Chapter 33 Who is Behind?
Then borrow some cabbage and radish seeds from Aunt Guihua and Aunt Dayun, and sow them before the cold dew. This way, when the university is closed in winter, the whole family can have food!
However, during this process, for a few months, we had to dig wild vegetables to supplement our meals.
Yang Ruoqing picked each okra off the vine and put it into the bamboo basket. She felt a sense of accomplishment when she saw that half of the basket was filled with weeds.
But she didn't just leave.
This season, there is a pine forest here. After a rain, it is a perfect time for matsutake mushrooms to bloom. It is impossible to find them!
Continue to search deeper into the forest, keeping your sight under the tree roots, covered with pine hair and dead leaves, and between the gaps between the stones...
Her hard work paid off, and she finally found it. Just under the roots of a pine tree in front of her, she carefully pushed aside the layer of red pine hairs covering it with a stick. What she saw were clusters of small umbrella-like shapes.
Such a cute and delicate matsutake!
Matsutake, scientific name Matsutake mushroom, is a non-toxic and delicious edible fungus.
Yang Ruoqing looked at the colors of the matsutake mushrooms in front of her. The caps were brown and the stems were white. They were so fresh!
His eyes suddenly lit up. He squatted down and used his fingers together to gently uproot the matsutake mushrooms, brushing off the soil and stone debris at the roots, and then carefully put them into the bamboo basket beside him.
Tricholoma matsutake is rich in nutritional value. Whether it is eaten fresh or dried, it is a delicious food. It is especially suitable for people like Yang Huazhong who are physically weak after a serious injury!
Guessing that the matsutake mushrooms in this area were almost picked, Yang Ruoqing's lips curved in pleasure as she weighed the heavy bamboo basket in her hand.
However, when she stood up and looked at the scenery around her, she was stunned.
Just now I was looking for matsutake mushrooms, and unknowingly walked into the depths of the forest without leaving any signs along the way. When I raised my head, the light all around suddenly dimmed, and it was raining again.
After a rain, a mist rose in the forest, and Yang Ruoqing couldn't tell the difference between east, west, north and south!
When Yang Ruoqing heard that she was about to go out, Sun walked to the side door and specifically told her to just wander around in the fields behind the house in front of the village and not to go to the hillsides or woods here.
I heard that it was also the weather after rain before. Someone from the village came to graze cattle in this forest, and the cattle disappeared in the blink of an eye. Many people looked for them but could not find them. Later, it was the hunter from the village who was behind the forest.
In that mountain col, the remains of a cow were found, and only half of the cow's head was left after being eaten by wild beasts in the mountains!
Yang Ruoqing couldn't help but feel nervous when she thought of wild beasts, especially those hungry wolves and those wild boars in groups.
Creatures such as wolves and wild boars usually live in groups, and there will be a large group when they come out!
Even if he was in his heyday in his previous life, even if he carried advanced weapons with him, he would not dare to provoke them rashly.
Looking at herself now, with her clumsy body that made her gasp for breath when walking fast, and the branch in her hand, she secretly shook her head.
If this kind of thing had happened to Yang Ruoqing in the past, she would have been so scared that she peed her pants, but now, Yang Ruoqing told herself not to panic, and the more calm she had to be at this time!
calm down!
She didn't run around, but she didn't move her feet until she realized she was lost. She just stood there and didn't move.
Now, she first took a few deep breaths to force her heartbeat to calm down, and then she began to lower her head and look at the branches and grass beside her...
After a rain, there are still some traces left on the ground. Wherever she walked, the friction between her body and the surrounding branches, the small stones and dead grass she stepped on would all leave special traces.
At first, Yang Ruoqing kept her focus on finding the way, and did not notice a pair of eyes staring behind her. After walking for a while, she suddenly realized something.
Regardless of whether it's a human or a beast that's following behind, you can't stay here for long!
So, she quickened her pace, and the feeling of being followed behind her never dissipated, sometimes far and sometimes near, as if the other party was deliberately keeping a certain distance from her, but keeping her within the other's line of sight.
Damn it, this feeling of being targeted like prey is really unpleasant!
Yang Ruoqing was rushing forward with all her strength, already holding a few sharp stones in her hands. As long as the thing behind showed signs of attack, the stones in her hand would not be a vegetarian!
She didn't feel anything when she came in just now. When she went out now, she realized that the forest was really big. She might have walked to the deepest part of the forest. No wonder she could pick so many wild vegetables and so many fresh ones.
The matsutake!
But it also caused unknown trouble for herself. Fortunately, the light in front of her became brighter and brighter. She held back the joy in her heart and ran away, heading towards the exit of the forest ahead...
Behind a big tree not far behind him, he looked at the fat figure who suddenly ran wildly. He grinned and raised his hand to scratch his head. This fat girl is not that stupid after all!
Turning around, he continued walking deeper into the forest. Today's harvest was not enough, he had to go to the other side of the forest!
Outside the forest, Yang Ruoqing ran down the hillside to the back of the village. When she was sure that the feeling of being followed behind her had completely disappeared, she stopped and sat on a big rock aside, breathing heavily.
She turned around and looked at the dark woods that she had left behind, with lingering fear in her heart!
Damn it, what the hell is that?
It seems that we really can't go into the woods easily next time. It's too dangerous. If we die in there, where will our parents find us?
However, there are so many good things hidden deep in the forest, and it would be hard not to go in!
What a contradiction!
After gathering her mood, Yang Ruoqing took a look at the sky. It was already dark, and the villagers in the field were preparing to finish work and go home for dinner one after another.
Yang Ruoqing was at the creek behind the village, sorting out the wild vegetables, matsutake mushrooms and other things in the basket, washing them cleanly in the clear stream water, and putting them back into the basket.
She took off her shoes again, barefooted, rolled up her trousers to her knees, stepped on the stones in the creek and stood in the water. She loosened the strip of cloth she used to tie her hair, and pulled off the knotted bird.
His hair was buried in the flowing stream.
Although there was no shampoo, this was living water, a steady stream of living water. After rinsing and rubbing her hair, by the time she wrung out her hair and climbed ashore and put on her shoes again, the last trace of light on the horizon would be lost to the darkness of the night.
Swallowed.
As dusk fell, lights lit up in the village below, and dogs barked from time to time.
Chapter completed!