Transmigrated Little Farm Girl Bringing Great Fortune

After the rain, the sky clears up.

The stream gurgled.

The jungle was filled with the calls of birds.

There were three siblings, a wolf, and a bird.

We went up the mountain to pick mushrooms.

Jiang Xiaobai and Qiuqiu led the way.

Jiang Miaomiao was tied to her older brother's chest, her little hands waving and her little legs swinging.

My second brother followed behind, carrying a small bamboo basket on his back.

After walking in the woods for a while, the older brother was attracted by several brightly colored mushrooms.

Red umbrellas, white poles.

Then I saw my older brother walk towards them.

Damn!

You can't eat this stuff, it'll make you sick.

She waved her little hands vigorously, kicked her legs, and made little baby noises.

"I'm not going... I'm not going... I'm lying on the board..."

You shouldn't even touch this bacterium.

The toxins can get on your hands, and if you accidentally ingest them, you'll be in serious trouble.

The soft, sweet little voice sounded a bit anxious, "Darling...it's poisonous...don't touch it..."

However, her older brother seemed not to hear her, and continued walking without stopping, while stroking her head to comfort her.

"Miaomiao, be good, don't fuss. Brother just went to take a look; it looks delicious..."

Ugh! Boys have such a weird curiosity.

They couldn't stop them even if they tried.

Then she saw her brother bend down, put one arm around her, and reach for the poisonous mushroom with the other...

"Pah pah~~~"

A foot stretched out and crushed the red umbrella to pieces.

"Jiang Ziyan, what are you doing?"

The eldest brother was displeased and glared at the second brother with a dark expression.

What a waste that he trampled on such good mushrooms!

Jiang Ziyan comforted her brother, who had an angry expression on his face.

"Brother, didn't you hear Mother say that the prettier the mushroom, the more poisonous it is? Touching it can kill you..."

Jiang Miaomiao: "..."

Is it okay to scare my older brother like that?

Jiang Zifeng was stunned for a moment. She had forgotten what her mother had said. She had just thought the mushroom looked really nice and wanted to pick it up to take a look.

Can't I even touch it? Is it that poisonous?

He gave an awkward laugh, "I...I won't touch it anymore, and I won't look at it anymore..."

Jiang Ziyan explained, "Looking is fine, but you can't touch. What if you touch it and then try to hold your sister's hand? She likes to suck her fingers..."

The elder brother's face turned deathly pale instantly, and he quickly took a few steps back, regarding the poisonous mushroom as a snake or scorpion.

"No, no, I won't touch it or look at it..."

What if my sister gets poisoned?

Somewhat scared.

Jiang Miaomiao finally breathed a sigh of relief and pointed to the bamboo forest, "Picking mushrooms..."

If I remember correctly, bamboo fungus typically begins to bud and unfurl between 1-3 AM and 7-9 AM, and harvesting must be completed before 9-11 AM.

Otherwise, it will start to deteriorate and begin to dissolve itself.

From the moment the bud breaks open to the moment it ripens, the entire process takes only two or three hours, so if it is not picked quickly...

It will attract insects to help it spread spores, reproduce, and then autolyze.

The entire process of a bamboo fungus growing and disappearing takes no more than six or seven hours.

A short but legendary life.

Regardless of its nutritional value and taste, its rarity makes it valuable, which is one of the reasons why it was so precious and expensive in ancient times.

Looking at the sun.

It's already past mid-morning.

If we don't pick them soon, they'll spoil and disappear.

Jiang Miaomiao was a little anxious. She twisted her body and shook her legs, struggling to get down.

He mumbled incoherently, "Get...down...I'll walk by myself..."

Jiang Zifeng comforted the little baby, saying, "Sweetie, you can't walk by yourself, you'll fall, and there are bugs on the ground."

How can a little kid who can fall down on flat ground walk on this overgrown mountain?

You could easily tumble down if you're not careful.

