Return to the small mountain village in 1983

Chapter 72 A man’s toughness [[-] words]

"what?"

Lin Heng came over and saw two green-headed mushrooms, which were pretty good. He picked them up and continued to pick up porcini mushrooms.

Along the way, half of the basket was filled with porcini mushrooms. There were too many.

It's a pity that porcini mushrooms don't taste very good when dried, otherwise they would be perfect.

"Ok?"

Suddenly, Lin Heng saw a golden figure in his peripheral vision.

"Oh my God, what a load of chanterelles!"

Lin Heng looked up and saw a group of golden figures, large and small, scattered in an oak forest ahead.

Just when he wanted to share the joy with Xiulan, he turned around and remembered that she was not around and went to the other side to look for mushrooms.

Lowering his head, Lin Heng picked up all the chanterelles on the ground, from his grandfather to his grandson.

After picking them, he couldn't wait to go to his wife.

"Xiulan, what are you picking up? I just picked up at least eleven or two kilograms of chanterelles."

Lin Heng said with some excitement that even if there is a big outbreak of chanterelles this season, picking up so many at once is definitely luck.

"It's amazing, I just picked up something good, look!"

Xiulan took out a mushroom as big as a plate and said with a smile, and the two of them ran in both directions.

The round cap is fifteen centimeters in diameter, with a depression in the middle, large purple-brown scales on it, and white flesh.

"This is the deer fungus!!"

Lin Heng hesitated for a moment and recognized it. The fungus was so rare that the purchase point didn't collect it very much.

But in fact, it is very popular. Not only is it delicious, but it also has the effect of lowering cholesterol. Many people need it.

"Yes, I suddenly found them. There were eight flowers in total. I picked them all up, weighing about five kilograms."

Xiulan smiled and said that she was so happy. This fungus can even be sold in Chinese medicine shops, and the price is comparable to matsutake.

"You are luckier than me."

Lin Heng was extremely envious. This was definitely an SSR.

"I also picked up two Ganoderma lucidum." Xiulan took out two more red Ganoderma lucidum.

"Okay, I'm convinced."

Lin Heng was speechless. He brought Xiongba with him, but his luck was actually not as good as Xiulan's.

Also, Xiongba didn't find any good fungi today.

Especially the morels seem to have disappeared. This fungus only existed in late spring and has disappeared now.

In addition, the same goes for pine tree fungus, which produces mushrooms in spring and autumn and disappears during this period.

During this time, chanterelles, porcini, Ganoderma lucidum, etc. were grown. Maybe there were more types of fungi in Yunnan, but there really weren’t that many varieties in Qinling.

"Wang Wang!!"

Xiongba screamed again.

Lin Heng walked over and saw two more green-headed fungi.

He relies entirely on male dominance to collect green-headed fungi, which rarely grow together in large groups.

But the taste is really delicious and the price is not low.

Before they knew it, the two of them had been in the woods for three or four hours.

Looking up at the sun, Lin Heng estimated that it was three or four o'clock. The two of them set off at around eleven o'clock in the morning.

"Hey, I'm about to leave, and I found an egg fungus."

Lin Heng looked to the left and saw an orange-yellow fungus growing there. He hadn't even noticed it just now.

Egg fungus, scientific name Amanita orange cap, is the only edible species in the Amanitaceae family.

It is also very easy to identify. It is orange-yellow and looks like an egg when the cap is not opened. This is also the origin of the name of the egg fungus.

"One more."

Just after picking one, Lin Heng saw another one. He sometimes felt that mushrooms could become invisible, just like this.

I've just seen it all, and now I've discovered something new.

"Let's go back and pick it up as we go. We're going to take the Shuijingwan road instead of going back the way we came."

Xiulan picked up two chanterelles and walked over and said.

"it is good."

Lin Heng nodded. Maybe it was because of the poor location. There were even fewer porcini mushrooms on the way back.

"Wang Wang!"

When they were about to go down the mountain, Xiongba called out again.

Lin Heng didn't go, but Xiulan, who was close by, went.

"Guess what fungus it is?" Xiulan walked back and put her hands behind her back and blinked.

"What else could it be, green-headed fungus?" Lin Heng said, spreading his hands.

Xiulan shook her head and took it out with a smile: "Two quite large red Ganoderma lucidum."

Lin Heng: "...Well, it seems that I have no chance with Red Ganoderma lucidum today."

Xiulan said mischievously: "It's okay. I'll buy you candy after selling it."

"Okay, then I'll wait for my sister to feed her." Lin Heng chuckled, feeling that Xiulan felt like a royal sister at this moment.

