Traveling through 70's wine

Chapter 19 Truffles

She finished her training, stood up, picked up the crossbow on the wall, walked out of the room, put an arrow on it, and aimed at the willow tree far away by the lake. She pushed forward with her hand, and with a "swish" sound, the arrow flew away. She clearly saw the arrow hit the willow branch, and then fell into the water with the broken branch. She thought to herself, what a pity, there are only twelve arrows in total, and if one is lost, one less, "I wonder if I can pick it up again?"

She thought, and suddenly, a wet arrow appeared in her hand. She thought again, and the dagger in the room also appeared in her hand.

What kind of skill was this? Controlling objects? She tried them one by one. Small objects in the bamboo house, such as jade pieces, cups, and chairs, could appear at will, but chickens and rabbits in the distance could not, nor could the rice and corn planted in the fields. However, the rice and corn in the warehouse could appear.

After practicing, her strength has become three or four times stronger than before, and now she has the ability to control her mind. I wonder what level she can reach if she continues to practice according to the jade piece?

She took out the jade piece and found that a new line appeared on it. It should be because she had completed the practice of the previous meridian and upgraded her skills. Wen Qing looked closely and found that this was a meridian that went from the eyes to the Du channel and then to the toes.

She tried to guide the heat flow in the Baihui point into her eyes, and then circulated it according to the instructions on the jade piece. She soon felt the heat flow downward and her whole body felt warm. After completing several cycles, she felt the heat flow in the meridians turn into water droplets again and be stored in the middle dantian. The water droplets in the Baihui point echoed with the water droplets in the middle dantian and turned into strength of the body.

Wen Qing came out of the space. The stars were twinkling in the sky outside. She went to the sunbath to practice boxing.

At this time, she had practiced military boxing and Baguazhang more proficiently, and her steps were very swift. She was immersed in the use and control of her own strength, feeling the pleasure of power coming at her will. Unknowingly, the sky was already slightly bright.

Wen Qing returned to the educated youth camp, picked up the wooden bucket and was about to fetch water. She looked up and saw Gu Hua walking out of the room and said, "Wen Qing, good morning. Are you going to fetch water?" Wen Qing replied, "Good morning. The water in the water tank is used up. I'll go fetch water."

"Let's go together." Gu Hua also picked up the bucket and followed her out of the yard.

Walking to the well in the village, the wellhead was wet and many people came out to fetch water in the morning.

Gu Hua picked up the bucket at the mouth of the well, sank it to the bottom of the well with force, pulled it up, and said to Wen Qing, "Come, bring the bucket over to fill it with water." After several attempts, he finally filled Wen Qing's two buckets. Wen Qing then put his bucket by the well and drew a few more buckets of water before filling them up.

The two of them carried water back to the Youth League Home, one in front and one behind.

Luo Yixing was standing in the yard brushing his teeth and rinsing his mouth. When he saw the two men coming back with water, he said vaguely, "You two are really hardworking." Gu Hua glanced at him and said, "Do you think everyone is as lazy as you?" Luo Yixing snorted in dissatisfaction. He was just brushing his teeth and couldn't fight back.

Wen Qing ignored their jokes and went into the kitchen, poured water into the water tank, and started to cook breakfast, which was sweet potato porridge, corn cakes, and pickles.

Wu Qing was cleaning the chicken coop in the backyard. After feeding the chickens, he walked back to the front yard and saw Wen Qing cooking. He smiled and said, "Xiao Qing, is the meal ready?"

Wen Qing nodded, "Sister Qingqing, what are you doing at work today?"

"The team leader said we're going to plant winter wheat and rapeseed today."

"I'm still cutting grass for the pigs." As the weather gets colder, the grass on the ground will wither, and some hay will need to be stored to feed the pigs and cows.

“It’s hard to cut the grass now.”

"It's okay, I'll go away."

"Then be careful."

In the morning, Wen Qing went to Dayao Mountain. She took a step and quickly went deep into the mountains. Dayao Mountain was very large, stretching for thousands of miles. She climbed a mountain and looked at the towering peaks and deep valleys in the distance. She felt that she was very small, not even as good as a pine tree on the top of the mountain that could stand for hundreds of years.

She walked down the hillside and found a walnut forest and even wild sea buckthorn trees on a sunny hillside. Some walnuts had already fallen to the ground. She mobilized her mental power to cover an area and with a thought, she picked up the walnuts on the ground.

In this way, she picked up all the walnuts on the ground, climbed up the tree, knocked the walnuts on the tree down with a wooden stick, and collected them.

Then she picked the remaining wild prickly pears from the prickly pear tree. These wild prickly pears were small like a small jar, with some thorns on them, but they tasted sweet and could be used to make jam or soak in wine. She put these into the space and put some walnuts into the backpack.

