Chapter 195: Didn't bet on the right treasure
After breakfast, they rested for a while, then packed up and continued on their way.
Walking in the mixed wood forest is much more interesting than the day before, Yunxi in addition to finding more blue persimmons, but also lucky to find a lot of wild kiwifruit, although not yet ripe, also relatively small, the size of a table tennis ball, but Yunxi they still picked a lot, according to Shui Yi, this kind of take home and put it in the wheat circle to cover it for a few days to eat, and it will not be damaged on the road.
Yunxi was a collector and persuaded Ye Yuan to dig one and go home, but after looking for a long time, they were all intertwined old vines, and a small seedling was not found, so Yunxi had to give up helplessly.
In addition to the kiwi, they also encountered a lot of wild grapes, thick vines climbed high along the trunk, the larger trees could withstand it, and the smaller trees were simply bent. But it's a pity that the grapes are still green, Yunxi picked one curiously and ate it, and his sour face was crowded together, which made Zhou Han and the others laugh.
In addition to grapes, there are many wild hawthorns, but they are also green and cannot be eaten.
In fact, it is not good for them to choose this season, if it is earlier, there are a lot of mountain flowers to see in spring, or later, there will be countless fruits to eat, but they choose summer, disappointment is inevitable.
But since she knows that there are so many wild grapes here, Yunxi decided to wait until autumn, no matter what, she has to touch Ye Yuan to come again, she doesn't care if she eats it or not, the key is to make wine, although there are now domestic grapes, but Yunxi is sure that most of the grapes that can be transmitted to Youzhou are table grapes, and winemaking is probably not good, at most it will make some sweet grape juice, and now sugar is so expensive, it is a waste to brew grape juice.
What also made Yunxi feel pity was that they also came across a small apricot grove, at first Yunxi didn't realize that they were apricot trees, because they were too tall, each of them was more than ten meters high, which was completely different from the five or six meter tall apricot trees in her impression.
It wasn't until she noticed the dense pits under her feet that she realized that such a tall tree was actually a fruit tree, and when she looked closely, the leaves were almost the same as an apricot tree.
"Uncle Shuiyi, are these apricot trees?"
Shui Yi picked up a fruit core and looked at it, then looked around for a while, and then smiled at Yunxi, "We are lucky, this should be an edible mountain apricot, Yunxi, you can dig a few small saplings and go back." ”
Apricot trees are not as stingy as kiwis, and there are many small saplings in the woods, but Yunxi is puzzled by how to judge that the fruits of these apricot trees are edible? You know, now the fruit is only the apricot pit.
Seeing that Yunxi was a little suspicious, Shui hurriedly explained his discovery to her, "Yunxi took a look, these small branches on the ground, are they not dry yet, they are still a little green, it is obvious that they have only been broken for a long time, there are few people here, it is obviously not artificially broken, but the monkeys or squirrels in this mountain broke when picking fruits, since monkeys and squirrels can eat them, then we can definitely eat them." ”
Yunxi looked at the scattered branches on the ground, a little disbelieving, not man-made or not necessarily small animals, or it may be blown off by the mountain wind, or broken by a monkey fight, this explanation is a bit far-fetched, but it doesn't matter, anyway, I haven't heard of apricots that can't be eaten, at most it's not delicious, just collect a specimen, even if it's not delicious, it's absolutely suitable to be a rootstock, such a tall head, to be full of apricots, it's exciting to think about!
So Yunxi decided, dig!
In fact, there is no need to dig, the humus soil in this forest is very thick, and the root system of the newborn saplings is not deep, and Ye Yuan pulled one out with a pull, so Yunxi unceremoniously let Ye Yuan pull out seven or eight trees.
Like blueberry seedlings, wrap them together in mud, tie them with several thick layers of leaves, and then tie them tightly before carrying them on their backs. No, the moisture in the summer is dissipated quickly, and it may not be able to reach the home if it is not packaged well.
In addition to this tall apricot tree, Yunxi also saw a few tall hawthorn trees after a while, according to Shui Yi, the fruits on those trees were larger than ordinary hawthorns, and when ripe, they were not red fruits, but yellow. The taste of the two is also slightly different, the red hawthorn is a little more flattering, and the moisture of the yellow hawthorn is a little higher and a little sour, but it is sweet and sour, and the taste of the red hawthorn that sells rock sugar gourds is almost the same.
Yunxi listened to Shui Yi's description, the sour saliva in her mouth was about to be left out, thinking that it would be good to be able to make rock sugar gourds at home, Yunxi did not hesitate to find the small sapling, luckily, she found two trees without walking a few steps, so the yellow hawthorn was also pocketed by Yunxi.
Picking and digging all the way, Zhou Han not only had no opinions, but also was very active, without his urging, everyone walked more and more slowly, until the sun rose overhead, everyone's stomach was hungry, only to find that they had only walked half the way, and there was still a long distance from the cliff at the top of the mountain.
But the trees and shrubs and grasses of the mixed trees and trees are dense everywhere, and it is difficult to find a place to cook, so everyone has to hurry hungry.
When we finally arrived at a mountain pass with a spring, the sun looked like it was already slanting a little, and the temperature of the day had reached its highest point.
Zhou Han half-leaned on a mountain rock without any image, and said breathlessly: "Look at the sky, it's almost the end of the hour." Looks like we're not going back tonight. ”
"If you can't go back, stay there." Ye Fu continued, "There's nothing to be afraid of, fresh game to eat, what a beautiful day, I said Brother Zhou, didn't you say that you were going to stay for seven or eight days when you didn't come?" Why did I feel homesick after only two days? ”
"Did I say that? Not at all! Zhou Han laughed and refused to admit it, "But seriously, Brother Fu, your cooking skills are really good, thank you!" ”
Yunxi looked at Ye Fu strangely, and then at Zhou Han, not understanding when these two became familiar enough to call each other brothers. And Zhou Han is not such a polite person, calling her and Yun Jin, they are girls every day, and they are children when they are called Yunkai, even Ye Yuan, who is still a source boy, Ye Fu can get him a word of Brother Fu, how rare it is! Even if Ye Fu is older than Ye Yuan, he is much younger than Zhou Han, and calling him Brother Fu is completely successful.
While Zhou Han went to the spring to wash his face, Yunxi hurried close to Ye Fu and asked in a low voice, "Fu Bo, tell me how you made Mr. look the other way?" ”
Ye Fu smiled, "Because I have good cooking skills, didn't Mr. Gang say it?" ”
Yunxi shook his head, no matter how good Fu Bo's skills are, if he can have Aunt Zhang's skills, he didn't even praise him. Can such a person be called a brother and sister because of a few meals of game, and the ghost will believe it?
"Actually, it's because we've known each other before." Ye Fu said, "Your father may have forgotten when he was young, before we came to Youzhou, we had dealings with this Mr. Zhou Han. At that time, he and the official family were not well developed, and your grandfather also funded them with some money, but it was ......"
It's just that grandpa looked away later and didn't bet on the right treasure, so now that people are developed, they are down.