Jiang Shan was nine years old and was already in the third grade. The first holiday of the third grade was winter vacation.
On the first day of winter vacation, Grandma asked Jiang Shan to cook a good meal for her. After dinner, Grandma hugged Hong 'er and sat on the bed to tell her a story.
Grandma said,"It's said that there's a ginseng spirit in the Changbai Mountains in the northeast. The people there call it a ginseng baby." The ginseng babies were very smart. When there was no one around, they would come out and play in the snow. When someone came, they would run away without a trace. The old man who had been collecting ginseng on the mountain all year round said that if you wanted to catch the ginseng children, you had to first find the place where they were staying, and then hide in the snow with the red rope. When they come out to play, slowly wait for them to approach you. When you get close, you will pounce on it and tie it around its neck with a leash so that you can catch it.
" Hehe," Grandma smiled after she finished telling the story, then said,""I heard that the ginseng baby is a good thing. If Grandma eats it, she might be able to live a long life. Hehe, Shanzi, don't you want to catch a ginseng baby for Grandma?”
"Grandma, I'll go." Jiang Shan didn't say anything and took the train to the northeast the next day.
Seeing Jiang Shan, who was wearing thick winter clothes, snowshoes, and a big leather hat but only carrying a small satchel, the train attendant asked him," Where are you going? Why are you alone?
Jiang Shan replied briefly,"I'm going back to my hometown to see my grandmother. Someone will pick me up when I get out of the car."
After getting off the train, Jiang Shan took a bus to the foot of Changbai Mountain. After buying a few flatbread and a few bottles of water from a small shop, Jiang Shan began to climb up the mountain.
Jiang Shan, who had never climbed a snowy mountain, had no idea how deep this place was. He only remembered his grandmother's words: Kid Ginseng usually hid deep in the mountains.
Where are the mountains? After climbing for a while, Jiang Shan raised his head and looked up. The mountainside and peak were covered in dense forests. That should be the deep mountains. Yes, he would crawl there.
After climbing for three to four hours, Jiang Shan could no longer see anyone in front of him, behind him, on his left and right. Just as he was about to continue climbing, he suddenly lost his footing and fell to his left. Fortunately, a tree blocked him, and he was buried in the snow.
After calming himself down, Jiang Shan slowly used his hands to push the snow off his head, and then used his feet to probe around. Fortunately, he had fallen into a small valley. It was the tree and the small valley that had saved him.
After he had some confidence, the mountains and rivers cleared away all the snow around him. However, when he looked around, he was dumbfounded. It turned out that this small mountain depression was halfway up the mountain. In front of him was a precipice, and behind him, to his left, and to his right were bare precipices. It was impossible to climb up by himself.
"Is anyone there? " I fell into the valley!" Jiang Shan shouted with both hands. After that, there was no sound other than the echoes in the mountains.
He couldn't keep shouting like this, and he definitely couldn't stay like this. If he stayed, there would only be one result-freezing to death.
What should I do?
Just as Jiang Shan was anxiously thinking of a solution, a burst of "Puchi, Puchi" sounds suddenly sounded. Jiang Shan's expression tensed up when he heard the voice. His first reaction was that he had encountered a bear, so he held his breath and listened carefully to the voice coming from above.
The puchi, puchi, sound was getting closer and louder, and then he heard someone talking. What? It was the sound of people talking. Ah, someone is coming. Jiang Shan became excited. He turned around and raised his head. He cupped his hands around his mouth and shouted,"Uncle, Grandpa, help me! I fell into a snow pit! Help!"
The two hunters who had just returned from hunting in the deep mountains were walking when they suddenly heard someone shouting "help" at their feet, so they stopped and looked around. Then she heard someone say,"Dad, look at the footprints down there."”
" Yes, I see it," another voice said. Then, it shouted down,""Hey, where are you?”
"Uncle, I'm here, in the valley under your feet.”Jiang Shan said when he heard the voice coming from above his head.