Going further down the mountain, he only encountered sporadic delicious porcini mushrooms. Lin Heng was lucky enough to encounter a cluster of five yellow mushrooms.

"I seem to have discovered Jianshouqing again." Xiulan said from a distance.

When Lin Heng heard this, he quickly went over to take a look and saw that there were really three red onion porcini mushrooms.

"Honey, you are so lucky today." Lin Heng was envious.

"My luck is your luck." Xiulan said with a smile.

The two of them were not in a hurry. They arrived at Shuijingwan while talking and laughing. They also walked slowly, not in a hurry at all.

"What's wrong with you?" Xiulan noticed something was wrong with Lin Heng's walking posture.

"Nothing." Lin Heng smiled and let Xiulan walk ahead.

He clutched his lower back and continued walking. He had felt nothing in the morning, but now he suddenly felt pain in his lower back and a sense of emptiness.

He didn't want to be discovered by Xiulan, otherwise it would be embarrassing. In the morning, he boasted that he had done it seven times a night.

"Pfft~"

While walking, Xiulan suddenly couldn't hold it back and laughed.

Lin Heng: "..."

Xiulan waved her hands quickly: "I was sneezing, not laughing at you."

Lin Heng: "..."

"Okay, okay, it's normal. Please be more restrained next time."

Xiulan took Lin Heng's hand to comfort him.

Lin Heng: "...Do you believe me when I say it's not back pain, wife?"

Xiulan nodded seriously: "Of course I believe you."

But it was clear that the smile on her face could no longer be suppressed.

Lin Heng gritted his teeth and said angrily: "I dare you tonight!"

"No, I won't be able to bear it." Xiulan said quickly.

Soon she stopped talking, because she found that the more she defended herself, the more she seemed to be mocking Lin Heng.

"Mountain lily, what a beautiful flower!"

As soon as he arrived at the bend, Lin Heng saw two snow-white lilies and quickly changed the topic.

I walked over and picked it, and the faint fragrance was refreshing.

"Honey, here it is for you." Lin Heng came over and handed it to Xiulan, as if nothing had happened.

Xiulan smiled and took the flower, smelled it, and held it in her hand.

He also acted seriously as if nothing had happened, protecting what little dignity his husband had left.

"I dug up this lily and planted it." Lin Heng said, this thing is very tall to decorate his small yard.

This season is not the time to dig lilies. The lilies have not grown up enough to be eaten, but they can still survive if they are planted.

The lily grew on a slope with loose soil. After a while, he dug out a lily the size of a fist, like a beautiful crystal lotus.

"It's a pity that the honeysuckles here at Shuijing Bend have also been climbed first."

Xiulan said from the front.

"There's no way, they might have gone up the mountain to cut it yesterday."

Lin Heng said while looking around.

Xiulan was confused: "What are you looking at? Prey?"

"No, I'm looking for honeysuckle."

"There's no hope." Xiulan was too lazy to look for her. The people in the village were too crazy.

"We actually came here. This is a big cave."

Lin Heng looked at the cave in front of him. It was a natural cave with a depth of five meters. In winter, cattle often lit fires inside to keep warm.

I had a lot of good memories here when I was a kid.

"Let's go, there's nothing to see." Xiulan said.

Lin Heng nodded and pulled Xiulan down. The bend of the well was full of stones and water flow adhered to them, making it very slippery.

When he was about to exit the bend, Lin Heng saw a cluster of honeysuckle on the stone skin on the left, and walked over with some joy.

Xiulan looked at him doubtfully: "He was also cut, why did you go there?"

"Of course I pulled it back and planted it."

As Lin Heng said that, he grabbed the honeysuckle vine and pulled it out hard. With a sting, a large piece of the root was pulled out by him.

It is best to pull out the honeysuckle on this kind of stone skin, because there is stone underneath, and the roots cannot penetrate into it, so it can only grow on the stone skin.

"Okay, it's done."

Lin Heng smiled and looked at the old honeysuckle root in his hand with great satisfaction.

The main vine is about the thickness of your thumb. After planting, you can use the vines to make a shape. This will be a beautiful honeysuckle bonsai.

Honeysuckle is evergreen all year round. You can watch the leaves and smell the fragrance at ordinary times. When they bloom, you can also watch the flowers and smell the fragrance. The flowers can be soaked in water to drink, which is refreshing and relieves the heat.

Moreover, this thing is very easy to grow and grow, and it does not require any skills.

I wonder how you can stop planting a pot of such a high-quality plant at home?

"That's a good idea."

Xiulan nodded, feeling warm in her heart as she watched Lin Heng pick various things to decorate their small home.

