Chapter 18 Tidy up the yard and go to pick persimmons
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Sunrise, Star, Rooster Crowγ......
Smoke gradually rose from the silent mountain village, and the children climbed up at the sound of their parents.
This is the morning in the mountain village, and whenever the sun shines, it will bloom with magical colors, making the world full of life and vitality. Similar but different stories happen every day.
Zhou Shujie, who was washing the child's diaper after breakfast, heard a knock on the door. Hurriedly agreed: "Come on, come on!", washed the diaper and dried it in twos and twos, dried his hands on the apron, and then trotted over to open the door. When I opened the door, I saw that it was an uncle.
Hurriedly said, "Uncle is here, come into the house." β
"Hmm," the uncle agreed, and walked to the house.
Let the uncle into the house, and then open up to pour water.
At this time, the uncle said: "Don't be busy, I'm not thirsty, there is nothing urgent today, I just came to tell you, your wheat is almost ready." Three days later, the sickle will be opened, and then your two brothers and I will help you collect it. Today, I will go to the brigade to borrow a horse, pull the stone stone and press out the yard of your house (read as injustice), and dry it for two days so that I can use it to thresh wheat. (The yard (injustice) is the northeastern name of the drying field.) )
Our yard is a dry and flat land. At the front of the village, there is a large area, and each family will share a piece, and every year it will be compacted with stones, which will be used for mopping, threshing crops, and drying grain. When idle, it is also a place where children like to gather and play.
Uncle said, and I nodded my head on the side. After the uncle finished speaking, I asked, "How many days do you and my brother have to harvest the 12 acres of land?"
The uncle said: "Who can you find, the pillar is not there, and it is difficult to repay the favor." β
I said: "I don't look for others, just Guo Sange and them, and wait for the pillar to come back and pay them back." β
The uncle thought about it and nodded and said, "It's okay, the Guo family itself has a good relationship with your mother-in-law's family." If you don't tell him about your wheat harvest, they may have to pick and choose. Then look for them, and you can ask them in a moment if they have time in three days. β
I said, "Okay, I'll ask in a moment."
Uncle stood up and wanted to leave and said: "That's okay, then I'll go back first" walked out two steps as if he remembered something and stood down, turned around and said: "I went up the mountain two days ago and saw a piece of persimmon, it should be ripe now, do you want to pick some, if you want to go, I will let your second brother take you there"
I said, "The city is ripe, and I want to pick it, but don't I have to clean up the garden for a while?
The uncle said: "It doesn't take so many people to clean up the garden, your eldest brother and I can do it, just lead the horse and walk in front." β
I smiled and said, "Then I'll go and step on it, come back and make some persimmon wine, keep it for the New Year, it's also delicious" After thinking about it, I asked again: "Uncle is all persimmons, can you call a few sisters-in-law of the Guo family?"
The uncle said, "It's quite a big piece, you go and call them, and you can talk about the wheat harvest." After finishing speaking, pack up, and I'll ask your second brother to come to you in a while. After the uncle finished speaking, he left.
I hurriedly took off my apron and walked to Aunt Guo's house.
At the gate of the courtyard, I saw Guo's second sister-in-law sweeping the yard with a broom, and the second sister-in-law also saw me when she looked up.
Guo's second sister-in-law smiled and said, "Shujie is here, come in." After speaking, he turned his head and shouted into the house: "Mother, Shujie is here." β
Hearing the shouts of Guo's second sister-in-law, Aunt Guo walked out of the house, and said as she walked out: "Come in, enter the house, what are you doing in the yard now, hurry, come in and stay for a while." With that, he took me by the hand and walked into the house.
I hurriedly stopped Aunt Guo and said, "Don't wait, I just have something to ask you for help."
My aunt said, "You child is really in love with the outside, you know if you have something, please don't invite anything." Say, what's the matter? β
I said, "Just now my uncle came, and said that my wheat is almost good, and the sickle will be opened in three days." I thought about 12 acres of wheat. My uncle and my brother can't collect it in a day. I just want to ask if your third brother has time to help me harvest wheat for a day after three days."
Aunt Guo slapped her face and said. "It's so serious, I thought it was a big deal." Isn't it just a day of wheat? When the time comes, let the three of them go and cut it for you. It's just the end of today's work. After a while, your eldest brother and they will go to the county seat, send things to people, and they will not live. β
When I heard this, my eyes lit up and I asked, "Brother Guo, will they go to the county seat in a while?" Can you let them help me carry a few catties of sugar." β
Aunt Guo was puzzled and said, "Your eldest brother and second brother will drive the ox cart to the county seat in a while, but what are you going to do when you buy so much sugar?"
I smiled and said, "This is the second thing I came to today? I want to ask my sister-in-law and sister-in-law if they are going to pick persimmons, and my uncle said that he saw a piece that was just ripe." After a while, let his second brother lead us. I just thought that Brother Guo and they went to the county seat to help me bring some sugar back, and I pickled some persimmon wine to drink for the New Year. β
Before Aunt Guo could answer, Guo Er'er's sister-in-law was cleaning up the shavings next to her. He replied loudly: "Go, I'll pick some, and I'll ask my sister-in-law and younger siblings if they are going?"
Aunt Guo also smiled and said: "Then let the eldest and second children also buy some sugar back, let's also drown a little, when the time comes, we don't put wine, it will be regarded as a soda for the children to drink" (At that time, there were already a few cents a bottle of soda sold, and adults generally felt that it was too expensive and would not buy it for children.) )
Guo's second sister-in-law called out the eldest sister-in-law who had just finished washing her clothes and the third sister-in-law who coaxed the child to sleep, and asked them if they were going to pick persimmons, and the sisters-in-law all said they wanted to go.
We agreed, Aunt Guo helped me watch the children, and we went to pick persimmons. Now they all go to change their clothes, take a frame, take a basin or something.
After discussing it, I hurried home. I found a set of my mother-in-law's old clothes and wore them on my body. I put a long braid that reached my waist and put it on my head. And he put a turban on the bread outside, and saved himself from walking in the mountains, and was shaved by the tree.
As soon as he finished cleaning up the second brother's voice, it sounded from outside the gate. Hurriedly took a small lacquer basin in the outhouse, carried a frame in the courtyard, and walked out.
When I came out, my second brother also took a bucket and was standing outside the gate waiting for me.
I walked to Aunt Guo's door again and asked Sister-in-law Guo and them to come out.
Our gang went to the back mountain with a smile and a smile.