Chapter 14: Going into the mountains to collect ginseng and performing mountain worship ceremony!

Early in the morning.

A ginseng-picking team of 22 people found a mountain road and started climbing the mountain.

More than 20 people naturally have to be divided into groups, with about four or five people in each group, searching for different areas.

How many you can find depends on your luck.

The team was led by an old man, and the people in the village called him Uncle Liu.

Uncle Liu is a capable man who works diligently. He raises a few cows and cultivates a few acres of land. He also likes to go hiking on weekdays and is a professional hiker.

He started digging wild ginseng in the mountains when he was young.

There used to be more wild ginseng, and a few big ones could be dug out from time to time. In recent years, wild ginseng has become less and less, and more and more valuable.

Nowadays, many people still grow ginseng under forest, which means they plant ginseng seeds in a forest, remember the area, and then dig them up after two years.

Forest ginseng is also wild ginseng, but its medicinal effect is not as good as that of pure wild ginseng, and most of them are only one or two years old, and at most five years old.

So the price is not high.

When he arrived in the mountains, Xu Yang started the live broadcast.

Soon, the number of people in the live broadcast room began to grow.

Xu Yang edits videos every day, which can attract the attention of some netizens. Now he has more than 2300 followers under his account.

The number of fans is not that large, after all, I have just started making short videos.

But this result is already very impressive for a new account.

Xu Yang's plan is to proceed step by step and build up live streaming bit by bit.

"We went into the mountains to dig wild ginseng today. I guess we'll have to come out every day for the next few days."

"There are many things to pay attention to when digging wild ginseng. Whether you can dig it up depends entirely on luck."

“Everyone is heading up the mountain now.”

"Ordinary people will definitely not be able to find wild ginseng if they go into the mountains, so they need to follow the experienced old boss."

"Today is the first day we enter the mountain, and we still need to pay homage to the mountain."

As Xu Yang walked up the mountain, he provided scientific information to netizens.

Seeing a group of people walking up the mountain, netizens also became interested.

[Digging wild ginseng? Can you dig it? ]

【The excavation has finally begun! 】

[Come on, anchor. I’m rooting for you! ]

[How much money can you make from digging once? Are you short of people? 】

The barrages kept coming.

Digging ginseng is a profitable business and generally speaking, outsiders are not allowed to be brought in.

You can also refer to Xizang for details about digging Cordyceps.

When the Cordyceps grows, local herdsmen will start going into the mountains to dig Cordyceps. If there are outsiders coming in, they will gather together to drive them away, and their behavior will be relatively violent.

There is no such rule in Changbai Mountain. You can dig if you want. You are responsible for your own safety. If you can dig something, it is your own ability.

Soon, the group of people digging ginseng found a vacant lot.

Then, everyone took a branch, stuck it into the ground, and tied a red rope at the end of the branch.

The ground was instantly filled with branches.

Netizens find it strange.

Xu Yang explained:
"Now we are preparing to worship the mountain. We need to worship the mountain god when we enter the mountain."

"On the one hand, we pray to the mountain gods for safety, and on the other hand, we hope that the mountain gods will bless us with wealth."

“Only by living in nature can you understand how terrifying the power of nature is.”

“So humans have been performing sacrifices since ancient times.”

"It's a fact that fishermen on the southern coast have their own Mazu culture."

After hearing Xu Yang's explanation, netizens finally understood.

At this time, Uncle Liu looked up and placed some yellow paper on the ground in the direction of the main peak of Changbai Mountain.

Then everyone took out apples, peaches and cakes and placed them on yellow paper.

Then, Uncle Liu took a bundle of incense, lit them all, and stuck them into the ground.

He headed towards the main peak of Changbai Mountain and began to chant:
"Old mountain god, please bless us to make fortune in the mountains."

"Today we are going into the mountains to look for the big club."

"Please pray that we will be safe and sound and find the big club."

Big stick refers to wild ginseng, and it is a slang here.

"Okay, I kowtow."

Uncle Liu spoke again.

Everyone knelt down and kowtowed three times in the direction of the main peak of Changbai Mountain.

Worshiping the mountain god is a custom, and one must worship the god when going into the mountains to dig wild ginseng.

Some even require a special altar.

