Before the sun rose, they rushed into the mountains and picked mushrooms before the sun rose. Two dogs, one black and one white, followed behind them. As soon as they entered the mountains, they ran happily on all fours as if they had returned home.

"Hoo, ho, ho..." Cao Xiangnan followed Cao Gang all the way. Walking on flat ground is completely different from walking on a mountain road. As he climbed to the back, he gradually felt exhausted. It seemed that he didn't exercise enough on weekdays.

Looking at the two people in front of him who were not red in the face and breathing normally, he supported his knees with his hands and panted, his face full of jealousy. Comparing with others is simply infuriating.

As if he could feel the gazes from behind him, Cao Gang stopped and turned around to look at Cao Xiangnan, whose face was red. A smile flashed in his eyes. His eyes swept over and fell under an old tree. "It's right here." He walked over and picked two big mushrooms from the bushes. "Pick this kind of mushrooms. Don't pick the brightly colored ones, they are poisonous."

"Yeah." He knew this. When he was a child, he liked to follow his friends to the forest to pick mushrooms after it rained. Cao Xiangnan still knew how to distinguish them.

The sun rose slowly in the east, and in an instant it was brilliant. The beauty of nature was shocking. When the sun rose, they had picked half a basket of mushrooms. The big mushrooms were as big as a child's face. When Cao Xiangnan saw a big mushroom under the old tree, he walked over without thinking, picked it with one hand and wanted to stand up. He heard Cao Gang shouting behind him, "Don't move!"

His body immediately froze and kept that posture.

"Swish--" Almost at the same moment, a dagger pierced through his cheek and hit the tree trunk with a small green snake. Cao Xiangnan looked up and felt a chill in his spine. Looking at the dead snake, he swallowed hard. Being bitten by such a small thing was no joke.

God was kind to him. He could wear it once, but it didn't mean he could wear it a second time. Don't go into the mountains and give up your life here.

"Let's go." Cao Gang strode over, pulled out the dagger from the tree trunk, inserted it neatly into his boots, covered the snake with some soil and leaves with his feet, and said calmly.

"...Oh." Brother, are you really so calm?

Cao Xiangnan quickly put the mushroom in his hand into the backpack and pulled the rope of the backpack. Just now, he almost lost his life because of such a mushroom. He was so scared that he didn't want to stay in this place for a moment.

He followed closely behind Cao Gang. The original forest here is completely different from the forest after generations of development in later generations. There are hidden dangers everywhere here, and there are still man-eating insects. Thinking of the man-eating bugs, Cao Xiangnan asked, "Brother Cao Gang, have you ever seen a big bug when you came here to hunt?"

"Yes." Hunter Cao said in a very normal tone, "I killed a big bug."

"..." Cao Xiangnan, "Great!"

Apart from that, he couldn't find any other words of praise.

Cao Gang smiled and glanced at Cao Xiangnan. He used to be afraid of nothing, and he went through the brink of life and death again and again, pursuing the blood and excitement of a man. But now that he has Sun Bailian and two children, Cao Gang has gradually realized that the present is different from the past. Sometimes he has to think about Bailian and the children.

He knew that Bai Lian didn't want him to go into the mountains. Countless people had died in this mountain. Cao Gang knew what Bai Lian was afraid of. After the second child was born, he would not go too deep into the mountains. He would just hunt some small prey outside and sell them for a few dollars to keep his family from starving. He didn't dare to risk his life.

Now that he and Cao Xiangnan were doing business together, he came in less and less. This time was the first time he went into the mountains in a long time.

The bushes on the side moved, and Cao Gang's arrow was already nocked. He shot out suddenly, piercing a big white rabbit. He walked over, picked up the rabbit by its ears, and pulled out the arrow. "Let's kill a rabbit and bring it back to the children for a meal. Let's go down." It was a rare trip to the mountains, and he only wanted to get some game for the children at home.

This man has changed a lot without realizing it.

"Okay, braised rabbit meat is good? Roasted rabbit is also OK, what do you think, brother Cao Gang?" When Cao Xiangnan saw this fat white rabbit, he began to imagine the rabbit meat on the table in his mind.

"...It's up to you." Cao Gang said.

Anyway, he only knew how to roast the rabbit over a fire, and it was done, and he didn't care about the taste.

They did not go any higher into the mountain. After picking mushrooms halfway up the mountain, they returned the same way. Cao Xiangnan's purpose today was not to pick mushrooms, but to see what kind of mushrooms he could find here.

Unexpectedly, he got quite a lot this time. There were quite a few mushrooms in the basket. In addition to not finding many common double-robed mushrooms, they also found several other kinds of mushrooms. The most valuable thing was that they found a kind of Hericium erinaceus. You have to know how expensive Hericium erinaceus is in the world nowadays, and it is not cheap here either. The reason why Cao Xiangnan knew Hericium erinaceus was that he saw it when he was working in a restaurant later, and heard the master at that time introduce various mushrooms to him.

