"Auntie, why are you going up the mountain?"

"Didn't it just rain? Mom, let's see if there are any wild vegetables." Cai Lihua was still a little weak.

"Mom, it rained just yesterday. Even the wild vegetables didn't grow that fast."

"There is a thing that can grow crazy overnight when exposed to water. Let's go and see with mother. Junlan, you can take care of the baby at home." Cai Lihua smiled and went out first.

Ah Jiu followed closely behind.

"Mom, is it a mushroom?" Ah Jiu only knew that mountain mushrooms grow very fast when exposed to water.

But the environment has to be allowed, isn't it? The land is so dry that the mushroom spores are completely dead. Unless it rains for several days and soaks through the dead leaves, some wild mushrooms can grow again.

"Not just mushrooms."

"What else is there?" Ah Jiu was also interested this time.

"If you can find it, you'll know it when you see it." Cai Lihua gave it a try first.

The two women went up the mountain one after another. Cai Lihua said that this thing must be found in thick grass.

There has been a severe drought for three years, and the grass has all withered, and everything you can find is covered with dry grass.

Ah Jiu looked at her mother bent over and squatted in the dead grass: "Jiu'er, come and see, it's this thing, lichen."

Ah Jiu knelt down and took it out to take a look: "Isn't this a fungus? Why does it grow on the ground?"

"Look carefully, my silly daughter, the fungus is black and this one is dark green, how can they be the same? Besides, the lichen's ears are much thinner, the fungus has such thick ears."

Cai Lihua smiled from ear to ear.

This rain finally brought some game food.

"Really, mother, what did you call this just now? Lichen? Clothes worn by the ground?" Ah Jiu dragged his chin with one hand and held the lichen with the other hand and looked through it repeatedly.

"Yes, it's called lichen, but it's not clothes worn by the ground. It means it grows close to the ground, so it's particularly difficult to clean."

When Cai Lihua said this, she added:

"Fortunately, we are not short of water. The water tank in your Grandpa Niu's yard receives a lot of rainwater. I won't waste your spiritual spring water later. We will use rainwater to wash it."

"Ah, Mom, there is one here." Ah Jiu pushed aside the grass roots and put a piece of it on the ground. He picked it up and compared it with the one Mom found, and found that they were exactly the same.

"It's quite a lot, Jiu'er, go over there. Mom thinks there are more on that side."

Cai Lihua carried the basket and walked a few steps deeper into the forest.

Ah Jiu was addicted to it this time, staring straight at the brushed away grass.

After a while, I could no longer hold it with both hands, so I stood up and saw my mother in the distance lying on the ground looking for it. I hurriedly walked over and put the things in my hands into the basket:

"Mom, I'll go find more. Dad always says that your cooking skills are good. Jiu'er will definitely try it this time."

"That's necessary." Cai Lihua smiled so hard that she couldn't close her mouth.

Ah Jiu hurriedly went to the original place to search. He lowered his head and walked while searching. He suddenly went up a slope without stopping.

"Ah, why are there dead people here?"

"yes……"

"Oh my God, this is too scary. Come and see how scary this death is."

"Look, I've seen many refugees starve to death, but I've never seen them die like this. I need to report them to the authorities immediately."

Ah Jiu was attracted by the sound, straightened up and looked back towards the foot of the mountain.

Three or two villagers with hoes were standing where Tuoba Yan buried his body last night.

One of the places had been torn open, revealing a limp and livid body that looked like a human-shaped sack.

Ah Jiu took a deep breath.

That piece of land was originally the agricultural land of Heba Village, but it was abandoned due to severe drought in recent years.

Now that it has rained, these people have begun to plant something on their own land.

Most of the villagers who came from afar were so sick that they couldn't straighten up after just one look.

One of the young men was so frightened that he took a few steps back: "Monsters. There are monsters. I have long heard in the city that monsters appeared in Qiming Mountain. Only those monsters can beat people until their bodies are like mud without hurting their flesh. They must be monsters."

"

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked.

"Demon?"

"Don't you all know? The government officials have been investigating for more than a month and have no clue. It seems that this monster has come to our village."

"Ah?" People were panicked for a moment.
Chapter completed!