The rural life of a peasant girl

Chapter 2 Picking Fungus and Mushrooms
It was evening when Su Ling arrived home, the sun had set, and the afterglow shone on this quiet mountain village, everything looked so soft and beautiful.Su Ling thought, maybe it would be good to live here for the rest of my life, without the hustle and bustle of modern cities, without air pollution, without heavy traffic, only the "rustling" sound of phoenixes blowing across the fields, and the villagers working hard in the fields figure.

After arriving home, Su Ling immediately began to wash the pots and cook. In fact, there was nothing to do. There was no rice at home. Wheat was abundant in the north, and rice was only affordable for wealthy families. People in Huaxi Village believed that they could eat steamed buns. It's already very good, but Su Ling's family is even worse, the food is corn bread, made of sorghum.Wowotou is ready in the morning, just let it heat up.

But what about the dishes!Now in this season, all things are born, but it’s just not long before the teeth are spit out. The green vegetables grown in the yard of Su Ling’s family have not yet been eaten, so they can only eat wild vegetables. Su Ling washed the leeks and cut them into pieces. The only two eggs left in the house were boiled with leeks, and there was not much oil in the house, and the oil was expensive at this time!It costs 15 cents a catty, so save it. Su Song put in a little oil, but for a person who hasn't eaten meat for a week, it's not bad.Su Ling took out another cabbage from the cellar, washed it, and fried it without daring to add oil.

Father and mother hadn't come back yet, they went to the fields early in the morning, and they had to be busy plowing the fields in the beginning of spring to prepare for sowing.Even his older brother Su Dong went to the field at a young age, and his 5-year-old younger sister Su He disappeared all day long. Needless to say, she must have gone to play with the chubby next door.

The sun had completely set, and it was dark, and even the last gleam of light was gone.The people who went to the field also started to return home from work, Su's father and Su's mother also arrived home, and Su Ho, who had been wild for a day, also came back, and the family began to prepare for dinner.Mother Su looked at the leek and egg soup and asked, "Ling'er, what is this? Can I eat it?"

"Mother, this is called leek, and it's edible."

Mother Su looked at her daughter's small face and thought that her daughter seemed to have changed since she woke up after falling her head. She used to be timid and not talkative, but now she is much more cheerful.Looking at the yellow and thin faces of the three children, Su's mother said with emotion: "It's because your parents are useless, which makes you hungry and warm. My parents are sorry for you!"

Su Ling looked at Su's mother's kind face, as if she was like her mother in the previous life, and she would say to her softly: "Ling'er! You must study hard, your parents have been facing each other all their lives in the countryside. I only hope that you will not engage in this kind of work again in the future!"

"Mother, don't be sad. During the two days when Ling'er was in a coma, she had a dream. In the dream, a fairy taught Ling'er many methods of farming. In the future, Ling'er will be able to help her parents, like this leek egg He also taught Ling'er the soup! Try it quickly."

"Hey, it's really good! It tastes much better than cauliflower, it's not bitter, and it's very fragrant!" Su Ho said mischievously.

"It's really delicious." Su Dong said naively.

Su's father didn't believe that it would be delicious. Seeing that everyone was eating so deliciously, he tasted it and found that it was really good, so he said, "If there are any more, you can pick more."

The family chatted in the yard after enjoying dinner. There was no activity at night in the country, and everyone was reluctant to pay for the oil, so they rested earlier. Those who hadn’t rested each took a bench to watch the stars in the yard. Or chatting with the people in the village at the head of the village.

In the early morning, just before dawn, Su's father and Su's mother had already woken up. Su's mother was making breakfast. Su's father carried two wooden barrels to the village to fetch water. There was only one well in the entire Huaxi Village, which was at the head of the village. It takes half a quarter of an hour to arrive at Su Ling's house. Su Ling and Su Dong are too young to do this kind of physical work, so Father Su can only carry water.Immediately afterwards, Su Dong also got up, and Su Ling also got up, only Su Ho, the little lazy pig, was still sleeping.

Life in the countryside repeats that kind of work day after day. Breakfast is two corn buns per person, plus the leek and egg soup that I haven't finished last night.After breakfast, Su's father carried the hoe and Su's mother went to the field, and Su Dong followed suit.Su Ling also went up the mountain with her friends to pick wild vegetables.

Spring is a good season, everything recovers. After a spring rain a few days ago, the grass on the mountain seems to be greener. Su Ling thought: there are usually mushrooms and fungus on the mountain, especially after this rainy day, the things on the mountain are all greener. It is publicly owned. If you have mushrooms and fungus, you can pick more. If you can’t finish eating, you can exchange them for money. You must know that the nutritional value of mushrooms and fungus is quite high. It’s a pity that these ancient people don’t know how to eat.

Su Ling walked on the path between the mountains, where the jungle is densely covered. Generally speaking, mushrooms grow in cool and humid places, while fungus mostly grows on decaying trees. With this understanding, Su Ling specially went here After searching in two places, it didn't take long for her to find a small piece of mushrooms. Under the shade of the tree, the ground was cool and wet, and there were cute little mushrooms growing there.After Su Ling quickly picked the mushrooms, he went to look for the fungus again, and found it on a rotten tree. It grew taller, and Su Ling couldn't reach it, but he didn't want to give up. He looked around and saw that there was no one around. He rolled up his sleeves, climbed up the tree, picked the fungus, and the basket was already full.

"Ling'er, are you alright?" Su Ling's best friend Xiaocao called.

"Hurry up, wait for me, I'll come right away." Su Ling replied.

"Ling'er, what are you picking? It's dark, can it be eaten? It won't be poisonous, right?"

"This! This is called fungus. It's very nutritious. I'll give you some to cook later. If you see some, let's pick them together! If there are too many, you can sell them for money?"

"If this can be sold for money, people will be fine! Let's just eat it ourselves!"

"Yes, I will use this to make a few dishes to ensure that you will still want to eat them. When we sell them in restaurants, we will be able to sell them for money and help the family. Don't you want to improve the living conditions at home? "

"Okay, let's go pick together. I just saw it over there?"

"Where, let's go together."

"It's over there, go, I'll take you there."

"OK, all right."

Two small figures drowned in the woods...

"Ling'er, hurry up, I saw it there just now, hurry up." Xiaocao shouted anxiously.

"It's coming. Slow down. I can't keep up with you. The fungus grows there. I'm not afraid of picking it. I really admire you for being so fast."

"Ling'er, look, it's right here."

Su Ling looked up at the fungus growing on the rotten tree, as if seeing white silver.

(End of this chapter)