For the fresh meat for breakfast, Xiao's mother steamed the soy sauce pork belly, cut it into long thick slices, and put pickled vegetables on it. It tasted fat but not greasy, and was very satisfying.
There was also a plate of stir-fried pork with corn cakes and cornmeal porridge, which was very satisfying.
Xianhe Village is under the jurisdiction of Huaxi County, Jeju Prefecture. The geology here is not good for growing rice, so they grow wheat instead. Basically every household eats coarse grains.
There is rice for sale in the county, but it is divided into brown rice and japonica rice. However, the price is very expensive. Brown rice alone is much more expensive than white flour.
Every household in the village grows wheat, corn, potatoes and sweet potatoes. This is what the family eats for a year.
Sometimes, if there is extra money at home, we will buy some brown rice to satisfy our cravings.
After dinner, Jiang Sui and Xiao Lanlan went up the mountain to pick mushrooms, and Xiao Hechuan really didn't go to play with Dazhuang and the others.
The little nephew Goudan at home has been sent to a private school run by an old scholar in the village. He goes there early every morning and has no time to play with Xiao Hechuan.
But the little girl was very sweet-talker. When she saw Jiang Sui, she called her "Fourth Aunt" affectionately.
Just by looking at Xiao Hechuan's appearance, Xiao Jiaguang knew that his other brothers were also good-looking, all of them were handsome and tall young men.
It's just that they have been working since they were young, exposed to the wind and sun, and their skin color is a healthy wheat color, while Xiao Hechuan's main task since he was young was to study, and he didn't work much, so he looks fair and clean, and he is the best at having children, and inherited all the advantages of his parents, so he looks the best.
Today, the three of them went to a different place to pick mushrooms. There weren't as many mushrooms as in the chestnut forest yesterday, but there were still quite a few. The area was wider, and they managed to fill up their baskets and baskets in the morning.
At noon, Xiao's mother cooked lunch at home. After eating, Zhou and Liu took the meat back to their parents' home. They were all married from other villages, which were only a few miles away from Xianhe Village. But they estimated that they would have to stay for one night and would not be back until tomorrow.
There were steamed buns for lunch and leftover meat from the morning. Since there was nothing to do in the afternoon, Xiao's mother simply went to the mountains with the children to pick mushrooms.
When I went out, I met a few aunts from the village. They joked that the good thing about their Xiao family is that they have a large family. They go into the mountains to pick mushrooms in groups of four. They have picked all the mushrooms and made all the money.
The tone of these words was both sour and envious.
Xiao's mother gave birth to four sons in succession, which made her very famous in the village at that time. Those who couldn't give birth to sons were extremely envious, and some even came to her specifically to ask for the secret to having sons.
They continued picking in the place where they had been in the morning, this time in a pine forest. Xiao's mother took a look and told the children not to go in, saying that someone had seen a tiger when it was snowing in this area, and she was very panicked.
Because of this, no one dared to come here, and Xiao's mother was also not paying attention and actually followed the children into the woods.
It was also because she hadn't been up the mountain for a long time that she was ignored.
Just as I was about to tell the children to go back and find another place, I heard my silly son yelling:
"Mom, Lanlan, come here quickly."
Xiao's mother thought something had happened and hurried over to them, and so did Xiao Lanlan.
When the mother and daughter came over, they saw Jiang Sui and Xiao Hechuan standing in front of a fallen pine tree.
This pine tree must have been struck by lightning and has become a dead tree. However, what is surprising is that this dead tree is covered with wild wood ear mushrooms, densely packed.
"Mom, this was also discovered by my wife. She said it was black fungus and it would be most delicious if you stir-fry it with meat." Xiao Hechuan quickly took credit for it to his wife.
When Xiao's mother saw this, she thought that if all the fungus were collected, there would probably be a lot of them. Was her fourth daughter-in-law's luck too good?
"Wow, what luck you have! Yesterday we found wild boars and robes, and today we found so many fungus. This is really strange."
Xiao's mother realized that their family had never had such good luck before. This happened twice in just two days after Jiang Sui came into the family.
Jiang Sui smiled embarrassedly. She herself wondered why she was so lucky. She didn't have such good luck in modern times.
Could it be that her luck really changed after she traveled through time?
"Mom, it must be just a coincidence. Let's quickly collect these fungus." Jiang Sui felt that she would not feel at ease until she brought these fungus home.
Xiao Lanlan was the same. She didn't care about anything and started taking action.
Xiao's mother nodded and started to work too. By the time they had picked all the fungus, two of the three baskets they brought were full.
The price of dried wood ear mushrooms is twice that of mushrooms.
Dried mushrooms are everywhere, but wood ear mushrooms are not easy to come by. After picking them, Xiao's mother wanted to leave this place quickly. She was scared when she thought about the tigers that had appeared there.
But Jiang Sui had a hunch that there must be more wood ear mushrooms in this area. As long as it appeared in a place, it meant it still existed.
When we were chatting just now, Xiao's mother also said that the wood ear mushrooms are much more valuable than mushrooms. Being a money-grubber, she felt itchy in her heart and became bolder.
"Mom, I feel there must be a lot of them around here. Let's look for them. As for the tigers you mentioned, they live in deep mountains and wild forests. Although there are many mountains in our area, there are villages nearby. Villagers often move around in the mountains. These wild animals will go down the mountain except in winter when there is less food. In this season of revival, they have already run back to the mountains because many hibernating animals have come out. They have no shortage of food, so they will not run to places near the village.
Now that you are here, don’t you want to pick more fungus before you go back? That’s all money.”
Jiang Suizhen was not relying on luck; what she said was true and based on facts.
Xiao Lanlan had similar ideas to Jiang Sui. She didn't want to leave either, thinking that Mu'er must be there, so she supported Jiang Sui's opinion.
"Mom, I think what Fourth Sister-in-law said is right. There must be a lot left. Since we are here, why not fill it up before leaving?"
Mother Xiao thought about it and said that it would be a lie to say that she was not shaken, but when she thought of those copper coins, she was still moved:
"Okay, let's look for it again, but we have to go together and can't separate. Do you hear me?"
Jiang Sui and the other two nodded quickly, especially Xiao Hechuan, who nodded like pounding garlic. He had not yet satisfied his urge to pick wood ears, and he did not want to leave.
So, the four mothers started looking again, they didn’t care about the mushrooms anymore, they just focused on picking wood ears.
Just as Jiang Sui said, there are still many wood ear mushrooms in this pine forest. Several pine trees were knocked down by spring thunder. After a few rains, the trunks were covered with wood ear mushrooms. It looks like they cannot be finished in one trip, so we have to make another trip.
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