Chapter 60: Mushrooms

Fan Ming ran to the side of Old Man Qian in front of him, and watched Old Man Qian casually pick mushrooms and fungus on rotten wood that were not uncommon on the ground. Curious, he asked, "Is this a wild mushroom?" ”

Old man Qian always replied patiently to Fan Ming's words: "Yes, there is a small wooden house in front, now you can get some fresh mushrooms and fungus soup when you pick some fresh ones there." ”

"There's a wooden house up ahead?" Fan Ming was even more surprised, there were wooden houses in this kind of deep mountains and old forests, which was incredible.

"This is when I and an old friend often moved in the mountains, often sleeping in the mountains, and finally thought that the two of us worked together to build a wooden house in the mountains, store some food in it, and build a pot stove, as a transit station for the two in the mountains, and they could also have a house to sleep peacefully at night." Old man Qian squinted his eyes and said with some memories.

"There's also a pot stove, it might be a good meal, hehe," Fan Ming said excitedly.

Old man Qian said with a little sadness: "It's just a pity that my old guy is gone, and no one has entered the mountain with me in the past few years, and I don't know what happened to the house, alas." ”

Fang Ming's expression darkened as if he thought of something after hearing this. But then he put those worries behind him, and said cheerfully, "I'll help you pick them." As he spoke, he was bouncing on the ground looking for mushrooms and fungus and the like.

It's just that when she handed the picked things to Old Man Qian, she almost didn't scare Old Man Qian to death, all of them were colorful and strange glass things, each one brighter than the other. Anyone with a little common sense knows that the more bright and bright the color of the things in the mountains, the more you can't eat them at will. The poisonous surname will be directly proportional to the brightness of the color, and the more beautiful and eye-catching things look, the more evil the poisonous surname is.

Not only was Old Man Qian startled, but everyone who saw it wiped their sweat, Ye Qing said with a wry smile: "My aunt, do you want to put ten of us in the mountains?" ”

Fan Ming looked at him for some reason.

Old man Qian said: "You can't eat things in the mountains, many things are poisonous. Especially in mushrooms, most of the bright and charming ones are poisonous, and they can make people dizzy, vomit and diarrhea, and even kill them on the spot. ”

When the girl heard this, she was so frightened that she hurriedly threw away the mushrooms in her hand that looked beautiful and charming, but harbored evil intentions.

Old man Qian reintroduced her to several easily recognizable mushrooms and fungus wild vegetables that people often use. Fan Ming looked for it again, and after a while, he brought a large gray flower bag with a dull color and inconspicuous color, and handed it to Old Man Qian.

"It's not a mushroom, you can't eat it."

Fan Ming looked disappointed and just wanted to throw it away, but the old man Qian hurriedly grabbed it and said, "Although this is not a mushroom that cannot be eaten, it has other uses." ”

The other people who had never seen this thing also stopped, listening to what Old Man Qian said, wanting to know what the use of this gray thing could be.

"It's a good thing, it's rare outside, and it's not often seen in the woods. It's called a horse skin bag in the village, and I don't know what you city people call it. Don't look ugly, but it is indeed a good medicine to stop bleeding, sprinkled after traumatic bleeding can not only stop bleeding immediately but also will not leave a scar. So this thing is very precious to a person who often walks in the mountains. ”

Zhang Taiping, Wang Gui, and Wang Peng, the three mountain people also nodded in agreement. Other people are amazed, it is really not good-looking, glamorous things are often poisonous and can not be approached, the appearance is mediocre and even a little ugly is indeed a good medicine to stop bleeding and save lives, the spirit of nature is really not something that people can guess at will, there are no wonders.

Old man Qian said again: "Now this one is still freshly picked, it is wet, and it can be used when it is dried and ground into powder." As he spoke, he made a small bag out of straw, put the horse skin bag in it, and handed it to Fan Ming, "You take this, if your hand is cut or something in the future, you can use this, it is more useful than any band-aid." ”

Fan Ming happily took it, called Zhang Taiping to him, and carefully put it in her bag on Zhang Taiping's back.

In this way, a group of people were hurrying while seeing wild vegetables, mushrooms, fungus and other things picked. It was already noon when I arrived at the wooden house that Old Man Qian had mentioned.

The house is built against the mountain wall, and it is made of pure wood and bamboo. It's just that for a few years no one lived without fireworks, the house was covered with cobwebs, there was a smell of decay, and the house was overgrown with weeds. When they could see a house in the mountains, everyone still felt very kind and happy, especially Fan Ming almost didn't jump up. Everyone gathered firewood and the flame was high, and everyone worked together to break the gold stone, and in a short time they cleared the weeds around the house. The house is revealed, and with the quiet environment as a backdrop, it has the taste of a hermit in the mountains.

Old man Qian entered the house and observed silently for a while, then cleaned up his mood and said: "More than ten miles further is a naturally formed reservoir, which is the destination of this time, not far from here, so we will temporarily live in this house." ”

There was no objection from the crowd, and it was a blessing to be able to feel the atmosphere of this wooden house in the mountains.

