Mei Qiuping made lunch in advance today, and when the sun was in place, the father and son had not come back yet, so she scooped out a few scoops of peanuts from the cabinet and poured them in the basket, ready to peel out the peanuts. Most of the peanuts harvested this year are used to extract oil, and in addition to the seeds, a few liters are also left as Feng Zhenchang's appetizers, and of course, when there are guests, fried peanuts can also be used as a dish.

She sat in the hall, peeling peanuts neatly, and from time to time raised her hand to drive away the chickens patrolling beside her, while keeping an eye on the movements outside the house. In the past, when I came home from school, Feng Yiping would shout "Mom" loudly at the Emei bean shelf outside the house, but today I couldn't wait for the left, I couldn't wait for the right, when I peeled about a bowl of peanuts, it was dark in front of the door, and she looked up and saw that her son was back.

She took her son's school bag, threw the dirty clothes in the basin, and asked, "Are you used to living at school, are you used to eating?"

Feng Yiping sat on the stool and peeled peanuts, but the peeled ones were thrown into his mouth first, "I am used to living and eating." It's the same as elementary school, it's still a bed for four people, and the food is better than that of elementary school, the steamed buns in the morning are steamed well, and the rice is also cooked with good rice, not the kind of yellowed rice that is often eaten in elementary school. ”

mentioned this Mei Qiuping scolded, "Those unconscionable things in elementary school, the ones sent by the family are all good rice, and they let you eat that kind of rice cooked with old rice." ”

In fact, it was not aged rice, Feng Yiping only learned after joining the work that it should be aged rice, the rice grains were yellow, and there was a strong taste, when they were in elementary school, most of them ate this kind of rice.

"Don't peel it, I'm idle and have nothing to do, I'm hungry, eat first." Mei Qiuping added laundry detergent to the basin, poured water and soaked it first.

"I'm not too hungry, let's wait for Dad to come back and eat together." Feng Yiping said.

"That's okay, he's coming back soon, so let's fry peanuts first, okay?"

"Okay," Feng Yiping put down the basket, went to the utility room by himself, scooped out a large scoop of peanuts from a bag on the ground, and poured it into the big pot on the stove.

This kind of peanut is a deflated peanut, which can neither be squeezed for oil nor seeded, either the particles are small, or there is no kernel in it, and it is usually fried to make snacks for children.

In rural areas, except for meals, there is no money to buy snacks for children, sugar, biscuits, fruits and other things, which can only be seen during the Chinese New Year or when someone has a happy event. What children can usually eat is fried pumpkin seeds, fried gourd seeds, deflated peanuts, and dried sweet potatoes.

Feng Yiping's level of fried peanuts is good, at least among the four behind him, his level is first-class. In fact, there is no trick, fry for a period of time on low heat, let it cool after frying, and then use low heat to reheat, the peanuts will be ripe through, and they will not be reborn after a few days.

He had just added a few straws to the stove, and some fragrance came out. Neighbor Feng Jiasheng's wife came in with a bowl and talked to Mei Qiuping. Among the neighbors, it was normal to go to the door with a bowl, and after saying a few words, she walked into the kitchen, "Yiping, and fried peanuts, why are you so greedy?"

For these sisters-in-law to joke, it is best to avoid saying anything else, "Brother Jiasheng is also back?"

Her husband, Feng Jiasheng, works in the canteen of the town government.

"No, it's going to be night. ”

As he spoke, he lifted the screen that covered the dishes in the morning, "Tsk, your mother, they really love you, don't they?" You see, they are reluctant to eat the tofu they changed the day before yesterday, and they will not cook until you come back. ”

Feng Yiping smiled and said, "Yes, you don't treat Sister Jin Zhi the same, you have to keep the delicious food and wait for her, and then we will be filial to you when we are bigger!"

Jin Zhi is her daughter, 5 years older than Feng Yiping, after graduating from junior high school, Feng Jiasheng found a relationship and sent her to the county textile factory.

"Hehe, that's what I'm saying, when we're old and can't do it, we can only rely on you!"

When Feng Zhenchang went home, the peanuts were already fried, and he would wait until he finished eating, and then he would return to the fire.

The dish was a little cold, and it was hot again. Mei Qiuping complained to her husband, "I knew that Yiping had a holiday today, and I came back so late!"

Feng Zhenchang said while washing his face, "On the way back, I met Feng Mingzhi building a chestnut shed, so I helped him. ”

Chestnut is the most valuable economic forest, some people have more chestnut trees, a year can harvest thousands of pounds of chestnuts, most people, only a few hundred pounds, but in a good year, can buy a good price, such as two or three yuan, that is the largest cash income of farmers in a year.

Therefore, before and after the chestnuts are ripe, there are often people carrying a small basket and walking around the field, picking up those chestnut balls that have fallen to the ground with early maturity, and even when there is no one around, they will hit them directly from the tree.

When the chestnuts are ripe, some people even smear them at night, take bamboo poles, pick those trees with many chestnut balls, and steal several trees in one night. Therefore, in the past two years, those chestnut trees in the mound will build a shed and arrange people to watch it at night.

