Chapter 121
Chapter 121
This is a small village, and most of the houses are built of stone with thatched roofs.
There are fifty or sixty families in the village, less than two hundred people.
The village is called Zhangmuzhuang, and Wang Damao and the others belong to this village.
The village was very lively today. Several large carriages brought nine snapping turtles, seven of which were golden.
The whole village was a sensation. I hadn't seen this golden snapping turtle for several years, but today I caught seven of them at once.
"Nephew, our life will be easier this year!" An old man with a gray beard gave Wang Damao a thumbs up.
"Fifth uncle, let's stew turtle meat tonight! You should drink more!" Wang Damao said with a smile.
"Okay, okay! My eldest nephew is promising!" The old man smiled like a flower blooming on his face.
Wang Damao arranged Leng Rui and the others in the largest house in the village.
Duo and Er Niu quietly called Leng Rui aside.
Du Hu asked with a straight face: "Third Junior Brother, we can't act recklessly as human beings. If we know it, we will, if we don't, we won't. Don't dare to talk nonsense."
Er Niu also said earnestly: "Third Junior Brother, it's okay to make money, some money can be made, and some money can't be made!"
"Eldest senior brother, second senior brother, don't worry, I won't mess around." Leng Rui knew what the two of them wanted to say, so he replied seriously.
"Okay! As long as you don't mess around, your second senior brother and I will fully support you without asking too many questions!" Du Hu had a smile on his face.
"Eldest senior brother, second senior brother, let's peel the skin later and salt it first." Leng Rui said.
"Looking at your posture, it seems that you really understand." Er Niu said with a smile.
Duhu shook his head, somewhat melancholy, he really couldn't figure it out, this San Gouzi whom he watched growing up seemed to be a different person all of a sudden.
There is an ancestral hall in the east of the village. There is an open space in front of the ancestral hall, which is usually a place for villagers to gather and serve wine.
It is very lively here now, and the whole village, old and young, come to help like a festival.
Most of the villages are hunters, and they are all skilled in the work of skinning and extracting meat.
Before dark, the skins of the nine snapping turtles were all peeled off.
It was intact, without a small hole or a particularly deep cut.
Everyone knows the preciousness of snapping turtle skin. When peeling the skin, a few veterans in the village personally went into battle, carefully separating the skin and flesh bit by bit, for fear of damaging it a little bit.
After peeling off the skin, apply a layer of salt and put it flat.
In this job, Wang Damao can't even be the main force, so he can only be the second hand.
More than a dozen wooden barrels were filled with the ointment of the snapping turtle, and a strange fragrance escaped from the faint milky yellow.
"Brother Leng, the two barrels that are slightly whiter are gray-black snapping turtle ointment."
Wang Damao introduced with a smile on his face.
"Do you need to deal with this ointment?" Leng Rui asked.
"It can be sold in this way, at least one tael of silver per catty." Wang Damao said.
"Wang Dage, it's less profitable to sell it this way, let's boil it and sell it as medicine." Leng Rui said.
"You know how to make medicine?" Wang Damao had a look of disbelief.
"Yes! Those of us who practice martial arts know how to make medicine for sores." Leng Rui said with a smile.
Wang Damao was a little silly, what was the origin of the group of children he met last night? Not only is he superb in martial arts, but he is also a versatile man who can do everything.
"Brother Leng, if you don't do it well, it will be ruined. These ointments can be sold for thousands of taels of silver." Wang Damao was still worried, and said tactfully.
"Wang Dage don't worry, as long as the villagers are willing to work, I promise they will live a good life in the future!" Leng Rui said confidently.
Wang Damao is about to worship, this is a living Bodhisattva! Maybe Zhangmuzhuang will really live a good life!
"Okay! Brother Leng, tell me what you want to do, I will arrange people to help."
"Bring some big pots over here, boil the oil first, go to the city to buy some things tomorrow, and we'll dispense the medicine when we get back." Leng Rui was no longer humble, and directly assigned the work.
"Hey! Brother Leng, to tell you the truth, there are a lot of good things in our place. There are a lot of medicinal materials in the sea and on the ground. We usually collect some and sell them to earn hard money." Da Mao said with a sigh.
