Sweet Dreams in Famine Years: The System Leads to a Brilliant Life

Seeing so many mushrooms, Zeng Sirui and his brother excitedly urged, "Dad, hurry up, let's pick these mushrooms back!"

Zeng Zhengen, who was walking in front, heard the noise behind her and turned back immediately. She saw the children happily picking mushrooms. Her heart tightened and she shouted, "Stop! Stop now!"

The children were startled by the sudden shout and almost dropped the mushrooms in their hands. Zhang Jiaqi said in confusion: "Mom, aren't these mushrooms edible? I remember someone in Zhangguanbao picked this kind of mushroom and took it home to make soup."

Zeng Zhengen looked serious, shook his head and said, "No, these mushrooms are poisonous and cannot be eaten!"

Before she went up the mountain, she bought a book about wild mushrooms from the system mall. The book detailed the characteristics of various mushrooms. These mushrooms in front of her happened to be the ones she had seen in the book. The book clearly stated that this kind of mushroom was highly poisonous. Eating it could cause hallucinations at the very least, and could be fatal at the worst.

It says on it that this mushroom is highly poisonous. If you accidentally eat it, it can cause hallucinations at best and be fatal at worst.

When the children heard that the mushrooms were poisonous, they were so scared that they quickly threw away all the mushrooms in their hands.

"Mom, we were wrong. We will never pick mushrooms randomly again." Zhang Jiajun immediately admitted his mistake in a low voice, with a hint of guilt in his expression.

Zeng Zhengen saw this, gently rubbed his hair, and comforted him in a gentle voice: "This is not your fault. It's because I didn't tell you in advance. I should apologize to you. I was too anxious just now, and my tone was a bit heavy. Did I scare you?"

The three boys all shook their heads. Zhang Jiajun puffed out his chest and said with a smile, "Mom, it's okay! We are men, how can we be scared so easily!"

Seeing the three little guys pretending to be adults seriously, Zeng Zhengen couldn't help laughing and felt a lot more relaxed.

At this time, Zeng Siyuan also came over and asked doubtfully: "Zeng'er, are these mushrooms really inedible? They look no different from the ones we picked in the mountains before."

Zeng Zhengen nodded and explained seriously: "Brother, although these mushrooms look very similar to ordinary mushrooms, they are actually poisonous mushrooms. If you eat them accidentally, you may be poisoned or even life-threatening."

Zeng Sicheng and Zeng Sirui had been looking forward to taking some mushroom soup back home, but they were a little disappointed after hearing this.

"So that's how it is. What a pity." Zeng Sirui muttered, his little face full of regret.

They originally thought they could have mushroom soup in the evening, but they didn't expect that it contained some poisonous mushrooms that could not be eaten.

Seeing the dejected looks of the children, Zeng Zhengen couldn't help laughing and comforted them softly: "Okay, don't be so depressed. There are more than just mushrooms on this mountain. Maybe you can find other wild fruits!"

When they heard that there was a possibility of finding wild fruits, the little guys immediately became excited again, and their depressed feelings were swept away.

After calming them down, Zeng Zhengen continued to walk forward with the children. After a while, something covered with thorns suddenly fell from the tree and hit the ground heavily.

Zeng Zhengen looked at the thing curiously, and her eyes suddenly lit up. She quickly squatted down and carefully peeled off the burr-covered shell, revealing the rosy and plump chestnuts inside.

"Chestnuts! It's actually chestnuts!" Zeng Zhengen exclaimed in surprise, feeling overjoyed.

She quickly stood up and said to Zeng Sicheng, "Brother, there is a chestnut tree here! We can knock down all the chestnuts from the tree, so that we can have several meals!"

Zeng Siyuan was delighted when he heard this. He looked around and found more than one chestnut tree, so he said, "Zeng'er, you wait here with the children. I'll go get the villagers to help."

"Okay, then be careful when you go back." Zeng Zhengen gave Zeng Siyuan a few words, and then began to look for a long and thick branch. After finding a suitable branch, she used her inner strength to knock the chestnuts off the tree one by one.

Several children were excitedly picking chestnuts on the ground, and soon they had picked up a full pile. When Zeng Siyuan and the villagers arrived, Zeng Zhengen had already knocked all the chestnuts off the trees, and the ground was also full of chestnuts.

The villagers happily took out their sacks and rushed to pick chestnuts. Zeng Siyuan helped put the chestnuts picked by the children into the sacks. Soon, all the chestnuts on the ground were picked up by the villagers, and almost every family had a sack full of chestnuts.

With these chestnuts, everyone's food crisis was temporarily alleviated, at least for a few more days. After returning to the camp, Zeng Zhengen picked out some chestnuts and prepared to make sugar-roasted chestnuts for everyone.

When the children heard about making sugar-roasted chestnuts, they were all very excited, their eyes lit up. Zeng's father and mother also gathered around curiously, after all, they had never heard of chestnuts being cooked this way.

Zeng Zhengen secretly bought some sand for roasting chestnuts from the system mall. While no one was paying attention, she cleverly used the sack on the wheelbarrow as a cover to take out the sand.

Zeng's mother looked at the sand her daughter suddenly took out. Although she felt strange, she didn't ask any more questions.

Although Zeng's mother knew that her daughter had some secrets, she did not intend to explore them, so even if she noticed something wrong, she just pretended not to see it. Zeng's father and Zeng Siyuan also held the same attitude, thinking that Zeng'er had her own abilities and the family should respect her.

Only when Wang Huan saw Zeng Zhengen suddenly take out the sand, she couldn't help but want to ask. Before she could say anything, Zeng Siyuan covered her mouth and warned her in a low voice: "No matter how curious you are, don't ask. Just watch what Zenger takes out and don't say anything more."

Wang Huan was startled by her husband's serious attitude and nodded repeatedly to show that she understood. The children were busy picking chestnuts at this time and did not notice the movement of the adults.

After Zeng Zhengen was ready, his mother helped to light the fire, and the children went to the nearby to pick up some firewood. Zeng Zhengen first poured sand into the pot, and after frying it, he poured the chestnuts in and began to stir-fry them. Stir-frying chestnuts is not an easy job, it requires a lot of strength, otherwise it will not work at all.

When the chestnuts were almost done, Zeng Zhengen added sugar and honey and continued to stir-fry. Before long, the chestnuts began to "pop" and the sweet smell quickly filled the air.

Afterwards, Zeng Zhengen took the fried chestnuts out of the pot, filtered out the sand, and then ate them directly.

Little foodie Zhang Jiahu was the most greedy. When the chestnuts were just out of the pot, he couldn't wait to grab a handful of chestnuts in his hand.

But the next moment, he screamed because of the burn.

"Ah! It's so hot... so hot, huhuhu... why are these chestnuts so hot?"

It was so hot that even the chestnuts he had just picked fell to the ground. Fortunately, there was a layer of shell on the outside of the chestnuts, so it didn't matter even if they fell to the ground. He just had to peel off the shell and the flesh inside was still clean.

Zhang Jiajun looked at him with disgust. This foodie brother was simply hopeless.

"You deserve it. Who made you look like a starving ghost? These chestnuts are just out of the pot. How can they not be hot?" Zhang Jiaqi said unhappily.

Zhang Jiahu felt extremely aggrieved, and then turned around and pulled Zeng Zhengen to complain.

"Mom, my second brother bullied me."

Zhang Jiaqi immediately rejected it and said, "Nonsense, I'm just stating the facts."