Chapter 573: Picking up fungi
When I fell asleep at night, it was a night with a thin moon and stars and good weather.
But in the second half of the night, Zhang An, who was sleeping very soundly, noticed a chill coming over him.
After rubbing his eyes, he woke up a little, and then realized that it had started raining outside the window at some point.
The night in the mountains is already a bit cold, and with this night rain the temperature dropped a few degrees.
Perhaps because he felt cold, the thin quilt that Zhang An had covered his body with before going to bed had already been rolled up by his wife beside him, which awoke Zhang An from a deep sleep.
Zhang An could only get up and close the window that was still open, straighten the quilt, cover Su Ying's feet that were still exposed outside the quilt, and fall asleep again.
The next morning, the cold rain had not stopped, turning this sunny morning in August into pear blossoms and rain.
The day for Hongyan Health Center to go to the countryside was originally scheduled for today, but now it can only be postponed for one day because of the moderate rain.
“Hey, it was fine yesterday, why did it suddenly become so cold today.”
When the fat man got up and went downstairs, he looked a little shivering. Yesterday he was still wearing short-sleeved pants, but today he just put on long-sleeved pants and a jacket.
"You are from another province. Even if it is summer here, as soon as it starts to rain, it will not always be like this."
The posture of the fat man is a bit too exaggerated. Zhang An really couldn't stand it.
If this guy comes from outside the province, it is normal for him not to adapt to this kind of weather.
In later generations, many people from outside the province came here to travel. Thinking that July and August were very hot summers, they packed lightly and brought summer clothes.
But after I came here, I realized something was wrong. The promised summer turned out to be similar to the late spring, and I couldn't bear the cold. Even if I put on all the clothes I brought, I still didn't have enough cold resistance.
Some people even buy two pieces of clothing from later generations to keep out the cold regardless of whether it is summer or not.
But Fatty is not an outsider, he is a real provincial citizen.
Although the summer in the provincial capital is not as cool as Hongyan Town and the temperature is higher, it is actually not much different when it rains.
"Although this is true, when it rains, it is much colder here than in the provincial capital. The temperature is at least five or six degrees lower. Maybe it is because the altitude here is higher."
Fatty used to be dissatisfied that the summer in Changqing was so much cooler than the provincial capital, but now he felt more balanced. After all, when it is cold here, it is even colder than the provincial capital.
After everyone got up and washed up, Wang Fang had already prepared breakfast.
Today’s breakfast is no longer noodles or rice noodles, but spicy soup cakes.
After the bright red glutinous rice cake peppers are thoroughly fried in lard, they are added to the broth made from large bones, and the pulp made from fresh green onions and ginger seeds is added. Then Zhang An’s family just made it not long ago. Cut the corn cake into pieces and put it in to cook.
“Huh, this hot soup is so comfortable to drink. I don’t feel cold anymore.”
The fat man ate two pieces of boiled soft and glutinous corn cake, and then He took a big sip of the bright red spicy soup and exhaled a white breath.
Knowing that the young couple Fatty and Zhang Zilin couldn't eat too spicy food, Wang Fang only put in the ordinary chili peppers at home.
Coupled with the unique fragrance of the ginger seeds and enough green onions, it not only tastes delicious and appetizing, but also has the effect of repelling cold.
On this cold rainy day, after eating a bowl of spicy soup cakes, the heat brought by the chili warms up the chest. The cold air and moisture that invades the body from the outside are completely driven away, and it feels so comfortable. .
At noon, the rain became much lighter, but there was drizzle all over the sky, as if it was really going to rain non-stop today.
However, there is rain everywhere outside, and it is not suitable to go anywhere. A bunch of people can only fight at home.
If more than ten years later, everyone has a mobile phone and has a wireless network at home, then everyone can still surf the Internet on their mobile phones to pass the time.
But now I only have a TV to watch at home, and even if I have a mobile phone, I can only play Snake.
If it were just Zhang An's family, there wouldn't be any discomfort, but the fat man and his wife were here, and for a while they seemed a little bored.
"Zhang An, the fungi are popping up on the mountain. Do you want to go to the mountain to pick up fungi?"
Just as Zhang An was thinking in his mind, what kind of things should he find for entertainment? At that time, Zhang Ping came over.
