Because the pepper tree grows in the bush on the outside of the road, he cuts down the pepper tree and goes up, not down.

After battling the bushes for about ten minutes, Toshimitsu finally got close to his brother. But he was unwilling to take his brother's hand, but struggled to hand the trunk of the mountain pepper tree into his brother's hand, and then let his brother pull it on top and push it himself below.

In this way, the leafy and fruitful mountain pepper trees can be brought on the way by them.

By the time Junguang returned to the road, his little black face already had several blood marks.

Junhui looked at the bloodstains on his brother's face, and his face was covered.

After all, this is only one mountain pepper tree, and my brother will hang the color, so what if you cut down two or three mountain pepper trees?

"Brother, otherwise, let's pick this mountain pepper and go home. Junhui cautiously suggested.

Junguang wiped the sweat and stains from his face with his arm, and wiped the thin layer of blood foam away.

Then he grinned, showed his white teeth, and laughed: "Haha, you shouldn't be afraid." Seeing how hard it is to cut mountain pepper, so you admit it?"

"Hmph, I'm not afraid. Junhui was so provoked by his brother that he said directly, "I'll tell you, even if you admit it, I won't admit it." ”

Junguang laughed: What a stupid brother.

When the peppercorn tree was cut down, the two brothers sat directly under the big tree by the roadside and began to pick the peppercorn.

"You can't ask for leaves, you can't ask for branches, you can't ask for this stalk. Junguang reminded his younger brother while picking.

"Of course I do. Junhui followed his brother's example, and picked the small green fruits from the branches very seriously.

After sneezing, the two couldn't help but laugh when they watched the birds in the trees fly away.

Now that all the peppercorns have been picked, they have to scramble to find their next target.

After they had cut down and plucked the second mountain pepper tree, it was time for lunch.

It's a pity that when the two little ones go out in the morning, they are trying to avoid the eyes of their grandparents, so they forget to pack cold rice balls.

Now the two of them were rumbling with hunger, but there was nothing to eat around them.

Although I had just eaten some wild fruits such as Minoru and Minoru Yama on the way into the mountains, the problem was that he was not full of those small wild fruits.

Junhui looked at Youyou Baiyun, as if he was looking at a very big meat bun, swallowed his saliva, turned his head to look at his brother and said, "Otherwise, let's go home." Come back after lunch. ”

Actually, he didn't feel like he was hungry. After all, he didn't do any rough work, just sitting on the side of the road to help pick mountain peppers.

But my brother was different, and he cut the two mountain peppercorns in the morning from the struggling bushes.

He thought, what if his brother fainted from hunger in the mountains?

So, let's go home. I want to eat hot rice, I want to eat grandma's fried eggs, I want to eat fruits, I want to eat spicy strips, I want to eat jelly, I want to eat ice cream......

Goo –

Thinking about it like this, my stomach screamed even more happily.

Junguang looked at his younger brother's red face smothered by the heat wave, and felt a little sad in his heart. Alas. I would have known that I had gone into the mountains alone, so why do I have to bring such a 'drag oil bottle'?

If Junhui hadn't come along, he might not have worked so hard.

After all, when he went into the bush to cut down the pepper tree, at least he didn't have to worry about the idiot going to follow, and he didn't have to worry about running into a poisonous snake or something.

Why is it so hard to be a brother!

"Now, here you go. Junguang took a biscuit out of his trouser pocket and handed it to Junhui.

He looked at the biscuit on his palm, swallowed his saliva, and said, "After eating this biscuit, you are not allowed to say anything like going home, do you hear?" ”

Junhui looked at the biscuits, nodded with sparkling eyes, and then grabbed the biscuits in his brother's hand, directly tore open the transparent packaging bag with his teeth, and swallowed the whole biscuit in one bite.

Wow –

It was definitely the best cookie he had ever eaten in his life.

Even the chicken wings I ate yesterday at noon were not so delicious.

Probably because he was really hungry, Junhui's mouth didn't move without chewing a few bites, and then he looked at his brother with a pitiful face.

Junguang rolled his eyes: "Let's go, let's cut two more mountain peppers and go back." ”

"Okay. "The hands of the taker are short, and the mouth of the eater is soft. After eating my brother's biscuits, my brother said that he would cut two more mountain peppers, and he could only serve them to the end.

