Chapter 1735
The Miracle of Life
After Wang Li finished speaking, Mu Xueli also said while shoveling ginseng buns out of the steamer:
"Yeah, these guys really died a pathetic death. They brought out a bunch of them, and before they could even sell them and enjoy them, they all died. Isn't that ridiculous?"
It has to be admitted that it's incredibly frustrating to have your treasure die before you even have a chance to convert it into money. Not only frustrating, but also humiliating.
If Wang An and the other three are not mistaken, this ginseng gang has a total of 7 people.
After wading through the old village, the person at the door poisoned the food of the other six people.
As everyone knows, arsenic is colorless and odorless when dissolved in water, so this kid successfully poisoned all six other people.
However, it is also well known that arsenic is a poison that takes effect very quickly, but it does not kill people immediately. Instead, it causes people to suffocate and die in agony. So when one of them realized that everyone had been poisoned, he shot and killed the person who had poisoned them.
Of course, this may also involve various factors such as unequal distribution, disproportionate effort and reward, bullying and coercion.
It's also possible that the real poisoner had already fled, and the person shot was framed, or that various other reasons led to the deaths of all the members of the gang.
But regardless, the fact that these ginseng buns unearthed by the ginseng gang were not taken away proves they are genuine.
Mu Xueli, Wang Li, and Huang Zhong picked and chose, and soon all the ginseng buns were picked out.
A rough count reveals that there are more than 60 ginseng buns of varying sizes here.
It was a great pity and a regret that when Wang An and his three companions opened the ginseng buns one by one, they found that most of the ginseng had rotted.
From the remains of these rotten ginseng plants, it can be seen that there are more than ten seedlings with five or six leaves, and more than 30 seedlings with four leaves.
As for the lampstand and the two Jiazi, Wang An and his companions didn't even glance at them, and no one cared how many there were.
In other words, the output of this old embankment is more than that of the old embankment that Wang An and his group had just waded through.
Unfortunately, all these precious things have now rotted away, and they went to report to Buddha along with the people who dug them up.
The reason why the vast majority of them rotted, but not all of them, is that three ginseng seedlings miraculously survived.
The most amazing thing is that these three ginseng seedlings not only survived without rotting at all, but two of them even continued to take root in the moss! Their roots have even penetrated the thick pine bark.
It must be admitted that this is absolutely a miracle of life!
Of these three ginseng seedlings, one is a four-leaf ginseng that has undergone a transformation. This seedling has two rhizomes, one of which is a common round rhizome and the other is a horse-tooth rhizome.
Both the rhizome and the ginseng body have now grown many fibrous roots.
The second surviving ginseng seedling was a five-leaf ginseng that had undergone a transformation. The ginseng body was damaged, with only one-third of its original size remaining. However, this damaged part was present before it was removed from the soil.
Besides a damaged ginseng body, three jujube-shaped ginseng roots grew on the rhizome. This ginseng seedling may have survived because of these three jujube-shaped ginseng roots.
The third surviving ginseng seedling was a four-leaf ginseng, which was also a reborn ginseng. Before its rebirth, it was likely a six-leaf ginseng. The reason for saying "likely" is that the main body of this ginseng seedling was completely gone, and many tendrils had grown on its long rhizome.
Besides the two larger jujube-shaped ginseng shoots, several garlic-shaped and long-stemmed ginseng shoots also grew, making the whole ginseng plant look tangled and messy, like a bamboo pole with many chili peppers of different sizes hanging on it.
However, the fact that these three surviving ginseng seedlings also proves one thing: ginseng wrapped in ginseng buns after being unearthed still has a chance of survival, even if it is left unattended for a very long time, although the survival rate is really quite low.
Looking at the three ginseng roots that had been selected, Wang Li said with a mixture of shock and emotion:
"My goodness, these three clubs are really amazing. They've managed to survive, and their roots have even penetrated into the bark."
Mu Xueli echoed, "..."
"Yeah, look at those three, they're not exactly good-looking, they're all pretty ugly, but they're all living decent lives and doing quite well."
Wang An looked at the ginseng with a smile and said:
"Not bad, not bad. Although we didn't manage to pick up any scraps, it's still pretty good to have these three good-for-nothings, hahaha."
Turning his head, Wang An instructed Wang Li and the other two:
"Fifth Brother, Xue Li, Xiao Zhong, the three of you go and each cut a piece of bark back. We'll reinforce these three 'clump-shaped buns' a bit more."
Although these three ginseng seedlings, as Mu Xueli said, did not look very good, they were indeed fourth-grade and fifth-grade leaves.
When they are sold, they must be priced exactly according to the prices of fourth-grade and fifth-grade leaves; it won't make a difference if you pay a penny less!
After Wang An finished speaking, Mu Xueli and the other two agreed and walked towards the big tree next to them.
When Mu Xueli and the other two returned with the bark, they wrapped the ginseng and the bark that had previously wrapped them in new bark, tied them up with hemp rope, and then Wang An and the other three left the old village with the three miraculous ginseng seedlings.
The main problem is that the roots of these three ginseng seedlings have already penetrated into the bark that previously wrapped them. If they weren't wrapped together with the bark, their roots would be damaged.
After leaving the old village, the four headed southwest for more than 20 miles until they finally arrived at the location of the fourth old village.
They searched for a water source, found a suitable place to set up their tents, and then cooked and ate. By the time the four of them finished lunch, it was already past 3 p.m.
At this time of year, it's unlikely that digging for ginseng with sticks will work, so Wang An decided to go and hunt some meat to eat.
Then Wang An said:
"Same as always, let's find a place to hide these hamburgers and bullets first, then we'll go hunt some meat. We haven't had meat for days, and we're feeling really weak."
Wang An and his three companions had always done this in the mountains: whenever they arrived at a new location, they would neither carry their valuables with them nor leave them in their tents, but instead hide them in two secluded places.
When digging for ginseng with sticks, it is not advisable to carry anything on your person except for the necessary ginseng digging tools and a gun for self-defense.
But if I put it in the tent, I'm afraid someone passing by might come in and steal it.
Therefore, the wisest course of action is to find a place near the tent to hide valuables and spare ammunition. (End of Chapter)