The next day, Xiaoxi told Grandpa Chen about her plan, but she didn't say that she wanted to be an old godmother, "Grandpa, in the next few days of school, there is nothing to eat except mustard, and I am going to make some sauce for dinner." ”

Then when the sun comes out, take out all the wild peppers in the space, half of them are made into chili sauce, and half are ready to be dried into chili peppers on a mat in the courtyard.

Two years ago, Xiaoxi's family bought a small household machine that can be used to beat rice, powder, and pulp. After breaking the handle of the chili pepper and washing it, Grandpa Chen prepared a few more plastic buckets, and then opened the gate and got busy.

"Ahem...... this pepper is so choking, standing in the creek in the courtyard dam to see the grandfather in the house being choked and coughing, his brain turned, and he hurriedly ran back to the sleeping house and took out his mother-in-law's sewing basket from under the bed. I found a piece of cloth, cut it into three pieces the size of a palm, strung the needlework, Xiaoxi used her female red, who had only sewed sandbags in her previous life, to overlap and sew the three pieces of cloth together, and then cut two cloth bags, sewed them on both sides of the cloth, collected the needle, and then a mask was ready. So-so, barely able to perfunctory past.

Ran into the processing room (hall), "Grandpa, this is the mask I just made, you put it on." After speaking, he taught Grandpa Chen to put the mask on his ears.

Grandpa Chen suffered in the processing room, Xiaoxi and Chen Yubin finished getting the chili peppers to be dried in the yard, and they sat at the big table and began to take out the books to complete the homework assigned by the teacher, while Granny Chen sat next to her, holding an apple in her hand and nibbling on it, watching the two siblings read lovingly.

"Xiaoxi, I'm here......" Zhao Juan's voice came from afar. The old house of the Xiaoxi family collapsed, so there was a vacant land left behind to make a vegetable garden, and Zhao Juan came directly from there.

"What are you doing? We...... Let's preview together. The words swirled in his mouth, and after speaking, he sat down next to the stream and bit his ear with the stream, "Are you really pre-studying? The teacher doesn't know if you have watched it, what you read, what you read, you should go to play during the holidays." Originally, she came here with the intention of asking Xiaoxi and Chen Yubin to go out to play, but it turned out that his sister and brother were reading Chinese books, and his aunt was also sitting next to him, so she changed her words and said that she would stay and study together.

"Xiaojuan is here, have you had breakfast? I'm going to wash an apple for you, ah?" Granny Chen took the apple in her hand and got up to go to the stove.

"Eh, auntie, I've eaten, I'll wash it myself, don't bother you......" But Granny Chen had already entered the house.

Retracted his gaze and scolded Xiaoxi, "Eh, Xiaoxi, I just passed the hall and found that Aunt Chen was making spicy food, there are a lot of them, and ......" pointed to the peppers in the courtyard dam that were dried on two mats, "There are also so many sunbaths in the courtyard dam, what is this for?"

Xiaoxi propped his head on his left hand, turned the pages of the book at random in boredom, and replied without raising his head: "Oh...... There are fewer chili peppers planted this year, it seems that grandpa bought some chili peppers and came back to prepare to make chili sauce (this is what every household has to get every year, after all, every meal is inseparable from chili peppers), but the mother-in-law went to Luo's house to bend some back, and the aunt also picked some back, so there are a lot of them, so they say that they will dry more of them. ”

"Oh......" nodded, put his arms on the table, put his head up, and turned his face to the stream, and continued: "The brook ......"

"Oh, Xiaojuan, you're so annoying, you've been talking and talking, where are you talking so much, I'm studying, you've been bothering me......" Chen Yubin, who was reading silently, raised his head impatiently and complained to Zhao Juan.

"You kid is looking for a fight, huh?" said and patted Chen Yubin's arm twice, "Dare to say that I'm annoying?

Chen Yubin withdrew his arm, stuck out his tongue, and said provocatively: "Hmph...... Just say that you are annoying, just say that you talk a lot, every time you pull my sister, let's talk for a long time......"

"Binbin, what are you doing? No quarrels. Come, Xiaojuan eats apples. Granny Chen, who had been listening to the stove for a while, hurriedly came out to persuade her to stop, and then lovingly handed the apple she had peeled in her hand to Zhao Juan. "You're all fine, don't quarrel, I'll help your grandfather. ”

"Mother-in-law, it's too choking in that house, you can go to the house and find a towel to block your nose, you can feel better. Hearing that her mother-in-law was going to help her grandfather, Xiaoxi hurriedly reminded.

"Well, I see, read the book. With that, he walked away.

As soon as Granny Chen left, the two little pot friends stared at each other defiantly, and Xiaoxi quickly changed positions and sat between them, "Okay, okay, hurry up and read a book." Come...... Xiaojuan, you read my book. Then he pulled out his English book and put it on the table.

Xiaoxi opened the English book, eh, now I look at these words, sentences feel very simple, but I was tortured by this sudden language (said, Xiaoxi, they have never been in contact with English before the fifth grade, even if they have been to Beijing, they can't be exposed to the environment, even if they have seen and heard, they were still young at that time, and they probably have no impression) to torture to death.

She has been in a state of resistance to this new language, so much so that she didn't pay attention to it when she was in junior high school, and she learned it badly. When I went to high school, English as the main subject finally got Xiaoxi's attention, but the foundation was not built, and it was very difficult to learn. In every exam, including the college entrance examination, I suffered a lot in English. Now that I think about it, it's full of tears!

