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After cleaning up the campsite, the hiking team broke camp again.

After a bowl of piping hot red sausage instant noodles, everyone felt like their blood was fully pumped up.

My footsteps were noticeably lighter on the thick snow.

After passing through a dense, oppressive red pine forest, the terrain gradually flattens out ahead.

A mixed birch forest appeared before everyone's eyes.

The birch trees here are all straighter than the last.

The bark was dazzlingly white, with black horizontal stripes on it, looking from a distance like rows of eyes opening in the snow.

"Stop for a moment."

Fang Daqiang, who was leading the way, suddenly raised his hand.

The entire group slammed on the brakes instantly.

Hua Yu, who was following in the middle and back, slipped and almost bumped his head into Ju Jingyi's back.

He walked along the road with extreme suspicion, constantly looking back.

I have this feeling that maybe a piece of scallion fell out of the campsite and wasn't cleaned up properly. I'm sure a bear will come chasing after me, following the smell of braised beef noodles, to collect my takeout.

This mental state is indicative of a severe case of paranoia.

"Dad, what's wrong?"

Fang Yu took two steps forward and asked in a low voice.

"Something's up?"

Fang Daqiang didn't say anything, but simply raised the wooden stick and gently tapped it on an exceptionally thick old birch tree not far away.

"Look at that tree."

Everyone turned to look at the wooden stick.

Three or four meters above the ground, there was a huge, dark brown lump lying there.

The thing was crooked and bumpy.

Its exterior is jet black, with an eerie yellowish tinge around the edges.

Ju Jingyi craned her slender neck and stared for a long time, her little face scrunched up in a frown.

"What is this...?"

"The tree has developed a tumor?"

Hua Yu frowned as he watched, his face full of disdain.

"Does this tree have a terminal illness?"

"It's oozing pustules?"

The words "pustule" came out.

Liu Yifei and Ju Jingyi simultaneously leaned back tactically, rubbing the goosebumps on their arms.

I initially thought this thing looked rather abstract, but after Hua Yu spoke, I instantly had a vivid image in my mind.

It's somewhat nauseating.

But veteran actor Chen Daoming's eyes lit up immediately.

The old man walked quickly to the tree, looked up at the black lump, and couldn't hide the surprise on his face.

"This is a real gem! An absolute rare find!"

Chen Daoming turned to look at Fang Yu.

"Xiao Fang, you take a look."

"Am I seeing things? Is this... a birch mushroom?"

Fang Yu immediately gave a thumbs up.

"Teacher Chen, your eyesight is truly amazing."

"That's right, this is genuine, pure wild birch polypore."

Liu Yifei blinked her big, watery eyes and muttered softly.

"The name sounds quite sophisticated, but its appearance..."

She paused for a moment, trying to find the right words.

"I really feel a bit sorry for the audience."

Fang Yu turned his head and couldn't help but laugh.

"Fairy Sister, you're judging people by their looks."

"There is an ironclad rule in our mountain produce industry."

He pointed to the hideous black patch on the tree.

"The more unloved and ugly something is, the better."

"The easier it is to get rich people to willingly open their wallets."

"Especially this kind, it's incredibly nutritious!"

The moment the words "great tonic" were uttered.

Beside him, Hua Yu seemed to have triggered some key word and blurted out:

"A great tonic? That can nourish the kidneys..."

He suddenly snapped out of his daze halfway through his sentence.

Sudden braking, forced patching on the spot!

"...I mean, can it help with neurasthenia?!"

The air suddenly froze in that instant.

The expressions on everyone's faces were remarkably similar.

No one looked at him, but everyone's lips were twitching wildly at an extremely high frequency.

To avoid upsetting the patient, everyone refrained from laughing out loud.

But the comments in the live stream chat had already taken off.

[Hahahaha! Teacher Hua, wake up! Don't automatically assume it's something you're talking about just because you hear the word "supplement"!]

[Oh no, Teacher Hua is doomed to be stuck with tonics for life!]

Fang Yu's lips trembled violently, forcing him to swallow back his smile.

"Uh...neurasthenia..."

"This shouldn't be under its jurisdiction."

"This stuff is marketed for boosting immunity, fighting cancer, and providing antioxidant benefits; it's like the Hermes of mountain produce."

Surprisingly, Fang Da, known for his sharp tongue, refrained from adding further insults this time.

After all, they're all men.

He fully understood Teacher Hua—

Oh no, I understand the unspeakable pain of Teacher Hua's "friend".

Fang Yu reached out and tapped the frozen tree trunk, bringing the topic back on track.

"Let's get back to the main topic, everyone!"

He raised his voice, pointed to the big black lump above, and began to explain.

"Pure wild birch polypore as large and in such perfect condition as the one in front of us."

Fang Yu slowly turned his head, meeting the curious gazes of the crowd.

"If we took it all down and sold it at the high-end mountain produce market down the mountain, or directly to the buyers..."

"No need to haggle, it'll start at least in the four figures!"

Four figures?!

That's several thousand yuan?!

Just this one festering black tumor growing on a tree?!

Ju Jingyi's "I can't stand looking at her" expression vanished instantly!

She rolled up the sleeves of her thick work coat, revealing her thermal underwear underneath, her big eyes gleaming with the light of money, and let out a loud shout.

"Brother Yu! Get out of the way!"

"I grew up in the countryside, so things like climbing on roofs and stealing birds' nests are all basic skills for me!"

"I'm taking this job today! Nobody can stop me from making a fortune!"

After saying that, her eyes lit up, and she lifted her foot to pounce on the smooth tree trunk.

Fang Yu reacted quickly and grabbed her by the back of her neck.

"My dear teacher Ju! Please, just shut up already!"

He pointed to the heavy, fur-lined shoes on Xiao Ju's feet, and then to the slippery tree trunk.

"You're going to climb a tree wearing that?"

"What? Planning to climb up two meters, then headfirst, and give everyone a live performance of a freefall 'planting a green onion'?"

Ju Jingyi was taken aback by the question and stopped struggling.

After a two-second silence, she looked at the four-digit number on the tree, still unwilling to give up, and tentatively blinked:

"Then... I'll take off my shoes and go barefoot?"

Fang Yu was so amused by this girl that he couldn't help but laugh.

"Fine, try taking one off."

He loosened his grip, casually crossed his arms, and looked like he was ready to watch a good show.

"In temperatures below minus thirty degrees Celsius, you stick your bare, delicate feet to the bark of a tree."

"By the time they get up there, their feet will be welded to the tree first."

"After you hang it up, we'll go back and have dinner."

"I'll bring a team to pick you up next spring when the ice melts."

The chat room erupted in laughter.

[Teacher Ju, calm down! It's only a four-figure sum; there's no need to risk your life!]

[Fang Yu's biggest workload today wasn't running around the mountains, it was stopping people. This morning he stopped Tianxian from dumping roe deer roe into the pot, and this afternoon he stopped Xiao Ju from climbing a tree barefoot and getting herself killed!]