The two went up the mountain from a nearby path, with Lu Fengqin leading the way and Su Mo following behind.
The mountain here is part of the Wanda Mountains, called Bukai Mountain.
The Lujiacun production brigade is distributed horizontally along the foot of Bukai Mountain. From the beginning of the village to the end of the village, there are several paths going up the mountain, so I didn't meet anyone else along the way.
As Su Mo walked, she chatted with Lu Fengqin about home affairs: "Fengqin, have you gone to school?"
"Enter, already in the second grade." Lu Fengqin said, a little proud. Many girls in the brigade failed to learn, but she did.
Children at this time went to school late, and most were sent to school only when they were eight or nine years old. At this time, primary school had a five-year system, junior high school had a two-year system, and high school had a two-year system.
"Then why didn't you go to school today?" If she skipped school just to accompany her to harvest autumn, then she would have committed a crime.
"We are still on autumn harvest vacation, and it will take two days to resume school." Lu Fengqin said.
Education at this time is relatively casual. Schools in rural areas will have a long autumn harvest holiday when the autumn harvest comes.
"Oh, how much does it cost to go to school?" Su Mo was a little curious.
"Tuition and miscellaneous fees are one yuan a semester, and books are 50 cents each, which is one yuan and a half a semester." Lu Fengqin said.
Su Mo nodded, that's really not expensive. You need to know that in later generations, there are many aristocratic schools with sky-high prices, and kindergartens are also very expensive. Common people even jokingly call them "child college students", which means that the tuition for a year in kindergarten is more expensive than that of college students.
"Have your brothers and sisters gone to school?"
"The second sister didn't go. We will go next year. The eldest brother went this year." The second sister Lu Fengqin mentioned refers to her younger sister Lu Aiqin, and the eldest brother refers to Lu Weiguo's eldest son Lu Guodong.
They are both seven years old, and the boy goes to school one year earlier than the girl. Although the Lu family does not favor boys over girls, the overall atmosphere still favors boys.
"Then where did they go? Why don't they go to harvest the autumn together?"
"The second sister and the eldest brother went to hunt pigweed." Lu Fengqin said. If she wasn't taking her third aunt to harvest autumn, she would also go to hunt pigweed to earn work points.
Su Mo was ashamed. It seemed that she had delayed Lu Fengqin from killing pigweed.
"By the way, what is the pigweed you are shooting? Is it a specific kind of grass?"
Su Mo was very curious when she read the novel. Every novel talked about killing pigweed. What exactly was this pigweed?
Lu Fengqin pursed her lips and snickered. The third aunt was indeed from a big city and she didn't even know about Pigweed.
"Pigweed is a variety of weeds. As long as pigs can eat it, it's fine. We usually look for chickweed, purslane, doggrass, bittern, ryegrass, etc. Those old people don't eat shepherd's purse. You can dig it up and use it as pigweed." Lu Fengqin still answered carefully.
Su Mo smiled sheepishly, "Third Aunt has never seen these before and is a little curious."
"It's okay, my mother said, my third aunt comes from a big city, so it's normal for her not to know this."
The two chatted all the way, and after more than half an hour, they arrived at the outskirts of Bukai Mountain. At this time, the leaves also begin to turn yellow, which is the most beautiful season. The entire mountain is in color mode, with yellow, red, and green. The colors are so colorful that it makes people feel like they are in a painting.
Both the original owner and Su Mo are from the south. They rarely see such beautiful scenery, and they couldn't help but sigh: "It's so beautiful!"
Lu Fengqin looked around and saw nothing beautiful at all.
"Third Aunt, do you want to pick hazel mushrooms?" Lu Fengqin asked.
"Yes, but it doesn't have to be hazelnut mushrooms. Just pick whatever is available." Su Mo said.
In the forest, feeling the rich wood energy around her, Su Mo felt extremely comfortable.
"Okay, I know where there are hazelnut mushrooms. I picked them some time ago, and there are many small ones there. Third Aunt, I will take you there." After Lu Fengqin finished speaking, she led the way.
