As if a mobilization order, a week after the arrival of the rainy season, farmers and herdsmen in northwest Yunnan packed up all kinds of equipment to enter the mountains and started the annual feast of wild mushrooms.

Five years ago, the wild mushrooms that spread all over the mountains were not as valuable as they are now, and farmers and herdsmen at most went into the mountains to collect some wild mushrooms that could be made into dry goods, such as porcini mushrooms, chicken fir mushrooms, mushrooms, and shiitake mushrooms.

After all, the Jinghu area at that time was inaccessible, and the fresh wild mushrooms did not have a good market, and more could only be wasted in the forest.

However, with the opening of the 'Jinghu Scenic Area' and the opening of the 'Yaoyin Expressway', this situation has changed dramatically, and wild mushrooms have become one of the most important sources of income for mountain people throughout the year.

According to the number of the past two years, basically a strong laborer can earn more than 10,000 yuan through wild mushrooms in two months of the rainy season, and some capable and lucky mountain people can even get more.

Therefore, the rainy season every year has become the season for mountain people to receive the gifts of nature!

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At eight o'clock in the morning, the light rain stopped, and the warm sunlight poured down from the clouds, dispelling the cold in the air and making people feel much more comfortable.

Dukase was fully armed, put on a rainproof poncho and boots, carried a trekking pole, and followed Xiao Feng with a backpack on his back, walking in the direction of Biluo Snow Mountain.

The first time he saw such a tool as a basket, Ducater was impressed, after all, there is no such magical tool created by mountain farmers in French farms.

In a sense, the basket is a great creation of farmers in the mountainous areas of southern China, and it has been fully integrated into the life of mountain people.

Along the way, there are many tourists dressed in similar clothes as Ducather, and everyone is guided by a guide to wander around the mountains and forests around Ginkgo Village. Look for wild mushrooms that grow after rain.

During this period of time, taking tourists into the mountains to pick mushrooms has become a very important tourism project in the 'Jinghu Scenic Area', which has attracted many tourists in the city. For city dwellers who rarely come into contact with the mountains and forests, they can go into the mountains and forests to pick wild mushrooms and return to the village to make soup. It's a rare experience.

If you're lucky enough to come across top-notch wild mushrooms such as matsutake mushrooms and lion's mane mushrooms, it's a bit of a show off to your friends, so visitors enjoy it.

After the rain, Biluo Snow Mountain looks extremely beautiful, and the thin mist shrouds the forest like a thin veil, which looks full of psychedelic colors.

But only when you walk into the mountains and forests, do you know that the so-called beauty and fairy tales are just imaginations, and the jungle after the rain is simply an extraordinary disaster!

Blades of grass, shrubs, and even branches are all trapped raindrops, and if they are touched, it is a sudden rainfall. It makes people and wolves unbearable.

Rao put on waterproof rain boots and ponchos, and Dukase still felt that the ubiquitous water droplets seemed to come in from all corners of his body, and the biting cold gradually made his body a little chilly.

According to Xiao Feng, the local mountain people actually got up at three or four o'clock in the morning and set off, because they had to go deep into the depths of Biluo Snow Mountain to pick the best and most precious wild mushrooms.

At this time, Ducatse can realize that the top ingredients are not easy to come by!

Since I started learning to cook. Dukase has never been accustomed to buying all kinds of ingredients he wants from the market with money, and he has never had such an experience.

Maybe. After this experience in the mountains, Dukase's attitude towards precious ingredients will become more important, which may become a key to the further improvement of his culinary skills.

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Of course, Xiao Feng, as a landlord and Dukase's culinary apprentice, naturally took into account Dukase's age and physical condition, and would not take him into the depths of Biluo Snow Mountain.

He took Du Cater for a walk in the woods of Qingling Mountain. Soon you will come to a gentle slope with shady background, which is the best place for wild mushrooms.

The pine forests here are not airtight, and the sparse pine trees are a combination of lawns and bushes, and if you look closely, you can see wild mushrooms thriving in them.

"Teacher, there are a lot of wild mushrooms growing here. From ordinary mushrooms to matsutake mushrooms, and even lion's mane mushrooms, let's look for them slowly!" Xiao Feng pointed to the gentle slope and introduced to Dukase.

Although there was no formal apprenticeship ceremony, Xiao Feng still regarded Dukase as a 'teacher', after all, Dukase's careful teaching has greatly improved his Western cooking skills for more than a month.

This time, Dukase proposed to go to the forest to dig wild mushrooms by himself, and Xiao Feng naturally would not refuse, but he also racked his brains to find such a good place within the scope of the non-'Xiao Family Farm'.

"Well, it's good here!" the old French man nodded with a childlike smile on his face and said, "There are also all kinds of wild mushrooms in the mountains and forests of France, but compared to here, there is a big difference!"

