Golden Fishing Village

"...It must be a dragon egg, it's that big. Xiaomi said it's the biggest one he's ever seen, he's never seen one that big..."

"Is it a dinosaur egg? Damn, it would be interesting if we could hatch a dinosaur, right? Just like Jurassic Park."

"It must be something else. Can you guys stop being so stupid? You're already in junior high school, and you still believe there are dragon eggs on the mountain? Damn, so stupid, I don't know how you're going to get into high school in the future!"

Several children were making noise while climbing the mountain. They were full of energy at this age. Ao Muyang looked at them and felt like he was watching a group of little baboons.

He liked the noise of the teenagers very much. There was a taste of youth in it, and youth was something he could never find again.

The teenagers hurried up the mountain, and then saw a red flag fluttering on the mountainside.

Ao Muyang looked carefully and found that it was not a red flag swaying in the sea breeze, but a big red shorts...

"It's right there, a dragon egg." Ao Xiaojun shouted excitedly.

The teenagers trotted. There were middle-aged tourists on the mountain road. Seeing this, the couple showed envious expressions on their faces. They thought the same as Ao Muyang: "It's great to be young."

The scenery on the mountain is better, with poplars, willows, locust trees, sycamore trees, fig trees, chestnut trees and pomegranate trees, but the fruit trees on the roadside are empty. Tourists will not miss the fruits that are long enough when they pass by.

From the bottom of the mountain to the top of the mountain, large tracts of bamboo forests are spreading, and the green bamboos and bamboo leaves are nestled together. The sea breeze blows, making a rustling sound.

This beautiful scenery is thanks to Ao Muyang. He insists on planting bamboo on the mountain every year. Once the sea breeze blows, Dalong Mountain will not only have pine waves, but also bamboo waves.

Ao Muyang, who followed the teenagers, looked back. Under the faint sunlight, the undulating sea surface exuded a layer of golden light, and small boats were floating on the sea. They were whale-watching boats.

Because he was looking at the sea, he walked slower than the boys. When he reached the bamboo forest on the mountainside, he found that the boys were gathering together.

"Where is the dragon egg?" Ao Muyang asked.

Several boys reached out their hands together. In fact, Lao Ao saw it even if they didn't reach out their hands. A large white egg with light brown lines appeared next to a thick bamboo. It looked like an ostrich egg at first glance, but it was much larger, with a diameter like a basketball.

No wonder the boys said it was a dragon egg. There was no other explanation for such a large egg except a dragon egg.

Ao Xiaojun reached out to touch it, and someone slapped him on the back of his hand: "Don't touch it. You are so old, why are you still so impatient? Will you die if you are more cautious?"

Ao Luhan looked disappointed.

Ao Xiaomi, holding a pair of red shorts in his hand, said proudly: "Yes, be careful. My father often says that it is better to be safe than sorry!"

"Xiaomi, can you give me my shorts?" A naked child asked with a sad face. He shyly covered his crotch with his hands, and his two black buttocks were exposed.

Ao Muyang squatted and took a closer look. He was shocked. What kind of egg is this? It can't be a dragon egg, right?

At this time, a strong sea breeze suddenly blew over, and the bamboo leaves piled on the ground were blown up, and the giant egg lying steadily in the thick bamboo leaves shook.

The bamboo leaves were blown away and the giant egg shook, revealing a thick white rhizome underneath.

Ao Muyang slapped his forehead and said, "What dragon egg or bird egg, you are a bunch of idiots, this is a fungus!"

"Can a fungus grow so big? And look at the shape, this is an egg, okay!" Ao Xiaomi argued.

Ao Muyang was too lazy to say more. He reached out and picked the egg off, cutting off the root stem.

The huge mushroom was heavy in his hand, but it was much lighter than eggs.

Holding the mushroom, he turned his head and said, "Look around, there should be more around. This is a horse dung bag, scientifically known as puffball mushroom."

"What is puffball mushroom? I only know Ma Boyong. He donated books to the school, but they were horror novels. Our grade director locked them up." Ao Luhan asked curiously.

Ao Muyang said, "A kind of mushroom. You know fungi, right? It is a fungus, but it is rare to grow so big. It is probably because it just rained heavily."

He had seen puffball mushrooms in the kitchen. The ones he saw were about the size of his fist. The largest one was as big as a volleyball, which was already very rare.

Puffball mushrooms generally grow in the dead branches and leaves layer underground. They like high temperature and high humidity environment. Therefore, they usually appear in July and August when there is abundant rain. They are only suitable for living in mountainous or semi-mountainous areas with good ecological environment.

There is no doubt that the Dalong Mountain at this time of year meets this condition after the rain, with high temperature and high humidity.

The teenagers started searching one after another, and indeed found several puffball mushrooms, but none of them were this big. The others looked very similar to what Ao Muyang remembered, the size of an adult's fist, and the surface was snow-white.

The mushroom in Ao Muyang's hand was an old mushroom, which had grown large and had light brown lines on the surface. It would shrink in a while.

Seeing that he had made a misunderstanding, Ao Xiaomi was embarrassed. He did not stay on the mountain and ran away.

The red shorts fluttered in his hand, and a child chased after him: "Give me the shorts! I'll tell Mr. Lu that you are a hooligan!"

The others also lost interest and said listlessly: "Let's go."

Ao Muyang said: "Where are you going? Go and look around to see if there are any puffballs around. If there are any, pick them up for me."

"What are you doing?" Ao Xiaozhi asked lazily.

Ao Muyang answered while searching: "This puffball is very precious and can be used for cooking. It's a pity that it is not on a large scale, otherwise it can be used as medicine."

A colleague in the mountainous area said that puffballs are natural hemostatic patches, which have a more obvious hemostatic effect on oral bleeding, and the efficacy is no less than starch sponge or gelatin sponge.

"How precious?" Ao Luhan asked immediately.

Ao Muyang said: "According to the size, one costs from five to more than fifty yuan."

As soon as he finished speaking, the teenagers searched around in the bamboo forest, and soon puffballs of varying sizes were delivered to them.

Ao Muyang took off his clothes and tied his collar to make a bag, and put the mushrooms in it.

After searching the bamboo forest here and finding nothing, they began to go down the mountain.

As a result, after walking down for a while, they saw the red pants in Ao Xiaomi's hand flying again.

Ao Muyang said, "Xiaomi, you haven't returned your pants to Dajun yet?"

Ao Xiaomi said, "I gave him my clothes."

The child who lost his pants stood by, his legs sticking out of the sleeves of a piece of clothes, holding the loose clothes in his hands, his face full of displeasure.

Ao Muyang gave Ao Xiaomi a brain-splitting look and said, "Return the pants to Dajun."

Ao Xiaomi muttered, "Hey, if I had known I would pick wild pears myself, I wouldn't have told you."