On the third day, the rain finally stopped. But the sun hasn't come out yet. It's amazing that it's foggy.

Clouds and mist fill the world, foggy mountains and fog sea, the rolling mountains around the village, disappear in the fog, just like Penglai Immortal Island, which makes people feel excited. The occasional dew in the clouds of the farmhouse, the smoke swirling around it, the aroma of breakfast, and the slightly chilly morning mist form a harmonious and charming picture.

An autumn rain and a cold, today it has cooled down a little, and Tian Fei also put on his long sleeves.

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"Mom, why isn't there as much tofu as usual today?" Tian Fei saw in the kitchen that his mother only made two trays of tofu today, which was only half of the usual amount.

"I have something to do today, do less so I can come back early after selling. Tian Fei's mother said.

"Is there anything to do at home? Tian Fei was a little puzzled.

"You know what to do besides raising pigs, work in the fields, you guess. ”

"Mom, you mean you're going to harvest peanuts. ”

Tian Fei's mother has said this, if she can't guess it, Tian Fei is embarrassed to say that she is from the countryside.

"Yes, your dad and I were going to collect it a few days ago, but isn't the weather forecast saying it's going to rain, just wait a few days. It just so happens that the weather is getting sunny today, so let's take a day to collect it. ”

Tian Fei thought that he didn't have much to do, so let's go together, "Then you come back early after selling, and I will go with you." ”

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Tian Fei plans to go to Bald Mountain first to have a look, and the pig farm warehouse and charcoal kiln will be reopened today.

The warehouse is built on the mill, and it is also a bungalow, with two floors, the first floor is used as a warehouse, and the second floor is also Tian Fei's office, staff dormitory and drug equipment room.

What is being done now is to tie steel bars to the first floor, Tian Fei has all wrapped up Pingping, and nothing else matters. The workers were also invited by mere peace, which saved Tian Fei some trouble.

After that, Tian Fei went to the charcoal kiln again, and there was some stagnant water in the open space in front of the kiln, and at this time several laborers were digging a ditch to release water, and then carrying some new soil to fill in the open space. Luckily, the other three empty kilns didn't collapse, and only a little water came in and took a little time to drain them.

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When Tian Fei went home, Tian Fei's father, Tian Zhensheng, was carrying a hoe to the peanut field. Tian Fei immediately followed with a basket on his back.

"Dad, how many peanuts do we grow?" Tian Fei asked.

"It's about three points, it's about the same every year. Fry some of the ones that are kept for the New Year, and dry some of the dried oil, and keep them for seeding. ”

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Tian Fei remembered that there was an article written by the writer Xu Dishan in the primary school Chinese textbook, called "Falling Peanuts", which contained such a paragraph:

[My father said, "Do you like peanuts?"

We vied with each other to say, "Love!"

"Who can tell you the benefits of peanuts?"

My sister said, "Peanuts taste good. ”

My brother said, "Peanuts can be used to extract oil." ”

I said, "Peanuts are cheap, anyone can buy them and eat them, and they like to eat them." That's the benefit of it. ”

My father said, "The peanut has many benefits, but one of the most valuable is that its fruit is buried in the ground, unlike peaches, pomegranates, and apples, which hang high on the branches and make people fall in love at the sight." You see that it grows low on the ground, and when it is ripe, you can't tell at once whether it has fruit or not, and you have to dig it up to find out. ”

We all said yes, and my mother nodded.

The father then said, "So be like peanuts, which are not pretty, but they are useful." ”】

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The peanut field is at the foot of Chicken Coop Mountain. The peanut seedlings in the field have basically withered, and only a few stems are left crooked on the ground, with a few green leaves on the top.

Due to the rain for a few days, the land is a bit muddy, and stepping on it sticks to your shoes. Tian Zhensheng bent down, first pulled it with his hands, and pulled up a plant with mud and soil. Then knock the soil off the hoe, and the plump peanuts are revealed.

"It grows well, and the peanuts are plump and fruitful. Tian Zhensheng said with satisfaction.

There is a hemp house, a red tent, and there are big fat people living in it!

Tian Zhensheng tore off a peanut, and with a hard pinch of his fingers, he pinched open the peanut shell, revealing two gray peanut seeds inside. Freshly picked peanuts are not red on the outside, and they are not easy to fall off, only the sun-dried ones are easy to fall off. This kind of fresh peanut seeds are a little crispy and sweet in the mouth, and the taste is good, but you can't eat too much, and it is easy to have diarrhea.

"Let's start picking from here, I'll dig it, and then you will take care of picking the peanuts." Tian Fei's father, Tian Zhensheng, began to assign work.

In fact, you can directly use your hands to get the peanut seedlings out of the ground, but there are always a few peanuts that will break in the soil, which is a bit wasteful, so they are generally dug with a hoe, dig up the loose soil, and gently pull, the peanuts will not come out of the soil, and there will be no fish that have slipped through the net.

Both father and son were careless men, and they only remembered to bring a basket and a hoe, but neither of them thought of bringing a stool. So Tian Fei could only sit on the ridge and pick peanuts.

Tian Zhensheng hoeed one tree at a time, and then piled up the dug peanut seedlings next to him. Tian Fei went over and carried Tian Zhensheng's piled peanut seedlings to the ridge. Then, by hand, pick the peanuts from the roots one by one and put them in the back basket.

The father and son cooperated tacitly, one digging and the other picking. In more than half an hour, a stubble was dug up. Then the two swapped, Tian Fei dug and Tian Zhensheng picked.

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After a while, Tian Fei's mother also came. The woman was still careful, carrying a basket on her back, not only brought a stool for two days, knowing that the two of them were easy to get thirsty when they worked, but also brought a pot of water.

With one person joining, the speed of work has also increased a lot. By noon, half of the work was done. The mother and son each carried a basket of peanuts home, Tian Zhensheng was not idle, and dug up some peanuts, bundled the seedlings with roots into a bundle, and picked them home at noon.

When they got home, their mother wanted to do it, and Tian Fei and his son took the peanuts to the river to wash them. Peanuts picked from the soil still have a lot of mud on their shells, so they must be washed.

Use a basket to put half a basket of peanuts into it, and then soak it in the river, of course, the basket can't all sink, and the mouth of the basket should be exposed to the water. Then shake the back basket with both hands, and the soil on the peanut shells can be quickly washed off by the flow of water.

Every time you pick peanuts, you must do one thing, and that is to boil peanuts in salted water. Put the washed fresh peanuts in a pot with cold water, add salt and star anise, and cook over high heat. When the water boils, you can smell the strong aroma, turn off the heat at this time, but you can't start the pot immediately, and it will be more flavorful when you cover it for half an hour. After that, take out the water and eat it directly.

This is also the taste that Tian Fei has engraved in his heart since childhood, eating a handful of salted peanuts when he was a child can make Tian Fei happy all day.