Affection for Sidaogou during the Famine

She almost let the badger claw her calf. Fortunately, she had been exercising during this period and her flexibility was much better than that of ordinary people, so she dodged it in time.

However, the badger still scratched a hole in her trouser leg. Han Zhaozhao was frightened when she reacted backwards. If she had dodged a little slower, her thin leg would have been injured.

After sitting for a long time and catching his breath, Han Zhaozhao stood up, grabbed the badger's tail and dragged it out of the bushes.

He pulled out the dagger stuck in the badger's eye with force, rinsed it with a bucket of water, and carefully put it away.

This is her treasure. It accompanied her for most of her life in her previous life and helped her a lot. It is a good helper for her fishing and hunting.

Han Zhaozhao looked at the sharp claws of the badger and gnashed his teeth in hatred. It was so annoying that he really wanted to chop it off and throw it away.

But after thinking about it, I decided to let it go. After all, it will be a national second-level protected animal in the future. Let's give it some final dignity!

Besides, the winner is the king, and the loser becomes the dish! It is now definitely the meat in her family's bowl. She wants to leave the last bit of light and heat in the world and contribute her only strength to enrich her family's recipes. She forgives it!

She took out a bamboo basket from the space, picked up the badger and put it in. She always felt uneasy in the wild, so she decided to put it in the bag first!

Han Zhaozhao put the badger into the space, and dug a hole to cover the bloodstains on the ground for fear of attracting ferocious wild animals.

He picked up his tools and left the place, heading down into the valley in search.

Along the way, she found a lot of Polygala tenuifolia. Judging from the thick stems and leaves exposed above the ground, they must have been growing for at least five years.

Han Zhaozhao dug up a lot of Polygala with a hoe that had a long growth period and a good growth position. He left the small ones alone and let them continue to grow for a few more years!

Polygala tenuifolia, also known as small grass and chicken root, is a perennial herb distributed throughout the country, often growing in hilly areas, sunny slopes and ridges.

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It is a very common Chinese herbal medicine in the northern region.

It is upright, about one foot tall, with clusters at the base, green and small lavender-blue flowers, and rarely branches.

The root is used as medicine. It is cylindrical, fleshy, slender, slightly curved with horizontal stripes, light yellow or brown-black in surface, with a woody core in the middle.

It tastes bitter and warm in nature, and is non-toxic.

It has the effects of nourishing the heart, calming the mind, dispersing blood stasis and resolving phlegm. Assisted with jujube seeds, cypress seeds and cinnabar, it can treat neurasthenia, palpitations, forgetfulness and insomnia.

Polygala, Fritillaria, Apricot, and Adenophora, decocted in water. Mainly used for cough, spitting, and bronchitis.

Polygala tenuifolia is a commonly used Chinese herbal medicine, and its preparation is simple. Spring and autumn are the most suitable seasons for digging. Remove the soil, remove the wood core, and dry it for later use.

This herb can be found everywhere, growing all over the hillsides. It is easy to collect, but it is not weighed. A basket of it is less than ten kilograms.

Then use a rolling pin to flatten it while it is fresh, remove the woody core and dry it. It is considered good if you can produce two kilograms out of every ten kilograms, and the majority of them should be five-year-old roots.

There is no need to weigh the young Polygala tenuifolia. It is good if it can produce one and a half kilograms out of ten kilograms. It wastes too much time.

As long as there are other income coming in, Han Zhaozhao is unwilling to dig medicinal herbs like Polygala tenuifolia.

Moreover, the roots of Polygala tenuifolia are not thick, but they are twisted and deeply rooted, making them difficult to dig.

Han Zhaozhao was digging Polygala tenuifolia intermittently, but his eyes were always busy, touching everywhere, hoping to find other good stuff.

Ten meters away from her, there was a patch of Rehmannia glutinosa. Its leaves were almost dry, leaving only fragile branches swaying in the autumn wind.

Rehmannia root is also known as pig mother tree and mountain tobacco root. Her grandmother said that it is called toad wine in her hometown in Shandong.

Rehmannia glutinosa

Rehmannia glutinosa

The plant and flowers are covered with fine hairs, and the leaves are as ugly as toad skin. When blooming, they are purple-red and look like small trumpets. Rural children like to pluck the flowers and suck the nectar from its roots. It is sweet with a hint of wine and tastes especially good.