"Really? Are there any good things?" Leng Rui became interested.
Wang Damao casually pointed to a few tall and vigorous trees in the distance, and said helplessly, "Brother Leng, did you see that? Those trees are called borneol camphor. Every year, people come to buy leaves. I heard they are an excellent medicinal materials."
"Dampylon camphor?" Leng Rui's eyes widened all of a sudden.
The main drug of blindly preparing bruise medicine is called dipterocarp, which is extracted from the camphor tree. It turns out that there is such a tree here, and it is really hard to find it, and it is easy to get it.
Dipterocarp Leng Rui has been used a lot in Tong Shan Tang, but I have never seen what this diptero camphor tree looks like.
Dipterocarp has the special effect of resuscitation and refreshment. What's more amazing is that its penetrating power is extremely strong, and it is most suitable for external use. It can quickly penetrate the skin and reach the focus of the disease.
It is found in almost all topical ointments, known as the crown of a hundred medicines.
"Wang Dage, let's go and have a look!" Leng Rui came alive.
The two came to those big trees, Leng Rui took a closer look, the borneol camphor was really ugly.
The gray-black trunk is dry and crooked, covered with cracked bark, and only the top of the tree has dense leaves.
But as soon as the person came to the front, he smelled a fragrance and immediately felt refreshed.
"This tree is great! Sitting under the tree, there are no mosquitoes or messy bugs. If you use this wood to make a cupboard, the food will not go bad for three days. If you make a wardrobe, it will not get mothed for a hundred years." Wang Damao introduced with a smile.
"Are there many camphor trees?" Leng Rui asked.
"Many! There are patches in the mountain! Our village is called Zhangmuzhuang, and that's how it came about." Wang Damao said proudly.
"Great! Wang Dage, arrange for people to collect the leaves tomorrow, and we will start making medicine immediately!" Leng Rui said excitedly.
The night was very lively, and the turtle meat was several thousand catties. Leng Rui told Wang Damao that everyone who saw it would have a share. .
As the smoke rises, the village is filled with a strong smell of meat.
Men shouted, women laughed, children shouted everywhere, and the whole village was full of joy.
Wang Damao called several respectable old people in the village to accompany Leng Rui and the others to eat meat and drink.
"Admiration! Admiration! I am happy to be 200 years old. This is the first time I have seen so many snapping turtles." An old man said with a thumbs up.
"That's right! Heroes come out of teenagers!" A group of old men echoed.
"The old man has won the award!" Dahu and Erniu cupped their hands repeatedly, their mouths kept being humble.
"Brother Leng, this time it really cost you!" Wang Damao whispered to Leng Rui.
"Where is it! How polite is it to eat some meat." Leng Rui looked proud and dry.
"Brother Leng, you don't know! If this meat is sent to Changqing City, it will be a sought-after item. Many restaurants and rich families will rush to get it. We would be reluctant to eat it in normal times."
Leng Rui ate a few pieces of meat, it was indeed fresh and fragrant, with a springy taste, and it was considered a delicacy in the world.
"What else is so special about this meat?" Leng Rui asked.
"Yes, this meat is also a great tonic. It is most suitable for people who have just recovered from a long illness. Ordinary people eat it to nourish yang and prolong life." Wang Damao said seriously.
"Women eat nourishing yin and nourishing blood, but also beauty!" Wu Fengyan interjected with a smile.
"Hehe! Women in this world are the same, beauty comes first." Leng Rui chuckled inwardly.
"Okay, Wang Dage worked hard today too, thanks to you, otherwise we wouldn't have caught so many snapping turtles, so we would have eaten a few more pieces of meat." Leng Rui said with a smile.
"Brother Leng, don't talk about it, I'm just looking down on people, I'm ashamed!" Wang Damao's face showed guilt.
"Wang Dage, don't say that, we are all brothers in the world, we are all good brothers!" Leng Rui spoke the language of Rivers and Lakes on the earth.
"Yes! We are good brothers! Come! Have a drink!" Wang Damao raised his wine bowl and drank it down.
As soon as the wine was finished, Wang Damao was a little puzzled. He rolled his eyes for a long time and said, "Brother Leng, what kind of seas are the four seas?"
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