On the opposite hill, the singing came to an abrupt end.

Xiao Yu came back to his senses, and then saw that everyone on the other side of the river who seemed to be about to drop their jaws was looking at the distant mountains together, as if they wanted to find out who the man who sang the mountain song just now was, he couldn't help but have a fever on his face, and secretly lamented, and with a few strokes of his hand, he propped up the bamboo raft to the other side.

Without waiting for a few people to ask, Xiao Yu hurriedly explained: "I was just on a whim, this is a complete misunderstanding!" ”

The corners of Ling Yi's mouth moved suspiciously a few times, as if he was holding back a smile; Xiao Pei's face sank like water, most likely angry; Xiao Yucheng and Hao Jun still looked stunned.

Only Ling Weihan didn't realize it, jumped on the bamboo row and reached out to take the penny in Xiao Yu's hand.

Fortunately, these few lines of mountain song Xiao Yu are sung by faith, it is estimated that no one can understand it nowadays, thinking of this, Xiao Yu felt a lot more relaxed, handed the penny to Ling Weihan, bent down to pick up another penny on the bamboo row, and said to a few people: "Everyone, please move." ”

And this kind of thing is not uncommon in Yuedi, and there is nothing about a few mountain songs.

"I don't know who it is." Xiao Pei glanced at Xiao Yu helplessly and said, "It's not good to have too many people on the bamboo row." Sister Ah is waiting on the shore, and you and Yucheng are good at taking care of General Ling and the little boy. ”

Xiao Yu was still a little embarrassed: "Okay." ”

Ling Yi got to the top of the bamboo row, Xiao Yucheng and Hao Juncai came back to their senses and also walked on the bamboo row.

The bamboo raft was not very well made, and after several people went up, the river water came up from between the two bamboos, and the feet of several people were wet at once.

"It's not sinking, is it?" Hao Jun immediately said nervously.

Xiao Yucheng said with a smile: "No, it's like this, just stand firm." ”

After a few people stood up, Xiao Yu lightly held the penny, put it into the water, and the bamboo raft left the shore and drove into the river.

Seeing that Ling Weihan was holding the penny and couldn't wait, Xiao Yu clenched the penny and was ready to save the scene at any time, and said with a smile: "Little Master Ling, you try." ”

The river level slowed, Ling Weihan took a deep breath, and pushed the penny into the water as Xiao Yu had just seen, after all, people were small and inexperienced, the bamboo row immediately changed direction and headed towards the shore, he was busy holding it a few more times, and the bamboo row was spinning on the river surface.

Xiao Yu hurriedly controlled the bamboo row, and said to Ling Weihan while demonstrating: "You first look at the direction, stretch the penny to the bottom of the river to the ground, and then exert force backwards, just like this, the bamboo row will move forward." And now it's going downstream, don't panic, take your time. ”

Ling Weihan tried a few times, and with Xiao Yu by his side, he actually held up like that.

Sail along the river, the penny is light, the bamboo row breaks the water waves and ripples, swings in a circle, the two sides of the bank are thick and green mountains and water, the river breeze blows, which makes people feel refreshed.

Satisfying Ling Weihan's curiosity about the bamboo raft, the group moored the bamboo raft ashore and walked back with Xiao Pei, who came over.

The wild chrysanthemums on the side of the road were in full bloom, Xiao Yu picked a few long flower branches to play with, and braided them into a flower crown in three or two, and put them on Ling Weihan's head while he was unprepared.

"I don't want it, it's a girl's thing!" Ling Weihan immediately blushed and tore off the flower crown and threw it back to Xiao Yu.

"That's a shame." Xiao Yu said with a smile. She rolled her eyes, reached out and put the flower crown on Xiao Pei's head, not letting her take it off: "Sister A's delicate complexion compares to all the flowers." ”

"Ah Yu, you're getting more and more naughty." How did Xiao Pei agree, he hurriedly took off the flower crown, his white jade-like little face was dyed red, and he said angrily.

Xiao Yu smiled, unaware of her childish behavior.

