Windy: The leisurely life of the village owner

Chapter 164 Screening Fungi

"Would you like us to clean it out for you, dry it and keep it for you to give away?"

Hearing this, Mr. Ma on the side slightly narrowed his eyes and said feebly:

"No, just leave it like this for now. I'll do it by myself after I take a break!"

Hu Youyu on the side also nodded slightly when he heard this and said:
"Yes, just leave it for now. Mr. Ma and I will sort it out later!"

Xie Linfeng heard the two people's words and chuckled:

"You guys sort it out yourself? Do you know all the fungi?"

"I see that some of the bacteria you collected are poisonous."

"I'll let you sort it out on your own. Can you guarantee that all those poisonous germs will be cleaned out?"

"Forehead"

Hearing Xie Linfeng's words, Ma Ye and Hu Youyu were stunned.

"No. Among the fungi we collected, were there poisonous ones?"

"Then why didn't you tell us before and asked us to carry them all back?"

When Hu Youyu heard this, he was dumbfounded and asked in confusion.

When Xie Linfeng heard this, he chuckled and said, "I didn't notice it before. Didn't I just discover it now?"

After the two returned to the small courtyard, they threw the backpacks on the ground.

Therefore, the fungi in the backpack were almost scattered all over the floor, and Xie Linfeng realized something was wrong.

There were several fungi among them, which seemed to be poisonous fungi. Xie Linfeng had not noticed them before when they were mixed in the backpack.

Now after it was scattered on the ground, Xie Linfeng discovered it, so he said this.

While talking, Xie Linfeng knelt down and found a few fungi similar to red mushrooms from a pile of miscellaneous fungi.

At this time, Mr. Ma and Hu Youyu had also gotten up from the recliners and came to Xie Linfeng's side.

Looking at the "red mushrooms" in Xie Linfeng's hand, Mr. Ma couldn't help but ask:
"Aren't these just a few red mushrooms?"

"Didn't Ayao say that red mushrooms are not poisonous and can be eaten?"

Hearing Master Ma's question, Xie Linfeng couldn't help but chuckled:
“Russula mushrooms are not poisonous and can be eaten, and their economic value is quite high.”

"But these are not red mushrooms!"

"In other words, this can also be regarded as a red mushroom, but it is a poisonous subspecies of the red mushroom species."

As Xie Linfeng spoke, he couldn't help but gently pinch the red mushroom in his hand and continued:
“There are hundreds of species of red mushrooms in China, and most of them are non-toxic and edible.”

"However, there are also a few subspecies of red mushrooms that are poisonous and inedible!"

"The few I found are poisonous red mushrooms. They look similar to most red mushrooms."

"But the one I have is more colorful and has a pungent smell!"

With that said, Xie Linfeng handed the red mushroom in his hand to Mr. Ma and motioned for him to smell it.

Mr. Ma took the red mushroom with some hesitation, put it gently to the tip of his nose and sniffed it.

Sure enough, there was an indescribable pungent smell coming from these red mushrooms.

However, this smell is slightly lighter and cannot be smelled by normal people unless it is close to the nose.

Xie Linfeng had previously received skills inheritance in traditional Chinese medicine.

So he can naturally easily tell whether it is poisonous fungi.

In the eyes of traditional Chinese medicine, all plants are traditional Chinese medicine.

Therefore, the systematically inherited traditional Chinese medicine skills naturally include various plant knowledge.

Therefore, Xie Linfeng could tell whether the fungus was poisonous or not by just looking and smelling it.

After confirmation, the so-called red mushrooms in my hand were actually poisonous fungi.

Mr. Ma quickly threw the mushroom in his hand on the ground next to him, and took out a tissue to wipe his hands.

While wiping his hands, Master Ma said:

"Um, brother Linfeng, it seems I'm going to trouble you for a while!"

"Help us choose and see which fungi are not poisonous and edible!"

Seeing Master Ma looking like this, Xie Linfeng couldn't help but smile and said:
"Master Ma, don't be so exaggerated. Those red mushrooms just now are indeed poisonous."

"But it's only slightly poisonous and won't kill you, so it's okay to get some on your hands!"

After hearing Xie Linfeng's explanation, Ma Ye breathed a sigh of relief and then threw away the tissue in his hand.

"Slightly poisonous? That's good. I thought it was a poisonous mushroom. It scared me!"

At this time, Xu Hongdou's side had already dried all the fungi collected by Xie Linfeng and herself.

Seeing Master Ma's appearance, she couldn't help but chuckle and said:
"Master Ma, why are you so timid?"

"Don't even think about it. If it were really a poisonous fungus, would Linfeng just hand it to you like this?"

Hearing this, Xie Linfeng nodded and said with a smile, "Yes, if it were a highly poisonous fungus, I wouldn't hand it to you directly."

"Isn't this hurting you? How could I be so insignificant?"

Seeing Mr. Ma's stunned expression, Xie Linfeng continued:

"Okay, let me help you sort out the fungi first, and you guys can help me too!"

With that said, Xie Linfeng poured all the mushrooms in the baskets carried by Ma Ye and Hu Youyu onto the ground.

Afterwards, while sifting through the fungi, he helped everyone learn about the types of fungi.

Don't tell me, luckily Xie Linfeng is here, otherwise things would be in trouble.