Although Ducacer is not a botanist, he can see the huge difference between the vegetation and species of France and northwest Yunnan, after all, it is known as a 'treasure trove of human natural resources'!

For the lively French, picking mushrooms at the foot of the snow-capped mountains is a pleasant thing in itself, and all the hardships along the way have dissipated invisibly.

However, at this time, Du Kase did not get carried away, but patiently listened to Xiao Feng's explanation, collected those edible wild mushrooms, and did not dare to act rashly for some unfamiliar or inaccurate mushrooms.

After all, in the mountains and forests of northwest Yunnan, when the rainy season comes, all kinds of wild mushrooms emerge like stars in the sky, and it is really impossible to pick out edible varieties from hundreds of wild mushrooms without rich experience.

Fortunately, Xiao Feng has lived in Ginkgo Village since he was a child, and he has rich experience in collecting mushrooms, which is simply a 'jungle encyclopedia', which makes Du Kase less worried.

The forest is home to the largest number of common mushrooms such as shiitake, mushroom and fungus, as well as the golden-brown 'chanterelles' on the umbrella, a species not seen before by Dukase.

"It's 'chanterelles', so named because of the similar color of the umbrella surface!" Xiao Feng scooped up a clump of chanterelles with a small shovel and explained to Dukase: "This mushroom is best suited for stewed chicken soup, it can form a perfect combination with chicken, and the taste is extremely delicious!"

During this period of time, while teaching Xiao Feng Western-style food system, the two of them also discussed the differences between Chinese and Western food, and they also burst out with a lot of inspiration!

In the case of soups, there is a huge difference between Chinese and Western cuisines, and Ducater tries to absorb the best of Chinese cuisine and further improve the menus of his restaurants.

The soup of Chinese food is broad and profound, and Du Cater also benefited a lot from the process of communicating with Xiao Feng!

At this time, every time Xiao Feng got a wild mushroom, he could explain to Dukase the application of these wild mushrooms in Chinese food, and his profound knowledge and rich experience impressed Dukase!

In Dukase's view, Xiao Feng knows the various characteristics of ingredients well, and once he has a deeper understanding of Western food, he will soon show his edge in the Western food industry.

The two of them exchanged various opinions on the ingredients while diligently collecting various wild mushrooms, and it was difficult to find matsutake mushrooms compared to the situation where ordinary mushrooms can be seen with the naked eye.

Generally speaking, matsutake mushrooms grow under pine trees, but they tend to be covered in thick pine needles and cannot be found without sufficient experience.

Dukase looked at the pine needles as if they were all the same, but Xiao Feng was able to turn out the matsutake mushrooms from under the ordinary layer of pine needles, and Dukase was dumbfounded.

"These matsutake mushrooms seem to be irregular, but the number of times they are dug is more, and they can still be summed up!" Xiao Feng said while putting the harvested matsutake mushrooms into a crisper bag: "Where there are matsutake mushrooms, there will always be some irregular changes in the pine needle layer, as long as you observe carefully, you can find them!"

In fact, Xiao Feng said that it is easy to say, and it is actually a very difficult thing for ordinary people to rely on their eyesight to find out.

After all, no one is like Xiao Feng, who has practiced the 'Qi Induction Technique', and his body has reached a limit, and the sharpness of his eyes is beyond the reach of ordinary people.

When he was about to leave the pine forest, Xiao Feng accidentally found a lion's mane mushroom on a tree, which naturally he would not miss, and then found another lion's mane mushroom in the opposite place.

Although some people have begun to successfully cultivate lion's mane mushrooms, wild lion's mane mushrooms have always been hard to come by, and even the old mountain people of Ginkgo Village may not be able to encounter them several times in their lives.

Today, matsutake mushrooms can be charcoal-grilled, and after the lion's mane mushroom is well concocted, it can naturally become a delicacy!

After a little rest, Xiao Feng and Dukase began to go home, with Xiao Feng, the king of the mountains and forests, to lead the way, Ducatse's first mushroom picking trip was quite smooth, and it can be said that it was a full return!

On the way back, the old man was more excited than when he came, as if there was wind on the soles of his feet, if it weren't for Xiao Feng's body, he really couldn't keep up.

Speaking of which, Du Kase is also almost sixty years old, but his energy and body are still much better than his peers, perhaps this is the body essence formed by the long-term eating habits of beef and mutton in the West.

In contrast, the light and vegetarian eating habits of Chinese people allow Chinese people to slow down aging, but also reduce explosive power, muscle proportion, etc., which can be described as a gain and loss!

On the way back, Dukase kept showing off his trophies to passing villagers and tourists, and when everyone gave him a thumbs up, the old man had a big smile on his face.

Even Xiao Feng was affected, and he was smiling all the way, no wonder the children like 'Grandpa Glasses', after all, such a cheerful and optimistic attitude to life is always excellent......! R1292