eurekapd Chapter 117 Going Out to Investigate
Chapter 117 Going Out to Investigate
After a brief period of clear weather, it began to drizzle again!
Don’t delay them from picking mushrooms!
There are poisonous and non-toxic mushrooms in the mountains. Whether you can eat them or not depends on which species they are.
If there are many stars in summer, there are more mushrooms on the ground in the mountains after rain than those stars.
It was as if a heavy rain had fallen on the land that had been dry for many years, making the land moist, and all the fungi that had been cultivated for two years suddenly emerged.
With previous experience, when picking mushrooms, everyone just picks those that are edible. Those that you are not sure about should not be picked to avoid wasting space in the backpack.
Father Liu picked out some common mushrooms, including shiitake mushrooms, chicken mushrooms, capreolus, boletus, and matsutake, and reminded those who wanted to go out this time.
A lot of people want to go out this time. After all, everyone has been in this cave for almost a week, so even just going for a walk in the woods would be nice.
Father Liu took out the mushrooms from before and taught the others to recognize them again: "We don't want the ones we don't recognize. We can't take risks. We also have to watch the children who follow us out. Don't touch those colorful mushrooms. The beautiful mushrooms are poisonous mushrooms. This is what the old people often say. Remember it. Wash your hands carefully later and don't use your hands to pick up food."
"understood."
The little rascals all agreed with Father Liu's words in unison.
Although the three little kids can't go far to pick mushrooms, they can still find quite a few by walking around the cave.
The children listened with great interest, as if they were going out to do something great.
Liu Xiaolu, Lin Keyu and Fang Chenxi, the slightly older children, all wanted to go out for a walk. They were really getting bored staying here all the time.
In the end, only the three smallest ones were not allowed to go out. If these three children went out, someone had to carry them on their backs, which wasted a lot of labor, and they could have brought back a lot more things.
They were taken around the cave by Liu's mother and Qi Xin, who sorted out the mushrooms brought back by others.
This time they picked a lot more mushrooms, and the baskets and backpacks they took out were full. But luckily, Liu Xiaolu and Lin Keyu were there this time, and there were no outsiders, so they could go on their own.
Lin Keyu and Jiang Xiaolu were divided into two teams. They threw things into the space frantically, took them back to the cave, and then slowly tried to find a way to take them out.
Anyway, we can’t eat all these mushrooms at once, so they all have to be made into dried mushrooms and stored.
We stayed in the cave for another two days and picked almost all the mushrooms within a radius of ten kilometers.
Until the backpack and winnowing basket at home could no longer hold all the food, they had to weave a few new straw baskets to finally hold all the food. For a while, everyone had some free time again.
By now, they had been in the cave for more than twenty days, and it had been raining all the time, although the rain had become lighter and would occasionally stop for an hour or two.
In this situation, it is still not suitable for traveling. The soil after the rain is too wet, and you have to be very careful when walking in the mountains. Every time you go out and come back, your shoes and pants are wet with mud and rain.
In addition, there were no cement roads in ancient times, only loess roads or stone roads.
On rainy days, resting at night is a big problem. We can’t find a place to spend the night, so we can only continue to stay in the cave.
After dinner, a group of people gathered around the fire to chat. Liu Caixia said worriedly, "Dad, it has been raining for the past two days, and I don't know how long it will last.
There was a drought for two years before. If the rain continues like that, we have to make long-term plans if we want to live here!"
Father Liu: "I've considered what you said. Lao Luo, Wei Zhong and I have already discussed it. We'll collect some mushrooms around here in the next few days, and then go to the next county town in the rain to check out the situation.
If there is a way, we can rent a yard in the county town to settle down first. If not, we can see if we can buy some food!
It depends on the location of the next county. Is it close to a river or lake? If it rains like this, the water level may have risen. We will have to stay in the mountains.”
Lin Weizhong: "I don't know how much grain the court has left in reserve. In the past two years, the court has distributed a lot of reserve grain, and it is estimated that there is not much left. I heard that a lot of grain was transferred from the east and south to the northwest, which was used to win the battle against the enemy and control the war.
This time it rained, there must be a lot of places that have been affected, I’m afraid it will be hard to buy food.”
Luo Hong: "That's right, but it's okay. The summer harvest in the east and south should have ended this year, and winter is coming soon. Even if it rains every day, it won't have much impact. As long as it clears up in the spring next year, it won't affect spring farming.
Add to that wild vegetables from the mountains, and there shouldn’t be any problem making it through until the first harvest of food!”
Liu Caixia: "But if it keeps drizzling like this, it will probably last for a long time! Do you think the water in the river can be drained? The flood will definitely be serious. Even without waiting until next year, all the low-lying areas will have been flooded! It will be even more difficult for us in the mountains after winter!"
Luo Hong: "I was thinking about something else. I hope the rain stops soon! We will set out early tomorrow morning. The three of us will take Keyu with us. You will stay in the cave. Caiyun and Caixia, you two will stay here to protect everyone's safety. By the way, when you have nothing to do, you can teach the children to read or do some exercise!"
"Okay, after you leave, we won't go out. We'll just walk around the cave and dig some wild vegetables. The sooner you go, the sooner you can come back!"
After Liu Caixia knew her father's plan, she had no choice but to make this arrangement, as she couldn't find a better way for the time being.
It was indeed a bit unrealistic for them to travel together. It was difficult for a few men to find a place to spend the night on the road.
With such a group of people, it would be even more difficult to find a place to stay overnight.
Forget it, the worst plan is to expose the existence of this space, but I won’t starve to death anyway, so forget it, let’s just take it one step at a time.
When they were getting ready to set off the next morning, Liu's father suddenly changed his mind and decided to let him take the Lin father and son with him.
Luo Hong stayed to protect the others. After all, he was still worried about leaving the men alone as there were too many children.
"Lao Luo, you stay and protect us. It will be more convenient for us to travel with fewer people. Although we haven't encountered any large animals in the mountains, just in case, among the remaining people, only Caiyun has some fighting ability. The others are too weak. I will feel more at ease if you stay!"
Luo Hong looked at the remaining people, who could be described as old, weak and women.
So he nodded and said, "Okay, that's fine. Be careful on the road then!"
Father Liu took the father and son of the Lin family and pretended to pack up a simple luggage. He also took Mother Liu and Mrs. Tan with him and gave them a large bag of dried wild vegetable biscuits and a bag of roasted chestnuts. They also brought wild pears picked from the mountains and three water bottles, and set off in such a simple manner.
This time when they went out, they didn’t know what the situation was like outside?