My village can't be like this

Chapter 566 Traveling into the mountains
In summer, the mountains and forests are filled with the crisp sounds of insects and birds. When you are in it, you can completely feel the coexistence of tranquility and excitement.

It's like an elegant light concert, which can immerse people's hearts without feeling lonely.

As soon as they entered the forest, Zhang An and the others encountered a large clump of very dense and dense red thorn vines with many branches and leaves. This is one of the many dream seeds in the mountains. It is similar to the vine, but the color of the fruit is different when it matures. That’s all.

On every branch of its tree, there are many green, red, purple and black red weeds.

The green ones are because the red weeds have just grown and are still raw. They will slowly turn into red, purple, and finally black.

Under normal circumstances, it can be eaten after it turns red. Most of them are picked and used as medicinal materials at this time, so it is named red.

However, the ripeness of the red weeds at this time is not high. The fruits are hard and taste very sour. Generally, few people are willing to pick them just for eating.

After the red water chestnut turns from red to purple, the taste and texture will undergo an earth-shaking change. Although there is still a trace of sour juice when eating, it is mostly sweet.

The red weed is at its most delicious at this time. It is sour and sweet. Although the fruit is a little softer, it is not broken when touched. Many children in the village who go to the mountains to herd cattle will eat it here. It's time to take action against it.

Even some adults who went to the fields would pick a few and eat them after seeing it. Then they would find a few big tree leaves and pick the rest and take them home to their children.

In later generations, many people would go into the mountains to pick these things and buy them on the street. It was also at this time.

When the time is later, when the purple red asparagus completely turns black, the fruit will become very soft, and you don’t even need to bite it with your teeth when you put it in your mouth. The pulp and juice will bloom in your mouth with a sip.

At this time, the red asparagus has reached the stage of ripeness, and when you taste it, you can feel the presence of a hint of sourness. It is the sweetest time, not worse than honey at all.

However, the fruits are too soft, so they can only be picked and eaten on the spot, not taken away. Moreover, within a few days, these red water chestnuts will naturally fall from the thorn vines to the ground, where they will either rot in the ground or be eaten by ants. Wait for these animals to be moved away for food.

At this time, in the tent in front of Zhang An and the others, many ripe red asparagus fell on the ground, and many industrious ants were moving them into their nests.

"Hey, this is the wild fruit that the village elder brought to us last night. We saw it as soon as we entered the mountains, but this fruit is much smaller."

Zhang Zilin seemed to have never been in an ordinary mountain, and her interest arose as soon as she saw this.

Last night, Zhang Jianwen brought about a kilogram of red asparagus to Zhang An's house. The sweet and sour wild fruit instantly conquered her, who had never tasted such wild fruit before.

So she always thought that there wouldn't be many wild fruits like this, so she was so surprised now.

When she later discovered that it can grow in damp soil and can be seen everywhere, she probably got used to it.

While she was still surprised, Ding Yi had already stepped forward, picked them one by one and fed them into their Ding Zijie's mouth.

Little Siqi is no exception. The uncles, aunts, brothers and sisters in the village often pick them and bring them home to him, so he never hesitates when it comes to food, unless it is something he has never seen before.

"Let's go. This bunch of fruits is too small. I guess the soil here is too poor and the sweetness is not very high. If we walk further in, there will be more inside, and they will all be big. It tastes very sweet, just like the one my uncle brought last night.”

Zhang An ate a few pills and fed a few pills to his son on his shoulder, then gave up on the red mushroom.

Because the red asparagus produced was really not big, he, who had eaten countless Mengzi since he was a child, naturally didn't notice it.

What Zhang Jianwen brought over last night were all picked by Zhang Ping in the forest further inside.

Usually, no one would go to the places he went, so he basically chose many wild fruits in the mountains.

The fat man and his wife, who were still focused on picking red weeds and stuffing them into their mouths, stopped immediately when they heard this.

Because the taste of these red water chestnuts is indeed not as good as the ones the old village chief brought last night, and they are not satisfying to eat.

Sure enough, the further you go into the mountains, the more red thorn vines you see. They can be found on any bank of a stream, and there are also other rice-planting vines, field thorns, etc.

