The happy little days of the Ye family

Ye Qingqing was picking mushrooms when he suddenly heard a subtle sound of water coming from the left.

Turning around, I saw that there was a clear spring in the crevice of the rock on the side.

Ye Qingqing happened to be a little thirsty, so she picked up a handful of clear spring water, washed her face heartily, and then drank it eagerly.

The spring water just emerged from the cracks in the rocks, refreshing and very sweet.

Ye Qingqing, who had been exposed to the sun for a long time, felt much cooler.

"Auntie? Why is there a grape tree here? I never saw it when I came here before."

Below the spring, I saw a small grapevine as tall as a person. It looked like it had only grown in the past two years.

Although the vine does not look big, there are several round bunches of grapes hanging above it, some green and some purple, which look very attractive.

wild grapes

Ye Qingqing took a closer look and saw that the top few ripe grapes had unfortunately been eaten by birds.

Fortunately, not much was eaten, and the grapes underneath were still intact.

In fact, there are a lot of wild grapes on the hills in the village, but most of them are sour, astringent and not delicious.

Out of ten vines, if two are delicious, that’s already pretty good.

Ye Qingqing picked the largest wild grape with an uneasy look on his face, wiped it on his clothes casually, and then couldn't wait to taste it.

"Delicious, sour and sweet."

After eating the delicious wild grapes, Ye Qingqing's eyes narrowed with joy, and a bright and bright smile appeared on his face.

The vine was thin and small, with only five or six bunches of grapes in total. Ye Qingqing picked them all.

Worried that the grapes would be crushed, Ye Qingqing carefully found some broad leaves and carefully wrapped the grapes in three layers, inside and outside.

In addition to the wrapped grapes, Ye Qingqing also left a bunch. After washing them, he came to Tang Xiaojing's side in a good mood.

"These grapes are delicious. Please try them, sir."

Seeing Tang Xiaojing digging for herbs with his hands covered in mud, Ye Qingqing directly handed the grapes to his mouth.

Tang Xiaojing first glanced at Ye Qingqing, who looked like a little sun, and then lowered his head with a smile on his face.

"good to eat."

Not sure if it was because his wife fed it, but Tang Xiaojing thought it was sweeter than ordinary grapes.

One by one, one by one, the small bunch of grapes was quickly eaten by the two of them.

Seeing that her husband was gathering herbs, Ye Qingqing did not bother him and happily carried the small basket to other places to collect mushrooms.

After walking a few steps, Ye Qingqing discovered a row of termites on the ground. These little guys were carrying an unknown insect.

Seeing termites, Ye Qingqing immediately thought of zong fungi.

Galli mushroom, also known as chicken foot mushroom, ant fir tree, gallinopsis fungus, etc., is a relatively famous fungus here.

The meat of gallinopsis fungus is plump and strong, and tastes like chicken, and tastes like chicken.

The growth environment of gallinobacteria is quite special. They usually grow in termite nests, so their numbers are particularly rare.

Things are rare and expensive. Fresh gallinobacteria can be sold for 45 Wen per catty, and dried Alpine fungi can be sold for as high as 160 Wen per catty.

Ye Qingqing followed these little guys around, and soon he found a few sizable gallinopsis mushrooms behind a bush.

Gallet fungus

The gray-white coryli mushrooms look like open oil-paper umbrellas. As soon as you get close, you can smell a unique fragrance.

In addition to the gallinopsis fungus, Ye Qingqing also found a large patchwork of gallinopsis flowers nearby.

Galliflowers look a lot like gallinaceous fungi, but they are smaller in shape, like blooming flowers.

The taste of chicken fir flowers is very similar to that of chicken fir fungus, but the fragrance of chicken fir flowers is so strong that the taste is lighter.

Chicken fir flower

Chicken fir flowers are relatively small and easily broken when cleaned. Ye Qingqing likes to use them to make soup or steamed egg custard.

There were not many gall fungi and gall flowers, so Ye Qingqing planned to keep them all for himself.

In the evening, I went back to make steamed eggs with chicken fir flower and lean meat soup with chicken fir fungus.

The sun slowly rose from the east to the center. After a busy morning, the two of them had a growling sound in their stomachs.

Tang Xiaojing took out the food he had prepared in the morning from his backpack, "You are hungry, let's eat something first."

Inside the small bundle were a few long and thin sweet potatoes, two salted ducks and a stack of corn tortillas.

"The bamboo tube is empty. I'll bring back some water."

As he spoke, Ye Qingqing went to the spring where he had just picked grapes, and returned with a bamboo tube filled with spring water.

The two of them sat on a big stone, with various kinds of food prepared in the morning in the middle.

Ye Qingqing held the corn pancake in his hand and just took a bite when Heidou and Xiaohua ran over one after the other.

The two little guys had gone wild somewhere, their bodies covered with cockleburs, and both had a dying mountain rat covered in blood in their mouths.

Ye Qingqing looked at these two dirty mountain rats that were screaming desperately, and suddenly felt that he had lost his appetite.

Seeing that the two of them had no intention of catching the prey, Heidou didn't wait for them to say anything, and ate the mountain rat in his mouth with a few clicks.

Seeing this, Xiaohua also ate the mountain rat, and then the two big guys came over to beg Ye Qingqing for food, wagging their tails.

Xiaohua and Heidou are both descendants of wolfdogs. They are almost as tall as Ye Qingqing when they stand, and this little mountain rat is not big enough to fit between their teeth.

Ye Qingqing gave a few more pancakes to the two big guys, and also gave them one egg each.

Heidou ate very quickly and tried to grab Xiaohua's pancake after eating. Unexpectedly, Xiaohua yelled and was immediately pushed to the ground and rubbed.

Ye Qingqing looked at Heidou who suddenly became timid and gloated at the fun.

"You deserve it. I'll let you swish all day long, and Xiaohua will beat it and beat it."

Seeing the two dogs having fun, Ye Qingqing's appetite improved a lot.

There is only half an acre of land in this small valley. In one morning, Ye Qingqing has dug through the entire small valley and picked all kinds of mushrooms and black fungus.

After lunch, the two simply packed up the things they picked up in the morning.

This small valley is uniquely endowed. In addition to the good growth of herbs, various mushrooms also grow well, especially morels and red mushrooms, which grow more than ordinary mushrooms.

Among the mushrooms in the two baskets, one-third are russula, one-third are morels, and the rest are other miscellaneous fungi.

Ye Qingqing roughly estimated that the red mushrooms and morels weighed several kilograms.

In addition, Tang Xiaojing also collected some wild herbs in the valley, including two 2-year-old Polygonatum spp. and several kilograms of common herbs.

As for the herbs Tang Xiaojing planted himself, they are not old enough yet and it will take several years before they can be picked.

But there are a lot of herbs grown, and they will be worth a lot of money in a few years.

After lunch, Tang Xiaojing picked some wild and common herbs, and added a layer of mulch to the herbs he had planted before.

When we returned home, the sun had already set halfway up the mountain, and the setting sun stretched the shadows of the two of them long.

Heidou and Xiaohua were playing around.