"Auntie, does Yuncheng have this many mushrooms every year?" As soon as she arrived at the mountain, Ruan Ruan saw mushrooms all over the ground. She only recognized the most common mushrooms, as well as some matsutake and chicken pine mushrooms that are less common in other places, and bamboo fungus and chanterelles from the bamboo forest. She didn't recognize many of the others.

"Here in our area, from June to September every year, as long as it rains, a lot of mushrooms will grow. Of course, there will also be some poisonous mushrooms, so you have to be careful when you pick them. Don't pick the brightly colored ones, like red, green, or white ones, as most of these are poisonous."

"Look, these kinds are poisonous, so you have to be very careful. They're different from these yellow chanterelle mushrooms. Don't mix them up when you're picking them, okay?"

As Teacher Shen picked them up, he also explained and compared them to her, pointing out which ones were poisonous and which ones were edible.

"Okay, I understand. Thank you, Auntie. I've never seen so many mushrooms before."

After picking for a while, the group went to pick up items in four different directions. "Ruan Ruan, be careful. Don't go too far. If anything happens, shout loudly, okay?"

"Auntie, Sister Xia, don't worry, I'll be careful. You too, the roads are slippery, please be safe."

As Ruan Ruan continued picking up more and more items, she became increasingly excited and gradually drifted away from the main group.

'Wow, so many matsutake mushrooms! Hahaha, they look so delicious!' Ruan Ruan found a cluster of matsutake mushrooms under a pine tree. She carefully picked them all up, then went to another pine tree. There were only a few left, but she wasn't greedy. She picked up all the big ones and left the small ones behind.

"Sister, sister, can you hear me?" After checking all the pine trees around her, Ruan Ruan heard Gu Jingming calling her from afar.

"Xiaoming, I'm here!" Ruan Ruan looked around and saw that there were no more mushrooms, so she picked up her basket and walked back, responding to Gu Jingming as she did so.

"Sis, why did you run so far? We just realized you were missing, and my mom was so worried. They're all looking for you now!" Gu Jingming, who hadn't been able to find you, said with a slightly displeased tone when he saw you emerge from the woods.

"Don't worry, your sister is here perfectly fine. So don't be afraid. Your sister also grew up in the mountains, so don't worry," Ruan Ruan said softly, trying to comfort Gu Jingming when she saw his anxious expression.

"Alright, let's go back quickly, otherwise who knows what my mom will do later?" After calming down, Gu Jingming pulled Ruan Ruan back, afraid that if he didn't keep an eye on her, she would be gone again.

"Okay, don't worry, I won't get lost." At this moment, Ruan Ruan felt that Gu Jingming was the older brother and she was the younger sister. She remembered when she was fourteen or fifteen years old, she went up the mountain with her brothers from the Huo family. They also let her walk in the middle like this. At that time, Huo Haoshen also held her hand and led her down the mountain, afraid that she would fall down the mountain if she didn't step properly.

"Sister, you're so unreliable. In the blink of an eye, she's gone." Gu Jingming knew he was being too anxious. He turned to look at Ruan Ruan, who was following him. But seeing that it was inconvenient to hold her hand like this, he let go of her, though he still turned to look at her every now and then.

"I've been hunting in the mountains with my two fathers since I was twelve. I'm not as weak as you think!" Ruan Ruan couldn't help but find it a little funny that Gu Jingming really treated her like a weak little girl. She was clearly the one who was the little kid.

"Sis, you can hunt?" Gu Jingming was surprised that his sister, who was so small, could go hunting in the mountains. If she encountered wild boars or tigers, wouldn't she be eaten in one bite?

"What, you still don't believe me? We'll come together after your brother-in-law and the others have rested that day, and I'll show you how powerful your sister is." Ruan Ruan knew that if it were just the two of them, not to mention whether their aunt and uncle would agree, Huo Haocheng would definitely not agree either. Who knows, he might even call back to complain. Just thinking about her mothers' nagging, she surrendered.

"Okay, let's invite Dad along too." When Gu Jingming heard Ruan Ruan say that, he believed that his sister really knew how to hunt. He would ask his brother when they were off work today. He couldn't wait to go.

"Mom, Sister-in-law Zheng, we're back!" As they approached, they saw Teacher Shen and Wang Xia already waiting where they had parted.

"How could you go so far! What did I tell you? Don't go too far, don't go too far! Why didn't you listen?!" Teacher Shen started nagging incessantly as soon as she saw Ruan Ruan, clearly very worried about her. If she had grown up by her side, she would probably be pulling her ears by now.

"Girl, you really worried us to death. Don't do this again next time!" Wang Xia said to Teacher Shen. At first, she was anxious after Teacher Shen called her a few times and no one answered. Teacher Shen then asked Gu Jingming to look in the direction she left, while the two of them looked in another direction. Later, after hearing their voices, they returned and waited here.

"I'm so sorry, Auntie, Sister Xia, I just saw a few clusters of matsutake mushrooms and got a little lost picking them. I only heard Xiaoming's voice after I finished. I'm so sorry for making you worry. I promise I won't do it again. Look, I picked so many!"

Ruan Ruan apologized to them obediently. Tell me, how could you be angry when such a cute, pink and tender girl apologized to you so obediently? Of course not. So Teacher Shen and Wang Xia were helpless with her.

"Alright, alright, stop looking. It's getting late, let's go back!" Teacher Shen glanced at her, sighed softly, and then tapped her forehead. "You, you want a next time?"

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