After being exiled, relying on space to pamper the chief assistant

Xie Yunshu was startled by Ye Zhen's suddenly raised voice. He frowned and looked in the direction of the other person's finger.

A piece of rotten wood?

On a tree stump less than half a person's height, there was a piece of rotten wood lying upside down, and the smell of wood permeated the surroundings.

Ye Zhen, who was extremely shocked, ignored her fatigue, got up from the ground and walked over.

She stretched out her hand, carefully pulled out a small white mushroom from the side of the rotten wood that touched the ground.

Holding the mushroom in her hand, Ye Zhen looked at it carefully and determined that it was the white mushroom that is very common in modern times and is edible!

"Is this a mushroom?"

Xie Yunshu, who came over, also saw the object in her hand and was quite surprised.

Mushrooms are considered a rare food in this era, mainly because people do not know how to cultivate and preserve them, making them extremely rare.

He was once the son of a prime minister, and he also tasted the delicious taste of mushrooms at a palace banquet. The taste was indeed unforgettable.

"Yeah! It's a mushroom!"

Ye Zhen happily put the mushrooms in her hands into her backpack and walked around the piece of rotten wood. As expected, she found many more mushrooms.

Mushrooms naturally grow in groups. As long as the environment is suitable, a large number of them can grow around them.

Regarding this sudden unexpected joy, Ye Zhen thought about it for a while and then figured it out.

Their group was assigned to the southern Xinjiang area. According to her previous life experience, it should be equivalent to provinces like Yunnan and Guangxi.

In such subtropical areas, in ordinary mountain forests, mushrooms will grow whenever it rains or there is heavy humidity.

This is common sense.

However, the current era has not yet developed, so few people will go deep into the mountains and forests to look for mushrooms.

"Your luck is really not that good!"

Looking at Ye Zhen with complicated eyes, Xie Yunshu had to admit that the shock the other party brought to him was too much.

Ye Zhen happily put the mushrooms she picked into the bamboo basket behind her back. Ye Zhen did not deny what the other party said.

If you say it's good luck, it's better to say it's the experience of your previous life!

After all, she has lived more than twenty years longer than the man in front of her, and has read countless more books.

Although the mushrooms collected were not too few, they only barely covered the bottom of the bamboo basket, not that much.

Ye Zhen thought about improving the food for her family, so she walked around and found several pieces of rotten wood that were also upside down.

Sure enough, basically every rotten wood had mushrooms growing around it, and there were different types of mushrooms.

However, except for the white mushrooms she discovered for the first time, most of the others were brightly colored poisonous mushrooms, and she did not dare to take them back.

After taking a look at the half-framed mushroom, Ye Zhen patted Xie Yunshu on the shoulder with satisfaction.

"Okay, the mushroom hunting operation is over. Let's seize the time to set up traps."

After hearing this, the latter lowered his head in a low voice and looked for the most suitable location to lay the trap.

Just now, he couldn't get involved at all when it came to picking mushrooms, which dealt a certain blow to the former top talent.

Fortunately, these days, the other party has given him a lot of surprises and blows, which he can still withstand.

Xie Yunshu is an all-rounder who is capable of both literary and martial arts. He has also hunted before and has some experience.

He picked a relatively soft piece of grass and used a shovel to dig a circular pit about half a meter deep and about half a meter in diameter.

According to Ye Zhen, it would be enough to just catch some small animals such as hares and pheasants.

After digging a trap, they followed the trail down the mountain and rearranged a trap every other section of the way.

In order to remind herself of the location of the trap, Ye Zhen even tore several strips of cloth from under her clothes and tied them to a big tree nearest to the trap.

After doing all this, the two went home with great achievements.

Although I don't know if the trap can successfully capture the prey, the mushrooms harvested today are enough to make Ye Zhen extremely excited.

"The price of mushrooms in the capital is extremely high, and they have a reputation of being worth a fortune."

Seeing Ye Zhen carrying the bamboo basket and walking to the kitchen as soon as she got home, Xie Yunshu couldn't help but said something.

Sure enough, Ye Zhen hesitated for a moment and looked at him with surprise.

But soon, she waved her hand again and said in a nonchalant tone:

"So what? There are probably a lot of them in the mountains behind us, let's have a good time first!"

These days, she almost vomited from eating either eels or snails or steamed buns and noodles. She finally found some fresh dishes, and she must have sacrificed them to her five internal organs temple first.

However, Ye Zhen still felt a little regretful.

It's just that the cultivation of mushrooms is troublesome and requires special spores and nutrients. Otherwise, she might be able to get some merit points from the system just by growing mushrooms.

The system does sell mushroom spores, but the price is only 500 merit points for a small pack. With just such a pack, it’s hard to say whether it can survive.

Ye Zhen didn't want to waste the merit points she finally obtained on this aspect.

Today's dinner is much lighter than before, with one portion of fried cabbage, one portion of mushroom minced pork soup, and one portion of fried pork slices.

Before the meal, Ye Zhen specially gave Aunt Huang a large bowl of mushroom soup.

After all, if the other party hadn't mentioned the back mountain, he wouldn't have had the opportunity to pick mushrooms.

Aunt Huang was naturally shocked when she received the soup. Mushrooms are extremely rare and she never had the chance to taste them even when she was an official's wife.

