Traveling through the famine, I stockpiled supplies like crazy

Chapter 306 Where are the mushrooms?

The next morning, after a day of drying, the ground outside was no longer sticky to the feet. However, it was still not possible to prepare the land for planting vegetables because the soil was too sticky and stuck to the hoe.

"Let's go to the mountains today and see if there are any mushrooms." Xu Han asked.

"Okay, you two go, I'll look after the kids at home." Grandpa Zhao said with a smile while holding Ze'er.

"Well, then we won't come back for lunch. I'll take out lunch for you later, put it in the pot and cover it, and just heat it up when you eat." Xu Han agreed.

Then Lu Chuan took out two backpacks and two small baskets, and the two of them took the dogs to the mountains, walking one in front and one behind.

"I haven't picked mushrooms for a long time. I've eaten all the fresh mushrooms in the space. Only some dried mushrooms are left."

"Then let's see if there are any mushrooms. There are almost some this season, but I don't think there will be many. There should be more after a while. Then we can pick more and dry them. The ones we can't finish can be given away."

"Yes, if no one gives it to us, we can just take it out and buy it, hahaha." Xu Han said with a smile.

"Okay, I'll listen to you. Our family isn't short of money anyway, so you can do whatever you want." Lu Chuan said lovingly.

There was still a lot of money left from selling ginseng, which was enough for the two of them to live on for the rest of their lives if they spent normally.

There were three years of drought and one year of flood. Except for the first year, almost no money was spent in the other three years.

In addition to the gold and silver jewelry given by the Taoist priest, even if I don’t make money in this life, it will be enough for my children to marry and have children in the future.

Of course, it is impossible not to make money. After all, who would complain about having too much money?

We also have to consider our future children. If they have any lofty ambitions, they will always need financial support.

As the saying goes, "Parents who love their children will plan for them in the long run."

This sentence is useful to the parents. Xu Han has no intention of using the money from selling ginseng and will keep it all for her child.

When the world is stable, I will buy some shops and do some small business to earn some money for the family.

Lu Chuan and Xu Han have the same idea on this point. Neither of them will choose to live off their savings. In the future, they will try to earn some money to supplement their family expenses.

It’s not too little money, a few cents is still money, after all, a little bit adds up to a lot.

And if you don’t make money, you will just eat and wait to get hungry every day, and that kind of life will be very boring.

While enjoying life, you should always do other things and earn a little money, as long as you have income.

As the two walked along, they didn't see many mushrooms.

The temperature in early March was not very high and many mushrooms had not yet started to grow.

"It looks like I won't be able to pick up a full basket today. There aren't many mushrooms at this time of year. There should be more by the end of April."

"Then let's find some today, enough for one meal, to try something new." Lu Chuan said very optimistically.

"I see there are no wild vegetables growing in the sunny places over there. Since we are here, it would be nice to pick some wild vegetables and take them home to taste."

After Xu Han finished speaking, she walked towards the hillside. Seeing this, Lu Chuan hurriedly followed.

"The garlic cloves here are growing well, they are plump and big, but there are not enough of them," said Xu Han.

"The natural disaster lasted too long, and many plants did not survive. It's good to have these."

"Then let's dig a little less first, and leave the rest for them to reproduce slowly. By next year, there should be more of them."

"Well, we just need to find enough to eat this year. If we don't get more, these wild vegetables will multiply quickly and we won't be able to eat them all next year.

Besides, the mountains are so vast, we can dig some and eat them, but we can never finish digging them all, just don’t dig them all up, and leave some behind.”

"Hahahaha, you're right. How could such a big mountain be eaten up by just a few of us?"

After Xu Han finished speaking, he took out a small hoe, grabbed the small garlic roots with one hand, and then used his other hand to dig up the small garlic roots.

The garlic cloves that had just rained were covered with a lot of dirt, which stuck tightly to them.

"It's all mud. Let's wash it off at the river when we go back. This way it will be easier to clean when we get home."

"Well, as long as we dig enough food, let's go."

Then the two continued walking up the mountain. Along the way, apart from picking up some wood ears and shiitake mushrooms, they did not see any other mushrooms.

They didn't pick much, just enough for one meal. Seeing that the harvest was not great, Lu Chuan said, "Why don't we go back today? We won't be able to pick many mushrooms at this rate."

"Okay, but there's a bamboo forest ahead. I want to go over there and see if there are any bamboo shoots this year."

"Sure, it's close, just a short walk. Let's go back after we finish looking."

When the two arrived, they found that the originally dead bamboos had mostly died after being nourished by last year's rains, and had not come back to life because of the rains.

However, some individual bamboos have grown back, and these may be the bamboo shoots that sprouted from the bottom last year.

The roots of bamboo are very deep. Even if there is a long period of drought and all the bamboo above dies, the bamboo shoots below are still alive.

With sufficient rain, the bamboo shoots on the bamboo rhizomes will sprout again and grow into bamboos.

Although the bamboo forest is very close to their home, the two did not come here last year.

Because before the bamboo died, Xu Han and Lu Chuan cut a lot of bamboo and placed it outside the yard. The bamboo used in the past year or two was taken directly from outside the yard.

Xu Han walked closer to take a look, and excitedly shouted to Lu Chuan, "Lu Chuan, come and see, there are really bamboo shoots."

"Hahaha, there really are some! These should have just popped up, and they are very small. We can dig some up and take them home to stir-fry bacon."

"It may be because the bamboos above have died, so all the bamboo shoots below have popped out all at once. It has just rained in spring, and there are so many bamboo shoots. It seems that this year's bamboo shoots will be much more than in previous years."

"These green bamboos should have grown last year. It's a pity that these big bamboos have all died and are unusable." Lu Chuan said with regret as he looked at the crooked bamboos in the bamboo forest.

"There's nothing we can do about it. Most of the trees in the mountains have died, not to mention the bamboos."

"It will take several years for the ecosystem in the mountains to recover."

The natural ecology recovered faster in ancient times than it does today. The mountains had not been artificially mined and the underground coal mines had not been destroyed, so recovery was naturally fast.

Never underestimate nature's self-healing ability. Whether in modern times with advanced technology or in ancient times, humans have no way to compete with nature.