Wolf tooth grass, good for stopping bleeding? !
Li Shu didn't care about this. What she cared about was that someone held her hand while bandaging her wound. Then the words from the Book of Songs, "We will be together through life and death. I will hold your hand and grow old with you," came to her mind involuntarily.
So, when Li Shu pouted and said with disgust "How disgusting, there's your saliva on it", a smile quietly bloomed on her face.
After applying the medicine, Zhu Ping'an led Li Shu and the maid Baozi to continue walking forward. After passing the slope, there was a forest ahead.
From the outside, the forest was very dense and deep. As this island had not been visited by humans for a long time, the forest looked very primitive and no road could be seen. Zhu Ping'an determined the direction again, and then used the wooden stick in his hand to clear a path in front, picking away the cattails, branches, and thorns, and stepping out a simple path to make it easier for Li Shu and the little maid Baozi who were following behind to move forward.
The woods were filled with lush vegetation, with vines climbing up the tree trunks, and dead and new grass growing in clusters beneath the tree roots. Last night's rain had made the forest a little muddy.
Li Shu and the maid Baozi couldn't walk anymore after walking for a while. It was wet and muddy and it was very difficult to walk.
Li Shu, a pampered young lady, had never experienced such hardship. Moreover, she had just cut her wrist and fed so much blood to Zhu Ping'an, so she was even weaker. So after walking for a while, her body couldn't bear it anymore. She insisted on reaching the woods, but after walking for a while, she really couldn't walk anymore.
Zhu Ping'an had been paying attention to Li Shu and the maid Baozi. Seeing that they were too tired to walk, he found a stone, brushed off the grass debris on it, and let the two sit down and rest for a while, and then continue walking after they were rested.
“I’m so hungry…”
After sitting down, the maidservant Baozi rubbed her stomach and began to cry out for hunger. The three of them had already eaten the dozens of azalea flowers that Zhu Pingan had picked, and each of them only got more than ten flowers, which was not a big deal. Especially after walking such a long distance, the consumption was also great. The feeling of hunger came faster.
In fact, not only her, Li Shu and Zhu Pingan were also hungry, but they just didn't say it.
"Yeah, there's a mushroom. It's a really big mushroom."
Baozi, the little maid, had just finished saying she was hungry when she suddenly saw several big mushrooms beside the stone where she was sitting. She couldn't help but get excited. Mushrooms can be eaten. These mushrooms are all very big, shaped like an umbrella. They are white, about the size of two palms, about 20 to 30 centimeters, and there are brown protrusions on the umbrella cover, which looks very beautiful.
The little maid Baozi jumped up excitedly, then squatted down and started picking mushrooms.
"Hua'er, this mushroom is poisonous, you can't eat it." Zhu Ping'an stopped the excited maid. Zhu Ping'an knew this mushroom, its scientific name was Parasolium sphaerocephalum. It was most commonly found on islands.
This is a highly poisonous mushroom. It has four types of toxins, including liver toxins, neurotoxins, gastrointestinal toxins and hemolytic toxins. It cannot be eaten. If eaten, it will cause endless harm. It can cause multiple organ failure. In modern times, if rescue is not timely, there will be an extremely high mortality rate, not to mention this uninhabited Ming Dynasty island.
"Is it poisonous?" Upon hearing this, the little maidservant, who had just picked a mushroom, screamed in fear and threw the mushroom away.
Zhu Pingan felt it necessary to popularize some knowledge about mushrooms with the two girls. I don't know how long they will stay on this island. If the two of them pick poisonous mushrooms and add them to food one day, the consequences will be serious.
"There are many kinds of mushrooms in the mountains, almost 200 to 300. But there are only more than 20 kinds of mushrooms that are edible, and the rest are poisonous mushrooms. Generally speaking, mushrooms with bright colors are mostly poisonous mushrooms. Poisonous mushrooms are usually brightly colored and have a protrusion in the center of the cap. The cap often has variegated spots and has filaments, small pieces of residue or scales on the surface."
"For example, this mushroom is one of them." Zhu Ping'an picked up the mushroom that Baozi's maid had thrown away and pointed it out to the two of them. "This mushroom has many protrusions in the center of the cap, and the cap often has variegated spots."
"Another way to identify poisonous mushrooms is to tear off a piece and see if it oozes out a sticky liquid. Some poisonous mushrooms will ooze out a sticky liquid with a pungent smell." Zhu Pingan then popularized knowledge to the two people, "Another simplest method is to see if there are small insects on the mushrooms. If there are small insects, it is almost non-toxic. If there are no insects, it is poisonous."
Seeing that the two were still somewhat puzzled, Zhu Pingan thought for a moment and said, "Forget it. When we find edible mushrooms later, I'll point them out to you. You can just pick them as I tell you. Don't pick the others."
Baozi, the little maid, and Li Shu nodded vigorously.
After about ten minutes, Li Shu and the maid Baozi recovered a little, and Zhu Pingan led them to continue moving forward.
While walking on the road, Zhu Ping'an came across two edible mushrooms. He picked them and showed them to Li Shu and Baozi, the little maid. He repeatedly explained to them the shape and color of the mushrooms, and asked them to pick them several times. Seeing that they had accurately identified the two kinds of mushrooms, Zhu Ping'an felt at ease to let them pick these mushrooms in the future.
After walking for about half an hour, Zhu Ping'an clearly felt that the trees were becoming thicker. Through the lush trees, he could faintly hear the sound of gurgling water. After walking a few dozen meters forward, he saw a river valley.
Walking along the stream, I forgot how far I had gone. There were no trees along the banks for hundreds of steps, but the grass was fresh and the fallen petals were colorful.
Looking at the valley in front of him, Zhu Ping'an couldn't help but think of Tao Yuanming's "Peach Blossom Spring", and felt that it was the most appropriate description of this valley.
Lush trees meander naturally on both sides of the river valley, forming a green barrier. There are vines on the trees, and the vines are covered with blue, red and pink flowers, embellishing this green barrier. In the center of the green barrier is a clear stream like a mirror. The stream is shallow and flows slowly. There are withered petals in the stream. You can see several small fish chasing the petals, adding a lot of spiritual energy to the river valley.
It is like a slowly unfolding landscape painting, beautiful as the Peach Blossom Spring.
“There really is a stream, and there are fish.”
The little maid Baozi's face was full of disbelief and excitement. She still couldn't understand why Zhu Ping'an could tell there was water here just by standing on the slope and taking a few glances. At this moment, seeing the streams in the valley, she was full of admiration for Zhu Ping'an. Her son-in-law was so amazing... There was water and fish, so happy.
"It's so beautiful... just like a paradise on earth." Li Shu stood on the bank of the valley, looking at the stream with fallen petals and squinting her eyes.
After hearing Li Shu's sigh, Zhu Ping'an couldn't help but turn his gaze to Li Shu. He didn't expect that this girl also thought of the Peach Blossom Spring.
What a coincidence. (To be continued.)