doomed [last days]

The mountain rain in spring brings vitality to all things, the grass and trees are dyed green, and the water droplets on the tip of the leaves are taken away by the clothes of the passers-by, and the dampness is once again smudged.

Lin Shen walked in the mountains with a small wooden basket on his back, cautiously, as if he was afraid of stepping into a mud puddle.An Lu walked behind her with a long branch, stopping from time to time to use the branch to pull the weeds.

"Look," Anlu called Lin Shen suddenly, and poked the small cluster of mushrooms in the grass with a branch, "Remember this is poisonous, and you must never pick it in the future."

Lin Shen looked along the branches, and saw a few white mushrooms growing there. The mushroom caps were opened like small umbrellas, and nothing unusual could be seen.

"How can you tell if it's poisonous?"

"I heard from an old man in our village that when poisonous mushrooms and garlic are cooked together, the garlic will change color." Anlu paused, and continued: "But I don't think it's reliable. A man from our village went to the mountains to pick mushrooms and came back. , After cooking it with garlic, I found that it was not poisonous before I ate it, but I was sent to the hospital the next day. So my standard is that any mushroom that cannot be recognized is a poisonous mushroom.”

"Some poisonous mushrooms look very similar to some edible mushrooms, and I can't tell the difference, so I just don't pick them. It's better to eat a few bites than to eat dead people."

Lin Shen nodded, deeply agreeing.Before the outbreak of the zombie epidemic, there were always some news, no matter at home or abroad, after someone picked wild mushrooms, they were poisoned and sent to the hospital, and some even had their whole family recruited.Therefore, it is better not to pick wild mushrooms without the guidance of professionals.

She looked at An Lu and asked, "Then what kind of poisonous mushroom does this look like?"

"It looks very similar to the white poison umbrella. Some people can't tell the difference between the chicken fir and the white poison umbrella, and they will be poisoned if they eat it by mistake."

The chicken fir mushroom is the king of the mushrooms, but the white poison umbrella is the deadly poison. What An Lu said is right, it is better not to eat the mushrooms that cannot be identified.Now he is poisoned, but there is no hospital to send him there.

The two continued to walk forward, instead of following the previous path, they groped in the forest by themselves.So in order to avoid getting lost, they tied strips of cloth on the trees as they walked along the way, as road signs.

"Sister Lin Shen, what's it like to be in love?" An Lu asked when he was bored on the road.

She kicked the grass beside her feet, and she didn't mind getting the uppers wet with water vapor.

"What does it feel like..." Lin Shen repeated, the corners of his mouth subconsciously curled up, "Probably, thinking of her makes me want to laugh."

It is the kind of happiness that comes from the heart.

"Hey, so straightforward," Anlu curled his lips, a little envious, "I've never been in a relationship."

The mother and fetus are single, and then they catch up with such a historic event, maybe they will never see anyone else in this life.

Lin Shen raised his eyebrows and said, "When I was in Jianyuan, did I not tell you about the base city?"

She and Shi Yiran didn't want to go to the base city, so when they met A Guang, they told him about it, and then they just put it behind them.Looking at An Lu's appearance now, she remembered it for some reason.

"Base city? What is that?"

As expected, he hadn't said it, Lin Shen sighed, and explained: "The government wants to build a base city in Pu'an, and it should have already been built."

She thought, if Anlu didn't want to live in such a place with no villages and shops behind, and wanted to get in touch with more people, the base city was indeed a good place to go.

"Well, then why don't you and sister Yiran go?"

"We don't want to go," Lin Shen didn't explain too much, just said: "If you want to go..."

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Anlu waving his hand: "I don't really want to, hehe. I just want to follow Sister Shurong now. I will be where she is, and I will take good care of her."

Hearing what she said, Lin Shen didn't say anything more, just patted her on the shoulder and continued walking forward.

They went to a stream until they were ready to go back.Before going back, Anlu spotted a bunch of fungus on a piece of dead wood by the stream.Excited, she quickly took off the fungus and put it in a small pocket.

"This is light fungus, you can buy a lot of money!"

The two sides of the light fungus are smooth, the taste is tender, and the nutrition is rich. I met them this time, and Anlu decided to come here to look for it next time!

Lin Shen stood aside and asked, "Could this be poisonous fungus?"

"I don't think so," Anlu shook his head, "Take it back first, soak it in water, and you'll know if it's poisonous fungus."

The poisonous fungus in the mountains is a kind of wild fungus that is very similar to black fungus. Its scientific name is Auricularia foliage. It looks very similar to fungus, but when rinsed with water, the water will change color, which is easy to distinguish.

They couldn't find dry firewood in rainy days, so when Lin Shen and the others returned to the forest ranger station, apart from the fungus that An Lu was holding, there was only one Cymbidium in the small wooden basket behind Lin Shen.

The orchids are already in bloom. The light yellow-green flowers are inconspicuous, but they smell sweet.