Here we use a simple method, laying out some yellow paper, offering some fruits, burning a bunch of incense, and kowtowing three times. Folk culture is always very interesting.

The number of viewers in the live broadcast room also began to increase.

"Okay, everyone eat the tribute, and then go find ginseng separately."

"Just walk into the mountains from here, don't go too far."

Uncle Liu arranged.

The others listened to him, ate some apples and peaches, and then went inside according to their groups.

Xu Hongshan asked Xu Yang to follow him.

However, Xu Yang waved his hand and said that he had arrangements.

There might be some dangers in these deep mountains and forests, but Xu Hongshan has always been a carefree person, so he is not worried about Xu Yang walking alone.

Xu Yang's mother sometimes thinks it's a miracle that Xu Yang can grow up alive. Both father and son are too generous.

Xu Yang naturally wanted to go alone. After all, he had a treasure-hunting compass, and he had not used it for three consecutive times.

Now that we have entered the deeper mountains, it can be used.

Changbai Mountain is so huge that they walked for more than three hours today and didn't even reach the top of a mountain.

There are countless such hills in Changbai Mountain.

“I’m deep in the mountains now.”

"Places like this are rarely visited all year round. Generally speaking, mountain herders will not rashly go deep into them. It is too dangerous."

Xu Yang walked inside and provided scientific knowledge to netizens at the same time.

He entered the dense forest again.

The scenery in the mountains always seems a bit mysterious.

Especially since this is pure nature, it gives people a fresh feeling.

Xu Yang walked all the way inside, and when he reached a certain distance, he chose to use the treasure hunting compass to locate the mountain products.

Soon, the locations of three mountain products appeared on his mobile phone.

"I hope there is wild ginseng, preferably one that is very old."

Xu Yang thought to himself.

There are many good treasures in the mountains.

Xu Yang was also looking forward to this treasure hunt.

He began to search the ground.

Although there is a treasure hunting compass for positioning, you can also take a look at the roads you have walked along, and you may gain something.

"Look at this picture. It's wild Pueraria root, which is a traditional Chinese medicine, but it's not precious."

"After the kudzu root is dried, it can be sliced ​​and soaked in water to clear away heat and reduce internal heat."

"The price of kudzu root is not high. This piece of kudzu root must weigh about 200 to 300 kilograms. I don't have the tools and I can't transport it, so I won't dig it."

"There's nothing you can do when you come across these herbs in large tracts in the mountains. The price is not high, and they can't be transported out, so you can only watch them."

Xu Yang stopped and pointed to a large patch of green leaves not far away and explained to everyone.

Netizens were all confused when they saw the screen full of weeds.

What is Pueraria root?
Aren’t these all weeds?
This is this kind of weed, and that is that kind of weed.

Anyway, it's just weeds that look different.

[The host knows a lot, but all I can see is a field of weeds! ]

[It's true that there is something, and it seems even more powerful when I say it casually! ]

[Apart from anything else, I recognize this anchor's knowledge! ]

[After watching him for two days, I found him to be quite good! Sometimes he walked for two hours on a mountain road without stopping. His physical fitness is really good! ]

[Am I the only one who came here for his looks? This anchor is so good looking, and his live broadcast is completely real, without even a filter, which is so rare! ]

Xu Yang glanced at the comments and saw that everyone was wondering where the kudzu root was, so he walked over and pushed away the grass.

The drone camera zoomed in, and netizens saw that there were many yellowish-brown things like tree roots intertwined under the grass leaves.

This thing is very cheap, even the wild ones. Although they weigh two or three hundred kilograms, it is difficult for mountain herders to pick them and transport them back, so people usually just look at them.

When you come to the mountains, you must go for the valuable mountain products.

"These are Pueraria root. I have lived in the mountains for a long time, so I must know something about mountain products."

Xu Yang replied with a smile, then walked towards the first location.

The first location was not far from him, just two steps away.

Unknown surprises are always something to look forward to.

At this time, Xu Yang saw the plant located by the treasure hunting compass.

He suddenly stopped and a hint of joy appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"It seems there is a discovery."

Xu Yang spoke up.

Seeing his look, the new audience was still curious about what the host had discovered, while the old audience had already begun to shake their heads and sigh.

No, this anchor has made another discovery!
(End of this chapter)