When we were almost at the foot of the mountain, it was already dark. Fortunately, the moonlight was bright enough in summer. From afar, we could see that many families had started cooking. With the scattered firelight and moonlight, we could clearly see the curling smoke.

The Bai family's yard is far from the village, close to the foot of the mountain, and the backyard door faces the mountain. But in order to prevent meeting people on the way down the mountain, it is not good to go up the mountain with empty hands. It will be difficult to explain to everyone when something suddenly appears in the house. After discussing with each other, the father and daughter took out the mushrooms from the space and put them in a bamboo basket on their backs. They let the father carry the two pheasants and rushed home in the moonlight.

Not far from home, I saw Bai's mother lingering anxiously at the door. When she saw the father and daughter coming back, Bai's mother hurried over and took the backpack from her daughter: "Why did you come back so late? The family is very worried. They are also discussing that if you don't come back, Dad will take Qingshan to find you! My little girl, you just recovered from your illness. Did you feel uncomfortable going up the mountain today?"

Bai Qingyun looked at his mother's hair, which was blown by the wind and mixed with a few white hairs. She was thin and her clothes were obviously too big for her. Her hair was fixed with a wooden hairpin. She was full of warmth, but she had been under pressure from life in recent years, and the traces of time were too obvious. He blinked his sore eyes and said, "Mom, I just went up the mountain to have some fun, so I pestered Dad to take me hunting. But today I got a lot of harvest, look!"

After saying that, he blinked at Father Bai, looking quite smart. Father Bai quickly shook the pheasants in his hand and said, "Yes, mother, look at these two big pheasants. Not only that, there is also a big wild boar in my space. If I hadn't wanted to go to the mountains to take a look, I wouldn't have had such a big harvest today!"

Mother Bai watched the father and daughter playing around and her daughter's lively appearance, and finally she softened her heart and said nothing. After all, there was nothing wrong with her daughter's body and she became more lively. Nothing was more important than the health of the whole family.

The family walked home talking and laughing.

As soon as they entered the house, they saw firelight coming from the kitchen. Grandma Bai was busy at the stove. Grandpa Bai was sitting at the kitchen door, weaving a bamboo basket in the moonlight and firelight. Bai Qingyun excitedly pushed his grandparents to the backyard. Father Bai walked at the end, carefully closed the front door, and followed them into the backyard.

"Grandpa and grandma, today we not only picked a lot of mushrooms in the mountains, but daddy's trap also caught a wild boar, and on the way back we also caught two pheasants!" Bai Qingyun said excitedly as he released the wild boar and mushrooms from the space.

Grandma Bai looked around, picked up the broom in the corner and shouted at Father Bai: "Damn you, your daughter has just recovered from her illness, and you, as a father, don't know how to take good care of her. You actually dared to take her to the mountains to hunt alone. The mountains are full of dangers, and you are so ignorant!"

Grandma Bai said as she beat him. Father Bai knew he was in the wrong, so he could only run away with his head in his hands. After all, he was his only son, so he didn't dare to hit him too hard. Besides, the old man's body was not as strong as that of a young man, so it didn't hurt as much as he imagined. He just wanted to urge himself to think more carefully next time. Father Bai knew his mother's intentions, so he also said, "Mom, I know I was wrong, but my youngest son is still here, please give me some face!"

Grandma Bai was also tired of fighting, so she spat and didn't pursue the matter any further. Bai Qingyun watched the excitement for a while, picked up one of the baskets of mushrooms, peeled off the top layer of mushrooms, revealing the purple-brown end. Grandpa Bai was close, and he had seen some precious medicinal herbs in the army when he was young, so he looked carefully in the moonlight: "This is... Purple Ganoderma Lucidum!!!"

Grandpa Bai's words attracted the family's attention. Grandpa Bai picked it up gently and looked at it carefully: "It is really purple Ganoderma lucidum, the best among Ganoderma lucidum, and it looks like it is about 50 years old."

Bai Qingyun then told everyone about his discovery of Ganoderma lucidum in the woods and the cultivation of Ganoderma lucidum and mushrooms in the space. "Grandpa, grandma, dad, mom, I have picked these two Ganoderma lucidum. We don't know how to process them at home, so why don't we take them to the town's medicine shop to sell them tomorrow! Mushrooms have a short growth cycle, so I want to collect more and dry them so we can sell them in winter."

Grandma Bai walked in and said, "Good child, we adults are responsible for the family's livelihood. You are still young, and it is time for you to play. If these are harmful to your health, we would rather not have this overwhelming wealth. We just hope that you can grow up healthy."

"Don't worry, grandma. These things won't harm my body. I am a member of the family. I am doing these things within my ability and I enjoy it."

"Little one, don't tell anyone except your grandparents and your parents about your space, okay? Your brothers are still young, and they don't quite understand the principle of being innocent but guilty of possessing a treasure, so it's easy for someone with ulterior motives to take it away, okay?"

"Yes, grandma, I remember it! We haven't eaten meat for a long time. Let's kill the wild boar and pheasant and nourish our family members."

Grandma Bai scratched Bai Qingyun's nose lovingly and said, "Okay, I'll listen to you, little one."

Grandma Bai and Mother Bai quickly picked up a chicken each and went to the kitchen to kill it. They put up the steamed corn and boiled water. The family hadn't eaten meat for a long time, so they didn't want to waste any of the meat. They sorted the chicken blood, internal organs, pig blood, pig intestines and lard into different categories.

While the pork was being unloaded, the two chickens were also prepared. Bai Qingyun put the cleaned mushrooms away and said, "Grandma, we just picked some fresh mushrooms today. Let's have chicken stewed with mushrooms tonight."

"Okay, I'll listen to you, little one." Grandma Bai smiled dotingly.

Bai Qingyun took a look at the condiments at home at the right time. They were very monotonous. There were not many condiments in this era. Even the edible salt was coarse-grained. If you look closely, you can see some impurities. It was definitely too late to make seasonings, but today I found a lot of spices on the mountain. It’s just that no one knows how to eat them, which also leads to these things being everywhere on the mountain.

"Grandma, I'm going to dig some things at the foot of the mountain and will be back soon."

"It's not safe at night. Your brothers are playing under the big poplar tree right now. Remember to call them to come back early so that we can have dinner together."

"I understand. Don't worry." Bai Qingyun picked up the backpack.

The big poplar tree is an old tree in the center of Dayang Village. At this time, the villagers were cooking at home, and most of the children were playing under the shade of the tree. Bai Qingyun saw his three brothers talking with a group of people. He had been stupid for many years and was not familiar with the people in the village, so he just shouted from a distance.

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