Chapter 224 Chapter 224 Heavy Fog
"It's the same green mushroom my sister saw on the road the day before yesterday. It's exactly the same."
"Sister, don't you think so?"
"yes!"
The sudden conversation brought the three adults back to their senses from their surprise. Zhang Shuhui turned around and glared at her husband, her eyes full of condemnation.
Zong Kangping looked away guiltily.
This, that, he was so curious that he forgot to send the children back to the bedroom first, and who knew they would follow him.
Zhang Shuhui squatted down, looked at the two children sternly, and ordered, "You two go back to your rooms and do your homework. You haven't finished the homework assigned by the teacher yet."
"But we also want to see the little green mushrooms." Zong Yipeng requested: "Mom, can you let us see the little mushrooms before we do our homework?"
Zhang Lingjia added softly, "Mom, the teacher said that children should have a spirit of inquiry."
Zhang Shuhui burst out laughing. She hadn't expected the two children to use the kindergarten teacher's words as a banner to pressure her.
Zhang Shuhui squatted down. "But the kindergarten teacher also said that children shouldn't go to dangerous places and should listen to their parents, right?"
Zong Yipeng pouted unhappily and pulled his mother's hand, saying, "Mom, just let us take a look, just for a moment."
Zhang Lingjia whispered softly, "Mom, we're home with Dad and Grandpa. We're safe."
Zhang Shuhui laughed again.
Every time she takes her two children out to play, most people praise her son for being lively and smart, and her daughter for being quiet and elegant. However, they don't know that quietness does not mean dullness.
The younger sister is the smarter one among the twins.
Zhang Shuhui nodded her daughter's head and said, "You are such a clever little girl. You can talk."
He Junxia and Zong Kangping watched this scene quietly without interrupting her in educating the two children.
Zhang Shuhui stood up and said, "Okay, I'll let you take a look, but after that you have to go back to your room to do your homework. You also have to memorize one more ancient poem."
Upon hearing this, Zong Yipeng immediately excitedly squeezed in between the adults to look at the green mushrooms, talking as he looked.
"Really?"
"What a beautiful little mushroom."
But Zhang Lingjia first held Zhang Shuhui's hand and said in a sweet and soft voice: "Thank you, Mom. Mom, I love you."
Zhang Shuhui immediately hugged her daughter and kissed her cheek: "Mom loves you too."
"Mom, mom, can we raise the little mushroom? It's so cute and beautiful."
The two children's painting styles are completely opposite, one is in the parent-child channel and the other is in the outdoor exploration/farming channel.
Zhang Shuhui was well aware of the principle of teaching students in accordance with their aptitude. The smile on her face immediately disappeared when she looked at her son, and she deliberately emphasized her tone: "No, go back and do your homework after reading it. You must keep your word."
Zong Yipeng turned to look at He Junxia: "Grandpa, do you also think the little mushrooms are cute? Let's keep them."
He Junxia smiled and shook his head.
He said with a smile, "Mushrooms are very dangerous. Someone was hospitalized after growing them at home. You and your sister should stay away from mushrooms in the future."
Mushrooms reproduce by releasing large numbers of spores. These spores are very tiny and can easily be inhaled into the lungs, causing allergic pneumonia.
Even ordinary mushrooms cannot be easily grown at home, let alone mushrooms from another world.
It was just due to the personality limitations of the wisher, and He Junxia couldn't explain it in too much detail, so he could only make up a case.
Zong Yipeng is not the kind of kid who would keep pestering his grandfather if his demands are not met. After seeing that his grandfather also rejected him, he had to give up.
"Oh well."
"I'll wait for my sister to finish looking at the little mushrooms and then leave."
It’s a good thing that the child doesn’t throw a tantrum, but Zong Kangping was a little unhappy as to why he was left out.
"Pengpeng, why don't you ask Dad if you can grow mushrooms?"
Zong Yipeng said confidently: "You only listen to your mother and won't help me and my sister. It's useless to ask."
Zong Kangping was embarrassed.
Zhang Shuhui suppressed her laughter, put her daughter down, and interrupted their conversation: "Okay, Jiajia, go look at the mushrooms."
Zhang Lingjia stood on tiptoe and looked at the little mushroom through the crack in the corner: "Mom, I want to take a picture of the mushroom so that I won't forget it later."
"Okay, use mom's phone to take the photo."
Zhang Shuhui moved the debris in the corner, handed the phone to her daughter, and guided her to take a set of full-body photos of the mushrooms.
"Pengpeng, do you want to take a picture?"
Zong Yipeng shook his head: "I don't want it, I just want to grow little mushrooms." He hasn't really given up yet.
Zhang Shuhui decisively refused: "No."
She ordered her husband: "Hurry up and help the two children with their homework. They've been busy for so long, and I still have to cook."
Zong Kangping took the child away quickly.
After the two children entered the bedroom, He Junxia said, "Shuhui, I want to use a box to preserve this mushroom."