The house was also cleaned, but unfortunately the flour stored in the house a few years ago had grown insects and could not be eaten, so it was proposed to be buried under the tree. For the next few days, they will stay here and eat here, and although they have no food to store, they will not be hungry.

The kitchen utensils on the stove were taken out and cleaned next to the water source, and a few pheasants and rabbits were hunted by the hand, and at noon, the old man Qian cooked a three-fresh soup with fresh mushrooms, fungus, wild vegetables and chickens and rabbits picked along the road. Not to mention how delicacies there are, but everyone also eats and drinks very happily.

Niu Junfeng raised his head with a bowl and drank all the fresh soup inside, and then handed a cigarette to the individual and lit it, and sighed: "A cigarette after the meal, you can beat the living immortals." ”

Ye Qing also sighed: "Uncle Qian's craftsmanship is really not enough, I have been blessed these days." ”

Old man Qian smiled and said, "As long as you don't think the hospitality is inconsiderate." ”

After everyone rested for a while, Old Man Qian began to introduce the surrounding environment: "There is a reservoir about ten miles to the southeast, which is the source of the stream we rushed here, and there are many fish in it. ”

Fan Ming turned her head and said happily to her aunt, who had always stood beside her without saying a word but had been smiling at her, "Auntie, let's go fishing, I haven't caught fish myself." ”

"Hmm" the woman still smiled and nodded, but her eyes were full of pity and pampering.

"There is a bamboo forest in the west, and there are bamboo shoots in it, you can dig some back in the evening, and you can enjoy the appetite at night. It's just that there are more snakes in the bamboo forest, so you should pay more attention when you get inside. ”

Everyone listened attentively, their eyes lit up, and they were obviously quite excited by this proposal, and the fresh bamboo shoots were excellent ingredients for both soup and dry stir-fry.

Old man Qian paused and then said, "As for the south, there is a great place. Hey. I didn't want to talk and listen fluently, but Old Man Qian suddenly stopped and whetted everyone's appetite.

Wang Peng, who was the roughest, didn't have the patience to wait, and said, "What's the law, is it still alive with immortals?" ”

It is not surprising that Wang Peng asked such a question, Zhong Nanshan has many legends, and Jin Yong's novels and TV have a lot of influence on him. Therefore, he has always believed that there are secluded masters living in the mountains, and he just hasn't had the chance to get one, otherwise he will definitely be able to learn as good as Brother Wang.

Old man Qian surprisingly didn't glare at Wang Peng this time, but said: "I don't know if there is a fairy old man living there, and I haven't seen it, so I guess even if there are ordinary people who can't see it." But that valley deserves the word fairyland on earth. I've been in the mountains for so many years, and I've only seen this really good place. ”

Although Old Man Qian did not describe the valley in any superfluous language, judging from his admiration for the valley, the scenery in that valley was good after all. I can't help but have a yearning in my heart.

Put the surplus Dongqi in the wooden house, only take the self-defense equipment and some necessary things, and then call six big dogs, and head for the reservoir in the southeast direction. It takes only two hours to reach the distance of more than ten miles.

The reservoir is not large, but it is also a large lake in the city. The afternoon breeze blows and the lake sparkles. If you don't see it with your own eyes, who would have thought that the majestic and majestic mountain would be such a small jasper in the golden house.

The water outlet of the reservoir is stuck by two mountain wall mouths just to form a natural sluice gate, only a little water seeps out from the bottom and flows outward, and the small amount of water is just in balance with the water supplied by the reservoir with mountain spring water, and the water in the lake is barely alive.

Ye Qing said: "When I first saw it, I thought it was artificially built. Nature's ingenuity is beyond the reach of man. ”

Yang Wanli said: "Indeed, the mountain walls on both sides are like basins for water, and the narrow mouth on the north side is like a pinched vice, pulling water here. ”

Taking advantage of the sighs of the two, the others had already set up their cameras and clicked to shoot.

Others were sighing and enjoying the beautiful scenery, but Wang Peng, Wang Gui, and Zhang Taiping did not forget the mission they came to this time. I walked around the surrounding mountain walls, but found something unusual at the outlet. A few people stopped to go down to see what was going on.

He Cheng observed for a week, and learned that if you want to go down to the water's edge to see the reservoir, you should go down from the open place in the south, so he asked puzzledly: "How can you go down from here?" It's too small to go down, and it's too steep to be fun. ”

Zhang Taiping explained: "Well, before I came this time, the river in the village suddenly rose and many uncommon big fish flowed into the village with the current, which is a bit abnormal. The source of that stream is this reservoir, feel free to see what the hell is going on, just two people go down, not both of them. ”

Old man Qian said: "Dashuai, you first take everyone around to the south and go down to the water to play, only me and Wang Gui are left here, and it doesn't matter if there are too many people." ”