready to lift the ginseng.
Seeing Zhao Jun's actions, Zhang Yuanmin quickly stepped forward and asked, "Brother, what about that fifth-grade leaf over there?"
“Five-grade leaf…” Zhao Jun frowned slightly. If he had to make a choice, he would definitely choose the ginseng king in front of him.
But for now, he can choose to split his forces into two groups and advance simultaneously.
Thinking of this, Zhao Jun turned to Wang Qiang and said, "Uncle, you, my brother Zhang, my second brother, Bao Yu, and Xiao Chen, the five of you go to that ridge and carry those few bamboo sticks."
"Okay." Wang Qiang replied, and Zhao Jun then looked at Ma Sheng and said, "Brother, it's you, me, Xiao Yang, and Ru Hai, the four of us are here. You and Xiao Yang, besides wading through this forest, you also have to protect me and Ru Hai."
"Don't worry, Jun," Ma Sheng replied loudly. At this moment, Zhao Jinhui sensed something was wrong and stepped forward to ask Zhao Jun, "Brother Jun, what should I do then?"
"You and Uncle San, go and carry that shack for Zhang San." Zhao Jun said to Zhao Jinhui, "If you can fry it, fry it; if you can't fry it, stew it."
After distributing the people, Zhao Jun then distributed the dogs. Niqiu was taken away by Wang Qiang and the others, while Mao Mao was temporarily handed over to Xing San and Zhao Jinhui.
With time running out and the task heavy, soon only Ma Sheng, Li Ruhai, and Ma Yang remained by Zhao Jun's side.
This made Zhao Jun realize once again that his Zhao family gang still didn't have enough manpower.
When recruiting members for the ginseng gang, reliability is the primary consideration. In particular, the Zhao family gang frequently handles large shipments and carries top-quality ginseng, so everyone involved must be of one mind.
But now, Lin Xiangshun, the team leader, has quit, his brother-in-law has dropped out of school, and his second and third sister-in-laws are still young. Zhao Jun really doesn't have any reliable people around him anymore.
However, two figures flashed through Zhao Jun's mind at this moment. Those two people were reliable, but they were not people Zhao Jun could control, and they were prone to forming cliques within the Zhao family gang.
"Sigh." Thinking of this, Zhao Jun sighed.
"What's wrong, brother?" Hearing Zhao Jun sigh, Li Ruhai quickly asked, "What's bothering you? Tell Ruhai, and Ruhai will help you."
"It's alright." Zhao Jun waved to Li Ruhai and said, "Let's carry the ginseng together."
After saying that, Zhao Jun took his tools and knelt down in front of the sapling.
"Brother, how could I dare to lift it?" Li Ruhai said, "If I could lift it, wouldn't I have already done so?"
Zhao Jun was taken aback by what he heard. What Li Ruhai said did make some sense.
"I'll do it myself then," Zhao Jun said, picking up the deer antler hoe and starting to dig. Li Ruhai, holding the semi-automatic rifle with its bayonet broken open, stayed by Zhao Jun's side without leaving his side. The brothers Ma Sheng and Ma Yang were searching for ginseng in the forest.
As the antler-shaped spatula parted the soft humus, a date pit was revealed. As the soil sank, it seemed there was another one just a little deeper.
Zhao Jun used the deer antler spoon to push it, and sure enough, it was another one.
The root of wild ginseng is the adventitious root. It is normal for wild ginseng to grow one or two roots.
Three peas are rare, four peas indicate a problem; they're usually counterfeit.
At this moment, Zhao Jun was concerned about the ginseng seedlings because he remembered that in his previous life, Shen Qiushan had mentioned that his Phoenix King seedlings had three ginseng seeds.
But that's not the key point. The key point is that there are three large and one small thorns, with the two large ones on top and almost symmetrical.
Moreover, while normal ginseng roots point straight downwards, the two large ginseng roots of the Phoenix Ginseng King point upwards and outwards, spreading outwards like a phoenix spreading its wings.
Zhao Jun gently brushed away the soil, and saw that the two thorns were like wings, pointing upwards and not drooping, full of wildness!
"It's it! It's the one!" Zhao Jun's heart tightened. Instead of using the deer antler spoon to remove the tendrils, he used it to scrape the soil down the head of the plant.
The piled-flower reeds and round reeds are revealed one by one. Together with the previously unearthed horse-tooth reeds, the reed heads are generally slender, curved, and slightly tilted forward.
In the mountains, this is called "goose neck reed," but it's not wrong to call it "phoenix neck."
Near the round reeds among the clump of flower reeds, there was a sedge growing.
This slender, small bud droops slightly, not overshadowing the main shape, but rather like a wisp of feather drifting from the neck of a phoenix, making it even more vivid.
This time, Zhao Jun was even more certain that this must be the Phoenix Ginseng King!
This time, Zhao Jun was not in a hurry. He gently poked and picked at the antler-shaped spoon in his hand, and a large antler-shaped beard slowly emerged from the ground.
"Who's there!" Suddenly, Li Ruhai's low shout came from not far away. Luckily, Zhao Jun was slow to move, otherwise, the sudden shout would have startled Zhao Jun and easily broken his beard.
Zhao Jun took a deep breath and looked at Li Ruhai with hostility.
But all Zhao Jun saw was Li Ruhai's back; at that moment, he was holding a bayonet, facing the direction of the rocky beach.
"It's me! Kid, don't shoot." Zhao Jinhui's voice followed immediately; the two of them were still joking around.
