Eating melons

All the things were left with Jiang Qi. Wei Wei closed the door as soon as she got home, quickly counted out two hundred candies, and divided them into two parts. Of course, she also gave them the candies for picking Hericium erinaceus that she had promised them on the mountain.

Liu Aiying and Zhao Xing have already taken their daughters-in-law back home, leaving only the children here.

When the children saw the candy, their eyes lit up and they swallowed, but no one asked to eat it. They took the candy and ran back quickly.

After everyone left, Wei Wei and Jiang Qi looked at the things scattered on the ground and couldn't hide their smiles.

I looked outside and saw that Xiao Xuemu, Wu Mei and the others had not returned yet.

The two men closed the door and started flipping over the pine cones.

Jiang Qi picked them, and Wei Wei sold them quickly, leaving only one basket for herself to roast and eat, and selling the rest.

As for mushrooms and chestnuts, the chestnuts still need to have their thorns removed and the mushrooms also need to be cleaned, so they haven't been sold yet.

When I opened the door, everyone else had returned and I could still smell the aroma of meat in the air. It seemed like a group of people had gone to town today.

Jiang Qi looked at the time and it was getting late. "Let's cook first! We can clean up in the evening."

Wei Wei: "Okay, I see there's still some celery in that basket. Let's have beef today! As for the mushrooms, let's buy half a chicken and make some soup."

Jiang Qi: "Okay, give it to me after you buy the meat, and then pick out some other things to send to Wu Mei and Li Zhibin. Send half a basket of mushrooms to each side, and the same with the chestnuts. Pick the mushrooms picked by Aunt Liu and the others. It would be troublesome if something went wrong if we picked the ones ourselves. I'll cook the meal."

Wei Wei: "Okay."

Give the beef and chicken to Jiang Qi and go get the mushrooms and chestnuts.

Although she had exchanged a lot of mushrooms today, she still felt a little sad to give away the whole basket at once.

As for chestnuts, they are all thorny balls and there are not many in a basket.

However, no matter how reluctant you are, you still have to give it. To be honest, there is nothing wrong with Wei Wei giving it to Li Zhibin and Xiao Xuemu, but she is a little reluctant to give it to Wu Mei and the others.

It’s mainly because of what happened today.

Wu Mei's house is next to Jiang Qi's house. Wu Mei was cooking, and the aroma of meat was obviously coming from her house.

And when she was picking pine cones with Jiang Qi, she also heard the noise of them coming back. It was obvious that they went to the town today.

Before, every time she and Jiang Qi went to the county, they would ask them to go together, or ask them if they wanted to bring anything, but today it was obvious that Wu Mei and the others got up first, and there was no intention of asking them what they wanted to bring.

No one asked last night, so Wei Wei felt a little uncomfortable and didn't want to go and see him off.

But it was no secret that the two of them had picked so many mushrooms today. It would not sound good if they gave some to Li Zhibin and Xiao Xuemu but not to Wu Mei and the others.

In fact, Wei Wei misunderstood Wu Mei. Wu Mei originally intended to ask them if they needed to bring anything.

But when I came back last night, I saw that Wei Wei's door was locked, and Jiang Qi's door was also closed, without a trace of light (Wei Wei and Jiang Qi pulled the door curtains and drapes and were tidying up the dandelions).

She thought they were asleep. After all, when Jiang Qi was not asleep before, she could see the light of the flashlight from inside through the crack of the door.

The next morning, Yu Xi asked if he wanted to ask Jiang Zhiqing if he needed to bring anything, but was interrupted by Liu Jiaojiao. Yu Xi saw that Wei Wei's door also had a lock and knew that she was living at Jiang Qi's house, so he gave up and didn't call her.

Seeing them like this, Wu Mei had no choice but to give up and didn't disturb them from sleeping.

Even though Wei Wei was a little reluctant, she still went to send her off. She went to Wu Mei's place first because Wu Mei's house was right next to Jiang Qi's, very close.

When Wei Wei arrived, Wu Mei was cooking, with large bones simmering in the pot.

