While Cheng Zheng Yuan was asking all kind of questions, the two
of them were gathering more and more herbs. Liu Danhang, who were following
nearby, had given up hunting but gathered the herbs that he recognized. He
planned to give these to Cheng Xiao Xiao and her brother.
The three of them walked further and further. Before they realized
it, they have already trekked through three hills1. It was as though
they had forgotten about time and exhaustion and gathered more and more herbs.
“Big sister, we are already in the early afternoon, should we
start gathering firewood?”
Zheng Yuan stopped and looked at the sun before he shouted out to
his big sister.
It was then when he said Liu Danhang approaching them with a big
bundle of herbs. Cheng Zheng Yuan was a bit surprised, “Danhang ge, why are you gathering herbs too?”
“It’s for you!” Liu Danhang smiled shyly and cast a glance over at
the one sitting under the tree.
“Why thank you!” Smiled Cheng Zheng Yuan happily and shouted
toward the one under the tree “Big sister, I think we have enough herbs. Let’s
stop gathering more herbs!”
“Wait, I will come right over!”
That’s what Cheng Xiao Xiao said, but she was staring intently at
something that looked like mushroom in front of her. After sniffing it, she was
quite certain it smelled like lingzhi
mushroom2.
It wasn’t that she couldn’t tell they were lingzhi; rather, in her previous life, cultivated lingzhi was quite common. But cultivated
lingzhi did not remotely measure up
to these wild lingzhi that she was
looking at.
Lingzhi, also known as lingzhicao
(“mushroom grass”), shenzi (“divine
mushroom”, with shen; “spirit; god;
supernatural; divine”), zhicao (“mushroom grass”), xiancao (“immortality plant”, with xian, “(Daoism) transcendent; immortal;
wizard”) and ruicao (“auspicious plant”, with rui, “auspicious; felicitous omen). They belong to the Order Polyporales,
mainly come in red (chizhi) and
purple (zizhi) forms. They are
saprophytic fungi and grow at the base and stumps of deciduous trees.
Lingzhi
Lingzhi
Photo credit: Wikipedia
Lingzhi taste slightly bitter and are mild in nature. They have effects on the heart, lungs, liver,
and the spleen. They are good for the heart and can calm your nerves, calm the
lungs and help with respiration, regulate the qi and clear blood stasis, nourish the liver and strengthen the
spleen. It’s main application is to treat the weak bodies, but can also be used
to treat tiredness, palpitation, insomnia, vertigo, dizziness, persistent
coughing.
Lingzhi had been used as herbs for over 1000 years and are very
precious herbs. Among the different types of lingzhi, purple ones are the most precious.
What she saw in front of her were black lingzhi, a relative common type; but, she still considered herself
lucky to have found this precious herbs in this world.
Should she collect this into the dimension?
If they could help the dimension level up and allow her to grow
them in the future, she would even be able to sell them!
Looking happy, Cheng Xiao Xiao quickly tossed the lingzhi into the dimension. She couldn’t
hop in and check the status right away, but she would be able to when she got
home.
Returning with her bundle of herbs, she felt awkward when she saw
Liu Danhang standing next to her brother, but she walked toward them anyway.
“Big sister, Danhang ge
collected herbs for us too!” Said Cheng Zheng Yuan with a big smile.
Liu Danhang was too shy to see how Cheng Xiao Xiao reacted. With a simple and honest look, he reached
back and rubbed the back of his head.
Looking at his foolish face, she couldn’t get her thankful words
out, so she turned and said to her brother, “Let’s take a break first, then we
can collect some fire wood and head home!”
“Big sister, I am thirsty and hungry, give me white radish!3”
Cheng Zheng Yuan treated the white radish that his sister grown as snacks.
Cheng Xiao Xiao took a look and scolded him lightly, “All you
could think of is to eat!”
“White radishes are delicious and quench the thirst, why wouldn’t
it?” Justified Cheng Zheng Yuan righteously.
“What is white radish?”
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Note:
1. Apologies. I have been using “mountains”
in the past, but judging by the context – that they could trek through multiple
in a day – these would probably be better referred to as hills. Hills and
mountains are not as distinguishable in Chinse than in English.
2. In the Chinese language, língzhī (灵芝) is a
compound. It comprises líng (灵); "spirit, spiritual; soul;
miraculous; sacred; divine; mysterious; efficacious; effective)" and zhī (芝);
"(traditional) plant of longevity; fungus; seed; branch; mushroom;
excrescence")
Random translator note:
3. Was it me or was he quickly turning into a
spoiled brat?! Where did he expect her to pull these out of? He didn’t know
about the dimension!
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Thanks for the chapter! Happy holidays!
ReplyDeleteThe author ah (-‸ლ)... Are they trying to endear their characters to us readers or make us hate them? My hands keep raising to slap the shite out of the Cheng family. Treating the white radishes as candy despite being poor not too Long ago? Geez. That’s completely bull. And where does he expect his elder Sister to pull them out from? Her arse? Argh!!! My frustration is close to snapping!!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for translating ^_^! <3
I appreciate the photos for reference (≧∇≦)b
ReplyDeletegracias por traducir
ReplyDeleteI kind of feel bad for the guy as she keeps ignoring him... I mean, it's good not to raise hopes and all but she is being plain rude ...
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