12dz Chapter 61: Uncontrollable
Chapter 61: Uncontrollable
"Sanya, look quickly, is this the broom mushroom you picked up last time?"
Zhou Mingqi shouted at the bottom of a small slope. She swept the fallen leaves on the ground with a stick. There was a large area of mushrooms below. Their fresh yellow color looked very tempting.
"Second sister, you said I was lucky, but you are also lucky. Hurry up and pick them up. These are broom mushroom buds, and they are the most delicious when they are ripe." After saying this, the two sisters laughed.
When broom mushrooms grow up, they take up a lot of space, but in the one Zhou Mingqi discovered, there were only one or two fully grown ones, and the rest were all buds. His luck was incredible.
The broom mushrooms grew very beautifully, with tentacles that looked like deer antlers. Zhou Mingqi carefully broke them off one by one and put them into the backpack, just like he was treating newborn babies.
After picking up all the broom mushrooms in this area, Zhou Mingqi's backpack was no longer able to hold any more, and half of the basket was filled with broom mushrooms.
After emptying the mushrooms from the other baskets into another basket and filling it up, Liu told her two sons to carry the two full baskets home first, and then they could go back after they had filled the other baskets.
Zhou Mingzhi and Zhou Mingjie returned along the original route, while the others continued walking forward.
This small hill is sandwiched between two big mountains. Wind cannot blow in and water cannot spread out, which has created the patches of mushrooms we see today.
This was discovered by Liu and Zhu when they accidentally walked too far while hiking in the mountains.
From then on, if they couldn't find mushrooms on other mountains, they would come to this mountain, where they could harvest more.
However, since there is no ventilation here, it will be a little hotter. Zhou Mingshu's bangs have been wet so many times that they have already stuck to his forehead.
"Sanya, are you tired?"
"There are mushrooms to pick, so it's not tiring at all."
When everyone heard her say this, they all laughed.
The slight tiredness in my body disappeared with the laughter. The mushrooms all over the mountain are really irresistible.
In addition to the common mushrooms, Zhou Mingshu exchanged all the red mushrooms he encountered with the system. In the past half morning, the points in the system had increased by who knows how many points.
After walking forward for a while, I saw a crooked dead tree with wood ear mushrooms all over its trunk and branches.
Several people were smiling happily and packed up the wood ears from the tree to take home.
This tree is covered with wood ear mycelium. I believe that a new batch of wood ear will grow soon.
Not long after, they found a green mushroom on the ground. This mushroom was a blue-headed mushroom. It looked cute and silly, and it was very adorable hiding in the grass.
"I didn't expect that the tricholoma would be available so soon. We are in for a treat today. I thought it would take another half a month before it was available."
Liu was very surprised by this discovery. The taste of the tricholoma is good, it is fresh and tender, with a long-lasting fragrance and a strong flavor of nature. It is deeply loved by Lao Zhou's family.
"This place is really a good place for feng shui. Maybe it's because it's not very ventilated, so the temperature is a little higher than other places. This is why the mushrooms grow earlier than other places."
"Yes, yes, let's continue this afternoon. It would be a shame if such good mushrooms were left to rot on the mountain. But we still have to pay more attention to our feet. I just saw two red snakes. We have to be extremely careful."
Zhou Mingshu's heart trembled. She had never encountered a snake since she entered the mountains, so she gradually relaxed her vigilance.
This system only alerts you to good things nearby, and it doesn't warn you at all if there's something dangerous.
She started knocking again with the stick in her hand, hoping to find a few more mushroom rings so that she could fill her backpack and go home.
Picking mushrooms in the mountains is certainly fun, but it was a bit hot. I was sweating so much that I could hardly breathe. It felt like it was going to rain.
"Mother, what is that green thing in front?"
Zhou Mingshu has good eyesight and the green plants in front of him look very familiar.
Zhu's expression was full of surprise, "Tian garlic, it's Tian garlic!"
After picking enough mushrooms, it is also good to pick some garlic
This patch of garlic has already produced cauliflower stalks, many of which have even bloomed small flowers. They didn't want the leaves, but did pick a lot of the cauliflower stalks.
Liu was knocking on things with a stick, and from time to time there was a rubbing sound that gradually faded away.
"Look, there are few people in this mountain, and I don't know how many snakes there are. We have to be careful. But these cauliflowers are really tender. Pick some and pickle them. They are delicious. It would be even better if mom could bring some meat to make dumplings."
As my aunt-in-law spoke, she started laughing to herself. She was craving for dumplings.
Zhu also laughed, "Wait until Mr. Chen picks up the goods. Mother said she would go pick them up. Then come over and pick them. They will be fresh."
Zhou Mingqi's stomach growled at the perfect moment and everyone started laughing at her.
"Mom, it's all your fault. If you hadn't told me to make dumplings, I wouldn't be hungry."
Looking at the sun outside the woods through the branches, it was almost time for dinner and I had finished the water I brought with me, so it was time to go home.
After the remaining space on the backpack was filled with vegetable sprouts, everyone went back the same way they came.
Zhou Mingshu, who was walking slowly behind, looked up at the hillside, where lush vines were entwined around the adjacent trees, full of vitality.
It seems that I need to call someone over when I have time.
After they climbed over a mountain, they met Zhou Mingzhi and Zhou Mingjie who came to pick them up.
After they put down the backpacks, they were afraid that it was too heavy for them to carry, so they came over to take them, holding the basket in their hands.
Now Zhou Mingqi and Zhou Mingshu didn't feel so tired anymore, and the weight on their shoulders was reduced by half.
The rope of this backpack is too thin. If the backpack is a little heavier, my shoulders will be hurt. When I have time, I will sew more straps to increase the force-bearing area. This way, my shoulders will not hurt so much when I return with a full load.
After climbing over the mountain in front that they often climbed, they could see the smoke rising from Lianglin Village.
There were many farmers wearing straw hats busy working in the fields in the distance, among them was Boss Zhou.
Recently, the peanuts in the field have sprouted, and of course some grass has also grown, so he just shoveled it away.
When they got closer, Zhou Mingzhi called out to people loudly. Only then did Boss Zhou wipe the sweat off his forehead, put away his farm tools and walked towards home.
"Uncle, are you almost done with the work in the fields?"
"It's only about an acre of peanuts. We can finish it in a while after dinner. Hey, how did you pick up so many mushrooms? That's amazing."
He straightened his straw hat and took the backpack from the eldest girl's back. Only then did Zhou Mingqin breathe a sigh of relief.
"Haha, there are still a lot of mushrooms on the mountain we went to. What a pity, our backpacks are so small that they can't hold them all."
"Haha, okay. I'll go with you guys this afternoon. Let your grandma shovel the grass in the field."
A few people chatted and laughed while arranging the old lady's work.
Old Mrs. Zhou was stir-frying the vegetables in the pot when she accidentally sneezed. She thought it was because of the dogwood that she choked.