After breakfast, Su Zizhong, Ji Yunchu and Ji Yunhe went to set up a stall in the mountain col. Since they were on the way, Li Zelan helped pick up a load of ice powder.

Su Ziling was carrying a bamboo pole in a basket on her back. There were bamboo tubes and two sacks in the basket.

Lu Yan was walking among the crowd with a basket on his back and a hoe. From a distance, he was no different from the villagers. Except that he was taller and had a better temperament. Even the cold white skin he saw at the beginning had been exposed to the sun for so many days. , at this time it was already indifferent.

After sending Su Zizhong and the others to the mountain col, Su Ziling put the ice powder by the pond. It was relatively shady and cool there, the sun didn't shine for a long time, and the temperature was relatively lower.

The ice powder bucket is covered with banana leaves and placed in a cool place to keep the ice powder's cool taste for a while.

"Ah He, I've put the ice powder here for you, and I've also laid out the ingredients. When guests come later, you can just scoop them out and sell them."

Su Ziling placed the small materials in another shed to avoid flying insects and dust, so she covered it with a banana leaf.

"Hey, I understand. Ah Qing, go and do your work. We are here, don't worry!" Ji Yunhe squeezed the buns and leaned forward and said to her with a smile.

The wages of Ji Yunhe and his daughter have also increased from the initial ten cents a day to the current twenty cents a day. The two of them are forty cents a day, which works out to one or two cents a month.

Su Ziling thought that in two months, when the sweet potatoes would come out, their daily income would be more stable, and then they would be given a wage increase.

We need to add a few more sheds in the mountain col, and slowly this mountain col will become lively.

"Then let's go," Su Ziling didn't forget to remind Su Zizhong before leaving, "Brother, please help me more. When someone asked about dried vermicelli and fungus sauce, they said they were gone. For the time being, let's just sell the few things we have. ”

"Okay, I understand." Su Zizhong added a few firewood to the fire pit and nodded in agreement after hearing Su Ziling's words.

The three of them carried baskets on their backs and carried bamboo poles to go to Tianmen Mountain. Although they took a detour, when they arrived at Tianmen Mountain, the sun had not yet reached the mountain.

Su Ziling followed the last route based on her memory. Unexpectedly, not long after entering the mountain, Li Zelan felt uncomfortable.

"Sanlang, are you feeling unwell?" Looking at Li Zelan who was scratching his head, Su Ziling frowned. Logically speaking, he had been here yesterday and was not allergic at that time. Shouldn't he be allergic today?

"It's okay, cousin, I guess I was bitten by an insect and it's a little itchy!" he replied while scratching.

Su Ziling looked at Lu Yan aside, "Are you okay?"

Lu Yan shook his head. He didn't feel any discomfort.

"Didn't you guys come here yesterday? Why did nothing happen yesterday?" Su Ziling was puzzled.

Lu Yan pointed to the deeper place on the other side, "We didn't get here, we went to the other side."

Su Ziling: "..."

She was also thinking that these two people had been here yesterday, and neither of them had allergies. She just happened to bring them here today, and the three of them could almost pick them all in one day.

Good guy! It turned out that they were on the other side. She pointed to the sumac bushes on the side and asked, "Have you seen this kind of tree over there yesterday?"

The two glanced at each other, and finally shook their heads. Li Zelan stretched out his hand while scratching the itch, "What is this? Are we going into the mountain just to look for it today? Is it very valuable?"

Seeing that his hand was about to touch the sumac tree, Su Ziling opened his hand with a slap, and the crisp sound was particularly loud in the woods. (Did you show the lacquer tree picture before? I almost forgot about it)

"Let's not talk about whether it is worth money or not. What is certain is that it can kill you!" Su Ziling said, pulling Li Zelan aside, far away from the sumac bush, "Are you desperate for your life? You don't think about anything. Touch it!”

Li Zelan pursed his lips, touched the back of his hand that was red from being slapped, and did not dare to say a word.

Lu Yan looked down at the clump of lacquer trees, his eyes dim and unclear, "Is there something wrong with this tree?"

Su Ziling nodded first, then shook her head, "Score, for people with allergies, it is fatal. For those of us who are not allergic, it is no different from an ordinary tree."

Lu Yan nodded and looked at Li Zelan, "What should he do?"

Su Ziling frowned. It was impossible to go back and not pick it up. "Can you go back the way you came?"

Li Zelan shook his head. He didn't want to go back. He wanted to dig sticky yams.

"Can't find it?" Su Ziling's eyes were full of doubts. She had grown up in the mountains and forests. Why didn't she believe him when he said he couldn't remember the way?

Under Su Ziling's clear gaze, Li Zelan lowered his head, not daring to look into her eyes, and nodded slightly stiffly, "I can't remember."

"Then I'll take you to the foot of the mountain. You wait for us there. We'll be out in two or three hours at most."

Li Zelan stiffened when he heard Su Ziling's words, "Cousin, I want to go into the mountains with you!"

"Going into the mountains? Are you risking your life? Come on, I'll take you out. Don't you just want to dig sticky yams? I'll leave the hoe to you. You can go to my elder brother and the others. There are more on the mountain behind them."

This Su Ziling really didn't lie to him. Last time she went to pick up mushrooms, she found many.

"Really?" Speaking of this, Li Zelan immediately got excited and took the hoe proactively, "Then I'll go find my eldest cousin. You don't have to send me away. I can find a way."

He picked up the hoe, turned around and left without mercy. Looking at his back, he looked a little impatient.

"If you feel particularly itchy, go home and ask my grandma to get you some limes and rub it with the water. It will feel better."

Li Zelan waved his hand without looking back, "I know, if it's itchy, I'll go back. You go into the mountain quickly."

Li Zelan's case is not serious, but thanks to Su Ziling, he has been paying attention to the two of them. Otherwise, with Li Zelan's temperament, he wouldn't tell her if she didn't find out.

After Li Zelan left, the two of them didn't communicate much along the way. Without Li Zelan's chatty voice, the whole forest was quiet.

Su Ziling didn't take him to the stream, but took him directly to the top of the mountain. The weather became drier as he went up. From time to time, he could still see a few ripe corn mushrooms, but Su Ziling didn't want to pick the lacquer seeds. Didn't pick it up.

"We're here!" Su Ziling looked at the patch of lacquer trees in front of her with a smile on her face.

I saw that the tree was tall and straight, with a slippery trunk and almost no foothold. The leaves on the branches had fallen off, and only strings of paint seeds were still hanging on the branches. (Picture of lacquer tree and lacquer seeds)

Lu Yan raised his head and looked at the paint seeds above his head with a hint of curiosity in his eyes, "Can this be eaten?"

"No!" Su Ziling shook her head.

Lu Yan looked at her with a look of disbelief on his face, "Are you kidding me? You can't eat it but you still have to work hard to climb up and pick it?"

"Yeah!" Su Ziling nodded, "You can't eat lacquer seeds, but you can squeeze the oil out of them. You can eat the lacquer seed oil!"

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