"I'll go right away." Xiao Yubai told his wife to go eat first, while he went to call his older brother and sister-in-law, and then came back to have breakfast.
After dinner, we set off. Only three people remained on the cruise ship; the rest went to the small island, but they were separated.
An Shuyi and her three friends took a kayak to the island. As soon as they arrived, they saw the wild mushrooms on the island. "Huahua, look, there are so many wild mushrooms. If we can eat them, we'll be rich!"
There are so many. As long as they are edible, we can dry some and eat some fresh. Although it rained and the weather is not as hot as before, it is still quite hot.
"You pick some here, I'll go catch a few birds," Xiao Yubai said before leaving.
Before long, they caught a few small birds, and the other three also found some wild mushrooms, a few of each kind, all of which had just grown in the last few days, the small ones being only the size of a palm.
There are some that are about the size of two palms, open wide, but some of those have already been soaked in water and have been out for a long time, so they are no longer edible. They only look for the palm-sized ones, since they are small.
Break off some of the wild mushrooms and feed them to the birds, one mushroom per bird. An hour later, the birds are still alive. Their purpose has been fulfilled, so there is no need for them to live. Just break their necks and put them in the warehouse.
There were already tigers in the warehouse, and the sika deer hadn't been cleaned yet. We'll clean them when we have more. Since wild mushrooms are edible, everyone started looking for them, taking several bags each, since we didn't have any baskets.
The bags are tote bags for clothes. Once one bag is full, we move on to the next. Right now, finding wild mushrooms is more important. We'll clean them when we run out.
The search lasted all day, and there was no time for lunch. There were just too many wild mushrooms, and I was so engrossed in the search that I forgot about it. I wasn't hungry anyway, so I didn't eat.
At six o'clock in the evening, it was too much trouble to go back to the cruise ship, so An Shuyi took out two buckets and prepared to take a bath. She even covered the area with a cloth, because although there was no one around, it felt strange to be in the open like this.
It was hot, so the water could be heated up quickly. She and Huahua washed first, and then Xiao Yubai and the other two took their turn. They had been searching for wild mushrooms in the jungle, and their bodies, hands, and faces were all dirty. If they didn't wash, they wouldn't dare to sleep at night.
After washing and packing up, I fly up into the tree, eat and rest for a while. After eating, I put a cloth on the tree trunk and prepare to sleep. In the morning, I wash up, change my clothes, eat, and continue picking wild mushrooms.
The weather wasn't as good as yesterday. Although it wasn't raining, the sky was dark and foggy, so the group didn't dare to stray too far apart and had to stay together to search.
But this kind of weather is perfect for finding wild mushrooms. It's not hot, and there are plenty of wild mushrooms. The four of them can find dozens of bags a day. Of course, they also saw the animals, but they sprayed pesticides on themselves and avoided them whenever they saw them.
Now they just want to find wild mushrooms, so let the animals live a few more days. After a day has passed, they took a bath in the same way as yesterday, then ate and slept, and then continued the next day.
We searched the island for ten days before finally stopping. It wasn't that there weren't any wild mushrooms, but that we had too many warehouses and didn't want to look anymore. Besides, we were tired of searching. Those wild mushrooms were like freebies; we could find them anytime.
The deeper you go into the island, the more you'll find. You can find matsutake mushrooms, morels, and black boletus. There are also some on the outer perimeter of the island, but they are all mixed mushrooms. Although they are delicious, matsutake mushrooms, morels, and black boletus have higher nutritional value.
Now they are preparing to dig for medicinal herbs. Deep in the island, there are not only many wild mushrooms but also many medicinal herbs. They can dig for medicinal herbs and pick wild mushrooms at the same time, but they will only pick the more precious ones and will not pick the miscellaneous mushrooms.
This is only because they only pick the smaller, tender ones. If they also pick the larger ones, the number would be several times the current amount, which is simply too much.
"Husband, come here quickly, I have some ginseng here!" An Shuyi said to Xiao Yubai beside her.
She could only dig up one ginseng root by herself, but there were several here. This truly lived up to its reputation as a small world from thousands of years ago. The soil was black, and the ginseng roots, even when growing together, were still so big.
I originally wanted to call her Huahua, but she was digging for ginseng with a small hoe, so it seems she wasn't the only one who found ginseng.
Xiao Yubai glanced at the potatoes he was digging and said, "Wife, you keep digging. They won't run away. I'll dig these potatoes out."
Although ginseng is precious, potatoes are just as valuable. One potato is as big as a watermelon, and some are even bigger than watermelons. There are so many of them that once you dig them up, you won't need to buy potatoes anymore.
Most importantly, you don't have to be too careful when digging potatoes; you can dig them up however you want. But you can't do that with ginseng. You have to use a small hoe to dig it up little by little. If you dig up the roots, your wife will definitely scold you.
This place is full of potatoes. Even after digging several centimeters down, there are still potatoes. This feeling of harvest is especially satisfying.
"Alright, I'll dig it myself. If you need a sack, come and get it yourself. Clean off the dirt before putting it in, so you don't have to wash it."
Actually, cleaning is fine, and they won't spoil if stored in the warehouse. It's just too much work. If each type needs to be cleaned, when will it ever be finished?
"I'll dig them all out and then put them in sacks. The weather's good now, the soil's good, and the potatoes are very clean." He said, as he dug out the potatoes and placed them aside.
This time, An Shuyi didn't answer him. Instead, she focused on digging for ginseng. She had already dug up a few, but she couldn't have too much of such a good thing. She had to dig up more to take back with her.
"Look what I found!" Cheng Yumo picked up a pomelo the size of a washbasin to show them, then put it down and picked up a sugarcane to show off. If he hadn't eaten it before, he would have thought it was a tree.
“Yu Mo, where did you find this? Pomelos and sugarcane! There are so many good things deep in this island, and it’s harvest season. There’s so much stuff!” An Shuyi said.
She hoped the blue light that would travel back in time would appear later, so that they could find more good things to bring back, because there were just too many things.
“I found a lot of these over there. There are some fruits I don’t even recognize. By the way, have you ever eaten this kind of wild fruit? It’s shaped like a banana, but it’s purple and it’s already burst open.”
As Cheng Yumo spoke, he put down the sugarcane in his hand and picked up a wild fruit from the side. His hand was just big enough to hold it. Although he knew it was a wild fruit, he had never eaten it before, only seen it on his phone.
Before coming here, he even went online to research things he could find, including fruits, grains, and medicinal herbs. Thanks to his good memory, he didn't forget anything.
Xia Hua explained, "This is the August Fruit. Although it has that name, it's actually available in September. However, it depends on the region. You can eat the white flesh, and the seeds are also edible. You can give it a try."
"Did you find many? If so, pick them first and set them aside before picking the others." The akebia fruit will burst open when ripe, so it's best to pick them and preserve them!
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