Not long after the Dragon Boat Festival, it entered July. Chen Wan looked at the book spread out in front of him, and suddenly felt a sense of trance. He really wanted an air conditioner, even an electric fan would do!

The high temperature in midsummer scorched the earth, and Chen Wan was so hot that he felt listless. Occasionally, a gust of refreshing draft blew by, and the sweat on his body evaporated, making Chen Wan wish to travel back to winter on the spot.

"Little uncle, look at the fish I caught." Chen Yongyang was on summer vacation and was just fishing with people in the ditch when he was caught by Zhou Mei and rushed into the house with a face flushed by the sun.

The small, dusty fish fry were swimming back and forth in the bottle, about two centimeters long, not enough to fit between the teeth.

"Yongyang, don't disturb your uncle's study." The college entrance examination is coming, Zhou Mei subconsciously lowered her voice even when speaking.

"I'll fan my little uncle." Chen Yongyang grabbed the fan and fanned Chen Wan, he looked like a little book boy.

Chen Yongyang fanned extremely hard, and Chen Wan turned his head to avoid the gust of wind he created: "Okay, okay, there is no need to fan."

Chen Wan smoothed out her fanned hair, took the fan from Chen Yongyang's hand and put it on the table.

Zhou Mei peeled the tender corn from the private plot under the eaves. Chen Wan took a small stool and sat down to help. Zhou Mei asked him to read a book. She finished a dozen pieces of corn in two strokes.

"Sister-in-law, let me rest my eyes and read it in the afternoon." Chen Wan knew in his heart that he had read all the materials countless times, and he had already memorized the knowledge points above. Unless there were new materials, he would be very Difficult to get further improvement.

"That's right, that's right, I need to take a break after watching it for a long time." Zhou Mei realized that she was too nervous, so she hastily echoed.

The white corn tastes sweet and glutinous after being boiled, and the corn cobs that Chen Yongyang gnawed were pitted, in stark contrast to the ones in Chen Wan's hands.

Xu Kongshan went to the mountains to collect herbs again, Zhou Mei left him two, and the next batch of tender corn would have to wait for several days.

The dead leaves that have been exposed to the sun are stepping on them, and a little spark can easily cause a serious mountain fire, so Xu Kongshan did not bring any fire source up the mountain.Zhou Mei clenched four fist-sized rice balls for him for lunch, with sour cowpea fried minced meat in the middle, especially for rice.

Chen Wan's army-green water bottle hung on the mountainside of Xu Kong. Chen Wan refused to let him drink the raw water from the mountain, saying that it contained bacteria.

Xu Kongshan didn't know what bacteria were, but Chen Wan explained them as dirty things invisible to the naked eye. Although Xu Kongshan had drank the spring water on the mountain for so many years without any problems, just in case, Chen Wan pretended to be bacteria. boiled boiled water.

Xu Kongshan unscrewed the lid of the kettle and took a sip. He tasted a sweet taste on the tip of his tongue. He realized that Chen Wan had secretly put brown sugar in it.

There are few people in the mountain forest, and it is rare for a living creature to come. The mosquitoes did not dislike Xu Kongshan's rough skin and thick flesh, so they tried their best to grab Xu Kongshan's exposed skin and stuck their mouth thorns in to suck fresh blood.

"Crack." Xu Kongshan slapped the flower mosquito on his arm expressionlessly, a splash of red splashed on his palm and arm.

But during the time he stopped for a meal, Xu Kongshan was bitten at least ten times on his body, and his thighs covered by his clothes were not spared either.

Xu Kongshan scratched his chin, took off a few wormwood leaves that could be seen everywhere, crushed them and applied them on the bitten areas of his clothes.

After finishing the four rice balls, Xu Kongshan continued to collect herbs. Not far in front of him was a plant with oval-shaped leaves crawling upward from the ground. After careful identification, Xu Kongshan found that it was a perennial Polygonum multiflorum. The degree can be judged that the growth time is not less than 20 years.

Most Chinese herbal medicines, especially those whose roots are used as medicine, are more valuable as they grow longer, and the same is true for Polygonum multiflorum. Dig up.

Xu Kongshan looked rough on the surface, but in fact he was no worse than Chen Wan in detail.Brown tubers gradually appeared under the dry soil. Xu Kongshan became more careful and expanded the excavation area according to the direction of the tubers.

He knelt on the ground, with dirt piled up around him, like an archaeological excavation site.

When Uncle De told Xu Kongshan about his experience of collecting herbs, he showed Xu Kongshan his treasures. Among them, there is a Polygonum multiflorum that is half the length of the forearm and weighs about one catty. Uncle De estimates that it has grown for at least 40 years. .

The tree in front of Xu Kongshan has not been dug up to one-third, and the unearthed part has exceeded the size of Uncle De's treasure.

The flower mosquitoes were flying around Xu Kongshan's ears, making loud buzzing noises, but Xu Kongshan ignored them and let the disturbing flower mosquitoes suck blood on his back crazily through his clothes.

Polygonum multiflorum is not as delicate as ginseng. As long as the main root is not damaged, breaking some fibrous roots will not affect the efficacy of the medicine.Xu Kongshan dug for about an hour, and finally he was done.

Xu Kongshan wrapped the Polygonum multiflorum, which weighed about four kilograms, with its stolons and put it in a basket, and then backfilled the dug hole so that the branches next to it could continue to grow.

Take what you can and use it inexhaustibly, which is the rule of collecting herbs that Uncle De taught him.

Xu Kongshan did not end today's herb-picking trip ahead of time because of this Polygonum multiflorum plant. Uncle De has never been to his current location. The specific distribution of medicinal materials is unknown. Xu Kongshan can only watch as he walks. The appearance just started to go back.

