After eating, the grandparents packed up their tools, closed the door, and prepared to go to the field and cut down the flower plate.

There was dew in the morning, so I had to cut it in the afternoon, and soon I got to the edge of the soil, and my grandparents put down their tools, holding a bamboo bag in their left hand and a kitchen knife in their right hand, and began to chop flower plates.

The sharp kitchen knife was cut off in a few clicks, and the grandparents carefully put the plump flower plate into the bamboo pocket.

When the bamboo pockets were full, the grandparents immediately put them into the basket.

After an hour had passed, twenty had been chopped. The two baskets were already full, and the grandfather immediately stopped, wiped the sweat and said loudly: "Wife, I'll pick it up first." ”

When grandma heard this, she turned her head and said loudly, and grandpa put down the bamboo bag and kitchen knife, picked up the flat shoulder and carried it away.

Grandma continued to chop, and there were two empty baskets next to it, and the sunflower seeds that had not been dried were as heavy as grain.

Grandpa took a few breaks on the road before finally picking it home.

Open the door, take out a dustpan, and put the trays inside.

After pouring, the grandfather immediately closed the door and went out again with an empty basket.

At this time, grandma had already chopped some and was so tired that her face was covered with sweat, so she put down the kitchen knife, sat on the edge of the dirt, and rested for a while.

Not long after, when Grandpa arrived, Grandma immediately told him to rest for a while. Grandpa nodded and said yes.

The two old men sat on the edge of the soil, looking at the remaining flower plates, and discussing there, and the grandmother smiled and said to the grandfather: "After cutting here, you may beat dozens of catties, wife." ”

Grandpa looked at it, some of the sunflower stalks were already yellow, and the leaves were also yellow, and grandpa smiled and said to grandma: "Wife, do we go to the town to sell them after drying them or sell them on the street?" It is estimated that there should be forty or fifty catties after drying. ”

The two old men continued to talk there, and if they could, they would continue to plant next year, and after resting for a while, the two of them got up and continued to cut.

When the two baskets were filled, Grandpa carried them back again.

Grandma continued to chop until she was all done, then she packed up her tools and went home.

Grandpa picked a total of three times, a total of six buckets.

After returning home, the two elderly men washed their hands and prepared to make dinner. Tianzhou has half a month to go on summer vacation.

After school in the afternoon, Tianzhou came back, saw the sunflower seeds at home, stretched out his hand and touched it, and called grandpa loudly: "Grandpa, these are all accepted." What is this? Isn't it melon seeds?"

When the grandfather heard the shout, he hurriedly walked over and said to him with a loud laugh: "This is a melon seed, which our family grows by ourselves, and when the time comes, we can sell it when it is dried." We eat a little ourselves. ”

Tianzhou picked up a flower plate, saw the neatly arranged melon seeds inside, felt very strange, looked at it over and over, and then said: "Grandpa, are these melon seeds the same as other melon seeds sold?"

Grandpa nodded yes, their melon seeds just added flavor, some are sweet, some are salty.

When the time comes, we can also add flavor to it after we dry it, so that it is delicious. You wash your hands first, and we'll eat dinner first.

Tomorrow, your grandmother and I will remove all the melon seeds from these flower trays and dry them before we can eat them.

Tianzhou nodded and said yes, and it didn't take long for grandma to cook dinner, and the three of them began to eat dinner.

Soon after eating, grandma went to wash the dishes, and grandpa went to hot bath water.

After the heat was good, the grandfather and grandson washed it one after another.

After washing, close the door and go back to sleep.

The next morning, after breakfast, Tianzhou went to school again, and after the grandparents finished the work at home, they began to sit down and remove the melon seeds in these flower plates.

The grandparents held the flower plate in their left hand and broke it off one by one with their right hand.

It basically takes more than ten minutes to break a flower plate, and it is not so laborious, and it takes a morning to break all the flower plates of six buckets.

After breaking, the grandparents piled all these flower trays in the courtyard outside, let them dry in the sun, and could be used as firewood.

There is still the sun today, and it is already very hot at noon. The grandparents hurriedly dried these melon seeds.

He took a mat and spread it out in the courtyard outside, and poured all the melon seeds on top of it.

Find out and push the chop, push the melon seeds evenly, and lock up all the chickens and ducks raised at home.

After the sun was finished, the grandparents finally breathed a sigh of relief and sat on the bench to rest.

It was almost noon, and Grandpa went to the kitchen to cook, and Grandma took out the dirty clothes, put them in two wooden barrels, and prepared to go to the river in the afternoon to wash clothes.

The two old men helped cook lunch and waited for Tianzhou to come back for lunch.

After twelve o'clock, Tianzhou returned, and his grandfather immediately called him to dinner. He smiled and said okay, saw the melon seeds drying outside, smiled and said loudly to his grandparents: "Grandpa, you have dried the melon seeds." ”

Grandpa said yes while eating, Tianzhou was very happy, and said happily while eating: "Grandpa, you must leave me a little." ”

Grandma said as she ate, "Don't worry, we will." ”

After the three of them finished eating, grandma washed the dishes, and Tianzhou went to school again. Grandpa hurriedly went to feed the silkworms, and they were about to form cocoons.

