Chapter 276
Ye Fuyue also stuffed the fruit candy she had prepared in advance into Ding Baosheng's pocket: "Thank you."
Seeing this, Wu Qiaoer took out the cakes she had prepared in advance and stuffed them into Ding Baosheng's mouth: "Thank you."
Ding Baosheng was dumbfounded: "You don't have to be so polite. You gave me so many things."
Yu Wanying was also dumbfounded.
She blinked and thought: When did these two people prepare these things?
"Brother Ding, just accept it. It's not much money." Ye Fuyue said.
Wu Qiaoer also said: "Yes, just accept it. You took the trouble to bring us up the mountain, these things are what you deserve."
The fruit candies and cakes she and Ye Fuyue prepared were not many, only worth a few cents. Unlike the bag of brown sugar prepared by Yu Wanying, that was really expensive.
"Cousin, these are all their thoughtful gifts, just accept them." Yu Wanying said.
Only after Yu Wanying said so did Ding Baosheng accept it.
"I'll get you a bamboo basket. We can carry our things up the mountain with the basket on our backs." After saying this, Ding Baosheng went to the back room to get the bamboo basket.
Yu Wanying approached Wu Qiaoer and Ye Fuyue and whispered, "You two are too polite. You didn't even tell me you prepared those things. Why do you need to prepare anything? I can do it myself."
"My husband said that although the nearby villagers can go and pick things from the mountain, we are outsiders. If we go and pick them, it would be like touching someone else's things. It would be better to prepare something for them." Wu Qiaoer said.
Ye Fuyue nodded: "What you prepared is your intention. Qiao'er and I didn't prepare much, we just prepared it by the way."
"You guys are so attentive." Yu Wanying sighed.
Ding Baosheng came out with four bamboo baskets, one large and three small.
He said, "You haven't done farm work before. I was afraid that when the time comes, the bamboo baskets will be filled with too much and you won't be able to carry them. So I gave you small bamboo baskets."
"The small bamboo basket is good. We can't carry so many things." Yu Wanying said.
Ding Baosheng distributed the bamboo baskets to them. The three of them carried the baskets on their backs and followed Ding Baosheng up the mountain.
It's already the end of October, but not many trees on the mountain have turned yellow, many are still green.
Ye Fuyue and the others followed Ding Baosheng up the mountain for a long time but saw nothing.
Wu Qiaoer muttered, "Where the hell are the mushrooms? It feels like we've been walking for a while."
Ding Baosheng turned around and smiled, "You have to go inside to see it. It's on the outside, and the things have been picked long ago."
Wu Qiaoer suddenly realized: "So that's how it is."
"Are you tired? If so, let's take a rest." Ding Baosheng said.
Wu Qiaoer guessed that Ding Baosheng thought she was tired, so she said that. She waved her hands and said, "I'm not tired. I'm just curious about where the mushrooms are."
Ye Fuyue and Yu Wanying also said, "Not tired."
"Okay, let's continue walking inside." Ding Baosheng continued to lead the way.
The mountain path was so winding that Ye Fuyue had no idea where they were. If Ding Baosheng hadn't been there, and the three of them had gone up the mountain on their own, even if they managed to pick something, they probably wouldn't have been able to find their way back down.
When Ye Fuyue raised her eyes, she suddenly saw a jujube tree not far away.
Ye Fuyue said in surprise: "What a big jujube tree."
Yu Wanying and Wu Qiaoer also looked around and saw the jujube tree.
“It’s really huge!”
"Lots of dates."
"Cousin, can these dates be eaten?" Yu Wanying asked.
Ding Baosheng said, "You can eat them. They're wild dates, and they're quite sweet. Do you want some?"
"Yes..." the three said in unison.
Ding Baosheng thought for a moment and said, "There are chestnut trees ahead. Do you want some wild chestnuts?"
"I want it—" the three of them said in unison, their voices more excited than before.
"Let's pick chestnuts first, then pick dates, and finally pick mushrooms. This way the mushrooms can be placed on the top of the basket and won't be crushed." Ding Baosheng arranged.
"Okay--" The three of them had no objection and followed Ding Baosheng's arrangements.
"But chestnuts and dates are very heavy, so don't pick too many, otherwise you won't be able to carry them down the mountain," Ding Baosheng reminded.
The three nodded.
Ding Baosheng took them to a nearby wild chestnut tree, where many chestnuts had fallen to the ground.
Ye Fuyue and the others squatted on the ground and picked up chestnuts as if they had seen a new world.
"These chestnuts are so plump, so nice." Ye Fuyue sighed as she picked them up.
"With so many chestnuts, I can make chestnut roast chicken, steamed chestnuts, and chestnut cake when I get home." Wu Qiaoer has already started thinking about various ways to cook chestnuts.
Ding Baosheng smiled, climbed up the tree, and moved the chestnuts from the tree to the ground so that Yu Wanying and the other three could pick them up.
Ding Baosheng also put some chestnuts into the bamboo basket he carried from time to time.
When they had picked almost all the dates, Ding Baosheng took them to pick wild dates.
Ding Baosheng still climbed up the tree and shook the wild dates on the tree to the ground so that they could pick them up.
The three of them had a lot of fun picking up items, and Ding Baosheng also picked up a lot himself.
Finally, Ding Baosheng took them to pick mushrooms.
There are many mushrooms under trees, in the grass, and anywhere that is relatively moist.
"You can pick any kind of mushroom, it's not poisonous, but you must never pick mushrooms like this one wearing a flowery skirt, it's poisonous and can't be eaten," Ding Baosheng explained to them.
In her previous life, Ye Fuyue had seen many reports of people experiencing hallucinations or even being admitted to the ICU after eating unfamiliar mushrooms, so she listened very carefully.
She doesn't want to hurt her whole family!
"If you are not sure whether you can pick them, just ask me. Never pick poisonous mushrooms." Ding Baosheng emphasized again and again.
Ye Fuyue and the other two nodded solemnly.
They followed Ding Baosheng's instructions and started picking mushrooms. Ding Baosheng was also picking mushrooms near them, and from time to time he would look into their bamboo baskets and pry through the mushrooms they had picked to make sure they hadn't accidentally put any poisonous mushrooms in the baskets.
"Your cousin is such a nice and responsible person." Ye Fuyue whispered to Yu Wanying.
"My cousin's family is very nice, otherwise I wouldn't come to see him." Yu Wanying said.
After picking almost everything, Ye Fuyue and the others prepared to go down the mountain.
Although they carefully controlled the amount and only picked half a bamboo basket, they still staggered a few steps when they carried the bamboo basket.
"It's heavy," Ding Baosheng said. "Let's go down slowly to avoid falling. Just follow me and walk slowly."
Ye Fuyue and the other two nodded.
As Ding Baosheng led them slowly down the mountain, they met a group of aunts who were walking up the mountain, talking and laughing.
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