On the way back, she also dug two orchids and helped decorate them together. When they got home, the two of them first planted honeysuckle and orchids.

She hadn't felt anything like it before, but she smiled as she watched the small yard being decorated little by little. A sense of beauty arose spontaneously, making Xiulan's eyes light up.

"It's a pity that the lawn is difficult to maintain." Lin Heng felt a little dissatisfied.

It would look great if everything except the paths were paved with lawn.

It's a pity that you have to buy a lawn, because the mountains are messy and can easily grow into tall haystacks.

The lawn must be artificially cultivated.

"Let's go over and see how many fungi and honeysuckles Dad and the others got. I guess they'll be back soon."

After clapping his hands, Lin Heng put the hoe aside and went to the old house with Xiulan.

"Dad, they haven't come back yet?"

Seeing that Caiyun was alone at home, Lin Heng asked.

"Yes, I haven't come back yet." Caiyun nodded.

"Dog~"

When Xiaoxia saw Xiongba, she staggered over and ran over to grab its ears.

"Ow~"

Xiongba seemed to be having fun on the mountain. He didn't hide and allowed Xiaoxia to stroke its head.

"Dad, they can really run."

Lin Heng sighed and put down the backpack.

"Sister-in-law Xiulan, why did you get this little honeysuckle?"

Caiyun was a little confused.

"Why else? I've been cut off."

Xiulan said helplessly that she was still careless this year, but there should be another one in a few days.

Putting the honeysuckle aside, the two began to process the mushrooms.

Lin Heng processed floating soil and dead leaves, and sliced ​​Xiulan.

The delicious porcini mushrooms are all sliced ​​and dried. I keep these for my own consumption and do not sell them.

Green head mushrooms and roe deer mushrooms are dried whole and must be in complete condition when sold, so that people can tell whether you have mixed with other mushrooms.

The delicious porcini mushrooms picked by the two of them weighed fifty or sixty kilograms in total, but when dried, they could weigh up to ten kilograms at most. These things were too watery.

The fungi are all the same. Except for Ganoderma lucidum, it takes five or six kilograms to dry one kilogram.

After Xiulan finished cutting the porcini mushrooms, hung them up to dry, and started picking honeysuckle, she heard the voice of Father Lin and Mother Lin.

"Are you back so early?"

Seeing Lin Heng and Xiulan coming back so early, they were a little surprised.

"Where did you do this?"

Lin Heng was shocked when he saw his parents' harvest.

"Whether it's honeysuckle or fungi, there are more than us, and there are also bamboo shoots."

Xiulan was also a little shocked.

Father Lin's big basket on his back was filled with fungi, with a large bundle of honeysuckle vines on it, and a large bundle in his hand.

Mother Lin was not willing to give in. She carried half a basket of mushrooms and half a basket of peeled bamboo shoots. There was a bundle of honeysuckle vines on top, and she also held a bundle in her hand.

It's like the goods have arrived.

Father Lin grinned: "Your mother and I found that Shibadanggou was not available, so we went to Sanyegou."

Hearing this, Lin Heng could only give a thumbs up: "Awesome, you guys can really run."

Sanyegou is further away. You need to walk two or three kilometers up the road, then go into the mountains and walk another one or two kilometers to get there.

"Of course, I really think we are old." Mother Lin smiled, feeling proud that she had gained more than Lin Heng.

After putting it down, Lin Heng and Xiulan helped deal with it.

Lin Heng took a look and saw that the fungi his parents had picked were all delicious porcini and chanterelles, a small amount of yellow mushrooms, and tea tree mushrooms.

"Everyone makes their own. Except for the delicious cows that are not for sale and can be put together, everyone else stores them separately."

Father Lin said that this was also to make everyone feel better and avoid conflicts in the family due to uneven distribution.

"Lin Heng, have you discovered the secret to picking up green-headed fungus?"

Mother Lin looked at Lin Heng drying green-headed mushrooms in a dustpan and asked strangely.

This fungus is hard to find, so why does Lin Heng always get this kind of fungus?

Lin Heng chuckled: "I won't tell you anyway."

Mother Lin rolled her eyes: "Humph, I don't care about it either."

But I was thinking that next time I'm with Lin Heng, I'd like to see how he picks it.

"These two egg fungi are also beautiful, and there is also a deer fungus. Although you picked up few, you are lucky."

Mother Lin was a little surprised. The deer fungus was very rare.

"That's what Xiulan picked. Give it to my dad. He probably has high cholesterol." Lin Heng said with a smile.

While several people were talking, the eldest brother and sister-in-law came back.

"We didn't get many honeysuckles, but we found several pieces of chanterelles, as well as some fungus and bamboo shoots."

