When the family is together, the strength is in one place, and the heart is used in one place, and one day, the life will be prosperous.

At this time, Chen Wei went home with a hoe on his back, carrying a snakeskin bag on his shoulder, and dragging a long wild chestnut branch in his hand, which was full of lantern-shaped wild chestnut thorn hairballs.

Chen Mingzhi loves to eat roasted chestnuts, in previous years, in this season, he would beg Chen Wei to make a small fire in the yard, and then skewered the chestnuts with wire, roasted on the fire, when he heard the crisp crackling sound, the fresh and sweet taste of the chestnuts, he drilled into his nostrils, uncovered the chestnut skin, and put the whole chestnut meat into his mouth, the taste was superb.

Chen Lizhi is the opposite, he likes to eat boiled chestnuts, which is best used for cooking, chestnut roast chicken is his favorite, the chicken has the sweetness of chestnuts, and the aroma of chicken in the chestnuts is perfect.

It's just that the family used to be poor, and the dish of chestnut roast chicken could only be eaten twice during the Chinese New Year or occasional important guests at home.

Chen Huizhi likes to eat raw chestnuts, the tender kind, the powder has not yet grown, gently peel off the hard shell and a layer of clothing inside with his fingernails, put the small chestnut into his mouth, and bite it lightly with his teeth, crisp and tender sweet juice is endless.

Chen Yuezhi, she loves to eat in any way, and she is basically not a picky eater.

"Dad, I'll take a look, I'll take a look, yo, this chestnut grows very well this year." Chen Mingzhi jumped over like a monkey, not interested in the tender chestnuts on the branches, directly pounded the pocket, uncovered the bottom, and immediately rolled out many boss chestnuts that had bloomed, as long as he rubbed his feet like this, those round and full chestnuts came out.

"Great, I'll use wire skewers in a while, put it in the stove and roast, haha, you can eat roasted chestnuts tonight." Chen Mingzhi took a small basket and used fire tongs to pick the chestnuts out of a pile of burrs.

Chen Lizhi naturally went to help, while Chen Yuezhi and his sister went to see the chestnut branches, which were hung with bunches like green lantern fruits. It's so pleasing and beautiful, of course I saw it, as if I had already tasted the sweet and tender fragrance between my lips and teeth.

Li Qingxia and Fu Guihua also came over and took the chestnut branch and discussed: "This year's chestnuts are growing well." It seems that it is enough for the child to eat for a while. ”

Chen Yuezhi saw that Chen Wei's forehead was covered with sweat, so he hurriedly ran into the house and brought out a jar of herbal tea and hair stickers, and grinned at Chen Weixi, and the fatigue that was originally full of body disappeared without a trace in an instant.

"I went to the foot of the green hill to see the land that was ready to be used as a real field, and the fertilizer had been pressed down. Now just wait for the seeds to come.

I thought I would go to our mountain to see how those chestnuts grew, but I didn't expect that this year they would ripen early, and a layer of ground had fallen.

Fortunately, I brought a snakeskin bag with me, which I had originally intended to cut some grass to feed the cows, but now it happened to be filled with the boss's chestnuts, and I would have to take the cows out for a spin in a while, or I would be hungry at night, and I would have no strength to work tomorrow.

Later, I thought that Huizhi and Yuezhi like to eat tender little chestnuts. So I climbed another tree and broke a branch down. ”

Chen Wei wiped his sweat with a towel, and then said: "This year, next to the big tree, a few small chestnut trees have grown, and when spring comes, I will make room for it, otherwise it will grow next to the big chestnut tree, and it will not be able to absorb nutrients at all, where is it the opponent of the big chestnut tree, plus the canopy of the big chestnut tree is too wide, and it can't shine at all." ”

This wild chestnut. Originally, there were only two or three, and the output was not very high, so it happened to be distributed to the mountain of Chen Wei's family.

Later, Chen Wei took his wife and children. I ran all over the whole public green mountain, and finally dug up seven or eight wild chestnut seedlings, moved them over and planted them, and took care of them from time to time.

In previous years, the Chen family was in a difficult time. These chestnuts are a hero.

Although Fu Guihua is more than sixty years old, but the tooth mouth is not bad, took a fresh and tender chestnut peeled by Chen Huizhi, put it in his mouth and chewed it, and nodded with satisfaction: "Well, it tastes good, I see that your family's conditions are better this year, and you don't need this chestnut as a ration, so it's better to take some to sell it in the town, I heard that in the market, this raw chestnut can also be sold for five cents to eight cents a catty, and the cooked one is about one to one piece of five pounds." ”

Chestnuts are weighed, not to mention that they are big, and there are not a few pounds, and they can earn five cents, which is quite affordable.