Seeing that there was no hope of getting down to the ground, Jiang Miaomiao used her trump card, "Pee... I need to pee..."

Sure enough, upon hearing this, Jiang Zifeng quickly untied her.

I was just about to reach out and help my little sister pee when I saw her leaning against a tree, swaying as she walked forward.

Jiang Zifeng was completely bewildered. Wasn't he going to pee? Why did he run away?

Jiang Ziyan watched with great amusement.

My little sister is so young, yet she already knows how to lie!

He put down the basket, stepped forward and picked up the little one, saying, "Miaomiao, you'll fall if you do that. Where do you want to go? I'll take you, okay?"

The little one tilted his head and thought for a moment, then said in a childish voice, "Okay... pick mushrooms..."

Finally, I have someone I can communicate with properly.

She didn't want to walk this road, and she couldn't go far anyway, so it would be best if someone could carry her.

Jiang Zifeng stared blankly at her younger brother and sister, then quickly picked up her basket and followed.

He was actually tricked by a toddler who wasn't even a year old...

Jiang Miaomiao craned her neck and looked around.

The bamboo fungus should have sprouted by this time of day, making it easy to identify.

I searched for a while.

Deep in the dense forest, several bamboo fungus plants were discovered among the withered branches and fallen leaves beneath the green bamboo.

The mushroom cap is black, the stem is snow-white like lotus root, and a white, net-like skirt-like shape cascades down from the stem.

Like a fairy in the forest.

found it!

Jiang Miaomiao was overjoyed and pointed at the bamboo fungus, "Pick...go, go pick...quickly..."

Jiang Zifeng and Jiang Ziyan stopped, and even Jiang Xiaobai and Qiuqiu didn't dare to step forward.

They had smelled a foul odor from ten miles away.

It smells like rotting animal carcasses...

"Brother, go take a look. Is something dead there?" Jiang Ziyan frowned as he held his sister and looked at the strange-looking thing in the distance.

Is it a mushroom?

Is the stench coming from that thing?

Is it poisonous?

Everyone says that beautiful mushrooms are poisonous, and this thing is quite pretty too.

But my younger sister looked excited and kept nuzzling against me, wanting to get down.

"Okay, you guys stay here, I'll go take a look."

Jiang Zifeng pinched her nose and moved closer; it stank!

Jiang Miaomiao also smelled the stench, but that's just how bamboo fungus smells.

No wonder no one picks them to take home and eat; after all, the stench is enough to make anyone want to stay away.

Little Miaomiao tumbled down from her brother's arms.

The second brother, with his slender frame, couldn't withstand her rubbing against him like that, so he put the baby down on the ground and led him by the hand.

But the little child seemed oblivious to the stench, following his older brother's steps as he tried to move forward, muttering to himself incessantly.

"Pot... picking mushrooms... bamboo fungus..."

"Bamboo fungus...is edible..."

She was terrified that her older brother would think they were poisonous mushrooms and crush them.

Moreover, we must hurry to harvest them, because some bamboo fungus have already matured and are emitting a scent that is starting to attract insects and ants.

It should dissolve itself in less than two hours.

The observant Jiang Ziyan found his younger sister acting strangely today, clamoring to go up the mountain and even throwing a tantrum to come to the bamboo forest.

Even when you see those oddly shaped mushrooms, you don't find them smelly.

His eyes lit up as he walked toward it...

She picked up her younger sister and asked, "Miaomiao, are you looking for that thing? Do you want to take it home?"

Sure enough, he saw his younger sister smiling at him with bright eyes and nodding repeatedly.

"Bamboo fungus... I'll pick it and take it home..."

Jiang Miaomiao was amazed that her second brother truly understood her best, having guessed it so quickly.

This saved her a lot of effort.

But what if her second brother suspects her? What if he thinks she's a monster...?

A little bit of unease crept into my heart.

The term "bamboo fungus" (竹荪).

Jiang Ziyan found the name very familiar.