Verse 106: The old man picking mushrooms
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The rest of the work is baling the straw and harvesting the pasture.
The hydraulic straw baler used by the farm was eliminated in this year's equipment upgrade and replaced with an energy-saving and environmentally friendly large straw baler, which is a system with the Landlord tractor, which drags and works.
The straw thrown out by the harvester to harvest barley is neatly arranged in a straight line, and it is more convenient to use the straw baler to bale the straw, and the work efficiency is also faster.
Returning to the farm from Seattle, it seems that I have traveled through summer to late fall. The sky was as blue as the sea, and a few white clouds like marshmallows floated overhead, moving slowly with the wind, changing shapes. Under the blue sky and white clouds, the endless fields are vast, the withered yellow earth, and the countless bundled barley straws are like standing warriors under the starry chessboard.
It's September, and the temperature in Montana is much cooler than in previous months, making it the best place to travel and live.
Ye Mu stopped the husky who was spreading wild in the field, this guy looked dazed, he didn't seem to know his master, he was stupid. It was still Xiaohua who grabbed its ear, and the stupid dog came running upside down.
Picking up Xiaohua, Ye Mu took out his mobile phone and took a selfie, and sent it to Zhao Jiyang: "I'm home, everything is fine at home." ”
"Xiaoha is dirty, bathe it at night and remember to dry it with a hair dryer."
"Yes."
The task was completed, Ye Mu put the little flowers on Erha's back, and let them continue to spread wild.
I drove the all-terrain vehicle out of the house and walked all the way to see that the barley straw in the No. 123 planting area had been bundled, and only the No. 4 planting area remained. When Ye Mu passed, there was not much straw left in the field.
Hank and a few employees were sitting on the grass on the side of the road resting, smoking cigarettes, and when they saw Ye Mu coming over, they quickly stood up and said hello.
Ye Mu stepped forward to catch the cigarette handed by Hank and said, "It's about to be finished?" ”
"It can be done today. Ready to take a day off tomorrow and plant a lawn the day after tomorrow? Hank spoke in a consultative tone.
"No problem." Ye Mu smiled: "Is there any activity tomorrow?" ”
"I made an appointment with Ron and Johnson to go to the mountains tomorrow to pick mushrooms."
"Count me in."
There are also many species of wild mushrooms in Montana, many of which are poisonous, and the most common are white mushrooms, red mushrooms, chicken mushrooms, honey ring mushrooms, and egg mushrooms......
"Leaving at seven o'clock in the morning, I'd like to get you an all-terrain vehicle."
"Okay, just come and ride in the morning." Ye Mu lit a cigarette and continued, "Are there more rabbits in the field?" ”
"Many. Dozens of rabbits were killed when the straw was bundled. ”
After sitting on the edge of the field for a while, Ye Mu returned and saw Ron training his two Golden Retriever retrievers. It was two and a half sized golden retrievers, just over five months old.
Ron wanted to train them to be hounds, and he took the rabbit doll in his hand, threw it out, and then gave the command, and the two little ones scrambled to run and take the rabbit doll back.
"Good training." Ye Mu saw two well-behaved little guys, and then thought about his Alaska, Husky, and Samoyed...... Samoyed doesn't count, it's still very well-behaved and obedient, it's a big fool and a second fool, when you're smart, you have a bloody face, and when you're stupid, people can't laugh bitterly.
"I see that every family on the farm has a dog, and I also bought two, which is good and very obedient." Ron dotingly held the two golden retrievers in his arms and smiled.
"You haven't had a dog before?"
"The previous conditions did not allow it. Thank you for providing me with my current life and I am very happy living on the farm. ”
Ye Mu's face was cloudy, he had never seen Ron's emotional side, and asked, "Did you not take medicine or?" ”
"Take medicine? Why should I take medicine if I'm not sick? Ron was dazed.
"Well, it's best not to get sick."
Ye Mu said that he was about to go home, and Ron hurriedly came up and said, "Hey, boss." I'll talk to you about something......"
"Say."
Roosevelt was ready to sell his ranch. I wondered if I could expand the mechanics department and let Roosevelt into my department. You see the new accommodation is about to be built, and the airport is about to be completed......"
"Ok, I promise you. However, the farm's future power network will also be maintained by the three of you. No problem, right? ”
"No problem, of course no problem." Ron nodded hurriedly.
"Wasn't Roosevelt reluctant to sell his ranch? How willing to sell again. Ye Mu asked.
"The bank is very demanding. Damn banks, they always push people into a corner. ”
The next morning, Ye Mu woke up very early.
I packed a duffel bag, brought mineral water and beef jerky, and then went downstairs to warm up some of the leftover meals from last night and fill my stomach casually. Hank had already come, Ye Mu went back to the house and brought the pistol, and then he and Hank got on the all-terrain vehicle and called Ron and Johnson.
Four all-terrain vehicles, followed by five dogs, along the newly built oil road, to the middle of the No. 3 and 4 planting area, the river upstream, into the mountains, stopped in a pine forest.
"Look for it first and see if there are any bloodshot red mushrooms. The bloodshot red mushroom grows in the pine forest, red, and looks the same as the congested ****, which is very replenishing. Old Hank said and did a gesture that Teddy used to do.
"Old guy ......" Ron laughed quite ****, and also made a Teddy's signature gesture, asking: "Bloody red mushrooms are very supplemental, this aspect of supplementation?" ”
"You'll understand when you find the red mushroom."
Ye Mu and Johnson looked at each other, both speechless.
Johnson is married, but his wife is not around. Ye Mu is too, just returned from Seattle. If Red Mushroom really makes up for that, it will be cheaper for Hank and Ron.
"Harry, Falk ......" Hank called his two German shepherds over and said, "There are snakes in the mountains, and there are dogs in front of them, and they will warn them in advance if they find danger." ”
Ye Mu shouted twice, and the sleigh was tired of running stupidly, lying on the ground and sticking out his tongue vigorously, he had no choice but to summon the little flowers, and the little things brought them over.
In the early morning, the air in the mountains is cool, even a little chilly. In the coniferous forest, the four people did not disperse, and five dogs walked in front, and Ye Mu looked for them side by side.
Finding wild mushrooms comes with experience, then luck, but sometimes that luck comes more than that. In just a few minutes, Ye Mu saw a piece of green-headed mushrooms, halfway up the mountainside, he also had excellent eyesight, otherwise he would have missed it.
"Then there is a mushroom ......" Ye Mu took them over, picked one, and asked, "Can you eat it?" ”
"Yes. This is a green mushroom, which takes only two days from growth to rot, and often appears in patches. Mushrooms that are rare and difficult to pick...... I'm a person who prefers to go into the mountains to pick wild mushrooms, and I've come across them a few times in the past ten years. Ron said as he picked up his tools and scooped up the mushrooms.