Chapter 35 Antibiotics in the Jungle
Having learned from the previous day's experience, before leaving the forest, the group decided to explore it one more time. If they were lucky, they could catch a few more mutated wild pheasants. Wouldn't that be wonderful?
The day before, Yu Miaomiao transplanted some of the herbs into the medicinal field in her space.
After uprooting it yesterday, I didn't put it into the space immediately so as not to arouse He Liang's suspicion. When I looked at it again, the chicken feet and coptis were a bit wilted.
Transplanting them into the medicinal herb field was just to see if they could survive, and this morning they looked to be growing quite well.
So today she wants to go to the forest again to find some herbs, transplant them into the space's medicinal field, and cultivate them into a system so that she can achieve self-sufficiency in traditional Chinese medicine in the future.
So it was still a 350ml bottle of drinking water and a round-trip ticket for the Shadowwalker superpower experience.
Yu Miaomiao and He Liang went again, while Lu An and the three little ones stayed behind in the RV.
The main reason is that Yu Miaomiao has a space to store things conveniently, and Lu An is happy to have some free time.
However, the three little ones seemed a bit reluctant this time, and kept wanting to rush out of the RV to explore the new world.
When Yu Miaomiao went out, she wasn't paying attention for a moment, and Ma Jiang seized the opportunity to sneak out.
However, the dog was caught by He Liang, who was standing outside, before it had run two meters.
He's now developed a fast hand speed when grabbing live animals, almost to the point of reflex.
Seeing a small animal running around is like seeing a giant chicken leg running around... I can't resist the urge to grab it.
So, unfortunately, Sesame Sauce was caught and sent back to the RV.
The dog looked extremely unwilling, as if it had suffered a great injustice, and even after returning to the RV, it was given a slap on the bottom.
Sesame Sauce: I'm good at hunting, you two-legged creatures! Why did you take me? *crying*
Tuanzi and Yuanzi were also eager to escape from the RV, but Lu An held them down with one hand each. Yu Miaomiao took the opportunity to jump off the RV and close the door.
"Driver, let's go to that same woods again."
"Okay."
He Liang had long legs and walked quickly, and soon arrived near the woods from last time. Yu Miaomiao emerged from the shadows and began searching the area; this time she had a specific target.
Mutant white peony is a traditional Chinese medicine that has remarkable effects in treating abdominal pain, and its roots, stems, and leaves can all be used as medicine.
There's an old saying that goes, "Where there are poisonous snakes, there's an antidote within seven steps." She thought that since she found the Ice Fruit yesterday, perhaps there would be herbs suitable for treating abdominal pain within "seven steps" of the Ice Fruit tree.
Perhaps she truly was the chosen one, for whatever she wished for came true. Sure enough, she spotted a mutated white peony among the low shrubs near the ice fruit tree.
The leaves of this herb are very similar in shape to those of Coptis chinensis, but it has white spots on its leaves, which can be used to distinguish it.
If you pull the plant up by the roots and smell it, you'll find it has a very strong herbal scent, like the smell you get when you enter a traditional Chinese medicine hospital.
Before natural disasters, some elderly people living in the mountains would pick white peony and take it home to treat diarrhea and abdominal pain. It is also known as "wild antibiotic" in folk medicine.
The mutated white peony root is also more potent, and it is very effective for those suffering from diarrhea and abdominal pain after eating ice cream. In my previous life, this discovery saved the lives of tens of thousands of survivors.
After finding one, Yu Miaomiao excitedly rummaged around nearby. This plant usually produces a large number of seeds after flowering, which are scattered in all directions by the wind. This is the secret to plant reproduction.
Finding one plant means finding its home; there should be many more plants within a radius of ten meters around it.
Sure enough, one after another, I found seven or eight mature plants, and many more that had just sprouted. I pulled up the mature ones by the roots and threw them into my space, and dug up all the newly sprouted ones by the roots as well. I will plant them in the medicinal field in my space when I get back.
In her ecstatic picking, she uprooted and took away everything she saw nearby. Since she wasn't going to take it with her anyway, she figured that these plants, mutated by extreme cold, would die and disappear during the next natural disaster or the subsequent extreme heat. It was better to let her take them and make the most of them.
Besides the white peony root, I also dug up the mutated chicken claw coptis that I had brought back before, and saw some mutated red ginseng. The roots of this red ginseng can be used in medicine, mostly for invigorating qi and blood, and strengthening yang and kidneys. Just because we don't need it now doesn't mean we won't need it in the future. I pulled it up and took it all with me. Even if we don't process it after taking it back, we can just wash it clean and boil it in water to achieve some therapeutic effects. This is extremely beneficial for the situation of lack of medical care and medicine after a natural disaster.
Yu Miaomiao's guiding principle was to leave no trace of vegetation wherever she went. She picked all the available herbs nearby, sorted and labeled them, and transplanted them into her spatial herb garden.
She kept most of the grass in her storage space, stuffed a few blades of grass into her backpack for disguise, and went to meet up with He Liang. She had a very fruitful trip digging grass, but she hadn't encountered a single mutated animal.
On the other hand, He Liang had a chicken in his left hand and a duck in his right, and his current worry was how to free up more hands.
Nothing can be stored in his shadow. As soon as someone leaves the shadow, everything pops out. He can only hold a chicken and a duck while staring at the other chickens, helpless.
Just then, Yu Miaomiao returned, and He Liang quickly stuffed the mutated pheasant and mutated wild duck into Yu Miaomiao's hands.
He concealed himself in the shadows and slowly approached the flock of mutated wild pheasants, grabbing one wing in each hand, causing the other mutated wild pheasants around him to flap their wings and fly away.
"This won't do. How about we trade the cage for a mutated wild pheasant?"
"How do you plan to change it? Tell us first."
"It's a 50/50 split. I'll provide the cages, and you can catch them yourself. No matter how many you catch, you'll split them 50/50 with me."
"You have a pale face, but a black heart. You think you can take away my prey every time I hunt just by providing a cage? No way. I want to buy out the cage."
"Sure, I'll buy all the cages at once and give you a friendly price: one cage for five mutated wild pheasants. I only want the chickens, because the ducks don't taste very good."
Yu Miaomiao had already planned to sell cages to her. She had prepared a lot of cages when she was setting up the ranch in her space. Later, after the fence was built and Ma Jiang helped manage the ranch, they were all left idle and probably wouldn't be needed much in the future.
Exchanging them for mutated wild pheasants would be a more worthwhile deal, as you wouldn't have to catch them yourself and could simply enjoy the fruits of your labor.
She doesn't need too many. Just replace a few males and a few females, and then put them in the space so they can mate and reproduce. That would be endless.
"Three for one cage." He Liang frowned slightly.
Six.
"Four of them! How can you raise the price like this?!"
"Deal, I want two males and two females."
"You really have the potential to be a ruthless businessman."
"You flatter me. It's a cash-on-delivery transaction."
He Liang gritted his teeth, resigned to his fate, and continued searching for the mutated wild pheasant. As for the duck, although it wasn't tasty, it was still edible, so he had to keep it.
At this point, whether it tastes good or not is no longer important. As long as we can eat our fill, everything is fine.