pastoral fragrance

Chapter 80 Picking up Mushrooms
Qiulin sat on the threshold holding the little fox in his arms, looking at his father and mother and eldest sister for a while, feeling frustrated for a while.It's raining, she really can't think of anything to do.

Looking at the continuous drizzle outside the house, Qiu Lin felt a little irritable, and didn't know when the rain would stop.Staying at home like this with nothing to do, it would be better to go to the river to basket fish, go to the field to pick wild vegetables, and catch loaches and eels.Suddenly, she remembered how she was so crazy before, like a crazy girl to catch fish and loaches, but now, she always thinks about these things, she is really fast enough to follow the Romans.Qiulin curled his lips and revealed a gratified smile.

In fact, this kind of pastoral life of doing it yourself and having enough food and clothing is not bad. She feels that she is living a fulfilling life every day now.There is no longer the feeling of drifting with the tide and doing nothing in the previous life.Compared with the life in the previous life, she seems to like the current life more!The whole family worked hard together for a prosperous life.If everyone is united in one mind and exerts energy in one place, they will definitely have a prosperous day!

It rained continuously for three days, and on the afternoon of the fourth day, the sky was a little dark, and a thin ray of light after the rain fell through the clouds.Standing in the yard, Qiulin quietly felt the tranquility and peace in the countryside, as if her heart had also been washed.

From a distance, she saw the figure of He Xiang Mei Xiang appearing on the country road.It didn't take long to hear Mei Xiang's familiar voice. "Qiu Lin Qiuyue, let's go pick mushrooms in the woods."

Picking up mushrooms, Qiulin remembered that after the rain in summer and autumn, those mushrooms would suddenly appear in the woods, as if they had grown overnight, which was really miraculous.

When she was young, she also picked them up with the children in the village in her hometown. This kind of mushroom is much fresher than the mushrooms sold in the market later, and the taste is also fresher than those mushrooms.What's more, this is in ancient times, these mushrooms are all unpolluted mushrooms, so the taste must be better.

Qiulin is also a foodie, and after Mei Xiang hooked her up, she hurried to the house to pick up the basket.

Mrs. Han also knew that Qiulin's idleness at home these two days had suffocated her, and if she didn't let her go out to get some air now, she would be a challenge.So he agreed, and only asked: "It just rained, and the ridge of the field is still wet. Put on your straw sandals, so as not to make your shoes dirty and difficult to wash. And don't pick up the mushrooms. The brighter the mushroom, the more poisonous it is, this kind of mushroom looks good, but you can't pick it up!"

Putting on the straw sandals, Qiulin said, "I got it, I got it." Really, my mother is so verbose, she doesn't know that these mushrooms can't be picked.

Qiulin Qiuyue put on the straw sandals, took out the basket, and saw that there were only two people in the yard, Hexiang and Meixiang. "Hey, are we going alone?"

Mei Xiang stuck out her tongue and said with a smile: "We don't know if Sister Liu'er and the others are going, anyway, you must be going, so I'm here to call you."

Qiu Lin's hair was full of black lines. It seemed that in their eyes, she was a wild girl who could not get out of the house all day long.But that's just how I am. "Let's go and call them. Just shout at the door, and they can hear it. It's fine if you don't go. If you don't call, I'm afraid they will talk about us later."

Mei Xiang thought for a while, and felt that Qiu Lin's words made sense, and couldn't help but said, "You little girl, you know a lot." Why does she feel like a younger sister in front of the little girl Qiu Lin?
Qiulin stuck out his tongue at her mischievously, but he didn't think it was a big deal.Anyway, people in ancient times were precocious, and it is normal to understand these things.

So Mei Xiang put down the basket, and she went to the dangmen to call Xu Liuer and the others.Qiulin ran to Aunt Liu's house to call for promises and agreement, let's all go and have fun together.

As soon as Qiulin yelled, he promised and agreed, put down the work in hand, and came out with a basket. "You girl has been thinking about running into the woods all day long, and you're almost growing in the woods." He Yi said with a smile.

Qiu Lin pouted, just now she was made a joke by Mei Xiang, and now she made fun of sister He Yi again, she really couldn't hold back her face.But there are indeed things in the forest that attract her. At the turn of spring and summer, there are sweet mulberries and some wild fruits. In midsummer, you can dig grass roots to sell, and now you can pick mushrooms.It's a pity that there is nothing to do in winter.

The girls were beckoning friends, and when Qiulin and the others walked into their yard, they also saw Xu Liuer and the others coming here together.Qiulin showed a comfortable smile. It seems that she is not the only one who likes to run in the woods. Aren't they all the same?
Because it just rained, the mud on the ridge of the field was a little soft, and they were afraid of slipping when they stepped on it, so everyone walked cautiously and tried to avoid those places with sloshing water or thin mud.I stepped on this road, but got a foot of mud.Fortunately, everyone is wearing straw sandals, even if they get muddy, they are not afraid.

