[First of all, just touching the mushrooms won't cause poisoning!]
[Secondly, even if it's a poisonous mushroom, eating it will only cause hallucinations. As long as you don't move around, it won't harm your body.]
[Finally, it's very simple to tell whether the mushroom is poisonous or not!]
The system cat walked to a cinnamon pine tree, looked left and right, and pulled up two mushrooms with a "chirp" sound, waving its claws for Liu Ben to come over and take a look.
Liu Ben squatted down and took a closer look at the wonderful mushroom in its claws.
These two mushrooms look a bit similar and there is no difference at first glance.
[Look, the edges of the caps of the non-toxic mushrooms curl inward, but the poisonous ones don't.] Sure enough, when I turned one of the mushrooms over, it was very round, with the cap edges curled inward.
Look at the other one. Without turning it over, you can see from the side that its edge is curled outward. Although the edge area is small, you can tell it by looking carefully.
It's okay as long as he can distinguish them, Liu Ben thought, and even if he is poisoned, his life will not be in danger. He reluctantly forgave the system a little. Moreover, the system also helped to grow mushrooms this time, so he might as well forgive it a little more.
Ten minutes later, Liu Ben squatted on the ground, looking down at the colorful mushrooms he had just picked, piled into a small mountain. This was probably the easiest time for Liu Ben to farm in the space. Without any effort, he could easily pull the rootless mushrooms from the soil and gather them into a pile.
Liu Ben asked: "How do you grow Miaoxian mushrooms?"
[There are many, many spores under the cap of the Myoshroom. The host needs to collect them himself.]
Planting is also very simple. Just spread the spores evenly on the ground and add some water.
Liu Ben: "So you helped me grow the Miaoxian mushrooms, and you simply spread the spores all over the Guixiang pine forest?"
[This system also helps with watering! ]
Liu Ben: We must take back all the reasons for forgiving it.
Picking the Miaoxian mushrooms doesn't mean the job is over, because Liu Ben didn't distinguish between poisonous and non-poisonous mushrooms when he first picked them. He just picked them all and threw them into the pile. After all, there are so many mushrooms growing everywhere. If you saw a Miaoxian mushroom and identified it as poisonous and didn't pick it, you might forget which ones were poisonous and which were not.
Now Liu Ben has collected all the Miaoxian mushrooms and piled them together and he only needs to sort them out.
Pick up a red mushroom with white spots in your left hand, look at the edge, it is rolled inward, throw it into the basket on your left hand;
With your right hand, pick up a dark blue mushroom with curled edges and throw it into the basket on the right;
I picked up another white mushroom. Hey, the edge was curled up. I threw it behind me...
Liu Ben looked here, there, and though his progress wasn't particularly fast, his identification was precise, ensuring not a single mushroom was thrown into the wrong place. The pile of colorful mushrooms in front of him gradually dwindled, and the baskets on either side gradually filled up.
Finally, Liu Ben finished identifying all the mushrooms. He stood up, stretched his legs that had been squatting for a long time, and felt refreshed when he looked at the fruits of his labor.
The baskets on both sides are piled to the brim, but there are only a hundred or so mushrooms behind him. It seems that the probability of poisonous mushrooms growing is still very low.
Liu Ben carefully compared the Miaoxian mushrooms in the basket with the small pile of poisonous mushrooms on the ground.
Aside from their curled edges, poisonous mushrooms look much the same from a distance as regular mushrooms. Whether poisonous or not, they all come in red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple, and vary in size and shape. The two cannot be distinguished by their most obvious color, shape, or size.
[Want me to help the host throw these poisonous mushrooms far away, meow? ]
"...No need." Isn't what was thrown far away still in space? Or is it just some unfortunate wasteland that the system dumped as a garbage dump? It's better to collect it yourself.
Liu Ben stared at the small pile of poisonous mushrooms. The system said that even if you eat these mushrooms, you will only experience hallucinations and there is no danger. So what kind of hallucinations would they be? He thought of the many netizens online who had described the various strange hallucinations they had experienced after eating poisonous mushrooms. It seemed very interesting...
Well, it’s always easy for people to be curious about things they have never tried before.
Liu Ben quietly put the poisonous mushrooms into the warehouse, thinking: I can try it when I have time in the future.
Collecting spores wasn't difficult. Liu Ben kept plastic sheeting in his system space. Whenever the cinnamon pine trees began to bud, he would spread it across the pine forest to catch any falling flowers. Now, all Liu Ben had to do was spread out a sheet, place the Miaoxian mushroom upright on it, and gently tap the cap to allow the spores in the folds beneath it to fall onto the sheet.
