Traveling through troubled times to escape famine and cultivate crops as a grain merchant

Chapter 299 Small Flower Mushroom

I pulled them out one by one, and sure enough, they all turned into black charcoal, with only one or two left. I broke them open and found that there was still a circle of yellow left at the innermost part.

She scraped off the outer layer and threw the yellow layer inside to Hei Dadan, "Eat it."

Hei Dadan shook his head and wagged his tail, showing no disgust at all. He ate one bite at a time and was very happy.

Zhou Dacang frowned, "Did you pick up this dog? Why is it so ugly?"

Zhou Guo then told her how Black Dadan followed her out and how he wouldn't leave no matter how hard she tried to chase him away. "I think he's really pitiful. We have so many animals at home now, so we can use a dog."

Zhou Dacang nodded and said, "It's good, but it's too ugly." It was so ugly that he hated it.

Zhou Guo was unhappy, "How can it be ugly? It's just skinny and a little dirty now. I'll wash it and fatten it up later. It will definitely be good-looking. If you don't believe me, look at its fur. It's black and long, much longer than that of ordinary dogs. It will definitely be the coolest dog in the village in the future."

Zhou Dacang laughed, "Chengchengcheng, the dog you picked up is the most beautiful, so what should we do now?"

Zhou Guo said: "We have to change our itinerary. Since he said he wanted to find us, he must be heading north."

Zhou Dacang frowned, "The north side is too wide."

Zhou Guo didn't say anything. She knew the north was bigger, but she still had to find someone.

She took out the map the old man had given her and said, "We lost him in this place. Now we are here. We have been to all these places. The child has only been here for a month. In a month's time, the slowest they can get to is probably here if they go north."

Zhou Dacang nodded beside him, "Then let's go from here and head northwest. If we're lucky, maybe we can get home."

The two agreed and decided to rest for a night and set off early the next morning.

Zhou Guo put the map away carefully.

"Gurgle~~" Her stomach also started to sing the empty city plan. After getting the news, she felt particularly relaxed and happy at the moment. She held her stomach and her appetite increased greatly.

Zhou Da Cang glanced at her growling stomach and said with a smile, "Are you hungry? I'll make something to eat right away. I made a lot of bread these days when I had nothing to do, and saved it for when we were on the road. I'll get you two, and you can eat them first. I see that you've lost weight. Have you had nothing to eat these days when you were out?"

Zhou Guo burst into tears when he talked about what he had experienced in the past few days. "Since the war, prices have skyrocketed. The entrance fee to restaurants that serve food is two taels of silver, which is more expensive than the food!"

Zhou Dacang disagreed: "Then you can't just eat that little."

Heartbroken, she took out all the pancakes he had made these days and said, "Eat these first, don't eat too much. I'll stew the meat. I went hunting in the mornings these past two days, and made pancakes and grilled meat in the afternoons. Not only did I make so many pancakes, I also grilled a lot of dried meat. Most of the seasoning you left for me was used on the dried meat."

Zhou Guo looked at the two-foot-thick stack of pancakes, swallowed her saliva, picked up one and ate it. While eating, she looked around. She had not had time to take a good look at the surroundings.

This time, I found something amazing. There were bunches of half-dried wild mushrooms hanging on the shed. They were small flower mushrooms. I stood up and walked around the shed. There were small flower mushrooms hanging everywhere on several sides of the shed. "Uncle, where did you get so many small flower mushrooms?"

Zhou Dacang said proudly, "A lot, right? I originally wanted to go into the forest and hunt some big ones, like deer or roe deer, one can be worth many pheasants and rabbits. As a result, as I was walking, I ran into a fallen big dead tree, which was densely packed with flower mushrooms like this. They were small and good quality. I picked them all and brought them back. It's enough for us to eat for a long time."

He added, "When we were still in the village, we would go into the mountains to look for flower mushrooms in late autumn. They taste best when dried, and can be eaten and sold for money. People from all over the country would go up the mountain to look for them, but every year we could only find half a basket of them. Even after drying, there wasn't much left, and we sold all of them. We couldn't eat any of them, and we haven't eaten them for many years."

Zhou Guo pulled a small flower mushroom and smelled it. The fragrance was very rich. The wild ones were completely different from the cultivated ones. There was a world of difference between them.

He pulled a few dried mushrooms down and said, "Uncle, put some dried flower mushrooms in the chicken soup. I haven't tried flower mushroom soup yet."

Zhou Dacang said, "I know. I was going to release it anyway. Eat your cake."

Zhou Guo continued to eat the cake. Seeing Hei Dabing looking at him eagerly, he couldn't help but tear off a small piece and threw it to it.

Black Bold's tail began to wag again.

Zhou Da Cang looked back and said disapprovingly, "Just eat it yourself. These bones will be enough for it to eat later."

Zhou Guo felt a little guilty, "I didn't give it much, just a little bit. Besides, it can't just eat bones. I have to give it some bread, rice, and meat."

Zhou Dacang raised his eyebrows, "Does it still eat? We don't even have enough to eat, it's good enough to have some bones to eat. The dogs raised in the village can only eat shit all day long, and if they are slow, they can't catch up with the hot ones."

"Tsk." Zhou Guo protested with a frown, "Uncle, I'm still eating the cake, can you please stop talking about this."

Zhou Dacang immediately laughed and said, "Okay, I was wrong. I have to stop talking about it."

She became puzzled again, "You said that our family has been country folk for generations, dealing with soil and manure all day long. We would not talk about it when we eat, but even if it was placed in front of us, we would still enjoy the meal. How come you are so particular about it? You can't even lift it when you eat, and you can't even see it in the yard. You have to put it all in the backyard. I tell you, it's only because your grandfather is gone. If he were still alive, he would never put the manure under his nose..."

Zhou Guo pretended not to hear him muttering, as this physiological reaction was not something she could control. The yard was full of feces and she just couldn't stand it.

Finally, I really didn't want to listen anymore, so I asked, "So do you think our yard is better now or before?"

Zhou Dacang's mumbling voice suddenly stopped, and after a while he said: "The yard... of course the current one is better, but..."

Zhou Guo said, "Since it's better to keep it clean, then what else do you want to say? Moving the fertilizer pile in the shed to the backyard means moving it to another place. When we build the wall, the fertilizer pile won't be stolen even if it's not under our noses."

Then he said, "Okay, okay, I'm still eating my cake, stop talking about this."

She lowered her head and took out a dozen chestnuts from her bag and handed them to him. "Here, these are what Black Dadan brought back from the mountains. I followed him and picked up a few pounds. Don't underestimate it because it's just a dog. I think it will be very capable when it grows up."

Zhou Dacang disagreed. "No matter how capable a dog is, it can't be that big. I'll be thankful if it doesn't bite other people's chickens."