The next morning, Yu's mother cooked breakfast, and the family quickly finished eating, and Dechang said to his mother: "Mom, let's go cut bananas today, you can be busy at home." Let Dad go and dry the grain grass and harvest it. ”

Yu's father and mother nodded and said okay, telling them to be careful, there are more than 20 banana trees at home, and they were still young when they were planted, and they have been almost 20 years.

Dechang called Yizhi, Yizhi resisted the wooden ladder and thumb-thick hemp rope, Dechang carried the empty basket and kitchen knife, and walked to the road by the river.

Yu's father put on a straw hat and went to the shore of the field, and Yu's mother fed the livestock at home, took out the mat and spread it, and had already swept the yard.

Yu's mother packed the millet in a dustpan, took it out and poured it on the mat, and walked back and forth many times before it was finally finished.

Then pick out the peanuts to dry, there are a total of four buckets, all of them are dried mud peanuts, after pouring, find a wooden push to push evenly.

After the sun was finished, the hall was swept again, the sun had already risen, and Yu's mother hurriedly put the dirty clothes that the family had changed into a wooden barrel and carried them to the river.

Walking on the road, I saw Dechang and Yizhi, they were putting up a wooden ladder, Yizhi was holding it underneath, Yu's mother called them loudly when she passed by, and Yizhi called her mother.

Yu's mother turned around and left.

This is a row of banana forests, which belong to several families in the village, and the Changsheng family also has them.

Banana forests are very tall, and it has been more than ten years since bananas were born, at first a banana tree had a bunch, and its flowers bloomed less, and then slowly bloomed more, and a banana would bear two bunches, up to five bunches.

In the past, when I was a child, the family conditions were poor, and the two bunches of bananas that were produced every year would be eaten at home, and the rest of the two parents would pick them up and sell them on the street.

The money from the sale was used to make up for tuition, and at that time it was not popular to work part-time, so I had to raise livestock at home and sell some fruits from my own family.

At this time, the sun is already very strong, and the water droplets on the leaves of the banana tree are slowly dried, and the outermost leaves of the banana tree are already old and turn yellow.

Yizhi carefully held the wooden ladder below, Dechang climbed up, stood firmly, tied the banana skewers with hemp rope, grabbed the banana skewers with his left hand, and began to chop with a kitchen knife in his right hand.

The banana slowly turned yellow, from a green skin to a light yellow skin, and it is slowly ripening, and now it is just right to cut it down, Yu's mother has been here a few times, and after seeing it a few times, she feels that she can cut it, and she is busy with other work, so she asked them to cut it.

Dechang used a kitchen knife to cut many times, and the stem of the banana finally broke, he quickly caught it carefully, slowly got down the wooden ladder, handed the banana to Yizhi, and asked her to carefully put it in the basket.

Yizhi held the banana and put it carefully, and then continued to help Dechang hold the wooden ladder, and Dechang carefully climbed the wooden ladder again.

There are two or three bunches of bananas, and after chopping, take them down and put them away, and it will take a while.

After cutting a banana, Dechang came down and moved the wooden ladder to another tree.

Yu's father soon arrived at the shore of his family's field and began to turn over all the grain grass on the shore, it has been a few days, the grain grass has already changed color, and he can pick it back after a few more days.

Every year, most of the villagers pick up the grain grass and take it home, use it as firewood, spread it on the bed in winter, and the bananas are not ripe, and they can use it to ripen the bananas.

Children play together, weaving ropes from grain and straw for skipping ropes.

It can also be used to tie other firewood, and if you have a cow at home, you can use it to feed it, mainly because there is no grass in winter.

When planting vegetables, especially those with mushrooms, it is too cold to grow in winter, so you can also use it to spread it in the soil.

After Yu's mother washed her clothes by the river, she went home.

In the past, the two children were young, and most of the time Yu's mother picked them to go to the river to wash, and then Dechang was twelve years old and finished his homework, Yu's mother would ask him to go to the river to help wash them.

Later, when Han Yi was twelve years old, Yu's mother would ask Han Yi to go to the river to help wash it.

When he was eighteen years old, Dechang and Changsheng went out to work together, and from then on, the laundry thing was Hanyi.

Yu's mother washed quickly, and she used to use a clothes brush and a stick, like a rolling pin, and then beat the clothes with a wooden stick.

Later, after teaching two children, she did not use wooden sticks.

Pick up your clothes and go home and find hangers to dry them.

Then use a bamboo grab to dry the millet and peanuts, and after drying, go to the house to check the time, it is already ten o'clock.

She hurried to Dechang's place, and she should have already put four baskets.

Yu's father had finished drying the grain grass in the two fields, and he went back wearing a straw hat and straw sandals.

The straw sandals were also made by Yu Dad when he was free, and he would wear them every year on a hot day, and knit two pairs every year, which Yu Mother didn't like to wear.

It didn't take long for Yu's father to return home, and when he saw that the door was still closed, he knew that Dechang and they hadn't come back yet.

I opened the door and looked at the time, it was already half past ten, closed the door and walked out, to my banana tree.

I saw that Yu's mother was carefully chopping down the banana with a kitchen knife there, putting the big banana branch aside, and had already cut three baskets.

Yizhi and Dechang were still chopping, and when he arrived, he called Yu's mother with a smile, and Yu's mother stopped and said with a smile: "I'm done drying the grain grass." ”

Yu's father smiled and said yes, seeing that it was already full of two half baskets of bananas, and tore off a small one.

