Time always dragged painfully when fishing. After sitting like an old monk in meditation for two hours, they had only one palm-sized fish in their bucket.
Never mind sharing it-it would not even fill one person's stomach.
Seeing that the other team had already gathered plenty of mushrooms, Lin Ranran finally could not sit still anymore. She tossed aside her fishing rod and told her teammates to forget about eating and look for lion's mane mushrooms first. Securing a place to stay was more important.
Only then did everyone scramble to resume their search.
After searching for most of the day, Ye Xunzhi and the others successfully gathered enough mushrooms for both lodgings and found lion's mane mushrooms as well.
Lin Ranran and the others had not found any lion's mane mushrooms, but they had gathered enough mushrooms for two groups to stay at Old Granny's house.
The two teams exchanged looks, invisible sparks flying between them. They all knew that what followed would be a race.
Whoever put their mushrooms into Old Granny's hands first would win the right to stay there.
As the sun sank in the west, the two teams took separate routes. Ye Xunzhi and the others walked toward the path down the mountain in the sunset's lingering glow.
A thin mist would rise in the mountains as night approached.
Wu Jia turned his head and asked with some concern, "Dad, we should make it in time, right?"
Wu Chengshan thought for a moment. "We should, if we walk a little faster."
The path down the mountain was not easy going either. Shi Yao held Shi Che's hand. "Big Brother, I don't want to sleep in the Ruined Temple."
Shi Che said, "Don't worry. I won't let you sleep in the Ruined Temple."
Just then, Wu