The train taken by the Montessori brothers, starting from Beijing and ending at Chuncheng, departs at 10 o'clock in the morning and arrives at half past nine in the morning two days later, lasting 47.5 hours and a mileage of 3,212 kilometers.

After staying on the train for nearly two days, for many people, it was a long and torturous journey, Meng Songhai felt that time passed quite quickly, he did not feel tired, before going out, he specially bought an English version of "The Count of Monte Cristo", in addition to sleeping, he spent most of his time reading books.

Meng Guoqiang's personality is very cheerful, and he met a few people from the capital who slept in nearby bunks, and in addition to chatting with them, several people also played cards together to pass the time. Meng Songhai was not interested in playing cards, he felt that if he had this time, he might as well read a few more pages of the book.

When the train arrived in Spring City, the brothers Meng Guoqiang and Meng Songhai got off the train with a few people from Beijing who they met on the train and walked out of the train station together.

"Guoqiang, Songhai, you brothers, when you go out, be careful, welcome my friends, I'm going to go first, keep my phone to you, you have to call me if you have any urgent matters." A strong man in his thirties surnamed Wang said boldly.

"Brother Wang, the Taibai Restaurant run by my eldest sister, you also know where it is, when we return to the capital, let's get together again." Meng Guoqiang said familiarly.

At the gate of the train station, the Montessori brothers said goodbye to a few fellow villagers they had just met.

After saying goodbye, Meng Songhai and Meng Guoqiang walked to the bus station and took the bus to the long-distance bus station, they didn't know when the long-distance bus from Spring City to Ruili would leave, and they were going to go to the long-distance bus station to understand the situation before deciding when to go to Ruili.

When I came to the long-distance bus station, I inquired and learned that there were two buses in the morning and evening from the long-distance bus to Ruili from Spring City.

"Little Wuzi, otherwise, let's take the evening shuttle, and we can get to Ruili tomorrow morning."

"Let's stay in Spring City for one night. It's not good to sleep in a long-distance bus. ”

"It's okay, I'm tired after two days of training, let's go find a nearby restaurant first and have a good meal."

"Let's go, I just saw a nice restaurant."

A few minutes later, Meng Songhai took Meng Guoqiang to a restaurant called "Lao Wang Ye Shanzhen".

It's still a while before the meal, and there isn't a single customer in the restaurant.

Meng Songhai saw that the two women were cleaning the dried mushrooms, and thinking of the delicious taste of the dried mushrooms, the saliva in his mouth suddenly secreted a large amount.

"Boss, are you cooking in this restaurant now?" Meng Songhai asked with a smile.

A young woman in her thirties stood up and said with a smile: "Cooking, you want to eat?" ”

"Yes." Meng Songhai pointed to the dried mushrooms in the water basin and asked, "How many plates of dried mushrooms are fried with green peppers?" ”

"Five pieces of a piece, a lot of money." The young woman replied with a smile and stretched out her hand to ask, "You can sit down first, and I will make you a cup of tea." ”

The young woman didn't ask the guests what kind of tea they wanted to drink, and directly brewed two cups of Pu'er tea.

After Meng Songhai sat down, he looked around the small restaurant and saw that there were a lot of ingredients in the bamboo baskets where the ingredients were stored.

"Do you have Xuanwei ham here?" Meng Songhai took a sip of Pu'er tea and asked.

"Yes!" The young woman took a chicken fir mushroom from the bamboo basket containing the ingredients, "Stir-fried chicken fir with ham, it is very delicious, and many customers who come to eat at my small shop like to order this dish." ”

"How much?" Meng Songhai asked.

Meng Songhai knew that dishes made with wild mountain mushrooms were now sold cheaply in small restaurants, but he didn't want to be wronged, so he habitually asked the price.

"Two pieces of five."