Zhang Shuhui could decisively refuse her son, but she couldn't directly refuse her father-in-law. She wondered, "Why keep it?"
He Junxia: "The government said they were from alien worlds. I thought they might be useful in the future, so it would be a shame to throw them away."
"Okay, I'll find a box."
Zhang Shuhui opened the cupboard in the right corner and rummaged through it, finding a glass jar left over from eating canned yellow peaches.
It was my mother-in-law who specifically asked to keep the jar, but unfortunately she left before she could figure out what to do with it.
He Junxia took the glass jar and said, "Shuhui, please go out first. I'm afraid that there will be problems with the mushrooms and it will affect you."
Zhang Shuhui also left quickly.
If you insist on staying at this time, you are no different from the weird protagonist in the TV series who insists on saying "you go or I won't leave".
If there is really something wrong with the mushrooms, wouldn’t it harm two people? Then Zong Kangping would not only have to take care of two children, but also two adults.
After Zhang Shuhui left, He Junxia first opened the exhaust system and glass in the kitchen, and then quickly put on a mask and disposable gloves.
Everything was ready. He squatted down and carefully observed the size and shape of the mushroom, took several photos with his mobile phone, and then reached out to pull the mushroom up by the roots and put it into a glass jar.
He Junxia sealed the glass jar tightly with a tin lid and set it aside. He then used boiling water to scald the area where the mushrooms grew several times before giving up.
The exhaust device on the stove roared, and a cool breeze blew into the kitchen through the window. About twenty minutes later, Zhang Shuhui walked in.
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He Junxia took the glass jar containing the green mushrooms back to her bedroom.
He turned on the flashlight function on his phone and took a closer look at the patterns on the mushroom. He found that the mushroom still emitted a faint green light even after being pulled out.
And when it is not pulled out, it is the umbrella cover that glows, and when it is pulled out, it is the column supporting the umbrella cover that glows.
However, He Junxia did not have any professional testing equipment, nor did he know much about mushrooms. He only knew a little bit and could only look at the appearance.
He Junxia put down the glass jar, reached out to measure the height, and after making sure that the two children could not reach it, he placed the glass jar in an empty box high up.
"Dad, it's time for dinner."
The sound outside the door interrupted He Junxia's practice. He opened his eyes and rubbed his stiff calves. He almost fell down when he got out of bed.
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He Junxia slowly walked around the room a few times, and only opened the door and went out after the numbness in her legs subsided.
Zong Kangping, his face exhausted, also came out with his two children, still muttering, "It's noon, I'm hoeing the field, my sweat dripping down to the soil. How come you can't remember?"
"When I was your age, I had memorized all 300 Tang poems."
This is of course a lie.
After all, there was no kindergarten in the village when Zong Kangping was a child, and the villagers had no awareness of teaching their children to read and write. They let the children go to the mountains and rivers to catch fish and play with dogs all day long.
Forget about the 300 Tang poems, being able to write one's own name was already a good thing. After primary school became compulsory education, this illiteracy phenomenon was improved.
He Junxia smiled and didn't expose him.
Zhang Shuhui brought out the prepared dishes and placed them on the dining table: seaweed egg drop soup, pork stewed with vermicelli, and stir-fried bok choy.
"Mom, please don't go out. The government has told you there are monsters out there, why don't you listen?"
"Don't mind my business."
"What monster? It's a sunny day with no fog. How can there be any monster?"
The sudden quarrel downstairs in the community attracted the attention of the whole family. Even the two children pricked up their ears and forgot to drink their favorite soup.
"I'll go see what's going on."
When he spoke, Zong Kangping's expression was as calm as when he was eating or drinking, but his slightly hurried steps inadvertently revealed his thoughts.
Zhang Shuhui coughed lightly a few times and said, "Pengpeng, Jiajia, you two, eat slowly. Mommy will go and take a look."
Suddenly, only two children were left in the living room.
As for He Junxia?
As early as when the quarrel started, he slipped away to the balcony, under the pretext of observing the weather outside.
"If you have the guts, just let the monster eat me. I'd rather die than have to deal with things like you don't have."
"Do you think I want to control you? It's a sunny day now, but if the fog suddenly comes, where will you hide?"
"Oh, I stayed at home all day yesterday. I felt uncomfortable if I didn't go out for a walk. Where are the monsters outside now?"
"That won't work either."
"It's your business if you can't do it, don't stop me."
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Listening to the noisy quarrel on the fifth floor opposite, Zhang Shuhui became a little curious.
"Kangping, can we go out during the day when there is no fog? I think the community staff are fine."
It’s okay to stay at home for one or two days, but if you are trapped at home for more than ten days or dozens of days, not to mention the children, adults will also feel uncomfortable.
"Let's wait and see."
Zong Kangping shook his head: "As long as the government hasn't said anything and the school hasn't notified us of the resumption of classes, we shouldn't go out. Safety is the most important thing."
Zhang Shuhui nodded: "That's right."