"System, if I collect the spores of the non-toxic Myoga mushrooms myself and plant them, will the Myoga mushrooms that grow from them all be non-toxic?"
[No, this poison is integrated into the genes of the Miaoxian Mushroom. Whether the Miaoxian Mushroom that grows is poisonous or not is random...]
Liu Ben was speechless: "I kind of suspect you did it on purpose."
[This time, it really isn't! Hey, big deal, as compensation, if you have plans to bully someone in the future, I'll do the investigation for you for free, meow]
"What about cleaning up the traces?" Liu Ben bargained.
[This and that...Okay, I'll give it to you for free too.]
That’s pretty good. Liu Ben felt a little better. At least it would be easier to gain the trash-beating value in the future.
There are not many spores under the cap of each Myoga mushroom, and only a few will fall off after knocking it, but small amounts add up, and if you knock on a hundred or so Myoga mushrooms, you will get more spores.
Liu Ben picked up the plastic sheet and gathered the spores on it, making it look somewhat presentable.
[Host, someone is looking for you outside, meow]
Liu Ben paused when he heard this, immediately put down the plastic sheet in his hand, and left the space.
When the system said that it had grown mushrooms, Liu Ben was flipping through a notebook in the warehouse, so he was here when he came out.
Liu Benren had just returned to the warehouse from the space when Wang Fengjing pushed the door in from outside.
She saw Liu Ben squatting on the ground and seemed to be rummaging through something. She was a little surprised: "Xiao Ben, what are you looking for?"
Liu Ben had just picked up a notepad to cover up his mistake, and subconsciously answered, "Looking for the address of Gou Qi's fucking grave."
"Relatives?" Wang Fengjing subconsciously said this address, and then changed her mouth and said, "Lu Niang, what are you looking for this for?" Seeing that the New Year is approaching, it is time to go and sweep her grave. Although Lu Niang's son is not very good, it is normal for Liu Ben not to go, but if Liu Ben is willing to go, Wang Fengjing still agrees.
They originally opposed their daughter being with Gou Qi, mainly because they were reluctant to let their daughter marry out, and they thought it would be better to take care of her if she stayed at home. However, Wang Fengjing had been with Lu Niang, and she was a good woman.
In fact, Wang Fengjing and Qi Lu were the first to meet. They would often chat and gossip together, and as they did so, Liu Shuangyue and Gou Qi met. If Liu Shuangyue hadn't left with Gou Qi despite her family's objections, causing a strained relationship between the two families, Wang Fengjing and Qi Lu might have remained good friends. After that, Qi Lu visited the Liu family several times to apologize, and Wang Fengjing consoled her, but her visits to her became less frequent.
Wang Fengjing didn't say that in fact she had complained about her relationship with Lu Niang in previous years, otherwise Liu Shuangyue would never have met Gou Qi, and the subsequent events would not have happened.
Liu Ben had an idea. These books might not contain the information about the cemetery. It would be better to ask his grandmother first.
So Liu Ben told his grandmother about Mr. Qi You’s visit to look for his relatives.
"Oh, this is really true! Why did he come back at this time?" Wang Fengjing sighed: "When Lu Niang was chatting with me before she passed away, she also mentioned that she had a little nephew. I wonder how he is doing. Eh..."
"Grandma, do you know where her grave is?" Liu Ben asked.
"Of course I know. I went to visit her a few times after she left," Wang Fengjing said, frowning and muttering to Gou Qi. "I'm not saying anything, but her son is such an ungrateful person. I haven't been to see him for a long time."
"Then I'll talk to Mr. Qi and take him there tomorrow." Liu Ben breathed a sigh of relief. He had already seen through what kind of person Gou Qi was. No matter how low his bottom line was, Liu Ben would not find it strange.
Wang Fengjing glanced at Liu Ben and whispered, "He's your cousin, but you keep calling him Mr. Qi. It's too distant. I know you and Gou Qi are no longer friends, but Lu Niang was a good woman. She treated you very well when she was alive. You were still young then, so you might have forgotten."
Liu Ben scratched his head, thought for a moment, and decided, "Then I'll just call him Uncle Qi from now on."
"That's fine. If he goes tomorrow, you take me with you. I haven't visited her in a long time. Alas, we are both half buried in the grave. How many times can we see each other?"
"Grandma, you can't say that!" Liu Ben disagreed, "You're all in good health!"
"That's true. Okay, remember to call me tomorrow."
Since grandma knew the address of the cemetery, Liu Ben no longer had to go through the trouble of flipping through these endless notebooks. He sorted out the notebooks that he had messed up, put them back in their original place, and walked out of the warehouse with his grandma.