"Let's go, I just feel a little bored with nothing to do. Wait until I'm ready and then I'll call you at your house."
Zhang An agreed without even thinking about it. August is the golden time to go into the mountains to collect fungi.
Villages go into the mountains to pick up mushrooms almost every day. Because this period of time is relatively slack for farming, many villagers store dried mushrooms from the mountains at this time.
Although the time is now at the end, almost all the common fungi on the mountain have been picked up by others.
But that's not the case. Fungi are something that belongs to the flow of luck. Many people may pass by the same place without noticing anything.
Suddenly one day, you walk by there and you happen to find a cluster of fungi there. You can’t tell.
And it is not an exaggeration to say that fungi are springing up like bamboo shoots after a rain. They grow really fast.
It just rained last night, so a lot of fungi must have been unearthed.
"Fat man, do you want to go into the mountains to pick up fungi?"
After agreeing to Zhang Ping, Zhang An turned to ask the fat man who was doing nothing just now.
Zhang An was actually free to go. He mainly wanted to take Fatty and the others out to kill time.
“Go, go, go, I haven’t picked up mushrooms yet. Wife, do you want to go?”
Before Zhang An could finish speaking, the fat man had already stood up from the chair. He stood up and asked Zhang Zilin, who was sitting with Su Ying.
“It’s cool outside, you go and play, we’ll be fine at home.”
Su Ying wanted to take care of her child at home. After school started in a while, her son wouldn't have much time to be near her, so she didn't go.
Zhang Zilin doesn't like to move very much. Seeing that Su Ying didn't go, she didn't want to go even more. It was good to have Su Ying at home.
"Okay, then you guys wait at home. Let's go to the mountain to pick up more, and ask Aunt Wang to prepare delicious food for us in the evening."
The fat man didn't want to go when he saw his wife. Don't feel sorry.
“Come on, let’s not say whether you can find it or not. Even if you find it, you can recognize what can be eaten and what cannot be eaten. But don’t pick up poisonous mushrooms that are inedible.”
< br>Seeing how poor her man was, Zhang Zilin couldn't help but pour cold water on him.
Mushrooms are not low-grade goods. If they were so easy to pick up, people in the mountains would have made a fortune from them long ago.
And encountering fungi is not a big deal, the main thing is to be able to recognize them, otherwise it will be in vain. "Don't worry, I went with Zhang An and Zhang Ping. I don't have to worry about these problems. I don't recognize them at all."
The fat man didn't take it seriously. He thought Zhang An With people who are so familiar in the mountains, and with the ranger Zhang Ping here, these are not a problem.
After Zhang An came out after changing into work clothes, the fat man also changed into clothes. Although they were not clothes for working, they were easier to move around than what he was wearing just now.
There is no way, this guy has nothing to wear to work, especially at Zhang An's house.
And with his size, he can’t wear Zhang An’s clothes.
But to him, this is nothing, it’s just a piece of clothing.
Then Zhang An entered the utility room and found a basket and two rakes.
The rake is made of a thin wooden board with a wooden handle more than one meter long. It is specially used to find fungi. Almost every household in the village has one.
When it comes to baskets, Zhang An can carry just one. The fungi are hard to find. It would be great if he could find less than half of the basket today.
Finally, the two of them went to Zhang Ping's house, called Zhang Ping and set off.
"Hey Zhang An, when did your squirrel follow you out? We obviously didn't take it with us when we came out."
As soon as we left the village and hadn't gone far, the fat man just The basket behind Zhang An said.
Zhang An turned around and found that Qiuqiu had followed him unexpectedly.
“Maybe when I was holding the basket, it jumped in and followed me, and I didn’t notice it.”
Seeing Qiuqiu, Zhang An understood. No wonder just now I have always felt that there is a lot of rustling in this basket, and feelings are caused by little things inside.
Fortunately, little Siqi was taking a nap when he went out. Otherwise, the little thing would definitely not be able to escape the clutches of the big devil.
Zhang An actually had no intention of bringing the family animals out. He didn't even let the little tiger follow him out because it was raining outside and the mountains were even muddy.
Take them into the mountains and you will definitely be covered in mud by then. Given their huge size, it will take a long time to wash them.
