Yan Xinian soon came with an expert named Yan Mingqing.

Yan Mingqing was in his forties, bald, short and stocky, and as simple as an old farmer. After he pounced into the field and looked carefully, he said, "This is the first time I've seen wheat like this. It's so different."

After that, he took another look with a flashlight, and exclaimed in amazement.

Yan Xinian asked, "Can we predict what this wheat will look like when it grows up?"

"No, it's still too small and there's no precedent. We can only wait and see step by step."

After Yan Mingqing looked at it carefully, he said, "I suggest that you separate these mutant wheat seedlings from normal wheat seedlings and set aside an acre of land specifically for planting mutant wheat seedlings. In addition, you need to keep up with the fertilizer and water."

Xia Lunong took note, "Are there any other special precautions?"

"No for now. If it's convenient, let me collect some samples and I'll take them back for research."

Xia Lunong agreed and gave him one ordinary wheat seedling and one mutant wheat seedling to use as wheat seedling samples.

Yan Mingqing carefully placed the wheat seedlings in a bag, and then instructed them on how to transplant the wheat seedlings - how deep to dig the pit, how far to leave the spacing, what kind of fertilizer to use, etc. At

the end, Yan Mingqing said with regret: "It would be great if there were pesticides and fertilizers."

Xia Lunong looked at him, and now they didn't even have electricity, and said that pesticides and fertilizers were too far away.

Yan Xinian patted his shoulder and said, "Take it step by step, and you will get it."

After the mutant wheat seedlings were transplanted to the new field, they grew vigorously, almost changing every day.

Xia Lunong now goes to check every morning and evening, weeding, watering and fertilizing, and also makes a record, recording the daily growth status of this batch of wheat seedlings and their response to water and fertilizer.

There are fewer things to take care of in their vegetable garden. Just pull the weeds and water every few days.

The peanuts have already bloomed yellow flowers, and it won't be long before they bear small peanuts.

Xia Lunong's mouth waters when she thinks of salted peanuts, fried peanuts, peanut crisps, etc.

As time goes by, the watermelons and cantaloupes outside Xia Lunong's house are getting bigger day by day. As for strawberries, they have already eaten more than a dozen rounds.

Their pumpkins and winter melons hanging on the big trees have also bloomed and borne fruit.

I don't know if it's because they water them every day, or because Xia Lunong occasionally transfers some supernatural powers to these winter melons and pumpkins, the winter melons and pumpkins on the vines are all very big.

Their winter melons are now almost as big as a boat. One of the long winter melons is at least 1.5 meters long, taller than the children in the base.

Even so, the winter melons are still covered with white frost, and there is no sign of stopping growth.

The winter melons are too big, and Xia Lunong is worried that the winter melon vines can't hold them up, so she specially tied a net with hemp ropes to hold the winter melons and tied them to a big tree, so that the winter melon vines won't be overloaded and fall down, smashing the winter melons to pieces.

The pumpkin is slightly smaller than the winter melon, but also very big, but not so scary, probably about the size of a large millstone.

There are green and light yellow spots on the pumpkin skin, and so far, there is no sign of yellowing. Several pumpkins are like this, and Xia Lunong estimates that they will have to wait at least another half a month if they want to eat pumpkins.

There are so many fruits and vegetables planted at home. Besides Xia Lunong who checks them every day, Yan Mingqing is the one who is most interested in them.

Yan Mingqing almost always takes a small notebook with a pen clipped in his chest pocket every day. He takes a walk around the fields in front of and behind his house in the morning and records the data of Xia Lunong's fruits and vegetables.

Xia Lunong lets him go, and sometimes she will send him some vegetables.

They are not short of supplies now. Usually, cucumbers, loofahs, eggplants, beans, tomatoes, bitter melons, lentils, etc. are rotated, and the dishes are different every day.

In the whole base, their dishes are the most varied and the most delicious.

Despite this, Xia Lunong occasionally goes to the canteen to exchange for some special ingredients.

The canteen has more kinds of food than theirs, such as potatoes, cabbage, lettuce, lotus root, etc., which are relatively fresh and not very common.

These are all brought back by the collection team. If they are exchanged for supplies, it will be quite a waste of supplies.

On this day, Xia Lunong wanted to go to the canteen with a basket on his back to exchange for some fresh food. When he walked to the back kitchen, he saw several people cleaning mushrooms at the door of the back kitchen.

Xia Lunong hadn't eaten mushrooms for a long time, let alone wild mushrooms. His eyes lit up and he went over to take a look and found, "Chicken mushroom?"

Chicken mushroom is the most famous, and he recognizes it best.

The staff in the cafeteria looked up and smiled at him, "Yes, it's the chicken mushroom, freshly picked today."

Xia Lunong squatted down, "It looks so fresh and tender, how do you exchange this chicken mushroom?"

"This chicken mushroom has been exchanged." The staff in the cafeteria said, "Just now the scientists in the white building said they want all of them. If you want to eat them, you have to discuss it with them."

"Ah?" Xia Lunong had to retract his gaze and look to the side, "Then what about this pile of mushrooms?"

"It's also exchanged." The staff in the cafeteria said, "It's been a long time since anyone has come back from the base to pick mushrooms. As soon as they were delivered, everyone talked about it and bought them all."

"Is that so."

"You're a step late."

Xia Lunong didn't exchange mushrooms, but only three lettuces.

Lettuces are also delicious in this season, crisp and tender, stir-fried with a little salt over high heat, refreshing and delicious.

But Xia Lunong was craving mushrooms. Thick mushrooms could be sliced, fried in hot oil, boiled in soup, or even baked in a bread oven. They tasted delicious. The more

Xia Lunong thought about it, the more he wanted to eat them.

