“you’re right. older brother.”

So, having a simple breakfast, I followed the two Simmani.

Before that, I was busy asking for information about wild ginseng.

“Where should I focus on?”

It’s a joke.

However, I also needed to know the basic information.

I wanted to hear it directly from Simmani’s mouth.

“Wherever there are many birds, there is a high possibility that wild ginseng seeds are spread there..”

“Originally wild ginseng seeds spread from the excrement of birds that ate the seeds.”

“ah…”

“A place with good sunlight.. But, I like a seat where the sun is good in the morning and not in the afternoon.”

“Well.. The trees are a mixture of broad-leaved and coniferous trees, and the soil quality is humus or sandy soil. Wherever there are pebbles on the ground, damn it.”

“Ah yes. Well sir. For now, I will focus my attention on finding just five leaves.”

Now I had to scatter from the mountain.

I can’t be a nuisance to the two of you forever.

“I draw and draw… I heard that if it’s hard, go to the modeumteo. If you get lost, just radio.”

“all right. be careful.”

“Please discover the Cheonjong Ginseng field with the same eyes you discovered the horseshoe mushroom yesterday.”

“Ahhhhh, brother too… It’s not Cheonjongsam that you’ve never found in your entire life, it’s a field? You know what Cheon Jong-sam is.”

“You can say good things.”

“ha ha ha. Brothers, please also discover Cheonjongsam.”

“Draw, hard.”

“yes.”

#

Heck heck.

I couldn’t find anything for two hours.

Even, I couldn’t find the cucumber shoots.

“Ha.. I don’t think anyone is doing this.”

fluff.

I sat down and took out a leaf of an aphid.

Once again, to compare wild ginseng leaves and quince leaves.

“So you’re saying that it’s almost the same as the ogapi leaf?”

I remembered what the two Simmani brothers had said.

“Just looking at it, it’s the same. The five leaves are the same and the shape is similar, so we’ll get confused too.”

So, if you look closely, wild ginseng leaves have a sharper end than quince leaves, and the most important thing is that ginseng leaves come from trees.

I recalled once again what the two emphasized.

“The tip of the leaf is sharp. A place frequented by birds. It’s a place where the sun shines well in the morning…”

However, there was something the two did not talk about.

It must be a place where the most basic people do not go.

It is said that there are 10,000 Simmani in our country, but you probably passed through all the places the two Simmani mentioned.

Of course, I might have missed the places I just skimmed through, but I decided to go where people wouldn’t pass.

Heck heck.

Didn’t find anything for 3 hours.

It was clear that neither of them had found anything, as there were no radios or sounds.

It was dark because it was a shady place and the sky was not visible due to the thick broad-leaved trees.

This is the perfect condition for growing wild ginseng, as mentioned by the two older brothers Simmani.

‘You have to go further. more. To a more difficult place where people can’t come.’

Darkness is coming soon

I decided to go deeper for an hour or so, and stepped forward vigorously.

Larch was everywhere up to the calves. It was a series of steep places with slopes of over 30 degrees.

Heck heck.

I feel like my heart is going to burst if my stamina is consumed that much.

Why do I feel proud for some reason when I see my heart rising and falling like a balloon?

I sat in my seat, caught my breath, and scanned my surroundings.

I was instinctively looking to see if this was the right place for hemp to take root.

suddenly,

Beneath the rock… a clear dark green leaf caught my eye.

“uh! That…that’s…!”

I walked to it almost on my knees, no, I ran.

There were a lot of fallen leaves around, so it didn’t hurt that much.

My body started to tremble.

Apparently, it was because there were five dark green leaves that had been reminded of in my head.

I took out the leaves of the apricot tree stored in my backpack and compared them.

Although it was a dead ogapi leaf, you just need to compare whether it is different or the same.

I wonder if the leaf in front of me right now is the leaf of Ogapi or the leaf of wild ginseng.

“!”

This is obviously, wild ginseng was right.

“aaa!”

A sudden burst of elasticity.

I started to get short of breath.

The reason was that there were several more leaves around.

First of all,

I, whom I had never seen or heard anywhere, started shouting several times into the air.

“Si…im…look at me!”

“S..Im..See you!”

It’s like I’m Simmani.

The sound I shouted flowed out like an echo.

I cried so loud that my throat was torn.

Have you ever shouted so loudly in your life?

All of this was my first experience in life.

I called out a few times, and then the radio came.

Chee.. Chee..

I forgot. I should have radioed.

anyway,

I took out the walkie-talkie from my waistband.

“What? Is Hoon the one you shouted?”

“Yes, I compared it to the leaves of the Ogapi, but wild ginseng has a sharp tip.”

“Worm Mae.”

“I think this is the common wild ginseng field.”

“Not one.”

“Yes, not one or two.”

“Draw, I’ll go that way. wait.”

“Yes, yes… how long will it take?”

As if they had guessed my location just by hearing the sound, after disconnecting the radio, the two of them gathered together for well over an hour.

The two brothers who came over two mountains were surprised to see the location.