"Okay, fried chicken fir with ham, I want one. Get another one, stir-fried pork slices with porcini mushrooms. ”

Seeing that Meng Songhai liked to ask the price, the young woman directly said the price of this dish: "The fried pork slices with porcini mushrooms are also two pieces of five." ”

"Do you have any soup here?" Meng Songhai asked again.

"Yes, the chicken stew is very good." The young woman smiled and said, "This dish is packed in a big pot, it was originally sold for three yuan, if the two of you eat and can't eat four dishes, the chicken stew and miscellaneous mushrooms can give you half of the portion, five pieces of a piece, enough for you to eat." ”

"Okay, let's order four dishes!"

"Wait a minute, I'll go cook."

After the young woman left, Meng Guoqiang looked at Meng Songhai curiously, and asked in a low voice: "I haven't heard of the dry mushrooms and porcini mushrooms you said, how do you know?" ”

"Listen to what others say. Also, I have read it in a book and know what common wild edible mushrooms are in Yunnan. ”

"What book?"

"I forgot, you know, I like to read miscellaneous books. Some of the content, after I read it, will remember some of it, let me remember the title of the book, it's too difficult. ”

The brothers chatted a few words, and after less than five minutes, the first dish of fried dried mushrooms with green peppers was served.

Meng Songhai impatiently picked up the chopsticks, put the vegetables into his lips, and after tasting them, he enjoyed the wonderful taste.

"It's delicious." Meng Guoqiang took a bite of the dish and praised it with a smile, "This kind of fungus tastes a bit like beef, beef jerky." ”

"It's the taste of beef jerky, Yundian people call beef jerky dry, this fungus tastes like beef jerky, all of which get this name."

"Is this fungus expensive to sell here?" Meng Guoqiang asked curiously.

The woman who was washing vegetables raised her head and said with a smile: "In Spring City, the best dried mushrooms are sold for one dollar per catty." ”

The woman was in her early twenties, with a delicate appearance and snow-white skin.

Meng Guoqiang was stunned for a moment when he heard this, turned his head to look at the woman who took the initiative to interject, felt that the other party was very beautiful, couldn't help but look at it a few more times, and smiled: "Hello, how long can the dried mushrooms be stored after picking?" ”

"It's hard to say, if there is no rain when picking, the dry mushrooms are dry, and they can be stored for a lot of time, but if they are wet, they can't be put for a few days...... The environment in which it is stored is also important. If you leave it for too long, it won't taste good. ”

"Thank you!" Meng Guoqiang thanked him, and said to Meng Songhai, "Chuncheng is quite far away from the capital, if you can get through the relationship, it is also very convenient to transport dried mushrooms from Chuncheng to the capital, and the eldest sister's restaurant uses dried mushrooms to cook, do you say you can make money?" ”

"Whether you can make money or not, the main consideration is the cost, you also said that the transportation of dry mushrooms from Spring City to the capital needs to get through the relationship, which requires cost, if the amount is small, there is no head at all. Also, dry mushrooms are not available in all seasons, and after a while, dry mushrooms will not grow in the mountains and forests. ”

The girl who washed the vegetables smiled and said: "It turns out that you are from the capital, if you like to eat the mushrooms of Yundian, you can consider buying some fried chicken fir back, this dish is packed in a bottle, it can be stored for a long time, it can be used as a seasoning to cook, or it can be directly used to eat noodles, it is very delicious." ”

Meng Guoqiang laughed and said: "When we will go to the capital, we will definitely buy some of the fried chicken fir you said." ”

The girl who was washing the vegetables stood up and asked, "Do you want to drink?" ”

"Don't drink it." Meng Guoqiang said.

Before going out, Meng Songhai and Meng Guoqiang reached a consensus that when they go out, they should not drink alcohol and quit drinking.

"Is the rice cooked?" Meng Songhai asked.

"I'm sorry, but not yet, I'll go and steam rice for you."

A few minutes later, the other three dishes were served one after another, and the enticing taste made the brothers unable to stop their chopsticks, let alone stop their mouths.