But the little thing came as soon as it came, and Zhang An didn’t expect it to go back on its own. He just had to let it stay in the basket.
"Zhang An and Zhang Ping, you also have to go into the mountains to pick up fungi."
Along the way, the three of them met some Zhang Mazi and several villagers, all of whom were coming back from the mountains. They greeted Zhang An when they saw him.
"Yes, Uncle Mazi, you guys are very fast. You went to pick them up. It seems that you have picked up all the good ones."
In fact, their appearance is similar to that of Zhang An and others. They all carry a basket and a rake. Without even thinking about it, they are all going into the mountains to pick up mushrooms.
"It's not that easy to pick up. I went there in the rain early in the morning and only found two or three nests of chicken fir trees."
Although Zhang Mazi said this, the look on his face He couldn't stop smiling no matter what, he said and showed Zhang An and the others his basket.
“Hey, that’s not too much, Uncle Mazi, you’ve got more than half of the basket. It may not be enough for one hundred, but you can easily sell it for seventy or eighty yuan.”
< br>Zhang An and others looked into Zhang Mazi's basket and found that there were more than half of the basket of chicken fir trees, and they were all large and large. It was definitely not like this person said there were only three or four nests.
As for the other people who were with Zhang Mazi, their gains were not bad. Although not as much as Zhang Mazi, they could not get away with just a few dozen yuan.
After chatting with each other for a while, the two groups separated, because Zhang Mazi and the others had gone into the mountains early in the morning and had not eaten yet.
"Zhang An, why didn't you ask where they picked it up just now? Let's go and look for it."
On the way forward, the fat man couldn't help but ask, what he saw just now Those few people were a little careful about the chicken conongs in their baskets.
“In our place, when it comes to picking up fungi, you generally can’t ask others where you picked them up. You have to look for them yourself, and others won’t tell them easily.”
Before Zhang An opened his mouth, Zhang Ping started to explain to the fat man.
"Why? What's the big deal?"
The fat man was very puzzled by this.
“It’s really a big deal, because the places where these fungi, especially the chicken fir, grow are fixed. There are bacterial nests where they grow, so generally after someone collects the fungi, they will write down that place. Wait until they grow before picking them. If it were you, would you tell others? "
Most of the fungi in the mountains are valuable, and anyone who picks them up will get a good harvest.
So asking others where the fungi grow is tantamount to asking for a share of their money. This kind of thing is taboo in the mountains, even in a village, unless you are a close relative or have a very, very good relationship. Will inform.
"Oh, that's it. Fortunately, I didn't ask just now, otherwise it would have been misunderstood."
After learning about it, the fat man said happily. He wanted to ask those few people just now. A villager picked it up somewhere, but luckily he held it back in the end.
"What's the point? You are not from our village and you don't go into the mountains often. Even if you ask others, you won't think anything about it."
Looking at the fat man for fear of being misunderstood. Zhang An smiled and comforted him.
Most people in the village knew him and knew that he was a wealthy boss from the provincial capital, so even if he asked, Zhang Mazi and the others wouldn't think much about it.
"Brother Ping, which way should we go? You often wander around in the mountains. Today I will listen to your arrangements."
When they came to the fork in the Chahe River, Zhang An decided The power was given to Zhang Ping. After all, he often patrols forests in the mountains, so he must know better than others where the resources are good.
"Don't worry, just leave it to me. When I went into the mountains before, I found a good place with a lot of fungi, and you can also find morels."
Zhang Ping waved his hand, Lead the way from the front.
Although most people would not tell others where the fungi grow, the relationship between Zhang Ping and Zhang An is not ordinary people.
These things haven't made them care too much, otherwise Zhang Ping wouldn't have taken the initiative to ask Zhang An to go into the mountains to collect fungi today.
Of course, if it were anyone else, Zhang Ping would definitely not say it.
"Oh? There are even morels. This is a pretty good thing, fat man. If you can find it today, you will be lucky. This thing is very delicious."
If it was an ordinary fungus, Zhang An wouldn't care too much about it and would just treat it as just coming out to play.
But if it is rare fungi such as morels and Hericium, it is not comparable to ordinary fungi.
When the fat man heard this, although he hadn’t seen the morels yet, he felt a little more motivated and walked faster.
(End of this chapter)