After passing this section of the field, there is a small road leading to the forest. The weeds on the side of the road are still green. At this moment, everyone just uses the weeds to clean the mud on the sandals.Otherwise, it would take a lot of effort to walk with the mud like this. The mud under my feet probably weighed a catty.

I found a thin wooden branch to scrape off the large chunks of mud on the shoes, and then pulled some weeds to wipe it. Now walking is much easier.

After this rainy day, it felt a little shady in the woods.The cool wind blows over, bringing the fresh breath after the rain, which makes people feel very comfortable.After entering the forest, avoid those graves.Last time, the Fang's incident was widely circulated in the village, and everyone thought it was a bit evil, so naturally they didn't touch those things now.Even passing by the grave mound is cautious.

After bypassing the tomb, there is a dense forest in front of you.Qiu Lin thinks that the Qingcheng area is equivalent to the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River in his previous life, where the subtropical zone borders the temperate zone, so there are more tree species in this forest.There are not only evergreen broad-leaved forest vegetation belonging to the subtropical zone, but also deciduous broad-leaved forest and coniferous forest vegetation in the temperate zone.Some trees grow straight and majestic, while others grow crooked and have vertical branches.There are also pine forests that like to grow mushrooms in this forest, as well as willows and poplars. There are definitely a lot of mushrooms.

After arriving in the woods, everyone started to act.Carrying bamboo baskets each, they squatted under the tree and picked up the weeds.

"Some mushrooms are poisonous. Don't put poisonous mushrooms in the basket too. The brighter the mushrooms, the more poisonous they are." Mei Xiang chirped and emphasized.

Everyone smiled, in fact, everyone understands this truth.But in the process of picking up, you may throw poisonous mushrooms into the basket unconsciously, so everyone doesn't think this is nonsense.As a wake-up call for yourself, don't throw poisonous mushrooms into the basket.This mushroom is not comparable to other things. If you don't look carefully, it is possible to poison people to death.

Qiulin soon saw a brightly colored mushroom with a white stem, and the skin on it was turned out, which was light red, and the color of the edge faded.It is small in shape and big in body, and looks very beautiful.This kind of mushroom is closer to the red mushroom, but this is not the red mushroom. This kind of countryman gave it a famous name called the coffin lid.Symptoms of vomiting, diarrhea, and facial twitching will appear within an hour after eating. If the poison is not detoxified in time, people will die.

Qiulin shuddered, thinking that this little mushroom was like a gut-piercing poison, which was a bit scary.She retracted her hand, not to touch the poisonous red mushroom.

"Hey, there are fungus growing on this tree!" When everyone was rummaging through the mushrooms, they suddenly heard a crisp voice.Everyone raised their heads to look at her, and the person who spoke was Liu Huaihua.

There is a dead poplar tree next to the Sophora japonica, and what is the black fungus growing on the trunk?This black fungus is a good thing. For girls, eating it can nourish yin and nourish kidneys.

Qiu Lin came over with a smile, "This is a good thing, let's pick it up quickly. Let's walk around in the woods to see if there are any." The black fungus is rotten wood that grows after the banyan, poplar, and locust trees die. It's not easy to find.

Everyone happily picked this thing and put it in the basket.This thing is also sold in the town, and you can buy it for seven or eight yuan a catty, which is more expensive than meat.Therefore, only those people in the town can afford it, and they, farmers, will occasionally pick up some food afterwards.

This thing likes to grow on rotten wood, and not many black fungus can grow on a single piece of wood, so the chances for them to eat it are few and far between.

There are not many black fungus, and they will be picked in a while, but there are still more mushrooms, so everyone went to pick mushrooms again.

Qiulin and the others were only focused on picking mushrooms at the moment, and they didn't realize that everyone was walking further into the depths of the jungle.They were all squatting down, carefully picking the weeds under the tree, but all their eyes were on the mushroom.

At this moment, only the voice of "Wei Wei Wei Wei" came from the depths of the forest, the sound was not too loud, and it seemed a little immature.Apparently it was the cry of some wild animal in the woods.

Everyone's heart skipped a beat.Why does this voice sound so strange, it doesn't sound like a tiger's voice.But for safety's sake, it's better to be cautious.

After all, the girls were more timid, but they all hugged together in fright when they heard this voice that didn't sound very majestic.People from the village came to dig for medicine these days but they didn't find anything, so they dared to go deep into the forest now.I didn't expect that the tiger killing people in this forest is really groundless.Did they meet them now? What should they do now?Several girls turned around in a hurry.

Xu Nuo seemed much calmer, he weighed for a while, the running speed of the thing in the forest is definitely not a problem, if he runs away at this time, he might even provoke its pursuit.There are quite a lot of trees in this forest, some are straight and some have more branches.Hearing the voice getting closer, Xu Nuo made a decisive decision, "Hurry up and climb the tree!"

(End of this chapter)