After washing their hands, everyone helped bring the food to the table, and the family sat down and began to eat.

Chen's mother asked while eating: "Dad, Shaofen and I will go to dry the grain grass this afternoon, and the citrus will be sold tomorrow." There are few people on the streets in the afternoon. ”

Grandpa smiled and said okay, we're going to pick up the rest this afternoon. The eldest sister who rented the field will see if she will pick up grain this afternoon. It's been a few days since we passed by.

Chen's mother ate and said, "Okay, let's go out late in the afternoon, after five o'clock, if you don't come, forget it, maybe Aunt Guo will have to be dried before she picks it." ”

Grandpa nodded yes, and Dad Chen also said while eating: "That's okay, when we all go out to work to earn money, you don't want to plant rice at home, and you can buy some rice to eat when the time comes."

We'll send you three hundred dollars back in two months. You can grow a few vegetables at home, eat them yourself, and don't sell them.

This citrus is ripe and we are leaving, but he will help pick it when he comes back from vacation, and you don't go alone, for fear of accidents.

There are also walnuts, you can fight if you stand under the tree, you can fight, don't climb the tree, for fear of accidents.

Don't feed the pigs at home, just raise some rabbits, there is less food, it is not cost-effective to spend money to buy food, they are fed a little feed, in order to grow up.

Dad, I have to remember this. We also feel at ease when we work outside. ”

Grandpa smiled and said okay, I remembered. After the family finished eating, Shaofen packed up the dishes and went to wash.

The grandfather and grandson went back to their rooms to rest, and their mother was drying millet and peanuts.

Chen's father took out a passbook of xxxx bank, opened it and asked his grandfather to come and see, there was already a little money on it.

Dad gave the passbook to Grandpa and said with a smile: "Dad, I saved the money for you, I saved 200 yuan every month, now you can use it, you have to withdraw it at the bank counter, bring your ID card."

You buy some rice at home every month, basically only a few dozen yuan, and you buy some pork to eat the rest, and don't sell the chickens and ducks raised at home, and eat them all by yourself. After we're gone, you kill and eat yourself.

There is also the gift money of relatives, the pigs and chickens and ducks you sold before, you should save a little, and only relatives who are related by blood will you go.

There are also neighbors' old people who have passed away, so you just go, and try not to go to the rest of the things, because if you hold a family banquet, the host will lose money, and it will be difficult for everyone to make money, so why bother to join in the fun. ”

Grandpa took the passbook and nodded and said okay, and the three of them began to take a nap.

Shao Ke had just laid down, his left hand touched the edge of the bed, and suddenly it hurt, so he immediately sat up and asked his father to pick out the thorn for him.

Dad asked the reason, he said it was a citrus thorn, Chen's father immediately went to find a sewing needle, and after a while, he asked Shaoke to go outside, and the light outside was better.

Shao Ke said yes, and went outside with his father, the two fathers and sons sat down on the low stool, and Dad picked up Shao Ke's left hand and looked at it carefully. Look at it, but you can't find the right place.

After looking for a while, Chen's father had no choice but to say, "Shaoke, you go and ask your sister to pick it out for you, Dad's eyes are not so good." ”

Shao Ke nodded and said yes, Father Chen gave him the sewing needle, turned around and went back to the house to rest.

Shao Ke took the needle and went to the kitchen to find his sister, Shaofen had just finished washing at this time, and was washing his hands with soap there.

Shao Ke walked over and said loudly: "Sister, help my brother pick a thorn, my brother's left hand was pierced by a thorn." ”

Shaofen nodded and said yes, wiped her hands, and went outside with her brother, while her mother was still drying grain, and the two siblings sat down on a low bench. Shaofen picked up her brother's hand and began to examine it carefully.

I asked where it was, and then I found it, pinched the piece of meat with my left hand, held a needle in my hand, and began to pick.

The needle pierced in at once, Shao Ke hurriedly called a light, Shaofen gently picked the surrounding places with a needle, picked for a while, Shao Ke shivered in pain, and kept calling for a light.

At this time, my mother was sunburned, and when I saw them sitting there picking thorns, she asked loudly: "Shaoke, you have a thorn." ”

Shao Ke nodded yes, and his mother looked at it and had to say, "Shaofen, you help my brother pick slowly, and Mom goes to rest." ”

Shaofen nodded and said okay, her mother turned around and went back to the house, Shaofen finally picked out most of the thorn and took it out with her right hand.

Pulling it out with all of a sudden, Shao Ke screamed 'ouch', his face was deformed in pain, the citrus thorn finally came out, and Shao Ke's left hand immediately bled out, and he quickly covered it with his right hand.

Shaofen took the thorn and looked at it before saying, "Brother, this thorn is so deep, it will definitely hurt you to death." Be careful next time. ”

Shao Ke nodded and said yes, Shaofen took the thorn and threw it into the stove, then went to the room to find a band-aid, put it on his brother, and then went to rest.

Shao Ke sat for a while before returning to the house to rest.

At about four o'clock in the afternoon, the three grandfathers and grandsons got up and went out again with their tools.

Chen's mother and Shaofen also got up, and her mother was going to wash the vegetables first, and she didn't go out until five o'clock, and Shaofen went outside to dry the grain.