Su Mo quickly followed, reaching out and touching the plants around her to absorb energy as she walked.
Ten or twenty minutes later, Lu Fengqin took Su Mo to a shady slope, "Third Aunt, this is it. I was here some time ago and picked a large basket of hazelnut mushrooms."
Su Mo nodded, and the two of them searched the area, and soon found a piece of hazel mushroom. Although it was sparse, there was a lot of it. The two hurriedly knelt down to mine it.
Soon, both of their baskets were covered with a layer of hazelnut mushrooms.
At this time, voices were heard not far away, and three little girls came chirping. When they saw Lu Fengqin, they shouted: "Lu Fengqin, what are you doing there? Are you picking hazelnut mushrooms?"
When Lu Fengqin heard the voice, she quickly stood up and opened her hands in a protective posture: "Lu Lanhua, we discovered this place first. You can go search elsewhere."
Lu Lanhua curled her lips disdainfully, "The mountain belongs to everyone. Why can't we harvest what you discovered?" As he spoke, he continued to move forward.
When she got closer, she realized that the person beside Lu Fengqin was not her sister, but a very good-looking adult.
"Lu Fengqin, who is this person?"
"My third aunt." Lu Fengqin puffed out her chest. Her third uncle was the pride of their family.
Everyone in Lujia Village knew that Lu Changzheng was an officer, and the children were afraid of him, so they were a little afraid of Su Mo, the wife of an officer. Seeing that Su Mo didn't speak and just looked at them intently, the three of them retreated.
"Then you go ahead and pick it. Let's go look elsewhere." After Lu Lanhua finished speaking, she took the other two people away.
"They often bully you?" Su Mo asked in a low voice after they left.
"No, it's mainly because her milk doesn't deal with mine, so she doesn't deal with me either," Lu Fengqin said. Her father is the branch secretary, her father is an accountant, and her third uncle is an officer. There are really not many children in the brigade who dare to bully her.
Lu Lanhua is Li Cuihua's eldest granddaughter.
"Third Aunt, let's pick it quickly, or someone else will come soon," Lu Fengqin said.
"Okay, let's split up the mining. I'll look for this side, you look for that side." Su Mo said.
After separating from Lu Fengqin, Su Mo looked for hazel mushrooms while absorbing the wood energy from the weeds on the ground and the surrounding trees.
The weeds are all going to die in the winter anyway, so she absorbs them all, and the trees absorb about one-fifth of each tree, leaving enough energy for them to survive the winter. She would secretly send some energy to some trees that looked weak.
After finding the hazel mushroom, Su Mo would use her powers to spawn any mycelium around it. Soon, another hazel mushroom grew in the ground. While picking them up, Su Mo put most of the hazel mushrooms into the space and put only a small part into the basket.
After searching all the slopes, Su Mo's backpack already contained more than half of it, and there was probably enough space for two baskets.
At this time, Lu Fengqin also called from a distance, "Third Aunt, have you finished looking over there?"
"I don't have any more here, what about yours?" Su Mo said, walking towards Lu Fengqin.
"I've finished picking it now." Lu Fengqin responded. Children who are used to living in the mountains are extremely fast. Soon, Lu Fengqin arrived at Su Mo's side.
"Third Aunt, how much did you pick?"
Su Mo put down the backpack for her to see. Lu Fengqin was very happy when she saw that most of the basket was there. The task assigned to her by her mother had been completed.
"I also have half a backpack." Lu Fengqin handed her own backpack to Su Mo.
"It's getting late, let's go back first." Su Mo said, it was almost 11 o'clock, and it would take an hour to walk back from here.
After arriving home, Su Mo asked Lu Fengqin to wait in the yard for a while, while she went back to the house and pretended to take a small handful of about seven or eight fruit candies to Lu Fengqin from the house, but actually from the space.
Lu Fengqin was very happy when she saw so many fruit candies and went home happily.
Before leaving, she shouted: "Third Aunt, I will take you to pick pine nuts, chestnuts, and walnuts in the afternoon."
