So Man Bao started chopping around with a knife, and chopped off two or three pieces of every prickly pear tree he saw. It was decided to include one piece in the Encyclopedia, one piece for Mr. Mo or Dr. D, and put the rest on the forum.
Bai Shan followed behind enthusiastically, and from time to time he would lift things for her to cut, or point her to where to chop.
Daji followed behind with a medicine basket, and saw that they didn't care about meat and vegetables, and even cut a piece of a round thorn that was only as high as the top of their feet. It was obvious that they had only cut three pieces from the same large round thorn next to it.
Manbao’s reason is very good, “Don’t look at them looking alike, but they probably don’t belong to the same family. And even if they belong to the same family, there will be some differences between the grown ones and the young ones. Look at the wheat and rice we grow. Do we all have to select the best batch of seeds from the same field? Obviously they belong to the same family, but some grow well, some grow poorly, and the offspring left are also different. This is different."
Daji didn't quite understand, "But Miss Man, what's the use of these things?"
Man Bao said with a deep expression: "There are no useless things in this world. I suspect that these things are poisonous."
Daji's pupils shrank, and he almost threw out the medicine basket in his hand.
Man Bao comforted him and said, "It's okay, you haven't eaten, and you haven't been stabbed by it, what are you afraid of?"
Daji breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "Since it's poisonous, why should we study it?"
Man Bao said: "That depends on how it is used. Although it is poisonous, it also has other uses. I want to try to see if it has analgesic and anesthetic effects."
When Daji looked at these things again, his eyes were different.
Man Bao chopped a basket at the end, and originally wanted to go further to the Gobi to have a look, but the medicine basket was full, so they could only go back to the inn regretfully.
Although they wore veiled hats and covered their necks, hands and feet, they were still quite sunburned, and they were flushed when they returned to the inn.
Yin may not come back yet, obviously he will spend the hottest time by the lake and come back when the sun is not so violent.
There were only the guards, the cook and two helpers left in the yard. Seeing them coming back, they immediately stepped forward to lead the horses and carry things.
The cook was surprised when she saw a basket of green thorns, "These..."
Man Bao said to Daji: "Send it to me in the attic, and I will deal with it later."
Good luck.
Mrs. He stopped asking.
The two helpers on the side didn't understand the language well, so they stood aside without speaking, and Man Bao asked them in nonsense: "Do you know the prickly pear on the Gobi?"
They blinked, turned their heads to look at what Dajiti had left, and gestured to Manbao: "Those are round thorns and flat thorns. They are poisonous, but some are edible."
Man Bao's eyes lit up, and he asked, "Can you tell which ones can be eaten and which ones can't?"
A nod, said, "You can eat tender ones, but not old ones."
The other objected, "No, tender ones are also poisonous. Those with a very yellow top cannot be eaten, but those that are not very yellow can be eaten."
The two couldn't help arguing.
Man Bao was stunned for a moment, thinking that what they said was too abstract, and it was so confusing, could it really be wrong
The two helpers said that of course they would eat wrong, but they said: "It doesn't matter if you eat wrong, you just saw devils and gods, just wait until you wake up."
"Whoever has no sin will wake up, and those who have sinned deeply will die."
Man Bao and Bai Shan: "..."
The two were speechless for a long while, and it took a long time to find their own voice and let them go down to rest.
Mrs. He boiled water for them, and asked hesitantly, "Miss, do you want me to make tea myself?"
"No, we don't drink tea." Man Bao decided to drink plain water.
But Bai Shan took the teapot and said, "I'll brew it."
He turned his head and said to Man Bao: "It's too hot, let's drink some tea. I know that Mr. has a bag of black tea in his collection. It's not bitter, and the tea has a strong fragrance. Let's drink some."
"Do you know where?"
"I know, the cage is still in my room, just wait."
So the two of them went upstairs, and Man Bao didn't remember until he was halfway running. He pointed his head and said to them, "Cut a plate of melon and serve it up."
Sister He responded with a smile.
Bai Shan made tea, while Man Bao went up to the attic with the fruit plate brought up.
The inside is empty, and the original intention is to store valuables for the guests who live here, because to go to the attic, you have to go through all the doorways of the rooms.
But right now, there was nothing inside, except for the medicine basket and chopping board that Daji brought up in the middle, and two short knives brought up according to Man Bao's request.
Bai Shan put the brewed tea on the wooden board, bent over and walked over to open the window, then sat cross-legged on the wooden board and looked at Man Bao, "What do you do with so much?"
Man Bao rolled up his sleeves and said, "Let me ask."
Bai Shan sat upright.
Man Bao asked Ke Ke in his heart, "How old can it be included?"
Keke seemed to have realized something, and said: "It's about half the size of a fist. If it's a prickly pear in our world, then only a small piece can be used for cuttings, but the original species may have accidents, so the requirements will be larger."
Man Bao was happy, so he wrapped his hands in sackcloth, "Fortunately, we cut a big piece."
She took out a piece, and said to Bai Shan, "It's fine to cut it into the size of half a fist."
Bai Shan nodded.
Man Bao made a gesture with the round thorn that he took out, and then cut off a piece, trying to make it as small as possible.
She held it in her hand and looked at it, and felt that it was green and tender, which should be regarded as full of vitality, so she read it silently.
Seeing the thing disappear in her palm, Bai Shan straightened his back even more. He put the cut piece in the middle respectfully, and then stared at it with wide eyes.
Man Bao glanced at him and asked Ke Ke, "Is this the same?"
Keke: "It's not the same."
"Then record it."
Anyway, in her eyes, they all look similar, but some who look obviously different are the same kind, which makes Man Bao very surprised.
In Keke's words, "They have grown crookedly, but most of the genes have not changed, and the species are the same, but you can repeat the collection as a reference, but the second is a differentiated collection, and the reward points will not be too much. many."
Man Bao expressed his understanding.
Bai Shan and Man Bao cut a lot together, the same ones, put aside those that don’t need to be included repeatedly, and include those that can be included, and then cut out two pieces along the way, one is directly placed on the forum, and the other is placed in the space , she decided to contact Teacher Mo, Dr. D at night, and send them some if they are interested.
Of course, Bai Shan doesn't know about these, he only knows that they cut out and put them in the middle, and then they will disappear.
There are some that don’t need to be cut. Man Bao said that they are repeated, and they have been collected before.
After they had tidied up all the things in the medicine basket and delivered what should be given to Uncle Zhou, they turned around and saw that they still had a lot of things left.