It didn't take long for the grandfather and grandson to arrive, put down the tools, and put the wooden ladder on the citrus tree, and Father Chen and Shao Ke began to carefully climb the wooden ladder again and began to pick citrus. A few of them have fallen from the ground, and they are already a little rotten.

At this time, the sun is not so big, and you will sweat after a long time, but Shao Ke is very careful this time, wearing canvas gloves and cutting carefully. Chen's father is at the same pace as in the morning.

Grandpa carefully helped hold the wooden ladder underneath.

When her mother cut the four vegetables, Shaofen began to cook on the fire. Chen's mother went to look at the time, and it was already half past four.

The eldest lady hadn't come yet, so Shaofen and her mother had to cook dinner first, and then come back to eat after finishing their work.

Soon half an hour passed, someone was calling outside, my mother put down the spatula, walked out, and saw the lady who rented the field coming, the lady called her with a smile, and immediately said loudly: "Sister, I sent the millet." ”

Chen's mother hurriedly walked over, smiled and said okay, and helped her carry the two baskets of grain back to the house. After putting it down, Aunt Guo said, "Sister, we've been fighting for ten days."

It's already dried, so I'll pick it for you today, there are sixty catties here, and I'll go back and pick another forty catties. You can weigh it now, you can bring the scales. ”

Chen's mother smiled and said okay, and brought the thirty-pound rod scale on top of the wooden cabinet in the hall.

Because the family also has to sell things every year, Chen's father bought a scale. After taking it, Chen's mother and Aunt Guo began to pour it into a rice pocket, and after tying it, they began to weigh.

After weighing it twice, just right, Chen's mother smiled and said, "Auntie, there are so many, thank you." ”

Aunt Guo smiled and said okay, and turned around and left with an empty basket.

Chen's mother grabbed the millet just now and looked at it again, it was indeed dried, and it was dried for nine consecutive days, which was quite dry.

Chen's mother went to the kitchen again, Shaofen was stir-frying alone, and after her mother came, she lit the fire again.

Mrs. Guo's house was close to their home, and she returned home after a while.

Soon, he packed forty catties of millet, weighed it at home, and then brought it to Chen's mother's house.

After arriving, Aunt Guo shouted loudly outside again, and Mother Chen hurriedly went out and said with a smile: "Auntie, you are so fast." ”

Aunt Guo carried into the hall, put down the flat burden, poured the grain into the prepared rice bag, tied it, and began to weigh it again.

After weighing it twice, it was just forty catties, and Aunt Guo immediately said loudly: "Sister, the millet is just enough, I'll go back and pick up the red lettus." ”

Chen's mother smiled and said okay, Aunt Guo left with an empty basket.

Chen's mother went to the courtyard outside to harvest the peanuts and rice, because she had to go out to work later.

Shaofen was busy in the kitchen alone, and it didn't take long for Aunt Guo to come with two baskets of red potatoes and call Chen's mother loudly.

Mother Chen saw her coming, and quickly put down the broom, Aunt Guo picked the red lotus into the hall, put down the flat pole and said, "Sister, it's cleaned, there are fifty catties here, let's weigh it." ”

Chen's mother said yes, helped put it in the rice pocket and tied it, and then began to carry the scale. Weighed twice, exactly fifty pounds.

Aunt Guo went back with an empty basket, and Chen's mother continued to go outside to harvest peanuts. Sweep the peanuts into a pile, pack them in a dustpan, and put them in a bucket.

Then after a while, Aunt Guo came again, this time she also picked fifty red roots, and after the weighing, Aunt Guo smiled and said: "Sister, this red lotus is enough for a hundred catties, I will go back and pick a hundred catties of corn now." ”

Mother Chen smiled and said okay, and Aunt Guo turned around and left.

Chen's mother went to harvest peanuts again, and by the time Aunt Guo picked up the corn, Chen's mother had already finished harvesting the peanuts.

Aunt Guo carried the corn into the hall, and Mother Chen also came in immediately, and Aunt Guo put down the flat burden before saying, "Sister, this corn also has fifty catties, let's weigh it." ”

Chen's mother said okay, helped pour it into the rice pocket and tied it, and the two of them lifted it up and began to weigh it, weighing it twice, just fifty catties.

Aunt Guo left with an empty basket, and Chen's mother went to the yard to harvest the grain, and when Aunt Guo came again, Chen's mother had already collected half of it.

The two of them poured the millet into their pockets and weighed it, and it was also fifty catties, and Aunt Guo said with a smile: "Sister, the corn is also a hundred catties, and now it is all in the sun, and it is very dry, and I still have to work, so I will leave first." ”

Chen's mother immediately smiled and said thank you, and then said loudly: "Auntie, let's rent another piece of our family's field to you, just fifty catties of more grain."

Because we all have to go out to work, my dad is alone at home, so he doesn't have to farm, what do you think?"

Aunt Guo thought for a while before saying, "Okay, I'll go back and talk about it first, and see what my wife says?" ”

Saying that, she left with an empty basket, and Chen's mother continued to harvest the grain, and at this time Shaofen had already cooked dinner.

She walked out, called out to her mother, and said with a smile: "Mom, I've cooked it, you've harvested the peanuts, and Grandma Guo has come to deliver the grain." ”

Chen's mother stopped and nodded and said, "Yes, it's all gone." ”

Then Shaofen helped her mother finish harvesting the grain. The door was closed, and the two mothers and daughters went out.