"rabbit!"
Qin Mingzhu gasped softly, and upon seeing this, Ye Zhenxing quickly drew his bow and arrow from his back and shot it.
The result was obvious: the arrow flew more than ten meters away, crashed into a large tree, and then fell to the ground with a thud.
As for the wild rabbit, it had long since escaped into the bushes and disappeared without a trace.
"Haha, Zhenxing, you still need to work on your archery skills!"
Fu Ming laughed gleefully, and Ye Zhenxing, unperturbed, ran over and picked up the bamboo arrow.
"Hmph, Uncle, don't make fun of me, or you'll shoot one and show me!"
His skills are bad, but his uncle's skills are even worse.
Upon hearing this, Fu Ming became interested and stuffed all the wild raspberries he had picked into Qin Anning's hands.
Then he rolled up his sleeves and walked over.
"I'll do it! Can you catch rabbits with arrows? Did you bring matches? Let's smoke out the rabbit burrow!"
"I have matches!"
Upon hearing this, Ye Lin took out a box of matches from his pocket and threw it over. "Ah Ming, you take them to find the rabbit hole first. I'll pick these pine mushrooms and come right away."
Fu Ming responded and then turned to direct Ye Zhenxing to gather firewood and pine needles to prepare for smoking the rabbit hole.
It had been raining for several days in a row, and dry firewood was hard to find.
However, half-dried pine needles are also acceptable, because the main purpose of smoking rabbit holes is to produce smoke, and half-dried pine needles will actually produce more smoke, making it easier for rabbits to escape.
Qin Anning was happy to watch the excitement. The handful of thorny berries that Fu Ming gave her made her fall in love with the taste.
Wild strawberries are tastier than snakeberries, especially since Fu Ming picked them carefully; each one was perfectly red, seven parts sweet and three parts sour, and not astringent at all, making them so delicious that you can't stop eating them.
Snakeberries weren't worth much either. Fu Wan filled two bags with leaves and put them in her basket. Then she joined Bai Qianzhou and Ye Lin in picking pine mushrooms.
Matsutake mushrooms, also known as pine mushrooms, are a very delicious type of mushroom.
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Because it typically grows under pine trees around the time of the Qingming Festival, it is also known as the Qingming mushroom in southern regions. Of course, this mushroom is not only found in the south; it can be found in both Northeast China and the Jiangnan region, provided the growing environment is suitable.
It was already late April, and the villagers of Qingshan Village had already harvested several batches of pine mushrooms.
As the saying goes, timing is everything; Fu Wan and her friends were really lucky.
Mushrooms love damp environments, and with the recent rains, many pine mushrooms have sprouted from the thick layer of pine needles on the ground.
Matsutake mushrooms are yellowish-white in color. Although they are very common in the village, they are quite valuable in the county town.
It's no exaggeration to say that the price of a pound of matsutake mushrooms is about the same as the price of pork.
Fu Wan also really likes to eat these matsutake mushrooms. She stir-fries them with meat or makes soup with them, and they taste great.
The most important thing is its umami flavor, which is different from the umami of sea fish and shrimp.
Fu Wan picked more and more energetically. After picking all the leaves Lin found, she was still not satisfied. After thinking for a moment, she picked up a branch and started picking at it as she walked.
The environment is the same everywhere, so it's impossible for only this one area to have mushrooms.
Sure enough, in less than ten minutes, she had found and picked half a basket of pine mushrooms.
Not only that, just as she was about to take a break, Fu Wan found several palm-sized pine mushrooms under a pine tree.
She had never seen such a large pine mushroom before.
Just as she reached out to pick it, Bai Qianzhou suddenly grabbed her hand and then pulled her back quickly.
"careful!"
Bai Qianzhou didn't stop until he had retreated at least five meters.
Before Bai Qianzhou could explain, Fu Wan had already seen what was in the spot where she had reached out.
Beneath the withered leaves next to those few pine mushrooms, a yellowish-brown five-step snake was coiled up!
Ye Lin noticed something was wrong and quickly came over to ask.
"What's wrong?"
"There's a snake."
Fu Wan pointed to that spot, and only then did she feel a wave of fear wash over her; her heart was pounding so fast she could hear it herself.
That was a highly venomous pit viper. If Bai Qianzhou hadn't pulled her away, she would probably have been bitten by that snake by now.
Wow, what a huge matsutake mushroom!
Fu Ming returned carrying a rabbit, and following the gaze of Fu Wan and the others, he also saw those huge pine mushrooms.
As expected of siblings, their attention was completely drawn to the pine mushrooms, and they didn't even notice the snake next to them.
Ye Jianguo returned from scouting ahead, carrying two pheasants in his basket. Upon seeing the snake, his expression immediately changed.
"Let's forget about those matsutake mushrooms. Let's leave quietly and not disturb the snake."
The five-step snake is lazy and will only attack when a person gets within five steps.
It was only because Bai Qianzhou reacted quickly and the two of them didn't make much noise that the snake was just lazily watching them.
Fu Ming then saw the snake's appearance clearly and gasped in shock. The group quickly moved to another spot.
Even after walking quite a distance, Fu Wan's goosebumps hadn't disappeared.
"It's been so long since I've been up the mountain, I almost forgot there were poisonous snakes."
Fu Ming agreed, "Yes, that five-step snake is very venomous, but luckily it didn't bite anyone."
This snake has extremely potent venom; a single bite can cause massive bleeding, followed by muscle necrosis, severe shock, and even death.
Considering the snakes in the jungle and the fact that he had brought children with him, Ye Jianguo thought about it and decided to take them down the mountain.
They went up the mountain for fun, and they picked two baskets of pine mushrooms. In addition, Ye Jianguo hunted pheasants and Fu Ming caught rabbits, so the harvest was quite good.
Ye Lin just felt it wasn't enough, so he immediately pulled Fu Ming aside and made arrangements for the evening's activities.
"Amin, why don't you stay here tonight? We'll go catch eels tonight!"
Since I've finally had the time to come here, I can't just go back like this.
Fu Ming looked at Fu Wan. Since it was raining anyway, they couldn't go out to sea even if they went back.
Even if he goes back, he'll just go and help out at a cannery or a food factory.
"Don't look at me, I was planning to spend the night here anyway."
Fu Wan laughed and said that Ye Lin had told them from the beginning that he wanted to catch eels. These things can only be caught at night. During the day, it would be amazing if you could catch a few loaches.
Upon hearing Fu Wan's words, Ye Lin was overjoyed.
"Okay, then you can come stay at my place. I built a house for you, and you haven't stayed there yet!"
"Hey, you'd better find me a good room, otherwise I won't want to stay here!"
Fu Ming joked around, and the group went home in a large group. Since it wasn't raining, Ye Zhenxing took the children to catch sparrows.
Fu Wan knew that there was no point in trying to stop them, so she simply let them go.
I just told them to be careful when using the slingshot and never to shoot it at people.
Fu Ling readily agreed, and then, with a cheer from Ye Xiaofeng, they rushed outside.
Li Chunhua's big yellow dog, seeing the commotion caused by the children, was so frightened that it hid in its kennel and wouldn't come out.
Kids this age are so noisy, even dogs would find them annoying.
However, having a blast in the afternoon had its advantages. Not long after dinner, Fu Ling, Qin Mingzhu, and Ye Xiaofeng fell asleep immediately.
Seeing this, the adults quickly went out to change into waders and boots, then carried empty buckets and flashlights.
They're getting ready to go to the fields.
Afternoons are for children to enjoy their childhood, while evenings are for adults like Fu Wan to rediscover their own childhood!
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