Lin Yue put down his backpack and said with a wry smile.

"You are still not satisfied, you are carrying half a basket of chanterelles."

Father Lin said with a smile.

"Only this fungus is worth some money." Lin Yue spread his hands.

"Lin Heng, how many did you pick up?" Sister-in-law Liu Juan asked curiously.

"It's almost the same as you, that's all." Lin Heng pointed to the round dustpan behind his back.

"Green-headed mushrooms are more expensive than chanterelles." Liu Juan was a little envious.

For dinner, it was a delicious mushroom stir-fried meat, including chanterelles and delicious porcini mushrooms.

As soon as it is fried with lard, the fresh fragrance of the mushrooms comes out, and it tastes smooth, tender and full of umami.

Paired with cornmeal steamed buns, it tastes full of flavor.

"I guess I can pick a lot of fungi tomorrow. Let's go take a look. They can be dried and cooked into meat in the winter." Father Lin said while eating.

"Go and break the bamboo shoots. All the bamboo shoots have come out from the rain and can be dried and eaten." Mother Lin also said.

At this time of year, bamboo shoots and mushrooms are dried and left to have no vegetables to eat in the winter.

"Okay. Anyway, there is nothing to do in the past two days. Corn fertilizer can be applied in two days."

Lin Yue nodded and said.

Lin Heng just immersed himself in his meal, listening quietly and saying nothing.

After eating, Lin Heng took a cold shower, then picked up his daughter and put her to sleep.

"Shake, shake, shake!!"

After holding Xiaoxia and shaking her for a while, Lin Heng found that not only did she not fall asleep, but she became more energetic and kept laughing.

"You won't sleep, right? You won't be shaken anymore."

Lin Heng threw her on the bed and pretended to be the big bad wolf to scare her.

"Chuck~"

Not only did it not scare her, it also made the little girl giggle.

After playing for a while, my daughter finally fell asleep.

"Daughter is asleep?"

When Xiulan came in after taking a shower, she was a little surprised.

"I fell asleep. I've been coaxing him for a long time." Lin Heng said helplessly.

"Caiyun said she slept a lot during the day today, and you were very good at coaxing her to sleep."

Caiyun was impressed and said that she had never found her husband to be so good at coaxing children before.

As she spoke, she took off her coat and went to bed to rest.

As soon as he got into bed, Lin Heng leaned over. He had to prove himself.

"Don't, it's not good for your health." Xiulan felt sorry for her man.

"Who said that, I'm in good health." Lin Heng said, patting his chest.

Xiulan's tone softened: "Brother, goodbye, mainly because I'm tired."

When she called her brother, Lin Heng's legs went numb. He gritted his teeth and pulled his wife into his arms. He must be a tough man.

Early the next morning, Lin Heng woke up, turned over, and felt that his lower back was empty and cold, and his whole body was weak.

"Xiulan, I won't break the bamboo shoots today. You and Caiyun can go and I'll take care of the baby."

Lin Heng turned to look at Xiulan and said.

Don't get me wrong, the main reason is that I feel sorry for Caiyun being alone at home and asking her to go out and have fun with you. "

Afraid of her misunderstanding, he added another sentence.

Xiulan looked at Lin Heng, with a smile that she couldn't hide, and nodded fiercely: "I know, you are a good brother."

"Humph, why are you smiling? It's not because you are so beautiful."

Lin Heng snorted coldly.

"I'm not smiling, I really am not smiling." Xiulan blinked.

Lin Heng waved his hand and didn't want to talk anymore.

I feel that my body is too weak. Isn't it just four or five days in a row? Why is it like this?

Xiulan put on her clothes silently, and after getting up, she brought Lin Heng a cup of tea with some herbs in it.

Lin Heng said nothing, felt bored, and fell into a drowsy sleep again.

"dad."

Lin Heng woke up again and found that he was out of breath.

When he opened his eyes, he saw that the filial daughter Xiaoxia had woken up, crawled onto his chest, took a dry diaper and threw it on his head.

"You are really daddy's little cotton-padded jacket." Lin Heng picked her up and was thankful that she didn't pee all over his head.

After getting up and carrying his daughter to the toilet, Lin Heng went to the kitchen to find food, but Xiulan's rice was left in the pot.

He took a bite, and his daughter took a bite. It was already half past nine when the father and daughter finished their meal.

The sky is cloudless and blue, and the golden sun hangs high in the sky. The refreshing feeling of yesterday has disappeared, replaced by baking and heat.

Lin Heng took a look at the fungi drying in the yard, locked the door, and carried his daughter to the new house.

　Please give me a monthly ticket, thank you all, cuties.

　　
  　
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