Seeing Zhang Xing's anxious look, Su Miaomiao said.
"You're right. Give me the kitchen knife and I'll chop off this piece of chaga first."
"Leave this kind of work to me, otherwise I'm afraid that my eldest brother will find out and blame me for not taking care of my sister-in-law."
Zhang Xing put the backpack on the ground and took out the kitchen knife.
"Sister-in-law, please stand further away so as not to get hurt."
"Okay, be careful too."
Zhang Xing saw Su Miaomiao take two steps back, then he took the kitchen knife and chopped at the birch mushroom.
One, two, three times.
"Yeah, it fell off, but it broke into three pieces. Does that have any impact?"
Zhang Xing said regretfully, bent down to pick up the birch fungus that fell in the weeds, and showed it to Su Miaomiao a little embarrassedly.
Su Miaomiao picked it up and looked at it, then comforted him.
"It's okay, it doesn't have a big impact. It just looks better if it's intact, and the price is higher. But as long as we try our best, it's fine. We didn't mean to damage it. These are just some free things, so don't worry too much."
Her tone was gentle, without a trace of complaint in her words.
After saying that, she took a piece of birch mushroom the size of a fist and shook it in front of Zhang Xing, saying excitedly.
"Haha, we've gained something right after we got up the mountain. That's great."
Seeing Su Miaomiao like this, Zhang Xing couldn't help but smile.
At the same time, he couldn't help but feel fortunate that his sister-in-law was not a fussy person, otherwise it would have been very difficult for him to live under the same roof with Xiao Yunfei's family.
After spending these few days together, he found that Su Miaomiao was generous, gentle, kind, and reasonable. She was a very easy person to get along with, and she never treated him differently just because he was an outsider.
It was precisely because of the hostess Su Miaomiao that he felt at home and never felt like he was living under someone else's roof.
At this time, Zhang Xing was encouraged and couldn't wait to speak.
"Yes, that's great. Let's go quickly, sister-in-law. I think there must be a lot of good things on the mountain."
Su Miaomiao and Zhang Xing gained more confidence as they found good things right after entering the mountains.
They continued to walk up the mountain with great enthusiasm.
But reality dealt them a heavy blow.
After walking for more than twenty minutes, they didn't find anything.
Not only are there no precious treasures like chaga, but even relatively common mountain products like wild vegetables and mushrooms are missing.
The encouragement they had just received from the chaga mushrooms gradually faded, and they couldn't help feeling a little discouraged.
"Sister-in-law, do you think our eyesight is not good? Otherwise, how could we not find any wild vegetables or mushrooms after such a long time?"
In fact, Su Miaomiao also found it strange.
She even thought there was something wrong with her system.
Otherwise, even if they can't see it with the naked eye, the system will give her a hint if there are good things in a small area.
But after she entered the mountains, apart from the birch mushroom, she received some hints about different species of trees and wild grasses and flowers, nothing else.
Seeing Zhang Xing's dejected look, Su Miaomiao curled her lips to cheer him up.
"People in Ningguta have a hard life. Maybe all the wild vegetables and mushrooms at the entrance have been picked. If we walk a little further up the mountain, we might find some. If we still don't find anything after another half an hour, we'll go back down the mountain."
"Okay, I'll listen to you, sister-in-law." Zhang Xing asked, "Sister-in-law, are you thirsty? Let's have a drink of water before we go."
Climbing the mountain all the time was too tiring, and Su Miaomiao was actually a little thirsty.
She stopped and said.
"Okay, let's drink some water before we go."
After drinking the water, the two men stood there to take a breath and then continued walking up the mountain.
After walking for about five minutes, the system finally gave some useful hints.
"Wild walnut trees were found ahead."
Su Miaomiao looked over according to the system's instructions and immediately became happy.
It was indeed a hickory tree.
She pointed to the pecan tree.
"Zhang Xing, look! This is a hickory tree."
Zhang Xing's eyes suddenly lit up and he walked over quickly.
"Sister-in-law, it really is pecans, but it's a pity that pecans don't mature until September. We came too early."
Su Miaomiao was in a good mood. She looked at the walnut tree and said with a smile.
"It doesn't matter. As long as we know there is a walnut tree here, we can come and pick the walnuts when they are ripe."
"Yes, we're going to be staying here for a long time anyway, so let's remember the location and come back in September."
Having said that, it's still difficult to remember the location.
The two men looked around the walnut tree and then continued walking forward.
"Ding, pheasant eggs found."
Finally found something to eat.
Just as Su Miaomiao was about to speak, she heard Zhang Xing's surprised voice.
"Sister-in-law, I found a nest of eggs. Look what kind of eggs are these?"
Zhang Xing's location is exactly the location indicated by the system.
It seems that Zhang Xing's eyesight is quite good. He found the pheasant eggs on his own without any system prompts.
Thinking that the system had told her that it was a pheasant egg, Su Miaomiao told Zhang Xing after seeing the egg.
"These are pheasant eggs. There must be pheasants around here."
"I haven't eaten pheasant eggs yet, so I don't know what they taste like. Sister-in-law, do you think pheasant eggs taste the same as eggs laid by our own chickens?"
"I don't know either. I'll make it for you when we get home. You'll know when you try it."
Zhang Xing took down the backpack, gathered two handfuls of grass and put them in the basket, and then carefully put the eggs in.
"There are seven eggs in total. That's great! We finally have another harvest."
"Yeah, let's keep going."
"Well, let's keep going. There's no point staying here. Pheasants can fly, and we can't catch them even if we see them."
Both of them were very self-aware and continued on their journey by putting on their backpacks.
The further up the mountain they went, the fewer footprints they saw.
This means that not that many people have been here.
"Ding, wild bracken found ahead."
Su Miaomiao followed the instructions, walked quickly to the front and took a look, and was immediately surprised.
There was a large field of bracken before my eyes.
Each fern is very fresh and tender, and it is best to pick them and eat them now.
They are so lucky!
Zhang Xing didn't recognize Fern and was still striding forward. Seeing this, Su Miaomiao quickly called out.
“Zhang Xing, don’t go, this is fern!”
After hearing this, Zhang Xing immediately turned around and went back, asking as he walked.
"What is bracken? Is it a wild vegetable or something else?"
“It’s wild vegetables.”
This thing is more common in the Northeast region and not found in other places. It is normal that Zhang Xing doesn't know it.
Su Miaomiao said as she bent down and casually picked two ferns, then handed them to Zhang Xing.
"This is bracken. It's delicious, either stir-fried or served cold. There's a whole patch of it. Let's pick some."
"Okay." Zhang Xing quickly took down his backpack and squatted down to pick bracken with Su Miaomiao. He casually asked, "Sister-in-law, are we going to take all the wild vegetables back home? If we can't finish them, it will be a waste."
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