After returning to his room, Liu Ben sent the address he got from his grandmother to Qi You, and made an appointment to meet tomorrow, and then re-entered the space.
[How is it? Is this system's reminder service still good?]
Liu Ben: "You don't want to charge?"
[Of course not, this system is still very considerate! ]
Liu Ben would not praise it. He had to suppress the system's arrogance, otherwise if it became arrogant again, who knows what kind of trouble it would cause next time.
Liu Ben continued to knock the mushrooms while observing these wonderful mushrooms. When he collected them just now, he was quick with his hands and didn't pay much attention to the appearance. When distinguishing whether they were poisonous or not, he focused on the edges. Now that he was collecting spores, he had time to take a look, but the more he looked, the stranger it seemed.
These mushrooms come in all shapes and sizes. The caps are not just the traditional round ones, but also triangular, star-shaped, spherical, and so on.
The number of layers is also variable. Some have two layers of mushroom caps overlapping each other, some have a cap growing on top of a mushroom stem, and then another mushroom stem and another cap growing on top of the cap, giving it the appearance of a skewer. Some are simply made entirely of caps, overlapping layer upon layer like a pagoda...
Not to mention those weird colors, there is more than one color on a mushroom.
What’s even more outrageous is that each Miaoxian mushroom has a different feel. Some are rough like sponges, some are soft and sticky like pudding, and some are chewy and tough...and they are obviously the same variety!
But the spores are all the same, all light white powder.
Liu Ben collected a small pile of spores and stopped only after the system reminded him that the quantity was enough to plant many acres.
With the spores, Liu Ben didn't want to plant them all under the osmanthus-scented pines like the system suggested. Although mushrooms growing in the pine forest looked beautiful, the pine flowers under the osmanthus-scented pines were to be collected. If he accidentally mixed poisonous mushrooms with the pine flowers, they might even end up in an essential oil workshop, where they would be made into essential oil and sold...
The guests unknowingly inhaled the scent of poisonous mushrooms with hallucinogenic effects. No one knows what would happen, and the scene is too difficult to imagine.
Liu Ben shook his head. Although he thought that seeing hallucinations might be interesting, it would be terrifying if he was not mentally prepared.
So you still have to find a separate piece of land to grow mushrooms. According to the system, spread the collected spores evenly on the selected land, then water it to keep the land moist, and that's it.
Liu Ben also deliberately chose a place farther away from other fields and left a circle of space around it, for fear that spores would fly around and cause the poisonous mushrooms to grow in other fields.
The next day, Liu Ben drove his grandmother to meet Qi You and Phil outside a local cemetery.
"Hello Mr. Liu, who is this?" Qi You was the first to greet.
"I am Liu Ben's...current grandmother, and my surname is Wang." Wang Fengjing nodded.
"You don't have to call me Mr. Liu, just call me Aben. I will also shamelessly call you Uncle Qi and Uncle Phil." Liu Ben said sincerely.
Qi You was a little happy: "Okay, Aben, that's good."
Phil nodded. Yesterday, he'd learned about Liu Ben and Qi You's relationship, and he'd been feeling a bit uneasy. Qi You'd been living a smooth life with him in his homeland, but life required more than just a comfortable life and a loving partner; blood relatives were equally important. As a sentimental Chinese, Qi You had always missed his family, even after being driven out.
Phil has always known this, so this time he used the magical pine nuts as an opportunity to persuade Qi You to go home.
However, Phil did not expect that this pine nut was related to Qi You's blood relatives, nor did he expect that Qi You's closest family members had either left their hometown or passed away. The only blood descendant he met now was actually a severing relative.
Fortunately, Liu Ben was still willing to get close to them instead of distancing himself from them.
However, it was not appropriate for them to be happy in this place today, so the four of them just walked in while talking in low voices.
There is a long stone path outside the cemetery, surrounded by grass, where cars are not allowed to enter. The cemetery is far away from the main road, so as to avoid the noise of the world from disturbing the quiet of the deceased.
Wang Fengjing said to Qi You: "I heard from Xiao Ben that you are Lu Niang's nephew. I used to have a good relationship with Lu Niang. If you have any questions, I can tell you."
"Thank you so much, Aunt Wang!" Qi You said gratefully, "I want to know how my aunt lived."
"Years were tough in the early years. The pillar of the family passed away and disappeared without a trace. There were still elderly people and children to take care of. As a woman, she was exhausted from working. Later, Gou Qi and Shuang Yue started a business, and she had some free time. But I don't know if it's because people tend to overthink things when they have free time, or if it's because of the illnesses accumulated in the early years, but she passed away when Xiao Ben was two or three years old."
