I am a little girl picking mushrooms, and they are an old lady picking mushrooms.
It is indeed easy for mushrooms to grow in a place with this kind of weather. Everyone gathered them effortlessly, and soon there were a lot of them.
Ning Yujin was injured, and her aunt felt guilty and asked her to rest while they came, but she insisted on picking together.
Originally, the incident also started because of her. If she takes a break this time, she won't be caught by others and cause trouble to others.
Seeing that she couldn't persuade her, the aunt had no choice but to let her go. She secretly told her that if she couldn't bear it anymore, just be lazy and she would pick more and give some to her.
Ning Yujin nodded and walked on the hillside to pick up mushrooms.
In fact, people with a little common sense will know that the brighter the mushrooms, the more poisonous they are. Some of them are so poisonous that even a little bit can kill a cow.
But it was God who favored her and allowed her to discover a good thing - the evil ghost mushroom.
This kind of mushroom cannot be seen in ordinary places. The most common places where it grows are grave mounds, mass graves, and battlefields.
It grows from the bones of dead people. It is extremely poisonous and gray-green in color. It is no different from ordinary mushrooms. It is often poisoned by accidental ingestion, so it is known as the evil ghost released from hell.
Of course, such complete research results are already a modern thing. It’s hard to say how many people in ancient times recognized this mushroom.
Ning Yujin collected all the mushrooms with a nonchalant look on her face and mixed them with those of the aunt and others.
She would not tell others how many bones were buried in the land beneath their feet. Because a place where so many evil ghost mushrooms can grow is definitely not as simple as one or two people dying.
And to be realistic, when the war actually comes, will the rebels take old women like them and the young girls and wives who are holding them back just to please them?
Stop joking.
How can other people's lives be as important as your own? At that point, it would be much more convenient to kill them with a knife than to take them away.
What's more, the aunts themselves also knew their fate, because the people who were taken away from the next village never came back.
Ning Yujin was very happy to return home with a fruitful harvest of mushrooms, and the few minions who supervised them were also very happy thinking about the mushroom soup in the evening.
Ning Yujin even forgot about the pain of the wound on her back, and followed a few aunties to wash the mushrooms and put them into the pot.
It just so happened that the rebels caught a few pheasants and mushroom stewed chicken in the trap set on the mountain. What a delicious dish.
"Wait, what are you talking about?" A little boss who had been watching them cooking suddenly took Ning Yujin's hand and stared at Ning Yujin cautiously.
Ning Yujin quickly apologized and explained: "Sir, this is a spice from our hometown. It tastes better if you add it to it. If you are not used to it, I won't put it in."
As he spoke, he threw the few grass-like things in his hand into the fire, and soon they were burned to ashes.
The little boss glanced at Ning Yujin, then at the mushroom soup, took the spoon, scooped up a spoonful of mushroom soup, and said to her: "Have you tried it?"
Ning Yujin hesitated for a while, with an embarrassed look on her face: "This... this is what you guys are eating, Master Gang. How can we deserve to taste this..."
The man grabbed Ning Yujin's hair and pulled her head back: "Just try it if I ask you to, what nonsense are you talking about!"
"Yes, yes!" Ning Yujin agreed quickly, took the spoon and drank the mushroom soup in it.
Seeing that Ning Yujin was fine, the little boss let her go and pushed her aside, and told the people next to her: "Don't let these people come into contact with the food."
Ning Yujin almost fell down due to the push. The aunt on the side rushed over to help her: "Are you okay?"
"It's okay." Ning Yujin shook her head, stood up straight and pretended to be calm, so as not to make the little leader suspicious.
Mushroom soup is poisonous, and the amount she just ate was enough to kill her.
But her momentary compassion accidentally saved her life.
Wherever poison grows, there must be an antidote. So she also collected some in case of emergency.
We originally planned to poison the rebels and rescue the villagers, but because the chicken and mushroom soup was only so small, it was impossible for those people to share it with the villagers, and then only the rebels would die.
But she couldn't bear it, as these rebels might not all be heinous people, so she wanted to put a little antidote in the soup, so that even if she was poisoned, she would not die.
Who would have thought that the antidote was discovered before she put it into the pot, and she was forced to take a sip of mushroom soup. But she threw the antidote into the fire and burned it. Before drinking the soup, she took a deep breath and took in the medicinal properties.
The smoke was heavy and I didn't drink much, so other than being a little dizzy, nothing happened.
But those people she originally planned to let go were not so lucky.
It's time for dinner.
She and the group of aunties were driven into a tent. After waiting for a long time, no one showed any intention to bring them food.
Outside the tent, when the thieves heard that the food had improved tonight, they all jumped for joy and shouted, making a lot of noise.
Ning Yujin sat cross-legged on the ground, a little uneasy, and the wound on her back began to hurt violently at this time.
After all, this plan was a bit reckless. The poisoning of evil ghost mushrooms lasts only a short time. If someone drinks it first and gets into trouble, the people who drink later will be wary. If they are found out by then, they may be implicated.
Come to these aunties.
As time passed, the sounds outside became smaller and smaller.
Ning Yujin plucked up the courage and stood up to go out for a look. However, the moment she raised the curtain and walked out, a knife was held to her neck.
The cold light of the knife was so intense and its murderous intent made Ning Yujin's heart skip a beat, and she suddenly felt that everything was over.
It's over, it's over, everything is over!
These thieves are not dead yet, which means she is going to die!
I had thought about how I would die in this life before, but I never expected that it would be such a useless way to die in the end.
I'm afraid that no one will know that she is dead. In the future, many evil ghost mushrooms will grow in this valley. One of them must have grown from her bones. Why do you feel so desolate when you think about it?
At the end of the day, she laughed silently: "Ah Xiao, that day you said that you would marry me after you come back from Xizhou. It seems that I don't have the blessing to be your only wife in this life. You are still young. In the future,
Find another one, one who must be prettier and better than me, otherwise I will be unconvinced and will not let you go even if I am a ghost. Oh, forget it, if you want to look for it, just look for it quietly and don’t let me know.
When I think about you having to find a woman to spend the rest of your life with you, I feel so cold."
As she was talking, she suddenly came back to her senses and felt a little strange. Why didn't the man take action after she talked for so long?
Just as he was about to carefully turn his head to see who was holding the knife, he heard a familiar voice, with a smile: "Miss Third, what you said today, my subordinates will tell you every word.