"I'm curious about what my sisters-in-law said. If I pick some mushrooms today, I will definitely go back and fry a plate to try." Zeng Wenjuan felt a little greedy after hearing what she said.
"This mushroom is delicious but difficult to wash. It is covered with pine needles and other things." Wang Hui also said with a smile.
"Only when it's difficult to get will people want to eat it again after eating it. Otherwise, who would go up the mountain to pick it after eating it?" Mrs. Hu said happily.
Sister Li also smiled. She looked at Zeng Wenjuan and asked, "How is Captain Zhao's recovery? He should be well soon!"
"It will probably take a few months for Brother Jianguo to recover, but his legs are recovering quite quickly now. He should be able to walk with crutches after the New Year." Zeng Wenjuan couldn't hide the smile on her face when she thought that Zhao Jianguo's legs were almost healed.
A few of them chatted and laughed, and soon reached the mountain.
"Let's split up and look for it! Otherwise it will be hard to find mushrooms if we stay together." Mrs. Hu suggested.
"Okay, let's look for them separately." Wang Hui also nodded and agreed. She looked at Zeng Wenjuan and said, "Wenjuan, let's go over there!"
Zeng Wenjuan nodded and followed Wang Hui to a steep slope, where they searched all the way down. As soon as she lifted a piece of pine needles under a pine tree, Zeng Wenjuan saw a bunch of mushrooms.
"Sister-in-law, I found it. It's this kind, right?" Zeng Wenjuan said uncertainly as she looked at a large patch of mushrooms.
Wang Hui came over immediately after hearing the sound, and seeing the mushrooms all over the ground, she smiled and said, "Wenjuan, you are so lucky. These are pine mushrooms, and they are all edible."
"Thank you, sister-in-law. Let's pick them together. There are so many here!" Zeng Wenjuan invited.
"No need, just pick them yourself. I'll go look somewhere else." Wang Hui smiled and shook her head.
After seeing Wang Hui leave, Zeng Wenjuan started to put the mushrooms into the backpack.
After that, she found a few more clumps of mushrooms. Zeng Wenjuan looked carefully and saw half of the basket was full of mushrooms. Zeng Wenjuan looked at the flashing spots and followed the brightest one, and she saw a ginseng.
Zeng Wenjuan was instantly surprised. This was really easy to get! Just as she needed ginseng to nourish Zhao Jianguo, Zeng Wenjuan took out a red rope she carried with her from her pocket and tied up the ginseng.
I started digging ginseng with a small shovel and waited until all the ginseng roots and tails were dug out.
Zeng Wenjuan put the ginseng away carefully and started looking for other herbs. She had dug enough mushrooms. It was not easy for her to come up the mountain, so there were plenty of herbs here.
Around two o'clock in the afternoon, the other sisters-in-law had finished picking mushrooms and were ready to go back.
"Wenjuan, you're so lucky since you just arrived. You must have picked a lot of mushrooms today!" asked Mrs. Hu.
Zeng Wenjuan smiled when she heard the question: "Not much. I didn't pick up anything that was enough for two meals. I picked some common herbs instead."
"Oh! That's fine. The straw mushrooms are not very tender now. We still have to wait until it rains that day. The mushrooms picked in the mountains during busy times are tender and have just popped out." Wang Hui said with a smile.
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After returning home, Zeng Wenjuan took out the ginseng and praised Zhao Jianguo, saying, "Look, we picked a hundred-year-old ginseng today. Tomorrow I will buy a rooster and make soup for you."
"It's amazing. You can even pick ginseng by picking mushrooms in the mountains. You can do whatever you want." Zhao Jianguo had a doting smile on his face.
Goudan was originally playing with building blocks, but when he heard Zeng Wenjuan's voice, he ran over happily.
"Mom is so amazing! She picked up so many mushrooms, but how can I eat them when they are so dirty!"
Zhao Jianguo said to Zeng Wenjuan, "Put a piece of three-color paper on the table and pour out the mushrooms. I will help you clean the mushrooms. The two of us can do it faster."
"I want to help too." Goudan said coquettishly, with his hands on the table.
"Okay, let's deal with it together. We can't be a person who gets something for nothing." Zhao Jianguo said with a smile while touching Goudan's head.
Zeng Wenjuan spread out the tricolor paper and poured out the mushrooms in the basket.
The family of three began to clean the mushrooms. There were a lot of pine needles or weeds stuck on the mushrooms, as well as some sludge, which all had to be cleaned first. If they were put into the water, it would be more difficult to clean them up.
"You can use these pine needles to better deal with the dirt and pine needles on the mushrooms." Zhao Jianguo demonstrated to Zeng Wenjuan how to clean the mushrooms more thoroughly.
Zeng Wenjuan and Goudan followed Zhao Jianguo's method and tried to clean the mushrooms. Zeng Wenjuan found that it was really simple: "Your method is good! Who taught you that?"
"She is an old lady. She has returned to her hometown to retire. Otherwise, I could take you to meet her." Zhao Jianguo replied.
"It's all fate. Not being able to meet her proves that I'm not destined to be with her." Zeng Wenjuan certainly wouldn't care about a stranger.
The family of three chatted and laughed until they finally cleaned the mushrooms an hour later.
"It's just like what Sister Wang Hui said. I don't know whether this mushroom tastes good or not, but it is really hard to wash." Zeng Wenjuan complained with a smile.
"This mushroom is only available in winter and it tastes good. But some people don't like to eat this kind of mushroom." Zhao Jianguo thinks this kind of mushroom tastes good.
Then Zeng Wenjuan put the mushrooms in a basin and began to clean them, rubbing the cap-shaped side of the mushrooms in her palms to thoroughly remove the dirt. It took another hour to clean the mushrooms.
Zeng Wenjuan started cooking dinner. She was going to make a mushroom feast tonight, including a mushroom and lean meat soup, a stir-fried mushroom, and a stir-fried mushroom with lean meat.
Zhao Jianguo helped Zeng Wenjuan to light the fire. Fortunately, the fire hole of their stove was built quite high, otherwise Zhao Jianguo would not be able to help light the fire. Goudan was playing with a green frog next to him.
“biu...biu...biu......” Goudan dubbed while playing.
"Goudan, don't lie on the ground. Go wash your hands first, then you can eat later." Zeng Wenjuan looked at Goudan and reminded him.
"Okay, I want to play it again." Goudan raised his head and said to Zeng Wenjuan with his butt sticking out.
Zeng Wenjuan had no choice but to let Goudan do what he wanted until she finished cooking the last dish.
"Hurry up and wash your hands and eat. If you don't listen, Dad and I will eat all the food and leave nothing for you."
Goudan just stood up, put the frog in his pocket, and obediently washed his hands in the basin.
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