Now I don't eat too many mulberry leaves, and these silkworms slowly turn into transparent colors, and they are about to start spinning silk and forming cocoons.

After feeding, the door was closed, and the grandparents went back to the house to rest.

At half past three in the afternoon, my grandparents got up, and my grandmother picked up her clothes and went to the river to wash.

Grandpa dried the melon seeds outside, and when the weather was not so hot, he had to pick a little mulberry leaves and come back.

Grandpa took out the bamboo cage in the house and prepared to put these transparent silkworms on it, which had been raised before, and the bamboo cage had been washed once.

These silkworms are divided into ten round dustpans, and they have died a few days ago, and they are all diseased silkworms, but there are very few.

Grandpa carefully caught these silkworms with his hands, and every time he threw mulberry leaves, he washed his hands with soap, so that he could rest assured.

The bamboo cage is also made by the grandfather himself, usually on rainy days, the grandfather weaves this kind at home, there is a long bamboo pole, about one meter, the bamboo strips are divided into strips, and they begin to be on this bamboo pole, winding like a flower.

When I first started raising silkworms, my grandfather put these silkworms on rape stalks, which could also form cocoons on them.

Later, I raised it a few times, and my grandfather made this bamboo cage when he had time.

An hour later, Grandma came back from washing her clothes.

Grandpa was still catching silkworms there, and grandma took out the hanger, dried all the clothes, and dried them on bamboo poles outside.

After drying, grandma took out a push and dried the melon seeds. Such a big sun needs to be dried for at least ten days before the melon seeds are dried.

After a while, after the grandmother finished drying, she saw that her grandfather was still catching silkworms there, so she quickly went to wash her hands and came to the hall to help catch silkworms.

Grandpa made a bamboo frame, three layers above and below, just enough to put down ten round dustpan covers.

An hour passed, and the grandparents finished catching it. Put the rest of the silkworms together.

There are also eight round dustpan covers, and after being busy, take back the melon seeds, and the sun is not so hot.

Pour all these melon seeds into the bucket, close the door, and the grandparents went out again, to the melon seed field.

I am going to cut down all the trunks of these sunflowers, and after drying them, they can be used as firewood.

The grandparents slammed and slashed with a kitchen knife. The trunks of the sunflowers slowly fall.

After more than an hour, it was all cut, and the grandparents let it dry in the soil, and then come back to pick it up when it was dry.

My grandparents wiped some sweat and went home with a kitchen knife.

When I got home, I started cooking dinner.

After half past six, Tianzhou returned, and the family began to eat dinner.

After eating, Tianzhou went to wash the dishes, and the grandparents began to catch silkworms again.

By the time the catch was finished, an hour had passed, Tianzhou had finished washing, and he had already gone to do his homework.

The grandparents hurriedly took a bath, and after they finished washing, Tianzhou finished his homework.

After finishing the work, the door was closed, and the three grandchildren went back to their rooms to sleep.

After ten days of continuous sunbathing, the melon seeds were already very dry, and there were only five silkworms left in the dustpan.

The grandparents sat on the bench and carefully rubbed the melon seeds with their hands, feeling that most of them had melon seed meat, so they were finally relieved, cleaned up, and could be sold.

Grandma took firewood to make a fire, and grandpa fried some of the melon seeds with salt, and the remaining half was white. took out the scales in the house and weighed them, and there were about fifty catties of melon seeds in total.

Grandpa and Grandma discussed it and prepared to sell it tomorrow.

The next morning, after breakfast, Grandpa went to the town alone to sell.

He carried a basket on his back, divided into two plastic bags, and walked towards the main road.

When I got to the side of the road, a tricycle came, and my grandfather hurriedly got into the car, and the driver drove away immediately.

More than half an hour later, when I arrived in the town of X, many villagers in the town had already come to catch the market.

There were all kinds of sellers, all kinds of shouts, grandpa went to find a place first, and after a while, he came to the side of the vegetable seller and put down the back basket.

Taking out the scales, the grandfather began to shout and sell: "Fresh melon seeds, everyone come and buy them." I grew it at home. ”

Grandpa opened the salty melon seeds and continued to shout loudly, he grabbed a handful, peeled a few, and ate it, the taste was okay.

When I saw the uncles and aunts passing by, I shouted to them to buy melon seeds.

After a while, two eldest sisters finally came over, laughed loudly and asked, "Uncle, how much is your melon seed a catty?"

Grandpa immediately smiled and said, "Sister, buy two catties, six yuan a catty." This is our family's own growing, you can eat a little and try it. There are also tasteless ones. ”

Saying that, he took a few and gave them them, and the two eldest sisters peeled them separately and ate them, feeling that the taste was okay.

The two eldest sisters immediately asked again: "Is there any smell?"

Grandpa immediately lifted the bag of melon seeds, opened the bag of melon seeds below, and said with a smile: "Look, this is it." ”

As he spoke, he grabbed a few more for them to eat, and after the two eldest sisters finished eating, they said, "Uncle, buy two catties for this taste." ”

Grandpa nodded and said yes, immediately took out his pockets and let them fill them themselves.