Wei Wei: "Wu Mei, this is what Jiang Qi and I picked on the mountain today. I'm giving you some."

After saying that, he handed over the basket, half of which was filled with chestnut balls and the other half with mushrooms.

Seeing the things, Wu Mei quickly took them and said, "Thank you, Weiwei. Did you go up the mountain today? I haven't seen you two in the past two days."

Wei Wei: "We are digging dandelions and picking mushrooms."

Wu Mei: "Mushroom picking? Are you going tomorrow? Can I join you?"

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Wei Wei: "We went with Aunt Liu. They'll go again tomorrow. I still have to go back to cook, so I'll go back first."

Wu Mei: "Okay, I'll help you empty the basket first."

After saying that, he ran in and poured the things back into his own basket, then returned the basket to Wei Wei. Wei Wei took it and went back. She had to deliver it to Xiao Xuemu and the others.

Xiao Xuemu and Li Zhibin were also cooking, and the aroma here was much stronger than that from Wu Mei's side.

Wei Wei: "Li Zhiqing, Xiao Zhiqing."

Li Zhibin, who was working the fire, heard the sound and turned around to look. "Wei Zhiqing, have you eaten yet? Would you like some more? We're having chicken and big bones today."

Wei Wei: "No need, Jiang Qi is cooking. We went to the mountains to pick some mushrooms and chestnuts today and brought some over for you. Don't worry, this basket was picked by Aunt Liu and the others, not by Jiang Qi and me, so it's not poisonous."

After hearing Wei Wei's last words, Li Zhibin and Xiao Xuemu couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Li Zhibin quickly took the basket and asked, "What about the ones you picked yourself?"

Wei Wei: "Aunt Liu checked it out, it's not poisonous."

Li Zhibin: "How much did you pick today?"

Wei Wei: "Jiang Qi and I picked a sack together and traded sugar for another sack with Aunt Liu and Aunt Zhao."

Neither Li Zhibin nor Xiao Xuemu expected that the two of them would do so much today.

Li Zhibin: “So many?”

However, Xiao Xuemu's focus was different. "Did Aunt Liu check the entire sack?"

Wei Wei: "No, I just flipped it a few times."

Li Zhibin was also stunned when he heard this, "There won't be any poisonous mushrooms mixed in there! You won't eat those directly! Let's find an aunt to take a look at them for you!"

It's not that the two of them didn't trust Wei Wei and Jiang Qi, but after spending some time together, they were convinced that Wei Wei and Jiang Qi knew almost nothing about most things in the countryside and were obviously spoiled.

But the two of them are very curious about many things. In Xiao Xuemu's words, they are both naive and playful.

Just like the fishing before, the two of them fished for half a day but didn’t catch a single fish and almost fell into the river, but they were still addicted to fishing.

(That was because Li Zhibin and Xiao Xuemu gave them two fish, and Wei Wei sold one. Because it was wild, the price was very good, so the two of them were so persistent.)

There was also the time when we went to the mountains to pick fruit. Mingming was more excited than anyone else when we went there, but we encountered a rat snake on the way. We ran faster than anyone else and ran back home before we even reached our destination.

So in some aspects, the two of them are still a little unreliable.

Wei Wei: “We don’t eat them, we dry them in the sun.”

Li Zhibin and Xiao Xuemu felt that their brains were not enough.

Xiao Xuemu: "Poisonous mushrooms are still poisonous even when dried, and they are even harder to distinguish after drying."

Wei Wei: "We two won't eat it, so we'll send it back."

Li Zhibin was stunned. "It doesn't seem like this is a question of who eats it! If you send it back and someone eats it, it will be poisonous!"

Wei Wei said nonsense seriously, "It's okay. The city is close to the hospital, and even if there are poisonous mushrooms there aren't that many, so it won't be a big problem. We can't do that here. It's too far from the hospital, so it's easy to get into trouble."

Xiao Xuemu: ...

Li Zhibin: ...

Your parents are blessed to have daughters like you two.