He Junxia glanced at the sunny world outside. He didn't feel any uncomfortable stickiness or peeping sensation, so he thought he wouldn't be attacked if he went out now.
But that may not be the case in the future.
Once the fusion of the two worlds begins, it will not stop. When the worlds are completely merged, humans may have to face more than one monster.
The quarrel between the mother and daughter in the building opposite soon came to a conclusion. With a "bang", an old man with most of his hair white came into He Junxia's sight.
She walked back and forth downstairs in small steps, clapping her hands and stretching her body from time to time, looking very relaxed.
Zong Yipeng appeared with a bowl in his hand: "Mom, I want to go down and play too. Look, that grandma is not in any danger."
Zhang Lingjia also looked at Zhang Shuhui expectantly: "Mom, let's go out and play for a while, okay?"
Zhang Shuhui refused: "No."
She couldn't interfere in other people's affairs, but she couldn't let her own child go out without knowing the situation.
But the disappointed look on the two children's faces was really unbearable, and it was not a good idea to keep them at home.
Zhang Shuhui patted the two children's heads and said, "If the next few days are sunny, I'll allow you to go play with Brother Tiantian, okay?"
"Great! It will be sunny tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. I want to play racing with Brother Tiantian."
"Thank you, Mom."
The two children held their bowls contentedly and began to eat with big mouthfuls, which made their parents come to their senses and quickly put a few mouthfuls of rice into their mouths.
I was so engrossed in watching the fun that I forgot to eat.
The old man stayed downstairs for about half an hour before returning home without being attacked. After the first person to eat crabs appeared, others began to go out for a walk.
There was even a brave person who left the community directly, which made the onlookers on the balcony gasp in amazement.
This is really not fearing death.
Fortunately, apart from the fog in the morning, the weather has been very good today, and even those who left the community returned safely.
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Day 2: Sunny
Day 3: Sunny
Day 4: Still sunny
After four consecutive days of sunny weather, more and more people came out to play, and the two children once again asked to go out.
Zhang Shuhui discussed it with her husband and father-in-law and decided to let her two children play with their friends for an hour while she took a walk in the community to breathe some fresh air.
I usually feel comfortable staying at home and resting, but if I stay there for too long, I still feel uncomfortable and all over.
This is no exception even if you practice the Five Animal Exercises every day.
However, my father-in-law seemed very comfortable at home and even helped them with their children's homework. Pengpeng and Jiajia learned eight new ancient poems.
Zhang Shuhui couldn't help but admire him secretly in her heart.
Little did they know that He Junxia was purely tempered in the flood world.
At that time, he and the relatives of the wisher were trapped in the house and could only go to the rooftop to get some fresh air, and they had to worry about the flood at all times.
After that, I stayed in the government hall for a long time. I finally met a rescue ship and stayed on the ship for more than a month before I set foot on the land again.
In fact, the place they were living in now was much better than the dormitory provided by the rescue ship. And they were only able to get into the four-person dormitory because one of them was pregnant, otherwise they would have had to squeeze into the eight-person dormitory.
The family went downstairs after lunch
It was exactly one o'clock in the afternoon, the sun was shining brightly, and many people came out specifically to bask in the sun.
The two children’s good friend, brother Tiantian, was also there. As soon as they met, the three children excitedly took out their own little racing cars and started racing.
Tiantian's mother, Deng Qinglan, pulled Zhang Shuhui aside to chat: "Stop talking about it. My son Tiantian is always nagging about wanting to play with them. It's giving me a headache."
"Even if you didn't ask me out today, I would have asked you out tomorrow, otherwise I really couldn't bear it."
Zhang Shuhui laughed and said, "That's great. When the weather is nice next time, we'll let the kids go out and play."
Deng Qinglan continued, "Is that your father-in-law? He's so attentive in taking care of the child, he even holds the water cup."
The smile on Zhang Shuhui's face became even wider.
She nodded: "It's my father-in-law, he is the best to the two children."
Deng Qinglan enviously said, "That's great! My in-laws don't care at all. Before I had the baby, they said they would take care of it. But once the baby was born, they were either traveling here or there. Their words were like farts."
Zhang Shuhui didn't want to talk about other people's family affairs, so she smiled and turned the topic to the children's studies.
The children played until four or five in the afternoon before reluctantly parting.
Zong Yipeng asked: "Mom, can we still go out and play tomorrow?"
Zhang Shuhui nodded: "As long as it's sunny tomorrow, I will take you out to play."
Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, half a month had passed, but the white fog still did not appear.
There are fewer discussions about white fog and monsters on the Internet. Local governments have gradually ordered the resumption of school and work, and everything is moving in a positive direction.
But most people know that these are only temporary, and no one can guarantee that the white fog and monsters will never appear.
——People’s worries can be seen from the frantic hoarding of food at home.
Unexpectedly, what appeared before the white fog and the monster was a lung disease known as hypersensitivity pneumonitis.
It is called mushroom lung for short.
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