Seeing that he was very greedy, his brother said, "What's the big deal? If you want to eat, just go out and pick some. There's nothing dangerous nearby."

"We have to go up the mountain to pick mushrooms." Xia Lunong said, "It will take a whole day to go up the mountain."

"One day is enough. It's nothing urgent. I'll go out with you tomorrow."

"Aren't you still working on electricity? Isn't it bad to do something else suddenly like this?"

Kong Zhi listened from the side and said, "I'll take Xiao Nong out."

Xia Huoqu turned around and didn't object. He just asked, "Are you familiar with mushrooms?"

"Not too familiar. We can pick some mushrooms and ask the people in the cafeteria to identify them. We can bring back the edible ones."

Xia Lunong immediately said, "There is a special mushroom album in the e-book. We can pick mushrooms according to this."

Xia Huoqu thought for a moment and said, "That's fine. You should go early tomorrow and come back early."

Xia Lunong agreed happily.

During this period of time, they have been planting wheat and rice and taking care of vegetables and fruits in the base. He has not left the base for more than ten days.

Thinking of leaving the base, Xia Lunong did not sleep well all night.

The next day, he got up very early, fetched water to wash vegetables and cook, and specially prepared a luxurious lunch for the four people - fried bacon with peppers, fried sauerkraut, and fried eggplant, filling four large lunch boxes.

In order to make it easier to carry, he brought several large sacks, stuffed the sacks into his bag, and put a lot of hemp ropes inside.

If they pick too many mushrooms later, they can cut down trees in the wild to make shoulder poles and carry the mushrooms back.

Xia Huoqu looked him up and down, his eyes fell on his backpack that was stuffed to the brim, "Are you being too confident now?"

"Not bad?" Xia Lunong shook her head and said, "If I get lucky and encounter something, I have to put it in a bag." Xia

Huoqu thought for a while, "Do you think I will have good luck this time?"

Xia Lunong waved her hand quickly, "I'm just assuming, I don't think I will definitely have good luck this time, brother, don't think too much."

"I'm just assuming, what else can you get by picking mushrooms in the mountains?"

Xia Lunong thought about it and shook his head.

Outside their base are mountains, with peaks and ridges.

Xia Lunong really has no idea what is in the mountains, he brought the sack just to be prepared.

Xia Huoqu saw that he couldn't ask any questions, so he waved his hand and let them go out.

Xia Lunong said with a smile: "Then let's go out and play, and come back in the evening!"

Kong Zhi turned into a giant golden eagle in the open space at the door.

Xia Lunong grunted and tied the rope around him, and climbed onto his back.

Kong Zhi took a few steps and flew directly.

Xia Lunong sat on his back with her legs crossed, looking a bit like a fairy riding a crane.

Kong Zhi flapped his wings and quickly took him away from the base and flew to the nearby mountains. He also took him to a higher mountain.

The mountain was high, the temperature was lower, the plant species were relatively fewer, and there were not so many debris on the ground, so they could walk more easily.

After landing, the two of them cleaned up and each took a stick to explore the way.

Xia Lunong looked around and felt that the vegetation here was too dense, completely blocking the sky.

Kong Zhi led the way and said, "Let's go up the hillside."

"Okay." Xia Lunong quickly came to her senses, propped herself up in the soil with a stick, and walked up step by step.

After walking a few steps, Xia Lunong looked at the round brown particles on the ground and felt that there was no place to step. She hesitated and said, "What kind of feces is this? Why is it all over the ground?" Kong Zhi

took a careful look and said, "It should be a rabbit."

Xia Lunong was stunned and turned her head to look around, "Are there so many rabbits on this mountain? Why do I feel that the ground is full of these things?"

"Maybe it's just that rabbits have been active here for many years and slowly accumulated so much feces." Kong Zhi led him, "Let's go, this area is full of pine forests, we should be able to find a lot of mushrooms."

Xia Lunong nodded and had to step on the feces and slowly move forward.

There were thick pine needles everywhere under the pine forest. There were relatively few weeds here, so it was easier to walk. There were no obstacles except for a little slip.

Xia Lunong had no place to gain leverage and slipped several times.

Fortunately, the pine needles were thick enough, so there were no other problems except for the mud marks on her knees and buttocks.

They used a wooden stick to push aside the thick pine needles and found a lot of mushrooms. There were yellow, white, and green mushrooms of all colors, but the quantity was small.

Xia Lunong also recognized the chicken oil mushrooms among them.

The tender yellow chicken oil mushrooms grew in the weeds. A total of 23 mushrooms were harvested from the two clusters. It should be enough to cook a small bowl when we go back.

If they can find more later, maybe they can find a large plate.

Kong Zhi is better at picking mushrooms.

Xia Lunong had average eyesight and was not as careful as him. She followed behind him and could only be called upon. It was rare for her to find mushrooms before him and ask him to pick them.

Picking mushrooms was actually very tiring. They had to climb the mountain little by little, climb over countless weeds little by little, and endure the feeling of being disappointed.

In particular, there were many mushrooms in the forest that grew particularly plump and tender. Upon inspection, Xia Lunong found that they were either poisonous and harmful, or tasted completely bad. It was very disappointing.

After Xia Lunong found another bunch of harmful mushrooms, he wiped his sweat and sighed in his heart.

Kong Zhi said, "If these mushrooms were harmless, they would probably be eaten by other animals."

"That's true."

Xia Lunong sighed, raised his head in disappointment and pounded his lower back. Halfway through the pounding, he was suddenly attracted by a gray shadow in front of him.

Xia Lunong looked closely and found that it seemed to be a rabbit?