The Space-Time Boss: 1970s Revolution

Chapter 33: Mushroom Picking

She carefully picked mushrooms one by one, placing them into the basket lined with some wild vegetables at the bottom.

"Little sister, this one isn't edible. It's completely black..."

Fu Hong peered into her basket and shouted out.

She calmly replied, "This is a black porcini mushroom. It's edible and highly nutritious."

"Really? The color is quite strange."

He scratched his head and continued picking the wood ear mushrooms from the nearby dead trees.

After finishing with this patch of mushrooms, the group continued onward.

They picked many mushrooms and wild vegetables along the way. She found numerous black porcini mushrooms. Due to their color, the villagers were too wary to pick them, which was to her benefit.

The post-rain forest was indeed rich in resources.

They passed several large chestnut trees covered in white fluff flowers, and she knew that in a few months, wild chestnuts would be ready.

As they ventured deeper into the mountains, the trees grew denser, and the light became dimmer under the thick canopy.

This area was clearly frequented; there were footprints and traps around.

She looked at a small pit and asked her two brothers, "Can traps like this catch anything?"

The brothers exchanged glances, and Fu Yu explained with a smile, "This is clearly a trap made by the village's intellectual youth. Anyone older in the village knows that traps shouldn't be dug like this. It's too shallow to catch even a chicken."

"Oh..."

They changed direction and found another patch of dead trees covered in wood ear mushrooms, and more mushrooms and wild vegetables in the grass. They continued to work diligently.

She found a lot of tea tree mushrooms on an old tea tree, which were truly a delicacy. Carefully picking them, she placed them into the basket. Just as she was about to leave, she noticed something unusual beneath the layers of leaves under the tree. She put down the basket, crouched down, and cleared the leaves to reveal a wild ginseng plant.

The ginseng was lush and bore red fruit.

Using a small shovel, she carefully dug around the ginseng and removed it from the soft soil. The ginseng was about a hundred years old. She picked a large tree leaf, wrapped the ginseng, and put it into the basket.

Calling her two brothers over, they gathered around her.

She presented the ginseng from the basket to her aunt with a proud smile.

"What is this?"

Li Xiufen unwrapped the leaf and was stunned by what she saw.

Fu Hong was so surprised he almost jumped, "My goodness, where did you find this?"

She pointed to the old tea tree behind her, "I found it under that tree..."

"Little sister, you're so lucky..." Fu Yu marveled.

Indeed, finding ginseng on the outskirts of the mountain was rare. No one had mentioned finding ginseng there before.

Fu Xiao smiled brightly, "Aunt, quickly pack it up. This is a very precious hundred-year-old ginseng..."

"Okay, I'll pack it up and give it to you when we get home," Li Xiufen said with a smile, gently ruffling her hair.

After collecting all the wood ear mushrooms, mushrooms, and wild vegetables, they prepared to head back.