The number one scholar is a piece of shit that everyone wants

Time flies like an arrow, and in the blink of an eye, the fallen leaves in the mountains have turned yellow, and they fall to the ground like flying butterflies.

"His father!" Jiang Ying looked at the back mountain and felt a little nervous for some reason: "Do you think we won't encounter any wild beasts coming down the mountain when we go up to pick autumn fruits?"

"No, don't be nervous."

Qian Lizheng touched the pipe at his waist and said confidently, "It's just late autumn, not early winter yet. The beasts won't come down the mountain so soon."

"Besides, there are so many of us, and we have Yushan leading us. What are you afraid of?"

"You abandoned us and ran away because you were afraid of encountering wild animals!"

Qian Lizheng: “…”

Can this conversation be handled properly? Look at what he is saying. Is he the kind of person who only cares about himself?

Besides, even if he is asked to run, can he outrun those young and strong ones?

Ye Fanxing shouted: "Uncle Lizheng?"

Well, this must be something she wants to do to him again!

"Hey, Xing Ge'er, tell me!"

"Uncle Lizheng, how many days will we have to harvest the autumn fruits? Do we have to climb up and down like this every day?"

"Five days without climbing up and down. Do you plan to live in the mountains?"

As Qian Li was saying this, he was thinking in his heart, is this kid stupid? Is he going to feed wild beasts if he lives in the mountains?

Ye Fanxing didn't know what Qian Lizheng was thinking, "I wonder if there is a cave on our mountain. If there is, we can live on the mountain. We can light torches at the entrance of the cave and have people take turns guarding it. Then we won't be afraid of wild animals."

"This way we don't have to waste time going up and down the mountain every day. We can mine better."

Qian Lizheng thought about it and it made sense. After all, if one was lucky when mining in the mountains, the harvest could be considerable.

In the past few years, the number of people participating in the mining activities organized was higher only in the first two days. After that, unless one was too poor to make ends meet and continued to follow the mining team, everyone gave up for various reasons.

As for the cave, how would he know if it existed? After all, he was not a hunter.

Thinking of this, he waved his hand at Ye Yushan, who was leading the group, and shouted, "Yushan boy, stop for a moment."

"Okay!" Ye Yushan responded loudly, turned around and called the others, "Everyone go to bed first, I'll go see what the village head uncle wants."

Qian Lizheng saw Ye Yushan coming over and told him about Ye Fanxing's proposal. Then he saw Ye Yushan frowning and thinking.

The cave can’t accommodate so many people!

Almost the whole village went out to mine this time. After thinking about it, Ye Yushan also expressed his thoughts.

"Uncle Lizheng, yes, it is possible. The cave closest to us can accommodate up to 25 people. How do you think we should arrange for the rest?"

Qian Lizheng thought about it and decided that as for the quota, there would be one person per household, and as for who would stay, everyone could decide for themselves.

After all, some families did not plan to live in the mountains, so the issue of buying and selling quotas emerged. Ye Fanxing didn't know for a moment whether those who sold the quotas were smart or stupid!

Shen Bai also quickly turned around and waved his hand to call Ye Fanxing: "Xing'er, are you going to stay in the mountains tonight?"

"Not today, my family hasn't made any arrangements yet, but maybe tomorrow."

It was the first time for him to participate in this ancient kind of mountain mining, so he brought two backpacks up the mountain. He found a lot of good things along the way, and if he collected more, he would have no place to put them.

Shen Bai frowned as he looked at the group of people who were planning to stay. After all, most of those who were planning to stay were men, and it would be better for young men like them not to stay.

Thinking of this, he gently pulled Ye Fanxing's clothes, moved forward, and said in a low voice, "After we finish picking the fruits in the mountain, we will ask Zao Ge'er and his wife to bring us here."

Seeing Ye Fanxing's puzzled expression, he could only utter helplessly, "Uh...we are brothers!"

"……All right!"

After everything was settled, everyone started climbing the mountain again.

A dozen strong men in front were waving sickles to clear the way and cutting the waist-high weeds.

After walking for a while, we reached a gentle sunny slope and everyone began to move freely.

Ye Fanxing looked at everyone searching for what they wanted and suddenly became interested. It felt like a modern treasure hunt on a picnic.

Most of the boys and girls picked various wild fruits and wild vegetables that were not withered, such as hawthorn, mushrooms, etc.

As for the men, they were searching in the mountains, collecting whatever they saw. Their main goal was to hunt small animals such as hares, pheasants, etc.

As for fruits, he picked a little hawthorn and some wild kiwis. He planned to pick them as dried snacks for Xiao Nan.

He did pick a lot of autumn fungus, pine nuts, pecans, etc., and of course herbs.

Zao Ge'er came over with half a basket of dates on his back, staring at what Ye Fanxing had in his basket with wide eyes, "Why are you picking things that no one has!"

"Really? If you believe me, go pick some too. Then I'll teach you how to make something delicious!"

Zao Ge'er had no words to say about Ye Fanxing's cooking skills. Without thinking, he followed Ye Fanxing and started picking the fruits.

Soon Ye Fanxing's alternative collecting team became four people, the other two were Shen Bai and Shu Ge'er.

"Ah! It hurts!"

While walking, Ye Fanxing was hit on the head by something falling from a tree.

He subconsciously looked up to see what it was, and saw a dense mass of chestnuts hanging on his head.

"Xing'er, be careful, stay away from that tree, don't get hit by the thorn ball again!"

Zao Ge'er pulled the other two people some distance away from the chestnut tree, and mischievously kicked the chestnuts that fell to the ground.

"Spiked ball?!"

This is a good thing! Chestnuts can be used as food, how could they not recognize it?

Ye Fanxing stepped on a chestnut with his foot and rubbed it hard on the ground until the thorns on the outside fell off. He then gently peeled off the shell with his hand to reveal the brown chestnut inside.

He took the chestnut and rubbed it on his body twice, then bit open the shell with his teeth, revealing the tender white chestnut meat with juice inside. He took a bite and it tasted very sweet.

"This thorn ball is so delicious!"

The person who spoke was none other than the foodie Zao Ge'er. When he saw that Ye Fanxing did not leave the thorny tree and saw his movements, he knew that it must be something edible.

So he followed suit and was the first to eat the chestnut.

"This is not called a thorn ball, this is called a chestnut. It can be cooked and eaten, which will make you feel full. It can also be fried, or the flesh can be ground into flour and made into cakes."

When Zao Ge'er and others heard so many ways to eat it, they were very happy. They quickly picked up the chestnuts that had fallen on the ground and put them carefully into their backpacks.

After that, each of them took a wooden stick and hit the chestnuts that had not fallen from the tree. Of course, they did not forget to cover their heads, for fear of being hit on the head by the dense falling chestnuts.

Chestnuts are delicious, but you have to peel both sides of the shell to eat them. But for them, this little trouble is not a big deal as long as they can eat them.