Chapter 99: Fell to Death
In the bamboo forest.
Three siblings and a wolf surrounded some mushrooms.
The mushrooms gave off the stench of rotting animal matter.
Ugh, it stinks!
Jiang Miaomiao pinched her nose.
No wonder no villagers picked them, they are really smelly!
There are still small insects resting on the black cap, and the skirt below has already spread out.
Mature...
Jiang Zifeng covered his nose and looked at his sister.
I saw my sister staring at the thing blankly, and she didn't show any intention of leaving.
What is my sister going to do? Isn’t it smelly?
Jiang Ziyan squatted in front of his sister with a calm expression, "Miaomiao, do you want to pick more?"
Before I could get a response, I saw the little baby reaching out to pick it.
The two brothers quickly held her hands.
He said anxiously, "We can't pick them. What if they are poisonous?"
Nine out of ten kinds of mushrooms in this mountain are poisonous, and this one looks so good, maybe it's highly poisonous.
"It's not poisonous...you can eat it...you can eat it in one pot..." Jiang Miaomiao was trapped in her brother's arms.
Her mouth was pouting, and she looked like she wanted to cry but couldn't, with tears in her eyes.
"Oh, okay, okay, pick them. Brother will help you." Jiang Ziyan's heart melted when he saw his sister like this.
"Isn't it said to be poisonous?"
Jiang Zifeng frowned. He couldn't pick the flowers, but his sister could.
Jiang Ziyan didn't know how to explain it to him, so he just said, "Brother, if you want to hold my sister, don't get your hands dirty. I'll pick it."
This thing looks really strange. I'll pick it and ask my mother. Maybe it has other uses.
Moreover, there were actually insects and ants attached to it, but they were not killed by the poison. Maybe it is non-toxic.
Little Miaomiao laughed when she heard it, pointing at the mushrooms, "Gai Gai stinks... No, pick the skirt..."
Jiang Ziyan secretly complained that his sister's face was just like the July weather.
When you say it will rain, it rains; when you say it will be sunny, it comes out.
But my sister said that the cover is stinky and I don’t want it…
Do I need to remove the black cap first?
Jiang Ziyan walked over, pinched his nose with one hand, and took off the cap of the bamboo fungus with the other hand and threw it away.
I glanced at my sister and saw that she was looking at me expectantly.
He pulled up the mushroom with the fungus skirt and held it in front of his sister. "Do you want this?"
Jiang Miaomiao nodded her head vigorously.
Then he walked over to stand next to the backpack and pointed inside, "Guo Guo, continue..."
This is to let him continue picking.
Is this the only thing you are picking today?
Looking at his sister's expectant eyes, he continued picking fruits, and they walked and picked fruits together.
Then he was surprised to find that after the thing took off the little black cover on its head, it was not so smelly anymore.
I continued searching in the bamboo forest, and soon I pulled out twenty or thirty plants.
Just as I was pulling with all my strength, my sister grabbed my sleeve.
"GuoGuo... go home."
Jiang Ziyan looked puzzled. It was only the end of the Si hour, not even noon yet, and the backpack was not even full.
"Miaomiao isn't picking anymore? Are you going back?"
Jiang Miaomiao nodded and said, "Let's go home..."
It's late at this hour, so we have to go back and can't stay any longer.
We need to go back as soon as possible and dry these bamboo fungi within three or four hours while the sun is shining brightly.
Otherwise it will still deteriorate and spoil.
This thing is so expensive.
From growth to maturity, every second counts, so the pickers naturally have to race against time as well.
Fortunately, her two brothers were crazy about doting on their sister and were willing to listen to her, a little girl who was less than one year old.
Otherwise, you won’t be able to pick this treasure at all.
"Let's go back! Go back before Aunt Xiuxiu does, otherwise if Mother finds out that we secretly brought my sister out, we'll be scolded..."
Jiang Zifeng touched his flat belly.
It’s almost time for dinner. Aunt Xiuxiu went hunting far away and won’t be back soon.
They can still go back without anyone noticing.
Jiang Miaomiao slurped her milk slices and looked at her elder brother with a smile.
Silly brother, if we carry this basket of bamboo fungus back, mother will find out sooner or later.
It can't be hidden at all.
I didn't intend to hide it.
On the way back, Jiang Miaomiao dozed off on her brother's back, listening to the two of them chatting.
"Brother, do you know that a dog tried to steal my sister's chicken leg and was fooled by her?"
"What? Stealing your sister's chicken leg!"
Jiang Ziyan looked at his brother in confusion.
With Jiang Xiaobai around, which dog would dare to steal my sister's food?
"My mother told Li Sanlang's mother, and then his mother told him, and Sanlang told me. Do you know about this?" After hearing this, Jiang Zifeng felt that his sister was too smart.
I don’t know whose dog is so unlucky!
Jiang Ziyan shook his head and said, "I haven't heard of it. Why don't you wait until your sister wakes up and ask her, or ask mother."
Jiang Miaomiao, who had originally closed her eyes, suddenly opened them.
What is brother talking about? A dog stole her chicken leg?
How could she not remember such a moment? The dogs in the village all stayed away from her when they saw her.
How dare you snatch her chicken leg?
Mother is lying.
…
Qingshi Town.
The east wing of Lu Mansion.
Lu Qingyao was looking at the list of merchants who had ordered sour bamboo shoots.
Surprisingly discovered something.
Not only merchants from Jiangzhou, but also many from the capital came, not only to order pickled bamboo shoots, but also to order a lot of fresh bamboo shoots and mushrooms.
There are even many restaurants that are famous in the capital.
That's strange!
Shopkeeper Jin shouldn't be in competition with those restaurants and hotels, so why is he introducing business to her?
Isn't this stealing their Yipinju's business?
Lu Qingyao was wondering when she heard someone knocking on the door.
"Is Mr. Lu busy right now?" Mrs. Zhang poked her head in.
Lu Qingyao smiled and welcomed her in, "Sister-in-law Zhang, do you want to talk to me about something?"
"Her aunt, let me tell you, there's some progress on the Tao family's matter. I just saw Tao Tao and her mother at the door, carrying a lunch box to the county government office to see Mr. Tao. I heard the yamen runner say that Mr. Tao has been sentenced to exile..."
"Why doesn't he just die? He actually colluded with kidnappers to abduct children from his own village. He's such a ruthless person! He almost made it so that I couldn't see my Sanlang anymore..."
Mrs. Zhang became more and more excited as she spoke. "How could he still be alive when the kidnapper is dead? The county magistrate's judgment was unfair!"
"Sister-in-law, calm down. For kidnappers like them, exile is the same as a death sentence..."
Lu Qingyao handed her a cup of hot tea and said a few words to comfort her.
According to Daliang law, those who kidnapped and sold children were not eligible for redemption, no matter how much silver was offered.
Mrs. Zhang looked up at her. "Really?"
"Yeah!" Lu Qingyao was very sure.
"That's good. It's a sin to be honest. The crime committed by Master Tao has also implicated my daughter... It caused Tao Tao to divorce the scholar, but even though it was a divorce, she didn't even get her dowry back..."
As Mrs. Zhang was speaking, she finally realized that she shouldn't have mentioned that person in front of Lu Qingyao.
After all, Jiang Yunze's wife almost became Tao Tao...
She stopped talking and smiled awkwardly, "Boss Lu, you're busy, I'll go to work first."
Lu Qingyao smiled, a gentle smile.
…
Seven days later, news came back from the government office.
Master Tao died. He escaped during his exile and fell off a cliff during a pursuit and died.
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