After a few light rains and two days of sunshine, many families went to the mountains to forage for food, but of course they did not go to the depths of the mountains, which were very dangerous and even the old hunters rarely went.

Although last year, another family of seven in the village died after eating poisonous mushrooms, but still can't stop everyone's enthusiasm for picking mushrooms, after all, many people can't eat when they are green and yellow every year, and mushrooms are very delicious, no matter what you do to eat, the taste will become more delicious.

Even the elderly in the village could not distinguish all the mushrooms, and could only recognize a few edible ones based on the experience of their ancestors.

Niu and a few women picked a lot of mushrooms and half a basket of lichens, which had just rained a few days ago and grew well. Ah Fu, Xiao Qi and Pear Blossom also followed, at noon, most of the people went back, but Pear Blossom insisted on picking for half an hour and then going back, what a diligent and good girl, Xiao Qi and Ah Fu were afraid that she would be in danger alone, so they kept accompanying her.

Because the Hua family often sends food to Xiao Qi's family, so Xiao Qicai's half basket of mushrooms was given to the Hua family, and Granny Hua was very happy to take half a basket of mushrooms, so she taught Xiao Qisan to identify which mushrooms can be eaten, she took a few commonly eaten mushrooms from the basket and showed them to the three of them: "These things can be eaten, in fact, I can't recognize all the mushrooms, I can only pick up a few kinds of non-poisonous ones that everyone often eats and eat them, and the rest that I don't know must be thrown away, and I can't take risks, and people die every year by eating poisonous mushrooms." ”

Pear Blossom listened very carefully, identifying mushrooms is very important for Pear Blossom, Pear Blossom Niang's eyes can't see things, her father Liu Ergou is in the town to help the trading house move goods when he is not working, and make money to catch medicine for Pear Blossom's younger brother Little Mouse. Housework can only be done by pear blossoms, she meets those who don't understand and learns from the villagers, the villagers of the Liu family are simple, and the people in the village are mostly sympathetic to pear blossoms, and occasionally someone will send food to her family.

Xiao Qi and Ah Fu went home and picked out several kinds of mushrooms that everyone often eats according to the teachings of Granny Hua, and the others were thrown away, Niu Shi looked at the two children throwing away so many mushrooms and felt very distressed, and said to their two children: "In previous years, I also picked like this, and it was okay to eat it, you two losers, I picked this half basket for a long time, and you all threw it away for me." ”

Ah Fu handed the other basket to Niu: "Mother, we have also picked a lot, so don't be reluctant to throw away those that are thrown away." After saying that, Ah Fu and Xiao Qi began to wash the lichen, and it was very laborious to wash the lichen, because there was a lot of soil and pebbles on the lichen.

Niu looked at the pile of mushrooms thrown away by Ah Fu and the two of them a little distressed, took advantage of the two children to wash the lichen and picked up a little bit of the mushrooms thrown away by Ah Fu, added tofu and stewed mushroom soup together, the taste was very delicious, and the cold steamed bun was heated again, and a lichen scrambled egg was scrambled, and the dinner was very rich.

After Ah Fu was busy, he took a shovel and prepared to bury the thrown mushrooms, he felt that the mushrooms seemed to be less, so he asked Niu: "Mother, did you pick up the mushrooms I threw back?" ”

Niu: "I only took a little bit back, and the rest was thrown away according to Ah Fu's words." ”

Ah Fu picked up the soup bowl and said, "Let's throw away the mushroom soup, what if it's poisonous?" ”

Niu Shi hurriedly snatched the soup bowl in Ah Fu's hand, how could the soup stewed with mushrooms she had worked so hard to pick in the mountains be thrown away.

During the meal, Ah Fu and Xiao Qi mentioned to their father the method of picking mushrooms from the flower mother-in-law, Liu Dahe didn't take the child's words to heart, he had been eating the mushroom soup made by Niu for a few years and had nothing to do, how could it be that something happened this time.

Niu Shi drank half a bowl of soup and said to the other three people in the family: "Seeing that I haven't drunk the soup, I'll be fine if I say it's okay." When the three of them saw that Niu was really good, they all started eating.

Ah Fu and Xiao Qi held steamed buns in one hand and a bowl in the other, sitting on the bluestone bench outside the courtyard gate while eating steamed buns and drinking soup, and Lihua and his younger brother Little Mouse also sat on the edge of the stone mortar opposite with a broken bowl and drank mushroom soup.

After a while, the bowl fell to the ground with a snap, Ah Fu fell to the ground, Pear Blossom put down the bowl to look at Ah Fu, and heard a snap again, Xiao Qi's bowl also fell to the ground, the two brothers and sisters fainted at the gate of the courtyard, Pear Blossom ran into Xiao Qi's house, and saw Niu and Liu Dahe both falling to the ground, Pear Blossom panicked, thinking that the Hua family was well-informed and hurriedly ran to the Hua family.

