An eight-year-old kid emptied his scumbag father's warehouse and followed his grandparents into

The people in the southern mountains are particularly kind and enthusiastic. They are much easier to talk to than the maids and waiters in the post station where they stayed before. They will tell them everything they think of and will not even care how much silver they have.

"No large wild animals have appeared in the mountains in all these years. You can go ahead and collect them without worry, but it's best to return before dark."

By the time the old woman and the waiter had finished their instructions, there were only a few people left in the yard. No one wanted to listen to them nagging, they just wanted to pick more mushrooms and exchange them for more money.

On the way up the mountain, everyone saw that the leader Dalang and several other children came prepared, each holding a bamboo stick in their hands, and they quickly woke up.

Just find some thin, straight branches in the bushes. Although the branches are a bit brittle, just be careful not to break them. They are also good materials for stringing mushrooms.

Grandpa Xiaobei had actually cut the bamboo skewers for them on the spur of the moment. Since there wasn't any container for the mushrooms at home, they had to find a way to get them back. There was no time to weave a bamboo basket, so Grandpa Xiaobei found a half-dried bamboo from somewhere. He split it and cut it, making each skewer three feet long. A full load of mushrooms weighed a few pounds. The skewers were surprisingly strong, and after being filled with mushrooms, they could be bent into a loop and carried back without getting tired or breaking.

"Mom, how come you are running so fast?" Heizi was a fast runner and always ran in front of them. When they reached the halfway point of the mountain, they found that there were already dozens of people picking red mushrooms in the pine forest with fallen pine needles all over the ground.

He was so scared that he didn't dare to say a word. Just now, the old general only asked Dalang and others to call people from other families. He didn't know if he forgot or what, but he didn't mention calling his mother.

So Heizi became cautious. After all, there were so many mushrooms on the mountain, and adding his mother's twenty people was not too many, so he secretly went to report the news.

In fact, it was not mainly for his mother. With his care, his mother could still eat her fill, but for others, one or two steamed buns would probably not be enough to fill their stomachs.

The other thirty-eight prisoners must have also heard the news from the old woman, and they all rushed up the mountain, but they didn't expect that they were faster than them.

So it wasn't just the few branches of the Jing family who went to pick mushrooms. Instead, almost all the prisoners ran up the mountain. Those who came early turned the pine forest upside down.

But the old woman and the waiter were not lying. There were indeed a lot of red mushrooms under the pine needles. Even if they came later and picked up the leftovers, they could still find seven, eight or ten in a short time.

But no one has found the legendary matsutake mushrooms that can be sold for money.

If matsutake mushrooms were really that easy to pick, they wouldn't be that valuable. The cook would probably have to run up the mountain every day, unwilling to receive a few hundred coins a month as wages.

"Let's just split up the mining. We're all crowded together like this. Although we can get enough to eat for one or two meals, we can't expect too much." Someone suggested this, but not many people took action. People are like this. When they see something good, they want to gather together and grab it, worried that they won't be able to find better ones if they divide it up.

"Heizi, let's quickly go up the mountain to the right and occupy the forest on the top of the mountain."

Tao Jin was the least eager to pick mushrooms. He disdained to rush into the crowd and compete with others for them, as that would be unkind of him. Seeing some people fighting over a few mushrooms only made him lose interest. So he focused more on taking in the beautiful scenery on the mountain. Looking around, he was the first to spot the pine forest.

Although it seems a bit far from the halfway point, if we can grab the treasures a cup or two earlier, even if only the people from the General’s Mansion pick them up, they may not be able to pick them all.

As soon as she heard the call, before Heizi moved, Frost was the first to run in the direction of the finger, not even caring about her own master.

She doesn't have to worry about the safety of the young master at all now. When she went up the mountain just now, the young master was not only protected by the eldest son and the eldest daughter, but the playboy would occasionally help the young master, so she didn't have to do anything at all, so she wanted to become the best at picking mushrooms.

It would be better for her and Heizi to pick mushrooms. Just now, the young lady finally picked two mushrooms, but it took her longer to thread them onto bamboo sticks than to pick the mushrooms. She sighed secretly beside her. The young lady is a young lady. Picking mushrooms is like embroidery. She has to connect the ends of each mushroom and align them with the needle. Is it still worth eating?

They were both fast and strong, not caring if they stumbled or even pricked themselves with grass needles. They'd just go and claim that spot first; picking up mushrooms from pine needles was no big deal for them.

I don’t know if it was because climbing the mountain was exciting, or because there were so many people and mushrooms that they forgot the cold. They didn’t even feel their feet were cold even in their straw sandals. Even Jing Chunxi, who was climbing hard, felt a little sweat on his back.

It was only because Dalang and Tao Jin occasionally helped her that she was safe and sound, and she didn't fall. And Silang, who was in a hurry and ran ahead to catch up with Heizi and Tangshuang, saw him fall twice.

Until Jing Chunxi and Tao Jin finally arrived at the pine forest, they saw that Heizi and Tangshuang had turned over half of the pine needles. Jing Mingyue was only a few steps faster than them. She was sitting on the thick pine needles, looking at the piles of mushrooms, panting and laughing like a fool.

Frosting and Heizi shouted happily.

A satisfied smile spread across Sugar Frost's face. "If you don't come up, we don't know what to do. I think no one has ever picked the mushrooms here. There are simply too many, and many are too big. We don't want them yet."

When they arrived, the cook had also told them that unopened mushrooms make for a more delicious soup, and that it's best not to pick mushrooms that have opened their caps, as they'll taste a bit tough. They'd all taken it to heart.

Heizi: "If I had known, I wouldn't have fought with others down there. We've only been here a short while and have already picked up seven or eight piles. You two sisters, you better stop digging through pine needles to pick mushrooms. It will save you from getting your clothes dirty."

The little guy even knew how to take care of girls and he knew how to arrange people at such a young age, but neither of them said anything. They came here to pick mushrooms today, so what else could they do?

Heizi added, "I wonder if this light yellow one is a matsutake mushroom? We picked up two and will go back and ask the old woman to take a look. If it is, we can give it to the old lady and the old general to replenish their health."

The little girl had no selfish intention to hide it before, nor did she think of giving it to her mother first. Instead, she thought of the two oldest elders in her family. She still had some conscience.

Heizi turned to the still unmoved Xiao Danku and said, "Master, come here quickly. I'll tell you how to find mushrooms. Just pick them up with a stick."

His master was a precious person, so Heizi didn't dare ask him to turn over the pine needles with his hands. He had also prepared a stick, just thinking of giving it to him to play with, and didn't expect him to do it.

"Yeah!" The little dandy was reluctant, but still responded.