After crossing, start from the courtyard

Chapter 155 Chapter 146 Mushroom Picking
He Yu and his party walked in the front, walking along the rugged hill road, with lush bushes on both sides of the hill road.

The higher you climb, the more water will accumulate in the bushes here.

The road was very slippery after the rain, so He Yu picked up a wooden stick and handed it to Mei Xue, while she bent a wooden stick to knock off the accumulated water in front of her.

Although it is said that wearing tube shoes can kick away most of the accumulated water, there is still some accumulated water that wets Mei Sanniang who is following behind, because Mei Sanniang likes to touch the accumulated water with her hands from time to time. I wet my trousers all the way, and followed behind with a smile when I was soaked.

"Xue'er, take the wooden stick. If your mother plays with the accumulated water next to her again, you should knock it out first. Even if you play, it won't be easy to get your trousers wet."

Xue'er was very obedient, and as He Yu said, she knocked out the standing water in the distance, so that her mother would not play in the standing water again.

The more you go up, the steeper and slippery the road here is. Every time you step on the footsteps, the path becomes much muddy, but fortunately, after not walking far, He Yu found that the dense grass is full of mushrooms. He knew wild mushrooms.

He Yu put the basket aside and picked the mushrooms with his hand. In this damp place, an edible mushroom often grows, which is silver-gray and brownish, called "chicken shiitake mushroom" and stir-fried. The taste is really like shredded chicken.

"Xue'er, this mushroom tastes like shredded chicken."

"Well, Uncle Yu, can you give it to Xue'er? Xue'er wants to hold it, and compare it to find it, so that Xue'er won't admit it wrong!"

"Uncle Erzhu said that if you encounter bright red mushrooms, you can't pick them, and you can't eat some mushrooms with pili! Xue'er is afraid of picking the wrong one."

He Yu touched Xue'er's little head, and Xu Erzhu beside him couldn't help laughing in relief.

Mei Sanniang watched He Yu give Xueer a mushroom, and pointed curiously. Mei Xue wanted it, and she wanted it too, just like a child, who likes to compete with others for things.

"I want mushrooms."

Of course Xueer was willing to give the mushrooms she picked to her mother, so she handed the mushrooms in her hand to her mother.

"Uncle, can you give me another mushroom?"

He Yu replied straightforwardly, "Of course."

He Yu bent down, picked up a mushroom with his right hand, and knocked out the red umbrella with his left hand.

"Xue'er, don't look at this kind of mushroom, it's so coquettish. This red umbrella is poisonous. If people eat it, they will faint or have hallucinations. In severe cases, they will die directly."

Mei Xue was also surprised, but luckily she agreed to see this kind of red umbrella, thanks to the fact that she was hungry and just gnawed on tree bark, ate wild grass, and didn't eat mushrooms, otherwise she would be gone by now.

"When we meet these red mushrooms, we can knock them out one by one to prevent other small animals or people from eating them by mistake."

"You have to remember, the more beautiful things are, the more poisonous they are."

Mei Xue listened carefully, as if she was listening to an encyclopedia, teaching her knowledge and popularizing the edibility of wild ingredients.

In addition to the children she met in Ran Qiuye's classroom, Mei Xue was smarter and more eager for knowledge.

"Brother Erzhu, Xue'er hasn't gone to school yet?"

"I didn't go to school, but sometimes, Xue'er likes to stay in the classroom window and listen to the lectures, and she tells me stories every time she comes back."

"I am a person with a low level of education, and I don't understand some things. Every time Xueer will tell me the new knowledge she has learned."

After hearing this, He Yu didn't speak, and started to pick up mushrooms again. He picked one with one hand and put it in the basket.

He saw that there were dark things growing on the tree trunk not far away, so he called He Yu suspiciously, "Uncle Yu, what is that?"

"The little girl's eyes are quite sharp. That's called fungus. Pick it up and wash it directly. Cold fungus is a good dish. Stir-fried meat with fungus is also good, and the fungus is easy to store. You put the fungus in the sun and it becomes If you have dried fungus, when you want to eat it, you can grab a handful and soak it in water for an hour or two, and then you can turn it into fresh fungus again.”

"Uncle, this thing is black, it's called fungus, so... as long as it's black, can I eat it?"

Mei Xue didn't understand, she never went to school, even if she eavesdropped on the class, she still didn't hear the teacher mention it.

"Xue'er, you can eat this thing if it's not black. The fungus looks black, but it's actually brown-black."

"Well, Uncle, I'll pick it for you. I often dig out bird nests, and I'm good at climbing trees."