On the way back, they passed a forest with many pine trees, oak trees and oak trees, and the ground was covered with pine needles and dead leaves. Wen Qing walked carefully. In this dense forest with few people, there might be holes on the ground. She usually used a long wooden stick to explore the places that were not clear.

At this time, she used a stick to push aside a layer of fallen leaves and suddenly smelled a strange smell, like the aroma of fresh walnuts. She slowly looked for the source of the smell and found a walnut-like mass growing at the root of a large pine tree where she pushed aside the pine needles. The surface was dark black with some lines on it, probably some kind of fungus.

She broke off a piece and sniffed it. It was indeed that unique smell. She carefully dug up the fallen leaves and soil around the roots of the pine tree and found more than a dozen of these things. She also checked the roots of some nearby pine and oak trees and found some. It is estimated that this fungus grows at the roots of trees.

This kind of mushroom smells very fragrant. If it is edible, it must be delicious. She carefully put it into the space.

Back at the educated youth point, I found a broken wooden basin, put the walnuts in it, and added some water to the basin. The walnuts have a layer of peel on the outside, and if you peel them with your hands, your hands will be stained black. You can only ferment the peel first, and then pick out the walnuts. Wash the wild prickly pear and hang it on a dustpan.

Li Wei was very excited when he saw Wen Qing picking up so many walnuts, and asked hurriedly: "Wen Qing, where did you pick them?"

"I picked it today when I went into the mountains to collect grass for pigs."

"Where is it? Is it far?"

Wen Qing told everyone the place. Several male educated youth wanted to leave immediately. Wen Qing said, "Take a leave in the afternoon and I will take you there."

There are still a lot of walnuts in the mountains. If you don’t pick them, they will be eaten by squirrels anyway.

Luo Yixing hurriedly asked for leave from the team leader. The team leader didn't say anything, but just looked at him strangely. Luo Yixing didn't say much. He returned to the educated youth site and found the things he would need in the afternoon.

The group carried their backpacks and left the village, taking a detour before heading into the mountains.

No one walked as fast as Wen Qing alone. After two hours of walking, everyone was exhausted when they finally arrived at the walnut forest that Wen Qing mentioned.

In the morning, Wen Qing only picked walnuts from a corner. This time, they picked walnuts from a walnut tree in a higher place. Because of the high location, there were more walnuts on the tree.

Wu Qing took a wooden stick and directly chose a tree to knock the walnuts off the tree; Gu Hua took an iron hook, climbed up the tree and hooked the walnuts down; Guo Jianguo took a sickle, tied the sickle to a branch, and knocked and hit the walnuts at the same time, which was the most efficient.

Luo Yixing was responsible for picking up the walnuts that fell on the ground. Everyone worked together and it took more than an hour to fill six people's backpacks.

On the way back, Wen Qing said, "I found a kind of mushroom in the woods ahead. I don't recognize it, but it smells good. I'll take you to see it."

After walking for more than half an hour, they finally reached the forest. She used a stick to dig up the fallen leaves and loose soil under the roots of the pine trees. After searching for a while, she finally found the truffle under an oak tree. She cut it off and handed it to everyone to see. "Here, this is it. Do you know what kind of mushroom it is?"

Li Wei took it, observed it carefully, and smelled it, "I don't know, I haven't eaten it."

Gu Hua sniffed the aroma in the air and recalled carefully. It seemed that he had this kind of thing in his memory. He took it and sniffed it hard. "I think I have smelled this smell before. It should be edible."

Guo Jianguo slapped his head and said, "I know. This is called pig arch mushroom and it's edible."

Wen Qing then remembered that this should be truffle. Pigs have a keen sense of smell, and in some places pigs are used to find this kind of fungus, which is a very precious food ingredient.

Wu Qing said excitedly, "Let's look for it again."

The six people dispersed and followed Wen Qing's example, using sticks and sickles to dig up the fallen leaves and soil under the tree. Wen Qing heard that truffles might grow in the soil, so she didn't go far. She carefully dug the soil under the tree where she had found truffles before. Sure enough, she dug out a dozen more, some as big as fists, and some as small as walnuts.

As the sky gradually darkened, Wen Qing said, "It's getting late, let's go back." There were many unsafe factors in the forest at night, and she didn't want to take any risks.

Everyone else found more or less truffles. Li Wei found 11, Gu Hua found 7 or 8, Wu Qing only found 3, Guo Jianguo found the most, 25, and Luo Yixing found 9.

It seems that this piece of woods is the nest of truffles. Wen Qing noted down the location. Truffles are annual fungi and if nothing unexpected happens, they will grow again next year.

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