"Oh, child, can you move?" The experienced hunter knew that Jiang Shan was a child from the sound.
"Uncle, I can move. It's not broken."
"Alright, I'll smooth the rope down.”
"Thank you, Uncle. Uncle, I see the rope. Please move a little to the left. No, it was the other side. Hey, uncle, I got the rope."
"Alright, tie the rope around your waist and hold on tight. Son, come over and pull the rope with Dad.”
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"Yo, are you from Binhai City?”Hunter father asked after Jiang Shan was rescued by Hunter father and son.
"Yes, uncle, and brother, thank you for saving me.”Jiang Shan, who had completely recovered, knelt on the brick bed and kowtowed to the hunter father and son.
"Sigh, we're not interested in this. But you're so young. Why did you run to Changbai Mountain and into the mountains?”Hunter Daddy said.
"Yes, yes. My grandmother said that there are ginseng babies in Changbai Mountain. She also said that eating it can make people live a long life, so I ran over.”Jiang Shan said.
"Cough, those are all legends. Your grandmother is also the same. Why did she let such a big child like you take the risk? Child, you can stay at Uncle's house today. Uncle will ask your brother to send you to the station tomorrow. You should go back quickly.”Hunter Dad said unhappily.
"Uncle, are there really no ginseng babies in Changbai Mountain?”Jiang Shan asked.
"There are wild ginseng in the mountains, but there is definitely no ginseng baby like your grandmother said. Don't be too disappointed. When you left, Uncle gave you an old ginseng. You can take it back and tell your grandmother. Alright, go to sleep."
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During the winter vacation when Jiangshan was 10 years old and in the fourth grade, his grandmother first asked him to go to the place where the " Chinese caterpillar fungus " was produced to buy pure Chinese caterpillar fungus.
It was relatively easy to buy the " caterpillar fungus ". After taking the train to the destination, he found an old medicine merchant and asked him how to identify the real caterpillar fungus. After that, he bought a whole catty of caterpillar fungus from the old medicine merchant.
During the summer break (after which he would be in fifth grade), Grandma told him, Shennongjia's primeval forest had a kind of seven-colored flower. Using wormgrass and seven-colored flowers as medicine could cure Grandma's cold legs.
There was nothing to say. There was only one word-go.
Although Jiang Shan was only 10 years old, strangers would say that he was at least 16 or 17 years old. No one would believe that he was really only 10 years old.
Everything went smoothly on the way to Shennongjia. However, when Jiang Shan stepped into the edge of Shennongjia's tropical rainforest, something happened.
Jiang Shan had two treasures in his hands. One was the map and the other was the compass. Originally, he would not have gotten lost. But that day, perhaps because he was not used to the water and soil here, he suddenly felt a stomachache, and there was something running down his intestines. This had to be resolved quickly.
Although almost no one came here, he had been afraid of people looking at him when he pooped and peed since he was young. He still habitually wanted to find a place where no one could see him, so he walked towards the forest in front.
After pooping, his stomach felt better, but Jiang Shan couldn't find his way.
It was impossible to tell the direction in the dark forest. Even if a map and a compass were used, the mountains and rivers would still circle around the same place.
Jiang Shan sat down and thought for a while. He put the map into his bag and pulled out a dagger. He held the compass in his left hand and the dagger in his right hand. He chose the direction of the north and walked forward. He used the dagger to carve a mark on every three trees he passed.
Just like that, they walked for the greater part of the night before they finally exited the forest. When they exited the forest, they saw a family in front of them. Jiang Shan hurriedly ran over. In the end, after some gestures and words, the family more or less understood what he meant. After Jiang Shan finished the breakfast that the family had prepared for him and he thanked them profusely, a little boy from that family took him on a three-hour walk before they arrived at the roadside.
Of course, he wouldn't be able to pick the Seven-Colored Flower. He would be thankful if he could come back alive.
When they got home, Grandma heard him talk about it and asked," Shanzi, are you hurt anywhere?
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