The next morning, the family got up very early, and after breakfast, Shaofen stayed at home to wash clothes, which had not been washed for two days, and had already piled up four wooden barrels.

After eating, she and her mother went to the river with their clothes, and Shaoke picked up two baskets of walnuts to wash by the river, because she had to go to the town to sell them tomorrow, and the town of X was to catch the market once every two days.

The mother and son soon arrived at the river, and at this time someone was washing clothes, and when they saw them coming, they called them with a smile, and they called too.

Putting down the wooden bucket and filling half a bucket of water, Mom and Shaofen began to wash clothes, and less can wash walnuts. When several ladies saw Shao Ke washing walnuts, they all smiled and said, "Are your walnuts finished?

Chen's mother said while washing: "Half of it is sold, and it is finished." What about yours?"

The lady with walnuts said with a smile: "I have beaten it, I haven't sold it yet, I will go to the town to sell it tomorrow, it is not easy to sell in the village, our family is small, only a few dozen catties, and I will leave more than ten catties to eat by myself." ”

Chen's mother smiled and said okay, a few aunts came first, washed quickly, and were ready to leave after washing, Chen's mother hurriedly asked them to eat walnuts, they immediately grabbed a few, smiled and said thank you, and then left with a smile.

Shaoke washed it a few times, and after washing it, his mother asked him to go back first, and he said okay, picking up the walnuts and leaving first.

After Dad and Grandpa finished the house, they closed the door and went to their own citrus tree, where they were going to cut off the excess citrus branches today.

Dad and Grandpa were fighting against a wooden ladder, holding a rope, large iron scissors, canvas gloves and straw hats.

When he arrived, he put down the tools in his hand, and his father put the wooden ladder away, and asked his grandfather to cut the bottom one, and cut the excess that grew on the tree. Grandpa said yes.

Grandpa stood in front of an orange tree, its trunk growing next to the ground, and two extra citrus branches had grown, the leaves on which were new green, and the citrus thorns that had grown were not so long.

Grandpa squatted down and took the big iron scissors and cut carefully. This kind of good cutting is better, cut two or three times and then it will fall, grandpa will cut the branches to the outside place, let the sun dry, and after drying, you can burn off.

Dad slowly climbed up the wooden ladder and saw that new branches had grown on the trunk of the tree, so he climbed up and stood up. Take out the big iron scissors and cut them carefully.

Be sure to cut it next to the bark so that you don't scratch yourself when you step on it.

After cutting it several times, I finally cut it off. Dad first threw the branches on the ground, cut the extra citrus branches of the tree, and then slowly climbed down the wooden ladder.

Then I changed to another one and cut it, and my grandfather cut it on the ground.

Shaoke returned home, put the walnuts in the house, closed the door and went out.

It didn't take long for him to come to the citrus tree and call out to his grandfather and father, and when he saw him coming, he immediately called him to come and cut the branches, and he smiled and said yes.

Dad didn't come back two years ago, but he and Grandpa, and Shaofen cut it, at first Grandpa taught the two brothers and sisters how to recognize the extra branches, how to cut them, and after teaching for a while, the two brothers and sisters learned.

However, it took two days to finish cutting, and Shaoke immediately put the remaining wooden ladder and slowly stepped on the wooden ladder to climb up.

Seeing the fresh branches, they began to cut up.

Grandpa took all the branches left by Dad outside to dry.

After a long time, Shaofen and her mother finished washing the clothes, and there are a lot of clothes today, so it takes a long time to wash.

After washing, the two mothers and daughters went back with their own clothes.

The washed clothes were a bit heavy to carry, and the two mothers and daughters walked slowly, and it didn't take long for them to return home.

After putting it down, go find the hanger to dry and dry on the bamboo pole.

Mom saw that the millet and peanuts had been dried in the yard, and they had been dried for six days, and they could be harvested after two more days.

Mom looked at the time, it was already nine o'clock in the morning, and she could go out to dry the grain grass, and by the way, she picked it back, it should be relatively dry.

Mom immediately called Shaofen, and she wore a straw hat and went out with a thousand tans and flat tans.

The two mothers and daughters walked quickly, and it didn't take long to reach the shore of the field.

After drying the grain grass again, it was already very dry, and my mother asked Shaofen to bundle two bundles, and I would pick it up later. Shaofen said yes.

After the two mothers and daughters were tied, they both carried the two bundles home.

It didn't take long for them to get home, the two mothers and daughters put down the tools, put away the tools, and the mother immediately said: "Shaofen, I haven't washed my hair for three days, you hot water, let's wash it, and cook after washing." ”

Shaofen said yes and turned around. My mother dried the millet and peanuts, grabbed a few peanuts, peeled the shells and rubbed the skin of the peanuts with her hands, and they could fall off. It's already relatively dry.

Shaofen burned firewood and hot water, and it was soon hot, so she asked her mother to wash it, and her mother also had short hair. She fetched water and found shampoo.

He Shaofen carried the water outside the courtyard, and the two mothers and daughters began to wash their heads.

Mom asked Shaofen to pour a little less shampoo, wait a little too much, wash a lot of water, Shaofen said while washing: "I know Mom, I will only put a little bit at a time." In the past, I would only put more hair on it. ”

The white foam of the shampoo shone in the sun, and like the laundry detergent, the sun was very hot, and the mother and daughter quickly finished washing.

