The three of them talked as they walked, their six eyes carefully searching the surroundings for any movements and pine mushrooms. The two women were very careful. Every time they saw pine mushrooms, they would pick up a few stones from the ground and throw them near the pine mushrooms. After making sure that there were no suspicious movements, he walked over and picked up the pine mushrooms into the basket. After picking them up, he continued to look for the next cluster.
"Mou Lin, come and take a look. What are these fungi? Can it be eaten?"
Mou Lin quickly walked over." You can't eat this fungus. It's called cow dung fungus. It's very poisonous." Eating one can take your life."
"What kind of morel mushroom did you mention first? Why haven't I seen it before?"
"Hehe, this is a pine forest, so the most common ones are definitely pine mushrooms. Morchella usually grows in bamboo forests. Under the cap, it looked like you girls were wearing skirts. That fungus was delicious, and it was even ranked above this pine fungus. Many people who saw the morel fungus for the first time didn't dare to pick it because it had another name, Snake Skin Fungus. It was given to it by the people here. It was because the dress looked like the skin of a snake. In fact, you should have heard of its other name, which is bamboo fungus.”
The two girls 'eyes were so bright that they could light up the road at night." Then let's hurry up and pick the morels, okay?”
Mou Lin shook his head." Not now. The best time to pick up the morel fungus is after the rain." If he went to pick them up now, he definitely wouldn't find much. It had not rained for a few days. Moreover, if the fungus ruined the dress, it would not taste too good. Look, there are still so many pine mushrooms in our basket. It won't be good if we mix them up.”
The two girls gave up the idea and quickly lowered their heads to pick up the pine mushrooms. Mou Lin glanced at them from the corner of his eyes." Sisters, are you trying to cut off the roots of these pine mushrooms?" He couldn't pick them like that. He had to leave a part of the roots in the soil. If he picked all the roots, no pine mushrooms would grow.”
The two women stopped. Mou Lin stepped forward and bent down. He pinched a pine mushroom with two fingers. With a slight force, the tail of the pine mushroom was left in the soil. A small white dot could be seen.
The two girls understood now. They went forward and picked one each." Mou Lin, look.”
Mou Lin nodded and smiled.""Yes, it's like this. This pine mushroom has another name here. It's called melon flower. Outsiders definitely don't know about it. Don't you think the color of this fungus is very similar? Actually, there are many edible fungi, but in our village, there are only three kinds that we like to eat the most. Pine mushroom was one of them. There was also a morel mushroom. The most delicious one was the Sanba mushroom.”
Xie Meng was dumbfounded." What do you mean by three dam mushrooms? Why have I never heard of this fungus? What does it look like?"
Mou Lin was also confused." You don't know Sanba Mushroom? How was that possible? Have you never been to the countryside?”
Tian Xiaoli knew a little about it." I've eaten the Sanba Mushroom before. It's really delicious. I've only eaten it once. Mou Lin, tell us, what other names do Sanba Mushrooms have?”
Mou Lin patted his forehead." Oh my god, how can you two not know the number one fungus?" Isn't this a little too ridiculous?"
The two women came back to their senses and said in unison,"Chicken legs, chicken leg mushrooms. Is that your name?"
"Oh right, is this the scientific name of the Sanba mushroom?”
"Where can I find it? Hurry up and bring us to harvest."
"Hehe, that's impossible. He had to try his luck. No wonder you rarely eat this kind of fungus. We villagers usually don't sell this kind of fungus after picking it. We eat it for our own family. No matter what kind of meat was stewed, if a little Sanba mushroom was added, the taste would be even fresher than if it was added with msg. Even if they didn't eat it for the time being, they would have to wait until it was dried and stored. When the family reunited during the New Year, they would take it out to make soup. If he wanted to pick that thing, he would have to wait until the sky cleared up after the rain.”
The two women were quite disappointed, but there was nothing they could do. As the three of them chatted and laughed, their baskets were already full, so they had to return home.
The three of them gently poured out the pine mushrooms they had picked and spread them on the drying dam to dry. Mou Lin walked to the tool room and took out a hoe and an earthworm jar from the space. He held them in his hands and then walked out.
"Mou Lin, there's still a lot of dirt on the pine mushroom.”
"Hehe, actually, these things attached to it aren't very dirty. It's just some moss and the like. It really makes people feel uncomfortable. If he still wanted to eat it, he would definitely have to wash it. If he didn't eat it now, he could just leave it in the sun. After it was dried, he would gently pat it and all the things attached to it would fall off. It would be fine if he washed it again before putting it into the pot. This fellow's contractibility was too high. After drying it, there was not much left.”
"You mean that the moisture content in the pine mushroom is too high. After drying, the dried leaves and moss attached to it will automatically fall off?”
"Yes, you also saw it during the process of collecting the fungus. Although it drilled out of the soil, it won't touch the soil. Only the pine needles and moss will be stained on the top. If you wash it now, it's very easy to wash the pine fungus. Of course, I'll wash some later. We still have lunch. I'll go dig earthworms for you now. After that, you can go fishing. I'll cook for you at home.”
The two curious children were interested again." We'll do this job. Just tell us where we can dig up earthworms."”
Mou Lin nodded." Alright, I'll leave it to you. It's in the woods behind the house. I dug up the loose ground and covered it with dried leaves. It's easy to find." I'll go wash the pine mushrooms now."
Tian Xiaoli and Xie Meng each took a hoe and a jar of earthworms and walked into the forest again. The last time they went into the forest to pick pine mushrooms, the two of them had seen that place, so they didn't have to waste their energy to find it. They just walked straight to it.
Tian Xiaoli had just dug a little when she immediately shouted. Then Mou Lin heard Xie Meng's voice.
"Wow, this is too much."
"Wow, this earthworm is so good. Quickly pick it up in the jar. Don't let it run away.”
Mou Lin didn't care about what Tian Xiaoli and Xie Meng were doing. He just took a basin and some pine mushrooms and walked to the well.
He scooped up two ladles of water and poured them into the basin with pine mushrooms. After soaking them for a while, some of the dirty things attached to the pine mushrooms fell into the water. He picked up the dead leaves and threw them away. He scooped up the pine mushrooms floating on the water and placed them into the dustpan. Then, he poured away the water in the basin. He poured the pine mushrooms into the basin, added water, and gently waved his hand in the basin. There wasn't much left of the dirt attached to the fungus. He carefully inspected each flower, and gently wiped away any dirt before placing them in the basket.
After all the pine fungi in the basin had entered the bamboo basket, he poured away the dirty water in the basin and washed the pine fungi in the bamboo basket with clean water again. Then, very beautiful and clean pine fungi came out one after another.
He poured it into a small dustpan to drain the water. At the same time, he tore the pine mushrooms into strips with his hands and brought them home to be cooked.
Tian Xiaoli and Xie Meng moved very quickly. They only dug two hoes and were done. He picked up the earthworms and put them in a jar. He saw Mou Lin washing the pine fungi by the well and quickly ran over to see.
"Wow, Mou Lin, you're so fast. You've already washed it."
"Hehe, this is washing wet pine mushrooms. It'll be faster if I wash dry pine mushrooms. Just watch. When the pine mushrooms in the drying dam are dried, come and see my actions. I guarantee that I'll give you a big surprise. Let's go fishing. We still have lunch.”
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