Chapter 205: Drifting Away
Locals are ecstatic: Finally, there's something unique to us.
[Two hundred thousand in cash?? Is this mushroom inlaid with gold?]
[Chef: What is dignity for food?]
When the staff of the Department of Culture and Tourism saw the comments in the live broadcast room, they immediately smelled a business opportunity.
Although Chinese delicious mushrooms cannot be shipped to other provinces, you can add such a special item to your travel itinerary!
After hearing Xu Ying describe mushrooms as such a precious thing, everyone became greedy.
"So what about our lunch?" Ye Jie asked cautiously.
"It depends on what you harvest." Xu Ying smiled devilishly and pulled out five woven baskets from the stage. "The tools are ready."
When everyone saw the tools for picking mushrooms, they almost fainted.
Ming Xueying couldn't help but say, "We've been craving for mushrooms for so long, we're already hungry. How are we going to find mushrooms now?"
"That's when your points come into play."
Xu Ying dragged a bag of snacks from a certain brand sponsored by the program: "One point can be exchanged for a small cookie! Five points can be exchanged for a small chicken drumstick!"
As soon as Xu Ying finished speaking, Jia Yao shouted angrily, "Swindler!"
Xu Ying resisted the urge to roll her eyes: "Your points are all negative, why are you so excited?"
Ming Xueying's mind raced: "Wait! If I save the points, will they be useful in the next round?"
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone immediately hesitated.
Xu Ying looked at the hesitant crowd and began to use his killer move of temptation.
"Teacher Yao, you have 10 points." She shook the biscuit in her hand.
"You can exchange it for ten cookies, or..." He deliberately and slowly tore open a vacuum-packed braised chicken drumstick, "two small chicken drumsticks~"
Yao Yingzhe's Adam's apple rolled violently, and hesitation flashed across his face.
The first person to spend money was Ye Jie, who had 15 points. She generously exchanged them for three chicken legs. She didn't think too much about it. The most important thing was to fill her stomach since she was hungry. Otherwise, if she fainted in the desert again, it would be bad if she was criticized as a weak white lotus by the whole network.
Seeing the photographer filming her eating a chicken drumstick, Ye Jie's mouth watered. She hesitated for a moment, then put on her gloves and broke off a large piece of chicken and gave it to the cameraman. The cameraman was very surprised and thanked her repeatedly.
The comments were all very surprised by Ye Jie's actions.
[She clearly didn't have enough to eat herself, yet she shared some with the cameraman. After watching the show for so long, I feel like Ye Jie doesn't seem like a green tea character, but rather a simple-minded, innocent person who is often easily criticized.]
[Actually, I've been wanting to say this for a while now. Some of the negative information about Ye Jie is really far-fetched and seems like an over-interpretation.]
[Maybe it's because they're well-prepared? A piece of chicken earns a good reputation, what a great deal.]
At this moment, a furry fennec fox cub slowly came over, holding in its mouth the chicken drumstick specially made by the program team.
Jiayao: "."
Fox Sibao tilted his head, looking at him innocently with eyes like black grapes, and then -
"Baji, baji, baji."
It deliberately gnawed loudly in front of Jiayao, with gravy dripping from the corners of its mouth. Its little paws even hugged the chicken leg to its chest as if protecting the food, as if to say, "Mine, not for you."
Jiayao: Is it so annoying that Xu Ying raises a fox?
After using their points to redeem snacks to replenish their energy, they drove to the reed area near the desert oasis.
The midday sun baked the sand to a scorching heat. Xu Ying squatted near a dead reed, gently scraping away the top layer of sand with a small shovel.
She is demonstrating to everyone how to find delicious Chinese mushrooms.
"Look, this slightly arched little mound of earth is probably where the specialties of our Xizhou Province are produced."
Xu Ying's movements were as gentle as an archaeologist excavating cultural relics.
The sand fell away, revealing the milky white stems. "Be gentle!"
In the close-up shot, a large, white, delicious Chinese mushroom, as big as a dinner plate, looks plump and soft, and is appetizing.
"Here comes the point." Xu Ying suddenly turned the mushroom upside down and tapped the bottom of the stem twice. "The mycelium will fall back into the soil. It will be here again next year."
A sudden gust of wind interrupted her explanation.
The Gucci scarf that Ming Xueying used to decorate herself soared into the air, drew a gorgeous arc in the air, and finally fell accurately into the freshly dug mushroom pit.
Barrage passed by:
Mycelium: Received luxury sponsorship
[Mushroom: This scarf suits my level.]
Xu Ying picked up the silk scarf speechlessly. She did not put the mushrooms into the basket immediately, but turned them upside down and patted them gently.
"After you dig up mushrooms, you must pay attention to the principles of sustainable development."
"Don't put the mushrooms away right away. Pat them like this first to pat the mycelium into the soil. Then you can harvest new delicious Chinese mushrooms next year."
After Xu Ying explained how to find delicious Chinese mushrooms, everyone started to take action.
Ye Jie knelt on the sand and carefully dug up a small mound of earth.
However, the deeper they dug into the mound, the less delicious mushrooms they found.
She dug and dug persistently, and finally the shovel hit a hard object.
Ye Jie didn't dare to move for a moment: "What's this? I hope I didn't dig a landmine with my hard digging?"
Her words immediately set off alarm bells for everyone present.
Xu Ying shook his head: "Don't worry, it can't be a landmine."
There is a military area in the Xizhou Desert, and the mine clearance work is done very well.
Xu Ying took the small shovel and dug out a piece of pottery.
She narrowed her eyes. "Why does this thing look a bit like a fragment of a cultural relic?"
Staff members rushed over immediately, and the piece of cultural relic was dug out and presented in front of the camera.
[Could it be a pottery fragment from the Han Dynasty?]
[Oh my god, Ye Jie is so lucky! She should go into archaeology!]
The barrage in the live broadcast room went viral.
Jiang Mo was busy alone at the edge of the oasis.
His woven basket was already filled with seven or eight perfect mushrooms, each with fresh soil at the base of its stem.
When Xu Ying approached quietly, he found that the "Atlas of Chinese Fungi" spread out beside him was densely covered with notes.
Jiang Mo's fans were once again shocked by their idol's efforts:
Teacher Jiang is here to attend the academic seminar, right?
[You deserve to be so popular. You take everything you do so seriously!]
"Look, I found it! Such a big bump!"
Yao Yingzhe's resounding voice echoed throughout the oasis. The old man held the shovel in both hands, like a pirate who had discovered treasure, "This time it is definitely..."
Under the mound of earth lifted by the shovel, a few dried horse manure balls sparkled in the sun.
The whole audience was silent for three seconds.
"This show has something to do with 'Yuanfen', right?!"
Yao Yingzhe's roar startled the desert jays in the tree.
Not far away, Jia Yao was waving a dry branch, poking it at the sand like a sword, looking very childish.
Jiayao looked around at the guests and said, "I'm not going to crowd with them anymore. I'm going to explore a new area. The mushrooms in this area might have been dug up all over."
Jiayao and the photographer following him walked away.
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