Zhou Yu was quite open-minded: "The world is so vast and full of wonders, we can only say that we know very little.

"Anyway, let's pick them first. Does the book you read tell you how to eat these mushrooms? Is it the same as ordinary mushrooms?"

"The book says that stewed meat and soup are particularly delicious," Qin Ying replied while picking quickly, "or you can cut it into cubes and fry it with minced meat and mix it with rice. It's also delicious.

"Actually, I haven't eaten it either, so I'm not sure if it's really a chicken mushroom."

Zhou Yu nodded slightly. "There's no rush. Xu Xia is from Southern Province, and this Alpinia argentea is unique to Southern Province. We'll know when he comes back and ask him."

After they had picked all the mushrooms, the basket on Qin Ying's back was already full. Zhou Yu grabbed it before she could lift it up, put it on his back, and gave her his empty basket. "To be honest, I haven't gained anything since we entered the mountains."

Qin Ying couldn't fight with him, so she took the empty basket and said, "My mother always said that this mountain is a treasure mountain.

“When the drought came, we wouldn’t have been able to hold out for so long if it weren’t for this mountain.”

Zhou Yu was afraid that she would fall into negative emotions, so he quickly pointed to a clump of weeds in front of her and asked, "What is this?"

Qin Ying explained it to him carefully, and soon they found a few more clumps of herbs.

Zhou Yu sighed, "I know Mr. Zhang has a copy of the Pharmacopoeia, but I'm not very interested in it. If I had known earlier, I should have borrowed it to read. I wouldn't have ended up like a blind man in the mountains."

Qin Ying couldn't help laughing: "I have read some of Mr. Zhang's Pharmacopoeia, but many medicinal herbs don't have illustrations, and even if there are illustrations, they may not match.

"Look, many grasses actually look pretty much the same. Some are distinguished by their flowers, others by their smell..."

Zhou Yu nodded repeatedly, pointing to a plant with long, thorny leaves and lavender flowers, and asked, "Is this a thistle?"

"Yes!" Qin Ying pinched the flower ball and cut a few plants with a sickle, "This is very good at stopping bleeding.

"Just mash it and apply it directly to the wound. If you're starving, you can eat it, but you have to remove the thorns from the leaves first.

"Well, the leaves look like pig ears, and the ones that have started to whip are plantains, also known as pig ear grass. The tender leaves can be used for cooking and are also effective in relieving coughs..."

Zhou Yu listened to her talk. Some plants were only known by their local names but not their scientific names. Some were of little value but had beautiful flowers. Others had flowers that looked beautiful but had a strange smell... He listened with great interest.

They walked, talked and picked as they went, and soon Qin Ying's backpack was half full.

Looking up, they saw An An, Zhou Qi and Zhou Mian not far ahead. They decided to meet up with these three first, so they walked forward side by side.

Unexpectedly, not long after they walked, Qin Ying tripped over a protruding tree root and almost fell. Zhou Yu quickly reached out to help her.

But Qin Ying's long training was not in vain. Before Zhou Yu could support her, she had already stood firmly and looked down. "Why does this place look like a rabbit hole?"

Behind the tree roots, in a clump of grass, there was a hole slanting downwards.

Zhou Yu blinked, "I have no experience in this."

"Please wait a moment, sir." Qin Ying took off the backpack, put down the pickaxe on her shoulder, looked around, and a look of joy appeared on her face.

Soon she called out to An An, Zhou Qi, and Zhou Mian: "Come quickly, there's a rabbit hutch here!"

The three of them immediately became excited and ran over as fast as they could, asking, "Where is it? Where is it?"

Aunt Zhao and Zhao Hu also came over quickly. After hearing what Qin Ying said, they knew it was a sure thing.

Aunt Zhao said hurriedly, "Let's split up and guard the different holes. Then light the smoked rabbits, and they'll pop out soon. Where are your pockets? Let's stand guard at the holes with our pockets open!"

Zhou Yu sighed, "No wonder the book says 'a cunning rabbit has three burrows'. It turns out there really are several burrows."

After they divided the locations according to the plan, Zhao Hu lit a fire. Because there was not much dry wood, there was a lot of smoke. He also picked two large leaves and kept fanning them into the rabbit hole.

Not long after, An An and the others heard screams of surprise: "We got it! We got it!"

An An threw himself to the ground, pressing down on the opening of his pocket, and yelled, "Uncle, come quickly! I can't hold it anymore!"

Zhao Hu rushed over and grabbed his bag tightly, then picked up his little niece and laughed at her, "Why are you rolling around on the ground?"

An An wrinkled her nose and snorted, "If I hadn't reacted quickly, the rabbit would have run away!"

Zhou Qi and Zhou Mian looked guilty. Before they could react, the two gray rabbits almost escaped from their pockets.

"Nothing, nothing," Zhao Hu said quickly when he saw the two girls blushing with embarrassment, "There are many rabbits in the mountains. If these two run away, we can find others!

"We didn't go up the mountain to find something to fill our stomachs this time, we just came here to have fun!"

Then he asked An An, "The wreath on your head is so beautiful. Who made it?"

"Aunt Qi," An An struggled to get off the ground and went to pull the Zhou sisters, "Don't be embarrassed, I don't blame you!"

Zhou Mian whispered, "Next time, next time we must be quicker!"

Everyone gathered around. Zhao Hu lifted the bag. The two rabbits darted around in the small space. He said to them with a smile, "We don't have to worry about lunch this time. We'll have at least 20 pounds!"

Aunt Zhao didn't believe it. She grabbed the bag and weighed it, saying, "Nonsense! How can you find such a fat rabbit at this time of year?"

As soon as he started to use it, his expression froze, and then he revealed an expression of disbelief, "It's...it's true!"

Zhao Hu shook his head proudly: "My hands are accurate now!"

The bags they had were all sacks, so there was no need to explain too much. They were afraid that the rabbit would break free and run away, which would be a waste of time. So they grabbed the rabbit by its ears and tied it up with vines.

Zhou Qi hesitated and said, "Don't rabbits eat grass?" Stop chewing the vines.

"Don't be afraid!" Aunt Zhao smiled and found two thicker wooden sticks, stuffed them into the rabbit's mouth horizontally, and tied them together. In this way, the rabbit couldn't even close its mouth, so how could it bite through the vines.

Zhou Mian exclaimed softly: "Aunt Zhao, you are so smart!"

Aunt Zhao laughed, "What's the big deal!"

It was almost noon when they found a relatively spacious open space and stopped to have lunch.

Aunt Zhao saw that Xu Xia was late and asked quickly.

Zhou Yu smiled and said, "Don't be afraid, I'll call him back right away." He took out a bone whistle from his side, walked away a few steps and blew it.

After blowing the whistle three times in a row, a whistle of response was heard not far away.

Zhou Yu put away his whistle, walked back and said, "He's also got some gains over there. Let's start the fire first."

When the fire was burning well, Xu Xia also strode forward with two processed pheasants in his arms, and some pheasant eggs in his lapel.

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