Back to 1984: Hunting in the Mountains

Chapter 57 Falling into the Stream

Morels are a world-renowned rare edible and medicinal mushroom with unique aroma, rich nutrition and significant dietary effects.

If supplemented for a long time, it is said to nourish the kidneys and strengthen the yang, refresh the mind and nourish the brain. People in the industry call it "land fish", meaning that it can soften people's cerebrovascular diseases, remove soluble fat in blood vessels, etc.

It exists in many places across the country, but due to the relatively harsh living conditions, only the provinces along the Qinling Mountains have the richest resources, namely Sichuan, Gansu and Shaanxi provinces.

At this time, the mountain was rich in resources, and many people were afraid to eat morels because of their shape. Later, people found that it was an excellent tonic, so they began to collect it in large quantities. Every spring and in August and September, the mountain people at the foot of the mountain would go into the mountains to collect morels.

Therefore, it is quite difficult to eat wild morels.

What you eat on the market are basically artificially grown. Because they lack the necessary maturity period, they are far inferior to wild ones in terms of nutritional content, medicinal effects, and taste.

"What are you doing?"

Seeing that Yu Qiutang didn't leave, Yu Xiaowei hurried back and ran on the same spot, but Yu Qiutang waved at him and signaled him not to panic.

"Come, let me show you something good."

"What?"

Yu Xiaowei squatted down helplessly and saw a bunch of strange mushrooms in front of him. He poked them with his slingshot curiously, "What is this? Is it edible?"

Yu Qiutang had already taken out a knife, opened the bag, and started cutting inside.

"Of course you can eat it. It's delicious. I guarantee that once you take a bite, you will find it hard to forget its taste."

"Really?"

When Yu Xiaowei heard that they were edible, he immediately became interested and wanted to help Yu Qiutang to pull them out. Yu Qiutang hurriedly stopped him, saying, "We only cut off the top and leave the bottom. If the climate is right, maybe they can grow another crop."

"Oh, I see." Yu Xiaowei retracted his hand and told Yu Qiutang to cut all the morels in front of him into the bag. There was half a bag full, definitely about one or two kilograms.

"How do you eat this?"

"Of course it tastes best when fried with meat. Now the task is up to you. If you can catch a few gugu lanterns or wild pigeons for us, you will be our great hero."

"I will handle it!"

Yu Xiaowei became even more interested. As they continued walking forward, they encountered two clusters of morels on the road. However, there were not as many in the back as in the front. However, the two clusters together could weigh more than one kilogram.

Yu Qiutang simply didn't rush to leave, but searched the nearby area again, thinking that if he found too much, he could keep some at home to satisfy his craving, and take the rest to a restaurant to sell together with the magic tofu.

But it was easy to find when he was not paying attention, but once he got serious, he could not find even a small cluster, so he had to return home disappointed.

Fortunately, I dug up some small garlics by the way. When I fried them with morels, the taste was amazing.

All I can say is that everything is ready, except for the bird meat.

Speak of Cao Cao, and he will appear. When the two men passed through the birch forest and were about to enter the oak forest, they immediately heard the melodious and graceful "cuckoo" call of the cuckoo.

Yu Xiaowei hurriedly put the stone in the slingshot compartment, pulled the slingshot tight, and looked around vigilantly.

He actually saw one, perched on a dead branch more than 20 meters away. It was probably preparing to build a nest and had no intention of flying away for the time being.

"Your slingshot..."

"Shh!"

Yu Qiutang wanted to remind his nephew that your slingshot was not aimed correctly, one side was high and the other side was low, so it was like aiming with a hammer, and the stone you hit would definitely be to the left of where you were aiming.

But Yu Xiaowei signaled him to be quiet and not to affect his performance.

He laughed secretly, well, if you don't let me guide you, you'll end up making a fool of yourself.

"Swoosh!" At this time, the stone from Yu Xiaowei's slingshot drew a gray arc and flew quickly towards the cuckoo.

Sure enough, the stone had obviously shifted to the left by at least two or three meters, and was also a little lower in height.

Just as Yu Qiutang was about to reveal a sarcastic smile, a magical scene suddenly happened.

I don't know if the cuckoo had a brain seizure or was doing charity on purpose, but before the stone arrived, it suddenly took off and flew to the left. As luck would have it, it hit the stone and then fell vertically into the bushes like a stone.

"Hey, I hit it!!"

Yu Xiaowei jumped up happily and rushed forward with a slingshot.

"Hey, wait a minute!!"

"I'm going to pick up the bird, uncle, you follow me."

Yu Xiaowei had completely forgotten Yu Qiutang's advice not to run around. He ran to the front and saw a stream about six or seven meters wide. A fallen birch tree covered with moss lay on the stream. Without thinking much, he stepped on the tree and prepared to cross.

"careful!"

Yu Qiutang only had time to utter two words before he saw Yu Xiaowei, who had run halfway, break the wood in the middle with a "crack", lose his balance, and fall straight into the creek.

Now, this stream was full of troughs and mosses, and there were a lot of fallen leaves and dead branches accumulated from the decay, which directly dyed the whole body green.

He sat in the stream, holding the slingshot high in his hand, with a confused look on his face.

I want to cry without tears.

"Hahahaha~"

Yu Qiutang was also worried at first, but was soon amused by his appearance.

This brat is really hilarious.

Even his uncle couldn't help but laugh.

You really can't blame him.

Yu Xiaowei climbed up dejectedly, and angrily pushed the wood that fell into the water with him to the side, wishing he could kick it a few times.

Yu Qiutang held back his laughter, walked over and pulled him out of the stream, and said helplessly: "I asked you to wait, but you didn't. I asked you to be careful, but you couldn't stop me. You can't blame me for this."

Yu Xiaowei looked at the smelly moss and water plants all over his body and his face turned red with embarrassment.

"How could I know that the wood couldn't support me? I think it's pretty thick and strong."

"You can't blame the wood for this," Yu Qiutang said with a smile as he helped Yu Xiaowei clean the dirt off his body, "because that piece of wood was not made for people to walk on at all."

"What? If it's not for people, why put it on the water?"

"That's because you don't observe," Yu Qiutang suddenly felt that this was a good idea, as it was a good opportunity to teach the little guy a lesson.

"Look carefully. There are no footprints around the place where the wood was placed just now. And the moss on the wood has obviously not been stepped on for a long time, which means no one has stepped on it to cross the stream..."

"Then why are you hanging there? It's hurting people!"

"That's what you don't understand. This piece of wood is actually prepared for small animals and insects that can't cross the stream. Look carefully, don't you see small paw prints on the moss?"

Yu Xiaowei was half-believing and half-doubting. He looked carefully and really found many traces of small animals passing by on it. However, the toes were very thin and he was running in a hurry just now, so he didn't notice them.

(End of this chapter)