Chapter 284 I have a cheat
"Didn't you say there were wolves in the mountains?"
Zhou Silang pretended to be confused. "Yes, there are wolves in the mountains, but not all mountains. The trees over there are not very dense, so wolves may not like to go there. There are quite a few bees, but be careful not to touch the beehives. If you get stung, it will be terrible."
Fang did not join in the fun. She stood at the door and watched the two of them, one big and one small, walk away, then went back to the kitchen to work.
It's her turn to cook dinner today.
When Zhou Silang and Manbao reached the foot of the mountains, they found that everything around them was silent except for the chirping of birds and the buzzing of insects. There was no one around when they looked around.
Of course there was no one there. It would be time for dinner soon. People at this time were either busy working in the fields or returning home to wait for dinner. Who would have the time to run up the mountain?
It's not the middle of winter and we need to chop firewood.
Manbao looked up and saw nothing but trees. She asked, "Fourth brother, where did you look for it before?"
"The other side, near Dali Village." Zhou Silang curled his lips and said, "The Jia brothers are too unrefined. They basically just cut down the pine trees in one place, from their side to this side, so the pine stumps are all on their side."
"Luckily, they only burn charcoal in late autumn. Otherwise, if they burned it all year round, how much wood would they have in the mountains?" Zhou Silang asked her. "Where do you think we should start looking?"
"Here," Manbao pointed to the forest in front of him and said, "Since there are no stumps here and the trees are so dense, I guess Fourth and Fifth Brothers definitely haven't looked for it."
Zhou Silang nodded approvingly, "Yes, we haven't looked for it. How did you know?"
"If you're so lazy, why would you walk through such a dense forest to look for Poria cocos?"
Zhou Silang: ...
He was angry and decided to ignore her for a quarter of an hour.
So Zhou Silang let go of her hand and took the hoe to clear the way ahead.
Manbao followed him into the mountains.
"Koko?"
"Don't worry, host. I've already started scanning. If I find Poria cocos or other plants that haven't been included, I'll tell you."
Manbao happily agreed, "You have to tell me everything I haven't included."
Koko agreed.
The scanning within a radius of 100 meters was not an exaggeration. Zhou Silang entered a more open area inside and turned over the pine trees one by one. Manbao walked around with his head sticking out without stopping for long.
This made Zhou Silang afraid to look too carefully, for fear that if he lowered his head, the child would disappear when he looked up again.
He couldn't help but complain, "Why don't you go a little slower? Can you find it like this?"
"Yes," Manbao insisted, "I have very good eyesight."
Zhou Silang said unhappily, "My eyesight is good too."
"Host, in front of you on the left, count to the fifth tree."
Manbao paused for a moment, his eyes slightly lit up, and then he ran towards there without any concealment...
Koko was unable to stop him and could only helplessly add afterwards, "Host, please pretend a little. This is too obvious. What if it arouses suspicion?"
"Oh, I will pay attention next time." Manbao replied in his heart, ran to the fifth tree, looked around but didn't see it.
Koko: "...the one behind your butt, that's the left front."
Manbao turned around happily and saw a piece of black and brown thing exposed through the dead leaves. He reached out and pushed the fallen leaves aside, and more of it was exposed.
Zhou Silang also ran up and saw what Manbao had revealed by pushing aside the fallen leaves. He exclaimed in disbelief, "No way, Manbao, your eyesight is so sharp that you can see from such a long distance, even with the trees blocking the view?"
Manbao tilted his neck complacently and said, "Of course, I have a very sharp eye."
Zhou Silang had no doubts at all. He glanced at Manbao's eyes with envy, and finally said with certainty: "It must be because you eat so many eggs. I heard that chickens' eyes are very sharp. No matter how small the insects on the ground are, or how fine the rice is, they can bite them."
Manbao asked doubtfully, "Is that so?"
Zhou Silang affirmed, "That must be the case."
He even squatted in front of Manbao, looked into her eyes, and said affirmatively: "Look, our eyes are the most similar, right? I'm not as good as you, that must be because of the different diets. You've eaten at least one egg every day since you were a child, so it must be because of the eggs."
Zhou Silang's eyes sparkled as he vowed, "I must earn more money. When my son is born, I will give him an egg every day..."
"What if his eyes don't look like ours, but like Fourth Sister-in-law's?"
This was a big problem. Zhou Silang thought about it seriously and said hesitantly, "Having another child?"
Koko was about to lose patience and weakly reminded, "Host, hurry up and dig. After you're done, we can go look somewhere else."
Of course, it was impossible for Manbao to do such digging. Zhou Silang was no longer in pain or tired. He pushed Manbao aside, put down the backpack, picked up the hoe and started digging.
When the digging was deep enough, Manbao helped to break up the mud and then carefully took out the Poria cocos underneath.
Koko instructed from the side, "Host, collect some more soil. You don't have to pick it up specifically. Just put your hand in the soil and I'll watch you collect it."
Manbao thought this method was good and happily buried his hands in the soil.
Zhou Silang, who was busy digging Poria cocos, just took a look and thought Manbao was just playing in the mud.
This Poria cocos plant wasn't very big, at least not as big as the two they had dug up before, but it wasn't light either. Zhou Silang weighed it in his hand and asked uncertainly, "Two pounds?"
Manbao didn't even raise his head, "You're not the second brother, don't try to imitate me."
Well, Zhou Silang turned around and put the Poria cocos into the backpack. Manbao took the opportunity to lie down and touch the soil at the bottom, and collected it into the system.
The brother and sister buried the soil back. Zhou Silang even stepped on it and said with a refreshed look, "Let's go and look for it again."
Zhou Silang thought Manbao was very lucky, so he waved his hand generously and said, "Manbao, wherever you say we should go, we'll go there."
Of course Manbao listens to Koko.
Keke said, "Host, there's a patch of wild mushrooms in the bushes not far from you. They're the collected umbrella mushrooms. Do you want them?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Manbao stepped forward and parted the grass.
Zhou Silang also took a look and said happily, "Straw mushrooms, this kind of mushroom is the favorite of people in the city."
Manbao swallowed and said, "I like it too."
Zhou Silang had already put down his hoe and backpack and went to pick the fruits.
He picked some and handed them to Manbao, who put them in his backpack. Zhou Silang reminded him, "Put them in a safe place and don't damage them. Tomorrow morning, have your second brother take them to the county town to sell. These straw mushrooms can be sold for thirty cents a pound, which is better than what we usually find."
Manbao said: "This is not a straw mushroom, it's called an umbrella mushroom, also known as a chicken mushroom."
"If you don't call these things growing in the grass straw mushrooms, you can just call them mushrooms," Zhou Silang said nonchalantly. "Only you scholars have so many things to do. You have to call every type of mushroom a different name. How can we remember so many? The edible ones are called mushrooms, the ones growing in the grass are called straw mushrooms, and the poisonous ones are called poison mushrooms."
Manbao thought about it and actually felt that what his fourth brother said made sense.
(End of this chapter)
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