Days passed by in everyone's busy efforts, and Xu Mingxuan went to the construction site of the greenhouse every day to help.
Because a new greenhouse was built, Chen Lan was also afraid that the winter would be too long and the firewood prepared earlier would not be enough for everyone to burn for a whole winter. None of them had wintering experience in Changbai Mountain, and they didn't know exactly how much firewood was needed to get through the winter. On the principle of the more the better, Chen Lan thought and thought, and finally decided to make good use of these few days to prepare more firewood, to be prepared.
Fortunately, it was sunny these days. Although the temperature was not high and there was a north wind, she had nothing else to do. She couldn't help with the greenhouse construction, so she might as well go up the mountain to get more firewood and hunt more game, so as to prepare more winter supplies for everyone who was wintering in Changbai Mountain for the first time, so that everyone could feel more at ease.
This time, she also brought Mingwei, Hu Yuzhen, and Cui Qiao to the mountain to pick wild walnuts and wild chestnuts, which they planned to eat during the winter. This time, she also brought Lin Mai with her.
Because Lin Mai had always been confined to the house cooking, she hadn't been anywhere since coming to the valley. Her mother-in-law said to everyone: "You take Mai to the mountain today. It's not easy for a young girl, and it's too hard for her for so long!"
Then she said to Lin Mai: "Mai, you don't have to worry about household chores these days. Just follow everyone into the mountains and relax. It's the season for wild fruits to ripen in the mountains. You can also pick some wild walnuts and wild chestnuts back. When winter comes and everyone has nothing to do, you can make them taste good.
I and your Mother Cui will take care of the cooking at home. Don't worry, pack your basket and go to the mountains with them with peace of mind!"
In her mother-in-law's words, "Cooking is not difficult. Anyway, it's too cold to stir-fry, just a stew, which is simple!"
Chen Lan carried her basket and led everyone into the mountains, while mentally opening the system and searching for information about wild Changbai Mountain walnuts.
It's not until you see it that you're surprised. After checking, she found out that wild Changbai Mountain walnuts are good things. They are rich in protein, amino acids, and minerals. In addition to their high nutritional value, they also have the effects of moisturizing the lungs, strengthening the kidneys, lowering blood lipids, and preventing coronary heart disease.
Long-term consumption also has the effect of prolonging life, beautifying the skin, and anti-aging.
Wild Changbai Mountain walnuts are small. In her previous life, they were mainly used as snacks, because they have the effects of nourishing yin and strengthening the kidneys, moistening dryness and resolving phlegm, and calming cough and asthma.
Several people carried their baskets and walked, picking hazelnuts and other edible mushrooms on the ground. They stopped in front of a wild walnut forest. It is unknown how many years these walnut trees have grown here.
They are generally about three to four meters tall, with spherical fruits covering the trees, about five centimeters in diameter, and grayish-green in color.
There are fallen wild walnuts on the ground that have split open after ripening. The walnuts inside are yellowish-brown spheres with irregular grooves on the surface.
Chen Lan took out four pairs of rubber gloves from the system warehouse, which she had bought but never used. She gave one pair to each of them, telling them to wear gloves to pick walnuts, so as not to get the juice from the walnut husks on their hands, which would be difficult to wash off.
She took out a chopping knife from the system warehouse, cut two long branches from miscellaneous trees, tidied up the branches and leaves, and handed them to Mingwei and Lin Mai. The walnut trees were too tall to reach, so she asked them to use sticks to knock them down under the walnut trees.
After arranging for the few of them, she told them to stay in this wild walnut forest and not go anywhere, and left them with two chopping knives.
Chen Lan bid farewell to everyone and continued to move forward to find game and wild chestnut trees.
Not long after walking, she heard the sound of wild chickens calling in front. She quietly approached and saw a flock of wild pheasants, about seven or eight of them, all fat and strong! Chen Lan immediately took out her crossbow and six carbon steel arrows from the system warehouse, adjusted the sight, aimed at the prey, and pressed the launch button, instantly harvesting six big fat chickens.
In this way, Chen Lan continued to walk and hunt, while also looking for wild chestnut trees, but she did not dare to go too far. After all, there were still a few girls who were helpless there picking wild walnuts.
So she wandered around, hunting and foraging in the vicinity. After about half an hour of wandering.
Finally, her efforts paid off. She found a wild chestnut forest. It is unknown how many years the chestnut trees in this wild chestnut forest have grown here. Each chestnut tree is estimated to be six or seven meters tall. The ground in the forest is covered with fallen fruits after the chestnuts have ripened.
It is covered with green thorns all over its body, like tiny green hedgehogs curled up. The fruits are not large, much smaller than southern chestnuts. It's like malnutrition, leading to abnormal development.
The fruit is hemispherical in shape and reddish-brown in color. The ripe chestnut burrs split in a cross shape, and there are two to three small chestnuts in each chestnut burr.
It has long been known that chestnuts are known as the "King of Dried Fruits" and are the veritable longevity fruit of autumn.
It is rich in protein, fat, B vitamins, especially rich in vitamin B2, which is four times that of rice. It also contains rich vitamin C, which is more than ten times that of apples, and a large amount of starch, minerals, and trace elements.
Eating chestnuts in autumn is good for the waist! Good for the kidneys! Good for the legs and feet! Its fruits are not only delicious and unique in flavor, but also fine and powdery. They also have the effects of nourishing the stomach and strengthening the spleen, tonifying the kidneys and strengthening the tendons, and promoting blood circulation and hemostasis.
Thinking of this, Chen Lan looked up at the tall chestnut tree and sighed, "Alas! Chestnuts are delicious, but they are too difficult to pick!"
While sighing and feeling depressed in her heart, a gust of strong wind suddenly blew, and chestnuts fell to the ground like rain, rolling everywhere.
Chen Lan immediately became very happy and immediately devoted herself to the task of picking chestnuts with great effort. She quickly began to pick up the chestnuts one by one. Chestnuts were hidden under the chestnut trees, in the grass, under dead branches, and under dead leaves. Now it's great, no need to climb trees, no need to specifically open the spiny shell of the chestnut burr, you can directly pick the chestnut fruit and put it into the basket, which is really convenient and labor-saving!
Chen Lan worked very fast. Chen Lan sometimes wondered why her strength seemed to have become much greater than in her previous life. She didn't know if it was because the original owner was naturally strong, or if the great god of transmigration deliberately gave her this benefit.