"Wanwan, would you like to come up the mountain with us?"
Several children from the village were carrying baskets on their backs or holding hampers, waiting in front of the Lin family's house.
"Hmm..." Lin Wanyue was still a little sleepy, rubbing her eyes as she came out and asked, "Where are you guys going?"
"Let's go pick mushrooms on the mountain! Grandma Du is taking us with her later; she says there are tons of mushrooms there!"
"My mother told me to pick more mushrooms so I could sell them at the market in the middle of the month. She said she would buy meat for me to eat!"
The children gathered together and chattered excitedly.
"Oh." Lin Wanyue didn't want to be separated from her friends, so she nodded and agreed, "Then I'll call Guoguo."
Lin Zihan and Lin Ziqiu were already very interested in going to the mountains to pick mushrooms and fruits, and they were even more excited to go with so many other people.
A group of children, holding hands and whispering, followed Grandma Du to pick mushrooms on the mountain. They didn't look like they were going to work, but rather like kindergarten children on a spring outing with their teacher.
Lin Wanyue counted on her fingers and realized that these children were all about kindergarten age.
"Come, come, look! These mushrooms are edible, but be careful when you pick them, don't damage the roots. They'll grow back in a couple of days," Grandma Du instructed.
She was quick with her hands, picking several large mushrooms in no time and tossing them into the basket on her back.
In just the last few days, she has already carried several baskets of mushrooms home.
If her son Du Fan hadn't mentioned it, she probably would have wanted to take over this whole area.
These children were used to being wild in the countryside, so picking mushrooms was a piece of cake for them, and they were quite quick at it.
"Grandma Du." A little girl with two pigtails bounced up to Grandma Du, picked a green mushroom the size of a goose egg, and asked curiously, "What about this one? Is this tasty?"
"Throw it away, throw it away! You can't eat these mushrooms." Old Mrs. Du snatched the mushrooms from the little girl's hand and threw them aside.
The other children who were happily picking mushrooms all looked up and looked this way.
Grandma Du frowned, her face serious. "You all need to remember this: some mushrooms are not edible! Especially this one, this green mushroom, it looks poisonous. Bringing it home could kill someone. You absolutely cannot have this kind of mushroom, don't even touch it!"
"?" Lin Wanyue looked completely bewildered.
The green mushrooms that Grandma Du threw away are called green-headed mushrooms. They are not only brightly colored and delicious, but they also have some medicinal properties.
If it weren't for the large number of spores I sowed myself, even if I bought them in later generations, they would still be expensive mushrooms.
But to everyone's surprise, Grandma Du mistook it for a poisonous mushroom!
Worried that the children wouldn't recognize the poisonous mushrooms, Grandma Du picked up several different kinds from the ground and told them to identify them one by one: "Not only this green one, but also this one, and these, you have to look carefully! None of these are edible. If you have to pick any, you can only pick the white ones, they taste good."
Lin Wanyue understood.
Grandma Du has a very simple way of distinguishing mushroom types.
She had eaten it; if it didn't die, it was non-toxic.
She considers anything she hasn't eaten to be poisonous.
Actually, it can't be said that this was Grandma Du's fault; she was also worried that the children might accidentally eat something poisonous.
However, all the mushrooms in this area grew from spores scattered by Lin Wanyue, and they are all non-toxic mushroom species.
If we were to follow Old Lady Du's list of edible items, it would result in a huge waste.
“You can eat them all!” Lin Wanyue walked over, picked off all the kinds of food that Grandma Du said couldn’t be eaten, and put a bite in her mouth.
Cooked mushrooms have a unique umami flavor due to the amino acids in them. If they are paired with lard and grilled over a fire, sizzling as they are grilled, the flavor becomes even more delicious and tempting.
However, if you put fresh mushrooms that haven't been cooked directly into your mouth, they won't taste as good as usual; instead, they'll have a strong earthy, fishy smell.
Mrs. Du: "!!!"
No, girl, are you crazy?
At least wash it before putting it in your mouth...
"My mother said Wanwan is amazing! If she says it's edible, then it must be edible. I'm going to pick more!" The little girl looked around, then ignored what Grandma Du said and turned to throw all the mushrooms she could see on the ground into her basket.
Others follow suit because they are afraid of being taken advantage of and losing out.
Their parents said the same thing, saying that the Lin family's little girl was different from others and was especially blessed.
Let them play with the Lin family's little girl more often; they might even get some of her good fortune.
Lin Wanyue has personally tasted them for them, so they must all be non-poisonous mushrooms.
"You bunch of little brats..." Only Grandma Du stood to the side, both angry and helpless.
She was clearly doing it for their own good, so why doesn't anyone appreciate it?
"Grandma Du, it's really edible!" Lin Wanyue turned to look at Grandma Du.
Grandma Du suddenly realized that if she could pick so many mushrooms, wouldn't she be able to pick even more?
Besides, Lin Wanyue is a good girl, she definitely didn't mean to undermine her.
Without time to think further, Grandma Du quickly picked up the mushrooms.
She was an adult after all, quick and nimble, and even her hands were bigger. She could pick far more mushrooms in a morning than the children.
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