How much do drug collectors in the mountains earn by climbing the diamond forest every day?

Zhongtiao Mountain in Yuncheng, Shanxi Province belongs to the transition area from temperate zone to subtropical zone, with mild climate, suitable precipitation, rich warm vegetation and a wide variety of Chinese herbal medicines.

Chinese herbal medicines can be mined all year round, but summer and autumn are the best. At this time, some people in mountainous areas will go to the mountains to collect Chinese herbal medicines in exchange for economic income. In recent years, the prices of wild Chinese medicinal materials are getting higher and higher, and there are more and more drug dealers on Zhongtiaoshan Mountain, so that some elderly drug dealers lament that there are fewer and fewer medicinal materials and it is difficult to find them.

On August 17, the photographer photographed several herb gatherers picking forsythia and cicada slough in Zhongtiaoshan, Yuxiang Town, yongji city. The picture shows 50-year-old Lian and 5 1 year-old Chen Qiang picking forsythia in the bushes on the mountain. Lian and Chen Qiang come from Ruicheng County on the other side of Zhongtiao Mountain. That day, they came here by motorcycle from a mountain road covered with gravel. "In this section of the mountain, there are many trees and herbs, and there are mountain roads passing through, which is relatively convenient and safe, so people from our side come here to collect medicines," Lian said.

"The price of cicada slough is better this year, and it can be sold to around 170 yuan per catty, so since July, many people have gone into the mountains to pick it, and only a few hundred people come to our area every day. There are fewer cicadas these days, so we mainly pick forsythia. When we meet cicadas, we also pick some. " Lian introduced some forsythia fruits to the photographer.

Cicada is the shell of cicada, which has the functions of dispelling wind and clearing heat, relieving sore throat and opening sound. Forsythia suspensa is also a traditional Chinese medicine, which has the functions of clearing away heat and toxic materials, dispersing stagnation and reducing swelling, dispelling wind and clearing heat. Forsythia suspensa, as the fruit of Forsythia suspensa, is divided into green Forsythia suspensa and old Forsythia suspensa, and the green Forsythia suspensa has stronger heat-clearing and detoxification ability. Every July and August, the forsythia on the mountain begins to bear fruit, which is a good time to pick green. The picture shows a bunch of apples, which are covered with oval fruits.

Forsythia suspensa has a strong vitality. It can grow on steep slopes or in soil crevices, even on weathered rocks. Therefore, in order to pick large and full green forsythia, it is necessary to climb rocks or drill into bushes, which is in danger of slipping and being stabbed by bushes. The picture shows Chen Qiang holding a branch when he comes down from the hillside to prevent himself from slipping.

The picture shows Lian drilling into a thorny bush and picking up cicadas that have fallen to the ground. "It rained two days ago, and all the cicadas on the tree were washed down. You can still find some in this grass," he said.

Collecting herbs in the mountains, because it is convenient to climb up and down, so you can't carry too heavy things with you. People who collect medicines usually carry a snakeskin bag on their back and a cloth bag sewn with cloth or snakeskin bag in front of them. When the cloth bag is full, pour it into the snakeskin bag behind you.

The picture shows forsythia suspensa and cicada slough picked in William's red cloth bag. According to Lian, they enter the mountain at 7: 00 in the morning and usually go home at 7: 00 in the evening. The medicine collected in one day can be sold around 200 yuan.

Du (left), a 69-year-old native of Yongji, lives in the buried hill. As a mountaineer who has collected herbs since childhood, he knows more than 20 kinds of Chinese herbal medicines. On the same day, he and his son-in-law went to the back hill to pick forsythia. "In the past, Scutellaria baicalensis, Bupleurum chinense, Saposhnikovia divaricata and Codonopsis pilosula were often dug in the mountains. Now these medicines are becoming less and less, like Codonopsis pilosula, which is hard to see."

"Now is the time to pick forsythia, but if you want to pick it well, you will get places that are difficult for people to go to, because all the places that are easy to find are picked. Today, we put the motorcycle on the side of the mountain, and then we have been drilling into the Woods. We have been busy all day and picked a lot of good ones. " The old man took the picked forsythia and told the photographer, "These directly picked green cucumbers can sell 5.5 yuan a catty."

Du's son-in-law's trousers were cut by bushes because he wandered in the forest, but they picked nearly 100 kilograms of green flowers that day and had a good harvest.

As long as you can bear hardships, there are ways to make money. This is a fact.