At noon, there are three dishes, one is fried tofu, which has been left for a few days, and the tofu is a little moldy, so a lot of chili peppers are used, and there is a soybean paste that is dried by yourself, one is fried celery, which is wild celery picked by the river, and there is also a cucumber.

The parents sandwiched half of the tofu into Feng Yiping's bowl, and watched Feng Yiping eat three bowls, Mei Qiuping said, "You said how can you eat four or two meters of rice in the school?"

"The school is full, Mom, today is late for lunch, and I am a little hungry, so I have eaten so much. Feng Yiping poured a bowl of boiling water, which was a little hot, and said while blowing.

He did not wait for his parents to finish eating, changed his clothes, grabbed a few handfuls of peanuts, put them in his pocket, put on his straw hat, took up his sickle, asked where the ox was bolted, and continued to be his cowherd.

At dinner in the evening, his father asked him how he was studying, and if he could be in the top few of his age like in elementary school. Feng Yiping said, of course there is no problem.

After eating, he tried to discuss with his parents, "Father, Mom, this week I have gone through all the textbooks of the main subjects, and I don't feel that it is difficult. I think it shouldn't be a problem to be admitted to the county No. 1 middle school in the future, and I will definitely be admitted to the university in the future, which is a question of whether it is a good university or an ordinary university. ”

Feng Zhenchang drank some wine in the evening, and was very happy when he heard this, "You are going to be admitted to the university, and you are the first college student in the village!"

Mei Qiuping was wiping the table, and then she also sat down, and said happily, "In elementary school, you didn't let us worry about it, and your grades have always been the best. ”

Principal Chen is the principal of their primary school, once the village people held a happy event, invited him to come, met Mei Qiuping, and praised Feng Yiping a few words, she still remembers.

"Father, Mom, what I want to say is that the family still owes foreign debts, and now the tuition fee is rising every year, this semester is 45, it is estimated to be hundreds in the third grade, and it is higher in high school, and if you are admitted to college in the future, it will be at least a few thousand a year,"

Feng Zhenchang interrupted him, "You don't have to worry about this, you study hard, and I'll worry about your mother about the tuition." Not to mention going to university, even if you want to study for a doctorate in the future, we will provide for you. ”

Feng Yiping said, "I know that if I am admitted to university in the future, you will definitely try your best to let me continue to study, I know." He looked at his parents earnestly.

"In the past two days, I calculated, although my sister went out to work, but she didn't have any Chinese at the beginning, she was young, she couldn't earn much money a year, she was also a big girl, and she spent more money, I was afraid that I couldn't count on it." ”

Hearing this, Feng Zhenchang was a little angry, "The girls who went out together, the other families all had money to send back, and Yuxuan didn't have any money." ”

Mei Qiuping knew that her daughter had gone to other places, and she was afraid that her husband would be angry, so she didn't tell him, and whispered, "It's not easy for Yuxuan to go out to work at the age of 15." ”

Feng Yiping took over the words, "I calculated, the family's annual income is more than 1,000 yuan, and I always have to pay off some debts every year, plus daily expenses, there is no money left every year." ”

Mei Qiuping sighed, "If the year is not good, the pigs raised are sick, and the chestnuts are cheap, maybe they will have to pull the bill." Feng Zhenchang sat on the stool, his face calm, smoking a cigarette and not speaking.

"So I think it's better to think of something as soon as possible, otherwise it will be too difficult. Although this topic is very heavy, Feng Yiping still has to continue.

Feng Zhenchang still didn't speak, Mei Qiuping said, "It's hard to make money, I'm not in good health, what about your father, he is old, and now he can't find a good place to go out to work, he can't plant in the field for a year, bear fruit on trees, and raise pigs and chickens, I really can't change how much money, if I can find a factory, I can have a salary of more than 100 yuan a month, it would be good." ”

At this time, most of the people in the village, including the nearby villages, went out to work, and most of them worked in the garment, textile and other industries. It is difficult for strong laborers to go out to find a chance to work on a construction site, and they often go outside for a month, and spend hundreds of yuan on living expenses and round-trip expenses, but they can't find anything to do. The regions are also concentrated in the province, and for the time being, there has not yet formed a tide of working in coastal provinces such as Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Guangdong, and Fujian.

Feng Yiping continued, "I see that the chestnuts are all bearing good fruit this year, and it is estimated that they will not be able to buy any good prices." ”

Feng Zhenchang flicked the cigarette ash and said in a muffled voice, "Zhiming, they went to inquire, and it is estimated that it will not be higher than two pieces." ”

Everyone was a little silent, and their family generally collected three or four hundred catties of chestnuts, so that it would not exceed eight hundred yuan at most.

Feng Yiping said, "There was a classmate in our class from the town, who told me that his father took him to the provincial capital to play, and bought a very delicious sugar-fried chestnut for him to eat, which cost 6 yuan a catty, so I paid attention and asked him how the chestnut was fried, and then I found other classmates, and the teacher who graduated from the Provincial Normal College, probably asked about the method of sugar-fried chestnuts." He pulled out a piece of paper and handed it to his parents.

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