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Chapter 57 Picking Mushrooms

When Xu Xiaoying arrived, she was holding a few small shovels, the kind usually used for weeding in the small yard, and three wicker baskets in the other hand.

"It rained the day before yesterday and yesterday. There must be a lot of mushrooms in the pine forest outside the city today. Let's go pick mushrooms. The mushrooms are the freshest at this time. Just thinking about it makes me hungry." Xu Xiaoying ran over bouncing , with a bright smile on his face.

Seeing the smile on her face, Ling Xiaoxiao felt happy too. She hadn't seen Xu Xiaoying's signature smirk for a long time.

The three of them walked out of the city from the south gate of the county seat, walked southeast from the south gate, and walked for about 10 minutes to the edge of the pine forest. This pine forest is very large, and it has been around for decades or centuries. Pine trees, the trunks of each tree are as thick as the mouth of a bowl.

The county attaches great importance to this forest, and there will be special personnel to maintain it regularly, and an ecological park has been created here, and pavilions and pavilions have been built in it according to the terrain, for people who come here to rest or gather.There is also a temple in the depths of the woods. Every year and festivals, people of all ages in the county will come here to pay their respects and perform religious rituals. At this time, it is the busiest place in the county.

The main purpose of the three of them today is to pick mushrooms. As for how far and where they want to go, they can do whatever they want.

People who live in the south of the city basically know that a lot of mushrooms will grow in this forest after it rains, so there are many people like them on the road, carrying baskets and shovels, and some of them are students like them.

The rhythm of the school examinations in the county is the same, including the elementary school, which has just completed the midterm examination.After the exam, I would like to come out to relax, so today there are many students in the county and outside the county. They walked all the way from the county and met many classmates in the class and grade.

Walking into the pine forest, there are people everywhere near the periphery. Everyone is squatting and digging mushrooms carefully. The three of them walked all the way and found that the mushrooms beside the tree roots have been lighted. They are small. Just now Those who broke the ground were not let go, they could only continue to walk in.

The three of them walked all the way to the depths, and as they walked, there were fewer and fewer people, and they could vaguely see traces of mushrooms. The people here called the mushrooms growing in this pine forest called pine mushrooms. It is delicious even when fried, and it is the most popular kind of mushroom.

After walking for half an hour, they had almost reached the depths of the woods. Pieces of pine mushrooms under the tree were standing there playfully with small umbrellas on them. The three of them dispersed to find a piece and began to dig slowly.

"I'm going to make a delicious meal for my parents with these pine mushrooms at night." Xu Xiaoying planned happily while digging.

Ling Xiaoxiao laughed on the sidelines: "Are you sure you want to cook delicious food for them? I remember that some people don't seem to know how to cook at all, and every time they enter the kitchen, they make the kitchen look like a disaster scene."

Wu Qingqing heard Ling Xiaoxiao's ridicule, and couldn't help laughing. She knew that Xu Xiaoying was a powerful kitchen killer. Last summer, they went out to pick mushrooms like this, and then went back to make lunch excitedly. As a result, Xu Xiaoying The shot almost set Ling Xiaoxiao's kitchen on fire. . . .

Being teased by two good friends, Xu Xiaoying felt very humiliated: "You two villains, you know how to laugh at me. Let me tell you, I am very good now. I can help my mother cook. Hmph, don't you Know how powerful I am."

The more she said that, the more Ling Xiaoxiao and Wu Qingqing laughed. Some people are not good at things by nature, and cooking is one of them for Xu Xiaoying.

Seeing that her good friend didn't show any face at all, Xu Xiaoying angrily found a place a little further away and squatted down to continue digging, muttering while digging: "Smelly Xiaoxiao, stinky green, they are not good things."

The three of them dug for a while before the basket was full, because Xu Xiaoying didn't say what they were going to do in advance, and Ling Xiaoxiao and Wu Qingqing didn't make any preparations. Looking at the mushrooms all over the ground, they felt a little reluctant to dig them up and take them home.

"Let's all look through the bags to see if there are plastic bags or other things that can hold things." Ling Xiaoxiao likes pine tree mushrooms the most, and she won't get bored after eating them for a month. Now she can see her favorites everywhere. , her saliva was about to flow down.

The three of them rummaged for a long time and found some newspapers and a small plastic bag. Ling Xiaoxiao looked at it and said, "Let's fold the newspapers, it should be able to pack a little more."

The three squatted on the ground and studied how to fold newspapers so that they could hold more. At this time, a few people walked by not far away. Ling Xiaoxiao looked up and saw five people. One of them walked in front with his hands behind his back. A man followed with two briefcases in his hands, and behind them, three more men chatted as they walked.

Among the five people, the oldest one walked in the front and looked about 40 years old. The man behind him holding two briefcases was younger and looked only about 30 years old.All five of them were dressed alike, with a casual jacket over a shirt on their upper body, trousers and leather shoes on their lower body.

"Little girl, you are picking mushrooms." The person walking in the front saw the three of them and walked over, saying hello as they walked.

Ling Xiaoxiao stopped what she was doing, looked up at them, and found that squatting to watch people was really uncomfortable, so she stood up slowly, and Xu Xiaoying and Wu Qingqing also stood up and leaned over.

"It must be picking mushrooms. Why don't you pick mushrooms when you come here this season." Xu Xiaoying spoke straightforwardly.

The middle-aged man who said hello laughed when he heard this, and then walked a few steps forward and stood in front of their baskets for a few glances.

"You pine tree mushrooms are very fresh, and you pick a lot." The middle-aged man looked at them with a smile.

Ling Xiaoxiao looked at them vigilantly, not knowing the purpose of these people coming over, but judging from their clothes, words and deeds, they did not look like bad people, and the person who was talking to them had a very official tone.

"Go inside, there are more mushrooms, if you like, you can pick them yourself." Xu Xiaoying secretly rolled her eyes and said something quickly, causing Ling Xiaoxiao and Wu Qingqing to pull her skirts quickly .

"The pine tree mushrooms in this pine forest are a specialty of the county. Everyone will come to pick them after it rains, and they are nothing new." Ling Xiaoxiao turned slightly to block Xu Xiaoying. I don't know what these people do. It's too inappropriate for her to make such a big mockery.

"Yes, the pine tree mushroom in our county is indeed a special product. It is very famous in several nearby counties, and some people come here to buy it." The middle-aged man looked at Ling Xiaoxiao smiling, but the expression on his face was the same from the beginning to the end. None of the changes.

"Are you guys carrying plastic bags or something like that? We pick a lot, and we can't take them away. It would be great if you could help us share some." Ling Xiaoxiao looked at the basket at her feet, mushrooms It was stuffed so full that it trembled and was about to fall out.

(End of this chapter)