Xu Yang only searched for partially exposed black truffles and examined places where the ground had already cracked.
He tapped here, shoveled there, and slowly searched.
It was now July, when black truffles were not at their darkest; very few were exposed. Black truffles would become more apparent after October, and from December to February, it was the prime time for their maturity.
But that would be the deep winter when the entire mountain was covered with heavy snow, making it almost impossible to find black truffles.
Xu Yang took out his mobile phone map, located his position, and then marked it on a paper map.
From now on, this would be one of his "truffle spots."
A good hunter must be patient and think long-term; a short-sighted approach, like killing a chicken to get its eggs, is not advisable.
This was true for hunters of wild animals as well as those who scouted for herbs and fungi.