my home is in the northeast

154. Pick mushrooms

That night, thunder and lightning struck, and it rained heavily.

Zhang Yuhe was awakened by the sound of thunder, sat up and threw down a slightly thicker quilt for Rong Ziyan to cover.It wasn't very hot here at first, and if it rained again, it would be very cold in the house.

Zhang Yuhe also covered himself with the quilt, curled up in the bed and fell asleep again.

Because it was cloudy and rainy, it was past nine o'clock when I woke up.

It was easy to come home, and Zhang Yuhe felt that he was getting more and more relaxed.

"Are you up?" Rong Ziyan got up early, and he felt relaxed after only a few days in the Northeast, and he didn't get up much earlier than Zhang Yuhe.

"Brother Rong, you got up early." Zhang Yuhe hurriedly washed up.The two little guys were outside under the eaves, and Zhang Yuhe called in, "You two, turn around and get scolded for your dirty clothes."

Except for him and Rong Ziyan, everyone else had already had breakfast.

Breakfast is also simple, already warm porridge, a plate of shredded potatoes, a plate of garlic eggplant made last night, and freshly made scallion pancakes in the morning.

Yesterday's dinner was too clean, but this morning was very simple.

Farm side dishes are the most delicious, hot cakes, cold porridge and vegetarian dishes, this meal is comfortable to eat.

After dinner, the rain basically stopped.

Zhang Yuhe picked up his things happily, "Mom, I'll deliver food to my sister and the others."

There are still a lot of tomatoes picked yesterday, plus cucumbers, eggplants, green peppers, etc., a bag is enough for the eldest sister Zhang Yuping and Hu Yu's family.On the contrary, I don’t need to keep too much in my own house, just guard the land, and I can pick it at any time.

"Be careful." Sun Cuifang urged.

Zhang Yuhe responded and picked up his things and was ready to go. Before going out to see if the little guys were not paying attention, he whispered to Rong Zi, "Brother, when I come back, let's dig mushrooms!"

In less than an hour, Zhang Yuhe came back.

As soon as he entered the door, he was stupid. The two little guys in the family had placed a lot of things in the outhouse.What a backpack, a small shovel and a bunch of things.

"What are you doing here?"

"Grandpa said to go dig mushrooms in the woods later!"

"..." Zhang Yuhe's scalp tingled suddenly, "Father, take the two of them with you, Brother Rong and I will go alone."

"Okay. Let's compete." Zhang Changgui smiled.

"Compare." Zhang Yuhe refused to admit defeat.

"You two are like children." Sun Cuifang scolded with a smile.

"Mom, are you going?"

"I'm not going, you're wet, you go." Sun Cuifang turned on the TV, "I'll just watch TV at home with your mother, you go. What's for lunch?"

"It's just after ten o'clock, and we're not hungry. How about we bring something to eat?" Zhang Yuhe asked.

"No, how hungry can be. The old woman killed a stupid chicken of ours, and stewed the chicken when we came back from picking mushrooms."

"You old man, the stewed chicken is still delicious! All right, you go, I'll kill the chicken for you." Sun Cuifang laughed.

Zhang Yuhe also packed some tools and drove his small truck out of the yard.

Zhang Yuhe and Rong Ziyan were in the front, while Zhang Changgui and the two children were in the back row.Zhang Yuhe drove the car around the road to the edge of the forest, "The rest can only go in by himself."

Zhang Changgui carried one bamboo basket on his back, and Zhang Yuhe carried the other one on his back.The five soldiers entered the forest in two ways.

"Brother Rong, be careful, some places are slippery." Zhang Yuhe reminded him as he walked ahead.

Rong Ziyan responded from behind, "Xiaohe, why did you only bring a pannier, I can carry it too."

Zhang Yuhe choked, "Brother Rong, you don't think the mountains and fields are full of mushrooms, do you?"

"..." Rong Ziyan was also taken aback, when did he ever pick mushrooms when he grew up so big? "Is not it?"

"You must go to the mushroom bag..." Zhang Yuhe laughed, "Let's go, if you can find ten mushrooms by yourself today, I will..."

"What about you?" Rong Ziyan looked over, he was full of interest for a moment, but then his eyes dimmed.

"Think too much." Zhang Yuhe patted Rong Xiyan on the shoulder.

"Xiaohe... It is better to be kind than to be kind, you know this best. They treat me the same as your parents treat you." Rong Ziyan said with difficulty, "I don't want to make them sad."

"At the beginning you accused me of giving up, but now it seems that you are planning to give up?" Zhang Yuhe said, "Okay, the solutions are all people's ideas, if you don't do it, you can't do anything, let's go !"

"Ah."

In the past two years, the forest has recovered pretty well.

There are very few people in the village now, and most of the young people in the village have gone to other places to work, and even if they haven't, most of them work in the county town.Few of the younger generation are willing to plan food in the soil.

So in the past few years, few people are willing to come to the forest. After spending a long time, the price is lowered to an extremely low level by those who buy mountain goods, and no one thinks it is worth it.

It was only after Sun Fuhai started buying dry goods in the village this year that a few families went into the mountains to search for mushrooms and game.

Although it was said that it rained heavily last night, it has stopped now, and the sun is still rising, which is hotter than yesterday.

Both Zhang Yuhe and Rong Ziyan were wearing a disposable raincoat, which Zhang Yuhe bought back by the way in the county just now. They kept two, and Zhang Changgui, his grandparents and grandsons wore the others.

