After waiting for an afternoon, the water on the potato starch had become clear. Xiaoguo poured out the water, revealing a finger-deep layer of starch underneath. He then poured out the water from the other two basins and hung them on the round grate he had prepared to dry naturally.

Zhuangzhuang poked it curiously, but it felt soft and he couldn't poke it. He continued to poke it curiously. Xiaoguo thought his movements were so cute, so he poked it once and quickly took his hand back.

According to the current weather, it will probably be dry after a night of sun exposure. Xiaoguo will prepare to make the soup base tomorrow. She still has a few pounds of pork shank bones, so she will make a pot of bone soup then, and then go up the mountain to pick mushrooms to make mushroom soup. Xiaoguo thinks the taste will be ruined.

Xiaoguo went to sleep after dinner, thinking that he had to set out early the next day as he had a lot to find. In addition to mushrooms, he also wanted to try his luck in finding spices. The materials in his space were almost used up, and he needed fried chili sauce, but he didn't have it, so he could only go to the mountain to find it.

Before going to bed, she told Zhuangzhuang that she would go up the mountain tomorrow and could not take him with her because she wanted to walk inside this time. She was not familiar with the place and did not know whether she would encounter danger. She could protect herself alone, but she could not guarantee it if there was Zhuangzhuang with her, so she could not let Zhuangzhuang take risks with her.

Zhuangzhuang definitely disagreed, but after Xiaoguo's repeated assurances and comfort, he reluctantly agreed, and finally fell asleep unwillingly while hugging Xiaoguo.

The next day, Xiaoguo woke up before dawn, got out of bed quietly, took a sickle and a kitchen knife, threw them into the basket and went out. This time she brought an extra knife with her in case of danger. Even if the kitchen knife was useless, she could still slip into the ring. Only after locking the door did Xiaoguo feel at ease to go up the mountain.

When Xiao Guo arrived at the mountain, he went to the trap first, wanting to see if there was any catch. Unexpectedly, when he got closer, he saw signs of damage on the trap. When he walked over, he saw there was another pheasant inside. Xiao Guo was so happy that he was about to chop it with a knife, but his hand stopped. Was that an egg?

There were several eggs under the pheasant. Xiaoguo wanted to pick them up to see if they were seed eggs, but before she touched them, the pheasant started to bite her hand like crazy. Xiaoguo quickly dodged, thinking that the eggs could hatch chicks, so they could not be eaten, and the hen could not be killed either.

Xiaoguo took a thick wooden stick and picked up the pheasant from the hole. Then Xiaoguo controlled it with one hand while carefully taking out the eggs. After all the eggs were taken out, he took the pheasant to a quiet and secluded place and put it down. The pheasant stopped making noises and quickly jumped onto the eggs and sat down, staring at Xiaoguo vigilantly with its eyes. Xiaoguo put down the eggs and left.

As we went deeper, the more books we saw, and the denser they were. Xiaoguo didn't dare to be careless. He made a mark after every step and walked slowly. Because it had rained the previous two days, many mushrooms popped up. Xiaoguo carefully distinguished whether they were poisonous or not. After a while, he picked out a lot of shiitake mushrooms and wild matsutake mushrooms. Xiaoguo planned to get more, as they taste good when fried.

As Xiaoguo walked, she came to a place close to the center. She didn't know if she was dazzled, but she felt that the fog was getting heavier the further she went in. Based on the original danger signal given by her body, Xiaoguo stopped moving forward and walked to both sides. As if by luck, she found mountain pepper not far away. Xiaoguo quickly picked more of it. She also found star anise, Sichuan peppercorns and star aniseed peppers around. On the way back, she came across a laurel tree and picked many leaves, also known as bay leaves, and went back to dry them and preserve them.

The sunlight shines through the dense leaves onto the earth, forming mottled light and shadows. The warm sunlight pours down like a layer of golden gauze covering the earth, and Xiaoguo is fortunate enough to see a magical light and shadow phenomenon. A column of sunlight shines on a tree and forms a halo surrounding the tree, like a group of elves dancing around the tree.

Xiaoguo stopped and sighed, thinking that it would be great if she had a camera to capture such beautiful light.