"What are you holding?" Li Ruhai asked again. Zhao Jinhui replied, "These are pancakes that Uncle San and I rolled up for you. It's already noon, aren't you hungry?"
"Hmm?" Li Ruhai was taken aback upon hearing this, then reached out to Zhao Jinhui and said, "Bring it here."
"What a day!" Zhao Jinhui stuffed the two lunchboxes he was carrying into Li Ruhai's arms, and then ran over to Zhao Jun.
By this time, the rhizome of the Phoenix Ginseng King had mostly emerged from the ground, and Zhao Jinhui smiled instantly upon seeing its slender shape.
The rhizome of this Phoenix Ginseng King is not as long as that of the Sea-Crossing Ginseng King, but it's about the same size.
"Brother Jun!" Zhao Jinhui bent down and asked in a low voice, "Are we going to steal again?"
Zhao Jun smiled, then slapped Zhao Jinhui on the stomach with his backhand, making a "smack" sound.
"Brother Ma, Second Brother Ma, dinner's ready." Li Ruhai called out to the Ma brothers, then came over to help Zhao Jun up, saying, "Brother, you've worked hard. Have a bite to eat first."
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Ruhai bent down and patted the dirt off Zhao Jun's legs.
This gesture is not only thoughtful, but also provides emotional value.
This scene left Zhao Jinhui completely stunned.
Just then, Ma Sheng and Ma Yang arrived.
Li Ruhai delivered a lunchbox, and when he opened it, he saw rolled-up pancakes.
"Is that called small celery?" Zhao Jinhui laughed. "My third uncle led me to pick it by the riverbank. After that, we blanched it, squeezed it dry, chopped it into small pieces, and made pancakes with soybean paste, salted goose eggs, and luncheon meat."
No sooner had Zhao Jinhui finished speaking than Ma Yang exclaimed from the side, "It smells delicious! It really smells delicious!"
Ma Sheng glared at his younger brother, then turned to Zhao Jinhui and said, "Jinhui, have you eaten yet? If not, let's all eat together."
"I'm finished eating, Brother Sheng," Zhao Jinhui said. "Then you guys keep eating, I'm leaving."
"Why are you in such a hurry?" Zhao Jun asked. Zhao Jinhui replied, "My third uncle is still making pancakes in the shack. By the time I get back, he'll have almost finished making them. I'll take them to my uncle and the others after I'm done."
"Ah...then you should go back quickly." Hearing Zhao Jinhui say this, Zhao Jun realized that they had eaten, but Wang Qiang was still hungry.
Zhao Jinhui greeted the others and hurriedly left. Just two minutes after he left, Zhao Jun and his three companions heard a gunshot from the other side.
Zhao Jun was startled and dropped the pancake to grab his gun.
"Little brother, Ruhai, you two climb the tree!" Zhao Jun said to Ma Yang and Li Ruhai, then called to Ma Sheng, "Brother, you come with me!"
"Alright!" Ma Sheng grabbed his semi-automatic rifle and followed Zhao Jun out.
The two hadn't gone far when they ran into Zhao Jinhui, who was heading back.
"What's wrong, Jin Hui?" Zhao Jun asked. Zhao Jin Hui replied, "Brother Jun, I saw a wolf."
"A wolf?" Zhao Jun frowned, remembering the wolf that had escaped.
“Yes!” Zhao Jinhui nodded and said, “As soon as I looked up, it was staring at me from the front.”
Hearing Zhao Jinhui say this, Zhao Jun glanced around and then said, "Jinhui, let's take you back first, and then we'll come over."
"No need, Brother Jun!" Zhao Jinhui waved his fat hand dismissively and laughed, "It's just a wolf, what am I afraid of? I'll kill it anyway. I just came back to let you know."
After saying that, Zhao Jinhui turned and left. Zhao Jun was worried and wanted to follow, but Zhao Jinhui pushed him back.
Even so, Zhao Jun and Ma Sheng escorted Zhao Jinhui out of the woods and watched him cross the rocky beach and the stream branch before going back to find Li Ruhai and Ma Yang.
After the four reunited, they continued with their lunch. Having eaten and drunk their fill, Zhao Jun carried the ginseng, the Ma brothers tended the mountain, and Li Ruhai stood guard.
By four o'clock in the afternoon, Ma Sheng and Ma Yang had not opened their eyes again, and Li Ruhai had not discovered anything. Meanwhile, on Zhao Jun's side, the rhizome of the Phoenix Ginseng King had been completely unearthed, including the three ginseng roots on it.
After a short rest, Zhao Jun picked up the deer antler spoon again. But instead of digging, he carefully probed the soil with the spoon, gently poking it downwards.
Then, the antler key was blocked.
It's a stone!
Zhao Jun had heard Shen Qiushan mention it in his previous life, but even if he hadn't said it, Zhao Jun could tell from his experience that this ginseng king, which grew into the shape of a phoenix, must be a special kind of horizontal spirit body.
It must have grown out of the humus in the cracks of the rocks to grow like this.
After detecting the presence of stones, Zhao Jun carefully used a deer antler spatula to loosen the soil. He moved very gently, so that even when the spatula hit a stone, it did not bounce back significantly.
Finally, the stone surface was exposed, and Zhao Jun looked up and called to Ma Sheng, "Brother, come here."
No sooner had Zhao Jun finished speaking than Li Ruhai behind him exclaimed, "What the hell!"