He wanted to wait until the factory was built and the two warehouses behind his house were vacated, and then he would build racks inside to grow mushrooms. Artificial mushroom cultivation is very mature now. Cao Xiangnan had seen it in news magazines before, and he still had some impression in his mind, so now they tried to grow it. He told Cao Gang about this idea, "So if we can grow it, we will have an extra income in winter." It

's more than just an extra income, it's like making a fortune in the future.

There are few fruits and vegetables in winter, and winter vegetables are more expensive than meat, especially for rich people. At that time, no matter how expensive the vegetables are, as long as they are available, they will be willing to buy them to eat at any price. Now that they have Yipinzhai as a line, they may not be able to supply only Yipinzhai.

On the way down the mountain, Cao Xiangnan told Cao Gang about his plan, so they may have to go into the mountain again.

"Yeah." Cao Gang was not a talkative person, but he was actually very shocked. He said, "I will bring people in to look for them, so you don't have to come."

Cao Gang calculated in his mind that his people should be here soon.

The little snake that approached Cao Xiangnan just now, although he didn't show it on his face, was nervous in his heart. If something really happened, he would not be able to explain to Qi Wanfeng when he returned.

"Oh, okay." Anyway, he didn't know whether he had time to come in, so Cao Xiangnan didn't insist on following him.

The way down the mountain was much easier than the way up the mountain. Cao Xiangnan was able to talk to Cao Gang along the way. It was not like the time when they were climbing the mountain and they could not even catch their breath. Now it was much easier.

Later, Cao Gang also killed a few small prey. There were not many people in the mountain. The small preys that ran past were all fat and stood there for you to shoot without fear of people. However, they were not greedy. They only killed enough to eat. It would be a waste to kill too much, so they did not hunt anymore.

At this time, the sun gradually rose, and the sunlight shone through the gaps between the leaves in the forest and onto the ground, creating a mottled effect. There were many peach trees at the foot of the mountain, and they were full of peaches at this time. Because no one came in to pick them this year, a large number of them were ripe and hung on the branches.

This place is not too inner, but just outside. As long as no big predators come here, it won't be too dangerous for the villagers to come here to pick the fruit. Considering that the risk is not high, Cao Xiangnan thought of letting the villagers come in here to pick the fruit, and they can make preserved fruits when the time comes.

The peaches are cheap at this time, which is basically a no-cost business. They can let the villagers come in to pick them, and they will collect them. The price is also cheap, and when they sell them, they can get several times the price. In a month or two, apples and pears will also be ripe. Otherwise, it would be a waste if these fruits were not picked and left on the ground to rot.

In the past, people in the village would go into the mountains to pick some and sell them outside. Now everyone is busy working, and not many people come in to pick them, but if they have money, some people will still come in to pick them. When Cao Xiangnan thought of this problem, he started thinking about the children. "Now everyone is busy working and has no time to come in. The children in the village are free. If they are accompanied by adults, there is no need to worry about anything happening. Let the children in the village come in to pick the fruits."

The children can come in and pick the fruits and sell them for a few dollars to buy snacks, so they must be willing to do so.

Cao Xiangnan wanted to open a shop selling preserved fruits and meat in the town, and then he could open a shop in Nanyang, or open one in other places in the future, which would be a small chain store. Anyway, there are often ships going to Nanyang stopping at the pier, so it is convenient for them to transport their goods there. When the shops are opened one by one in the future, their goods can be transported to various places in Fengchao.

"Yeah." Cao Gang didn't know what Cao Xiangnan's brain was like. He now knew that he could eventually accomplish everything Cao Xiangnan said. He only needed to watch from behind and help if he needed help. He would do what he could. Anyway, he was here. They also picked half a basket of peaches and took them back. Cao Xiangnan planned to go back and try them out to see how they tasted.

At this time, they were almost going back. Cao Xiangnan's footsteps suddenly stopped when he caught a glimpse of the purple fruits that were afraid of pain. Cao Gang looked in the direction Cao Xiangnan was looking and uttered three words, "Not delicious."

"Sour." After thinking about it, he added another word.

In the past, if they were not extremely hungry during the march and battle, they would not pick this kind of fruit to fill their stomachs. This thing is sour and astringent. After eating it once, he would not want to eat it a second time.

"You don't understand. Let's go and take a look." Cao Xiangnan almost ran over. The two dogs ran over faster than him. He didn't expect that there would be such a large area of ​​wild grapes at the foot of the mountain. His eyes lit up, as if he saw white money waving at him.

He remembered that when he was in college, there was a fruit stand next to the school. Every summer, there were too many grapes to sell. The owner of the store would use the unsold grapes to make wine. He once stood there and curiously asked the owner how to make this wine. The owner told him.

Cao Gang frowned as he looked at such a large area of ​​sour fruits.

On the way back, Cao Xiangnan's backpack was still filled with a lot of wild grapes. The smile on his face never stopped, and he was almost smiling like a flower.