Chapter 242: Autumn Harvest (2/3)
Zhang Feng carried the basket on his back and followed the second master with his pocket.
The two walked on the mountain road, and the second uncle talked to Zhang Feng while smoking.
"Actually, the method of making persimmon cake is very simple......"
The first is to select persimmons, pick out the hard persimmons, and the soft persimmons will be eaten directly for two days, and the hard ones will be used to make persimmon cakes.
After picking the hard persimmon, use a knife to peel off the persimmon skin, and then put it outside the house to wind and sun, although it is already autumn, but the weather in Moon Lake is still good, the outdoor temperature on a sunny day is about 30 degrees, as long as the weather is good, it is estimated that five or six days of hard work can be done.
"Okay Xiaofeng, let's separate here, right?" came to the door of the house, and the second uncle said to Zhang Feng.
"It's okay, I'll just send you the persimmons home. "The persimmons in the back basket are not light, and there are fifty or sixty pounds in a full back basket.
"Hehe, that's fine!" the second uncle smiled and didn't refuse.
Sending the persimmons to the second uncle's house, Zhang Feng immediately said goodbye and returned home.
"Xiaofeng, why did you pick so many raw persimmons and come back??" The eldest sister looked at some of Fan Qing's persimmons and asked curiously.
"I'm going to make persimmon cakes with these persimmons!" Zhang Feng said with a smile as he picked up the persimmons and put them in the dustpan.
"Huh, you can also make persimmon cakes?" the eldest sister was a little surprised, because the family had never made this thing before.
"Hehe, I just learned it with the second uncle, so I'll try it today. Zhang Feng knew the eldest sister's thoughts when he saw the eldest sister's expression, so he explained with a smile.
"Oh, so that's it?" the eldest sister nodded and said, "Then what are you going to do?" I'll do it with you. ”
"Actually, it's very simple, the first step is to pick out the stiff persimmons, and then ............peel them," Zhang Feng said the method, and the eldest sister understood,
Then Zhang Feng took out two fruit knives from the kitchen, and the sisters and brothers began to peel the persimmon skin in the yard, and after about an hour, the two finally finished cutting all the persimmons, and the remaining step was to dry, so the two put the good persimmons on the bamboo mat and put them in the yard to dry, believing that the dehydration could be completed in a few days, so that the persimmon cake would be done.
After dinner, Zhang Feng sat in the courtyard to cool off.
"Xiaofeng, have you forgotten Da Bai Xiao Bai, they haven't come home yet?" this is the mother reminded with a smile.
"Oh, look at my memory, I'm going to get them back right away. Hearing his mother's words, Zhang Feng was shocked, and then remembered that his two cute pets were still on the mountain, so Zhang Feng drove three wheels and hurriedly walked to the orchard.
"Baa Baa ......" when Zhang Feng just drove halfway, he found the figure of two goats, it turned out that in the evening, seeing the sunset, the sky had become dark, Da Bai and Xiao Bai couldn't wait for the master, so they were ready to go home by themselves.
"Da Bai Xiaobai, I'm late......" Zhang Feng stopped the car and guiltily touched the two snow-white goats that ran towards him.
"Baa baa ......" Da Bai Xiaobai was very happy when he saw his master, and arched Zhang Feng with his head.
"Hehe, get in the car, let's go home!" Zhang Feng smiled and hugged Da Bai Xiaobai into the car, and then drove back to his home, shepherding the sheep.
At this time, Uncle Erniu was walking by the lake, and when he saw Zhang Feng pulling two sheep back, he laughed and teased. "Yo, our shepherdess is back!"
"you, why are you so idle today, and you still have time to walk here?" Zhang Feng stopped the car, rolled his eyes, and asked.
"Hehe, I'm busy, just take a stroll......"
The two then chatted for a while and then separated.
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Two days passed in the blink of an eye
Today finally came to the day of Zhang Feng's rice harvest, as soon as the day dawned, Zhang Feng took the tools and drove to the field, and the family affairs were handed over to his mother and eldest sister.
"Wang...... Wang Wang ...... "Da Hei Xiao Hei saw Zhang Feng driving away, and quickly chased after Sanlun.
"Are you going too? Then hurry up and get in the car......" Seeing the two puppies chasing after him, Zhang Feng slowed down the car, and the big black and the little black got into the car happily with the permission of the owner, and then sat on the car obediently, and followed Zhang Feng to gallop towards the field.
The rice at the entrance of the village has been harvested almost, and almost every household has rented a harvester for rice, so this year is the fastest harvest in history, but in five or six days of autumn, the rice in the village is about to be harvested, and Zhang Feng's family is already the last batch, and the autumn harvest is completely over after harvesting today.
However, for Brother Sheng, it is just the beginning, after harvesting the rice in the next few villages in the village, he is still waiting, although this harvest season will be very busy, but he is very happy, he can have a gross income of seven or eight million every day, and a harvest season, let alone one hundred or eighty thousand, as long as the weather is good, it is possible to earn two or three hundred thousand.
When Zhang Feng came to the entrance of the village at six o'clock, the harvester was already busy in the field, Zhang Feng had to sigh that there is really a harvest after paying, and only those who are willing to work hard can make money.
"Brother Sheng came so early?" When the harvester stopped, Zhang Feng gave his cousin a cigarette on the ground.
"Hehe, it's not early, Brother Qingming is earlier than me, he called me before six o'clock!" Zhang Sheng lit a cigarette and said with a smile.
"Brother Qingming is here to smoke a cigarette!" Zhang Feng thought that Zhang Sheng was so active, but he knew that Brother Qingming was more anxious than him.
"Thank you, I'm busy today, and I'll go out later, so let Xiaosheng come to harvest early!" Brother Qingming shook his head with a smile.
"Hehe, that's fine, it's my turn to finish harvesting your family!" Zhang Feng smiled and said that he would finish the harvest quickly, and he would be liberated as soon as possible, otherwise the whole family would remember the rice in the field, although this more than 1,000 catties of rice is not worth much, but the importance of rural people to food has been deeply imprinted in their hearts.
After smoking a cigarette, Brother Qingming pulled the rice and went back, Brother Sheng was also ready to work, ready to harvest Zhang Feng's rice, Zhang Feng was on the side to help with the hand, pick up the missing rice, and wait for the rice in the car to be full, so he used the snakeskin bag to make money, and then let the harvester continue to harvest.
In this way, it only took more than ten or twenty minutes to harvest all the rice in Zhang Feng's two acres of fields, and Zhang Feng had to sigh that the power of the machine was strong, and if it was harvested manually, it would take four or five days for one person to do it.
"Oops, big brother has finished harvesting??" Just as Zhang Feng finished cleaning up the missing rice on the ground and was about to go home, Zhang Yi walked in slowly.
"You guy did it on purpose, you didn't come until it was over!" Zhang Feng rolled his eyes, last night this guy said that he would come over in the morning to help.
"Hehe, brother, didn't I oversleep?" the cousin touched the back of his head embarrassedly.