Wang Fengjing carefully recounted some of Qi Lu's life stories, and everyone else listened quietly, with only the rustling of wind and grass leaves around them.
Wang Fengjing walked all the way to the entrance of the cemetery, then stopped her narration and waved to an old man at the gatehouse.
"Lao Gu, long time no see. You haven't retired yet?"
The old man was about the same age as Wang Fengjing, but his eyesight and memory were obviously not very good. He squinted at Wang Fengjing for a long time before hesitantly asking, "Sister Wang?"
"Who else could it be but me? You have been working here for decades and you are already old!" said Wang Fengjing.
"Hi! It's really you," Lao Gu smiled and sighed, "I haven't seen you for a long time. You look younger than me now. Are you here today?"
Wang Fengjing: "Look at my sisters Lu Niang and Qi Lu."
"Oh... Qi Lu... Hey! You're finally here!" Lao Gu was a little slow to react. Only then did he suddenly remember something and clapped his hands: "Luckily you're here!"
"What?" The four of them were stunned by his words and became nervous.
"Hurry, come here," Lao Gu said, inviting them into the office near the cemetery gate. "Qi Lu's cemetery use period has already expired a year ago, and I can't contact her family. The management said they're moving out. I offered my guarantee, saying something must have delayed them, but after the New Year, my guarantee is useless."
"We don't know this either!" Wang Fengjing and Liu Ben were also shocked, not to mention Qi You and Phil.
Lao Gu took them to the management office. When the staff heard that they were there to renew their membership, they checked for them.
"Why did you come only now? My family left these two phone numbers, but I can't reach either one."
Liu Ben took a look and found that one of them belonged to his mother Liu Shuangyue. It was normal that he could not contact her because the mobile phone became a relic after his mother passed away. It was stored with other things and no one used it. It had run out of battery and turned off long ago.
The other one, Liu Ben, didn't look familiar either. Wang Fengjing took a look and said, "It seems to be Gou Qi's phone number from a few years ago. If he can't get through, then he must have changed it. I heard Shuangyue say once that he had several phone numbers, some of which he had abandoned after using for a long time."
Even if they couldn't get in touch by phone, if Gou Qi had visited within one or two years, the management would have reminded him to renew his subscription. Since he didn't, it only meant that neither Gou Qi, who was raised by Qi Lu, nor Gou Wen, who had just returned a few years after abandoning his wife, had visited Qi Lu in the past two years.
Liu Ben and Wang Fengjing felt complicated, while Qi You took out the pine flower essential oil that Phil bought for him, put it under his nose and took a deep breath, which showed that he was very uneasy.
"Renew it," Liu Ben said, "Can you renew it for hundreds of years at once?"
"We can't do that according to our regulations. First, the cemetery management company has a limited number of years of use. When the term expires, the management company may change. Secondly, the renewal price will fluctuate with the market price, so we can only pay on time."
"Then can you change the contact information? This contact information belongs to my parents, and they are both dead."
Wang Fengjing, Qi You, and Fei Er: ...That’s right, Lu Niang’s son Gou Qi is almost dead.
"So that's how it is," the manager sighed: "Okay, tell me your contact information and I'll change it." I wanted to verify the information, but the two people hadn't been in touch for a year, so there was no way to verify it.
Liu Ben gave his contact information, and Qi You also came over and said, "Change the other one to mine. I'm Qi Lu's nephew."
Qi You said to Liu Ben, "Let me continue. This is what I should do. I owe my aunt for too long."
More than 30 years have passed, and Qi You can still remember his aunt at that time. She came to him breathlessly, stuffed a purse into his arms, and said, "Take good care of yourself. No matter what others think, remember that I will always be your aunt."
Without his aunt, he wouldn't be who he is today. Qi You has always known this.
Liu Ben didn't say anything and gave up his seat.
Qi You renewed the fee for Qi Lu's cemetery, and then the four of them stood in front of Qi Lu's tombstone.
Qi You looked at the photo on the tombstone, feeling a bit lost. His aunt had aged a bit, but her appearance hadn't changed much. She wore the same gentle smile as always, just like when she was still alive. Looking at the date of birth and death below, it was only a dozen years after he left his hometown when his aunt passed away.
Seeing that Qi You didn't say anything, Liu Ben spoke first.
Liu Ben: "Grandma, I'm Xiao Ben. I haven't seen you for a long time. Look who's here?"
Wang Fengjing: "Lu Niang, you definitely don't recognize him, but I do remember you saying you missed him very much."
"Aunt, it's me, Qi You," Qi You finally spoke, but his voice was a little trembling: "I'm sorry, I came back late. I, I am still as timid and useless as before. I was afraid of seeing the expressions of my family members again, so I never came back."