Whenever Xu Kongshan encountered lush grass, he would beat it with a stick. If it was not necessary, he would try his best to avoid passing through these places where snakes and rats might hide.

Xu Kongshan was wearing long-sleeved trousers, and the cuffs and trousers were tied with ropes. He would rather sweat than untie them to dissipate heat, in order to prevent insects and ants from crawling into the clothes.

The moment the wooden stick touched the grass, there was an abnormal swishing sound, and some kind of reptile quickly moved away, and the flame pattern faintly passing by in front of it marked its identity, a non-poisonous red chain snake.

But regardless of whether it is poisonous or not, being bitten is not a good thing, and it should be avoided as much as possible.

After going down the mountain without any danger, Xu Kongshan untied the binding ropes on his cuffs and ankles, threw the stream water onto his face, and breathed a sigh of relief.

The stream water dripped on the ground mixed with sweat, and there were obvious white marks on the navy blue cloth, which were the salt precipitated from his body.

In summer, the days are long and the nights are short. When Xu Kongshan arrived home, the sunset covered half of the sky, casting a red filter on his vision.

Xu Kongshan had never dug Polygonum multiflorum before, and he only had theoretical knowledge of the processing method of Polygonum multiflorum but no practical experience, so he informed Chen Wan and prepared to go to De Shuna without stopping.

"Brother Shan, wait." Chen Wan called Xu Kongshan to stop, and gave him the corn left by Zhou Mei.

Generally, no one would come to the health center to see a doctor at night, but just in case, Uncle De still insisted on keeping the door of the health center open until nine o'clock in the evening.As long as someone needs to see a doctor, even in the middle of the night, he will open the door as quickly as possible.If the patient cannot move, he will go to the patient's home in person, regardless of the wind and rain, for decades.

Xu Kongshan rode the sunset to the health center. Uncle De was eating in the kitchen. He was too lazy to bother, so he casually fried a plate of water spinach.

"Have you eaten?" Uncle De put down his chopsticks, and when Xu Kongshan replied that he hadn't eaten, he got up to add more food.

"Master, you eat. Aunt Zhou cooked my meal." Xu Kongshan carried the medicinal materials into the backyard and put them one by one into the dustpan.Uncle De was not polite to him, he finished the porridge in the bowl in two gulps, wiped his mouth to see what Xu Kongshan had gained today.

There was nothing unusual in the front, Uncle De’s face was flat, until Xu Kongshan took out the Polygonum multiflorum he had dug for an hour, Uncle De immediately opened his eyes wide, looked at it over and over in surprise, and put it under his nose to smell it. After smelling the smell: "Where did you get such a big Polygonum multiflorum?"

"The side of Huangnigang." There are many people walking on the outer mountain, and they have been given various names, and Xu Kongshan doesn't know what it is called, so he can only give a general direction.

The Polygonum multiflorum-like human figure excavated by Xu Kongshan, although it is no different from other plants of the same year in terms of medicinal properties, but because of the blessing of legends, the price of the Polygonum multiflorum humanoid exceeds the market price range, and processing will destroy its original shape. On the contrary, it cannot be sold at a high price.

Uncle De is honest and kind, but it doesn't mean he doesn't know how to be flexible.

"In the future, you can dig out two roots of Polygonum multiflorum in ordinary years, and I'll teach you how to make them. You can find someone who knows how to sell them in the medicine collection." Uncle De is actually very reluctant, but if he wants to buy it, Xu Kongshan will definitely buy it. If he won't take his money, it's better to let Xu Kongshan sell it to someone else and pay back the shortfall in building the house.

Xu Kongshan listened to Uncle De's words and put away Polygonum multiflorum, waiting to take it to Hu Liwei next time.

As dusk fell, Xu Kongshan quickened his pace, and the Chen family turned on the lights. Seeing Xu Kongshan come back, Zhou Mei lifted the lid of the pot on the table.

Chen Wan's Kuxia's appetite was not as good as before, and Zhou Mei cooked all the dishes, so that he could eat more.

"Brother Shan, Boss Hu wrote you a letter." Chen Wan fanned himself under the mosquito net, Xu Kongshan came in after taking a shower, and Chen Wan handed him the letter he received in the afternoon.

Xu Kongshan sat on the edge of the bed and tore open the envelope. The water from his hair dripped onto the bamboo mat. Chen Wan got up and found a dry towel to rub his hair twice.

Hu Liwei's letter was very short, Xu Kongshan read it to the end in 2 minutes, and Chen Wan came over: "What did Boss Hu say in the letter?"

"Brother Hu said that he found the two people who put him in the sack." Xu Kongshan said and handed the letter in front of Chen Wan. "And he went to the Tibetan area, and it took more than a month to go back and forth. Please don't worry."

The content of revenge occupies 90.00% of the letter paper, and between the lines reveals the joy of his successful revenge.

Hu Liwei had contact with that person before, so he knew his last name. Although it might be a pseudonym, when he was walking outside, his pseudonym was also a code name.Hu Liwei is not short of money, and there must be a brave man under a heavy reward, and he found out his whereabouts within a few days.

The other party was not a local, and he broke an arm when he failed to provoke Xu Kongshan. When the person invited by Hu Liwei found him, he was hanging his hands and vowing to show Xu Kongshan a good look.

Give Xu Kongshan a good look?Hu Liwei got angry, originally thinking of asking someone to beat him up, but immediately changed his mind, collected a lot of his criminal evidence and reported him, otherwise, with his vindictive nature, he would be an untimely bomb. Not sure when it will blow up on their heads.

"Boss Hu did the right thing—" Chen Wan put his hand on Xu Kongshan's arm, and there were bumps one after another under his palm, "Brother Shan, why do you have so many bumps on your body?"

Under the light, pimples appeared one after another on Xu Kongshan's arm, making Chen Wan frowned.

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