The mushrooms she eats are either bought or grown by herself using her wood-based abilities; she doesn't know about the ones that grow naturally on the mountain.
She doesn't recognize many mushrooms; even in the wild, she might not be able to distinguish oyster mushrooms from other mushrooms.
She could recognize enoki mushrooms, but she couldn't distinguish between other poisonous and non-poisonous mushrooms.
She greatly admired the people of Yunnan Province, who were extremely knowledgeable about mushrooms and other fungi, knowing exactly which ones were edible, which ones were inedible, when they could be harvested, and how toxic they were.
Tan Xiaojuan is quite knowledgeable about mushrooms, having lived here for several years and interacted with the locals for just as long. Every spring, she goes up the mountain to pick mushrooms.
"Don't worry, Sister Chen, there are mushrooms on the mountain this season," Tan Xiaojuan replied.
"March to May is the best time to pick mushrooms on the mountain. Right now, morel mushrooms and shiitake mushrooms are in season."
Chen Suwen became interested. "Then let's see if we can find any mushrooms. I've never eaten wild mushrooms from Yunnan Province before."
Chen Suwen was interested, and the others didn't want to spoil the fun. In fact, they also missed the deliciousness of mushrooms, so they went up the mountain in high spirits to find them.
Chen Suwen wasn't quite sure which mushrooms were edible, but Zhou Ling did. She was clever and had specifically asked some locals beforehand.
When she first came to join the army more than half a year ago, she went up the mountain with others to pick mushrooms, so she can recognize which ones are edible and which ones are not.
"Mom, this is a red mushroom. Don't be fooled by its bright red color and think it's poisonous. It's delicious," Zhou Ling introduced to Chen Suwen.
"Really? If it's edible, then pick it."
Of course, Chen Suwen herself was a high-level wood-type ability user, so she could also distinguish whether a fungus was poisonous or not.
Although fungi are not plants, this is not a big problem for advanced wood-type ability users. She can still distinguish which fungi are poisonous and which are not.
She just didn't know which kind of mushroom tasted better.
It doesn't matter that mushrooms are fungi, not plants; for advanced wood-type ability users, this can still be encouraged to grow.
Chen Suwen secretly used her wood-type ability to stimulate the growth of mushrooms, and some of the surrounding fungi suddenly grew exceptionally well.
Of course, to avoid scaring people, she did it very discreetly, and the mushroom didn't grow from a tiny mycelium into a fist-sized mushroom in a single second.
Wow, there are so many mushrooms here.
"Mom, Mom, come quick! There are so many mushrooms here!"
"Grandma, Grandma, there's one here."
Song Chen and Song Qing discovered clusters of lush mushrooms and happily called out to their mother and grandmother.
Tan Xiaojuan and Huang Xiufang on the other side also felt that the mushrooms were growing very well today, and they found a lot of them.
Chen Suwen kept his achievements and fame hidden.
She rarely goes up the mountain, so it would be a waste if she couldn't bring back a full load of "what ifs".
So we still need to prepare more ingredients. It's okay if we can't finish all the fresh mushrooms; we can make mushroom oil, dried mushrooms, or mushroom sauce.
"Ah Ling, come here and take a look. Is this a termite mushroom?"
I heard that termite mushrooms are especially delicious, and termite mushroom oil is particularly fragrant. So Chen Suwen thought about encouraging some to grow so that she could pick more and make more termite mushroom oil to take back to her husband to try.
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