"Thank you, girl." Mama Fang and Pomegranate said together.

"Mother, you will look at the fruit later, let's go to the foot of the mountain to beat chestnuts, okay?" This girl always says things she doesn't understand, "What is a chestnut?" ”

"It's the thorny one on the mountain, but it's delicious." "I'm hungry when I say that, hehe.

"How can you eat that? Don't toss around, stay at home obediently. "Aunt Xin can't figure it out, why is her daughter a foodie? I know that I want to eat all day long, and there are some thorn balls on the mountain, and I haven't seen anyone eat them.

"Mother, you can rest assured, keep it delicious, don't believe it, I'll come back at night and find it for you." Mother~" Xin Ran pulled her mother's arm and kept shaking it, thinking that she would agree to let them go to the mountains to hunt chestnuts.

"Okay, go and go, bring a few more people, and don't run around alone." Aunt Xin can't stand her like this the most.

"Haha, okay, Mama and Pomegranate are with me. Mother, if you are bored, take the fruit to Gui Fang and pine nuts to play. ”

"Okay, okay, I know, go early and come back early." Aunt Xin interrupted her impatiently, when she was young, she didn't know how to eat time.

Xin Ran took Mama Fang and them to the utility room to get four large back baskets, one for each of them. Daddy Li walked at the end with a bamboo pole. When she met Li Gui's family on the way, she asked in a sharp voice, "Xiao Ran, what are these people doing?" Xin Ran replied with a smile, "Go up the mountain and take a look, auntie, you are busy." ”

When he arrived at the chestnut tree, Xin Ran was not at ease, so he explained carefully. Chestnuts are delicious, but they are not easy to make. "You pay attention, don't prick yourself, Daddy Li, you use a bamboo pole to knock it down first, and then the three of us will pick it up, if you are tired, Mama will beat for a while."

Old man Li held the bamboo pole and was eager to try, "Don't worry, girl, I can do it." You get out of the way. Xin Ran and a few people stood farther away, and Old Man Li first picked a chestnut tree that was not too tall to try his hand.

Knock knock, the thorn balls kept falling, and there were not many on a tree, and it was estimated that a basket could not fit on one's back. After hitting three chestnut trees in a row, Xin Ran motioned for him to stop, rest for a while and then fight, she took Mama Fang and Pomegranate to pick up the ball with scissors. A lot of chestnuts had already opened their mouths and fell, and Xin Ran smiled and picked them up and put them in the cloth bag.

After more than an hour, the baskets I brought were full, and there was another bag of chestnuts, and the harvest was good.

Pushing open the door, Xin Ran carried the back basket to the utility room, some of the thorny balls have not yet spoken, and they have to cover it. Squatted down, peeled a few thorn balls with big scissors, and showed it to Mama Fang, so let her peel some and roast meat to eat at night, "You don't need to peel more, just a plate, and I'll take it to the kitchen later." Daddy Li, you rest for a while, and I'll take you to the fields later. ”

"Yes, girl."

After saying that, Xin Ran took the pomegranate to the kitchen, poured the chestnuts in the cloth bag into the fan sieve, and asked the pomegranate to take it to a cool and ventilated place to put it, and then take it to the yard at night to beat the star dew.

Before he could go in, a voice came, "Mother, we're back." Xin ran into the house and showed the chestnut offering treasure in his hand to Aunt Xin, "Mother, what do you think this is?" Hey, where's the fruit? ”

"The fruit is at Gui Fang's. That's what chestnut you're talking about? In the thorn ball? "Aunt Xin has never seen this thing before, so pick one up and look at it carefully." How do you eat this? ”

Xin Ran put down the chestnuts in her hand, and only left a box to peel for her mother, the skin was too hard, and she gently bit it open with her teeth, and then peeled it out with her hands, tearing off a layer of gray skin inside, revealing the yellow chestnut flesh out.

"Mother, you taste it."

Aunt Xin took it, put it in her mouth, and chewed it, "It's a little hard, it doesn't taste good." ”

"It's not good, it's going to be left for a few days, and it will be delicious in a few days. Peel a little fried meat at night and eat it, it's delicious. Xin Ran said with a grin.

Aunt Xin has long been accustomed to her daughter being a foodie, so she asked her to go and see the fruit and bring him back.

Xin Ran went to the backyard, and Gui Fang's body was much better and she could get out of bed. When she entered the house, Gui Fang was sitting on the edge of the kang, and Guo'er and Songzi were sitting on the kang, "Guifang, how old are the pine nuts?" Can you talk? ”

Gui Fang hurriedly stood up and blessed Xin Ran's body, "Girl, you're here, sit down." Hehe, Songzi is more than a year old, and he will call his mother. When it comes to children, Gui Fang's face is full of gentleness and exudes motherhood.

"Guo'er, are you looking at your brother?" Xin Guo saw her sister coming, and moved to Xin Ran's side and leaned, "Brother, small." ”

Xin Ran is funny, he is still young, and he also said that he is small. "Well, my brother is younger than Guo'er, and Guo'er has to take care of my younger brother."

Xin Guo nodded his little head, indicating that he understood. During this time, with the careful care of Xin Ran and Aunt Xin, the child's face grew a little flesh and was not so thin. The skin is also better, white and tender, so soft.

"Girl, thank you, if I hadn't met you, our family would have been finished." Gui Fang is really grateful to Xin Ran, the new widow of her husband, she was devastated, when she woke up, she found that the whole family was sold, what else did she have to do?

"It's nothing, just work hard when you're ready." Xin Ran said gently. "Yes, yes, girl, I'm almost fine, and I'll be able to work tomorrow."

Gui Fang thought that she had already recovered, and the medicine prescribed by the doctor had been drunk, and it was time to do something. If you don't work every day, eat and drink for nothing, you really can't go away.

Xin Ran told her not to worry, and then she would raise it for two days, "Don't be in a hurry to work, your body is the capital, you can raise it well." During this time, you will be with the children. ”

Standing up, he led Xin Guo to the front yard, and Gui Fang sent them to the door.

Saying hello to his mother, Xin Ran took Xin Guo and took Daddy Li to the field, there is not much land at home, many of them have not been cultivated, now there are only two acres of land, pointing to two acres of land to show Father Li, "This is our land, this piece of potatoes, you water fertilizer every other day." The open space next to the potatoes will be taken care of if there is nothing to do, and I will plant things in the spring next year. ”

"Understood, girl. What is a potato? "Daddy Li hasn't heard of this thing.

"It's a kind of food, and when it comes out, you'll know. Daddy Li, the sun is coming down, you can come back. ”

Daddy Li answered and began to work. Xin Ran took Xin Guo back slowly, and now it was quite cold to sit at the gate of the courtyard, and the women in the village did not want to stay outside, so they all stayed at home.

After eating dinner and washing up, Xin Ran took Xin Guo back to the room, took out the paper he bought during the day, and spread it on the table, "Guo'er, is my sister good at reading?" ”

"Okay~" Xin Guo replied crisply.

took out the newly bought three-character scripture, read it word by word, and read it to him, although Xin Guo was young, his memory was amazing, and he knew nine words in a while.