Chen Yubin closed the textbook, took the schoolbag and prepared to put it up, "Sister, I've finished reading." ”

Xiaoxi replied in a daze, "Oh......" suddenly came back to his senses, "Well, take out your English book, and we'll read it for a while." ”

Chen Yubin is reluctant, he still can't accept the current form of classing classes with a timetable, after all, there was no timetable before, and the teacher would take that class if he wanted to take that class (but only limited to Chinese and mathematics). Now he had a schedule, and he had to learn a new language that he had never heard or seen before, and although he had already taken two classes (only two English lessons a week), the letters had been learned before, but now they had become a different way of reading, and it was very awkward to read.

Seeing his reluctance, Xiaoxi said solemnly: "Of course, hurry up. "I suffered a lot of losses in English back then, so as long as the "college entrance examination" still exists, then English must be learned, and it must be learned well. Besides, when you leave school in the future, you will also need it in society.

For his sister, he was still quite convinced, so Chen Yubin had to reluctantly open the English book and start reading "A.B.C.D......".

Originally, Zhao Juan didn't like English, but looking at Chen Yubin's pursed little mouth, she happily snatched the book in Xiaoxi's hand, turned to the first page, and read it aloud in her awkward tone, which was very cheerful.

I read for about an hour, during which the creek went to turn over the peppers. Hearing the sound of the machine in the hall stopping, Xiaoxi and Chen Yubin put away the books and ran to help.

There is a basket of garlic cloves and half a basket of peppercorns on the stone bench in the courtyard, all of which are from the space, and they are all washed and placed here to control the water. On the clean stone slab on the ground, there are four large vats of about fifty catties, which are also cleaned, put here to control the dry water, and will be used to hold chili sauce later.

A box of salt was taken out of the house where the creek was reproducing grain and placed next to the large vat, and at this time, Grandpa Chen also turned over several jars. Several people worked together to pour the chili sauce into the jar, filled three and a half jars, Grandpa Chen filled some chili peppers from the mat, washed them, and turned on the machine to prepare to fill the jar with half a bucket of chili sauce.

The people of Xiaoxi poured garlic cloves (whole garlic cloves) and peppercorns into the tank, and put an appropriate amount of salt, which is to prevent insects, and the chili sauce made will not have insects all year round, and can be put for several years.

I found a two-finger coarse peeled yellow wattle stick, which looked like an old object that had been used for many years, very smooth, without a little sawdust and wooden thorns. The wooden stick is used to mix the chili pepper with the garlic cloves, peppercorns, and salt, and as soon as Granny Chen took out the stick, Xiaoxi volunteered to ask her to stir it. Although his strength has increased a lot in the past few years, he is older than his peers, but the creek has just been stirred for about ten minutes, and his arms are sore.

Seeing her sister kneading her arm, Chen Yubin, who was standing next to her, hurriedly took the wooden stick in Xiaoxi's hand, "Sister, you rest for a while, I'll stir it up for a while." "He's been hungry for a long time.

His arm was so weak that he handed him the stick and stood in the shade to rest for a while.

Looking at Chen Yubin, who was hanging on a wooden stick, Xiaoxi looked at his watch, and worked five minutes longer than himself, this is not fair, he practiced martial arts together, and he was still a year older than him, how could he have so much strength than himself, ahhh

"Alright, you can come down quickly. Chen Yubin's arm was really weak at this moment, so he hung on a wooden stick and used the weight of his body to stir the chili sauce. Seeing that he didn't want to let go, Xiaoxi stepped forward in two steps, grabbed the clothes on his back and dragged them out, and snatched the wooden stick himself.

As soon as I stirred it twice, I saw a small hand on the stick, and I only heard a pleasant voice, "Xiaoxi, I'll stir it a few times, it feels so fun." Zhao Juan looked at Xiaoxi and Chen Yubin just now "playing" here very happily, feeling very relaxed, she also wanted to "play".

Funny? Hmph! Later, I will see that you are still smiling, so I grinned and handed the wooden stick in my hand in front of her, "Take it, and have a good time." "I turned several notes on the playing word.

Zhao Juan didn't hear anything else at all, happily took the wooden stick in Xiaoxi's hand and turned to the pepper tank.

"Oops, no, no, no, I'm too tired to stir up. Sure enough, after a while, Zhao Juan shook her arms and shouted that she was tired and tired, "Xiaoxi, come and stir it, I'll go and rest for a while." ”

Seeing her like this, Xiaoxi was happy, happily stepped forward to take the stick, and quipped: "Why, it's not good to play, it's only been five minutes." Seeing Zhao Juan's combat power value, Xiaoxi was much happier, and found the field from Zhao Juan (although it was a little unfair, but she was willing), and sure enough, her strength was much greater than that of her peers.

However, looking at Chen Yubin, who was leisurely eating fruit, Xiaoxi thought angrily, he was one year younger than himself, a few centimeters shorter than himself, how could his strength be so much greater than himself! Thinking like this, Xiaoxi could only vent his anger on the stick.

After listening to Xiaoxi's words, Zhao Juan didn't take it to heart, she didn't joke with herself one day, so she rubbed her arms, ran to the big table, wiped her sweat, picked up a pear washed by Granny Chen, sat on a chair and nibbled it, and enjoyed Xiaoxi's solo performance by the way.