Peeled off the banana peel, bit it and ate it, after eating, Yu's father smiled and said, "It's okay, I'll pick it back first, you can come back to cook in a while, and let the two children chop." ”

Yu's mother nodded and said okay, Yu's father picked it up with the flat pole next to him, the banana was much heavier than the grain, and Yu's father rested three times on the road before finally picking it home.

After Yu's mother finished cutting the basket, she said loudly to Yizhi before she turned around and left.

By this time, Dechang had already cut down twelve banana trees. I was already sweating on my body, and the sun was shining through the banana leaves, which was a little dazzling.

cut off a large section, there were twenty or thirty catties, and slowly hugged it down, and the two arms were also very tired after a long time.

Yizhi shouted below: "Dechang, don't cut it, let's go back first." ”

Dechang slowly took it down after cutting it in his hand, took a breath and said, "I'm so tired, let's cut it again in the afternoon." Yizhi took it and put it in the basket, nodded and said yes.

Dechang stood aside to rest, tore off a banana and ate it, Yizhi took a kitchen knife and carefully cut off the rest, put it in a basket and put it in a basket.

Dechang smiled when he saw it next to him and said, "After the cut, let's go back." You take one and eat it, it's cooked. ”

Dechang had already eaten two of them in his hand, and both baskets were filled with light yellow bananas.

Yizhi smiled and said okay, tore one and ate it, feeling that the bite was very sweet, Dechang picked up the flat pole and carried it away, after Yizhi finished eating, he followed behind against the wooden ladder and rope.

Yu's father and mother are already cooking in the kitchen and are stir-frying there.

Walking on the road, Dechang took a break, and when he saw it, he smiled and said, "I'll pick it for a while." ”

Dechang immediately said, "No need, I can pick it back." Saying that, he picked it up and left, and it took three breaks before finally picking it home.

At this time, Yu's father was frying the last dish, and he ate three vegetables and a plate of scrambled eggs at noon today.

Dechang picked it up and put it down in the hall, Yizhi had already gone to the kitchen to fetch water and wash his hands, Yu's mother smiled and asked her to eat, Yizhi nodded and said yes.

After Dechang came over to wash it, they helped bring the food to the table, and the family sat down and began to eat.

Yu's father said while eating: "Dechang, after you finish cutting, pick it up and sell it in the town tomorrow." Good selling point in town. ”

Yu's mother also said while eating: "Let's go and see the price first, and then sell it when you know it, you can sell it for less than five dimes and a catty, and sell it for three days at the end, and you can sell it cheaply after three days, the weather is hot and easy to break." ”

Dechang nodded and said yes, and after the family finished eating, Yizhi cleaned up the dishes and went to wash.

Dechang and his parents took out the bananas again, and then summed them up, the big ones were put together, and the small ones were put together, because the guests would pick them.

In this way, it is convenient for guests to choose.

After washing Yizhi, he went to the outside yard to dry millet and peanuts, and returned to the house to rest after drying.

At about four o'clock in the afternoon, the family got up, Yu's father went out to cut with his son and daughter-in-law, and Yu's mother was busy at home.

Yu's father carried the basket, and Dechang and Yizhi resisted the wooden ladder and rope.

Soon arrived at the banana tree, put down what he was holding, put the wooden ladder on the banana tree, and this afternoon Yizhi and Dechang went up the wooden ladder to cut bananas.

Yu's father was supporting below, the first two years were cut by Hanyi and Yu's father, Dechang was not at home, and Yu's mother was supporting below.

After cutting bananas for fifteen years, Yu's father is the most experienced, and Dechang was cut by Yu's father and Yu's mother before he was fifteen years old.

After the age of fifteen, Dechang and Yu's father cut it, some banana trees have stopped bearing fruit, and they are slowly rotten, and Yu's father and Yu's mother will cut them down when they have time and put them aside to dry.

After drying, they will pick it back as firewood, and this time after Dechang and Yizhi climbed up, they tied the banana and pulled it over, and cut it with a kitchen knife.

Yu's father stood below and carefully held the wooden ladder for them, and when they finished cutting, he took the banana and handed it to him, and Yu's father turned around and carefully put it into the basket.

After putting it away, he continued to help them hold the ladder, and in this way he cut it until the evening, and finally finished cutting down twenty-five banana trees.

Yu's mother was also busy at home, harvesting millet and peanuts, feeding the livestock, and then going to cook.

When Dechang and Yizhi came down, they were already sweating on their faces, their arms were very tired, they put down the kitchen knife and wiped the sweat, and Yu's father took the kitchen knife and chopped the banana again.

Carefully divided and put it in the basket, Yizhi took a break and helped to chop.

After all the chopping was completed, the four baskets were placed, Yu's father picked up the flat pole and carried it away, Dechang too, Yizhi resisted two wooden ladders and ropes, and followed behind with a kitchen knife.

I walked on the road and rested twice before finally picking it home.

I went back to the hall and put it down, and then went to wash my hands.

At this time, Yu's mother also cooked it, smiled and asked them to eat, they said yes, washed their hands and brought the food to the table together, sat down and began to eat.

After eating, Yu's mother cleaned up the dishes and went to wash them, and remembered to go to the hot water.

After the heat was over, the family finished washing one after another, and each went back to his own room to sleep.