Eating melons

Last year's trip to the mountains to pick mushrooms and mountain products left a very good impression on Wei Wei and Jiang Qi.

To two southerners who came from later generations, the autumn in the unspoiled mountains of Northeast China in the 1960s and 1970s was no different from the forest in a fairy tale.

Therefore, Wei Wei and Jiang Qi were very eager to go up the mountain to pick up mountain products.

There are a lot of people preparing to go up the mountain to pick mushrooms today, and almost every family in the Red Star Brigade has gone out.

After a winter, every household only has so much food left, so whenever there is a chance to stock up, almost the whole family will go out.

Because Wu Mei had gone up the mountain to pick mushrooms with Zhang Xing, Liu Aiying and others several times, there was no need to ask Liu Aiying and Zhang Xing to lead the way this time.

All they had to do was follow Wu Mei, because she knew the way and where to find mountain products.

Mushrooms reproduce by spores. Generally, as long as there are spores in a certain place, even if they are picked, they will appear again after a period of time.

Wei Wei and Jiang Qi were very excited about finally going up the mountain, and they chattered non-stop.

Liu Jiaojiao was the same. She would go up the mountain occasionally like this, just like a spring outing. If there were mountain products, she would go and pick them. If there were no products, she would not be discouraged. So she still liked to go with them very much.

But if she were asked to run to the mountains and pick wild goods whenever she had time like Wu Mei, she couldn't do it and would only feel bored.

As the saying goes, excessive joy leads to sorrow. This may be referring to Wei Wei and Jiang Qi. No, Liu Jiaojiao should also be included.

As the saying goes, when people are unlucky, even drinking cold water will get stuck in their teeth.

Look, Wei Wei and Jiang Qi are wearing rain boots because it rained yesterday.

There would definitely be grass and puddles on the mountain, so the two of them went up the mountain wearing rain boots.

But the mountain roads are not so easy to walk on, especially when it has just rained, the roads are a bit slippery.

Wei Wei, Jiang Qi and Liu Jiaojiao, who were walking in the middle, were chatting so enthusiastically that they didn't pay attention to the road and fell down.

"Ouch!"

"Hey hey!"

"what!"

The three screams came from Wei Wei, Jiang Qi and Liu Jiaojiao respectively.

Yu Xi, who was walking in front, heard the noise and wanted to help, but it was too late.

Xiao Xuemu and Li Zhibin were walking behind the three people and wanted to help, but it was too late.

Even though Xiao Xuemu and Li Zhibin were walking at the back, their eyes were almost always following Wei Wei and Jiang Qi, and they would occasionally glance at them.

When Li Zhibin and Xiao Xuemu saw Wei Wei fall, they noticed it immediately and wanted to help her.

But Wu Mei was in the way, and the fall happened in a split second. There was no time to pull them apart, and the three of them had already fallen to the ground.

Wu Mei had no time to pull it out because it was too late when she found out.

Unlike Weiwei, Jiang Qi and Liu Jiaojiao, who were all talking and laughing on the way.

Whenever she sees mushrooms or wild vegetables on the roadside or in the grass, she will stop to pick them up.

When Wei Wei and the others fell, she was picking mushrooms in the grass nearby.

As for why she fell, it was because Wei Wei, who was walking in the middle, was chatting about gossip and was "looking ahead and behind". She didn't pay attention to the road under her feet and slipped and fell.

As for why three people fell, it was because Wei Wei was walking in the middle and Jiang Qi was in front.

When Wei Wei fell, she habitually pulled Jiang Qi, and then Jiang Qi also fell.

Liu Jiaojiao, who was behind, wanted to grab Wei Wei who was about to fall, but she failed to pull her firmly and was dragged down further, and also fell.

Therefore, Jiang Qi became the one at the bottom.

The postures of the three were similar to that of Iron Arhat, with Jiang Qi lying on the ground at the bottom.

Wei Wei was on Jiang Qi's body, and Wei Wei was almost lying directly on Jiang Qi's lower body.

On Wei Wei was Liu Jiaojiao, and Liu Jiaojiao was also lying on Wei Wei's lower body.

Seeing this, Xiao Xuemu, Li Zhibin, Yu Xi and Wu Mei hurriedly went to help the three people who were stacked up.

Liu Jiaojiao, who is at the top, is slightly better, with only her knees and calves being a little dirty.

Wei Wei in the middle had her lower body all dirty, and the worst off was Jiang Qi who was at the bottom.

Because he landed on his stomach, all the clothes and pants in front of him were dirty.

Mainly because it rained last night, the ground was not dry and was covered with mud. Now Jiang Qi's clothes and pants are no longer presentable.

