The next day, Tan Zhenghong was still ready to tidy up the homestead, but he got dragged up the mountain by Qiao Duo'er instead, as the mountain muntjac hadn't had any meat for several days due to the recent busyness with the house.
Tan Zhenghong first set up snares in the bamboo forest, and then he went up the mountain with Qiao Duo'er.
While he hunted on the mountain, Qiao Duo'er searched for medicinal herbs and picked mushrooms on the side.
It was autumn now, and there were many mushrooms in the mountains, which, once picked and dried, could be eaten for a long time.
Without modern greenhouse planting techniques and a less diverse variety of vegetables compared to future generations, there would be very few vegetables to eat in winter; that's when you really appreciate how delicious mushrooms are.
The two of them worked on their own tasks yet occasionally kept an eye out to ensure the other was within sight.
