Zhu Likang was so scared that his eyes widened. He quickly reached out to snatch it away and prevent Qin Han from eating it.
But Qin Han dodged it, and at the same time showed a look of enjoyment: "Mm, it's delicious, do you want to try it too?"
He handed the bitten apple in his hand to Zhu Likang with curved eyes.
Zhu Likang looked skeptical: "Is it really edible and not poisonous?"
"Do I look like I'm in trouble? Don't worry, this is called snake fruit. It's edible and delicious."
Zhu Likang took it with a half-believing hand: "Snake fruit, is it a fruit that snakes eat? Can it really be eaten?"
"Really, you'll know after you eat it!" Qin Han nodded affirmatively.
Seeing that Squad Leader Qin had indeed eaten without any reaction, he took a small bite and immediately showed a look of surprise: "It's really delicious, crunchy and soft, and very sweet."
After saying that, he took another big bite.
Seeing that he was enjoying the meal, Qin Han reached out and picked another one.
The two of them finished eating the snake fruit in a short while. Qin Han asked Zhu Likang if he wanted to pick some to take back for his mother and grandmother. Zhu Likang nodded: "They will definitely like to eat them, but don't pick too many, otherwise they will be discovered on the road and it will be difficult to explain then."
Qin Han nodded, then climbed up the fruit tree and picked one fruit after another.
He didn't count how many he picked, and he stopped picking when he felt that there were enough.
Zhu Likang first piled the fruits together, and then took Qin Han to identify other fruits.
Several of them are inedible. Fortunately, he was timid and didn't dare to try, otherwise he would have lost his life.
Then, he took Qin Han to a forest where there were many wild mushrooms.
There were so many mushrooms that you couldn't see the end of them. Zhu Likang said excitedly that they could pick more and sell them in town. He heard that good wild mushrooms could be sold for several yuan per pound, which was more expensive than meat.
But they came here empty-handed and had nothing to put in their clothes, so Zhu Likang could only keep stuffing things into his pants until the pockets of his clothes and pants were full.
Qin Han was not interested in these. He had a lot of Bacillus in his space, and the food he cooked was indeed delicious.
It was just that there was no need to carry them out in such an embarrassing manner. However, Zhu Likang thought he was embarrassed, so he personally helped him pick a lot and put them in his pocket: "Next time on a day off, let's bring a sack to put them in.
We can take them to the town to sell them together and split the profits 50-50, how about that? " Zhu Likang said, already eager to try.
People living in rural areas have no source of income in the winter and are left with nothing.
If they picked more mushrooms to sell, they could supplement their family income and maybe even have a good New Year.
"Okay!" Qin Han agreed immediately. This could be considered as the wealth that Zhu Likang had earned through his own efforts.
With him around, there's no chance of being discovered by others.
The two stayed in the cave for almost two hours. It was very large and there were many places they had not yet visited.
But fearing that their families would worry, the two men left with their spoils.
Zhu Likang hid the apple in his arms and stuffed his clothes into his pants. From a distance, he looked like he was pregnant with a bulging belly.
Qin Han only took two snake fruits. When he picked them, he secretly put some snake fruits into the Qiankun Realm.
Along the way, Zhu Likan kept nagging, saying that the fruit he took was too little, and that there were many people in his family and how could it be enough for two people to share.
Qin Han smiled and said that he would bring a sack next time so that he wouldn't have to worry about not having enough to share.
Zhu Likang didn't say anything else and didn't meet any pedestrians on the way back.
The two of them returned home smoothly. As soon as Zhu Likang entered the hall, he quickly closed the door.
Mother Zhu was sewing shoe soles. When she saw her son's behavior, she thought he was in trouble. She immediately stood up and asked what happened.
Grandma Zhu has the habit of taking a nap. She just woke up and got up immediately when she heard her grandson came back.
"Li Kang, what are you hiding in your clothes?"
"Grandma, squad leader Qin and I found some great stuff in the back mountain!" Zhu Likang took out the mushrooms from his pocket as if he was presenting a treasure. They looked very fresh.
Grandma Zhu recognized it as porcini at a glance. Not only does it taste good, but it also has high nutritional value and is not commonly seen in the mountains.
Sometimes city dwellers will come to the countryside specifically to buy this kind of mushroom, and when the market is good, they can be sold for six yuan per pound.
For this reason, many people go into the mountains to look for wild mushrooms in their spare time to supplement their family income.
But all we can find are the common agaric and chanterelles.
And how could her grandson find so many porcini mushrooms in the middle of winter? What kind of divine luck is this?
"Li Kang, can you please tell grandma where you found these wild mushrooms?" Grandma Zhu walked forward and asked excitedly.
After Zhu Likang placed all the wild mushrooms on the table, he took out the snake apples in his arms, a total of six.
Then he looked at his grandmother with a smile: "This is the fruit that squad leader Qin and I found in the secret base. It's delicious. Come on, you and mom should try one each."
Grandma Zhu is over fifty years old, and she has never seen such a fruit. It looks like neither a pear nor an apple. The puzzled expression on her face never fades away: "Li Kang, what kind of wild fruit is this? It looks so bright in color. Is it not poisonous?"
As expected, people of the same family stick together. The most worrying issue is whether it is poisonous.
Zhu Likang touched his stomach and said, "If grandma is poisonous, can squad leader Qin and I still appear in front of you? It's really delicious."
After saying that, he stuffed one into each of his mother and grandmother’s mouths.
Mother Zhu looked at such a big fruit and couldn't bear to eat it, so she put it back on the table and gestured with her hands to indicate that she didn't want to eat it.
Even Grandma Zhu put them back: "I am an old man, and I have eaten more delicious food than you. You can keep these fruits and eat them slowly."
How could Zhu Likang not know their true thoughts? It was obvious that they were reluctant to eat and wanted to keep all the delicious food for themselves.
So, his attitude became tough: "I don't care. If you don't want to eat them, I won't eat them even if they rot."
Knowing that Li Kang was a man of his word, Mother Zhu took a fruit into the kitchen and cut it in half, one half for her and the other half for her mother-in-law.
Although they were sharing one, Zhu Likang still got to taste it, and he was beaming with joy.
"Well, this fruit is really delicious, even better than apples. It's soft in the mouth. I don't even know what it's called." Grandma Zhu's eyes lit up after taking a bite.
"This is called snake fruit!" Zhu Likang explained.
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