Yi Chichi was silent; this explanation was flawless, leaving her no room to doubt it.
"Let's go!"
Reluctantly glancing at the Huangqi, Uncle Yaozi called for Yi Chichi to leave.
"They're too small, let them grow for a few more years before we dig them up."
"I'm just worried that they'll be discovered and dug up early."
"If that happens, there's nothing we can do, but we can't dig them up ourselves."
Indeed, we can't dig them up; the age of medicinal herbs matters, but older isn't always better.
Take Huangqi, for example: if it's over ten years old, it might become hollow, and generally, such Huangqi is mostly unusable.
So, in picking medicinal herbs, you need to pay attention to both age and the ability to discern age.
Medicine gatherers usually won't dig up herbs that are over a certain age.
Ginseng is probably an exception; the older it is, the more valuable it becomes.
Thinking of ginseng, Yi Chichi curiously asked, "Uncle, is there ginseng around here?"
