Chapter Twenty-Three: Autumn Harvest
It wasn't until the evening that the little Qiqi came to the routine, the fat man woke up, the big deer did not go, and the fat man decided not to go back first, and kept vigil here at night, by the way, to see the green, and wait for the deer fence to be built, and even the big and small ones were eaten together.
After more than half a month of running-in, the deer herd finally settled down, with a total of seventeen large and small. Wang Sanpao came to go around every day when he had nothing to do, grinding and grinding to cut the mushrooms.
The fat man also heard him say that it is best to cut deer antler velvet in July and August, and now it is antlers, not antlers. Besides, if the knife and saw head are in battle, it is estimated that these stag will have to rebel.
There is no way, Wang Sanpao can only look at Lu Xing and sigh, and secretly make up his mind to start early next year.
After the difficult period, the fat man's laziness slowly grew, and finally at the price of five yuan a month, he hired Zhang Laohan in the village to take care of the deer pen.
A simple shack stands next to the deer pen to hide from the shade during the day and sleep in it at night. But after all, it is not a long-term solution, and the fat man pondered that he would take advantage of the half of the moon before the farm to build two small houses, and in winter, it would be warm and safe.
Just do it, there is no shortage of stones and wood in the mountains, the biggest expense is to eat, a dozen strong laborers work every day, even eat and drink, and when the house is built, the fat man also chisels out more than a dozen big unity.
Counting on his fingers, half of the money for selling ginseng has been spent, and the fat man is a little bottomless: he has to use money to buy saplings or something in two days, but he has to spend it leisurely. No matter how strong the renminbi is, it can't stand up to the infestation.
The autumn harvest that the people in the village have been looking forward to for more than half a year has finally arrived, and as far as the eye can see, the mountains and fields are all golden, and every household, old and young, men and women, all go into battle. Breaking buds, cutting soybeans, picking up potatoes, and being so busy hitting the back of the head with his feet.
However, everyone had a smile on their faces, and all they got back was money.
The primary school in the village is also naturally busy with farming, although the pigtails are not busy, but the children are busy, even if they can't go to the land to help harvest crops, feed chickens and pigs at home, and cook on the fire is half a labor.
The big braids came out for more than a month, and I just went home to see my parents. The fat man packed two large bags of mountain goods sent by the villagers, hazelnuts, pine nuts, dried mushrooms, mountain red, jujubes, pears, etc., which were hundreds of catties.
Fortunately, the fat man had a good physique, walked dozens of miles of mountain roads, and sent the big braids out of the mountains. The only regret is that there has been no progress for more than a month.
The fat man also pondered before going to bed at night: First, the age gap is too big, according to the gossip leaked by Qiqi, the big braid is only nineteen this year, and the difference between the fat man is nine and a half years.
The second may be that the image of the fat man himself does not quite match the aesthetic views of the big girls, and the body size is too fat.
The fat man also wanted to think about some remedy, but every time he fell asleep after just two minutes of thinking, there was no way, the fat man belonged to the kind of pillow that he was on, and he forgot about it when he closed his eyes.
The pigtail waved at the fat man and got into a big carriage. Watching the fat man innocently wiping the beads of sweat on his forehead, and looking at the two cloth pockets around him, the big braid suddenly felt very down-to-earth.
Indeed, during the time of living with the fat man and Qiqi, in addition to being happy, the rest is down-to-earth, but the only regret is that there is no romantic passion.
Judging from the age of the big braid, love should be like fog, rain and wind, while the fat man is just like a stone.
Shaking his head, the big braid wanted to exclude the fat man's figure, but somehow, it lingered. Stones also have the benefits of stones, and once they take root, they are no longer easy to shake.
When the fat man came home, he saw Qiqi lying on the table doing his homework, one to one, and the sample was quite serious, and the fat man couldn't help but tease her: "Don't you like to study?"
