Mountain Picking(赶山)

 Coming back from the countryside downstairs my mother came across a basket of freshly fallen mushrooms ......

The only person in the building who was as keen to collect mushrooms as she was was Ms Li, a secondary school teacher who was also retiring and who drove her car to the surrounding hills to look for mushrooms every holiday this season.

My mother immediately called her and confirmed that she had picked them up early in the morning. She regretted not staying at her tenth aunt's house for a day and then going to the mountains the next day to see if she could pick them up and she certainly could too. It was impossible to go back to Auntie 10's house, she asked where she had found the mushrooms and it was a two hour drive, too far! We decided to try our luck in the hills by the city.

We set off early yesterday morning, before it rained, which it has done for two days. Everyone was very motivated, and who can't love picking up mushrooms.

There are many hills around the city and we had been there last spring to dig for wild vegetables. It is unlikely that mushrooms will be available, but it doesn't matter, it's just a hike to relax and we have a back-up project, digging for mountain carrots.

Straight to the same mountain we went to last time. I took Ruyi and my little niece with me, these two little ones are a bit of a problem, there is a side of the mountain is chestnut trees, has been struck garden, but a lot of chestnut hedgehog-like shells on the road, afraid of Ruyi stabbed feet have to hold from time to time for a while, little niece is also afraid of this, afraid to walk, also have to hold from time to time, the result is very affected our play, can not walk fast, not far, also have to pick the big road to go, not only did not find mushrooms, not even digging carrots. Even the mountain carrot did not dig up a few ......

从农村回来到楼下我妈遇见了一筐刚下山的蘑菇……

一筐个头均等干干爽爽的新鲜蘑菇无疑对我妈有着巨大的吸引力,这栋楼和她一样热衷于捡蘑菇的只有李老师了,李老师是一位中学老师,也快退休了,这个季节每到节假日她都会开着车去周边山里找蘑菇。

我妈立即给她打电话,确认了就是一早捡回来的,她很后悔没在十姨家住一天第二天再去山上看看,李老师能捡到她也肯定能。再回十姨家是不可能了,她问了李老师捡到蘑菇的位置,开车要两个小时,也太远了!我们决定去市边的山上试试运气。

昨天一早就出发了,趁着雨还没下,这两天都有雨。大家积极性都很高,谁能不爱捡蘑菇呢。

城市周边很多山,我们去年春天曾去过周边挖野菜,蘑菇其实是不太可能有的,也没关系,就当做是爬爬山休闲一下了,并且我们有后备项目,挖山胡萝卜。

直奔上次去的那座山。带着如意,还有我的小外甥女,这两个小家伙有点麻烦,山上有一面是板栗树,已经罢园,不过路上很多板栗刺猬样的壳,怕如意扎脚要时不时抱一会儿,小外甥女也怕这个,不敢走,也要时不时抱一下,结果就是很影响我们一行人的发挥,走不快,走不远,还要挑大路走,不止没有发现蘑菇,连山胡萝卜都没挖到几根……

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好看的树

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天老星

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两根还是有的。


太喜欢它的清香,几十年没闻过,这味道就像一条线索,去年再次闻到后追索回了童年里好多的记忆。

打了一点山里红,捡了半口袋板栗,挖到两根山胡萝卜,没捡到一块蘑菇,下雨了……

也在意料之中,回车上补充能量,才中午,孩子们还不想回家,又开去月亮岛看看,雨下大了,J下车用望眼镜看了看对岸,这里对岸的建筑很近,可以看得很清楚,不过太冷我是懒得下车了,所以没有照片啦。

今天降温,看到沈阳已经零下了,丹东这里也接近零度,穿起厚厚的毛衣,参加婚礼去。

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野花

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