"I don't know if I can repay the money you lent me in my lifetime."
Everyone else stopped talking and Phil patted Qi You on the shoulder.
Qi You wiped his face and said, "Thank you, little aunt. After leaving my hometown, I found the person I want to spend my life with. Really, thank you very much..."
Liu Ben and Wang Fengjing walked aside and did not disturb them.
Qi You lowered his head, looking at the tombstone, his red eyes filled with sadness, his trembling lips whispering something. Phil stayed by his side, holding his shoulders, holding Qi You's essential oil in his hand, and calming his breathing at any time.
After a long time, Qi You finally finished what he wanted to say. Or maybe he had a lot more to say but he just couldn't say it for the moment.
Wang Fengjing also pulled Liu Ben back to the tombstone and talked to Lu Niang about the recent situation at home, Xiao Ben's shop, the construction Xiao Ben had done in the village, and how beautiful the osmanthus pines around the village were... Tacitly, no one mentioned Gou Wen and Gou Qi in front of Qi Lu's tomb.
On the way back, Qi You kept asking about things related to Qi Lu. Wang Fengjing was very enthusiastic and answered them one by one, but this inevitably involved Gou Qi.
Qi You sighed: "If I had come back earlier, I could have taken care of him."
"It's no use trying to control him. His nature can't be suppressed," Liu Ben said. "It's going to explode sooner or later. It's the same for everyone."
Wang Fengjing: "Yes, fortunately, Lu Niang didn't see what happened to Gou Qi, and didn't know about Gou Wen. She lived a relatively peaceful life in the last few years of her life."
When they walked outside, Liu Ben asked Qi You: "Uncle Qi, do you want to meet Gou Qi? I know their address and the address of his company."
Liu Ben knew very well that the grudge between him and Gou Qi was his own business because Gou Qi betrayed his biological mother Liu Shuangyue, but there should be no hatred between Qi You and Gou Qi.
"No," Qi You shook his head: "If what you said is true, of course, I don't doubt the authenticity of what you said, I don't even want to see him."
"He not only betrayed your mother, he also betrayed your aunt's upbringing. You were right to sever ties with him."
Liu Ben nodded. He also felt that it was right for him to change his surname, and it was also right to beat Gou Qi a few times. Moreover, when he heard his grandmother and Uncle Qi talking about Grandma Qi today, he felt that the beating was too light.
His fists hardened. Liu Ben thought: I wonder if Gou Qi has recovered. I want to find another chance to beat him up.
When they arrived at the parking lot, Liu Ben let his grandmother get in the car first, then looked at Qi You: "Uncle Qi, I believe in you and Uncle Phil, but if we want to cooperate, we still need to have the necessary contracts."
"Of course, that's what I should do!" Qi You adjusted his mood and said seriously, "I have no objection. Do I need to hire a lawyer?"
Liu Ben: "If you agree, I will let my boyfriend's lawyer contact you."
"Boyfriend?" Qi You was surprised: "You, too?"
"Well... not really. I don't have any restrictions on the gender of my partner," Liu Ben shrugged. "I just thought he was the best person I've ever met, so we got together."
Qi You: "I just didn't expect... you and his family... would be in trouble? Or maybe your family doesn't know yet?"
"No, in fact, we only officially decided to be together yesterday and told our families. His family has long known that he likes men, so there's no problem. As for me," Liu Ben laughed, "I told my family about it almost two months ago when I was trying to get along with him. They didn't quite understand at the time, but now they've accepted it."
"That's... great," Qi You sighed, "You're very lucky, congratulations."
"I think I'm lucky, too," Liu Ben agreed. "Of course, it's also because the environment is more tolerant now than before."
"It's rare to find the best person for you, wish you all the best," Phil said.
"Thank you, and I wish you a long and happy life together."
The author has something to say:
Thank you to the little angel who irrigated the nutrient solution for me~
--I irrigated 10 bottles of mushrooms^▼^
I used soy sauce to irrigate 10 bottles of oyster mushrooms﹒ u﹒
Xi Liulan irrigated 8 bottles of Enoki mushrooms ˇUˇ
Fish ball noodles irrigated 6 bottles of chicken leg mushrooms ●v●
Daodao irrigated 5 bottles of King Oyster Mushroom☆w☆
Caiwei irrigated 1 bottle of seafood mushroom ^0^
I irrigated 1 bottle of Hericium erinaceus ○v○
Thank you very much for your support. I will continue to work hard!
I've always wanted to know what hallucinations from wild mushroom poisoning are like, but it's too dangerous! It could easily happen!
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