Meixue is very sensible and willing to help others, and this is to make bird stewed mushrooms for mother.

"Xue'er, don't pick it anymore. I'll do this kind of thing. You, just take your mother." Xu Erzhu walked over and saw that there were trees full of them. The fungus of the tree, lift the foot to pick off the fungus below.

The fungus was big and fresh. Xu Erzhu put the fungus in his hand and said to Xue'er with a smile, "Xue'er, this is the fungus. It looks like our ears. If you see it later, you won't admit it."

Mei Xue looked at it carefully with the fungus, and compared it with her mother's ears, showing a lovely smile, like a ray of sunshine in spring, gentle and soft.

Mei Sanniang stared at the fungus in Mei Xue's hand indifferently, completely unaware that this dark and dark thing could be eaten.

"what is this?"

"what is this……"

Mei Sanniang looked at it blankly, and Mei Xue patiently explained to her mother, "This is called fungus."

"Eatable food! In the future, when it rains, Xue'er can go up the mountain to pick mushrooms and fungus for mother to eat, so we don't have to ask other houses for food, and mother doesn't have to eat bark and weeds with Xue'er. "

"When the mother is nourished, the younger brother will have milk to drink."

Mei Sanniang has always known that Xueer is very sensible. When she is awake, when she sees Xueer suffering with her, she will always bury her face, otherwise Xueer will see her most vulnerable moment.

"Cher..."

Mei Sanniang stretched out her hand and gently stroked Mei Xue's cheek.

Mei Xue was startled, she saw her mother calling her name softly, and for a moment, she felt that her mother was back to normal.

But it was only for a moment, and in the next second, Mei Sanniang was smirking foolishly as usual.

A wry smile mixed with a smirk.

For a moment, Mei Xue thought that her mother remembered Xue'er, but the moment her mother smirked, she sniffled in disappointment.

She took mother's hand and said carefully, "Mother, be careful, the ground is slippery, you hold this wooden stick."

Mei Xue gave the stick to Mei Sanniang and taught her how to use it.

"Mother, Uncle Yu said that this wooden stick can disperse the accumulated water in the grass, and it can also be propped up so as not to slip."

Mei Xue followed Mei Sanniang all the time, for fear of her mother getting hurt, while He Yu followed Xu Erzhu to pull the black fungus on the tree.

"Brother Erzhu, don't say that the resources behind your village are really rich. When it rains heavily, all the fungus on the trees will come out."

Xu Erzhu smiled naively, "As the saying goes, you can eat mountains by relying on mountains, and eat water by relying on water."

"You have so much material on the mountain, why don't you gather more? You can sell any ginseng! You should be able to make a lot of money!"

"Xiao Yu, do you think these are as precious as gold? Besides, it's not so easy for us to go up the mountain to collect the ginseng you mentioned!"

"If we can make a fortune by picking ginseng, then a few people from our neighboring villages will go! We still have the opportunity to make a fortune for others. I can only say that no one dares to do it here, so we just leave. Hundreds of meters, this mountain is still high! Don't look at the rich resources in this mountain, if you encounter wild boars, poisonous snakes, or wolves, let alone picking ginseng, you may die here."

"The two of us are picking mushrooms here at a relatively low altitude. I don't want to go to higher altitudes. Unless you have tools and can fight those wolves, otherwise you don't want to go up."

"Besides, the mountain here is steep. If you are not careful, your feet will slip, and you may fall into the abyss of [-] meters!"

Why sighed, it is a pity that such a rich resource on the mountain cannot be mined, and in such a high-altitude mountain, it is very likely that there will be veins, like coal.

As long as there is a kind of mineral source that can be mined, the economic level of the village and the surrounding area can be greatly improved.

It's a pity that at present he doesn't have the ability to mine the entire mountain.

"It doesn't matter, in the future we can rely on the mountains to eat, and we can also rely on the land!"

"And like the clear spring flowing down from the mountain, the irrigated land, the vegetables grown are much more organic than those in our city."

Xu Erzhu listened to He Yu's bragging, and only he understood most clearly that these vegetables could not be transported out at all. In the mountains, the road was far away, and it would take a lot of manpower and material resources to transport them out.

"Xiao Yu, the car that we came back to take before, that car has been repaired many times, and it has been repaired and repaired. As long as this machine can start, carry people, and take us into the mountains, then it can still use."

"You also know how long we have walked since we got off the car. The road is winding and bumpy. It is really difficult to transport the vegetables we grow!"

"It doesn't matter. When the time comes, you will plant and I will transport it. I will think about what method to use. I will definitely sell all the vegetables in your hands! As long as I, He Yu, are with your vegetables, they will not rot in the ground." .”

