Chapter 4: Indian goosegrass_2

The system paused before speaking, "Host, I think even if you can't find extinct or rare species from the era of my creator, you should at least find some precious or valuable plants to record. That way, if more people click to download, we can get more points, and I can get you more candy."

Honestly, after following Manbao for over a year, aside from three types of plants that had been downloaded by others, no one paid attention to the rest, and the download rate for those three plants wasn't high either. He was basically using his own points to exchange for candy for Manbao.

Yet Manbao was not disappointed. She was engrossed in the analysis of Indian goosegrass. She had long since memorized the Thousand Character Classic, and on the day she acquired the system, which was also the day she got the manuscript of the Thousand Character Classic, she recited and learned to recognize characters daily. Now, she might not be able to write many of the words, but she could recognize them.

So throughout the text, Manbao recognized most of it. For the words she didn't know, she didn't hesitate to ask Keke.

The system always answered any questions. The key was that Manbao was quite cute, after all. Who could bear to refuse such an adorable four-year-old child?

No, Manbao always insisted that she was six years old this year. Hmm, by the traditional counting of age.

Manbao finished reading but still didn't understand the meaning. However, she didn't ask about everything, only the topics she was interested in, "What does it mean here when it says Indian goosegrass can dispel wind and dampness, clear heat and detoxify, and disperse blood stasis and stop bleeding?"

Keke: "It's just as it says. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that eating grains and being influenced by the environment, there are damp and heat toxins in the body. For example, when someone is overheated, they can drink Indian goosegrass soup to dispel wind and dampness, clear heat and detoxify. As for dispersing blood stasis and stopping bleeding, that's even simpler. If someone falls and bleeds, you can crush it and apply it to the wound to stop the bleeding. It can be taken orally as well."

Manbao exclaimed, "Wow, this grass is so precious. No, I have to dig up more to bring home."

Manbao grabbed the grass and pulled hard, exerting a lot of effort before she could uproot it.

The system also thought this grass was quite good, so it secretly encouraged Manbao and even thought of a method for her, "You can use the vines nearby to tie them up, and then you can carry them back home."

Manbao felt this made a lot of sense and dug up quite a lot of Indian goosegrass. When Wulang and Liulang came over with a handful of wild fruits, her face and hands were covered in mud, and she was drenched in sweat. Both young men were stunned and rushed over to ask, "Little sister, what are you doing?"

Manbao's eyes sparkled as she said, "Fifth Brother, Sixth Brother, come quickly and help, I found a great medicinal herb."

The two young men looked and when they saw the wild grass in her hand, they felt somewhat speechless, "Isn't this just a weed? It's everywhere on the ground."

"It's not! This is called Indian goosegrass. It can detoxify and stop bleeding," Manbao instructed her brothers. "Quick, help me pull."

Wulang immediately took the wild grass from her hand, threw it away, and cleaned her hands, saying, "Stop being silly. Come on, we've found roseleaf bramble. Try one and see."

After he put a bright red fruit into Manbao's mouth, sweet and fragrant, Manbao's eyes lit up, forgetting about the Indian goosegrass on the ground, "I want more!"

The system was also excited, "This is a plant that has never been recorded before. Manbao, you must record it, I just checked, and there's no picture of this kind of fruit in the system."

Without a picture, even if the scientific name was recorded, supplementing it with pictures would still net them a substantial point reward, granted by the encyclopedia. If more people clicked to view the picture, they'd get even more points.

Indeed, encouraging the host to go out more often was the right strategy.

The system said, "Manbao, quickly record it, preferably the entire plant."

Manbao, while stuffing wild fruits into her mouth, asked her brothers, "What fruit is this? How come I've never eaten it before? Where did you pick it?"

Wulang and Liulang replied, "You haven't eaten it? There's a lot on the mountain. On Tomb-Sweeping Day, there were loads. Now there are fewer, but if you like it, next year I'll take you up the mountain to eat."

Manbao felt her brothers were missing the point and asked, "Where did you pick it from?"

"We've picked them clean, there are none left. Let's head down the mountain, or Eldest Brother will get angry."

Manbao put her hands on her hips in frustration, "I want to see what it looks like. Next time I'll know how to pick wild fruits."

Wulang laughed upon hearing this, "That's not difficult. Just follow this road downhill, and there are plenty beside it. They just don't have fruits now. We'll teach you to recognize it in a bit."

Only then did Manbao realize that when her brothers said the mountains were full of them, they weren't lying to her, there really were plenty.

Liulang carried her down the mountain for a while, then Wulang pointed to a green vine with many thorns by the roadside and said, "Look, that's roseleaf bramble. As soon as spring warms up, it starts flowering. After the flowers bloom, it bears fruit. Once it turns red, it becomes really delicious. Next Tomb-Sweeping Day, we'll bring you up to pick it."

However, Liulang had a different opinion, "I think the yellow ones taste better. They're firm and sour, have much more flavor than the red ones."

Wulang scorned him, "The red ones are the tasty ones. We all say red ones taste better."

Liulang: "Clearly it's the yellow ones."

Wulang: "It's the red ones."

Liulang: "Yellow ones!"

Wulang: "Red ones!"

When Manbao saw her brothers arguing, she couldn't comment since she hadn't tasted the yellow ones. She slid down from Liulang's back and crouched to look at the vines.

Wulang and Liulang only glanced at their sister, seeing that she was just curiously staring, and turned their heads to continue arguing, or rather, debating.

Manbao quietly asked Keke in her mind, "Should I dig up the entire vine, or just tear off a piece for you?"

After pondering, the system responded, "If you can dig up the entire thing, that's best, but if that's not convenient, a segment will do."