So it is absolutely necessary to avoid suspicion!

After Uncle Niu's explanation, Sheng Qingqing's gratitude to the old village chief has reached a higher level.

"I look good at this house, but this has not been inhabited for a long time, and the small place still needs to rest and recuperate before it can be inhabited."

The wooden house is indeed not too dilapidated and should have been built in recent years. But the people who built it should not be too careful, so the wooden house seems a little rough, after several years of wind and sun, and no one takes care of the maintenance, there are already some small places with loopholes, if it is not renovated, it can still live, but it is certainly not good.

Kong Gaoming laughed, "I have rough skin and thick meat, I can live anywhere, I don't pay attention to it." ”

But when he said this, the group decided to go into the cabin and check it out.

After all, the house in front of me is made of wood, and it has been exposed to the wind and sun for several years without maintenance, if it just doesn't go well, I'm afraid there will be some big problems.

For example, the roof beam is too fragile, and if you are not careful, it is easy to collapse, crush or even crush the people living in the house.

It's a matter of safety, so it's better to be cautious.

Kong Gaoming was not so careful, but seeing that Sheng Qingqing and Second Uncle Niu were seriously looking around, he scratched his head and could only join this "inspection team".

And the final inspection results proved that Sheng Qingqing and Second Uncle Niu's caution was absolutely right.

Sure enough, they found a big crack in the beam. The whole crack is very hidden, and if you don't look carefully, you will definitely not be able to see it. But if this crack widens, it will be absolutely devastating for the people who live in the house.

In addition to this, they also found a nest of termites on the beams of the house.

Wooden houses are inherently prone to termites, let alone this kind of house that has not been taken care of for several years.

A few people cleaned up the termite nest.

"Brother Kong will live in my house today, and after the beam is replaced, he will move in."

In these years, the peasant man has several skills in his hands. Changing the beams of the house is not a difficult task for Second Uncle Niu, "It happens to be winter, and there are many good wood on the mountain, let's go up the mountain tomorrow to have a look." ”

Kong Gaoming was grateful, nodded again and again, and thanked: "Then thank you brother!" ”

"With a little effort, I don't have anything to do tomorrow." Second Uncle Niu smiled and waved his hand, and said with a smile: "Do you want to follow Second Uncle to the mountains to have a look, although you can't find much game at this time, but if you are lucky, it is also a matter of maybe." ”

However, when he turned his gaze to Sheng Qingqing's body, he found that she was half-squatting on the ground, looking at something carefully, and her hands were still moving.

However, Sheng Qingqing was facing away from them at this time, and what he was doing was not visible to Second Uncle Niu.

"Girl, what are you doing?" Second Uncle Niu asked and took a closer look.

This look was shocking, in front of Sheng Qingqing, at this time, it was the termite nest they had cleared just now. If it was just like this, Second Uncle Niu would not be frightened. After all, termites are all too common in rural areas.

What really frightened him was Sheng Qingqing's behavior at this time.

I saw a thin little girl, who was rummaging in the termite nest with a branch. Under her movements, the termites kept fleeing in panic, but Sheng Qingqing did not give up, she still persevered in moving the branches. In her left hand, she was holding a white mushroom-shaped mass. When Second Uncle Niu came over, he happened to see Sheng Qingqing actually trying to stuff this white thing into his mouth.

How can such a strange and strange thing of unknown origin be casually stuffed into your mouth!

Second Uncle Niu was so shocked that he didn't even have time to speak, so he stepped forward directly and snatched the things in Sheng Qingqing's hand.

Sheng Qingqing didn't even react, and subconsciously turned around, still with a blank look in her eyes.

"Second Uncle......"

As soon as she said two words, she was directly interrupted, and she heard Second Uncle Niu's urgent voice: "You girl, why do you put anything in your mouth casually, what if it's poisonous?!" ”

Sheng Qingqing was stunned and didn't say anything for a long time......

