Chapter 592 Mushroom Picking Craze

The cautious words of concern from the two lieutenants made the ecstatic General Zheng speechless.

He took a deep breath, glared at his two lieutenants angrily, and cursed:

"What are you talking about? Do you look like I'm about to cry? Okay, if you have nothing to do, go back to your tents! You two will keep an eye on the afternoon drill. I want to go home immediately. There is a happy event at home, Great news!"

Although I really want to show off the great joy of becoming a father again and make these two guys envious.

But thinking of his mother's instructions in the letter and for the sake of his upcoming second child, he could only hold back and not tell others in detail.

The two lieutenants carefully looked at the general's face and found that it really didn't look like something was going on at home. Then they felt relieved and patted their chests and assured:

"General, please go back quickly! We are here to keep an eye on them, and we will ensure that those disobedient little guys are trained to be obedient!"

General Zheng sneered and ordered:

"Practice me hard! Those children from aristocratic families want to come to the military camp to gain military glory. Let's see if they can endure the hardship and persist to the border!"

The two lieutenants also laughed evilly and said:

"General, don't worry! Our Zheng Family Army is not a place where those dandy boys can come in and live their lives freely! If we don't let them crawl out of the barracks crying and shouting, wouldn't it make people look down on our Zheng Family Army?"

General Zheng nodded with satisfaction, stopped talking nonsense, grabbed the riding crop on the table, and strode outside the camp.

Qiao Ran had lunch with her grandpa and aunt, then said goodbye and rode a horse from the General's Mansion to go home. Therefore, she didn't see the General's face smiling like a fool after returning to the Mansion, otherwise he would have been I would sigh and say that my uncle's character has collapsed.

Back home, Qiao Ran only told her mother and grandma the good news of her aunt's pregnancy, and waited three months before telling the rest of the family.

Zheng Huiniang was very happy when she heard that her sister-in-law was pregnant and that the general's family was expecting another child.

As a woman, she can naturally understand the suffering of her sister-in-law. If she were herself, having only given birth to a daughter after so many years of marriage, she would definitely be suffering inside.

Well now, my daughter has nursed back her sister-in-law’s health, which can be regarded as a help to her sister-in-law and a big favor to the General’s Mansion!

Thinking of the gallbladder needed to treat Marquis Rongcheng's illness, Qiao Ran searched the two mountains next to the tent area in the afternoon, but found no such plant.

However, we found a lot of precious medicinal materials such as Ganoderma lucidum, ginseng, and Polygonum multiflorum.

And it was the mushroom picking season in spring, so she couldn't help but pick some delicious and nutritious mushrooms such as gallinomycetes, tea tree mushrooms, and morels.

"Ran Ran, what's the name of such an ugly mushroom? It looks like the bamboo fungus that hasn't bloomed yet!"

Qiao Erhe picked up an ugly morel, looked at it, and asked questions.

Nowadays, there are a lot of bamboo fungus growing in the bamboo forest of Devil Valley. Qiao Erhe and Qiao Sanhu have also seen what fresh unpicked bamboo fungus looks like.

Qiao Ran explained: "This is called morel. Look, does the cap look like an opened morel? It's named after its appearance. Even though it looks ugly, it is a good thing and has many functions. It has high edible and medicinal value, and it is very helpful for some people with terminal illnesses to eat it!”

"Is it so good? Do the people in the city eat it? How about we go into the mountains to pick some and sell it?"

"Yes, Ran Ran, let's pick which mushrooms the city people like to eat and sell them in the city. Anyway, there isn't much work to do now."

Qiao Erhe and Qiao Sanhu both felt that the things their eldest niece said must be valuable and good things!

Maybe take it to the city and sell it for a good price!

Now that the crops in the fields are growing well, they don't have to do much except occasionally pulling weeds.

The fruit trees to be planted have also been planted. There was enough rain in the spring and the fruit trees are growing well. In a few months, some of the fruits will be harvested.

They only need half an hour and an hour every day to cut grass, pick wild vegetables and feed the fish in the fish pond and the dozens of ducks and goslings raised beside the fish pond.

As for the mulberry silkworms raised in the new house, they are also in the cocooning stage and there is no need to collect mulberry leaves for feeding.

They thought that taking advantage of the rare free time they had now, they could ask Ran Ran to teach them about some mushrooms so that they could pick them and sell them for some money.

No matter how much it was, they would feel more comfortable if they could earn some money on their own. Otherwise, they would feel a little embarrassed to always use the money Ran Ran earned.

Seeing that her two uncles wanted to make money by picking mushrooms, Qiao Ran told them about the value of the mushrooms she picked and what kind of environment they could be found in.

Different mushrooms grow in different environments. Only by understanding their growth habits can you find these mushrooms under the corresponding pine trees or in the grass or even on tree trunks.

Zheng Huiniang, Lin Guizhen, Madam Qin and even Mrs. Qiao also came over and listened carefully to Qiao Ran's explanation.

They can get to know more valuable or delicious mushrooms, and they can pick them up when they encounter them in the future.

That night, several very delicious mushroom dishes appeared on the dinner table in Qiao's tent, including mushroom soup, mushroom stir-fried meat, and mushroom steamed chicken...

The various delicious mushroom dishes also changed the taste of the Qiao family, who were a little tired of bamboo fungus during this period, and praised these dishes and soups as delicious.

Early the next morning, Qiao Erhe, Qiao Sanhu, Zheng Huiniang, Lin Guizhen, and Qin Niangzi all entered the Devil's Valley.

But they didn't go to work. Instead, they each carried a small bamboo basket and went into the mountains to pick mushrooms!

When the people in the village saw this strange scene, they couldn't help but be curious.

When they heard that the Qiao family was going to the mountains to pick mushrooms, some people also gave up their plans to work in the valley and hurried home, carrying bamboo baskets on their backs, to follow them into the mountains to pick mushrooms.

In fact, they also know that there are many kinds of mushrooms in the mountains, but these farmers, who used to pay taxes and fill their stomachs just to collect more food from a variety of fields, how can they have time to pick mushrooms?

Moreover, the types of edible mushrooms they know are very limited, and they are worried about picking poisonous mushrooms, and generally do not dare to pick them home and eat them at will.

Now that someone knows which mushrooms are edible, and they have some free time, they naturally want to go up the mountain to pick some mushrooms and bring them back to appetize the family.

Not to mention Qiao Erhe and the others, followed by more than a dozen men, women and young girls from the village, went into the mountains to pick mushrooms. After returning, other people in Qingshui Village also started a mushroom picking craze.

As a result, the craftsmen and helpers who were building houses for a while were surprised to find that all the people in Qingshui Village were carrying bamboo baskets up the mountain. They couldn't help but sigh that the lives of the people in Qingshui Village were really colorful.

Qiao Ran went into the mountain alone, and she still planned to look further away to see if there was any gallbladder.

The scope of these two mountains is so large, stretching for dozens of miles, maybe there will be courage!

She picked this fruit not only to make pills for Marquis Rongcheng, but also because this medicine was indeed what she wanted to find, and she needed to find some spare parts so that it could be used for other purposes in the future.