Candide in Chronology is on strike

"There are some here too. It seems that we are lucky today." Qin Jiang was in a good mood and picked up the trophies he found with great care.

After wandering around this morning, he and Qin Xi discovered that there weren't many fungi growing in late autumn this year.

It's impossible to carry mushrooms home in a basket, basket after basket, as we did in the past, so we can just pick some and eat them ourselves.

"I didn't expect that there would be such a surprise on the way back."

The two of them were not greedy. After picking up the mushrooms in the bamboo forest, they went home directly.

Although it has been raining these days, there is still no water in the rivers and ditches. Only large and small puddles hold some water. The previous drought will not be relieved in a short while.

Mushrooms are easy to wash. After soaking in water, the skin on the umbrella cover becomes slippery. The dirt on it can be cleaned by just picking it up with your fingernails, and it doesn't take much water.

After washing all the mushrooms and putting them into a bowl, they actually stood up like a sea bowl. But this is because the mushrooms are still alive and hanging. Once cooked, these mushrooms will only be half a bowl. Looks like, of course, this has to be stir-fry.

Qin Xi wanted to make egg soup, and Qin Jiang naturally had no objection. He also loved drinking the warm soup.

The bean sprouts that were sent out the day before yesterday were already looking good. Qin Xi also grabbed a large handful and added some bean sprouts to make the soup taste better.

As for the staple food, of course there was none. There was a big bowl of soup for each person. After drinking, Qin Qing and Qin Xi burped directly. As for Qin Jiang, he almost didn't want to eat a persimmon and that would be enough.

After Qin Xi and Qin Qing finished eating, they would also eat a persimmon cake, but as a dessert snack.

Time passed by leisurely, and it rained every now and then. Qin Xi and the others no longer had to worry about the water.

The news that there were fungi growing in the forest soon spread throughout the village. At this moment, there may be more people picking up fungi in the forest than there are fungi.

Qinxi and Qinjiang are both of the Buddhist type. They don't force themselves at all. If they can't pick up the fungi, they just pick up some firewood and go back. It's the same.

Thanks to the villagers' enthusiasm for fungi, Qin Xi and Qin Jiang took the opportunity to collect a lot of firewood and went back. They also climbed trees and patched their pants twice. After all, dead branches grew on trees, so they had to go up and use firewood. The knife cuts down the dead branches.

On this day, Qin Xi woke up early in the morning and found that it was extremely cold outside. As soon as she opened the door, she was blown back by the cold wind, and the door was closed tightly again.

"Sister, what's wrong?" Qin Qing sat up from the bed in a daze, with a cute expression on her face.

The quilt sealing technique was so powerful that even she hesitated for a few minutes.

"Early this morning, there was a very heavy frost outside. Everything outside was covered with a layer of white frost. It's very cold now."

"Remember to wear cotton clothes and trousers. Other clothes cannot withstand the low temperature outside now."

This is a sign that winter is coming. Recently, I have been more active in stocking up on firewood.

Qin Xi thought as she changed her clothes. The vest she wore was very suitable yesterday, but it won't work today. She also needs to change into cotton clothes.

She prefers summer to winter, even though there are countless snakes, insects, rats, and ants in summer, and countless high temperatures and sweat, but these are not too gentle compared to winter, which may be life-threatening. "I'll change now." Qin Qing reluctantly got out of the warm bed.

The next second, he was so cold that he almost shrank back.

No, she is getting better and better. In the past, she didn’t have cotton-padded clothes to wear in the winter. Sometimes, she even had to wear straw sandals and go to the river to wash clothes for the whole family. At that time, she survived. Now, Being so comfortable, she was so afraid of the cold.

Thinking of this, Qin Qing straightened her back, got out of bed with her head held high, and went to the cupboard to get some clothes to wear.

After getting dressed, Qin Xi and Qin Qing looked into each other's eyes. After nodding, Qin Xi opened the door fiercely, letting the cold air rage in the room, dissipating the few heaters in the room.

"Wow, it's so cold today!" Qin Xi couldn't help but walked to the bamboo fence, stretched out a finger, and scraped the unmelted white frost covering the bamboo pole with his nails.

"Sister, it's frozen here." Qin Qing flicked her hands in the bucket, feeling very good.

The bucket was filled with water. Although there was only a thin layer, it had frozen into lumps of ice. You could still vaguely see the water under the ice.

"Don't worry about it. Go wash your face first and pour hot water from the kettle. In this weather, you won't be able to use cold water."

As for hot water, just boil it after you have used it.

Today Qin Jiang rarely slept in. It was Qin Xi who knocked on the door and called people out for dinner.

Breakfast is simple sweet potato and white porridge with a pile of kimchi, which is refreshing and appetizing.

It's all frosty now, which means the sweet potatoes at home won't last long. There's still half a bag of fresh sweet potatoes left over, weighing about twenty or thirty kilograms.

These days, sweet potatoes may be indispensable every day, and they are eaten in different ways. After all, when there is a frost, the sweet potatoes may be frozen. If they are not eaten in time, it will be a waste.

After eating and drinking, Qin Qing continued to go to school. She was still a student, and her main task was to study. She didn't need to worry too much about anything else. When she really needed her help, Qin Xi would take the initiative to ask her to come. Helpful. .

Qinxi and Qinjiang went into the mountain with hatchets, cutting pine branches and picking pine cones.

The weather is getting colder now, and the temperature is so low during the day. Qin Xi has already thought of the cold winters in previous years. Therefore, the more firewood at home, the better. It is best to stock up the whole house. This does not give a sense of security. her thoughts.

Although Qin Jiang had reservations about Qin Xi's idea, he still accommodated her and let her go. He just needed to stay with her and help her.

The two of them were frantically chopping dead branches, but they still attracted many villagers. Like Qin Xi and the others, they were also chopping firewood in the forest. They didn't need to know anything else. They just needed to follow suit. Anyway, firewood is a good thing. , it won’t go bad no matter how long you keep it.

Because of the drop in temperature, even if the humidity is sufficient, the fungi in the forest still grow less and less, and many fungi are frozen back by the temperature.

This made some people particularly disappointed. The fungus had not grown much for a long time, and then it was gone. They hadn't had enough of it yet!
There are also some people who hope to find some fungi in the woods and go to the town to exchange them for money to buy food!It's okay now, but we haven't got the food yet, and a bigger crisis is approaching.

(End of this chapter)