Not only do they grow flat, dense and large, but the fruits they produce are indeed much larger than the ones we just encountered before. It is really enjoyable to eat.

This actually has a lot to do with the route they took into the mountains. Not many people usually take this road, so these dreams are preserved.

If they had been on a more mountainous mountain road, or on the road where the group of cowherd boys in the village often herded cattle, they would have been extinct long ago.

Originally, walking on the mountain road was quite strenuous, because neither Fatty, Zhang Zilin, nor Ding Yi and Li Li usually walked on the mountain road.

But along the way, everyone took a few steps and stopped to pick the seeds for a while. Unknowingly, after walking for a long time on the mountain road, everyone felt tired and needed a rest, and even felt a little full in their stomachs.

"Okay, it's already noon now, and the sun is getting brighter. This place is quite nice. Let's rest here and I'll give you some outdoor flavor packages."

When they arrived at Shuijingchong, Zhang An found a fairly spacious dam nearby and told everyone.

As a family with a family, it was not impossible for them to go into the mountains to have fun, but it was definitely unrealistic to go deep into the mountains.

Shuijingchong is undoubtedly a very suitable place to rest and rest. The forest is not small, but it is not very deep either.

What's more important is that there are mountain springs here. Although these springs dried up during the previous drought, after the rain later, the mountain springs emerged again.

No one had any objections to Zhang An's arrangement. After all, Zhang An was the most familiar with this place among them all.

So after Ding handed the Ding Zi in his arms to Li Li, he took out a large piece of bedsheet from the pocket he brought with him and spread it with Fatty in the dam. This was what Zhang An had bought specially before and brought to the wild for use. , thicker than ordinary bed sheets, and much wider, very suitable.

After the paving was completed, the two little guys had already started playing on it. Su Ying, Li Li, and Zhang Zilin also took out the food they had brought out.

These are snacks, mostly brought by Ding Yi, because every time this guy comes back, he has to bring some back.

Zhang An, on the other hand, chose a place near the stream and started digging a hole with a branch, preparing to dig out a temporary fire pit.

Although I had already eaten at home and didn’t need to fill up another meal at noon, it still took me so long to go into the mountains.

"Fat man, come with me. Let's go pick up firewood nearby."

Seeing Zhang An digging a fire pit, they couldn't help him much, so Ding Yi called the fat man to look for firewood around.

This is not the first time for him to play in the mountains, so he needs to be familiar with it.

This was the first time that Fatty followed Ding Yi out, and he was very interested. Naturally, he followed Ding Yi eagerly.

Going to the mountains is not just about enjoying the natural scenery, blowing the mountain breeze, and looking at the green trees and wild flowers.

It is more important to do some down-to-earth things, such as picking some wild fruits, having a picnic, catching some prey if possible, fishing for small fish, etc. These can make people happier than anything else. "When you are collecting firewood, pay attention to the deep places in the grass and woods, and use a long stick in your hand to hit it a little. Although we are not going very deep and there are no old poisons, there are still cauliflower snakes."

When Ding Yi and Fatty went out, Zhang An reminded him.

Because during this season many snakes will take shelter in dark places such as grass or shrubs.

Although small and highly toxic old poisons like Xiaoqing and Xiaoyin won't appear in Shuijingchong, there are still a lot of common non-toxic spicy strips, and Zhang An is worried that they will be scared if they don't pay attention.

"You three are playing here with your children. I'll go out for a walk and see if I can catch anything. Those two guys are nearby. If you need anything, call them."

After Zhang An dug a simple fire pit, he told Su Ying and the other three that he was going to take Xiaohu out for a walk.

After all, Zhang An himself is a hunter, so he definitely wants to try his hand when he goes into the mountains, otherwise it will be in vain.

"Okay, let's go. Just come back early. How about we light the fire first, or if there's anything we need to do."

At this moment, Su Ying and the other three women were having fun playing with the ball with Xiao Siqi and his two brothers.

Seeing that the three men were working, they wanted to help.

"No, no, you can just play. There's nothing to do now. I'll come back and regenerate the fire."

