Although these mushrooms are not like the vegetables grown by Xu Qingzhi, which are blessed by spiritual spring water and spiritual arrays and are not rich in spiritual energy, the natural wild mushrooms themselves have a unique and delicious taste.

Xu Qingzhi first put pine needles under the basket.

Grandpa had prepared the pine needles in advance, and walked faster, and found a patch of pine needle mushrooms in advance, "Qingzhi, come here, this is the mushroom you picked last time, this patch is all of it."

Xu Qingzhi walked over and took a look.

It's really a piece, no exaggeration at all.

Xu Qingzhi hadn't noticed before that the pine fungus was blocked by the fallen pine needles, and it was impossible to see it without careful observation.

"Grandpa, you are so awesome. I picked them in this area last time and didn't notice that there were more here." Xu Qingzhi squatted down excitedly, carefully spread out the pine needles, picked the pine mushrooms one by one and put them in the bamboo basket.

It is so joyful to find a large area of ​​mushrooms and pick them. It feels like you have unearthed treasure.

However, Meicheng is not like Nanyun Province, where there are many mushrooms. There are only a few species, and there are more poisonous mushrooms. Everyone is afraid of getting into trouble after eating them. There are many mountains and few people in the village, so no one really goes up the mountain to pick them.

Including common wild vegetables like bracken. When Xu Qingzhi was a child, he went up the mountain and saw that they were densely packed under the trees, but no one ate them.

Later, when she was older, she didn't know why eating bracken suddenly became popular in the city. Many people went back to their hometowns to visit relatives and asked their family members to go up the mountain to pick some and take a few away. That's when bracken started to become less available.

But... later on, not many people came to pick them, just like these mushrooms, whoever came and was interested could pick a little.

Soon, grandpa helped pick some pine mushrooms and went to other places to look for them in advance.

It only took a short while.

"Qingzhi, come over there after you finish picking, there's another one over here."

"Here I come."

Xu Qingzhi let go of the last few small ones and stood up and walked towards Grandpa's position. Wow, there really was another one! "Grandpa, it's a good thing you're with me, otherwise I don't know when I'll be able to pick so many."

Xu Dongru smiled. His family was poor before and he could not afford to send him to school. He did not finish primary school. Later, his grandfather saw that he was interested in Chinese herbal medicine and took him to the door of traditional Chinese medicine.

He followed his grandfather in the mountains every day, and recognized everything. He was very familiar with the surrounding mountains and was an expert at finding mushrooms. However, not many people in the village ate these mushrooms, and he was busy treating people, so he only picked them occasionally and fried them to eat.

The mushrooms were in this place last year and are basically the same this year, so he can always find them accurately.

The old man helped to pick them, and then went to find some more in advance.

"Qingzhi."

When Xu Qingzhi heard Grandpa calling her, she felt extremely happy, as if another great treasure was waving at her. She quickly finished picking what she had, looked for Grandpa, and ran over.

"Qingzhi, this is a fir mushroom, and it's edible."

"This is a mushroom, it's edible."

"This is tricholoma, you can eat it."

Xu Qingzhi just had to listen to grandpa's instructions. She originally wanted to pick some mushrooms for a meal in the evening, but when she saw the mushrooms, she felt like she had seen treasures. It would be painful not to pick any, and before she knew it, both her and grandpa's backpacks were full.

There are also many other types of mushrooms, but the most common one is the pine mushroom.

The grandfather and grandson had a great harvest and went down the mountain.

Xu Qingzhi smiled and said, "We can have a mushroom feast tonight."

"There are so many, we can't finish them in one meal. You can drive the tricycle to take me there later. I'll go to my eldest uncle, second uncle and your aunt's house and give some to each of them."

Xu Qingzhi: "Okay."

Grandpa found most of the mushrooms, and he had the final say.

The old man picked and chose the mushrooms, divided them into three large portions, and left a large pile.

Xu Qingzhi drove his tricycle to take grandpa to his uncle's house first.

My uncle's house is right on the roadside, it has no courtyard and the door is always closed.

Grandpa went up and knocked on the door, calling out, "Fumin."

No one answered.

After a long while, the door was half opened, and my aunt looked in with a bowl in her hand, "Dad, why are you here?"

Xu Dongru handed the bag forward. "Qingzhi and I went up the mountain to pick some edible mushrooms. We picked out some pine mushrooms for you. They are fresh."

The eldest aunt looked outside and saw Xu Qingzhi, then she looked away and refused coldly, "No need, take it back and eat it yourself."

"Take it. These mushrooms taste good. We picked a lot and can't even finish them." The old man handed them in.

"Really, there's no need. There are plenty of vegetables at home."

"Fumin loved to eat this when he was a child. I was busy treating patients at that time, so I only cooked it twice a year. You can try it and see how it tastes." The old man pushed it in stubbornly.

"Dad, my family doesn't need these mushrooms to eat. You can take them home and eat them slowly."

Xu Qingzhi sat on the tricycle and did not get off, with his hands tightly gripping the handlebars, which was really irritating to watch.

"Grandpa, forget it if you don't want to eat. Let's go."

Xu Dongru looked embarrassed.

At this time, Xu Fumin came late, "Dad, why are you here?"

He saw Xu Qingzhi outside again and called out, "Qingzhi, I heard a while ago that you went home to grow vegetables."

"Yes, I planted some vegetables, uncle," she replied.

Xu Dongru handed the bag in his hand to his eldest son, "Fumin, these are the mushrooms that Qingzhi and I picked. Qingzhi has been home for a while now, and he's been busy growing vegetables at home every day. Now that I have time, I came over to say hello."

"Okay." Xu Fumin took the bag.

The atmosphere was very awkward for a moment.

Xu Dongru hesitated and said, "Then Qingzhi and I will leave first. We still have to go to her second uncle's house."

"Okay, Dad, it's getting dark, be careful on the road."

Xu Dongru: "Okay."

"Bang!" The heavy iron door closed.

Before they had gone far, they heard mumbling in the house.

"Who wants to eat mushrooms that are all over the mountains and no one eats them? You are so shameless to specially pick meal time to deliver them. You want to come to our house for a free meal, right?"

"Okay, talk less. Dad and Qingzhi mean well."

The old man heard it, paused, got on the tricycle, and said in a desolate tone: "Let's go to your second uncle's house."

Xu Qingzhi drove the tricycle a little further before stopping and said angrily, "I don't want to go anymore, Grandpa. You didn't mean to give them mushrooms at all. You must have heard them say bad things about me, so you brought me here on purpose, right?"

"Qingzhi, they are your eldest and second uncles' families after all. When grandpa dies, he won't be able to take care of you anymore. Now that grandpa is still around, if anything happens to your dad in the future, your eldest and second uncles will have to step in to help."

"I don't need them, I can do it myself."

Xu Dongru's tone hardened: "Qingzhi, you listen to Grandpa."

Xu Qingzhi just couldn't bear to see his grandfather being bullied in front of his eldest aunt and second aunt.

But she can ignore anyone's words, except her grandparents.

Although his parents were around him since he was a child, they were busy making money during the day, so Xu Qingzhi was raised by his grandparents.

"I got it. I'll take you there." Xu Qingzhi had no choice but to compromise and sent his grandfather to his second uncle's house.

Xu Dongru did not force Xu Qingzhi to follow him in. He opened the transparent door of the clinic holding the mushrooms and explained his purpose.

Xu Fuwen took the mushroom and frowned, saying, "You are already old, why are you going up the mountain with Qingzhi to make a fuss? What if you fall down somewhere?"

(End of this chapter)