Hua Manxi's expression stiffened, and his face began to heat up slightly.

She can't say that this meal is reserved for the gluttonous thieves who come to her kitchen every time to steal food, right?

"Ah, this, this is for Komatsu, I forgot he went to school, hehe-" Witty as she was, she quickly lied and rounded the matter.

"You kid." The eldest aunt looked at her with disgust, and said, "By the way, Sangsang came over early this morning, saying that he wanted to go to the mountains to pick up mushrooms with you, do you want to go?" ”

That's right, this heavy rain has just fallen, there must be a lot of mushrooms on the mountain, fresh mushroom soup, that is the most delicious!

"Go, go, aunt, you help me make noodles at home, I'll pick up mushrooms for a while and come back." Hua Manxi hurriedly ate a pancake, put on a robe, put on a hat, and set off with a basket.

"Sangsang, my aunt said you asked me to pick up mushrooms together?" Hua Manxi stood outside the courtyard of his second aunt and knocked on the door, shouting.

"Full Stream? You came so early? When Hua Sangsang saw her, he was not as cold as before, and smiled at her, "You wait, I'll carry the basket on my back." ”

Hua Manxi nodded, waiting for her to come out with the basket on her back.

"It's not raining anymore, and you're still doing this?" Hua Sangsang looked at Hua Manxi in puzzlement.

"It's not raining, but the forest is full of trees, and it's always wet." Hua Manxi said.

Hua Sangsang pointed to a path not far away and said, "Let's go there, there are the most mushrooms on the mountain over there!" ”

Hua Manxi stared at it, isn't this the same road she was killed last time when she went to pick wild vegetables? After the accident of the original owner, she stopped going to the mountain for a long time, and there was a shadow.

"So, can you change the way?" Hua Manxi frowned, pointing to the road where he and Hua Xiaosong dug bamboo shoots last time, "I think it's okay over there." ”

"There are a lot of bamboos over there, where can bamboo grow mushrooms? Let's go this way. Hua Sangsang pulled a handful of Hua Manxi and left directly.

Hua Manxi is not easy to refuse, anyway, with company, she will not go far.

It had just rained, the mountain road was muddy, and the two of them finally walked to the mountain, and Hua Manxi was so tired that they sweated slightly.

"Wow, that's a lot of mushrooms." Hua Manxi stood under a forest, looking at the winding mountain road, the grass, and the roots of the trees, all of which were densely packed with wild mushrooms, and his heart was so happy that he wanted to fly, which was the most natural joy for the cook to see the ingredients.

She suddenly felt that her legs were no longer sore, and she stopped panting, so she picked up a handy wooden stick and began to pull mushrooms.

Mushrooms can be found everywhere in the dense grass, in the pile of rotten leaves, and at the roots of trees. It was the first time she'd seen so many mushrooms!

"Wow, it's Lion's Mane! So much! Hua Manxi was so happy that he suddenly regretted that he only brought a basket, and he didn't know how to carry the basket on his back! She didn't expect there to be so many mushrooms on this mountain!

"Hey, Manxi, this, you can't eat this, right? We're just picking this up—" Hua Sangsang drank her and compared the chicken fir mushroom and the chicken leg mushroom in her hand.

"Haha, this can be eaten." Hua Manxi puts the lion's mane mushroom in the basket.

"How do you know it's edible, and what if it's poisonous?" Hua Sangsang still didn't believe it, and casually pointed to a red mushroom on the ground, and said, "This beautiful mushroom is poisonous, and someone picked such a mushroom last year and ate it, pulling and spitting." ”

"It's easy to do, I'll teach you." Hua Manxi breathed a sigh of relief, took out the basket of lion's mane mushrooms and the mushroom that Hua Sangsang pointed to, and compared: "These two kinds of mushrooms, one is poisonous, the other is non-toxic, you see the difference between them, non-toxic mushrooms, generally plain in color, the umbrella surface of this mushroom is smooth, there is no wheel on the umbrella surface, and there is no such forked mushroom below, and the poisonous mushroom is bright in color, not only red, but also green and purple, all of which are poisonous." If you look at its shape, it's weird and varied, and the mushroom lid is hard and easy to break, and there's a forked fungus underneath. Smell the smell again, edible mushrooms generally have a faint fragrance, but the smell of poisonous mushrooms is very pungent. ”

Hua Manxi said, paused, and continued: "If you pick mushrooms, you don't know whether they are poisonous or not, and there is one of the most stupid methods, that is, when boiling wild mushrooms, put a few rushes, a little garlic or rice and cook them together, the mushrooms are cooked, and the rushes turn blue-green or purple-green to be poisonous, and those that turn yellow are not poisonous; Garlic or rice is toxic when it changes color, but it is non-toxic if it remains in its natural color without discoloration. ”

After Hua Manxi said this, Hua Sangsang was stunned and looked at her in a daze: "You, how do you know the ground?" Who taught you? ”

Hehe, this is a little embarrassing, I have to go too far, I knew it would not be showy.

Hua Manxi grinned and said nonsense: "This, this is all from reading books." ”

"But you haven't been to school, how can you read?" Hua Sangsang felt even more weird.

