"Little Nianjun, are there any snakes here? Are snakes good?"
When the little kid heard the herdsman tour guide say that the stick was used to drive away snakes, his eyes lit up immediately.
The little girl has eaten a lot of things, but she has never tasted snake meat.
The pastoralist tour guide who was distributing wooden sticks had a wonderful expression on his face when he heard the little girl's question.
When a child hears about a snake, shouldn’t his first thought be fear?
Could it be that this little girl is the legendary innate foodie?
Just as the herdsman tour guide was stunned, Li Er, who had already taken the lead in walking towards the hillside, suddenly let out a light exclamation.
When everyone turned around, they saw that Lao Deng was lying on the ground with his butt sticking up.
Seeing this, the little kid who was playing with the stick immediately ran towards Li Er with his short legs.
As the little girl ran, she asked excitedly, "Aye, did you catch the snake? Can you give it to Woqi?"
In fact, it wasn't just the little girl, Zhou Yu and the others also followed with curiosity on their faces.
Everyone is still at the foot of the mountain now. Normally, even if there are any good things, they should have been picked up by someone.
But looking at Li Er's appearance, it seemed that there really was something good on the ground.
When everyone approached, the fallen leaves on the ground had been pushed aside by Li Er, and at Li Er's feet was a piece of soil that was pushed up by something.
Seeing this, the nomadic guide couldn't help but exclaim in surprise: "Hey, you're really lucky to find a newly emerged matsutake mushroom here."
"It turns out to be a matsutake mushroom. I thought it was a snake~"
When he heard that they had only found matsutake mushrooms, the little kid, who had been so excited, suddenly muttered in disappointment.
Li Er, who was lying on the ground with his butt sticking up, carefully lifted the soil that the matsutake was covering as if he had discovered a valuable treasure.
As the soil on top was lifted up, the matsutake mushrooms underneath were revealed.
Seeing this, Li Er immediately prepared to dig.
Seeing this, the herdsman guide nearby quickly waved his hand to stop them, saying, "Don't dig like that. If you break it, you'll have to keep it for yourself."
Li Er: ???
No, if I don’t keep this for myself, am I going to sell it for money?
You dig the food yourself and sell it, then turn around and spend money to buy it to eat. Isn't that crazy?
Unfortunately, the pastoral tour guide didn't give him any time to think.
While Li Er was still in a daze, the herdsman tour guide had already carefully pulled out the shovel from his waist.
"The method of digging matsutake is similar to digging cordyceps. You have to insert it from the side, and then pry out the surrounding soil along with the matsutake."
The herdsman tour guide demonstrated and explained to everyone, and everyone except the little girl listened very carefully.
After all, even if you keep it for yourself, better quality can increase your appetite.
With Li Er's successful start, everyone else was ready to go all out.
Even the little kid was waving a stick, trying to find a snake to eat.
“There seems to be one here.”
Following Li Er, Li Lizhi was the first to reap some rewards.
When everyone gathered around curiously, they saw a matsutake mushroom growing abruptly on the ground.
This matsutake mushroom is very large, with its fat head completely exposed, and there are not even fallen leaves around it.
Although everyone understood that Li Lizhi's discovery was obviously a lucky find, they still praised her generously.
With the personal instruction of the pastoralist guide and the experience of digging Cordyceps yesterday, Li Lizhi dug out the matsutake mushroom with almost no effort.
Seeing that Li Lizhi had also gained something, everyone's enthusiasm suddenly increased.
Everyone used sticks to beat the grass and imitated the herders' guides by beating the ground.
Just as Zhou Yu casually hit a mound of earth with the stick, he suddenly felt a different sensation on the stick.
It doesn't feel as solid as normal land, but rather has a slight bounce feeling.
It was as if something was wrapped underground.
Out of curiosity, he walked over.
Using a stick to push away the fallen leaves on the mound, I saw an obvious crack in the soil.
Using a stick to pry open the crack a little, Zhou Yu saw the matsutake mushrooms just emerging.
Seeing this, he finally understood what the herder tour guide meant by using a stick to find matsutake mushrooms.
There are many Tibetans who go up the mountain to look for treasures every day.
After all, those matsutake mushrooms that have poked their heads out of the soil and have not yet been dug up by others are only a minority.
Under normal circumstances, finding these matsutake mushrooms hidden underground should be the main job of treasure hunters.
However, these matsutake mushrooms are hidden underground, and it is not easy to find them.
If you bend over and observe for a long time, it will be difficult for your body to bear it.
This method of hitting the ground with a stick not only avoids frequent bending over, but also has the effect of driving away snakes, insects, rats and ants.
Even after finding the matsutake, you can dig it out directly with a stick.
Thinking this in his mind, he was too lazy to ask the herder guide for a shovel, so he just stuck the stick in his hand into the soil.
Perhaps because the soil was relatively fertile, Zhou Yu didn't have to spend much effort to pry the soil next to the matsutake mushroom aside.
After a few more casual digging, he dug out a matsutake mushroom weighing three or four taels.
Zhou Yu held the matsutake mushroom in his hand, thinking that others would come over to watch.
But when he turned around, he found that everyone was digging something with great effort.
Even the little kid, who was determined to find a snake, was lying there with his little butt sticking out, digging in the dirt.
Looking at the herder tour guide again, he was already standing there in shock.
The main reason why Matsutake is so expensive is that it is rare.
In the past, even in the most suitable season for digging matsutake mushrooms, experienced Tibetans would only dig a few at most each time they went up the mountain.
Even if you are lucky enough, you may only be able to dig up a dozen plants.
And they have to go up the mountain before dawn and dig until the sun goes down.
But what is happening today?
Although not many people come to this hillside, it is not a place that is rarely visited.
The crowd had just arrived at the foot of the mountain and had not had time to go up the mountain when they encountered so many things in succession.
If we continue to go up the mountain, can't we recreate the grand occasion of digging Cordyceps yesterday?
Thinking of the marmots who took the initiative to lead the way and help dig Cordyceps, the pastoralist tour guide couldn't help but recall the legends he had heard in his childhood.
Could it be that people like Zhou Yu are really the legendary chosen ones?
How else to explain this miraculous sight?
"Little Nianjun, please help me~"
Just as the herdsman tour guide was daydreaming, the little kid who had been digging in the soil for a long time couldn't help but shout.
Hearing the little girl's call for help, Zhou Yu casually threw the matsutake mushrooms in his hand into the backpack, then ran over quickly with a stick in hand.
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