Xiangu Mountain is seven or eight miles away from the intersection of Baiju Brigade, but more than ten miles away from the Fifth Production Team.

Shen Xiaobei and Ke Xiaoli got up early and walked for more than an hour before finally reaching the foot of the mountain.

Breathing the fresh air at the foot of the mountain in the early morning, listening to the chirping of birds in the woods, and seeing some red, white, yellow, purple and various small flowers that I can't name blooming in the jungle.

Ke Xiaoli had some worries and fears about encountering wolves in the mountains, but they disappeared in an instant.

"Sister Xiaobei, I feel much more relaxed after taking a walk in the mountains!"

"That's right! We work in the fields every day, facing the earth and back to the sky. We need to change things up and go hiking in the mountains once in a while to see different scenery!"

The two men carried their backpacks and started walking up the mountain along the path.

While happily exchanging their feelings, they also kept an eye out for pheasants in the forest and whether there were any mountain products to collect.

"Sister Xiaobei, look, there are a lot of mushrooms growing here!"

"Many wild mushrooms are poisonous, Xiaoli, can you identify them?"

"Ah? I don't know how! What about you, Xiaobei?"

"I don't know how to tell. Forget it, let's not pick any mushrooms. Safety comes first. What if we bring back some poisonous ones and cook them for everyone to eat? That would be more trouble than it's worth. If you want to eat mushrooms, we can go to the farmers' market next time!"

"Well, alright then, I'll listen to you, Sister Xiaobei!"

After just a short while on the mountain, Ke Xiaoli was the first to discover wild mushrooms. She was very excited, thinking that this was her first attempt at picking mountain products today!

But after hearing what Shen Xiaobei said, she had to be a little frustrated and gave up the idea of ​​picking these mushrooms.

However, about ten or twenty minutes later, her sharp eyes discovered a second piece of useful information.

"Sister Xiaobei, look, there are several black fungus growing on that tree!"

“Yeah, it really is wood ear!”

After Ke Xiaoli discovered that there were some black fungus growing on a tree trunk not far away, she hurriedly asked Shen Xiaobei to go over and take a look.

The two of them picked the larger wood ears excitedly and carefully and put them into their respective backpacks, just like picking flowers.

They were still relatively small, so Shen Xiaobei asked Ke Xiaoli not to pick them for the time being. It would not be too late to pick them later when they grew bigger.

As the saying goes, if you find one tree, you won’t have to worry about the whole slope.

Along the way, the two discovered that many tree trunks were covered with wood ear mushrooms.

The fresh wood ear mushrooms were wet and a bit heavy due to the large amount.

After each of them picked a small half basket, Shen Xiaobei asked Ke Xiaoli to pour all the fungus in her basket into her basket, and she carried it alone.

While picking black fungus in the mountains and forests, Shen Xiaobei discovered some purple-leaf plum trees.

The leaves of the purple-leaf plum are purple-red and easy to identify, so she can recognize it at a glance in the mountain forest where most of the trees are green.

However, it is not the fruit season for purple-leaf plums yet, and we have to wait two or three months before we can pick the plums.

"Sister Xiaobei, are you tired? Let's find a place to rest!"

"Well, why don't we just walk down to the valley and rest for a while, and see if there's any spring water along the way!"

"Oh, okay!"

Shen Xiaobei and Ke Xiaoli walked around the mountain for almost two hours, picking up most of the black fungus in their backpacks.

Not a single pheasant was found.

As for wild fruits, there are some growing on some trees. They are green in color and the size of ping-pong balls. I don’t know what they are called.

The two of them knocked off a few with branches and tasted them. They were too astringent and did not taste good at all.

They each took a bite and threw it away with a look of disgust.

"Sister Xiaobei, look, there are so many mountain bubbles here!"

"It really is, the color is so beautiful!"

When she went down to the valley, Ke Xiaoli was pleasantly surprised to find that there were large patches of mountain bubbles in the valley, each one red, plump and translucent.

She grew up in a county town and used to pick and eat this with her friends in the suburbs when she was a child.

It tastes sour and sweet, and is a very delicious wild fruit for children.

After going to the countryside to Baiju Brigade, she could occasionally see them in the fields and on the roadside, but they were sporadic and in very small numbers.

I guess they were left over by the kids in the team.

In his previous world, Shen Xiaobei had seen and tasted this thing at his relatives' house in the countryside, and he also knew that its scientific name was raspberry.

Raspberries really taste good and can stimulate the appetite.

However, for her who grew up eating various fruits, it was not a rare thing.

But it was the early 1970s when supplies were scarce, and I saw so many beautiful and delicious wild berries growing in this valley.

Shen Xiaobei and Ke Xiaoli immediately ran over to pick the fruits happily like children.

Then he immediately put one in his mouth to taste it.

"Sister Xiaobei, it's delicious!"

"Well, it tastes really good and quenches your thirst. Xiaoli, let's pick some and eat them first, then pick more to make jam and wine."

"Ah? Sister Xiaobei, this mountain bubble can be used to make jam and wine?"

"This is also a fruit, so why not? And this mountain bubble has a sweet and sour taste. I believe the jam and fruit wine made from it will taste good too.

"Yeah, that's great, Sister Xiaobei, then you can teach me how to do it too!"

"Okay, no problem!"

It was the first time that Ke Xiaoli heard that mountain puffball can not only be eaten raw, but can also be processed into other food and drinks. She thought it was quite novel.

She and Shen Xiaobei picked the fruits happily and stuffed them into their mouths from time to time.

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