Ling Weihan glanced at Xiao Yu a few times and said, "You are so good-looking, why don't you wear a flower crown?" ”

People say that children's words mostly come from the heart, Xiao Yu suddenly burst into joy, there is no woman who doesn't care about her appearance, there is a beautiful father, I think she is really not too ugly.

Although he was complacent, Xiao Yu still said humbly: "How can I be as beautiful as Sister A, and it's not easy to compete with Sister A." ”

Xiao Pei couldn't help but cover his mouth and smile.

There were a few half-grown children playing in the mud in the field nearby, and some people passed by without noticing.

The girls are in groups of three or five, pinching out pots and pans and all kinds of furniture, role-playing, stir-frying, eating, feeding the little dolls, and having fun at home.

The boy played with the mud box, that is, the clay was kneaded into a box without a lid, and it was vigorously buckled upside down on the flat stone slab at the edge of the field. The loser still kneaded his clay box into a ball, broke out a small piece of mud and flattened it for the winning one to mend the clay box. I don't care if my clothes are dirty. Just as a boy threw down the mud box, it was only a pile of mud, and the children suddenly burst into laughter.

Ling Weihan looked at it from a distance, as if he was a little envious, but in the blink of an eye, he continued to walk forward.

Xiao Yu saw that there were still piles of straw in the field of Lizheng's house in front of him, and remembered that it had just rained the day before yesterday, and couldn't help but say: "It's too wasteful for this straw to be here." But you can go over and see if there are any straw mushrooms. ”

Straw mushrooms are called grass bacteria in some places in Lingnan, and they generally grow in piles of straw that are overloaded and heated by moisture. However, Xiao Yu estimates that no one has eaten it now. Very few farmers leave the rice stalks in the fields to get rainy, and even if someone does stumble upon this small mushroom, they don't dare to eat it.

Several people were interested when they heard Xiao Yu.

In the past, when the rice stalks were lifted, there were clusters of small white mushrooms growing in the damp dark brown straw pile below, no bigger than the thickness of the little finger, scattered on the straw like stars.

"It's a blessing to be able to try it tonight." Xiao Yu said happily.

"Is this really edible?"

Xiao Yu nodded and said, "Of course, I've eaten it several times before." ”

So they all started to pick out the little bit of mushroom from the straw. There are really a lot of small mushrooms in this pile of rice stalks, and after the top one is picked, there is another piece under the straw. This tiny mushroom has a layer of hoarfrost on it, which becomes slippery and gray or pink when rubbed off.

Straw mushrooms are small and stained with a lot of grass clippings, making them difficult to wash.

After returning home, Xiao Yu and Xiao Pei first sorted out the mushrooms they picked up on the mountain, put them in the yard to dry, and then took two baskets to concentrate on processing straw mushrooms. The two of them picked it up first, then washed it four or five times, and finally got it clean and fresh.

There are many ways to make straw mushrooms, but Xiao Yu still prefers simple soup. That is, after boiling the water, put the straw mushrooms in the cooking, add a little oil and salt, and then start the pot.

At dinner, Xiao Yu couldn't wait to taste it first, it was the taste in his memory, refreshing, crisp and sweet, very delicious.

Xiao Pei was also quite surprised, and praised: "This mushroom tastes really good. ”

It was still early, but Ling Yi's father and son wanted to rush back to the city, so Xiao Yu and the others did not delay, and packed up the snails, dried vegetables, sour bamboo shoots, air-dried pheasants and hares, and the mushrooms that they picked up on the mountain in the afternoon, and put them on the carriage of the General's Mansion to take them back.

When he got into the car, Ling Yi suddenly said: "Yucheng has been taught by a famous teacher to learn a good martial arts, have you ever thought about serving in the army and making meritorious contributions?" ”

Xiao Yu turned his head to look at Xiao Yucheng and saw that there seemed to be joy on his face.

Xiao Pei was stunned, and replied thoughtfully: "General Xie Ling is very loving. Yucheng is the only son in the family, I am reluctant to let him suffer, and he still wants to go to school in the spring of next year. Thank you for your understanding. ”

Ling Yi didn't think it was wrong, glanced at Xiao Yucheng, and said with a smile: "It's me who is presumptuous." ”

The three siblings watched the carriage go away.