On the day before going to the market, Mu Shuangshuang woke up early, borrowed two large baskets from Aunt Zhao, who was close with Yu Si Niang, and took Little Zhi into the mountains, gathering a basket full of wild vegetables and another basket of wood ear mushrooms.
This time entering the mountains, she discovered some mushrooms growing on a meadow, specifically Hericium erinaceus, which typically grows on decayed wood or rotting branches and has some medicinal effects. Mu Shuangshuang only picked a small amount to take to town to assess the market.
If the market was good, she would pick more. After all, villagers didn't dare venture up Niuwei Mountain, so these things wouldn't become someone else's in a short time.
Mu Shuangshuang placed everything she gathered at Aunt Zhao's house, giving her some wild vegetables as payment, and agreed to pick them up early the next morning.
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Early the next morning, before dawn, Yu Si Niang woke Mu Shuangshuang.
