Ms. Hetian's eyes flashed with amusement—
The red mushroom appeared in her soup bowl, was it unintentional or deliberate?
The "awakened" Ms. Hetian leaned more towards the latter.
Because she could see clearly, in the large bowl, there were only one or two thinly sliced strands of the red mushroom.
This was not at all like the way rural folks cooked.
Who, when cooking mushrooms, doesn't tear them into small pieces?
And the quantity would never be just one or two strands!
After all, while fleeing for their lives, food was precious, but the wild vegetables and mushrooms picked from the forest were free.
A bowl of soup, half a bowl of wild vegetables or mushrooms, was the most regular, most reasonable way.
Just these one or two strands, finely sliced, was definitely not unintentional, but done with intention.
Some people did this for a reason:
First, the small quantity and fine slices were hard to detect.
Second, it was easier to control the dosage.