Ye Zhen generously told the other party that she picked it in the back mountain. This thing was not a secret in her eyes. If someone wanted to pick it, she would definitely not stop it.

Mushrooms also need to be seasonal and have strong self-regeneration ability, so there is no need to worry about being harvested and extinct.

After eating, Xie Yunshu checked Zhao Yi's homework, commented a few words, and then rested.

"Our house is still too small. I want to renovate it and at least create a few more rooms."

A family of three were lying on the bed, Ye Zhen stared at the moonlight shining in the window, and said without starting or ending.

When they arrived, the bamboo house was already in a precarious state, so the villagers had to help with some rest before it could be inhabited.

But after living there for these days, Ye Zhen felt more and more inconvenient.

Not to mention that she has not even thought about Xie Yunshu. Although she cares about the status of his wife, she has not yet accepted it in her heart.

Due to the current situation, the two of them had to lie on the same bed, which was somewhat uncomfortable.

Even for the child Zhao Yi, it would be best for him to have his own room so that he can read and write more easily.

As a result, the bamboo house with only two rooms inside and outside seemed too crowded.

"Um."

Xie Yunshu responded calmly. He seemed to agree with what the other party said, but he felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.

However, he couldn't fault Ye Zhen, so he had to suppress this feeling.

The bigger the house, the more comfortable it will be.

"Then I'll ask Aunt Huang and the others another day to see if they can pay someone to help us rebuild it."

As soon as this topic ended, the two of them became completely silent.

The next day.

Ye Zhen got up early, first welcomed the people waiting at the door, and settled the snails and eels they had brought over.

Then he went into the kitchen and cooked for the family.

As soon as the meal was done, the people from Wangyue Tower came over to collect the ingredients, and the leader was the same person he had seen before.

After handing over to the other party, Ye Zhen expressed her willingness to pay to ride the other party's carriage into the city.

Although there is a carriage at home now, and the rather thin horse is still grazing in the grassland next to the bamboo house, today Ye Zhen only plans to go into the city alone.

First of all, she just went to buy teaching materials for Zhao Yi, and there was no need for the whole family to come.

Secondly, Xie Yunshu, the only one in the family who can drive a carriage, is also sick, and she doesn't want him to be so tired all the time.

So after discussing the price, she said hello to Xie Yunshu and got on the carriage at Wangyue Tower alone.

Apart from a seat plank, there were only barrels of ingredients in the carriage, which was filled with a faint muddy smell.

Fortunately, the smell was not too strong, and Ye Zhen got used to it, so she staggered all the way to the county seat.

When she arrived at the city gate, she got off the bus early and followed the familiar route straight to the liquor store.

She was not familiar with the county and the place where she lived. Even if she visited once or twice, she had no idea where books were sold.

Originally, Huang Chuan should be the number one person Ye Zhen consulted, but unfortunately he rushed to the county town yesterday because of a business deal.

She had to wait for him to come back this evening. Now that there was no communication tool like a mobile phone, Ye Zhen had to do the next best thing and go to the wine shop to ask.

The other party is a local and should know.

When the boy heard Ye Zhen asking about books like the Three Character Classic, he scratched his head in embarrassment.

"This... our county is small, and there is only one public private school, and there is no shop specifically selling books."

In a remote and desolate place like Manyi County, few families can afford to study, which leads to this.

There are quite a few people who were exiled and became literate, but now they are busy surviving, so where can they take care of these things?

The boy's words made Ye Zhen's face fall down, feeling quite depressed.

There are none in the entire county. Is it possible that she should be asked to change to another city?

Seeing that Ye Zhen was in a low mood, the boy gritted his teeth and said:

"How about I ask my boss for you? The young master of my boss is attending a private school and should have some books from previous years."

The books she wanted were all the most basic Three-Character Classic and Thousand-Character Classic, which were basically used by children of several years old during their enlightenment.

The young man thought that since the young master is ten years old this year, he should not need these books.

Judging from the owner's attitude, he has always been very generous to Mrs. Xie, so he is probably willing to help with this little favor.

"this......"

I have to say that after listening to the young man's suggestion, Ye Zhen was a little moved.

Going to the next county town? This is probably something she doesn't dare to think about for the time being. It's not as modern as it is now. It only takes ten minutes to get there by bus.

It's not too much to just borrow a few books. If you owe someone a favor, you can always find a chance to return it.

Adhering to this idea, Ye Zhen nodded and followed the other party to Wu Mansion.

Boss Wu is worthy of being the only wine shop owner in the county. The Wu Mansion is also one of the few blue brick houses in the county, covering a large area.

When we got to the door, the boy came up and knocked on the door.

The servant who opened the door seemed to be quite familiar with him. After saying a few words, he welcomed Ye Zhen in.

"Brother Li has gone to report. I will take you to the hall first."

As soon as you enter the door, you will see a courtyard with a small pond. It seems to be well decorated and quite charming.

It's just that the construction technology here is obviously underdeveloped, and there are dirt roads, which look very dirty.

Ye Zhen followed the young man and came to the house directly opposite the courtyard, which was a relatively empty hall.

As soon as the two of them entered the hall, Boss Wu's voice came from behind:

“Mrs.

Boss Wu, who came in a hurry, had a smile on his face, but he couldn't hide his sadness.

"I also had an impromptu decision today and wanted to ask you for a favor."