HLnovel Chapter 13 Fungus
Chapter 13 Fungus
"Second sister, what's wrong with you?"
Her scream scared Zhou Mingshu so much that he dropped all the pebbles in his hand and hurried over to support her.
"My feet hurt, something bit me."
Zhou Mingqi lifted his injured foot unsteadily.
Some blood seeped out of the thumb, but fortunately, the wound was not deep.
"What bit me? Could it be a leech?" Oh my god, this is what she is most afraid of.
"No, no, it should be a small crab. I stepped on it and it pinched me."
Zhou Mingqi felt that she stepped on something hard and slippery.
"What? Little crab?" Zhou Mingshu was surprised and happy.
I didn't expect to find crabs in this mountain cave.
"Yeah, it's okay. It's just a small cut. I can't get home."
Zhou Mingqi shook off the water on his feet, sat on a rock nearby, and began to wash wild vegetables.
Zhou Mingshu stopped playing and squatted aside obediently, but what he was thinking about was the various ways to eat this little crab.
Steamed? Fried? Boiled?
I turned over the stones at my feet and found quite a few crab shells underneath. However, they have not grown up yet, so I decided not to take them home.
The river is so long that if you look carefully you might be able to make a whole dish.
"Why are you grinning like an idiot? Hurry up and take a shower and go home. The weather is getting hotter."
The eldest sister came over with three baskets. The two sisters took one each and started washing the wild vegetables in the baskets.
After they had washed almost everything and drained the water, the three of them went home together.
The three sisters-in-law, Liu, Zhu and Feng, were washing their own clothes at the back of the house, while Old Mrs. Zhou and her little granddaughter were peeling peanuts at the door.
After it rains after a while, the peanuts can be planted.
"Oh! You're back. You're quite skillful. Just put the basket on the roof to dry. It won't take up much space."
"Er Ya, San Ya, hold the ladder for your elder sister."
Old Mrs. Zhou has a lot of worries.
He personally watched the eldest girl put the basket of wild vegetables away, then he withdrew his gaze and continued to peel peanuts.
The large ones are used as seeds, the small ones are kept for family members to eat, and the peanut skins are kept in the kitchen for cooking.
Zhou Minghua lay on his grandmother's lap, accepting food from the old lady from time to time.
The three sisters put away their backpacks and took a small stool to sit at the door.
Help grandma peel peanuts.
There is strength in numbers. If one person peels a handful, a small basin will be full.
Old Mrs. Zhou picked up the pot and thought that after peeling so many leaves, it would be enough to plant one acre of land.
But I was afraid it wouldn't be enough, so I peeled another handful just in case.
After packing up the things at the gate, she looked towards the foot of the mountain, but still didn't see any signs of the boys.
What’s going on today? Why hasn’t any firewood been delivered?
There couldn't be any accident.
When you have nothing to do, your mind tends to wander.
"Da Ya, go to the village and see why your father hasn't come back yet. Er Ya, take Si Ya home with you. San Ya, come with me to the front and see why your brothers haven't come back yet."
Old Mrs. Zhou took off her apron and rushed out.
Zhou Mingshu also quickly followed.
"Grandma, you're not worried that something might happen to my eldest brother and the others, are you? They're all grown up, how could they not be able to take care of themselves? I guess they may have picked up too much firewood, so some of them won't come back."
She originally wanted to enlighten her, but she didn't appreciate it at all and even glared at her.
Well, in her grandmother’s eyes, she was just a little kid who knew nothing, and what she said was treated as a fart and just ignored.
The sun was high in the sky, and they began to sweat after walking for a while.
But the speed of the two did not slow down at all.
When I met people on the road, I just said hello casually.
Zhou Mingzhi and Zhou Mingjie each picked up two bundles of firewood. They planned to tie them up with hay ropes, insert thick sticks into the firewood piles, and then carry them down the mountain.
Mingyuan is young, so just pick up some things, tie them up for him, and drag them home. He is just a bystander.
But this kid has had good eyesight since he was young, and he can always find good things every time he goes into the mountains, and this time is no exception.
First, I found a dead tree, and then I found a lot of mushrooms on the tree, and on the broken branches under the tree and buried under the leaves. I pulled out some dead leaves and found the red fungus on them was fat and big.
In addition to these wood ears, there are some small mushrooms that they are not very familiar with.
The three men were overjoyed, so they put down the firewood pile and started picking.
But none of the three had any tools to hold the food. Scratching their heads, Zhou Mingzhi pulled some straw from under a tree. He planned to use the straw to weave a straw bag.
There are so many fungus, enough for at least two meals. They can't bear to leave them here, in case someone else comes and picks them up, they will suffer a great loss.
This will delay the time.
When Old Lady Zhou and Zhou Mingshu came, they were carrying a pile of firewood on their shoulders and were about to go back.
"Grandma, Second Sister, why are you here?"
When Grandma Zhou saw that her three grandsons were fine, she finally felt relieved.
As they walked along the way, the mountains were very quiet, without even the sound of a bird, which made them feel more and more uneasy.
"You're asking us why we're here? Why haven't you gone home yet? Just this little bit of firewood is enough for me to make two trips back and forth."
Looking at Old Lady Zhou's somewhat angry face, Zhou Mingzhi and Zhou Mingjie looked embarrassed.
It was their fault for making grandma worry again.
"Grandma, we found a lot of fungus, look."
Zhou Mingyuan was carrying a big straw bag, which was dark inside. Zhou Mingshu took it and took a look.
It is indeed wood ear, and the quality is quite good.
At the same time, the system also made a beeping sound.
[Three pounds of natural wild red fungus, worth 30 points, do you want to redeem it? ]
[One pound of natural wild sheepskin fungus is worth 10 points. Do you want to redeem it? ]
The straw bag in my hand was indeed heavy. I actually picked four kilograms of fungus, which was an unexpected surprise besides collecting firewood.
The system did not hear Zhou Mingshu's voice, so the redemption was not successful.
Zhou Mingshu handed over the straw bag containing the fungus.
"Grandma, look, I told you, my eldest brother and the others are all grown up, they are just picking up firewood, how could anything happen to them?"
Old Mrs. Zhou took the straw bag and took a look. It was indeed wood ear mushrooms, and there were a lot of them. She immediately smiled happily.
"I understand. If I don't come over to take a look, I won't feel at ease."
After saying that, he stuffed the fungus back into the bag and prepared to go home.
"Brother, where did you pick it up? Do you still have it?"
Hearing this, Old Mrs. Zhou retracted her step and looked at her eldest grandson in front of her.
"We have picked up all the ones we found just now, but there is still a mushroom on the branch. We don't know what it is and we don't know if it is edible, so we didn't dare to pick it."
After he said this, Mrs. Zhou felt even warmer.
"Put it down, put it down, and take us to see it."
So the group returned to the dead tree.
Old Mrs. Zhou looked at the little mushrooms above and immediately smiled happily.