It's not for other reasons, the main reason is that the grass in the forest is full of water, which saves you from getting wet and uncomfortable.

Although it is said to be on the edge of the forest, it is actually not very close. It is very close to the house of Uncle Lang who went up. Zhang Yuhe introduced it to Rong Ziyan as he walked.

There are still some crops on the land on both sides, and the land on this side is relatively remote. It is basically a small piece of land opened up by his own family, and some crops such as corn are planted.

"When the corn is cooked, you can put it in the stove and burn it to eat. It's very delicious." Zhang Yuhe's mouth waters when he thinks of the smell of burning corn. Although the corn kernels are all black, the taste Just unforgettable.

After entering the forest, Rong Ziyan began to look around.Zhang Yuhe pulled him and continued to walk in, "Don't waste your energy, there won't be any good things by the edge of this forest, and even if there were, they would have been discovered long ago."

Rong Ziyan didn't believe it at first, but after walking for more than half an hour, the two of them got nothing, so they gave up.

When they reached a slope, Zhang Yuhe stretched his waist, "It's almost there. There is no trace of anyone coming here. Maybe we can pick mushrooms."

Zhang Yuhe acted.

Rong Ziyan has no experience at all, and he also knows that mushrooms cannot be picked casually, and he is not sure whether they are poisonous or not.Studying with Zhang Yuhe, I saw Zhang Yuhe take out a nest of mushrooms, hold them in his hand and observe carefully before putting them in the back basket.

"What kind of mushroom is this?"

"Our name is Quzi Mushroom. I don't know what it's called elsewhere, and I haven't seen it before. This stuff is delicious when fried, even if it's boiled and cold." Zhang Yuhe said, and his hands didn't stop.This time, as soon as the mushrooms were found, it was a large piece.Rong Ziyan also helped to dig together, Zhang Yuhe carefully explained, "Don't move too much, just pick off the mushrooms, so as not to destroy them. Maybe there are still some that haven't grown yet."

This pile of mushrooms has been picked, and the bottom layer of the back basket has been covered.

"That's quite a lot."

"This is relatively easy to pick." Zhang Yuhe was also happy to have harvested so much.

"If I found such a pile, would it mean that I won?" Rong Ziyan asked.

"Let's talk about it when you find out."

If you want to say what is the most abundant in the woods, it is nothing more than fallen dead wood and rotting branches and leaves.And this is the best breeding ground for mushroom growth.

Soon Zhang Yuhe found another pile of mushrooms, this time several large oyster mushrooms.It is big, the meat is thick, and it looks fresh.

"This is oyster mushroom? I often eat this."

"Hey, this is different. Although they are all oyster mushrooms, they are wild, and the ones you eat are basically artificial mushrooms. The wild ones are better." Zhang Yuhe cut off the oyster mushrooms with a knife Put it in the back basket.

There are many kinds of mushrooms in the forest. In addition to the tripe mushrooms and flat mushrooms they found at the beginning, they found more than ten kinds of mushrooms intermittently, such as boletus, bowl mushroom, and egg mushroom.Of course, there are all kinds of tripe mushrooms, gray and yellow.

With sharp eyes, Rong Ziyan found two small furry things growing on a fallen tree trunk. He was overjoyed at once, and quickly went up to carefully cut them off.

"Xiaohe, I have two now!"

Zhang Yuhe looked back and saw that Rong Ziyan was holding two fist-sized Hericium erinaceus. "Brother Rong, how many other good things do you know?"

"Of course, you really think that I don't know what to do with my limbs." Rong Ziyan carefully put the Hericium erinaceus into the basket.

It seemed that when he was in the woods, Rong Ziyan's luck came, and soon he found several large egg mushrooms.These egg mushrooms are still very tender, the yellow-yellow like egg yolk mushrooms have just broken the outer white membrane, as if the eggs have just broken their shells, and the umbrella cap has not been opened yet.

In fact, there is another one next to it that has been opened, but they came late, this egg mushroom is already a bit old, and the umbrella cap has fallen apart, so I have to give it up.

The egg mushrooms are not small. Although these few have not been stretched, they are almost as big as the palms that can be said, "Xiaohe, there are seven of them!"

Zhang Yuhe frowned.

The two continued walking until they finally came to a forest.

Rong Ziyan didn't dare to confirm that he didn't recognize it, and let Zhang Yuhe take advantage of it. This large piece of hazel mushrooms was counted as Zhang Yuhe's income.

Because of the heavy rain, the mushrooms grew so much that they filled most of Zhang Yuhe's back basket.

"Almost. It will take more than an hour for us to go back, and it will probably be two o'clock." Zhang Yuhe rubbed his belly, he was a little hungry, let alone the two children, it is estimated that his father and the two children have already returned.

"Okay, go back." Rong Ziyan agreed. "But let's go another way."

"Okay." Zhang Yuhe knew that Rong Ziyan was still determined, and he couldn't say it clearly, so he could only cough and lead the way.

Changed a road, some low trees, and some fruit trees.

Zhang Yuhe looked at a fruit tree, rolled his eyes, pulled down the branch and shouted, "Brother Rong, come and help pick it."

Rong Ziyan walked over without any doubt, and as soon as he approached, he saw Zhang Yuhe let go of his hand.Immediately, all the rain fell from the tree, Rong Ziyan quickly hid to the side, but how could he dodge, his face was immediately covered with rain, he couldn't laugh or cry.

Pointing at Zhang Yuhe with his fingers, Rong Ziyan pursed his lips and said nothing.

This bad boy, he knew that the other party was up to no good!