"Do you like it?" Lin Shen looked at Shi Yiran with light in his eyes.She saw this Cymbidium plant on the way back, and then dug it back with the roots and soil, and prepared to plant it in the yard, making everyone smile.

Sure enough, Shi Yiran nodded happily, and was busy looking for a good place in the yard to plant Cymbidium.

After Lin Shen washed his hands, he looked at her busy back with a smile on his eyes and eyebrows.Just like what she said to An Lu, when she thinks of her, she will giggle silly. If someone is in front of her eyes, her heart and eyes are really all about her.

All orchids come from the mountains. In some flower shops, the so-called Xiashan orchids sold are actually wild orchids.If this was put in the past, the excessive digging of orchids would damage the ecological environment, and then they would be arrested by the forest police.

No one cares now, but Lin Shen didn't dig up all the orchids he saw.Only one plant was removed, and it was planted in the mountains to add more color to this small courtyard.

When she and Shi Yiran were planting orchids together, Meng Shurong watched Anlu wash the fungus she picked up. After soaking the fungus for a long time, the water may turn light brown, but the poisonous fungus will fade when shampooing, and even It will make people's hands stained with black.

However, what Anlu picked was pure wild black fungus.After a little washing, she found a small bowl, sprinkled some salt in the water, and soaked the fungus in it.

The shallots found yesterday were not eaten, and they were also planted in the vegetable bed in the yard.So at noon, Shi Yiran, who had transplanted orchids, picked up a handful of shallots, chopped them up, and prepared to make noodle soup.

In the afternoon, she and Meng Shurong went to pick the tomatoes from the vegetable field outside the yard and put them in the kitchen, while Lin Shen and An Lu plowed another field at the foot of the east wall to plant corn.When planting corn, plant ash was still used as the base fertilizer, and taking advantage of the rain that just fell yesterday, we planted the seeds with moisture, waiting for the "autumn harvest of ten thousand seeds".

After soaking the fungus picked by Anlu in cold salt water for an hour, she rinsed the sand with clean water and divided them into two parts. Some of them were eaten at night, and the other dried fungus, which can be put into the pot when stewing in the future. Throw a few flowers.

Everything was going on in an orderly manner, but Lin Shen always felt inappropriate when looking at the tent in the kitchen.The tent was next to the stove in the house, and dry firewood was piled beside it. She thought, she had to go down the mountain to find two folding beds.

"If you want to go down the mountain to find a bed, you can also find some quilts by the way."

Shi Yiran suggested that she used to use the various textiles brought by Anlu to make quilts for the two of them. If they can find quilts down the mountain, those textiles can be used for other purposes.

Lin Shen nodded, and said to Anlu again: "This time I will drive your pickup down the mountain, it will be easier to carry things, will you go with me?"

With two people, finding things will definitely be much faster.Moreover, summer is coming, and there are more mosquitoes, so she still wants to find two mosquito nets.If possible, I still want to find a few tubs to come back.Before, it was just her and Shi Yiran, and a basin of water on the roof was enough for two of them, but now it is no longer possible.

After hearing what she said, Anlu nodded and said he wanted to go together.After Meng Shurong knew about the base city, he didn't intend to go there, so after they stayed and formed a team with Lin Shen and the others, they had to be useful to the team, instead of being lazy to enjoy the benefits.

However, Anlu was still worried about the safety of the two sisters who stayed at the forest ranger station.

What Lin Shen envisioned earlier, digging a "door guard ditch" outside the door, could not be realized, because she forgot that there was only this concrete path in the mountain, which directly led to the yard from the outside.

So, after thinking about it, she had to say, "After we leave, you lock the door."

"Then, I want to build a small shed by the earthen stove outside." Lin Shen pointed to the base of the west wall, and continued: "I can put all the firewood there in the future, and I won't be afraid of getting wet when it rains."

After hearing this, Shi Yiran nodded and said, "Then let's make a roof at home. I remember that the things Anlu brought over have waterproof fabrics inside."

Even if it is not big enough, with a little effort, a roof can always be assembled.

When several people were discussing, Meng Shurong had been listening silently by the side. After the final decision was made, she just told her to be safe when going down the mountain, and didn't say anything more.

The next day, just after dawn, Shi Yiran quietly got up.She wanted to cook a hot meal for her and Anlu before Lin Shen went down the mountain, but she didn't expect to run into Meng Shurong who was also an early riser in the yard.

She froze for a moment, then smiled knowingly.

After both Lin Shen and Anlu woke up, washed up and ate breakfast, they drove the pickup truck down the mountain.They came out early this time, and they would be able to reach the city at ten o'clock.

Lin Shen has driven this mountain road several times, but the first time I drove Anlu's pickup, I still slowed down a bit.An Lu sat in the co-pilot, dozing off with his elbows on the window.

After driving the pickup down the mountain safely, no one in the car noticed that two figures appeared in the wild forest by the mountain pass and watched the pickup go away.