Her home was close to the back mountain, and soon she reached the foot of the mountain. Shen Yue looked at the lush green peaks with bright eyes.
I think of the saying passed down from my ancestors: "Goods come out of sharp mountains, and treasures come out of cliffs." The sharper the mountain, the more good things there are inside.
Shen Yue carried a small basket and walked happily into the mountain on the mountain road.
The poplar trees all over the mountain are tall and straight. When the wind blows, the green leaves fall rustlingly one by one, covering the ground.
After walking along the mountain road for two-quarters of an hour, I only picked some fragrant leaves and grass fruits. I did not find any useful medicinal materials or edible wild vegetables. All the common wild vegetables along the road were dug up, leaving only a shallow patch of soil. pit.
Shen Yue was a little discouraged. Could it be that she made a mistake in judgment?
It shouldn't be.
She squatted down and dug up the sun-dried soil on the surface of the pit, revealing the deep soil with some moisture. She grabbed a handful and put it in the palm of her hand, twisting it open with her fingers.
The moist soil is twisted into a thin layer, close to the skin, and fine gravel emerges from the soil layer, shining finely in the sun.
Light-colored minerals? She remembered that they were in the form of flakes, but the presence of light-colored minerals meant that the soil was fertile and the moisture content was okay. There should be a lot of good stuff in it.
Shen Yue clapped her hands, shook the soil out of her hands, pulled off a slightly thicker branch from the poplar tree above her head, removed the slender branches, and made a small wooden stick one meter long.
She no longer took the mountain road trodden by the villagers, but followed the weeds into the woods. All the edible things along the road had been dug away, and she might not be able to find anything if she walked further.
There are no paths that people have walked in the woods, so it is extremely difficult to walk. Shen Yue used branches to tease the leaves and weeds on the ground, so that he could walk more easily and see more clearly.
After walking a few steps, Shen Yue saw patches of mushrooms growing under the poplar trees. They were confirmed to be non-toxic red mushrooms. Shen Yue picked the large mushrooms and put them in a basket, and covered the smaller ones with the leaves next to them. .
Just as he was about to pick up the leaves, his fingers poked a soft object, and instantly, brown spore powder spurted out.
Shen Yue, who was unable to dodge, was sprayed all over her body, and the fine robe powder entered her nose, choking her and causing her to cough repeatedly. She fanned her hands up and down for a while before dispersing the scattered spore powder.
Without the spore powder, her vision gradually became clearer. Shen Yue carefully cleaned away the leaves around the spore powder and observed carefully. If she guessed correctly, it was that gadget.
"Hey, it's you! You little flatterer!"
She was a little surprised. In the past, when she and her tribe were gathering medicinal herbs, they would squirt each other's bubbles when they encountered them, but she didn't expect that they could be found here.
Shen Yue carefully opened up the fallen leaves on the ground, plucked the leaves from the roots, and blocked the small hole at the top with her fingers to prevent it from spraying all over her again like it did just now.
Puff puff is a common name, and its scientific name is puffball. It is a spherical mushroom with a large body, the big one is as big as a bucket, and the small one is as big as a liter. The fresh puffballs that have just sprouted are edible and are as tender as tofu.
Mature puffballs are yellow-brown, with a slightly tough skin on the outside and a soft spongy body on the inside. Once mature, small holes will appear on the top, and spore powder will be ejected when squeezed.
Mature puffballs are a good thing and can be used as a local hemostatic agent. When bleeding occurs due to trauma, the puffball's epidermis is torn off and the inner spongy flesh is applied to the bleeding area to stop bleeding very quickly.
It also has antibacterial properties and has many uses.
The puffballs Shen Yue picked were all small in size. There were three in total, one was mature and two were in their prime.
Two puffballs filled the basket, and the rest had to be carried by hand. Fortunately, there were also a lot of red mushrooms, enough for two meals.
Shen Yue looked deep into the woods and vaguely saw a few groups of mushrooms popping up among the fallen leaves. Unfortunately, the basket could no longer hold them.
She had no choice but to take the mushrooms she picked and head back along the original road. Shen Yue thought that she must carry a backpack next time she goes up the mountain!
Besides, she had been out for an hour. If she didn't go back, Luo's mother might not be able to find her when she woke up, and she would have to think about it again.
Although I didn't find what I wanted during this trip to the mountains, I gained a lot.
When entering the woods, Shen Yue marked the path along the way and returned along the same path, not too slowly.
Shen Yue carefully observed the surrounding environment in order to go to the mountains to pick next time.
In less than a quarter of an hour, he came back with a basket.
Luo's mother sat in the yard and absentmindedly rubbed her hands, looking at the door from time to time.
Seeing that Shen Yue was back, he quickly put down what he was doing and went over to help him get the things.
"Is this a red mushroom?" Luo Mu asked in surprise.
Shen Yue nodded in agreement, carefully took off the puffball on top and put it into the room. She handed the red mushroom in the basket to Luo Mu.
Mother Luo looked at the red mushrooms in her hand, which were two and a half kilograms, each bright red and plump, and the stems of the mushrooms were well preserved.
She and Aunt Li went into the mountain several times and didn't even see a single red mushroom. They didn't expect Yue'er to pick so many as soon as they entered the mountain.
The nutritional value of red mushrooms is very high, and the rich households in the town love them. If they are dried and sold in the market, they will definitely fetch a good price.
Mother Luo went into the house to get a needle and thread, and then used a knife to peel off the soil on the mushroom stems one by one, revealing the white and clean mushroom flesh.
Then soak the whole red mushroom in water, remove the floating soil attached to the umbrella cover, thread them one by one into a string with needle and thread, and hang them under the eaves. From a distance, they look like a red curtain.
Two and a half kilograms of red mushrooms were hung in six one-foot-long strings. Each string was clean and full.
Shen Yue finally found a small hoe from the room, and when she looked up, she saw strings of red mushrooms.
"Mom, you handled this too cleanly, right?"
"Mom didn't do much to deal with it, she just went to remove the soil."
"It's a bright day, let it dry out all afternoon, and you should be able to eat it in the evening."
Shen Yue touched the red mushroom hanging at the bottom. It was already a little dehydrated. Hanging it to dry was much faster than spreading it in a basket.
"You want to eat tonight?"
Luo's mother was really reluctant to eat such a precious thing, but when she saw Yue'er's bright eyes, she swallowed her words that stopped her.
Yue'er picks it herself, and whether she wants to eat or sell it depends on her own preference.
"I'll make some mushroom soup for Xiaojiu tonight, stir-fry it a little, use one skewer and that's it. Let's keep the rest and sell it at the market."
Shen Yue also knew that red mushrooms were in high demand in the village and even the town and could be sold for a lot of money. Luo's mother would definitely be reluctant to eat them.
But Luo Qingjiu must eat nutritious food to recover quickly, otherwise she will not be able to catch up with the childbirth test.
"Okay, okay."
Mother Luo supported Shen Yue's actions.
Hearing that Shen Yue wanted a backpack, Luo's mother immediately cleared the table and started knitting a backpack for her.
Seeing Luo's mother about to throw away the mushroom stem she cut off the table, Shen Yue immediately stopped her.
"Mom, don't throw this away yet, I have use for it."
After that, he took a small bowl to collect all the scattered mushroom stalks, and started working with a small hoe.