There really wasn't much to do now, just make a fire, but there was no rush.

Moreover, lighting a fire in the mountains requires skills. Zhang An had to do it himself, so he was really worried about what would happen if they let them do it.

Then Zhang An took Xiaohu to the woods, leaving Dahu and Erhu behind to follow Su Ying and others.

When he went out today, Zhang An only brought three dogs with him. It would be inconvenient to have more dogs, and they also need to be looked after at home.

As soon as he entered the woods, Zhang An activated his hunter instinct and discovered two rabbit holes.

The little tiger immediately ran over, sniffed at the entrance of the hole with his nose, and kept digging at the entrance with his two front paws.

Its movement means that there is a rabbit in this hole. There are many rabbit holes in the mountains, but many of them are abandoned by rabbits. However, the tiger's sense of smell is very sensitive and can distinguish whether there is prey in the hole.

Soon, Zhang An stopped Xiaohu's excitement, searched around, used local materials to make a trap at the entrance of the cave, and then continued searching.

But not long after walking, Xiaohu made another harvest in a grass forest.

When it ran back in a hurry, it still had a big hot strip from a yellow striped jumpsuit in its mouth.

This thing is not small. Zhang An looked at it and estimated that it was only slightly thinner than his forearm.

When the little tiger was holding it in its mouth, its spicy head was still spitting out words and twisting left and right, as if it was looking for an opportunity to take a bite of the ground in front of it, and the back half of its body was also constantly moving. Twisting, trying to wrap it around Xiaohu's body and then roll it up.

But Xiaohu had teased this harmless guy countless times, and he didn't show off at all. He just took two steps and shook his head, directly shaking the big stick on his mouth until it was soft.

After all, what Latiao is most afraid of is being dumped.

"Okay, Xiaohu, let it go. We don't want to eat this stuff."

Seeing that Xiaohu was about to come to him with his prey to claim credit, Zhang An still asked him to throw it away.

This cauliflower snake is not small, and it tastes delicious when peeled and roasted.

It's just that Zhang An doesn't care about this thing. It doesn't matter if it's just the three of them. But there are three lesbians present, and Su Ying and the others are not willing to touch this thing at all.

Xiaohu listened to his master's order without any hesitation. He ran to the edge of the sill in front of him with the spicy stick in his mouth and threw it down.

This cauliflower snake was also lucky enough to meet Zhang An. If it had met other people in the village, it would probably have been captured and taken back to the village to make dragon and phoenix stew.

After returning from a circle, Zhang An had a pheasant and a rabbit in his hand, and there were several pheasant eggs in his pocket.

These were all caught by Xiaohu and had nothing to do with Zhang An. Moreover, when Xiaohu went after the pheasant, he also found a chicken nest, which is how the eggs in Zhang An's pocket came from.

On the way back, he took off the condom he had just put on. After all, this thing would not be useful until the evening or night.

He wasn't going to come over to see it tomorrow, so he dismantled it to save the chance of catching it at night and then leaving it here to waste.

"I'll go. You've only been here for a while, and you've already gained something. And there are two of them."

As soon as Zhang An came back, Fatty found the prey in his hand and exclaimed in exaggeration.

"Tch, this is nothing. If we were in the deep mountains and given a little more time, he could catch a deer or something else for you."

Ding Yi said very calmly. He had followed Zhang An into the mountains before, and he knew that catching a rabbit and pheasant was not difficult for him.

"It actually has nothing to do with me. It was Xiaohu who caught them."

Zhang An chuckled, stroked Xiaohu's dog's head and said.

"What's the point? You tamed the little tiger yourself."

Except for Zhang Zilin, everyone else was very calm about this. They had long known what the big dogs of the Zhang An family were capable of.

"By the way, what are you doing?"

Zhang An found that except for Li Li and Su Ying who were taking care of their children, several others had taken off their shoes and were in the creek below, as if they were bending down to find something.

"Look, I'm looking for this."

When Zhang An asked, the fat man raised the bag in his hand to show Zhang An. There were many crabs in it.

"There are actually crabs here. Although they are not very big, they can be found even if you just move a stone."

(End of this chapter)