Clean up, stand under the sun, dry your hair, it won't take long to dry, and you won't have to worry about catching a cold.

After the sun was finished, the mother and daughter went to cook, and while cooking, the mother washed the vegetables and said, "I haven't eaten meat for three days." After selling walnuts tomorrow, the time will not be so tight, and tomorrow we will kill a duck to eat. ”

Shaofen nodded and said okay, and the two mothers and daughters were busy in the kitchen.

It was almost noon, and the three grandfathers and grandsons cleaned up, resisted the wooden ladder, took the tools, and walked back slowly.

After returning to his home, Shao Ke hurriedly went to fetch water and asked his father and grandfather to wash, and they washed it one after another, before they found a fan and sat down and began to rest.

Shao Ke went to the kitchen, and when his mother saw him, she immediately asked him to help serve the food, and now he can eat, and he said okay.

The family brought the meal to the table and began to eat. Dad said while eating: "Shaoke, there are still a few trees left that have not been cut, and after cutting in the afternoon, pour the fertilizer on it." ”

Shao Ke nodded and said yes, and his mother also said while eating: "Shaofen and I went to bring back the grain grass, it has dried up, and it can be burned." ”

Shaofen nodded and said okay, and grandpa asked while eating, "You've been back for a few days, you should be leaving soon." ”

Dad thought for a moment before saying, "It's been six days, and we'll go out in three days." ”

Grandpa smiled and said that would be good. After the family finished lunch, Shaofen went to wash the dishes, and the others went back to their own rooms to rest.

Don't be busy at noon today, everyone hurry up to sleep, Shaofen went to sleep after washing. At around four o'clock in the afternoon, the family got up one after another.

After closing the door, Dad carried two buckets of fertilizer, and Grandpa and Shaoke carried tools.

Shaofen and her mother also went out with tools, and it didn't take long for the two mothers and daughters to arrive at the shore of the field.

Begin to hold the grain grass into a pile and start bundling it. Six are bundled together and are not so heavy to carry.

After the bundle was completed, the two mothers and daughters began to pick them home.

Not long after, the three grandfathers and grandsons also arrived at the citrus tree, put down what they were holding, and began to work.

Shaoke and his father cut the remaining trees, put the wooden ladder, and slowly climbed up the wooden ladder.

Grandpa took a hoe and began to dig next to the trunk of the citrus tree, not too far away from the tree, not too close, so that the fertilizer could be poured down so that the tree could absorb it well.

In fact, the first citrus tree was planted, and my grandfather and father measured it with a soft ruler, and they had to measure it all over the distance, and they measured it several times, and they knew the approximate location in their hearts.

Two years ago, when Grandpa and his two siblings poured fertilizer, the two siblings took a soft ruler and measured the distance of each tree, so it took two days to put it away.

You should also pay attention when digging, don't dig up the roots, then the citrus tree will be damaged, so grandpa told the two siblings to be careful many times.

It didn't take long for Dad and Shao Ke to finally finish cutting, and they slowly got down the wooden ladder and put all the branches that had been thrown on the ground outside.

Dad took the hoe and began to dig next to the tree, and Grandpa had already dug small ditches.

The fertilizer in the bucket can be opened less, it is urea and phosphate fertilizer, white and gray particles, emitting a pungent smell, but it smells much better than other large dung.

First of all, in order to save money, grandpa carried a lot of dung to pour here, and when he passed by here, he smelled a smell of dung. It really smells bad.

Later, there were fewer pigs, and in the past few years, they have poured chemical fertilizers, and the vegetables planted have poured manure, so that they grow fast and well.

Grandpa told Shaoke to pour with a spoon, a small ditch to pour evenly, two kinds of fertilizer and a half spoon, which is the kind of iron spoon for eating.

Less can be said to be good, be careful to fall down, more roots will not be able to stand it, less is not enough, and people eat, there is a catty.

As time passed, Shaofen and her mother finally finished picking the grain grass, and went back and forth many times, and the two mothers and daughters were sweating profusely, and their bodies were wet with sweat.

After washing her hands, Shaofen hurried to cook, and her mother collected the millet and peanuts in the yard.

Seeing that it was getting late, the three grandparents packed up their belongings and prepared to go home.

I've already beaten most of it, and I've put less than half of the tree's fertilizer, so I have to come tomorrow.

Shaoke walked to the front with fertilizer, and Dad and Grandpa walked to the back with tools, and Dad said as he walked: "Dad, if it doesn't rain tomorrow, we can only carry water ourselves." ”

Grandpa also said yes as he walked, and it didn't take long for the three of them to return to their home. Wash your hands quickly.

At this time, my mother had finished collecting and went to the kitchen to get busy.

Grandpa and Dad sat on the bench to rest after washing, and Shaoke went to the kitchen to help. Half an hour later, dinner was ready.

The family helped to serve the table, and the vegetables grown at home were eaten these days, but fortunately, five eggs or five duck eggs were scrambled every day.

After eating vegetables for a few days, the two brothers and sisters were a little tired and wanted to eat meat, but Shaoke ate a piece of cabbage and said with a smile: "Mom, I must eat meat tomorrow, I really want to eat it." ”

Shaofen was also there to call, and her mother immediately said, "Okay, I will eat it tomorrow." ”

After the family finished eating, they washed and went to sleep.