113 Digging a Bamboo Basket
Wang Dalang and the other brothers didn’t really come out to play with Little Ah Yu often, so they could not quite understand her good luck.
“It’s too dangerous there. Let’s go to the other side. The fruits on that side should have grown well in the last few days. Let’s go over and pluck them.” Wang Dalang coaxed Little Ah Yu.
“But I want to go over there…” Little Ah Yu was not particularly familiar with this Big Brother, so her voice was soft.
Wang Wulang hurriedly said, “Big Brother, let’s listen to Ah Yu. She’s very lucky. We’ll definitely be able to find good things wherever she wants us to go!”
The twins, Wang Liulang and Wang Qilang, also quickly testified for Little Ah Yu.
“That’s right, that’s right. Big Brother should listen to Ah Yu. The donkey dung we found last time. Oh, wait, it’s a truffle. Ah Yu insisted on bringing it back.”
They did not know what luck was, but they knew that if Ah Yu suddenly wanted to go somewhere, they might encounter something good.
If not for the fact that Grandma and the others were usually very strict, they really wanted Ah Yu to stay on the mountain every day.
Wang Dalang was still a little hesitant. Like his father, his first consideration was not any benefits, but the safety of his family.
On the other hand, Wang Erlang was swift and decisive. He said, “The few of us are together. Even if something happens, we can protect Ah Yu. Moreover, the little lamb is still following us.”
Everyone turned around and saw the lamb running around with two squirrels behind it.
The two squirrels held pine nuts in their hands and kept trying to reach the little lamb’s mouth. The little lamb completely ignored them and turned its head to bite off the grass beside it.
They often saw the scene of the lamb taming other animals. They didn’t think much of it now.
Although the little lamb was not big, its combat strength was very shocking. The new young calfs and the few big sheep in the village all trembled a little when they saw it.
There was no need to mention those puppies.
Wang Dalang said, “Alright, let’s go over and take a look.”
What could there be in the ravine?
Little Ah Yu was also very curious.
“Elf, what’s there? Why can’t I see anything? It seems to be filled with grass, trees, and wildflowers.”
[The gifts of nature are far more abundant than you can imagine, especially in spring.]
[But I don’t know what it is now. I only know that there’s a relatively strong energy.]
Meatball did not completely compile the information about this world. Its database was constantly updated as the kid grew up. Now, it could only feel how much energy there was.
They finally arrived at the edge of the ravine. It was a dried-up ravine with a pile of rocks at the bottom. All kinds of bushes grew beside the rocks.
There were also some plants growing here. Even if there was no water source, they were growing fine.
“There’s wild oranges here!” Wang Wulang’s eyes were sharp as he saw the wild oranges by the ditch.
This kind of wild orange was oval and only the size of a thumb. Most of it was still green, and some of it had turned golden. The golden ones could be eaten.
Everyone saw that there was nothing special about this place. It was just that the wild oranges looked good and were densely packed.
There were also some raspberries. These were usually medicinal herbs that everyone would use to soak in water.
As for what it could cure, they were not too sure.
Wang Dalang saw a few types of wild vegetables. He asked Wang Erlang to bring the bamboo basket over and bent down to dig for them.
Wang Erlang was as good at thinking as his father. Before he came, he had specially asked Hu Xiaotong and knew that their family still lacked some medicinal herbs and did not have the time to come out to collect them, so he specially looked for those medicinal herbs.
Doctor Hu’s family collected herbs all year round, but the price of the herbs was very low. Everyone only did farm work or picked some when they entered the mountain.
If they plucked too much, they could sell them for a profit. If they plucked too little, they would treat it as a gift for their family.
Wang Erlang brought Wang Sanlang to look for the herbs and instructed Wang Silang, “Follow Big Brother and the others and take care of Ah Yu. We’ll meet up later.”
Wang Silang nodded. “Alright, don’t go too far. There are many snakes in the grass in spring.”
“I know.”
[Kid, move forward a little. There’s something under that bush.]
When Little Ah Yu heard Meatball’s words, she took a few steps forward and gently pushed the bushes away. However, she encountered a snake.
On closer look, there were still some creases on the snake’s tail.
“Ah, there’s a venomous snake here!” Wang Wulang followed Ah Yu and immediately saw the venomous snake.
The others heard the commotion and hurriedly ran over.
However, Little Ah Yu was not afraid at all. She felt that this snake did not have any ill intentions.
“Hi, Snakey. Did I disturb your sleep? I’m sorry.” Little Ah Yu apologized sincerely and was about to leave when the venomous snake shook its head at Little Ah Yu. Then, it twisted its body and slowly moved to the side.
[Follow it.]
Little Ah Yu hurriedly followed the venomous snake.
“Ah Yu, don’t go. That snake is venomous. One bite and you’ll die!” Wang Wulang had seen such venomous snakes before. Back then, when those snakes went to bite the people of Shanyang Village, a portion of them were killed.
While Old Madam Wang was cleaning up, she even called the boys over and taught them to identify the snakes one by one.
It was mainly because it was usually very difficult to gather all the different species of snakes together. With the knowledge of so many snakes, it would be more convenient to enter the mountains in the future.
Wang Wulang loved to enter the mountains, so he remembered it especially seriously. Naturally, he knew that the snake in front of him could be called a venomous snake king.
That was really a bite that would immediately kill.
“Snakey won’t bite me,” Little Ah Yu said. “It’s bringing me to find something.”
Wang Wulang was suspicious. “Why? Do you understand snake language?”
Even the other brothers looked over suspiciously.
Too much had happened to Little Ah Yu. Not to mention that Little Ah Yu could understand animals, even if they said that Little Ah Yu was a little fairy and could fly, they still felt that it was very normal.
Little Ah Yu felt that her Fifth Brother seemed to be a little stupid.
But it didn’t matter. Ah Yu didn’t despise her brother.
Not long after Little Ah Yu left, the snake stopped. Then, it circled around a few plants before speeding up.
[This is it.]
The plant in front of her was very special. There were a few sharp leaves outside, and it was holding a yellow flower in the middle. There were also tentacles beside each petal.
“Wow, what is this?”
“It looks a little special. It’s different from other weeds. Is it a medicinal herb?”
Wang Erlang did not go anywhere else. Everyone came over, wanting to recognize this thing.
Unfortunately, no one had seen it before.
“Ah Yu found this. It must be good stuff. Let’s bring it back first.”
As soon as Wang Wulang finished speaking, he reached out and pulled the plant up.
When Wang Dalang saw that there was something else under the plant, he used Little Ah Yu’s small wooden hoe to dig out the thing below. It was a tuber and was black. He did not know if it was useful.
This plant was also like ordinary weeds. A small patch of them grew together. The children of the Wang Family all huffed and puffed as they pulled at the leaves and dug out the stems.
By the time they were done digging, the bamboo basket was already half-filled.
Then, they dug up some fresh bamboo shoots from the bamboo forest beside them and filled the basket to the brim.
Wang Dalang made the decision and carried these things to Doctor Hu’s house.
Doctor Hu did not understand. “Why did you give me bamboo shoots?”
Wang Dalang pulled away the bamboo shoots on the bamboo basket, revealing the plants at the bottom.
When Doctor Hu saw this, he first suspected that he had seen it wrongly. Then, he took a closer look. Good Lord!
“Isn’t this a… Paris polyphylla?!”
It was actually casually pressed under the bamboo shoots!!