Several people went out together, and today Su Changjiu was going to the piece of land belonging to his own family.
It happened to be in the same direction as where Su Xiaotian was going up the mountain.
“Xiaotian, you should come down the mountain early. When you come down, we’ll still be in the fields and can go home together,” the village chief’s wife reminded her with concern.
Su Xiaotian responded crisply, waved goodbye, and happily went up the mountain with Teacher Xie.
Teacher Xie had indeed never been up a mountain before, but she was wearing a long-sleeved shirt and long pants today, and her shoes were lightweight, which was quite suitable for climbing.
If Su Xiaotian were alone, she might have wandered deep into the mountains, but with Teacher Xie, Su Xiaotian gave up that idea.
She planned to just dig around at the foot of the mountain, whether it was mushrooms, fiddleheads, or wild chives, any wild vegetables would do.
Of course, it would be best to find wild chickens or rabbits that foolishly ran into her.
As for the possibility of not finding any wild vegetables, Su Xiaotian never even considered it.
After all, even if she was unlucky today, she could still communicate with the trees to find out, right?
Teacher Xie did not know about Su Xiaotian’s magical abilities and did not have much confidence in digging for wild vegetables.
But thinking that going up the mountain to look around might improve her mood, she followed Su Xiaotian all the way up the mountain.
Teacher Xie Nan was happy now.
Although she had not been able to recognize her daughter, it was already very satisfying that her daughter could call her godmother in the future.
This was the only joyous thing she had experienced in over twenty years.
Both of them were very happy, chatting and laughing all the way.
Su Xiaotian felt that Teacher Xie seemed much happier here than in Beijing.
She smiled more, and her smiles were more genuine.
Of course, it might just be because she had found her daughter.
The two walked a short distance up the mountain, and Teacher Xie Nan said with a smile, “I didn’t expect there to be such mountains in the northwest. These trees must be very old.”
“Further into the mountains, this is the only primeval forest near our village. It has been here for a very long time, but I don’t know exactly how long.”
Even if Su Xiaotian had the ability to communicate with plants, she wouldn’t know things that even the plants didn’t know.
Su Xiaotian’s hands idly fiddled with the branches and grass leaves beside her.
In just a moment, she suddenly squatted down and gently dug a few times under a tree with the small shovel borrowed from Su Changjiu’s house.
Teacher Xie Nan was curious about what Su Xiaotian was looking for there when she saw that under the soft soil, there was a cluster of mushrooms. Su Dan Novel Network.
Teacher Xie had always lived in the city and did not recognize other types of wild vegetables, but she could recognize mushrooms.
“Such a large cluster of mushrooms, and I didn’t find them, but you did.”
Su Xiaotian smiled and said, “Teacher Xie, look how well these mushrooms are growing. We can have an extra dish tonight.”
Although they were dug out from the soft soil, it was still evident how fresh and tender these mushrooms were.
“Are there many mushrooms on this mountain?” Teacher Xie asked curiously.
There shouldn’t be many mushrooms on the mountains in the northwest, right?
“There are occasional mushrooms on the mountains here, but none are particularly precious,” Su Xiaotian explained.
What she didn’t explain was that as long as she went up the mountain, there would always be mushrooms.
She didn’t know if it was a special constitution, but every time she went up the mountain, even if she found nothing else, there would still be mushrooms.
Su Xiaotian carefully picked the mushrooms and put them in the small basket she was carrying.
This time, Su Xiaotian didn’t bring a basket but carried a small basket.
After Teacher Xie Nan confirmed that there were mushrooms on the mountain, she also started to busy herself.
However, after more than half an hour, Teacher Xie Nan hadn’t found a single cluster of mushrooms.
Instead, Su Xiaotian’s small basket was almost full.
“Xiaotian, you’ve already picked so many mushrooms?” Teacher Xie Nan smiled happily as she looked at the mushrooms in the small basket.
Just as Su Xiaotian was about to speak, she saw a small patch of fiddleheads not far ahead, swaying their heads towards them.
“Teacher Xie, there are fiddleheads here,” Su Xiaotian exclaimed happily, pointing to the small patch of fiddleheads.
Although not many, it should be enough for a plate of cold salad.
“Are these fiddleheads?”
Teacher Xie Nan looked at the small patch of ground. She saw a plant about five or six inches tall, with its top leaf buds curled inward, resembling a cat’s paw, and it looked different from the other grasses around. She guessed that these were fiddleheads.
“Teacher Xie, you guessed correctly. The produce on our mountain is not abundant, but if you calculate carefully, it’s still quite good. Let’s try to find some wild chives too.”
Su Xiaotian felt that searching for treasures in this forest was also quite enjoyable.
“Wild chives? There are some here too?”
“Occasionally, they are not something you can encounter by chance; it depends on your luck.”
Su Xiaotian said casually, letting Teacher Xie Nan pick the fiddleheads while she continued to look for mushrooms.
Hearing Su Xiaotian say this, Teacher Xie Nan smiled and said, “I guess you must be a child with great luck.”
Su Xiaotian just smiled and remained silent.
Wasn’t she lucky? She was incredibly lucky!
When it was time to go down the mountain, Teacher Xie had to continue to marvel that Su Xiaotian was indeed a child with extremely good luck.
Teacher Xie carried a basket full of mushrooms in one hand and two bunches of wild vegetables in the other, one bunch of fiddleheads and the other of wild chives.
And Su Xiaotian, with her fair little hands, carried a wild chicken and a wild rabbit, giving a strong impression of a beauty turning into a hunter!
Su Xiaotian felt that if she had a chubby baby on her back, she would look like a young wife returning to her maiden home.
Not only was Teacher Xie Nan surprised, but even Su Changjiu was taken aback when he saw Su Xiaotian like this.
Good heavens, one trip up the mountain yielded more than ten of their trips combined.
Some people brought back only a bunch of wild chives from one trip.
And some people returned empty-handed, so how did this girl get so much in one trip?
“Xiaotian, you brought back so much? These mushrooms are enough for several meals. And the wild chicken and wild rabbit, we’re in for a treat tonight.”
Su Xiaotian said with a grin, “Tonight, we’ll have chicken stew with mushrooms, stir-fried rabbit meat, scrambled eggs with wild chives, and a cold salad of fiddleheads. We have both hot and cold dishes, meat and vegetables!”
“Alright, we’ll have these dishes tonight. However, Xiaotian, my cooking skills are not as good as your grandma’s.”
The village chief’s wife knew that Su Grandma was the best cook in the entire village, and this child Xiaotian was used to eating food made by Su Grandma. She wondered if she would dislike her cooking.
And Teacher Xie, she looked like someone who had been pampered. Although she had suffered some hardships in her youth, she should not be worried about food and drink now.
Entertaining such a person, she suddenly felt a little unconfident.
“Auntie, your cooking is also delicious. Even my grandma says so. My grandma also said that if you didn’t have such a strong attachment to this place, she would invite you to help out at our family’s restaurant.”
This was not something Su Xiaotian made up, but something Su Grandma had sincerely said.