The happy little days of the Ye family

After lunch, Mrs. Ye took a few people to Zhulin Mountain.

As soon as we reached the foot of the mountain, the first thing we saw was the large pond.

The water in the pond is relatively clear. If you get closer, you can see many half-sized fish swimming around in the pond.

Ye Qingqing and Ye Xilin squatted on the edge of the pond to watch the fish. Looking at the fish swimming around, the siblings became a little greedy. Since their father did not go to Fujia Village to sell goods, the family had not eaten fish for a long time.

Ye Qingqing: "Nai, when can we eat the fish in this pond?"

Ye Xilin also said: "I will stop by to feed the fish when I am hunting pigweed in the future."

Mrs. Ye pinched Ye Qingqing's little face and said, "This fish hasn't grown up yet, at least during the Chinese New Year, but it probably won't be big at the end of the year."

Mr. Ye warned Ye Xilin: "There are few people here in Zhulin Mountain, so you must not come here alone. I feed this fish every day, so you can rest assured."

At this time, Ye Mu shouted from the front: "There are many bamboo fungus in the bamboo forest, come here quickly."

Mrs. Ye walked quickly to the bamboo forest, urging Ye Qingqing and Ye Xilin to go over and work quickly and not to waste time.

Ye Xilin wanted to feed the fish and then go pick bamboo fungus. "I haven't fed the fish yet today. I'll cut the pigweed to feed the fish first, and I'll go there later."

Mr. Ye was worried. Ye Xilin was feeding the fish in the pond. It had just rained and the ground was very slippery. If he accidentally fell into the water, he would be in trouble.

"Xilin and I are feeding the fish here. Old lady, you go to the bamboo forest first. We will come back later."

Old Mrs. Ye warned again: "Let's go to the bamboo forest to collect bamboo fungus first. You and Xilin should be careful. The ground is slippery and don't get too close to the pond."

Mrs. Ye and Ye Qingqing came to the bamboo forest. Mother Ye had already picked half the basket of bamboo fungus. Mother Ye said with a smile: "No one comes here usually, but there are so many bamboo fungus in the bamboo forest."

Xiaohoushan and Zhulinshan are the outermost mountains in the village. People in the village generally like to go to Backshan to pick mushrooms or hunt. The latter go to other nearby mountains. Zhulinshan is sparsely populated and has many bamboo fungus and wild fruit trees. .

After a while, the basket in Mrs. Ye's hand was filled with bamboo fungus. Mrs. Ye poured the bamboo fungus in the basket into the basket on her back, and continued to rummage in the bamboo forest with the empty basket.

Not far away, Ye Qingqing suddenly shouted, "Mom, grandma, I caught a pheasant, come and help."

Mrs. Ye quickly walked up to Ye Qingqing and saw Ye Qingqing holding down a backpack that was upside down on the ground.

"Milk, come and help. The pheasant is covered in a basket. I don't dare to take it out for fear that I won't be able to catch it and it will fly away."

At this time Ye Mu also came over, "Qingqing is okay, I caught a rabbit last time, I didn't expect that I could even catch a pheasant."

Ye Qingqing said with some guilt: "It's not like I'm that good. This pheasant's claws are entangled in the vine."

Mrs. Ye opened the basket a little, reached in and grabbed the pheasant's legs, and then the pheasant was tied up and thrown into the basket.

Ye Qingqing caught pheasants here, and Mr. Ye also found two nests of wild eggs while cutting pig grass. There were about ten eggs in total, which made Mr. Ye beam with joy.

When Mr. Ye and Ye Donglin went to the bamboo forest, the three of them had already picked two baskets full of bamboo fungus.

Suddenly, a black figure ran quickly in front of Ye Qingqing.

Ye Qingqing exclaimed: "What a big mouse. This mouse is as big as rhubarb and small yellow."

Mrs. Ye smiled and said, "This is a bamboo rat, much bigger than a mouse."

Ye Qingqing: "Do bamboo rats grow up eating bamboo?"

"Bamboo rats eat bamboo shoots. Didn't you see that many of the exposed bamboo shoots have been bitten by things? It's these bamboo rats that eat them."

Ye Xilin came over and said, "Nai, is the bamboo rat delicious?"

Old Mrs. Ye thought of when she was a child, "The taste was not bad. When I was a child, my family was poor, so I went to catch it with my brother and sister."

Mr. Ye: "There are so many bamboo shoots in the bamboo forest, so many bamboo shoots have been chewed up. If you want to eat them, I will catch two for you to try when I have time."

10-year-old Ye Xilin was naughty when he said, "Take me with you when you catch him."

Mr. Ye smiled but said nothing, urging Ye Xilin to work quickly.

With the duck products and braised eggs, Ye's father's braised pork stall was doing well, and everything on the stall was sold out early.

Father Ye was thinking about the spicy duck he had eaten the day before yesterday. After selling the braised pork rice, he immediately drove the donkey cart to the county pharmacy.

Father Ye bought half a catty of dogwood, which is quite expensive. Just such a small bag cost Father Ye 100 yuan.

Father Ye was thinking about going back to transport bamboo shoots. After buying the dogwood, he hurriedly drove the donkey cart home.

Tang Xiaojing spent several years in Taohua Village when he was young, but he went to live in the county when he was four or five years old. This was his first time picking mushrooms.

Tang Shan took out several common mushrooms from his backpack and introduced them to Tang Xiaojing one by one.

"Take these mushrooms. These are the most abundant and common mushrooms on the mountain. Just look for these mushrooms. Don't ask for any other mushrooms."

Tangshan was worried and warned: "Most of the brightly colored mushrooms are poisonous, so don't pick them randomly, just the ones I introduced to you."

"I know. I'll just look for the mushrooms you gave me. I don't want anything else."

This was Tang Xiaojing's first time picking mushrooms. It was quite novel. He took a stick and carefully rummaged through the fallen leaves under the tree, and found a cluster of Coprinus comatus within a short while.

Tang Xiaojing excitedly pushed aside the fallen leaves around him, and carefully picked the Coprinus comatus. He was lucky, and seven or eight of them were relatively large and complete.

Not long after, Tang Xiaojing found another clump of chicken fir trees. Tang Xiaojing had eaten chicken fir trees before. They can be boiled into chicken fir trees, which are very delicious when mixed with rice or noodles.

Picking mushrooms is like digging for treasure. From time to time, you can find a bunch of fresh and tender mushrooms. Tang Xiaojing became more and more addicted to picking them, and even forgot to look at the herbs he planted before.

In addition to mushrooms, there are also black fungus on the mountain. Tang Xiaojing found a dead tree covered with dense fungus.

Fungus Tang Xiaojing met in the Ye family. The Ye family had a shed in which dead wood with fungus growth was placed.

Tang Xiaojing picked off the big fungus, and also planned to transport the dead wood back. If he poured water on it, the fungus would continue to grow.

Soon Tang Xiaojing picked up a basket full of mushrooms, but there were not many chicken fir trees, only a few here and there. Most of them were green-headed mushrooms, coprinus mushrooms and fungus.

When Father Ye drove the donkey cart to Zhulin Mountain, Mrs. Ye and the others were still struggling in the bamboo forest.

The bamboo forest in Zhulin Mountain is as big as the bamboo forest in two small back mountains, and there are particularly many bamboo fungus in Zhulin Mountain.

Nearly 20 kilograms of bamboo fungus were picked in one afternoon, and Mrs. Ye was so happy that the corners of her mouth didn't even drop.