"In the past, when Brother Yang went to school, he would go home to teach me and Komatsu to read and write, Brother Yang's books were all rotten, although I couldn't write a few words, but I knew a lot of words, even with guessing, I could still read books." Hua Manxi said seriously.

Hua Sangsang's originally stunned expression became more unpredictable in an instant, and it took a long time before he shouted: "Actually, Ding Xiucai also taught you to read, right?" You used to ask him to borrow books. ”

The original owner borrowed the book under the guise of just wanting to take the opportunity to whisper to Ding Xiucai.

"Hehe, you also taught me a little." Hua Manxi prevaricated, bent down and continued to pull the mushrooms, "Let's continue to pick up mushrooms, there are so many mushrooms, it's good to pick them up and dry them at home." ”

Hua Manxi was full of mushrooms in front of her at the moment, where was there anything to worry about Ding Xiucai, she kept picking up mushrooms in the basket, walking while picking up, and soon picked up a small half basket, not realizing that Hua Sangsang behind her was long gone.

"Wow! Matsutake mushrooms! There are matsutake mushrooms! Hua Manxi shouted with joy when he saw the mushroom on an old pine tree.

In her previous life, matsutake mushrooms were scarce and precious, because matsutake mushrooms were extremely harsh on the environment, and she couldn't imagine that in this mountain forest, she was so lucky to see such a small clump of matsutake mushrooms.

Hua Manxi picked matsutake for the first time, not to mention how worried and happy she was, she also specially picked a few leaves, wrapped this ball of matsutake mushrooms, and then put it in the basket, for fear that it would be mixed with other mushrooms and not easy to clean.

"Hey, Sangsang, Hua Sangsang?" Hua Manxi turned around, only to find that Hua Sangsang was gone!

"Oh my God, it can't be lost, right?" Hua Manxi frowned uneasily, although she didn't have a very good relationship with her, but she was also the cousin of the original owner, so she came out together and lost someone, so she couldn't say anything.

As for the second aunt's temperament, I won't tear her up!

"Flower Sangsang! Flower Sang-san! Hua Manxi raised his voice and returned the way he came, but it had just rained heavily, and it was a forest again, and the white mist was everywhere, and there was no other color to be seen except white and green.

Suddenly, she saw a line of faint footprints on the road, and there was muddy rain on the ground, which was intermittent and blurry.

This flower Sangsang, really, how to walk around! Never come out with her next time!

Hua Manxi was annoyed, put the mushroom basket on the stone on the side, and then followed the footprints to find it.

Leave the mushroom basket, firstly, if Hua Sangsang sees it, she must know that she is nearby, and secondly, there is some danger, and people can know that she is here.

As we walked deeper into the forest, the fog grew heavier, and in the quiet of the forest, there was only the occasional birdsong and the sound of rain falling from the trees.

Hua Manxi looked around, and even felt a little cold.

Suddenly, there was a sound of footsteps behind him—

"Flower Sangsang! Why don't you even make a sound-" Hua Manxi thought it was Hua Sangsang, so he turned his head angrily and blurted out.

However, before she could finish her words, she was tightly covered from behind.

"Uh-huh-" Hua Manxi was startled suddenly, and screamed, but her mouth was tightly covered and she couldn't make a sound, this person had a lot of hands, it was a man, and at that glance just now, she saw that this person was wearing a night suit and a mask.

Hua Manxi's pupils shrank suddenly, thinking of what happened to the original body, could it be that there are really mountain bandits on this mountain? What about the flower mulberry? Could it be that Chenghua Sangsang was also taken captive?

In a panic, Hua Manxi began to struggle violently, and the man covered her mouth and wrapped his arms around her neck, dragging her to the side of the cave.

This is a posture to rob the color! Hua Manxi was in a hurry, opened his mouth suddenly, and bit the palm of the man's hand covering his mouth fiercely, the man was in pain and snorted.

The opportunity must not be lost, the time will not come again, Hua Manxi used all his strength and stepped on his feet fiercely! The man wore a pair of finely embroidered cloth shoes embroidered with green bamboo.

But at the moment, Hua Manxi couldn't care about so much, after stepping on his foot, the man snorted in pain, but he still grabbed her neck tightly and didn't let go.

Hua Manxi grabbed his shirt with his backhand, turned around, faced the man, raised his knee fiercely, and slammed his crotch!

At this moment, the man directly wailed, and let go of his hand in pain.

Hua Manxi was empty, and hurriedly ran back, even gasping for fear of delaying the time to escape.

Although I know that the original body also had an accident here, the hazy feeling of that memory is completely incomparable to the horror I personally felt!

Fortunately, she didn't go far just now, and soon ran out of the forest and saw the mushroom basket she had placed on the stone.

However, even if there is a tiger behind her, as a foodie's instinct, she will never abandon the mushrooms she has worked so hard to pick up!

Hua Manxi quickly lifted the basket and ran down the mountain as if he were dying.

Stumbled back to the small courtyard of the Hua family, and the eldest aunt was startled when she saw her like this, and exclaimed, "What's the matter with you?" Got a ghost to pick you up? ”

"Is Sangsang back?" Hua Manxi couldn't slow down his breath and asked anxiously.