Su Qingyun turned and left, leaving Song Yan alone sitting on the edge of the field thinking about the meaning of Su Qingyun's words.
There will be good news next fall.
Su Qingyun turned his back to him with a smile on his face. The resumption of the college entrance examination next autumn is the best news of autumn and also the best harvest of autumn.
Su Qingyun went all the way to Xia Qiu's house. Xia Qiu had been waiting for her for a long time. As soon as she saw her, she pouted and complained, "Why did you come just now? I've been waiting for you for a long time."
"I met Song Yan on the way and chatted with him for a few words."
"Song Yan?" Xia Qiu looked puzzled. "What did you talk about with him?"
"Nothing, just a casual chat." Su Qingyun did not elaborate. After all, it was such a heavy and sensitive topic, so it was better to say less.
"Okay." Although she was a little confused, Xia Qiu knew what to do and didn't ask any more questions. She picked up the backpack beside her and said, "Let's go."
Su Qingyun widened his eyes, "Is it really necessary to take a backpack?" This seems like they are going to pick all the mushrooms on the mountain.
"It's better to take a big one just in case we run into something good on the mountain." Xia Qiu said excitedly, "Let's go quickly, the sun is about to come out."
"Okay, okay, don't pull me." Su Qingyun said helplessly.
The two of them walked up the mountain, talking and laughing. Xia Qiu's family was strict, and she had hardly ever gone up the mountain. This time, her family only allowed her to go because she said she wanted to go with Su Qingyun. She didn't understand why her family seemed relieved when they heard Su Qingyun's name. It was strange.
The two soon reached the foot of the mountain, where the village aunts and ladies were digging wild vegetables.
Although the most difficult times have passed, people who are not well-off still like to go out and dig wild vegetables to eat. Most of the wild vegetables have their bitter roots removed, and then they are blanched in water and mixed with salt, pepper and soy sauce. They have a unique taste and can be regarded as a dish on the table.
"It rained a couple of days ago, so there must be a lot of mushrooms on this mountain." Xiaqiu walked in a skipping manner, in high spirits. Coming out to pick mushrooms was like going on a spring outing.
"Walk slowly, don't fall." Su Qingyun shouted.
Xia Qiu turned around and waved at her, "It's okay, let's hurry up, maybe those aunties have already gone up the mountain to pick up a lot of fun, and they won't be there when we go up later."
"Okay, okay." Su Qingyun could only speed up his pace.
The two continued to go up and actually found quite a few mushrooms, hidden in the grass and on the wooden stakes, in clusters and white and plump, very pleasing to the eye.
Xia Qiu looked at these mushrooms with her eyes shining brightly. She trotted over and acted quickly, pulling up all the mushrooms by the roots and putting them in her backpack.
"Qingyun, hurry up and pick them up too." Xia Qiu called her.
"Picking more, picking more." Su Qingyun said as he slowly put a mushroom into his small basket.
The mushrooms that appear after the rain are basically chicken mushrooms, which are known as the king of mushrooms. Chicken mushrooms have thick and plump flesh, fine white texture, sweet and crispy taste, and are rich in various nutrients needed by the human body. They are a rare good thing in this remote rural area.
There are many ways to eat chicken shiitake mushrooms. They can be stir-fried alone or paired with various meats, vegetables and seafood. Whether they are stir-fried, pan-fried, mixed, stewed, or braised, the taste is very fresh.
Xia Qiu was right. Not only did they think that there would be mushrooms after the rain, but others also thought of it. There were quite a few people on the mountain now, but they were all in the middle and lower parts of the mountain.
Xia Qiu thought for a moment and said to Su Qingyun, "How about we go a little further up?"
Su Qingyun thought about it and said, "Okay."
It is not dangerous at all to go further up. The mountains here are not deep mountains. There are no large beasts. At most there are some poisonous snakes, insects and ants, and she is not afraid of these.
"Let's go." Xia Qiu looked at her backpack, which already had two shallow layers of mats at the bottom. Then she looked at Su Qingyun's small basket and rolled her eyes. "Why did you only pick up so little?"
"Aren't you moving too fast?" Su Qingyun said with a smile.
"That's right. I'll pick up some more and share some with you later." Xia Qiu raised his chin and said proudly.
The two walked towards the better part of the mountain. There were no more people in these places, the trees were taller, and the grass was more lush.
There was almost no way to go here. Su Qingyun picked up a stick, pushed aside the thigh-deep weeds, and told Xia Qiu: "Be careful, there might be snakes or something."
No girl is not afraid of this cold-blooded animal. Xia Qiu shrank her neck and followed Su Qingyun closely.
But then her eyes lit up and she shouted happily, "Qingyun, look over there! There are so many mushrooms!"
Su Qingyun looked in the direction she pointed, and sure enough, there were clusters of plump white mushrooms growing beside the trees, unattended, waiting for them to be picked.
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