After being coaxed and swayed like that, Jian Dan couldn't even muster a joke, let alone object. She could only surrender immediately and agree repeatedly.
"Okay, let's eat, eat, eat! Ah, eat, what else do you want to eat?"
"hey-hey!"
Having achieved her wish, Jian Xin skipped and hopped after Li Guang, and from a distance, her boastful voice could still be heard.
"Brother Li Guang, my sister is so good, so amazing!"
My sister can also grill fish, it smells so good, slurp!
As he spoke, he recalled the events, and he almost couldn't hold back his saliva.
Even a simple picture would make you imagine her expression right now: she's bragging about it while simultaneously making herself incredibly envious, a mix of pride and inner conflict.
"Let's go, let's go! We can't miss out on eating fish, right?"
A few people, with Jian Dan laughing and joking, followed the person in front.
Jian Dan wasn't in a hurry. Even if he wasn't familiar with Li Guang and was worried, Lin Dongfang was with him. Lin Dongfang was one of their own, so there was no need to worry.
Several girls followed behind, not in a hurry. Instead, they stopped and picked up any wild vegetables or other wild plants they saw along the way.
Li Guang and Lin Dongfang, who were arranging for the children to find their way, led the children on a walk, playing as they went. They ran far ahead, and because of their sharp eyesight, they found the tiny mushrooms that had just sprouted, hidden under trees, in the grass, and even in the most secluded corners.
After the spring rain, quite a few mushrooms sprouted; before we even reached our destination, the bottoms of several girls' baskets were almost completely covered.
Don't underestimate this little bit; it's quite a good ingredient. Just a small handful, stewed with chicken, simmering and soaking up the broth, yields a good amount.
Even when stir-fried alone, it's incredibly tender and glossy. Whether it's fresh or dried, it's a delicacy not only in rural areas but also in the city.
The girls were getting more and more excited, but it wasn't the time for the mushrooms to flourish yet, and they were all just sprouting. They were too small, so they had to rely on their numbers to make up for it.
Tan Yajun is familiar with the mushrooms on this mountain, after all, they are really no different from those in Liujiatun.
Li Yanlin and Zhao Di followed Tan Yajun closely and learned almost everything.
I'll just learn a few basic ones. After all, I used to run around in the mountains a lot in my past life. Back then, my knowledge of mountain plants was that they were poisonous or not, edible or not. After all, what I learned back then were skills for survival and killing.
Climate varies from place to place, and there are also significant differences between the north and south.
On the mountain in Liujiatun, the most common and easily recognizable mushrooms are the gray mushrooms and yellow oyster mushrooms. As for the famous hazel mushrooms, they are indeed a local specialty, but unfortunately, they are not in season yet; they only come out in autumn.
They searched almost the entire nearby woods, but still couldn't find it. Only then did the group reluctantly find the path and head towards their intended destination.
As Li Yan walked, she would occasionally look back at the basket on her back, her face beaming with joy. Just moments before she had been complaining of a sore back, but now even lifting her legs felt much easier.
"That's great. I was just thinking I could make a little, not this much."
"Yeah, I remember in previous years we would start picking mushrooms more than half a month later. This year it's much earlier."
"Yes, the elderly people in the village all say that it's warmer earlier today than in the previous two years, which may be related to this."
Li Yan was also relieved
"It's a good thing we came today. If we had come a couple more days later, not only would we not have had time to get to work, but the villagers would definitely have found out as soon as they came up the mountain. They all know this place so well, so what chance would we have?"
The others nodded.
"That's true. After all, this is their territory. Over the years, they definitely know better than us which spots are prone to mushrooms. Unlike us, who are just blindly searching everywhere, this time we just stumbled upon a lucky find."
Li Yan squatted down to dig up the few dandelion plants she had found. She walked a few steps ahead and listened to the rustling sounds not far ahead, but she didn't pay any attention.
This forest doesn't belong to any particular village. This is Liujiatun, with the road leading from the village to the commune on one side. It stretches for thousands of kilometers along mountains, supporting countless villages.
Further along the opposite bank lies the border. Lin Zhengde and his men repeatedly emphasized that they were not allowed to enter the deep mountains. This was partly because the deep mountains were indeed dangerous, not to mention the various unknown large wild animals, and partly because of this.
Yes, it is a time of peace, but the border is still a sensitive area, and disputes of all sizes occur from time to time, and casualties are inevitable.
Cheng Chao had said that while the soldiers were training here, the veterans would be stationed over there, which meant the same thing.
The regular troops on the border both loved and hated these deep mountains, let alone the ordinary people living at the foot of the mountains.
Knowing that the other side was not Chinese, she was always extremely careful when venturing into the deep mountains. She was just an ordinary educated youth sent to the countryside, who just wanted to live a quiet life and hated trouble the most.
Hearing the sound, she didn't pay much attention, assuming it was someone from another village who had gone up the mountain to pick vegetables, gather firewood, or collect herbs, or had gotten lost and wandered over here. Such things do happen; wasn't it the same as the old man Liu Zhen from Liujiatun who fell into a trap the winter before last?
As she walked further in, she gradually sensed that something was wrong, and her expression became serious.
Most people go up the mountain to pick vegetables, gather firewood, and collect herbs, with very few people actually doing that.
Although hunting is not explicitly prohibited during this season, everyone knows that small creatures like pheasants and rabbits are no big deal, as they reproduce quickly and cannot be eradicated.
However, large animals such as wild boar, bear, wild goat, bison, and deer cannot be hunted. Spring is the breeding season, and although there is no concept of environmental protection at this time, it has been an ironclad rule since ancient times that pregnant or mating animals should not be hunted.
Even in ancient times, when hunting, people would not kill everyone. They would leave a certain number of survivors, especially those animals that were growing and reproducing, so that they could continue to breed. This was out of reverence, worship and respect for the mountains and rivers and all living things.
This is the same common sense as fishing: if the net is full of small fish, the fishing is pointless. Fishermen always throw the small fish back into the sea, because everything has its limits. So, young prey is kept to ensure they can continue to reproduce.
Ancient people may not have understood ecological balance, but they knew it was to ensure their future livelihood. Chives can be harvested once and then grown back, but if you cut them down to the roots the first time, they won't grow back.
The principle of not draining the pond to catch all the fish is clear even to an illiterate farmer, which is why simplicity makes it all the more serious. From the rustling sounds she had just heard, she clearly heard the sound of a weapon being cocked.
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