It was also because it was a rugged place that even Simmanis did not often go to.

They stuck out their tongues, saying that they had passed by.

“Hey.. this is this.”

It can’t be the moment you’ve been waiting for so long.

The two older brothers didn’t even wipe the sweat from their foreheads, and they made faces of emotion.

From noble mtl dot com

“Warmmae, I didn’t find it… Huni, you’re amazing. oops.”

“Brother, it’s getting dark soon, so hurry up.”

“Draw, draw. You worked hard… Come on, let’s start with me.”

I’ve been looking for wild ginseng for a long time…

The thrilling moment of encountering wild ginseng that nature and the sky have fortified.

We bowed toward the place where wild ginseng leaves were located.

It is an example of gratitude to nature and the mountain god for allowing precious wild ginseng.

“Nice to meet you. thank you thank you.”

Chae-shim was Gil-soo’s older brother.

As I got older, my hands trembled, so I was always in charge of picking seeds for Gil-soo.

If the roots are damaged in the process of harvesting, the value of the product decreases.

I captured the whole process of collecting the seeds on video.

Indeed, this is Cheonjongsam.. or not.

Carefully, he began digging the ground.

Gilsu, a simmani with 20 years of experience, was also nervous, his hands shaking.

Unknowingly, my dry saliva went down.

It is also because you cannot tell the age of wild ginseng just by looking at the leaves.

The big brother explained that wild ginseng only grows 1 gram in a year, and even a single strand of a root like a spider’s web should not be damaged.

That is why wild ginseng is valuable as well as nutritious.

It is said that the age can be inferred by seeing the brain head, but gradually the brain head buried in the soil began to be seen.

“Ha.. My brain.. Hmm..”

How old is this wild ginseng?

The product must have value.

Finally, older brother Gil-soo removed the soil from the brain head and dug up a long wild ginseng.

“older brother..”

“I’m sorry. Everyone has suffered.”

“15 year old… 15 year old.”

“ah..”

It wasn’t Cheon Jong-sam, but the two older brothers looked satisfied enough.

“Great. Great.”

He patted me on the back and encouraged me.

I kept it in my backpack, carefully wrapping it in newspaper and other blades of grass.

I started exploring my surroundings.

“I don’t know if this is mother or daughter, so let’s look around..”

“yes yes..”

“Anyway, I’m going to go to the middle of the day, bro.”

“Draw…draw.”

Still, I carefully continued to draw hearts to see the brains of each one.

Well, only ginsengs that are 10 years old were dug up.

Ginseng with small leaves was not dug because it needed to grow more.

“This is something that needs to grow. It’s not even polite to the mountain.”

“you’re right.”

“You found something we couldn’t find…”

After 15 years… 10 years of digging up five roots of wild ginseng, darkness was descending.

“Come on, let’s go down the mountain for today and promise tomorrow.”

“Yes, brother.”

Today, the second day, two older brothers who are full of the energy of 10 years of wild ginseng.

I didn’t express it before, but I did the same.

‘It’s my first time, so it’s not bad if it’s this level of performance?’

But I couldn’t be satisfied.

Although,

There was one day left on the last day, but we descended with hope to do our best until the last day.

the next morning.

Today, as always, I solved breakfast with rice balls and went out to the group site.

“Hun-ah.”

“Yes, brother.”

“Your motivation is good.. Be careful.. I was surprised yesterday as it was a rough place..”

“Ah… I see, brother.”

“You shouldn’t be greedy on the mountain.. You shouldn’t be greedy.”

Gil-soo stopped the older brother from worrying.

“Ah, you’re nagging again, Lee. leave it alone What do you see better than us? Hun-ah, I’m asking you a favor today too, eh?”

He seemed to understand the concerns and concerns of the two of them well.

“Yes, I understand. I will go carefully.”

“Draw. Thank you for noticing.”

Today, I parted ways with my two older brothers, intending to take a closer look at the area where I found Sam yesterday.

I arrived at the place more easily than yesterday,

I got excited and started exploring my surroundings.

Cheonjongsam

Yesterday, wild ginseng less than 30 years old came out here.

If so, I thought there was a possibility that there must be another field not far from here.

The two older brothers were stimulated by yesterday’s incident (?) and left the group sooner than I did.

Two older brothers who are going to go deeper today.

“Haeng-nim, Hoon sees Sam better than we do… shouldn’t Simmani stop?”

“Well, I mean… I know a lot about this, so I’m getting scared.”

I also joined in on the jokes of the two Simmani brothers who were joking with each other.

I mean it’s nonsense.

“Still, Hoonie is as good as Haeshik is, he’s a lucky man.

“Yes, brother.

It was obvious that he had probably heard of this place once, looked around, and moved.

early morning hours.

A sunny area.

In the afternoon, we arrived at gloomy terrain with no sun and rugged terrain with a 45 degree slope.

“Hey heck.”

Tap the screen to use advanced tools Tip: You can use left and right keyboard keys to browse between chapters.

You'll Also Like