After the rain, the air in the mountains was extremely fresh, and the trees were still stained with water. Passing through the grass on the roadside, several people were covered in water.
The sting was over. Tian Minrui found a wooden stick and walked in front. He hit the grass first to prevent a snake from jumping out, and then walked over.
After walking for a long time, except for digging some wild vegetables, there was no trace of bamboo shoots. Tian Minyan was not discouraged and just looked at the ground intently.
In spring, everything revives, trees sprout buds, and some dead trees grow mushrooms and fungus, which are very pleasant to see covered with dew.
"It's the fungus." Tian Minyan walked to the dead tree and opened it. She saw that a tree grew big and fat near the mud, and she couldn't help but smile.
"Sister, there are also black mushrooms here." Xiao Wu turned over a large dead tree on her left side and shouted excitedly.
"Hey, pick them all, be careful not to pick the white mushrooms, those are poisonous."
"I know."
The three brothers and sisters worked separately. After a while, they picked a large handful of fungus, rummaged through the dead wood nearby, and cleared all the dead wood before they continued walking.
"How about we go to Xitou, there are probably bamboo shoots there." Tian Minrui suggested.
"Is the road easy to walk?" Tian Minyan took Xiao Wu's hand and asked for the direction first. They were both young. If the road was not easy to walk, it would be bad if they got lost.
"It's okay. I've been there," Tian Minrui replied with a smile.
The three of them left immediately. On the way, Uncle Zhang, the hunter in the village, came down with two pheasants, and several people came forward to call for help.
"Uncle Zhang, have you hunted pheasants?" Tian Minyan looked at the two plump pheasants with envy.
"No, you are lucky today. Are you going to pick mushrooms?" Uncle Zhang looked at their small baskets.
"Um."
"Careful on the road, the mountains will be very slippery after it rains."
"Hey, I know." The brothers and sisters responded in unison.
"Sister, I really want to eat mountain chicken too." Xiao Wu held Tian Minyan's hand and said as they walked. Mountain chicken is a pheasant, and because of its clucking cry, it is called mountain chicken.
"Okay, when we have money, we will buy chicken to eat." Tian Minyan smiled and squeezed his little hand.
"Hey...sister, look, it's a pheasant, it's a pheasant." Xiao Wu shouted in surprise, pointing to his right front.
Tian Minrui and Tian Minyan looked at it, and sure enough, there was a pheasant standing on a rock with its head held high and very leisurely. After the two looked at each other, they immediately touched it in tacit understanding.
"Xiao Wu, guard the rear. Brother, unload the contents of your basket first and cover it with a basket." Tian Minyan quickly directed, while taking off the basket on her back and holding it, ready to catch chickens.
The pheasants seemed to feel danger, clucking and scurrying around in panic.
"Xiao Wu, I stopped him and ran towards you."
"Brother, let's go to your place...Hey, sister, hurry up..."
"Keep your voice down, don't scare it..."
"Oops, he ran away again... Oops, this damn rock tripped me."
Hunting pheasants, there was a flurry of chirping and flying eggs.
Tian Minyan held a big basket and carefully approached the pheasant standing on the stone. Before she could throw the basket and pounce on it, the pheasant flapped its wings and flew to the other end, barely a meter away from Tian Minrui.
far direction.
Over there, Tian Minrui, who had fallen down, quickly picked up the basket again, jumped forward nimbly, covered the pheasant with the entire basket, and threw himself on the basket.
Kick, hit, hit...
The pheasant was covered, and it screamed and flapped its wings in fright.
"Caught, caught." Xiao Wu clapped his hands and shouted, laughing.
Tian Minyan picked up the rope in the basket. When Tian Minrui picked up some of the basket, he put his hand in, touched the chicken's feet, and shouted: "I caught its feet."
