vrcanaries Chapter 451: Mouth Opened
Chapter 451: Mouth Opened
Li said, "We all want to find more pine mushrooms to sell in the county town. When they are in the mountains, they are just mushrooms. Picking them and bringing them to the county town means money. The earlier others get up and go, the more they can find and the more money they can make. We go late and can only pick up what others have left, and we can't pick up much. If I didn't know that this thing can't be sold in the county town and no one knows its value, I would have done the same as them and got up before dawn and went to the mountains."
Zhou Gu and the others all thought the same, "If you want to make money, you have to be more diligent, otherwise others will take all the good stuff."
Zhou Guo said, "Don't do that. It's fine in the deep mountains and forests during the day, but with so many people, there might be some wild animals coming out at night, and we can't see them. The mountain roads are steep, and if we're not careful, it would be bad if we fall down the mountain. Even if we can sell them, we don't know if the money we earn is enough to pay for medical treatment."
Everyone nodded, that's right, seeing a doctor and getting medicine is very expensive.
All the other families in the village had gone into the mountains early, including the Qian family next door, who all followed the main group, and they were the only ones left behind.
Li was walking behind and felt very uncomfortable. "Why don't we follow the others tomorrow? Everyone in the village has gone into the mountains. There are hundreds of people. If we are the only ones left behind, what can we find?"
No one said anything. Zhou Gu and his friends had found fewer and fewer fungi in the past few days.
Zhou Guo said, "Let's wait a bit. Someone from the village is going to bring the bacteria into the city tomorrow. Let's see if they can sell it and then make plans."
She calculated that the family had stored several sacks of pine mushrooms in the past two days. They had been carefully preserved and had not gone bad. She estimated that there were more than 100 kilograms. She would take them to the provincial capital tomorrow to have a look. It was close anyway and could be reached in three or four hours by car. If they left at midnight, they would arrive in the early morning.
Halfway through the journey, I saw five or six people walking hurriedly in front of me. They all looked anxious. Upon closer inspection, I saw that they were carrying a simple rack made of rattan, sacks, and branches, with a person lying on the rack.
The family was startled and hurried over to meet him, only to find that he was a villager.
Lying on the shelf was a man in his thirties or forties, covered in blood, pale, and already fainted. Li asked hurriedly, "What happened? How did he get hurt like this?"
A woman was wiping tears in panic, ignoring what was said.
A man carrying a shelf sighed and said anxiously, "It was dark and I couldn't see clearly. I didn't pay attention. He fell from a height while picking mushrooms and fainted immediately. I don't know where he fell. We were just about to take him to the town for treatment. Saving lives is more important. We'll leave first."
Zhou Guo and the others immediately made way inside, and a group of people hurriedly carried the person out of the mountain.
Several people looked at their backs, unable to come back to their senses for a long time, and then looked at Zhou Guo at the same time.
Zhou Guo turned around and saw that they were all looking at him. He was stunned and asked, "What's wrong?"
The old man pondered and said, "I still remember when we were fleeing from famine, not long after we crossed the river and headed north, we met a wealthy family. The woman got into a quarrel with you, and you said that her forehead was black and that there would be a bloody disaster. Sure enough, not long after, the family's carriage overturned. Not long after, they ran into those murderous bandits. I don't know if they ran into them. If they had, the whole family might have been killed."
Everyone remembered that this was true, and they looked at Zhou Guo with something strange in their eyes.
Zhou Gu said, "You just said this morning that the mountain is dangerous at night and we should be careful not to fall. Now someone has really fallen from the mountain."
Zhou Guo: "…What's with that look on your face?! I didn't curse you. I just said it casually. Who knew someone would really fall down? They can only blame themselves for not being careful. You can't blame me for that. You guys are awesome!"
She was speechless at the moment. She never expected that they could associate her with just a casual word she said.
Seeing that she was angry, Li said, "Okay, okay, don't be angry anymore. Everyone is praising you for your foresight. You said someone would fall down, and someone really did fall down. It shows that it is not okay to go up the mountain to pick mushrooms when it is dark. We all listen to you!"
Zhou Su nodded repeatedly, "Sister is right."
Zhou Gu also touched his head and said embarrassedly: "Yes, brother is praising you."
The old man touched his nose and said, "If you really have the skill to curse someone to bring bad luck, I would like to learn from you. All the skills in the world are useless in front of you."
Zhou Guo listened to the old man's words, thought about it and nodded: "This is good Kung Fu, invincible!"
I feel better now.
Several people walked up the mountain again.
When they reached the mountain, many people were already resting. When they saw Zhou Guo and his companions, they pulled them aside and started talking nonstop, and even took them to see the place where the accident had occurred.
"Look, he fell from such a high place. It was just right. If he had fallen there, he would have landed on the rocks. If he had fallen there, he would have been dead. It was really scary! It was dark at that time. We said we would go in after daybreak, but he didn't listen and just fell down like that! I didn't come up after dark, so I came up with you. You don't know, this forest is very scary at night. I seemed to have heard the howling of wolves several times, but I asked others, but they didn't hear it. I will come to find you tomorrow, you have to wait for me!"
Several people also said that they would not come up until daybreak. This person was still lucky, at least there was still a chance of being saved. If he was unlucky and died on the spot, then no matter how many fungi he found, it would be useless!
At the moment, many people are not in the mood to pick mushrooms. They are all from the same village and don’t know whether the person is dead or alive. They are very worried. If the person is gone, they have to go back to help arrange things.
So just after noon, people came down the mountain in groups, carrying half a basket of pine mushrooms on their backs.
Although there are verbal disputes on a daily basis, at this time, it is a matter of life and death, and everyone can't help but be concerned about it. If they can help, they will help.
Zhou Guo came out of the mountain carrying a basket and a sack of pine mushrooms. Most people had left at this moment, and the only ones left were outsiders like Wang Fugui and Qian. They were not familiar with the people and wanted to discuss with the Zhou family whether they should go and take some things with them.
Wang Fugui said, "Let's go back first. Maybe the people haven't come back yet. If we want to see them, we have to wait until they come back. Well, if nothing happens, it's fine. If something happens, there will be only a few orphans and widows left. It will be difficult for us to live in the future."
Everyone was silent for a while. Just look at Qian and you will know how difficult life is for a woman raising two young children. She still has some money in her hands. If she didn't have money, her life would be even more difficult.
When I returned to the village and asked around, I found out that the person had not returned yet.
The people who sent him there earlier haven't come back yet, so I don't know what the situation is.
Since the person hasn't come back, each family has to suppress their anxiety.