As for whether to pick bracken or not, it depends on the price of bracken.

When they arrived at the deep mountains, Liu Qingshan went straight to the place he had seen yesterday.

This place is separated from the slope where he picked bracken yesterday, and he had to go around the valley.

There is a stream flowing slowly in the valley. The stream is like a jade belt with fairy spirit in the colorful drizzle, which is very beautiful.

Looking at this stream, Liu Qingshan couldn't help but remember the big cat that had been treated by another stream before. He didn't know how the big cat was doing now.

If its body recovers, don't know what it will do?

Liu Qingshan stared at the stream, remembering the scene of helping the big cat treat wounds on that warm and sunny day, and couldn't help but sigh.

After sighing, I continued to move forward and came to the lush bracken forest to continue picking bracken.

At noon, my stomach was roaring, so I took out my lunch box to eat.

However, because there are ferns and shrubs around, there is no place to sit, so I can only walk a little bit.

However, just as he reached halfway through and had not found the position, Liu Qingshan was shocked all over, and the lunch box in his hand instantly dropped to the ground with a snap.

So many snakes!

Just under a bush less than ten meters away from him, there were many snakes lying on them, densely packed, gathering in a twisted manner, and they couldn't see how many snakes were at first sight.

Liu Qingshan was shocked all over, and his heart suddenly accelerated. He wanted to turn his head and ran away, but his whole body was stiff and he couldn't move at all.

His breathing became tighter and tighter, his head buzzed, and his ears seemed to be ringing again.

He stayed still, looking at the group of snakes in front of him, and his blood seemed to have solidified.

But the next second, I found a trace of unusualness.

Why do these snakes gather together motionlessly?

Thinking of this, Liu Qingshan forced himself to calm down and looked straight at the fear ahead.

When he fell Qingming's gaze on these snake groups, he finally saw some clues.

These snakes are actually dead.

Because he saw that there were wounds on the necks of these snakes, and that their necks were almost bitten off, but they were barely connected together.

There were several more that were even swallowed half of their body, leaving half of their decayed bodies to rinse in the drizzle.

Strange, how could there be so many dead snakes?

Although he had clearly known that these snakes were dead, Liu Qingshan still felt scared in his heart and he didn't dare to step forward at all.

He looked at the dead snakes from afar, their bruised torso, and his heart was full of doubts.

Why are all these snakes dead? And they still died in the same place!

Judging from their dead state, it should not be what humans call it.

Because if these dead poisonous snakes are caught and sold, they can be sold at a high price. If a human has the ability to kill so many poisonous snakes, they will naturally have the ability to capture and sell them.

Although it is illegal to catch snakes and sell them, no one cares about them in such places where the mountains are high and the emperor is far away. Before, even first-class protected animals like big cats were caught, let alone a vicious snake.

Maybe once these poisonous snakes are on the dining table, some people wearing tall hats will have a portion to eat together.

Therefore, once local mountain people encounter poisonous snakes, as long as they have the ability, they will definitely catch them and sell them.

In ancient times, there were farmers who had to catch snakes because of heavy taxes and heavy taxes than tigers. Now, there were also mountain people who had to catch snakes because of the high prices of houses and medicines.

Although history is changing, the hardships and hardships of the people at the bottom seem to have never changed.

So, what Liu Qingshan is very sure of is that these poisonous snakes were definitely not killed by humans.

Even if some mountain people dare not catch snakes, they will run away or be beaten to death when they encounter snakes, they will never be bored to bring these poisonous snakes together.

So, who did it?

Liu Qingshan stood in the drizzle and looked around, feeling shocked again.

I'm afraid that it's not a beast that is more fierce than a snake, catching a snake and playing with it.

If this is the case, does that mean that the location of these snakes is actually the nest of the beast?

If so, is the beast right here?

The snake is already terrifying enough. The beast that is more awesome than the snake must be even more terrifying.

Thinking of this, Liu Qingshan was too lazy to think about what kind of beast the other party was, so he packed up the bracken and ran away quickly.

Moreover, on the way home, he was still thinking that what my mother said this morning was really right. If he hadn't run fast, he might have encountered some big beast.

Although he is at least powerful, the fight with beasts does not mean that he can win if he is powerful. Sometimes mice can bite elephants to death, bees can stung humans, let alone mysterious beasts that can kill many poisonous snakes.

Liu Qingshan became more and more panicked when he thought about it. He was a little glad that he had not met the mysterious beast, otherwise he might not even have bones left.

When he left the deep mountains and returned to the vicinity of the village, Liu Qingshan's uneasiness dissipated a little.

It's just afternoon now, and going home at this time would be a waste of this wonderful spring scenery, so he decided to make some bracken nearby.

Although the bracken nearby is not as fat as the ones in the deep mountains, is it better than nothing? With his ability, it is not a problem to pick a hundred pounds in one afternoon.

After making up his mind, Liu Qingshan put down the bracken that he picked in the morning, looked around, and walked to a hillside on the side of the mountain road.

This hillside is a newly opened mountainous land, with large plants not available, but bracken and other types are densely drawn out of the ground.