It's not easy to chop two mountain peppers. Because it is not easy to find two pepper trees that bear fruit.

So when the two of them walked back from the mountain, the sun, which had been scorching the earth all day long, had quietly covered half of their bodies on the other side of the western mountain, and only shrouded a beam of golden light on the surrounding mountains.

"Brother, how many mountain peppers do we have here?"

"I don't know. ”

"So how much can we sell it for?"

"I don't know. ”

"Is that enough to buy a pair of woollen shoes?"

"I don't know. ”

"Can we pick so much tomorrow?"

"I don't know. ”

"Why don't you know anything?"

"Shut up!"

Junhui obediently closed his mouth, but the chirping birds around him were not threatened by his brother.

They flew up and down the branches, watching the two dirty little boys slowly walk away with their little half-bags of things, and then when their figures disappeared at the bend in the mountain path, the birds turned around and went deep into the valley.

"It's definitely that you haven't gone deep into the valley yet. The deeper the mountain, the more mountain pepper trees there are. ”

Aunt Liu Xiulian stood at the gate of Chen Yang's house, counting two hundred yuan, with a wrinkled smile on her face.

The fourth grandmother shouted: "Why didn't you go to the depths? I'm almost going to Niuwei Mountain." But I can only pick so much, what can I do?"

Alas. It's only eighty yuan today, which is less than the previous few days. It's not scientific.

In other words, the fourth grandmother only picked sixteen catties of mountain pepper today.

"Look how many we have here. The little boy's voice came from behind the crowd.

Immediately afterwards, the women gathered in front of the floor scale were pushed away by two young boys, and a bag of mountain pepper was thrown on the ground with a clatter.

Seeing that the two of them looked embarrassed, Chen Yang couldn't help but laugh and said, "Oh, who are these two guys with a chicken coop?"

Junguang Junhui directly rolled his eyes at him.

The fourth grandmother looked at the small half-packet of mountain pepper on the ground, and then looked at the gray-headed Junguang Junhui, and was very surprised: "Is this picked by the two of you, or is it picked by your grandparents?"

Junguang Junhui smiled and hurriedly replied, "We picked it." ”

"Of course we picked it. ”

The fourth uncle heard the voice of the two-haired boy, walked out of the hall with Xiaoqian in his arms, and saw that the two nephews did not have a clean place on their bodies, so he frowned and said unhappily: "What are you two doing? I haven't seen anyone for a day today." ”

"Fourth uncle, let's pick peppers. Junguang proudly showed off, "Hehe, we picked a lot of mountain peppers today." ”

Seeing his smug look, Chen Yang just felt funny, and didn't feel that this kind of behavior was undesirable like the fourth uncle.

After all, Junguang Junhui is in his teens, and it is not impossible for the two of them to go into the mountains together to pick some mountain peppers.

I think he was only four or five years old, so he followed his parents and sister into the mountains together.

Moreover, at that time, he was able to carry a small log home.

Of course, the purpose of his parents and sister to take him into the mountains at that time was not to let him help with the work, but to take care of him while working.

But at that time, he was able to enter the mountain, and now the teenage Junguang Junhui has entered the mountain, in his opinion, it is not a bad thing.

Children always have to grow up, and they always have to learn to survive in this hostile society.

Picking peppers in the mountains can not only exercise the will of the little ones, but also let them know that money is not easy to come by, so why not?

It's much better than playing a game on your phone.

Chen Yang picked up the snakeskin bag with a smile, put it directly on the floor scale, and then praised him sincerely: "Oh, that's good, you two little guys picked thirty catties of mountain pepper today." ”

"How much?" the fourth grandmother screamed, "How many catties?"

"Thirty pounds. Junguang replied loudly, "Haha, thirty pounds." ”

"How much, how much?" asked Junhui eagerly.

"Here, one hundred and fifty pieces. ”

Chen Yang directly handed the money to Junhui.

Junguang snatched it: "Don't give it to him." ”

Junhui was about to grab it with his backhand, but he was pushed away by Junguang, and then fell directly to the ground.

"What are you two doing?" the fourth uncle didn't look angry when he was angry, but his tone would still be heavier than when he usually spoke.

"He doesn't give me the money. Junhui lay on the ground, pointing at his brother and complaining to the fourth uncle.

