The worst time travel, surviving seven years of famine

The road began to narrow, and the vegetation on the roadside began to increase. When passing a dam, Gu Liang's mother saw that Gu Liang was a little tired, so she suggested taking a break before going on. Everyone sat along the boulders by the river. This river is the upper reaches of Lanxi River. The water volume is not too large, only half a meter deep and more than five meters wide. But people built a dam here for the convenience of irrigation, forming an open area here. The farmland ended here, and the mountain road was ahead. Gu Liang sat on the stone, looking at the small fish and shrimps at the bottom of the clear water and lost his mind. He was not thinking about the carefreeness of the fish and shrimps, but thinking about whether the small fish and shrimps were better fried or braised. A shrimp crawled slowly under the water, and then huddled under a water grass. Gu Liang looked at the water grass and felt familiar. It seemed to be Acorus calamus, a medicinal herb. So Gu Liang pointed at it and asked, "Is this a medicinal herb?"

"I don't know. I'm not a doctor, and no one told me." Old Lady Gu looked at the Acorus calamus and replied.

Gu Liang thought that people in ancient times were isolated from the news and lacked knowledge and education. Even modern people can't distinguish medicinal herbs, let alone these people.

"Why did Gu Liang suddenly ask this? We ordinary farmers only know what can be dug in the land for food, how can we know these medicinal herbs. But there is a family in my mother's family who collects herbs. They often go into the mountains and know many medicinal herbs. But they don't spread it to others. My nephew from my mother's family wanted to become their apprentice, but they didn't accept him. There are many people who want to become their apprentices these days, and they don't look down on ordinary people." The grandmother of Dabao next door said to Gu Liang.

"Yes, people with skills these days are particular and are unwilling to take in apprentices easily. Isn't there an old saying, 'Teach the apprentice, starve the master'?" Gu Liang's mother also picked up the conversation. "Having a skill will not starve you to death, unlike us farmers, who can't dig out a few copper coins in the fields for a lifetime."

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So Gu Liang's family and Dabao's family chatted for more than ten minutes. Gu Liang also pulled down a water grass and it was indeed Acorus calamus. Through the conversation of the elders, he also understood that herbalists are also a profession here. Herbs and other things are generally not told to people. Except for some common medicinal herbs that can be seen everywhere, no one knows about slightly uncommon medicinal herbs.

When Gu Liang was a child in the countryside, his grandfather was a traditional Chinese medicine doctor. Although he could not be considered a famous doctor, he was also a famous barefoot doctor in the surrounding villages. At that time, doctors had to collect many Chinese herbs by themselves, so when Gu Liang was a child, he also learned a lot of herbs at home. Although he could not cure diseases and save lives, he at least knew what those herbs looked like.

Gu Liang also had an idea in his mind at this moment. It would be better to collect some herbs and sell them. He could also exchange some money for some food to store in the space.

"Let's go, mother, I think I have rested enough. It's not far from the bamboo forest of Dahei Mountain. Let's go early and come back early." Gu Liang's mother spoke, so everyone patted their buttocks and got up to continue their journey.

After walking for two quarters of an hour, after passing a small mountain temple, everyone arrived at the bamboo forest of Dahei Mountain.

Dahei Mountain, as the name suggests, is a tall and dark mountain. The surrounding mountainous area is uniformly called Dahei Mountain. Dahei Mountain is rarely visited. Generally, only people pass by the foot of the mountain. Walking out of a series of narrow paths, no one will go in except hunters. There is a large bamboo forest at the foot of the mountain. Every year, people come here to dig bamboo shoots, so a not very wide road has been created.

Chen took a hatchet in front to clear the way and remove some thorns that blocked the way, and Gu Liang followed behind. When they arrived in the bamboo forest, everyone scattered and began to look for bamboo shoots. Old lady Gu asked Gu Liang to follow her to prevent him from running around, and the two of them searched and dug one by one.

Although bamboo shoots are unearthed at this time of year, it is not the peak season. After a light rain, the bamboo shoots will look different every day and can grow to Gu Liang's height in one day. So everyone has to look for them, because the bamboo shoots have just been unearthed and the fallen leaves in the bamboo forest are thick, and they can be missed if they are not careful.

Fortunately, Gu Liang has sharp eyes and looks for those protruding places. He finds one after another, and Old lady Gu is too late to dig behind. So Gu Liang stopped looking and started to look around to see if there are any interesting places. Old lady Gu followed him and reminded him not to run around.

Gu Liang did not walk far and walked along the edge of the bamboo forest. Gu Liang looked at the Great Black Mountain which looked like a primeval forest. The trees were close to each other, densely packed and stacked, making the mountain look even greener.

, the mountains are connected one after another, making the valley dark and chilling. Gu Liang walked while paying attention to his feet to avoid stepping on empty space.

There was a dead tree lying across the road in front of him, so Gu Liang planned to go back, but the reddish-brown object growing at the root of the tree attracted his attention. Gu Liang walked over and took a look. After seeing clearly what the object was, he immediately became excited. The legendary "Lingzhi" grew on the root of the tree.

At this moment, Gu Liang's adrenaline surged immediately, because this Lingzhi is a good thing, which has the effects of replenishing qi and calming the mind, relieving cough and relieving asthma. The most important thing is that although Lingzhi can be cultivated artificially in modern times, it can only be cultivated by chance in ancient times. There is another thing that Gu Liang is happy about————Isn't it that the heroine in novels often travels through ancient times, finds Lingzhi in the mountains, sells dozens or hundreds of taels of silver, and starts to make a fortune from then on. I didn't expect that Gu Liang would also walk on the road of rich flowers in the world from now on, haha ​​... Gu Liang then carefully plucked off the Ganoderma lucidum on top, one large and one small, the large mushroom cap was about the size of a palm, and the small one was only the size of the bottom of a cup. After Gu Liang put them into the space, he continued to search carefully around the dead tree, but did not find any new Ganoderma lucidum, so he returned to the bamboo forest along the same route.

At this time, everyone in the bamboo forest had gathered together and was peeling bamboo shoots. Because the journey was long, in order to bring back as many bamboo shoots as possible, the bamboo shoot shells had to be removed in advance. Gu Liang calmed down and walked to the side of the old lady Gu to help peel the bamboo shoots. When Gu Liang's mother saw Gu Liang coming back, she started nagging Gu Liang again, teaching him not to run around in the mountains.

Gu Liang was excited at this time, and he didn't feel annoyed when he heard this. Instead, he smiled and replied that he didn't run far, he just walked around on the road, and it was no big deal.

About two quarters of an hour later, the bamboo shoots were all processed, and everyone went home together. Gu Liang helped to take the hoe and hatchet and walked in front. Gu Liang was so happy about the discovery of Ganoderma lucidum that he jogged all the way home, leaving his mother far behind.