At this time, the weather is unpredictable.

It was a breeze when I came out in the morning. In the afternoon, it turned cold after a few rains fell in the sky. The sky became white and there was no sun.

When they arrived at the place, Cai Hongming and others got off the car and looked for Suoyang among the plants growing in the desert.

Suoyang is a perennial succulent parasitic plant, also known as elixir, ground hair ball, rust iron rod, locks, wild birds, deserts, and does not accumulate snow or freeze where it grows.

Regarding Suoyang, there are written records in the pre-Qin period. The Han Dynasty was first used as medicine and was valued by famous doctors and cases in history. "Compendium of Materia Medica" says that it is "sweet, warm, and non-toxic. It greatly nourishes yin energy, nourishes essence and blood, promotes stools, moistens dryness and nourishes muscles, and treats impotence." Modern medical research believes that Suoyang has good effects on the treatment of leukemia, diabetes, asthma, and premature ejaculation.

There is a Suoyang City in Guazhou, Jiuquan, and the ruins are still alive.

According to legend, Xue Pinggui of the Tang Dynasty was trapped near Guazhou during his expedition to the west. He was trapped in the army and lacked food and water. He was about to be wiped out. By chance, soldiers discovered a plant in the desert and used it to satisfy their hunger. Unexpectedly, the soldiers were energetic after eating this plant and won the battle. This plant was Suoyang. Since then, the place where the soldiers discovered Suoyang was named "Suoyang City".

The reproduction process of Suoyang is very strange. It is different from ordinary plants and is very similar to humans and animals.

Every year in May and June, Suoyang begins to expose the ground and matures in July and August. The male and females of the same plant pollinate each other and make seeds.

Since the head of the Suoyang is covered with scales, the seeds are wrapped tightly and cannot fall off. At this time, a white insect will grow from the lock** part, and the experts named it the Suoyang worm. The Suoyang worm begins to gradually move upward from the bottom along the inside of the Suoyang, eating the Suoyang bit by bit until the top. At this time, a hollow hole forms inside the Suoyang, and the Suoyang seed falls into the bottom of the Suoyang. With the backflow of the internal moisture of the Suoyang, about 2 millimeters are connected by the Suoyang and the white thorns.

Channels of the thickness of rice enter the roots of the white thorns. The roots of the white thorns flow along the flow of water and enter the suitable location for their storage. At this time, winter comes, and the white thorns stop growing. The Yang-locking seeds begin to absorb the nutrients of the white thorns, grow rapidly, and grow. The parasitic part bulges a fist-sized bag. After a winter of pregnancy, it will start to sprout in March of the following year and break out of the ground in one fell swoop. It can grow, pollinate, and produce seeds in dozens of days, and start a new growth cycle.

There is an old saying in Liangzhou, "Suoyangsai Ginseng of Sanjiu San".

People call the nine days from the winter solstice the day is called 19, and every nine days thereafter, it is called 29, 39, 99... 81 days in total. This period is undoubtedly the coldest day of the year. The keyhole has the effects of promoting yang and consolidating essence, strengthening yin and improving marrow. Eating it in the cold winter to nourish the body and resisting the cold winter is indeed better than ginseng.

Because Suoyang is the best in the 39th day of digging medicine, there is also a saying that Suoyang will not be collected unless it is the 9th day of cold."

In the old days, when the sun was blooming in summer, herbicide would brave the scorching heat and high temperatures, searching inch by inch by black gravel on the desert.

Any discovery will make them excited. After finding it, they are not in a hurry to dig, but leave a mark first to prove that it has a "owner", and then start a long and patient waiting. Summer and autumn. In the deep winter of the Black Wind Night, the herbicide collector will step onto this land again and follow the memory to dig out the marking Suoyang.

Without the experience of living in the desert, it is hard to imagine the hardships of herb collectors walking on the long yellow sand.

In the past, Suoyang was not valuable, and it was everywhere in the desert.

At that time, Suoyang was not recognized by the market, and the loading price of the place of origin was only a few yuan. It is not said that it was from one day that Suoyang suddenly became a magical object that "nourishes yin and strengthens yang". The real Suoyang of Sanjiu San was even more speculated to be priceless! Driven by interests, Suoyang in the desert attracted a predatory craze for mining. Many Suoyang in the desert were also gradually decreasing in this craze. So some local governments had to issue laws prohibiting the mining of stalemate.

Now, the Suoyang in the desert around Gulang County has basically been excavated, and some areas that are not accessible to manpower have remained.

The place where Xi Weifeng brought them is actually not safe. It is easy to drive here. Someone must be digging, but it is not guaranteed that there are still people who didn’t pay attention to digging the rest. There are two or three keyholes. If you are lucky, you can dig out a lot of them when you see one.

After searching for a while in the green bushes of yellow sand, they couldn't find the Suoyang they wanted to dig. So Xi Weifeng got in the car and wanted to take them to another place to look for it.

Before getting on the bus, Yaya suddenly shouted, "Uncle, there is something over there."

Following the direction of her finger, Cai Hongming suddenly saw a pink straw mushroom head appearing under a cluster of grass. He ran over and saw that it was Suoyang.

Xi Weifeng, who was about to drive, looked at it and quickly took out a shovel from the car and dug it up. After a while, a bunch of Suoyangs of different sizes were exposed. He was so happy that he shouted to Yaya happily: "Yaya is great, uncle invites you to have roast lamb tonight."

Yaya smiled happily when she heard this. She liked eating meat the most.

Cai Hongming shook his head repeatedly, but unexpectedly, this guy cheated on the kids and arranged to roast the whole lamb tonight.

This time I got a good harvest, and I dug a total of twelve Suoyang trees. When those who know how to dig Suoyang, they will only dig above the roots, keeping the roots connected to the host, so that they can grow new Suoyang in the future. Those who don’t know how to dig Suoyang will not care about it, and even the pot is served.

There is an old Chinese saying, "Be a person who stays in the front line and meets you later."

This sentence is also very suitable for digging wild Suoyang. If it leaves a glimmer of vitality, it can be dug again in the future. If it is digging all of it, it will be gone in the future. Many people don’t understand this principle, so the wild resources in Suoyang are now getting fewer and fewer, and they have to start artificial cultivation.

In addition to drying and medicinal purposes, Suoyang can also be eaten raw and tastes good. However, some Suoyang taste bitter and sweet, so it tastes good and bad.

Under the demonstration of Xi Weifeng and Cai Hongming, Ruan Tianfeng, who grew up in the water town of Jiangnan, took a tree of Suoyang and peeled it and ate it. It felt that the taste was OK, and it seemed to have a trace of wild flavor than the cooked medicinal food. I just don’t know if I would have diarrhea at night when I ate it like this. Ruan Tianfeng was very worried.

After digging Suoyang, Xi Weifeng took Ruan Tianqi to see the scene in the desert. He originally wanted to take him to dig Cistanche, but unfortunately he was a little late, so he didn't go and drove back to the county town.

It is also a parasitic plant, but compared with the Sun, the price of Cistanche is very high.
Chapter completed!