The things that Huang Millet brought were very simple, and the tool for digging Cordyceps was a rusty shovel, and when I saw Yao Wenjing's self-made small hoe, I was curious for a long time.

Along the way, she was chattering, looking like she had no heart in the city, and she said everything, and before it was a day, Yao Wenjing already knew her basic situation.

Huang Xiaomi's father was a third-generation educated youth, who was sent to a remote Butuo village, and gave birth to her with her mother the next year.

Over the years, although the life of a family of three has been hard, but it is also happy, at least from the face of this little girl, talking about her parents, you can feel full of happiness.

The change appeared five years ago, when Huang Xiaomi was ten years old, suddenly there was a policy, and the educated youth of that year had the opportunity to return to the city.

Either pass the college entrance examination or recruit workers to return to the city, but they all have a common condition, that is, they must be single.

The mother felt sorry for her man, and when she learned the news, she immediately divorced him, and the man also promised that as long as he settled down, he would come back and take their mother and daughter into the city.

But this time it was five years, and since then there has been no news, and my desperate mother has recently fallen ill.

However, when talking about this, the little girl still looked optimistic, and did not feel that her father did not want them at all, but thought that her father must have encountered some difficulties, so there was no news.

"Sister, I heard that someone in the commune is collecting Cordyceps and can exchange it for money, so I went up the mountain, and when I have money, I can treat my mother, or I can go to the city to find my father."

This Butuo village is far away from the commune of Ah La Township, and if you walk to catch up with the field, you need to walk one day a day. It can only be reached at night, so a trip to the commune is also a very difficult and luxurious thing for the people of this village.

Yao Wenjing was a little emotional, compared with Butuo Village, she suddenly didn't feel that Fenghuang Village was remote, just like in the city, she wanted to say to Huang Xiaomi, don't sell it to the commune for money, he is a profiteer, and the price is very low.

However, he is still a mud bodhisattva crossing the river, although he wants to sell it in the county seat, but it is unknown who he can sell to in the county seat and how much he can sell it for a price.

Yao Wenjing could only hug her shoulder silently, which was considered comfort, she thought, if she could break a way to sell Cordyceps in the county, she would definitely bring this little girl with her at that time.

It's just that I heard Huang Xiaomi talk about her father in front of her many times, saying that he would definitely come back to pick them up, but with Yao Wenjing's life experience, it can almost be judged that this man will definitely not come back a long time ago.

It is very likely that he got married and had children in the city a long time ago, and had a new life of his own, otherwise how could he not have returned to Butuo Village for five years to take a look, except for the first year, and in the following years, there was not even a letter?

Several times, Yao Wenjing wanted to persuade her and her mother to live well, why bother to go to the city to find this father who abandoned them back, but when the words came to her mouth, she gave up again, because she didn't want to break the dream that Huang Xiaomi had been clinging to in her heart for so many years.

Thanks to Huang Xiaomi, Yao Wenjing has taken a lot of detours along the way, after all, she is a child at the foot of the mountain and has a lot of experience.

They dug Cordyceps as they walked, although there were not many Cordyceps along the way, but because there were a lot fewer people digging up, Yao Wenjing gained a lot, and the two of them walked and stopped for another four or five days.

At this time, when climbing the mountain with a basket on his back, Yao Wenjing was already panting heavily, and along the way, it was rare to see anyone coming up.

The weather also began to change, even during the day, they also had to put on heavy cotton jackets to keep out the cold, even if the sun came out, looking bright, there was not much temperature on the body.

Yao Wenjing made a preliminary estimate that the altitude here is at least about 4300, but the large grass mountain with Cordyceps in the imagination did not appear, but many places around it began to be covered with unmelted snow, a small area, it was a little difficult to walk, and the speed of their uphill was slower.

I had already eaten almost half of the potato cake and pumpkin pie I brought, mainly because I didn't eat much of the yellow millet, Yao Wenjing saw her pitiful appearance, so she gave some to her.

It seems that they have to find the grassy mountain with a lot of cordyceps as soon as possible, otherwise they will not have enough dry food and will not be able to survive on the mountain, so they will have to go down the mountain.

"Xiaomi, didn't you say that you have also been up the mountain before, then do you remember how long it will take to walk that grassy mountain?"

At this time, Huang Mi finally told the truth.

"Sister, I lied to you before, I came up before, but I never climbed to such a height, I think, it should probably be nearby."

Yao Wenjing wrapped her clothes, rubbed her red nose, and wrapped her headscarf tighter.

Since you have come, you can't return in vain.

She checked the cordyceps hanging in the cloth pocket around her neck, estimated that it was only about three catties, and took it to the market to sell, even if the price was twice as high as Qian Fugui, it would not sell much, if she missed this opportunity, once this year's cordyceps season passed, the idea of grabbing the first pot of gold by cordyceps would be in vain.

"Xiaomi, I don't know what's going on on the mountain, if you're worried, you can go back the way you came, and I'll go up alone."

Huang Mi straightened her chest again and patted her chest. Dried meat.

"I'm not afraid, I want to be with my sister, with blessings and hardships."

At this moment, Yao Wenjing was moved by this little girl.

After experiencing countless social beatings in her previous life, she was not so easy to trust a person, but at this moment she still chose to believe in Huang Xiaomi, and even secretly rejoiced that she could have such a companion, at least on the way up the mountain, which gave her a lot of courage to continue.

Both of them were gasping for breath, and the speed of their march was very slow, and they were far away, when they suddenly saw a large low bush forest suddenly appeared on the bare mountain.

Looks like a cuckoo?

At an altitude of more than 4,000 altitudes, it is rare to see cuckoos, especially in such patches that it seems impossible to see at a glance.

When I saw it, Huang Xiaomi was still a little excited.

"Sister, I think that through this rhododendron forest, it must be the legendary grassy mountain."

Yao Wenjing also seemed to see hope, and the two of them tried to speed up their pace, but where it seemed to be close, they walked for several hours to arrive, and by the time they reached the small coniferous rhododendron forest, the sky had already darkened.

Looking at it like this, the possibility of wanting to go through the rhododendron forest to find the grass mountain today is very small, Yao Wenjing immediately decided to recharge in this rhododendron forest tonight and continue to move forward tomorrow.

At this time, some of the rhododendrons have already bloomed, and the low purple-red azaleas bloom on the branches, although they are only waist-high, and the flowers are blooming brilliantly.

Looking at these beautiful flowers, the previous exhaustion was swept away, and not far away, there was a high mountain and a sea, and at this moment, when night fell, the temperature began to drop sharply, and a thick fog rose on the lake.

Huang Mi also recovered in an instant, and even ran up, ran far away to Haizi, picked up cool water and drank several sips.

Suddenly pointed not far away.

"Sister, look what it is."