Chapter 226
The next morning, Wan Baobao was still sleeping when Lin Nanzhi pulled her out of bed. She was immediately a little dissatisfied.
It's rare that she slept so comfortably yesterday without turning on the air conditioner. Now she still hasn't gotten enough sleep and doesn't want to move at all.
Lin Nanzhi watched her get up and lie down again, sighed, and said, "Do you want to go pick mushrooms? If not, we're leaving!"
Picking mushrooms!
Wan Baobao woke up instantly and sat up from the bed, then looked at Lin Nanzhi. Lin Nanzhi looked at her and smiled. She quickly threw back the quilt and got out of bed: "I'll clean it up right away."
"Remember to wear pants and sneakers."
"Okay, okay."
While answering, Wanbaobao went into the bathroom to wash up and ran out quickly.
Wen Jiunian and Lin Nanzhi were both in the restaurant, sitting at their seats and eating breakfast. She quickly sat down and started eating, then looked at her phone and found that the time was six o'clock in the morning.
"So early?"
"We are already considered late. Some have set out at 3 or 4 in the morning, and some have set out at 12 o'clock at night."
Wanbaobao was stunned and understood a little more about the Southern Province people's love for mushrooms.
After breakfast, Lin Nanzhi got a set of waterproof overalls for both of them, and she also put one on herself.
These were not necessary in the past, but in recent years, few people have walked in the mountains, resulting in the old mountain roads being overgrown with weeds and blocked. It rained heavily yesterday and continued until around 2 or 3 in the morning today. The sun has not yet risen and the dew has not evaporated. If you go in without any preparation, you will probably be soaked when you come out, and your shoes will have to be a dozen centimeters higher.
The two outsiders didn't ask any questions and put them on immediately.
Lin Nan knew that there were no tools here, so the three of them drove to his home, took out a bamboo basket woven by his grandfather and three bamboo baskets from the warehouse, and went out with a small shovel.
There are a lot of mushrooms in the tourist area, but there are not many varieties. It is better to find them on the hill opposite the village.
She remembered that when she was a child, the mountain there was very big, and there were a lot of mushrooms and many red bayberries, so the mountain was called Red Bay Mountain. In the previous life, the mountain was turned into a factory. This time, because the village has developed well, the factory has also moved to a new location, otherwise it will affect the residents here.
Although it was said to be moved a little further away, it was actually moved to the end of the former three groups of villages. There happened to be two hills and a small valley there. The hills were flattened and the valley was filled with land, creating enough flat land for several factories.
But because the factory was an aluminum factory, they built one, right next to the highway.
Because of this, Yangmei Mountain has not been flattened and is still the place with the most mushrooms, but the road is a bit difficult to walk on. The flat road only goes to the fish pond, and the rest of the road is a dirt road that the villagers built in the past for the convenience of farming.
There was an off-road vehicle at home, and Wen Jiunian was driving. The three of them were leisurely preparing to set off, but they met Aunt Lin at the door of her uncle's house. In the end, Aunt Lin and Lin Nanmeng were added to the group picking mushrooms.
The five of us set out together. The car started to shake after a while, especially because it had rained yesterday, making the dirt road even muddier. In the end, it was still Aunt Lin, the veteran driver, who drove the car to the destination.
Yangmei Mountain is very big, with more than a dozen peaks connected to each other. There are many trees in the forest, as well as many other weeds and trees. I walked up the mountain step by step with a small shovel in my hand. To avoid encountering poisonous snakes, I gently waved the shovel around every step I took.
The saying "stirring up trouble" is not without basis.
Lin Nanmeng saw Wanbaobao fiddling with a machine and asked curiously, "Sister Baobao, what are you doing?"
"This is a video camera. It's used for recording."
"Oh, are you going to post it online?"
"Um."
“Do you have many fans?”
"Not bad."
"How many are there?"
Wanbaobao finally finished making the machine and put it on his head. Then he looked at Lin Nanmeng and said, "I haven't calculated it. For example, I only have 3 million fans on Weibo, but I have more than 10 million on Kuaishou, and there are also some on other platforms."
"Wow, that's a lot!"
"Is that too much?" Wan Baobao shook his head: "Mine is just average, there are better ones."
"oh."
"There's a mushroom here, can I eat it?" Wanbaobao spotted a mushroom with his sharp eyes and asked Lin Nanmeng. Lin Nanmeng shook his head and said, "I don't know either. I only know how to eat it, not how to recognize it."
Wanbaobao: “…”
I had no choice but to ask for help from Aunt Lin who was nearby.
It was also Wen Jiunian's first time to go up the mountain to pick mushrooms. He found it very novel and would ask Lin Nanzhi whenever he saw mushrooms. Anyway, he would just hang around Lin Nanzhi so that he could ask him if the mushrooms were poisonous.
Lin Nanzhi can be considered an expert at picking mushrooms.
They have been working with their parents since they were young. When the mushroom picking season comes, they would go up the mountain to chop wood and pick mushrooms at the same time. They didn’t know what they were at first, but gradually they could tell the difference between poisonous and non-toxic mushrooms.
Auntie Lin and Lin Nanzhi checked the mushrooms to see if they were poisonous, and asked them to tap them as much as possible with tools before picking them.
Firstly, it allows the mushrooms to release spores so that there will be more mushrooms next time. Secondly, because the forest is humid, some poisonous insects will be under the umbrella of the mushrooms. If you are not careful, you will be bitten. It is hard to guard against.
Wen Jiunian and the other two nodded repeatedly after hearing this.
The forest was vast, but before the five people had walked far, the bamboo baskets in their hands and the two backpacks were all filled to the brim.
The sun also rose, and the sunlight shone through the gaps in the trees and fell into the forest. The air suddenly smelled of evaporated soil and rainwater.
"That's enough, let's go home."
"There are still many left. What a pity."
"There's nothing we can do about it. It can't hold any more."
The group had no choice but to walk back. After walking for a while, they met some villagers who were also here to pick mushrooms. The two groups of people smiled and said hello: "Hey, you guys are here to pick mushrooms too! No wonder we didn't pick any, you guys picked them all."
Aunt Lin smiled and replied, "You must have come after us. There are still many ahead of us. Hurry up and pick them up."
"Then we should hurry up. It rained yesterday, so there will definitely be a lot of people picking up berries today."
There are more people in the village now, and if you come late you won’t be able to pick them up.
Five people also walked down the mountain.
It is easy to go up the mountain but not easy to go down because the road was slippery due to wet weather and it was a downhill road. I had to hold on to the trees and move down little by little when going down the mountain. It took a long time to get down the mountain.
After putting the backpack and bamboo basket in the trunk, Auntie Lin drove back. On the way, Wan Baobao was very excited: "No wonder you all like to pick mushrooms. This is so much fun."
"But can we finish eating so many mushrooms?"
"You can finish it. If you can't finish it in one meal, you can dry it in the sun or take it to the store as a special dish. Many people buy it."
"oh."
“How long can this be harvested?”
"According to the season now, we can still pick it for two or three months. As long as it rains, there will be plenty."
"Then come back when you have time. I'll send some to my parents and uncle after I'm done drying them."
"Can."
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