"Junguang, what are you doing? such a big person, and he always bullies his younger brother. ”

"Junguang, will you die if you give the money to your brother? There is not even a commissary in the village, and he will not eat the money. Chen Yang also felt that Junguang's approach was a little inappropriate.

As an older brother, you should let your younger brother do some. Besides, as he said, there is not even a commissary in the village, and Junhui can only take a look after taking the money.

But Junguang was good, and he actually pushed Junhui directly to the ground with a backhand slap. It's really not a bit like a brother should be.

The other aunts and grandmothers present also accused Junguang of doing something wrong, saying that Junguang is the eldest brother and wants to let the younger brother do something.

In the face of everyone's crusade, Junguang looked at Junhui who was sitting on the ground, and could only hand Junhui one hundred and fifty yuan.

But in fact, he was a hundred reluctant in his heart.

He was reluctant, not because he had earned the money through a lot of effort. It's not because this money is the first income in his life that he has earned by his own efforts.

He was reluctant because he knew very well that this one hundred and fifty yuan could buy a woolen shoe.

If I can pick another hundred and fifty yuan mountain pepper tomorrow, it will be a pair of woollen shoes.

It's not money, it's woolen shoes.

"You take the money and don't lose it. Junguang said as he stared at his brother.

Junhui clutched the hundred and fifty dollars as if he were clutching his favorite chicken thigh.

Of course, he also knew that the one hundred and fifty yuan was used to buy woolen shoes.

After holding the money in his hand, he immediately got up from the ground with bones, and then stared at the banknote in his hand with glowing eyes.

It was as if he had seen a brand new woollen shoe.

However, whether it is one hundred and fifty yuan or a woolen shoe, my brother has the lion's share. After all, he was just helping to pick mountain peppers, so of the one hundred and fifty yuan, he could only take fifty yuan at most, or even nothing.

Therefore, this money should still be handed over to my brother for safekeeping. I am younger, and I am afraid that there will be something inconsiderate about keeping so much money. For example, if you lose it, or accidentally get wet, it is possible.

Thinking about it like this, he returned the money to his brother: "It's better to keep it for you." ”

He had the afterglow of the setting sun in his eyes, and he looked particularly sparkling.

Junguang took the money and smiled, as if the unpleasant episode had never happened at all.

Then he left happily with his younger brother, completely ignoring the adults who were still talking about the two of them.

The world of children, you old guys will never understand!

Watching the two boys leave, the fourth grandmother sighed again: "Alas, I may be old, and I don't pick as many mountain peppers as children." ”

Seeing that she was really relieved about this, Liu Xiulian comforted: "Oh, what's this, I tried before and only picked seven or eight catties a day." You can pick a dozen pounds now, which is already very good. ”

"yes. Grandma Lu on the side also said, "Look at you, you often pick thirty catties, and I, I often pick more than ten catties, I don't have anything." Now there are many wild trees in the mountains, and mountain pepper is not easy to find, so it is already very good to be able to pick ten catties. ”

"That's right. Don't talk about frustration. I only picked 10 pounds one day. ”

"That is, if you work hard tomorrow, maybe there will be more than 50 pounds. ”

"Alas, that's easy to say. The fourth grandmother shook her head and sighed, "Mountain pepper is so hard to find, it's hard to pick it if you find it, it's already the limit to be able to find thirty catties a day, and if you want to find fifty catties, I'm afraid it's not a dream." ”

"Yes. In the past, when the price was low and the fat people were deducting two catties, they were tired when they went into the mountains to pick more than ten or twenty catties. But now the price is high, and I want to pick more, but the actual situation does not allow it. It's too hard. ”

"Oh, by the way, have you heard about that fat man?" Liu Xiulian suddenly asked.

"What's wrong?" the fourth grandmother heard the breath of gossip and was not discouraged in an instant.

In the eyes of everyone, Liu Xiulian said with high spirits: "I heard from the people in Xinwu Village that the fat people fell ill directly after they went back that day, and they only came back from the hospital this morning. And I also heard that after he came back from the hospital, he went to the temple to burn incense, and then gave tens of thousands of yuan to the woman who was caught by a boar a few days ago in Xinwu Village. ”

"Ah, why did you give money to that woman?" the crowd was puzzled.

"Of course, it's because he put that boar clip. He confessed to others himself, saying that he had put the boar clip. He also said that he regretted it now, and he shouldn't have done so many bad things before, so he will be a new person in the future. ”