Traveling through the famine, I stockpiled supplies like crazy

Chapter 482: Picking Mushrooms 1

When the others heard the sound, they gathered here from different directions. When the Taoist priest saw that everyone was there, he took the lead and walked back.

As the group walked home, they did not forget to look for any mushrooms that had slipped through the net, and also talked about their own mushroom picking experiences.

This afternoon everyone got to know a lot of new mushrooms, some that they had seen before and some that they had not. Some were pretty, some were not, and they came in all shapes and colors. Everyone really gained some knowledge.

Many people shared where there are more mushrooms, what to pay attention to when looking for mushrooms, and what techniques there are.

Everyone was talking at the same time, chattering all the way. Xu Han would also interject from time to time to share his experience of picking mushrooms.

Although they returned early, the journey was slower as there were so many people, and by the time everyone got home the sun had already set.

Grandpa Zhao directed everyone to dump all the mushrooms picked today in the front yard, and then began to sort the picked mushrooms with everyone. When the time came, they would be dried and packed separately, so that it would be convenient to pick up whatever they wanted to eat.

Xu Han led Dan Niang and Qi Yu to the backyard, picked some mushrooms, cleaned them, and prepared to make dinner later.

Xu Han reminded, “When washing these mushrooms, be sure to be gentle and don’t use too much force, otherwise the mushrooms will break easily.

Also, these mushrooms are poisonous when they are raw, so when cleaning them, you must not touch your mouth with your hands to avoid poisoning.

After washing mushrooms, be sure to wash your hands, and scald the utensils used to cut mushrooms with hot water. Otherwise, if the toxins are on them, you will be poisoned when you cut other things."

When Dan Niang heard this, she hesitated and asked, "Can we eat these poisonous mushrooms? Will we be poisoned if we eat them?"

While washing the mushrooms, Xu Han said, "No, as long as it is cooked well, it can be eaten, and it tastes especially good. But you must be careful when cooking it. If you don't know how to cook it, don't try it. If it is not cooked well, you will be poisoned.

I will cook dinner tonight, you just need to watch from the side, and you can try it next time when you have learned it.”

When Dan Niang heard what Xu Han said, she felt relieved instantly. Just now she was thinking that she would not burn these poisonous mushrooms. If she failed to do it well, everyone would be doomed.

Fortunately, the madam said she would cook it later, otherwise Dan Niang really wouldn’t dare to cook dinner today.

After picking so many mushrooms, I must eat mushrooms in the evening.

The mushrooms picked today were of various types. Xu Han led people to pick and clean some, and then began to prepare today's dinner.

Xu Han didn't want to cook too many dishes because there were so many people around, mainly because cooking was too troublesome, so there were only two dishes for dinner today, but the portions were very large, each one was in a big pot, so everyone could eat their fill.

The dinner was simple, a dish of stir-fried mixed vegetables, a dish of mushroom and meat soup, with coarse flour steamed buns and some pickled vegetables. It was another simple meal.

The first impression people have of mushrooms is that they are poisonous and can kill people. For mushrooms that people have never eaten before, people are even more afraid to eat them or try them.

So everyone looked at each other, the rice in their hands smelled delicious, but no one dared to pick up the chopsticks first.

Seeing that everyone was holding their bowls but didn't dare to eat, Xu Han smiled and said, "Don't worry, everyone, eat these mushrooms. We have eaten these mushrooms many times before. They are not poisonous."

Xu Han started eating first after she finished speaking, while Ze'er and Mu'er had eaten many times before and were not unfamiliar with all kinds of mushrooms. As soon as the dish was served, they started eating it.

Seeing how delicious the food was, the others couldn't help themselves and started eating as well.

As soon as they put the mushrooms in their mouths, they all exclaimed in praise. They didn't expect that the mushrooms could be so delicious. The taste was so fresh.

Zhu Qiang said, "No wonder those rich people like to buy these mushrooms, they taste fresh and delicious.

In the past, I only thought about drying and selling them, and I didn’t even bother to taste them. This tastes so good.”

Zhu Chunfeng continued, "This is a big loss. In the past, I would just crush these unfamiliar mushrooms. Who would have thought that mushrooms with such bright colors could be eaten and taste so good?"

When Xu Han heard this, she immediately said, "Although these mushrooms are edible, you can't eat them carelessly.

Many of the mushrooms we picked today are poisonous. If you don’t know how to cook them, you must not eat them. You may get poisoned by accident and even die.

If you want to eat mushrooms in the future, go to the mountains and pick some non-toxic mushrooms. Don’t touch the poisonous ones. If you don’t cook them well, it will be troublesome.”

When everyone heard this, they came to their senses and secretly took note of what Xu Han said.

Although mushrooms are delicious, if you don’t know how to cook them, you’d better not eat them. Life is much more important than eating.

Zhou said, "Madam, don't worry. I will watch over them from now on and will never let them pick mushrooms to eat by themselves."

Dan Niang also said, "Yes, Madam, don't worry, we will definitely not pick mushrooms randomly in the future."

After hearing what everyone said, Xu Han finally felt relieved. She was really afraid that these people were greedy. If something unexpected happened during the meal, it would be troublesome. After all, it was a human life.

The others also echoed this, promising that they would not pick mushrooms randomly to eat. Seeing this, Xu Han didn't know what to say.

After dinner, everyone sat in the yard, lit torches, and started sorting mushrooms.

Because it had just rained, the mushrooms could not be put into the backpack, otherwise they would easily suffocate.

So the sorted mushrooms are temporarily piled up in the corridor. When the sun comes out tomorrow, they can be spread out in the yard to dry.

With strength in numbers, all the mushrooms were picked out after about an hour.

The Taoist priest suggested that everyone continue picking mushrooms tomorrow. Xu Han had no objection, so the itinerary for tomorrow was confirmed.

The next morning, after breakfast, the same group of people set out for the mountains again.

It was still early today, so the place we were going to was quite far away. The Taoist priest led us into the deep mountains, where there were more mushrooms. With the Taoist priest and Lu Chuan around, we were not afraid and we walked deeper and deeper.

Mushrooms deeper down are also larger and quicker to pick up.

Xu Han picked mushrooms for the whole morning and returned with the people who were delivering the mushrooms in the afternoon.

When we got home, Mrs. Ma had already hung out to dry the mushrooms she had picked yesterday, and was sorting the mushrooms that had been brought back in the morning.

With so many people, a lot of mushrooms were picked. The number of mushrooms picked in the past one or two days is almost as much as the number of mushrooms picked by several people last year.