Although it is still small, it is expensive because it is fresh and tender.

Liu Qingshan walked into the field and started the crazy picking mode.

But after just after picking it, I saw a thin figure.

Strange, on this rainy day, who came to the mountains?

It must be a very diligent person who will enter the mountain at this time. Well, for example, Liu Qingshan is a very diligent person.

The man was wearing a big hat and covered with transparent rain glue paper. He couldn't see who it was for a moment.

Liu Qingshan took a few glances, but Yanyu was so confused that he couldn't see clearly, so he was too lazy to see, so he continued to pick bracken.

But after a while, a voice came from beside him: "Qingshan, it's so heavy rain, why haven't you come home yet?"

It's a woman's voice.

Liu Qingshan looked up and looked at the sound. He happened to see a person standing in the tea woods next to him. He was the person who had just entered the mountain in the rain. This person was not someone else, but Agui's mother.

Seeing Agui's mother entering the mountain in the rain, Liu Qingshan was also quite surprised: "I'm picking bracken, aunt, why are you coming into the mountain? It's raining now, you don't need to be so diligent."

Agui's mother stood next to a green tea tree full of sprouts with huge straw hat, grinning and said, "Didn't this tea grow? I want to pick some."

"But Guyu hasn't arrived yet, and it's still about a month before Guyu will arrive." Liu Qingshan stared at the tea leaves full of fresh green beside Agui's mother, and said with a lot of regret, "This tea leaves are picked now. It's a pity. They should be longer."

Even though Agui's mother nodded seriously, she kept pulling the tea leaves in her hand and said, "That's right, but if you pick it now, you can sell it for a good price. If you pick it again in Guyu, you won't be able to sell it for much."

Agui's mother's words made Liu Qingshan pause and asked, "Oh? How much does fresh tea cost per pound now?"

"It can be sold for ten yuan per pound now." Agui's mother said with a little joy. "If I could pick ten pounds, I would have a hundred yuan."

"How much does it cost per pound before and after Grain Rain?"

"It wasn't worth much at that time." Agui's mother said, "It might be five yuan per pound at that time. If there were more people selling tea, it would be possible for three yuan per pound. Although the tea was easy to pick at that time, it was not enough to sell it. It would be better to pick it now, at least it would be easier to sell it, and you don't have to stay all day."

Upon hearing this, Liu Qingshan said with a funny look: "But, aunt, if you pick it again during the Grain Rain, the tea leaves at that time will not only be easier to pick, but also the teas you pick will be much more in the same time. In this way, as long as the tea leaves are dried, it will be sold for 30 yuan per pound when others come to collect dry tea."

Agui's mother frowned in embarrassment: "But, our Ahua will soon be in high school. If I don't make more money now and wait until her high school starts, I'm afraid that the tuition will be difficult to collect all the tuition."

"How could that happen?" Liu Qingshan asked in confusion, "Last time you helped me with work, didn't I give you a lot of wages? Moreover, you have been digging for bamboo shoots recently, so you should be able to make some money."

Agui's mother lowered her head and stared at the tea leaves in her hand and replied, "Well, there are always many places to spend money."

Although Liu Qingshan couldn't imagine that there was a place where Agui's mother's family needed to spend a lot of money, he thought that it would be difficult for a woman to raise two children, so he didn't think much about it.

He said, "Aunt, you can pick ferns. Now that the ferns have just grown, the price is probably more than ten yuan per pound. If you pick them and sell them, you will definitely save a lot of money."

"Is it so expensive?" Agui's mother looked at Liu Qingshan standing in the mountains in a bit incredible and the handful of bracken in his hand. Her eyes lit up, "Yes, bracken has just grown now. If it is picked and sold at this time, it may be sold for more than ten yuan per pound."

"Either maybe, it can be sold at this price." Liu Qingshan was very sure.

Although bracken has grown now, because the number is not large, there are not many people willing to leave their farm work and go to the mountains to pick bracken.

If Agui's mother seized this opportunity to pick bracken, it would be a problem to earn 100 per day on average.

The problem is that because the bracken has not yet fully grown, it is relatively scattered, and it will be more difficult to pick.

Agui's mother smiled and said, "I'm not afraid of hard work, as long as I can make money."

As she said that, she stopped picking the tea leaves, threw down the bag, and picked up the hatchet beside her.

Seeing this, Liu Qingshan said in confusion and amused: "Auntie, why are you doing with a hatchet by picking bracken?"

"Let's pick it later." Agui's mother pointed to a huge wild azalea under the tea forest and said, "Look at this stone flower, it's so big, affecting the tea leaves in my field, so I'm going to cut it."

Liu Qingshan looked in the direction she pointed at, and indeed saw a huge azalea.

He shouted in surprise: "Cut it? Why do you want to cut it?"

"Oh, you don't know. Every year when I fertilize tea trees, I have to rob a lot of nutrients by these stone flowers. I won't talk about robbing nutrients. The point is that these azaleas are too shaded and affect the growth of tea leaves in the field. I have to cut them this year."

Liu Qingshan felt very distressed when he looked at the several dense azaleas on the bottom edge of the tea forest.
To be continued...