Rehmannia root is also a common Chinese medicinal material in the north, mostly growing on hillsides, foot of mountains, and ridges.

The root of Rehmannia glutinosa is used as medicine. After digging it out in autumn, remove the mud and dry it to get the raw Rehmannia glutinosa.

Add five catties of rice wine to ten catties of raw rehmannia, put it in a pot and steam it until cooked, take it out and dry it to make cooked rehmannia.

Raw and cooked rehmannia have different properties, flavors and functions, and their main indications are also different.

Shengdi tastes sweet and bitter, is cold in nature, and is non-toxic. It can clear away heat, cool blood, and promote the production of body fluids and nourish blood.

It can be decocted together with Platycladus orientalis leaves, Artemisia argyi leaves, and lotus leaves to treat hemoptysis, hematemesis, and uterine bleeding.

Used together with Scrophularia, it can treat high fever, thirst, pharyngitis, and rashes.

Used together with Radix Trichosanthis, it can treat diabetes.

Combined with Artemisia annua and Rehmannia root bark, it can treat tuberculosis fever.

Mash it with fresh Rehmannia glutinosa juice and drop it into the ear to treat otitis media.

Rehmannia glutinosa is sweet, slightly bitter, warm in nature, non-toxic, and can nourish yin and kidney, regulate menstruation and replenish blood.

It can treat anemia, irregular menstruation, weakness of the waist and knees, tuberculosis fever, dry cough, and diabetes.

Rehmannia root is small but has great uses!

However, the roots of wild Rehmannia can be up to one or two meters deep in the soil. They are thin and long and difficult to dig out. Few people can dig out complete Rehmannia rhizomes.

Most people nowadays are uneducated and have only heard that Rehmannia is a commonly used medicine, especially the Liuwei Dihuang Pills which uses cooked Rehmannia as the medicine, which is a unique prescription that has been passed down for thousands of years.

There is a saying among the people that Liuwei Dihuang Pills is a "gas station" for men and a "beauty salon" for women!

You can imagine how widely known Rehmannia is!

But people don’t know that the root of this plant with beautiful purple-red flowers that is commonly seen on the slopes, hilltops and ridges around them is the famous Rehmannia glutinosa.

It’s good that no one knows! If no one knows, no one will dig!

The leaves and flowers of Rehmannia are hairy, and poultry and livestock don't like to eat them, so no one digs them up and takes them home.

Most of the roots of Rehmannia in the mountains are old. Han Zhaozhao dug one out and saw that it was really thick and long.

It is said that wild Rehmannia is thin and long, difficult to dig and difficult to weigh. Han Zhaozhao believes that this is because they have not found the ones that are old enough.

She bent over and dug on the hillside, picking out the big ones. In total she dug half a basket, which weighed a full seven or eight kilograms.

It was not until her stomach started to growl that she remembered that it was already noon and time for lunch.

After finding a flat location and moving a square, flat bluestone slab, Han Zhaozhao took out a kettle and a bag of dry food, and began to eat lunch while enjoying the warm autumn breeze.

I ate a piece of boiled sweet potato. The steamed bun she had made with milk this morning was still warm. I drank one of the buns with warm water and my stomach was almost full.

I nibble on another piece of radish. Hmm! I have some fruit after dinner!

While eating lunch, Han Zhaozhao's mind was not idle. She turned around and observed the surrounding environment, trying to find good things that she had overlooked.

It's a pity that winter is coming soon. The higher you go on the mountain, the more desolate it looks. Most of the precious perennial medicinal herbs have lost their leaves and cannot be seen from a distance.

However, Han Zhaozhao was also content. After counting his harvest this morning, he dug about 40 kilograms of Stemona japonica, more than 11 kilograms of Polygala tenuifolia, and half a basket of Rehmannia glutinosa. After he went home and prepared them, he should be able to sell them for five yuan.

She could earn five yuan a day, or 150 yuan a month. If the weather didn't change, she could earn as much as her grandmother's salary for half a year.

Hahaha! As expected, we still have to expand outwards. We can’t just save money to make a living.

What can a poor family save more than it already has? You can't just tighten your belt and not even eat!

What's the point of that person still living? He is worse than an animal. It would be better for him to die!

The most important thing in life is eating and drinking!

All efforts are for a mouth!

Teacher Guan once said: When the granaries are full, people will know etiquette; when they have enough food and clothing, they will know honor and disgrace!