CH.12 The Farmers Are Busy (Part II)
Let's say that after her mother and father talked freely about Chunyu that day, her father went to the old home the next day. I don't know what I said to the two old men, so they stopped mentioning that the stall of the Chunyu family added a share to the third family. It's a pity that Chun Tao didn't have to go with her this time, and her father didn't come back
Tell them these kids. But I told her mother that the faces of the two were not bad, and they should have solved this trouble.
Don't mention the bad ones, this period of time Chunyu has really seen that the farmers are really busy, it is really hard.
In addition to wearing the stars and wearing the moon to go out and the sun set and come back, even the rain is not idle. Chunyu had seen people planting rice on TV before, but he didn't know how busy the farmers in the north were. I wanted to go to the field to deliver food, but was stopped by her mother, saying that I would be twelve soon, and I couldn't even do a good job of being a female celebrity, so I could only live a hard life
of embroidery at home.
After being pricked by a needle again, Chunyu put his fingers into his mouth and wept silently in his heart. Doesn't it mean that the daughters of the farmer's family don't have to learn how to work in the fields, why are their families different? Could it be that it was because her father married a lady from a talented family?
Just when Chunyu was depressed, Xiao Baozi happily ran back from outside.
"What are you doing, little bun, I'm almost out of breath." Chunyu saw that Xiao Baozi's sunburned face was full of sweat, and he was panting for breath, and asked hurriedly.
"Great, big sister. Brother Shi said to take me up the mountain to pick wild fruits to eat. Little Stone said.
"Brother Stone?" Chunyu doesn't have this person in his impression.
"Brother Shi of Uncle Erzhu's family." Xiao Baozi said. As soon as he said that Chunyu remembered, Uncle Erzhu was Li Erzhu, the second son of her grandfather's only brother's family who had been dead for many years. The relationship with her grandmother's family is not too close, but this Erzhu uncle and her father Li Dajun have played since childhood, and they have a good relationship. He also has a son named Li Qingshi, whose nickname is Shishi, that is, a little kid who is one year older than Chunyan and still an eight-year-old child, and he has a sister named Li Qingxing who is as old as Chunyu. In the past, Chunyu didn't like to go out, and the little girls in the village were not very familiar with it, this Qingxing had a hearty personality and occasionally said a few words to Chunyu because her father asked her to send something. Chunyu also thought that she would have to walk around with her from time to time in the future, and it could be regarded as a girlfriend, otherwise there would be no little sisters to support her in the future.
"Is he going to take you to the mountains? Your two children are too dangerous, I'll go with you. Chunyu said seriously, and his heart was already happy.
Waiting for this opportunity, the rural mountains in April and May are good places to go, and there are many treasures.
"Do you agree?" The little bun is fine, and he knows that his mother doesn't want his eldest sister to go outside, let alone in the mountains.
"Do you still want your eldest sister to make something delicious for you? I also went to the mountains to see what was delicious. Chunyu said hurriedly.
"Okay then." Xiao Baozi said unhappily. For the sake of food, I had to compromise.
"Baozi, you take a back basket and slow down." The sound of stones sounded outside the door.
"It's coming......" Xiao Baozi hurriedly responded, picked up the basket and ran out.
"Wait." Chunyu also hurriedly picked up another basket, grabbed a handful of caramel from the house, locked the door and ran to follow the little buns.
In addition to the honest-looking stones, there was also a child who was also seven or eight years old and looked thin, and Chunyu didn't know him.
"Sister Dani is going too." Shi asked with a smile, but he didn't think there was anything wrong.
"yes. Who is this? Chunyu said, and one of them gave a piece of candy. Needless to say, the little bun was also happily accepted. It's just that the kid is quite polite, and he took the candy and thanked him.
"Sister Dani, he is the son of the grocery store at the entrance of the village." Stone said as he ate the sugar.
"Yes, I know." Chunyu went to the grocery store once, although it was very small and the goods were not very complete. But it's clean, and the proprietress is real, so usually people in the village like to go to her to buy something when they lack something. The proprietress is said to be a dead man, and only moved from the town a few years ago, the town
There is also an elder brother who came here because it is hard to take care of the child and he doesn't want to burden his brother.
Along the way, Chunyu chatted with the three children occasionally, but soon reached the foot of the mountain. Chunyu looked at the already faintly able to see patches of wild peaches and apricots, occasionally a gust of wind with a sweet fruity aroma, Chunyu suddenly felt indescribably comfortable.
As soon as they saw the peaches and apricots, the three children couldn't help but laugh and ran over to pick them. Chunyu was also interested in that, but he just wanted to see if there was anything else, so he couldn't help but pick it. Although the wild peaches and apricots are too sour and not delicious, they are also delicious to be able to pickle them at home. It's just that this thing is everywhere, and I'm not in a hurry to pick it up. She was more concerned about something else on the mountain, and sure enough, she didn't turn around before she saw a mulberry that no one cared about. Chunyu was so excited that it was sold for twenty or thirty yuan a pound in the modern city, which was very expensive. She hurriedly picked a purple-red tree and ate it, the meat was thick and juicy, sweet and sour.
"Oh, eldest sister, why are you eating this stuffed fruit, it's poisonous." Xiao Baozi accidentally saw that his eldest sister actually picked this stuffed fruit and ate it, and he was frightened.
"This mulberry ...... Is this called stuffed fruit? It's okay. "The spring rain is incomprehensible.
"Someone has eaten it before, and their lips turned purple, and then they vomited and diarrhea." Xiao Baozi said busily.
"No, it won't. His lips are purple because the jam is colored, and he may have eaten something else. This stuffed fruit also has a name called mulberry, in the south, people use leaves to raise silkworms, and the fruit is very delicious. These books are available, and you can also make jam and fruit wine.
I don't believe you'll taste it......" Chunyu said with the book as a shield again, and ate two more.
“…… Well, it's delicious. "Little Bun believed his eldest sister's words very much, and after eating one, he found that it was really delicious." Sister, you know so much. "It's rare for Xiao Baozi to praise his eldest sister.
"The main reason is that the eldest sister has read, and when the farm is over, the eldest sister asks her father to send you to a private school." Chunyu said with a smile.
"Really?" Xiao Baozi also learned some words from his mother at home, but in fact, he was still very eager to go to school.
"Really." This is also the intention of the spring rain.
Chunyu asked Xiao Baozi not to tell others about the fact that mulberries can be eaten, and the two children ran away and didn't find out about it. Next, Chunyu cut some grass with a sickle and laid it in the back basket, picked it slowly with the little buns, and covered it with some grass on top of it.
Chunyu put the back basket there, picked up the other empty basket and turned around with a small bun.
She also found a lot of wild herbs, wild celery, red amaranth, purslane, and so on......
The most surprising thing for her was that she found a mint leaf, and she directly uprooted the mint and prepared to plant it at home, so that she could clean her teeth and make tea and drink it later......
The wild peaches and apricots were also picked, and after the spring rain turned a little painful in his legs, he found that the two back baskets had been loaded slowly. And the two children also ran back, counting that the time was almost time, and Chunyu had no choice but to go down the mountain with them.
When she got home, her mother had already returned, and sure enough, it was inevitable that she would fall for a while.
However, Chunyu told her about pickled fruits and mulberry wine, and said that she wanted to try to see if she could go to the town to sell them, because her previous idea made the family earn a lot of money, and her mother had to let her go.