"Are all the wild fruits in the mountains ripe? When I picked loquats today, many of them were rotten, and it was all a waste!" Xu Han said.

“Some of them are ripe! They can be picked!” Lu Chuan replied.

"Do you have time to take me into the mountains tomorrow? We can pick some wild fruits to save for later!"

"Sure! I'll go fruit picking with you tomorrow. Some of the trees are really tall, I can help you pick them!"

"Okay! Let's set off early tomorrow and pick as many as possible while it's still not too hot."

"Yes, we'll set off before dawn tomorrow."

Xu Han also put the basket of August-flavored fried dough that Lu Chuan brought back into her spatial storage.

Then she went to the kitchen to make dinner. It had been a long time since she had braised chicken in a clay pot, so Xu Han planned to make some tonight.

Wash the chicken, chop it into large pieces, stir-fry it in a pot, then add appropriate spices and seasonings and water to stew.

After simmering for a while, add the pumpkin shoots and dried green beans that you soaked in the morning and let them simmer for a while.

Of course, you can't eat stewed chicken without flatbread. Xu Han started kneading the dough, adding some salt to it, and kneading it into a slightly soft dough.

Then pinch the dough into small pieces and soak them in water for a while.

After the chicken is cooked, stretch the dough into small, thin pancakes, stick half of them to the side of the pot, and cover the chicken with the other half.

Cover the pot and simmer for a while until the pancakes are cooked through.

Once it's cooked, simply remove the earthen pot and place it on the stove outside, and it's ready to eat.

There's charcoal in the stove, so after you finish the chicken and bread, you can add chicken soup to cook noodles and vegetables.

Lu Chuan took a bite of the stewed flatbread and exclaimed that it was so delicious!

"The rice crust stuck to the pan is crispy, and the other half of the pancake next to the chicken is soaked with the chicken broth. It's really delicious!"

"I also love the flatbread in the braised chicken stew, especially the part that soaks up all the broth, it's so fragrant!" Xu Han chimed in.

The two sat in the courtyard eating and enjoying the cool air.

Eating stewed chicken around a stove in winter would be even better; it's warm and cozy, and you'd feel incredibly happy while it's cooking.

After they finished eating, Lu Chuan cleaned up, while Xu Han prepared the tools for picking wild fruits on the mountain the next day.

You must bring a sickle and a hook. If there are high places that you can't reach, you can use the hook to pull them down.

We also took out all the baskets from our house and put them in the storage space for future use.

Lu Chuan said there are many wild fruits in the mountains, and these baskets may not be enough. There are bags in the space, so we can just pour them into the bags when we need them!

Xu Han has already brewed some mint water and honeysuckle water, which have cooled down and been stored in my space. I can drink them directly tomorrow.

After finishing everything, the two went to rest early.

I slept without any dreams...

The next day, the two set off before dawn and walked for about an hour before discovering a patch of August bombs.

Lu Chuan had found this patch of August-ripening fruit trees in advance. He picked some ripe ones yesterday and figured the ones here should be ripe too, so he came here to pick them.

As soon as Xu Han and Lu Chuan arrived near their destination, they smelled the aroma of akebia quinata.

Xu Han ran over quickly and indeed saw many ripe August-blooming fruit, some of which had already burst open, but not many.

"Lu Chuan, come quick! There are so many August bombs here!"

Hearing Xu Han's voice, Lu Chuan quickly walked over. It was indeed a large area; he could probably pick enough for five or six baskets.

Without further ado, we started picking. The August jujubes are quite large, and we finished picking them all in no time.

The two continued walking, their main targets for the day being 'August Bomb' (a type of fruit) and wild loquat.

Perhaps because no one else came into the deep mountains, wild fruits were easy to find. We hadn't walked far when we saw a patch of wild loquats, but almost none of them were good. Some were rotten, and others had been eaten by birds.

After searching for a long time without finding much, the two decided not to waste any more time and continued on their way.

There are many wild fruits in the mountains. Although some of them are eaten by nearby birds, it is only a small portion.

After walking a little further, they came across a patch of August-blooming fruit and continued picking.

The weather wasn't very hot today; it was overcast with little sun. The two of them didn't rest at noon, and after a simple lunch, they continued picking wild fruits. They didn't head home until the sun was almost setting.

Today's harvest was quite good; we picked almost all the akebia quinata in the vicinity in one day, and also harvested two baskets of ground loquats.

The loquats were a complete surprise. The loquats I had searched for before were not very edible. After lunch, I found a well-hidden spot and picked more than a basketful of loquats.

However, there weren't many good opportunities to find so many ground loquats after that. Fortunately, the August-blooming variety is very easy to find.

Xu Han was quite satisfied with what she had accomplished today.

When they got home, the weather was gloomy, and it was likely to rain heavily in the middle of the night, so the two of them didn't have time to rest and quickly started harvesting beans.

Only after all the beans were packed into sacks and placed in the barn could I finally sit down and rest for a while.

After walking along mountain paths all day, Xu Han didn't feel like cooking anymore, so she took out the food from her spatial storage and prepared to eat something simple.

After dinner, Xu Han went to take a shower, while Lu Chuan took advantage of the fact that it hadn't rained yet to clean up the prey he had picked up from the traps that day.

After the two of them finished tidying up, it was already past nine o'clock. The weather was very hot, and they were no longer in the mood to deal with the things in the space. They simply lay down on the rocking chair in the main room and started to sleep.

When you sleep with the main room door open, a night breeze will blow in, making it cooler than sleeping in the bedroom!

Around 2 a.m., I heard thunder outside, accompanied by howling wind.

To be precise, the two of them were woken up by the cold. The mountain breeze at night was still quite chilly, and they felt very cold after falling asleep.

He closed the door, got up, and went back to his bedroom to continue sleeping.

The next morning, it was still raining, but now it had turned into a light drizzle. Although the rain wasn't heavy, you'd be soaked through if you stood outside for even a short while. There wasn't much work to be done outside.

It seemed they would have to stay home. After breakfast, the two of them went about their own business.

Lu Chuan is weaving baskets. He's been picking wild fruits recently, and there's a high demand for baskets. He's weaving a lot so they'll be useful later.

Xu Han was in charge of dealing with the ice jelly fruit and other miscellaneous things that needed to be tidied up in the space.