Li Qingxia looked at the four children and handed over the decision to them, because in previous years, these wild chestnuts were the staple food and snacks of the four of them in autumn and winter.

Children in the countryside don't have much money, so they buy those pastries and sweets, and all the snacks they can eat are made from local materials.

As a result, Chen Mingzhi and several of them all looked at Chen Yuezhi: "Sister, you say, what do you say, we will listen to you." ”

Chen Wei also smiled happily: "Yue girl has a lot of ghost ideas, tell me, this year, will you keep all the chestnuts to eat, or will they all be sold?" ”

Chen Yuezhi, who was surrounded by a sense of trust, felt beautiful in his heart, "I think it's too early to talk about this, although it is said that the chestnuts are growing well this year, but we don't know how many there are."

Don't plan all your strength here, and as a result, you will lay dozens of pounds, which is not enough to eat snacks, isn't it a vain plan? Let's wait until the chestnuts are collected.

If it's really a lot, then we'll keep some and sell some of it. And I have an idea, Dad, Mom, if this chestnut is going to be sold this year, can we let our sisters and brothers sell it?

From collecting, washing, boiling and selling chestnuts, we do it ourselves, you don't have to stretch out your hand, but the money earned, we have to five or five cents, although it is very hard for parents to water and hoe chestnuts, but we also pay for labor. ”

Chen Wei was happy when he heard it, and was about to open his mouth to say, the money you sell belongs to you, but Li Qingxia took the lead: "Okay, just listen to you, five or five points!" ”

"Qingxia, look at the children's ......" Chen Wei still wanted to fight for the rights and interests of his children, but was coquettishly scolded by Li Qingxia: "Since this is proposed by them themselves, then we respect their ideas, and what they said is right, if it weren't for the careful care of the two of us, where would they have the opportunity to sell chestnuts, where would they have the opportunity to get this money?" Fifty-five points are already very advantageous. ”

Li Qingxia didn't know her husband's thoughts, but she wanted to use this move to tell the children that it is not easy to make money, don't look at it now, it sounds like it's interesting, if it is really done, it will be very tiring.

was looked at by his wife with such charming eyes, Chen Wei suddenly had nothing to say. can only giggle, nod, and listen to the daughter-in-law and children.

As soon as the four children heard that their parents agreed, they immediately became excited. Around Chen Wei's chirping question, how many trees are there at the bottom now, how many trees bear fruit, how many trees will bear fruit next year or the year after, and how many chestnuts Chen Wei expects to harvest.

When I heard Chen Wei say that the boss should be more than 200 catties with chestnuts and shells. There are more tender chestnuts, the big canopy cover spreads out like a cloud, dozens of thick branches like arms stretch out in all directions, and the top is densely packed with chestnut thorn balls, if you remove those poor and defective products, how can you collect more than 500 catties of tender chestnuts with shells.

Of course, if you want more boss chestnuts, then you have to wait a little longer, and the further you go, the fewer and fewer tender chestnuts will be.

The brothers and sisters cheered when they heard this, but they were very calm. I didn't immediately plan what to do, but decided to wait for the weekend to go up the mountain and pick some of it first.

"Hey, Ah Yue, last time your classmate named Shangguan Lei did our family a great favor, you see that you went to the mountains to hunt chestnuts this weekend, and just called him over to eat. This is a chestnut on the head, and let him carry it home more when the time comes. Giving it to the family is not worth much, but it means something. Li Qingxia doesn't like to owe favors, and always wants to pay it back quickly. Otherwise, I will always remember it in my heart.

Chen Yuezhi thought about it and nodded: "Okay, then I'll ask him tomorrow to see if he is willing, after all, entering the mountains, it seems to sound good, but it really works." But it's very hard, if he really wants to come and eat chestnuts, then he can't be a master, then he has to go up the mountain with us, otherwise he won't have his share, hum. ”

"Ouch, you kid, you're a guest, how can you let a guest work?" Li Qingxia shook her head, not quite agreeing with Chen Yuezhi's thoughts.

When he arrived at school the next day, Chen Yuezhi found that although it had only been a day, the atmosphere in the school seemed to have changed a lot.

What surprised her the most was that the late king, plus the skipping class king Shangguan Lei, was actually reading in the morning, this is big news.

When a few of them walked in, the classmates in the class greeted them in a friendly manner, Chen Yuezhi nodded and smiled, and walked to his place.

After the morning self-study, when class ended, Shangguan Lei ran over and knocked on Chen Yuezhi's desk with his fingers: "You come out, I have something to look for you." ”

It just so happens that she has something to look for him, so let's go.