Granny Hua listened to Lihua's words, she didn't dare to delay at all, and hurriedly entered the courtyard of Liu Dahe's house, and saw Liu Dahe and Niu lying on the ground foaming at the mouth, unconscious.

Granny Hua glanced at the room, saw the half bowl of mushroom soup left on the dinner table and understood what was going on, and then Granny Hua put her fingers into Niu's mouth, and instructed everyone to use their fingers to buckle the throats of Liu Dahe and the two children to induce vomiting.

Xiao Qi and Ah Fu ate fewer mushrooms, and the symptoms were relatively mild, and they slowly woke up, Hua Xi'er and Pear Blossom gathered around Xiao Qi, and when they saw Xiao Qi wake up, they asked Xiao Qi how he felt, Xiao Qi: "I saw a lot of little people dancing at the gate of the courtyard just now, and then I fainted." ”

Liu Dahe and his wife were still in a coma, and Granny Hua poured a few more bowls of salt water on Liu Dahe and Niu, but they still didn't wake up.

Granny Hua saw that Xiao Qi and Ah Fu were fine, so she asked Old Man Hua to set a mule cart to send Liu Dahe and Niu to the town hospital.

The old man Hua drove the mule cart to the town, and when he was about to arrive in the town, Liu Dahe and Niu woke up one after another, Niu felt that he was already well, and he was unwilling to go to the hospital to spend money in vain, so the three of them went home.

Niu was worried about Ah Fu in his heart, and as soon as he returned home, he called Ah Fu to look up and down, and made sure that Ah Fu had a good heart before letting go.

At this time, it was almost dark, Liu Dahe was cleaning up in the courtyard, Niu was sitting alone in the back room and thinking about it, she thought of the words of the Taoist priest a few years ago, and felt that it must be Xiao Qi, the daughter of the broom star, who was in control of the whole family, so the family was poisoned.

Xiao Qi and Ah Fu were muttering outside.

The more Niu thought about it, the more angry he became, he got up and went outside and slapped Xiao Qi hard, Xiao Qi was probably really rough and thick-skinned, and he didn't cry, but his eyes were a little red, but Ah Fu saw his sister being beaten, and cried and cried: "Mother, it's all your fault this time, my sister and I threw away those mushrooms we don't know, and it's all your ...... to blame."

Niu looked at the red and swollen half of his daughter's face and felt that he still didn't understand his hatred, and raised his hand to slap again, but was grabbed by Liu Dahe.

Niu Shi yelled at Liu Dahe: "You let go, let me kill this broom star, she was born when the tengu ate the sun, the Taoist priest said that she was poisoned and kissed, and today it really came true, I knew that I should have strangled her when I was just born,"

Niu kept struggling to go over and fight Xiao Qi, and his mouth was broken: "It's too late to kill her now, so that the whole family will be harmed by her in the future......" Liu Dahe felt that Niu was already stunned, and he didn't dare to let go of Niu Shi.

Xiao Qi was very sad when she heard that Niu was going to kill her, and ran out of the courtyard with red eyes, Ah Fu followed behind and called her sister, Pear Blossom heard Xiao Qi's movement outside the courtyard gate as early as now, knowing that Xiao Qi was beaten, and saw Xiao Qi running out at this moment and hurriedly following her.

But Xiao Qi ran very fast, where could Ah Fu and Pear Blossom catch up with her, seeing Xiao Qi running into the mountains from a distance, Ah Fu and Pear Blossom hurriedly returned to the village to call people, at this time it was already a little dark, Ah Fu tripped over a stone on the way home.

Pear Blossom panted and ran into Xiao Qi's house: "Uncle Dahe, come on, Xiao Qi has run to the mountains." ”

Liu Dahe hurriedly went to the village to find someone to help, and in a panic, he lost a shoe, he was very anxious, although his daughter had great strength, after all, it was still very dangerous to spend the night in the mountains.

Niu thought that Xiao Qi almost gave up the life of the whole family today, and he wished that Xiao Qi would die in the mountains.

Rika said to Niu: "Auntie, Ah Fu fell down on the road, I'll take you to see him." ”

Pear Blossom took Niu to find Ah Fu and helped Ah Fu back home, Ah Fu's foot was broken, and he sat on the wooden bench and looked at Niu with a begging face: "Mother, quickly find someone to find my sister in the mountains, there are wild beasts in the mountains." ”

Pear Blossom: "Auntie, Xiao Qi often praises you in front of me, saying that the food you make tastes good, and Xiao Qi also said that he will honor you well when he grows up, auntie, you go to find someone to help you find Xiao Qi in the mountains." ”

Niu Shi stretched his face and said to Pear Blossom: "What do you do with so many idle things, you don't have to worry about your mother, she is a blind person, hurry up and go home to take care of your mother." ”

Pear Blossom has a strong self-esteem, and has always felt that the people in the village look down on her family, and she was extremely sad to hear Niu's words, and left with tears in her eyes.