Netizen Glass: How is that possible?? Chacha Li, don't exaggerate!
Cha Cha Li: Always plan for the worst-case scenario. Ask yourself a few times, "What if?"
Netizen Glass: ...
Cha Cha Li: So, let's all go find some ingredients, at least to get through this winter. By the way, none of you grow your own vegetables at home?
Netizen Glass: ...
The next day, after Shen Yanming and Bi Qiaoan got up and ate breakfast, they decided to go for a walk.
The two changed into raincoats and rubber boots, and also brought an umbrella and two small baskets. Before leaving, they called out to Zhang Heping.
Seeing that the two were fully armed, Zhang Heping went back into the house and rearmed himself according to their equipment.
This was the first time the group had gone to the mountains to forage for food, and Shen Yanming suggested that they go to Qingning Mountain to take a look.
The mushrooms on Qingning Mountain can be seen as Shen Yanming indirectly subsidizing Zhang Heping.
As soon as he stepped out of the building, he was stopped by that young man from that day.
"Hey buddies, long time no see! It's been so hard to find you guys!"
"Hey bro, what brings you here?" It turned out to be the man who had been chatting with them downstairs the day the Li Cheng Alliance official released the video.
"Oh, nothing much, I just feel a connection with you guys, hehe. Where are you going? Can I come with you?" The man scratched his head and asked a little shyly.
"We need to go find some ingredients, do you want to come?" Shen Yanming didn't mind having another person.
The man nodded after hearing this, "Yes, yes, yes. You don't know, I've been telling my family for the past two days that I'm going out to find ingredients, but my parents keep saying I'm just messing around. I was about to cry."
"Can't you go by yourself?" Zhang Heping found this person a bit amusing.
"I feel embarrassed to be alone, and besides, I don't really recognize those plants."
"Okay, let's go look for it together." Bi Qiaoan nodded and said, "Hey handsome, what's your name?"
"My name is Zhao Yu. To be honest, from the first time I met you, I felt that you must be the kind of geniuses who can always make the right choice at the first moment. So, I have been trying my luck here recently to see if I can run into you."
Zhao Yu glanced at everyone's expressions and, seeing that no one was angry, continued, "I feel like I'll have good fortune following you guys!"
"Well, you have excellent taste!"
And so, Shen Yanming and Bi Qiaoan took their two burdens to the back of Qingning Mountain.
Qingning Mountain is divided into the front mountain and the back mountain. The front mountain has been developed by developers and is planted with various plants, making it look like a small botanical garden.
Shen Yanming and Bi Qiaoan knew that there were many edible things on the front of Qingning Mountain, such as roses, elm leaves, and toon trees. These were easy to find and recognize, and they could just point them out to the two burdens on the way back.
The back of Qingning Mountain has remained unchanged. The plants there are rather haphazard, but the good thing is that while there is a rich variety of plant species, it doesn't feel like a primitive mountain area, making it relatively safe.
Shen Yanming and Bi Qiaoan, along with their two large dependents, took a detour through the small path to the mushroom area.
After being nourished by the energy rain for a month or two, this mushroom area is now completely transformed. At a glance, there are at least two or three thousand mushrooms, each one plump and tender.
"What is this? Can we eat it?" Zhao Yu's eyes gleamed, his mouth wide open, drool almost dripping from his mouth.
"Mushroom? You don't know it?" Bi Qiaoan looked at Zhao Yu curiously.
“These are shiitake and oyster mushrooms. They don’t look wild. Could someone have grown them here?” Zhang Heping glanced at Shen Yanming thoughtfully.
Shen Yanming neither confirmed nor denied it, only uttering a quiet, "Isn't it good?"
"Alright, alright, who cares who raised it? Once we pick it up, it's ours! Hehe, everyone gets a share, we're rich!" Zhao Yu ignored the two of them and started picking it directly.
This guy didn't bring a basket when he went out, only two plastic bags, claiming, "No one will know if I don't take them out, and no one will laugh at me if my hands are empty!"
That's a really bizarre idea. Who do you think you are? Who would laugh at you?
Bi Qiaoan also reached out and picked up some mushrooms, reminding the others, "Don't pick the small ones, wait until they grow bigger."
Zhang Heping and Zhao Yu didn't even look up, just grunted in response, their hands still busy picking mushrooms.
After picking a basket of mushrooms, Shen Yanming and Bi Qiaoan stopped picking and got up to walk towards a nearby place.
Not long after, Bi Qiaoan discovered a patch of lamb's quarters.
This is a super delicious wild vegetable, said to be the best-tasting of all wild vegetables.
Bi Qiaoan pulled Shen Yanming along, picking the freshest and tenderest parts, filling half a basket.
Using the basket as cover, Bi Qiaoan also dug up a few lambsquarters seedlings and put them into the space planting area.
After Zhang Heping and Zhao Yu had picked most of the large mushrooms, they discovered that Shen Yanming and the others had already moved to a different location.
After they finished collecting their spoils, they hurried to find Shen Yanming. With Shen Yanming's guidance, they picked a lot of lamb's quarters and dandelion.
As evening approached, everyone had filled their baskets and bags. This time, Shen Yanming led them back along the main road. When they passed the front mountain, he pointed to the locust and elm trees and told the children that their leaves were edible.
When we passed by the garden, we picked half a basket of roses, the real edible kind, and told them that they were also edible.
Zhang Heping and Zhao Yu were both dumbfounded, but they followed suit and picked a lot of fruit. The group walked back with a full haul.
After descending Qingning Mountain, the group encountered many residents from the neighborhood: some were just getting off work and heading home, some were out shopping and preparing to cook dinner, and some were returning home from school.
Everyone cast curious glances, and some even came forward to ask questions. Shen Yanming generously showed everyone what they had found and recommended the book "Foraging in the Wilderness" to them.
All the edible ingredients on the mountain will go to waste if we don't collect them soon. Moreover, with the nourishment of the energy rain, the plants are growing exceptionally well. As long as people work hard, storing enough leafy greens to eat until the end of the year is not a problem.
In the previous life, no one knew about the upcoming drought, and no one made any preparations in advance; all the edible food was eaten up early.
When the dry season comes, the plants stop growing, the leaves turn yellow and fall off, and it becomes impossible to find any leaves to eat.
Bringing their thoughts back, the group walked to Building 6 and prepared to part ways.
Zhao Yu added Shen Yanming as a friend and they agreed to contact each other via WeChat next time they went out for food.
Shen Yanming also reminded Zhao Yu to clean the ingredients after returning home, make dried vegetables and mushrooms according to the instructions, and store them properly.
After Zhang Heping and Zhao Yu left, they finally asked Shen Yanming, "Are we really going to eat these grasses and flowers from now on?"
Shen Yan rolled his eyes and said, "It's good enough to have something to eat."
Zhang Heping looked at the mushrooms, lamb's quarters, and roses in his basket, swallowed hard, nodded, and said, "You're right!"
After Shen Yanming and Bi Qiaoan returned home, neither of them rushed to prepare dinner.
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