Eating melons

Wei Wei: "How cute! There should be quite a few more in this forest."

Jiang Qi: "Of course. There are so many pine cones here. The empty ones on the ground must be eaten by squirrels."

The two of them squatted there and watched the squirrel finish eating a pine cone and walk away before continuing to pick up more.

After picking up the pine cones, Wei Wei looked at the pine cones in the book and was greedy! But they were all money. She picked up a few pieces of wood and threw them up, hoping to knock down two.

However, ideals are full, but reality is very skinny. The wood did not even fly half the distance to the pine cone, and it fell down before it even reached one-third of the distance.

Both of them tried it, but the result was the same, so they had to give up and go back to picking mushrooms.

Neither of them dared to go far, for fear of not being able to find the way back.

The two of them could only feel at ease when they heard the occasional shouts, but if they didn't hear anything after half an hour, they would also shout.

They were afraid of getting lost. You know, there were bears and wolves at that time, and there was also a kind of tiger called the Siberian tiger. They didn't dare to get lost.

At noon, a little after twelve o'clock, the two heard the voices of Zhao Xing and Liu Aiying calling them.

Liu Aiying: "Wei girl, Jiang girl."

Zhao Xing: "Wei Zhiqing, Jiang Zhiqing."

The two of them heard the sound and quickly responded, "Hey~ Coming! Coming!"

Jiang Qi: "Let's go! It's probably time for lunch. There aren't many left here. We should probably move somewhere else."

Wei Wei: "Okay."

The two came to the place where they parted in the morning. It was indeed time for lunch and they had already started eating.

Liu Aiying: "Come on! Come and eat. We've almost finished picking this area. Let's move on. How much have you picked?"

Wei Wei: "The two of us together don't even have enough to carry a backpack.

The two of them looked to their side and their eyes widened. There were already four or six sacks full.

Wei Wei: "Are you guys that fast?"

After saying that, he put the backpack on the ground.

Liu Aiying and Zhao Xing looked at the mushrooms the other two had and nodded. "Not bad, although there are fewer, but they are all non-toxic and edible. We pick up everything here. For example, there are not only mushrooms here, but also acorns, chestnuts and pine cones."

Wei Wei and Jiang Qi nodded, and both took out their lunch.

Both Liu Aiying and Zhao Xing's families had pancakes, steamed buns and pickles, and the pickles looked like the same shredded pickles from the day before yesterday. It seemed that the Zhang and Zhou families had a lot of cabbage leaves to pickle these past two days.

But seeing this, both of them were glad that they didn't do what they did yesterday, otherwise it would be too conspicuous.

Liu Aiying: "You didn't bring any vegetables! Come and eat some pickles. These pickles are delicious."

The two shook their heads when they saw the pickled vegetables. "No, thank you, Auntie. These are enough for us. We can't even finish these sweet potatoes and potatoes! Don't waste them."

Zhao Xing: "You still can't finish eating these two crooked melons and cracked dates? It's just a matter of three or two bites, don't be polite."

Liu Aiying knew that the two of them did have small appetites. She found out when they had dinner at her house before, and she didn't try to persuade them.

Liu Aiying: "They really do have small appetites, like bird stomachs. They feel full after eating a little."

Zhao Xing frowned upon hearing this. "How can you work with such a small amount of food? You'll get tired after a while."

No wonder they can't work well. How can they have the energy to work if they don't eat? But she didn't say this. After all, she knew that their families were rich and they wouldn't starve to death even if they didn't work.

Wei Wei and Jiang Qi pretended not to hear. Of course, their appetites were more than this, but they were definitely no match for them.

You can’t compete in work or eating.

After eating and resting for a while, everyone continued their journey with their belongings.

After changing the location, I found that there were more mushrooms, just like picking them up from the ground.

Liu Aiying and her friends also picked up some pheasant eggs. On the way, they also saw the abundance of supplies here. They saw quite a few pheasants and rabbits, but they didn't catch any.

They even saw the legendary silly roe deer, but unlike the ones in novels that didn't run away when they saw people, they ran away as soon as they saw them.

But these had nothing to do with the two of them. They couldn't catch any, and they didn't even pick up a pheasant egg.

However, they still picked a lot of mushrooms, even several Hericium erinaceus. However, there were still many that they couldn't reach. But when the children saw that they couldn't reach them, they quickly climbed up the trees.

The two of them were terrified, but all the Hericium erinaceus they picked were given to them.

But they won't ask for it for nothing. I will give them three or four pieces of fruit candy each when we get back.

When they heard the reward, everyone was so happy that they even gave them a lot of mushrooms.

The two people's eyes lit up when they saw this. The fruit candies were very cheap in the system, which gave them another way to make money.

Jiang Qi: "Goudan, would you be willing to buy a basket of mushrooms from you for ten fruit candies? Mushrooms, pine cones, and hairy chestnuts are all ten fruit candies a basket."

Goudan was very tempted, but he didn't dare to make a decision on his own. "I'll go ask my grandma and the others."

After saying that, he ran away quickly.

Jiang Qi: "Okay, run slower, don't fall."

Zhou Yaya, the granddaughter of the Zhou family next to her, also wanted to change after hearing this. "Sister Jiang, can we change?"

Jiang Qi: "As long as your grandma agrees."

Zhou Yaya: "I'll go ask right away."

After saying that, he ran away.

Seeing that no one was around, Wei Wei gave Jiang Qi a thumbs-up. "Sure! If you buy in bulk, each piece of this fruit candy is only ten cents, but this basket of mushrooms is worth more than a dollar! Will Aunt Liu and Aunt Zhao agree?"

Jiang Qi: "Of course they will. Each piece of fruit candy costs one cent, and if you buy more, you need candy coupons. It's almost Chinese New Year, so they will definitely agree. But I think they will definitely pick pine cones and chestnuts, which one fills a basket faster."

Wei Wei: "It doesn't matter what it is, as long as I can buy it. A pine cone is three or five yuan, and there should be more than ten in a basket! It's a sure win."

Sure enough, when they heard that they were going to exchange sugar, Liu Aiying and Zhao Xing both agreed. Jiang Qi's guess was correct. Although there were mushrooms, they picked up more pine cones and chestnuts.

There was no room for the two of them, so Liu Aiying and Zhao Xing each gave them a sack.

But this account was a confusing one. There was a bag of pine cones, a bag of chestnuts, and a bag of mushrooms. In the end, they didn't know how much to give to each person.

The two men estimated that there were about ninety pieces of sugar in a pound of sugar, and these three sacks contained about two pounds of sugar.

When the time comes, I will go to their home and give them two hundred candies, and let the two families divide them among themselves.

Six children certainly couldn't pick up so much in an afternoon. It was obvious that Liu Aiying and the others had picked up quite a lot.

But for Wei Wei, being able to exchange it for sugar is better and more cost-effective than buying it with money.

Liu Aiying and Zhao Xing were very happy as they each exchanged a pound of sugar, and they helped the two people deliver the items to their homes.