Second Uncle Niu saw her stunned and pitiful appearance, and his heart suddenly couldn't bear it. He softened his cold and hard expression, softened his tone, and said in a good voice: "Miss Qing, next time, you have to pay attention, these things are so weird, how can you put them in your mouth and eat them?" ”

What's more, it's still pulled out of the pile of worms!

Second Uncle Niu also wondered in his heart, in the past, Sheng Qingqing, a girl, was not very bold, although she would not scream and be born when she saw such a bunch of insects, she would definitely walk around. Why is it that now he has become so bold, not only dare to smash the worm's nest, but also dare to take the things in the worm's nest and put it directly in his mouth!

"But......" Sheng Qingqing raised her hand weakly.

Looking at her pitiful appearance, the only trace of fire in Second Uncle Niu's heart was suddenly extinguished, and he sighed: "What's wrong?" ”

Sheng Qingqing opened her mouth dryly and said, "Second uncle, I know this thing, and I've eaten it, it's not poisonous." ”

"Do you recognize?!"

Now it was not only Second Uncle Niu, but even Kong Gaoming couldn't help but exclaim.

Sheng Qingqing couldn't help but show a puzzled look on her face, "Second uncle, this termite nest should be very common in the village, haven't you seen this chicken fir fungus?" ”

"What...... What fungus?? Second Uncle Niu was at a loss.

They've seen quite a few termite nests. But every time these termites appear, they are eating the beams and pillars of the house, which is very hateful. After all, the houses in those years were all made of wood, and the beams and pillars were gnawed, so the house was not far from collapsing. Therefore, the villagers have an extreme aversion to termites, and when they see it, they must destroy the termite nest as soon as they see it. In order to prevent the nest of termites from escaping the net and continuing to breed into swarms, after being discovered, they were directly burned with fire.

As for the situation of going rummaging in the termite nest like Sheng Qingqing is now, there is basically none.

And even once or twice, no one will notice that the strange mushrooms in the termite nest will be edible.

Unless they're dying of starvation, who wants to eat what's in a bug's nest!

However, now some people are swearing that this strange thing can be eaten?

Even Second Uncle Niu, who regarded Sheng Qingqing as his daughter, couldn't help but show a suspicious look at this time. Not to mention Kong Gaoming, this guy has always been a rough person, and he never hides any thoughts in his heart.

As long as they are not fools, they can see the deep unbelief of the two of them.

Sheng Qingqing is naturally not a fool, but she is also helpless now. Because she didn't know how to explain the benefits of this chicken fir fungus.

The name chicken fir fungus comes from modern times. The name of the ancient times is unknown, but in Sheng Qingqing's memory, the deliciousness of chicken fir mushrooms is beyond doubt.

The internal fiber structure and color of the chicken fir fungus resemble chicken, and there is the special aroma of chicken when eating, so it is named chicken fir fungus. It is a symbiotic fungus of termites, which build the nest and cultivate the mycelium of the chicken fungus to form a common ecosystem, and this fungus generally grows in the moist and warm southern forest.

But in this backward era, the houses are all made of wood, so the termite nests hidden in these houses will also produce these delicious chicken fir fungi.

The chicken mushroom meat is thick and fat, the quality is fine and white, and the taste is sweet and crispy. It contains amino acids, proteins, fats, vitamins and trace elements necessary for the human body.

But most importantly, it tastes very delicious, much more delicious than ordinary mushrooms.

In historical records, the chicken fir mushrooms in the past were exclusively for the royal family!

And there are many ways to eat chicken fir, you can use a single ingredient as a dish, and you can also match it with vegetables, fish and various mountain and sea delicacies, whether it is fried, fried, pickled, fried, mixed, stewed, roasted, stewed, steamed or made soup, its taste is very fresh, the crown of bacteria!

Thinking of this, Sheng Qingqing's saliva couldn't help but start secreting strongly.

"Second uncle, you believe me, this is definitely edible, and its deliciousness is definitely beyond your imagination!" Sheng Qingqing said with a serious face.