Chapter 216: Another beautiful thing I've never seen before
"So fast? That's impossible?"

"It's a big fish in the morning, and once you go into the mountains, you'll make money. Did you step on dog shit when you went out today?"

Huang Miao quickened his pace and walked to Wu Si's side.

Looking at the weeds around him, he asked blankly, "Where's the money!?"

"Here! Look at this leaf!" Wu Si said as he pulled off a piece of vine.

"Why? Is this leaf valuable?"

Chen Hui also came over. He didn't recognize this ordinary leaf.

"This is a leaf of kudzu root. Look at how long the stem is. The kudzu root underneath must be very thick!"

"Ah Hui, you made the right choice to bring this backpack today."

"It's a pity that I didn't bring a hoe, so I can only cut branches to dig."

As Wu Si spoke, he took the hatchet from Chen Hui's hand and cleared away all the other weeds around.

The kudzu vines that grow on the ground and on short trees appear even more obvious.

"Can this thing be sold? Who should I sell it to?" Huang Miao asked.

"There's an old Chinese doctor in the village, don't you know him?"

"A few days ago, my grandfather asked me to help him dig Pueraria roots and carry them back to sell. Only then did I know that there is such a person in our village." Wu Si said.

"Traditional Chinese Medicine? How come I have never heard of it?"

"Isn't he just an ordinary grass-catching uncle?" Huang Miao was a little skeptical.

"I heard from my grandfather that he is quite good. When I went there, there were two or three people queuing up to see him!"

"Don't worry about whether he's a liar or not, as long as the money he gives you for the herbs is real, dig it up quickly!"

As he spoke, Wu Si had already chopped a few thick pieces of wood in his hands.

If you trim the tip of the wood into a sharper point, you can use it to pry the soil and dig things.

Huang Miao and Chen Hui each took a wooden stick.

Under Wu Si's guidance, they began to dig up the kudzu roots by digging up the soil.

After digging for more than ten minutes, Chen Hui suddenly remembered, stopped what he was doing and asked, "Your grandfather is selling kudzu roots, how much is one pound?"

"Fifteen cents!"

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Wu Si's answer made Chen Hui lose motivation all of a sudden, and he sat down on the mound beside him.

"What? Only 15 cents!?"

Huang Miao, who just made more than ten yuan by fishing today, also expressed disappointment.

"Hey! Don't underestimate the little 15 cents per pound. This stuff is a lot!"

"If we keep digging like this, we can dig out 50 to 60 kilograms if we are lucky. That's pretty good!" Wu Si emphasized.

"Let's say we're lucky enough to dig up 60 kilograms, 1.5 cents a kilogram, huh."

"That's nine yuan, which is really not bad." Huang Miao calculated it and felt a little better.

"If we really want to dig 60 kilograms, we'll have to dig until dark, right?"

"Well, you guys dig here, and I'll patrol the edge to see if there is any prey to hunt." Chen Hui suggested.

Wu Si and Huang Miao thought about it and agreed after thinking it made sense.

Chen Hui left the backpack behind, took the hatchet and slingshot, and continued to go deeper into the forest.

While walking, I sensed the surroundings.

No large animals were noticed, but there were quite a few mountain rats and squirrels.

Although villagers also eat these things, they don't spend time and effort to hunt them, and they reproduce quickly.

As long as Chen Hui goes up the mountain, he can almost sense their presence.

He was too lazy to fight this thing that had only two pounds of meat on it, so he just chopped branches and weeds and walked aimlessly in the mountains.

"Gah!"

A big bird flew away screaming, attracting Chen Hui's attention.

Looking up, I saw a bird's nest on the branch.

"Oh, I wouldn't have noticed you if you hadn't called me." Chen Hui became interested and rubbed his hands and climbed up the tree.

There were five or six bird eggs with a light green color in the bird's nest, and they were still a little warm to the touch.

"Hey, your mother is too fierce. Go home with the weird uncle."

Chen Hui put the bird eggs into a pocket on one side, leaned slightly to the side to avoid crushing the eggs, and slowly climbed down the tree.

He continued to sense his surroundings and strolled in the jungle, hoping to detect the presence of the big stuff.

Wild boars, jackals and the like are obviously gone.

It would be great if we could have a few smaller ones, such as rabbits and pheasants.

Chen Hui walked forward and saw a large area of ​​mushrooms that he didn't recognize.

Chen Hui squatted down and observed.

This mushroom is very small, with a very light purple edge, which becomes more obvious towards the center.

"Little thing, I don't know if it's edible, but it looks pretty good!"

Looks good,
Chen Hui still cherishes his life very much.

Adhering to the three principles of not eating, not picking, and not touching unfamiliar mushrooms, I looked for a while and prepared to leave.

When I stood up, I suddenly felt a special breath.

Not a mouse, not a rabbit, not a bird or a chicken.

It’s a very special feeling.

"interesting!"

We only harvested six bird eggs along the way up the mountain.

Chen Hui was not very interested in this, which showed that the small creature was interested in it.

He broke off a branch and grabbed it, moving a little to the left, then a little to the right.

It was obvious that the feeling on the right side was stronger, so he moved to the right a few more times.

I lowered my head, and under a wet stone, I met eyes with a creature I had never seen before.

When the little creature saw Chen Hui, it turned around and tried to escape through the side of the crevice.

Unfortunately, he was still a step too slow to react. As soon as he ran out, Chen Hui pressed his abdomen with the branch in his hand and pressed him tightly to the ground.

"Hey, are you a gecko?"

"It doesn't look like it. How can a gecko be so good-looking?!" Chen Hui bent down to observe and started chatting with the little creature he didn't know.

But the other party didn't intend to pay attention to him.

He struggled with his limbs to escape.

"Hey, don't run."

"I'll take you to see someone who might be able to find out what your name is, if it's worth anything!"

Chen Hui did not feel embarrassed by the other party's indifference.

Continue chatting in a friendly manner.

Seeing something so colorful makes people subconsciously wonder if it is poisonous.

There were no other tools or containers in hand.

Chen Hui could only take off his shirt, tie a knot at the cuffs and collar, and make a makeshift bag.

Put the clothes on your hands, grab the little thing in, and hold the hem tightly.

I pulled a piece of vine to tie up the hem of the clothes, leaving only a small gap for air to let in to prevent it from suffocating.

It's not convenient to go forward with bare chest.

Chen Hui turned back to look for Wu Si and Huang Miao. They had already dug up half a basket of kudzu roots and made a mess of the ground.

"Wow, that's a lot? Could it really be 50 or 60 kilograms?"

Chen Hui saw that the two men were still digging the soil in full swing, and it looked like a big project.

"Hahaha, I guess there's more than that!"

"When I went to dig it for my grandfather before, the rhizome was not this big!"

Wu Si picked up his clothes and wiped the sweat off his face, then looked at Chen Hui naked and asked casually.

"I caught a small gecko I had never seen before and used it as a bag." Chen Hui raised the clothes in his hand and shook them.

"What's the point of catching a gecko? There's not even two ounces of meat to eat, and no one wants it if you sell it to them!"

Wu Si complained and lowered his head to continue digging.

He completely forgot the lofty goal he had mentioned, which was to go up the mountain and hunt tigers.

(End of this chapter)