bayedsolid Chapter 296 Going up the mountain
Chapter 296 Going up the mountain
The three boys in front were still walking up on their own, and they were about to go far away.
Zhou Mingqin called out to them, "You guys are just busy talking. Are you going to pick the wild vegetables at your feet?"
Zhou Mingzhi smiled and scratched his head, "Haha, I was so busy chatting that I forgot to look at both sides of the road."
So several people came to pick duck celery.
"Just pick the tender stems and leaves. Remember to pick more."
These wild vegetables will become much less if they are blanched. There are so many people in the family, and everyone will eat them all in one bite, so we have to pick more.
There was quite a lot of duck celery in this patch, and after a few people picked it for a while, they had enough to fill half a basket.
Shen Yang considerately put it in his backpack.
He was full of energy and didn't feel heavy at all.
Going up further, they arrived at the cucumber nest.
The dead branches and leaves on the ground were pushed up into bulges. When they picked them apart with sticks, they found that they were all filled with fragrant tender cucumber sprouts.
They huddled together, and their stems and leaves, which had not seen the sunlight, had turned a little yellow.
When several people saw that they had grown out, they all joined the 'battlefield'.
He pulled out the hatchet behind him, went up and started picking.
Zhou Mingshu grabbed the tender sprouts of the cucumber with one hand and held the hatchet in the other. He aimed at the root of the cucumber and cut it in one go, and got a handful of wild vegetables.
Everyone was in the same posture.
Because it is not yet fully grown, there is no need to mix weeds in it. If there are some dead branches and leaves, you can just pick them out directly.
Qi Xu and Shen Yang followed suit and went down to the field with tools in hand.
After a while, they had picked enough food.
Then everyone moved to another location.
"Brother Dazhi, I see there are still a lot of them on the ground, why don't you pick some more."
He was reluctant to leave because of the fresh and tender wild vegetables.
"Haha, we can't eat all of them even if we pick so many. Let's wait until they grow bigger. The villagers all want to eat the cucumbers on this patch, so we have to leave some for them."
Qi Xu nodded. Yes, he was dazzled by the wild vegetables.
He hadn't thought so when he was picking the duckweed.
As they walked up, they picked several kinds of wild vegetables.
There are asparagus, wild onions, stone vegetables, some prickly ash and some toon shoots.
What surprised them most was that they picked up a lot of morels.
This thing looks very similar to the color of the ground. If Zhou Mingshu didn't have the system with him, it would have slipped away from his sight.
Morels are not very big, about the same size as their thumbs, but they are still good enough to be used in cooking.
Finding morels really tests your eyesight.
Zhou Mingshu watched helplessly as several mushrooms slipped away right under the noses of his elder and second sisters.
She just followed behind them to clean up the mess!
Among Zhou Mingzhi's people, Qi Xu had the best eyesight and found two large handfuls.
"I'm afraid grandma's chickens won't be able to escape today. If we don't kill one, it would be a shame for us to pick so many mushrooms. Hahaha."
Zhou Mingzhi looked at the mushrooms in the basket and laughed happily.
His backpack was full of mushrooms. In addition to morels, there were also many fat wood ears. These wood ears had soaked up rain water and were springy and delicious.
There are also some shiitake mushrooms and small shiitake mushrooms, as well as some other miscellaneous fungi. All together, it makes up at least a large pot.
"It's getting late. Let's go back quickly. We need to wash all the things we picked, which will take a lot of time."
Zhou Mingqin said that after picking so much game, it was enough for at least two meals for the whole family.
"it is good."
The crowd turned on the spot and walked down the mountain.
The weather was wet and the ground was slippery, so we were very careful when going up the mountain, and now we have to be even more careful when going down the mountain.
But accidents inevitably happened.
Zhou Mingqin was carrying a basket of wild vegetables on her back. The weight made her steps difficult and she slipped accidentally.
"Ah~" She screamed and lost weight and fell over.
She thought she was finished and would definitely fall flat on her face.
But the fall did not happen as she imagined. She was pulled by the backpack and her whole body was lifted into the air.
Looking back, she saw Shen Yang behind her grabbing her backpack, which helped her to stabilize her body.
Zhou Mingqi and Zhou Mingshu in front hurriedly helped the elder sister to stand up straight, and Shen Yang put down the backpack in his hand.
"Sister, are you okay? This road is a bit slippery."
Zhou Mingshu looked at his elder sister's shoes, the uppers of which were soaked with dew.
Because the Zhou family always makes clothes and shoes larger, the shoes on the eldest sister's feet did not fit well, which led to such a thrilling scene.
"It's okay, it's okay. This mountain is full of rocks and branches. It would be terrible if you got hit."
Zhou Mingqi felt scared for a moment. They were going down a mountain and would roll down if they were not careful.
Zhou Mingqin was still frightened, and she took a few deep breaths before she calmed down.
"Thank you, Shen Yang. If you hadn't held me, I would have fallen." She hurriedly thanked Shen Yang behind her.
"You're welcome. Anyone who sees will help." It was just a piece of cake for him.
If it was the young master, his reaction speed should be faster.
Shen Yang felt that he had acted a little too late. If he had been a little bit later, Zhou Mingqin would have definitely fallen down.
The thrilling scene just now made everyone's adrenaline surge, and everyone was sweating.
Zhou Mingzhi and Zhou Mingshu switched positions, and he wanted to walk in front to prevent such a situation from happening again.
Shen Yang took Zhou Mingqin's backpack in his hand and said, "Let me take it, so you can relax a little."
Shen Yang's grip was quite strong, and Zhou Mingqin gave it to him when she saw that she couldn't pull it away.
With one less burden on her body, Zhou Mingqin felt much more relaxed. She pulled a stick from the side and used it as a crutch and walked slowly.
Seeing the person in front of her carrying the backpack for her, she felt a little embarrassed.
Apart from her father and her brothers who helped her carry the backpack, no one else had ever helped her.
A few people returned home and started to wash the mountain products they had picked.
In addition, the snails picked up two days ago were almost soaked, so Zhou Mingshu moved them over and started to wash them.
A group of people brought out basins and baskets and squatted together to wash them, each with their own things to wash.
There were many people in the hospital who, when they saw the children returning with a full load, praised them for their abilities.
Ah Fu ran over from the small yard with two duck feathers on his head, looking very funny.
"Wow, young master, you really picked up so many things. You are so lucky today! Next time I want to follow you into the mountains to see the world."
"Okay, let's go when the time comes. There are good things everywhere in the mountains. We can pick them, wash them and eat them."
Qi Xu laughed and said, but the mountains are not as good as he said.
They picked so many wild vegetables and mushrooms today even though their shoes got wet.
"Grandma, kill a chicken, we picked up a lot of morels!"
When Old Mrs. Zhou got closer, she saw that there were indeed a lot of mushrooms.
"Kill! I'll go pick out a fat chicken right now."
The old lady walked to the backyard and came back with a chicken soon.
Zhou Minghua and Hu Zi, who were following behind him, were jumping and skipping, which was very happy to watch.