There were many unknown poisonous mushrooms in the backpacks of Ma Ye and Hu Youyu.

Although most of them are slightly poisonous mushrooms, there are quite a lot of them.

After only half of the screening, Xie Linfeng had screened out more than a dozen poisonous mushrooms.

Moreover, there were so many types of mushrooms that Xie Linfeng was stunned. "Master Ma, I said you are really amazing. Do you dare to collect unfamiliar mushrooms?"

"Besides, look at these mushrooms, there are so many kinds of them, you guys are really brave!"

Hearing this, Master Ma said in a low voice, slightly embarrassed:
"What? I'm not familiar with it, so I accidentally picked a few more."

"Besides, these mushrooms all look the same. Who can tell them apart so clearly?"

Hearing Master Ma's words, Xie Linfeng was also speechless.

Indeed, some of the mushrooms collected by Mr. Ma looked similar to porcini and gallinopsis.

However, differences can still be seen from some subtleties.

Anyone with a little experience can tell the difference.

I'm afraid only newcomers like Ma Ye and Hu Youyu would have trouble telling the difference.

After that, Xie Linfeng was responsible for screening, while others helped with the drying.

After working for nearly half an hour, everyone finally finished screening all the fungi from Ma Ye and Hu Youyu.

During this screening, a small pile of poisonous mushrooms were screened out.

Xie Linfeng did not count the specific number, but it should not be less than half a hundred.

These poisonous mushrooms weigh at least six or seven kilograms.

In other words, if Xie Linfeng hadn't been there, Ma Ye and Hu Youyu would have been miserable!
Although they are all slightly poisonous fungi, eating too much can still be fatal.

After putting the last fungus into the dustpan, Xie Linfeng slowly stood up and stretched.

"Okay, the rest of the drying process will be left to you."

"I'm going to make lunch first. Anko, can you come over and help me?"

Hearing this, Xu Hongdou nodded slightly, and then handed the dustpan in his hand to Mr. Ma beside him.

"Okay, let me help you wash and chop the vegetables. What are you going to do for lunch?"

Xie Linfeng looked at the time and found that it was already 11:30 noon.

If you make too much now, you won't have enough time.

Moreover, having just come back from the mountains, everyone is a little tired and probably doesn’t have much appetite.

Therefore, Xie Linfeng decided to make a few simple dishes and cook more sumptuous dishes in the evening.

So, Xie Linfeng smiled and said to Xu Hongdou:

"Ask Ayao and Nanxing if they want to come back for lunch."

“If they come back, we’ll cook more dishes.”

"If they don't come back, then we can simply cook a few dishes for lunch."

Hearing this, Xu Hongdou nodded and said with a smile:

"Okay, you go to the kitchen to prepare first, I'll call Nannan right now!"

With that said, Xu Hongdou took out his mobile phone from his pocket and prepared to make a video call to Chen Nanxing.

Seeing this, Xie Linfeng nodded with a smile and was not ready to wait for Xu Hongdou to finish the video.

Instead, he took the previously selected mushrooms into the kitchen and started preparing lunch.

Putting the fungi on the kitchen chopping board, Xie Linfeng cooked the rice first.

Then, I took out the pork from the refrigerator and started cleaning it.

Before long, Xie Linfeng had just washed the meat, and Xu Hongdou had already entered the kitchen.

Seeing Xu Hongdou come in, Xie Linfeng couldn't help but chuckled:
"How about it, Ayao and Nanxing, will they come back for lunch at noon?"

Hearing this, Xu Hongdou shook his head and said:

"I called Nan Nan, but Nan Nan said they wouldn't be back at noon."

"I said I passed by Aunt Baoping's house before and happened to meet Aunt Baoping's daughter and granddaughter returning."

"So, they had dinner at Aunt Baoping's house at noon and didn't come back!"

"Aunt Aquarius's daughter and granddaughter?"

When Xie Linfeng heard this, he was a little surprised and said: "Isn't that Xie Xiaochun and Xiao Hulu?"

"Xiao Chun actually came back with the little gourd? That's no wonder!"

"Huh? What's wrong?"

"Also, who is Xiaochun? Why is it so surprising?"

Seeing this, Xu Hongdou asked curiously.

Hearing this, Xie Linfeng chuckled and said:

"Aunt Aquarius has only one daughter, named Xie Xiaochun, who is Xia Xia's biological sister!"

"She is a few years younger than Ayao and I, and she has only graduated from college for about two years!"

"However, she found a boyfriend during college and got married as soon as she graduated."

"And the little gourd is Xie Xiaochun's daughter. She should be just over a year old now."

"Xie Xiaochun divorced her husband not long ago, and now she should be preparing to return to the village!"

"Ah?" Xu Hongdou said with some surprise when he heard this:
"Aunt Aquarius's daughters are all married and have children?"

"And the daughter is over one year old, and she is divorced now?"

Hearing this, Xie Linfeng nodded and said with a smile:

"Yes, Xie Xiaochun should be less than 25 years old this year, and his daughter is almost two years old!"

"Moreover, there are some other relationships between Xie Xiaochun and Xie Zhiyao."

"Xie Xiaochun calls Xie Zhiyao brother, and Xie Zhiyao also treats Xie Xiaochun as his own sister."

(End of this chapter)