What He Yu said was easy, but there is another irresistible factor, that is, the weather in the mountains is changeable.

Once the weather is unsatisfactory, the crops planted may have died from the seedlings, let alone harvested.

"Then we can plant prune plums! This kind of plum is suitable for the large temperature difference between day and night, and the snow water flowing down from the body is easier to moisten the prune plum."

He Yu continued, "In addition to planting prunes and plums, you can also plant cherries. The temperature here decreases from southeast to northwest and decreases with altitude from low to high. The sunshine is strong and the temperature difference is large, which can meet the low temperature requirements of cherries. There is no worry about freezing damage, and it is conducive to the accumulation of sugar and fruit coloring."

"But we don't have that many fruit seedlings!" Xu Erzhu shook his head. It takes a lot of manpower to plant so many fruit trees, and almost all the villagers are women.

The other is where to plant these fruit seedlings. If they are planted on these mountains, it will be a big project, and crops must be planted in the ground, and it is impossible to turn them all into fruit trees. It takes 1 to 2 years for the growth of fruit trees to bloom and bear fruit. By that time, everyone has become famine refugees.

"Don't worry, when the time comes, let's come one by one, don't worry, let's solve the land, and then solve the mountains."

Xu Erzhu nodded. He still believed in the little brother He Yu. After all, this little brother had read a lot of books and had a wide range of knowledge. 80% of what he said was correct.

"Xiaoyu, if we're lucky, we can meet wild honey!"

"Wild honey is a great tonic. It's rare to find. If you encounter it, you must pick some."

He Yu was carrying a basket. The fungus on the tree was too tall. Brother Erzhu came to pick it. He mainly went to pick other mushrooms.

He Yu walked forward cautiously, and squirrels and golden pheasants would pop out from the side from time to time.

Rows of pine forests, blossoming mushrooms, the mountain retains its natural appearance, and the end of the mountain is a paradise.

As he walked, He Yu picked up mushrooms, but he picked them instead of picking them. The main reason was that there were too many mushrooms here, densely packed all over the ground.

Mushrooms are the most likely to appear in the mountains after the rain. Coupled with the gift of nature, there will be a lot of ginseng and angelica in the mountain forest, and some vines climbing all over the treetops. There may be a thousand-year-old Polygonum multiflorum hidden underneath.

Looking into the distance, from time to time, you can see a few antelopes jumping lively on the cliffs.

The mountains are certainly dangerous, but here are no more than the hills. The troubles you encounter may be far beyond your imagination, because there are few people here, and only a few villages are located here. In the villages, the crowds are more concentrated, and the altitude is lower. Most are safe.

He didn't go far before he came to a cliff. Under the cliff, he could see pieces of honey hanging from the rock wall.

The honey is about one meter wide, and honey water seeps down from time to time.

Standing on the cliff, looking at the mountain stream, He Yu couldn't help roaring, and his echo came from the opposite side.

I don't know if it's because his voice is too loud, or because of other reasons, there is another voice mixed in his echo.

If you listen carefully, you can clearly tell that it is a wolf cry.

A wolf howled in harmony with his voice.

He Yu trembled involuntarily, but fortunately he was standing firmly, but half kneeling on the cliff, it turned out that the mountain was full of dangers.

It's not that you can eat mountains by relying on mountains, and you also have to learn survival skills, otherwise you won't have that blessing to enjoy.

The honey on the cliff looks big and sweet, He Yu rubbed his hands impatiently, snapped his fingers crisply, a large piece of honey disappeared, and it appeared in He Yu's hands in an instant, without a bee .

He tasted the honey on his finger, it was mellow and rich, much purer than the honey sold on the street, it was 100% pure.

He Yu lifted it, and it weighed more than 10 catties, which was enough for them to eat.

At this moment, He Yu, who was standing on a high place, looked up to the sky, and there was a flash of lightning from the opposite valley. The rainstorm was coming. The weather in the valley was cloudy and cloudy, and the dark clouds had already indicated everything.

He Yu ran back quickly, there was only a heavy rain last night, and another one was about to hit this morning.

Panting heavily, He Yu quickly came to Xu Erzhu's side, patted his shoulder, and said anxiously, "It's going to rain, let's go down the mountain!"

As soon as He Yu finished speaking, Xu Erzhu looked at the sky, and there was indeed a sign of rain. He hurriedly greeted Mei Sanniang and Xueer, "Xueer, Sanniang, let's go, let's go down the mountain!"

(End of this chapter)