There is water, mud, leaves, grass, and everything on it.

Li Zhibin, Xiao Xuemu and Wu Mei hurriedly checked whether Jiang Qi, Wei Wei and Liu Jiaojiao had any injuries.

Fortunately, none of the three were injured in the fall, only their clothes and pants were dirty.

Jiang Qi patted the mud off his clothes and sighed, "What a bad start! What a bad start! I hope I won't be so unlucky today! I haven't even started picking mushrooms and I've already piled up a pile of Arhats."

Wei Wei quickly apologized, "I'm so sorry, I'm sorry, I didn't mean it."

Jiang Qi waved his hand and said, "It's okay."

Of course she knew that Wei Wei didn't do it on purpose. She was not blind and couldn't see the big slip mark on the mud on the ground. How could she not fall if she slipped so hard?

He glanced at Liu Jiaojiao again and asked, "Why did you fall down too?"

Liu Jiaojiao sighed, "I wanted to hold Wei Wei back, but I didn't have the strength to do so."

After hearing this, Jiang Qi immediately understood. She didn't hold on tight, so she fell down anyway. Then she was the unlucky one, the one who had to take the blame.

Jiang Qi didn't know why she was so unlucky. Even when she went out to play in the snow, she was the one who got hurt.

Now, whether I go up the mountain to pick mushrooms or fall down, she is still the one who takes the blame.

Wu Mei glanced at the three of them and said, "Why don't we go back first and change clothes first, so we don't get cold."

Hearing this, Jiang Qi immediately said, "I'm fine. I'm still wearing clothes underneath. It's just that the outer clothes are dirty. I won't be cold. How about you guys?"

Although spring has begun, the temperature is not particularly high, especially the temperature difference between day and night is still quite large.

Not to mention it had just rained yesterday and it was quite cold in the mountains, so everyone was dressed warmly.

People like Wei Wei and Jiang Qi both wore warm base shirts and sweaters, and two pairs of pants, with a pair of warm leggings underneath.

Because we were going up the mountain, the outer clothes and pants we wore were work clothes, just a thin layer, to prevent the inner clothes from getting dirty.

The clothes just looked dirty now, she wasn't cold.

Wei Wei also shook her head, "I'm fine too."

Liu Jiaojiao also shook her head. "I'm even finer. I just got a little dirty on my knee."

Hearing what the two said, Jiang Qi said, "Let's keep going. We've come this far, and I don't want to go back empty-handed.

As for clothes, I'll have to shower and change when I get home anyway, so if they get dirty, they get dirty. As long as I'm not cold, that's fine."

Wei Wei and Liu Jiaojiao had no objection to this proposal.

Seeing Jiang Qi said so, Wu Mei didn't mention going back.

She took it back because she was afraid that Jiang Qi's clothes were too dirty and she would dislike them, and she was also afraid that her clothes would get wet and she would catch a cold.

But now that Jiang Qi has said so, forget it. After all, she doesn't really want to go back empty-handed.

As long as you work hard, you will reap rewards. Whether it is mountain products or wild vegetables, Wei Wei, Jiang Qi, Yu Xi, Liu Jiaojiao and others will buy them.

Therefore, she would have income every time she went out and when she came back, she could make several cents a day if she was lucky.

Therefore, she didn't want to go back just like that. After all, she was already halfway up the mountain. It would take a long time to go back and forth, and she only had one day off.

Jiang Qi grabbed a handful of grass and wiped his clothes, and the few of them continued to move forward.

However, the formation changed, with Li Zhibin walking in front, followed by Wei Wei and Jiang Qi.

Behind Jiang Qi and Wei Wei is Xiao Xuemu, behind Xiao Xuemu are Wu Mei and Liu Jiaojiao, and then Yu Xi, at the end.

I was afraid that they would get carried away chatting and fall down again.

Although it had rained, there were weeds on the roadside and rainwater on the trees, which could easily get their clothes wet, but Wei Wei and Jiang Qi didn't mind.

There is one good thing about living in the north: at least when you walk in the mountains after the rain, you don’t have to worry about leeches under the grass or trees.

In her previous life in the south, Wei Wei didn’t dare to go into the mountains after the rain.

In later generations, the mountains and forests in the south were overgrown with weeds. Walking in the mountains was like opening a blind box. You had no idea what you would get.

But after the rain, the mountains are more like opening a blind box, which is completely a blind box within a blind box, because there will be several more things.

For example, things like slugs, leeches, centipedes and millipedes. Wei Wei and Jiang Qi got goose bumps when they thought of them.