The two of them didn't go too far, just standing at the top of the classroom, where there was no one, Chen Yuezhi preemptively said: "This Saturday, we are going into the mountains to hunt chestnuts, my mother invites you to our house to eat chestnuts, will you come?" ”

Shangguan Lei was stunned, then his eyes flashed, and he immediately turned into a problem baby: "Into the mountain, it must be fun, do you want to bring a bow and arrow, are there wild boars?" Shall we go hunting? ”

A series of questions directly blackened Chen Yuezhi's face.

Just their low hill, but also wild boar, can have a hare is good, a few years ago when the family was poor, there was no food to eat, the wild vegetables on the mountain were dug up, if there is really a wild boar, it has not been hunted long ago, still waiting for him to go?

It's so unexpected!

"How can it be so mysterious, it's just that some chestnut trees are planted on your own private mountain, and now the chestnuts are ripe, do you have a bow and arrow? Well, even if you can get it, it's useless, at most bring a slingshot and fight a little sparrow or something. Chen Yuezhi was merciless and pierced the beautiful picture described by Shangguan Lei.

"That's also more fun than being at home, I'll go." Shangguan Lei became excited again, whatever, just have to play.

"Okay, I'm done, you just said that you had something to find me, you said."

"It's okay, I originally wanted to ask you, when will the reward you said be cashed in, hehe." Shangguan Lei said with a hippie smile.

"Okay, I'll go back to reading first." Chen Yuezhi turned around, waved his hand at Shangguan Lei, and walked straight away.

As soon as she left, the smile on Shangguan Lei's face disappeared, and he looked at her back seriously and deeply, a trace of firmness crossed his eyes, and then he returned to a relaxed and smiling expression, his shoulders trembled, and he swayed into the classroom.

Chen Yuezhi thought that inviting Shangguan Lei was also an invitation, so it was better to ask Zhang Mengmeng if she was going by the way, this was the best friend she had made in Liutong Middle School.

As a result, Zhang Mengmeng nodded her head like a chicken pecking rice, and her two big eyes were bent into crescents of joy.

Chen Mingzhi next to him asked Zhang Mengmeng if he likes to eat chestnuts and how do he like to eat them? Zhang Mengmeng said that she likes to eat in the stove hall and roast it over the fire, and suddenly Chen Mingzhi felt that he had found a soulmate, and immediately told him about his experience of eating roasted chestnuts, which caused Zhang Mengmeng to exclaim, there are so many ways to eat?

Friday came quickly, and when Chen Yuezhi's brothers and sisters were out of school, they were about to go home, only to find that there were two more small tails behind them.

She looked at Zhang Mengmeng and Shangguan Lei suspiciously: "Didn't I tell you Saturday, tomorrow you will wait for me at the school gate, and I will pick you up." ”

Shangguan Lei deliberately wore a set of dark blue sportswear today, not to mention a slender and long-looking person, everything looks good.

He carried the boss a mountaineering bag on his back, bulging with bags, and he didn't know what it contained, while Zhang Mengmeng was the same as before, still carrying a schoolbag, wearing a school uniform, and a pair of thick-soled cloth shoes on his feet.

"That's so troublesome, the two of us will go with you today, stay at your house for one night, we can move early tomorrow morning, go up the mountain early, can we beat more chestnuts?" As soon as Shangguan Lei said this, Zhang Mengmeng immediately nodded in agreement.

These two ends are so delayed.

Chen Yuezhi was a little embarrassed, her house was too small, and these two people came suddenly, I am afraid that there will be no separate place for them to sleep.

She told Zhang Mengmeng what it meant, hoping that she could also persuade Shangguan Lei by the way, but Shangguan Lei's ears were sharp, and he heard it all of a sudden, so he immediately strode forward: "It's okay, just find a place, give me a bunk, and you can sleep, or squeeze with your second brother and third brother, I don't have high requirements for a sleeping place." ”

Zhang Mengmeng also hugged Chen Yuezhi's shoulders and coquettishly, saying that she had already told her family that they would not cook her dinner tonight, and she could also squeeze with Chen Yuezhi's sisters, anyway, it would be a matter of one night.

"Ah Yue, Ah Yue, I want to go to your house to play. I want to see how you all revise at night, otherwise how can your grades improve so quickly. Zhang Mengmeng saw that Chen Yuezhi was still hesitating, so she said ruthlessly: "Could it be that you have any secrets about your homework that I can't know?" Well, I'm not going to go, so I don't have to let you find out your secrets. (To be continued.) )