Qiqi raised his eyes and whitened his eyes: "I don't want to participate in those tutoring classes, Qiqi is a good child who loves to learn." β
The fat man hehehe: "Other people's families go to the field to harvest autumn, we can't be idle, we also have to harvest autumn." β
"Our family doesn't farm either, what are you cleaning up?" Qiqi looked at the fat man with a look in his eyes like an idiot, but now that she was used to using the title "our family", she could be regarded as admitting that she and the fat man were a family.
"Hundred miles of mountains, good things are not enough for you to pack?" The fat man had already planned, and now the mountains are full of treasures, and you can sell them for money by pulling some mountain goods, but it is the busy farming season, and no one goes up the mountain.
"Okay yesβ" Qiqi cheered and jumped off the kang with a whoosh: "Uncle Strange, let's go now." β
"Don't you love to learn, why don't you study?"
"Come back in the evening and study again, let's go-"
"Maomao can't go, go back to the mountains to find your mother, don't cry. β
"No, Maomao is good. Qiqi touched Maomao's hairy little brain, and Maomao grinned at the fat man in protest.
When I left the village, I saw a busy scene in the fields, and the fields of every household were full of people, swishing, waving sickles, clicking, and the bud rice sticks drew a golden arc and flew up the hill-like pile of bud rice.
On the way, I saw many villagers using their own ox carts to transport grain back, with smiles in the folds on their faces, and the babies followed behind the cart to pick up the fallen bean branches. Even the old ox, which has always been slow, flew with all four hooves, flicked its tail, and ran more happily than usual.
In contrast, the fat man and Qiqi are big idlers, the fat man carries a basket on his arm, and greets people when he sees them: "This year's harvest is good", but he feels that the eyes of the fellow are a little strange.
Soon the fat man understood that in this busiest season of the year, every household harvested crops as if they were grabbing crops back, and his performance was a little too leisurely.
So he hurriedly quickened his pace, kept up with the pace of the times, and trotted into the forest, because it was already the second half of the day, so the fat man did not dare to drill deep into the mountains, and he picked some mountain goods nearby, and began to go further tomorrow.
This forest is a pine tree, a natural forest, all of which are thick and tall red pines, and the fragrance of pine resin hits the nose, and there are all kinds of shrubs growing in the empty space, and most of them are hung with berries of various colors, mountain grapes, blackcurrants, etc., and most fat people can't name them.
Qiqi is energetic now, his little hands are busy non-stop, his small mouth is bulging, his little mouth has long been dyed purple red, and he is still shouting "delicious".
The fat man's heart was a little unsettled: "Qiqi, don't eat blindly, be careful of poisoning." β
"Hehe, as long as Mao Mao can eat, I'll pick it. β
The fat man realized that the hairy monkey was more busy than Qiqi, and couldn't help nodding: "It seems that the wisdom of children should not be underestimated." β
Kiki was too busy to pay attention to him, and was reaching for a bunch of red fruits when something suddenly fell from the sky and smashed on her brain.
"Ouchβ" Kiki looked up with her head covered, and a small squirrel squatted on a high pine branch, looking at her with big black eyes.
The fat man picked up a pine tower from the ground, and it seemed that the little guy above was also busy harvesting autumn and stockpiling food for the winter.
The pine tower was knocked twice in his hand, and a few chubby pine nuts appeared in the fat man's palm, and the particles were very full. Knock open the hard shell outside, and the fragrance is fragrant.
Throwing it into his mouth and chewing it, the fat man couldn't help but praise it, it was oily but not greasy, full of fragrance, and he hurriedly knocked two more grains for Qiqi.
Qiqi put a pine nut in his mouth and chewed it, but he covered his cheeks and sighed. These wild fruits are rich in sugar and acidic, and they are very easy to lose their teeth, and even soft things like pine nuts cannot be chewed. Instead, Mao Mao stretched out his little paws, picked up the remaining pine nuts into his mouth, and nodded his head when he ate them.
The fat man looked at Mao Mao, and then looked up at the big tree that went straight into the sky, and a wicked smile appeared on his face: Eat and drink for nothing every day, now it's time for you to contribute.
Mao Mao didn't know that he had been calculated by someone, and waited for the fat man to pick pine nuts for him with his little eyes.