A few days ago, when the spring and autumn went up the mountain, because the white pears brought were all eaten, but she still wanted to eat fruits, so she had to go to the east side of the mountain to pick wild fruits to eat.

It's just that chestnuts are not called chestnuts here, but because of the tender green burr shell on the outside of the chestnut, they are called burr balls by the people in the village. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Chestnuts were famous for their sugar-fried chestnuts in later generations, but here they are still a wild fruit that is not welcomed.

I remember that her mother Yuan Shiha also said about chestnuts, saying that when there was a famine, someone had the idea of playing burr balls (chestnuts here), but after the people worked hard to clean the thorns of the burr ball, they found that it was still a hard shell, and it took a lot of effort to chisel open the hard shell, and in the end, the burr ball was included in the list of impractical.

Today's rare weather is good, and she is ready to go up the mountain to pick chestnuts in spring and autumn, because the chestnut tree she found is not one, but a whole piece, think about it, how much can so many chestnuts sell for!

This is much better than a small fight with crabs, these days they have almost caught the crabs by the river in Yangjia Village, even if her aunt is powerful, there is nothing to sell.

The chestnut trees are very tall, generally 4-6 meters, of course, there are also higher, but the chestnut trees on the mountain behind Yangjia Village are basically about four or five meters long, and the chestnuts can be beaten down with a long pole.

Because the chestnut has a hard shell on the outside, before going, Chunqiu deliberately sewed a few pairs of thick gloves, in order to make it more convenient for a few people to pick.

Today, Yang Weibai and Huzi went up the mountain with her, and her mother didn't go up because of the tea matter.

Because Chunqiu had already written down the location before, when he came, Chunqiu took the two of them straight to the destination.

A few people bypassed the north, passed by the spring, walked for a long time before coming to the chestnut tree, in front of them is a large piece of chestnut tree, with the ripening of the chestnut, the leaves on the chestnut tree also fell a lot, during which it was mixed with the chestnut that fell down, the spring and autumn looked at the chestnut wrapped in hard skin under the soles of the feet, bent down, and threw it into the back basket.

Before she came, Chunqiu had already explained to her father and Huzi, so when she came, Yang Weibai didn't ask why her daughter liked this kind of hairball fruit.

Yang Weibai took two quick steps, put aside the basket on his back, turned around and told the two not to come over first, and then picked up the wooden stick that had been prepared on the side and hit it on the tree.

Chunqiu pulled the tiger and watched her father knock on the chestnut tree in front of him with great effort, the chestnut tree was shaken from side to side by the huge impact, and the leaves and fruits fell down as if they didn't want money.

After Yang Weibai finished beating one, he continued to lay down another one, and after beating the nearby ones, he put down the wooden stick in his hand and wiped the sweat beads from his forehead.

Chunqiu obediently handed her father a handkerchief, looked at the scattered chestnuts hanging on the chestnut tree, and called Huzi over with satisfaction, "Bring gloves, let's take these burr balls back" Chunqiu didn't let Huzi go to the shell now, but directly asked him to clean up the shell together, because now the chestnut shell is still a little damp, not easy to pick, and after going home to dry it for a day, it's almost okay.

Huzi obediently said "eh", Chunqiu smiled at him, and the two hurriedly got up, because Yang Weibai had too much strength when he was fighting. Some chestnuts fell off with branches and leaves, and Chunqiu laboriously dragged the chestnuts off the branches and leaves and put them into the back basket, during which Chunqiu kept rejoicing that she could have foresight, if it weren't for the thick gloves, her hands would have been punctured by burrs.

Yang Weibai had already noticed the beads of sweat on the faces of the two, looked up at the sky, turned around and said to the two, "Qiu'er, Huzi rest first" Yang Weibai is sometimes a little silly, but he is not stupid, he understands many things, and he is also a good father who spoils his children.

Let's take the matter of going up the mountain to pick the burr ball today, if it is placed on someone else's adult, knowing that the child wants this useless thing, at most he just agrees with them to go over by himself, and he will definitely not help, and when he meets more exclusive parents, it is nothing to say, it is good to scold, this is not too much to beat, which is like Yang Weibai, who heard that the girl wanted to pick the burr ball, and followed without saying a word, and helped the girl pick it.

Purely after listening to her father's words, she bent down at the same time as Huzi, turned her head to her father and smiled, and said very naturally, "Okay, Dad, I'm so tired."

"That's it, Dad, what are we going to eat in a while" Huzi echoed alongside, and his eyes were even brighter when he said about eating.

Yang Weibai pointed to the spring not far away, which was the one that Chunqiu and Yuan had seen before, "There are some fish there, Dad will bake fish for you to eat" After Yang Weibai finished speaking, he directly carried the two of them down the mountain, Chunqiu and Huzi sat on the stone on the side, looking down at her father holding a simple harpoon fishing in the spring.

This harpoon was specially brought by Yang Weibai before he came, two sharp iron pieces were tied to the wooden stick, Yang Weibai's craftsmanship was very good, and the spearfish was even more forked and accurate, in addition to reminding two sentences at the beginning of the Spring and Autumn Period, the whole process was watched, and after a while, her father had already forked several fish and returned.

The white scales reflected in the sun, and after Yang Weibai finished forking the fish, he put down the iron pieces on the harpoon, picked up the dead fish on the side, and squatted next to the spring to wash it.

The firewood did not make Yang Weibai worried, Chunqiu and Huzi had already picked up the firewood, and this was on the mountain. Quite a few branches.

Several people piled up the fire by the spring, and Yang Weibai cleaned up a vacuum belt around it, and Yang Weibai was afraid of a fire.

Sharpened a few wooden sticks with the sickle they had brought before, forked the fish and placed them next to the fire, and the two of them first went to the spring to wash their faces, and then drank two sips of water to quench their thirst.

Grilled fish quickly, not long after, the aroma of grilled fish came out, Chunqiu smelled the taste, smiled and took the fish handed over by her father, the surface of the fish is golden, and the fish oil drips, as if it is a problem with the spring water, this grilled fish tastes much smaller than the fishy smell by the river, Chunqiu quickly finished eating a fish in his hand, and took another and continued to eat, her father forked more fish today, so not worried about not being full.

"Hiccup... It's so supportive."

Don't doubt it, this is Huzi, Chunqiu is just rubbing her stomach and humming on the side, yes, she can hold on.

"Hehe, you guys rest for a while, and then pick the burr ball" Yang Weibai smiled and extinguished the fire, and then stepped on it with his foot uneasily.

Several people rested for a while, and Chunqiu felt that his stomach was not so painful before he got up and went to work.

The afternoon is not as energetic as the morning, especially when you are full of food and drink and want to sleep, but there are many picks in the morning, and in the afternoon, a few people filled Yang Weibai's back basket, and a few people went home.

There was no one at home, so Chunqiu directly and his father put the chestnuts into the backyard, which is the middle of the front row house and the back house, which is sunny and much easier to use than the yard.

Chunqiu threw the chestnuts to the place very heroically, and those who got out were kicked back by Chunqiu, completed today's task, hummed happily, and ran back to the house......