Chapter 14 The mountains are beautiful and the fruits are sweet

At last I saw the small riverbed, which had long since dried up, and beyond this small riverbed was a meadow with only low forest and shrubs, inaccessible and rarely visited, and the grass had grown to knee-high height.

Standing on the riverbed and looking over, the wind blows, the grass is faint, and the green grass waves are flooded with white waves from time to time, and these white waves are the white fluff on the back of the leaves of the grass.

In this grass wave, you can also see pieces of flashing and moving blue-red light spots, in which, there are more hidden, just like the green starry sky, the blue galaxy! These blue points of light are bush berries, blueberries, commonly known as persimmons, which are the delicious gifts given by nature to human beings.

In the low forest not far away, there are mountain grapes that climb and grow, in terms of economic value, mountain grapes are a little worse than blue mold, the advantage is that it is easier to pick than blueberries, this mountain grape grows in the mountains is mainly born by water, unlike ordinary mountain grapes, the locals call them water grapes, and the water and sugar content is almost comparable to the grapes planted.

Sun Yi first set his goal on blueberries, the time to pick them every day is limited, and it gets dark late in summer, but it is completely dark at eight o'clock, so he must return at about five o'clock, and the return journey is reloaded, and he has to go more slowly.

Sun Yi walked knee-deep through the grass, the jagged edges of the blades of grass scratched his clothes and trousers, making a brushing sound, and from time to time he would see a thin wave in the meadow stretching quickly into the distance, which was alarming the hare hiding in it.

If this grass wave is in the shape of a sinuous wave, then you have to be careful, because ten out of ten are snakes, and there are few poisonous snakes in the north, and it is not nothing, in case it is bitten by an iron pit viper, this thing is very poisonous, and it is alone, and it will definitely die.

So a snake scare stick is a must, first hit the grass to scare the snake, and then go deeper, in the center of the meadow, there is a blueberry shrub with almost thousands of acres, even if Sun Yi is tired to death, it is impossible to have a light in a month or two.

Putting down the big basket, a little white eagerly climbed out, sniffed around, and then solved the sanitation problem in a shallow pit first, and then inspected a radius of a few meters, sprinkled a few bubbles of urine and scratched the ground, and then followed Sun Yi with satisfaction, stumbling a few times from time to time.

"Don't get too far away from me, if you really get into this meadow, I won't have a place to find you!" Sun Yi nodded at its forehead and said.

I don't know if I heard it at all, shaking my pure black back, turning my head and sprinkling it, there is a white line from my chin that extends deep into my stomach, and my four claws are also pure white, which will be stained with dirt and shake constantly.

Sun Yi is about to start working, there are professional tools for picking blueberries, if you pick them one by one, you won't tire people to death.

The blueberries of the north are very small, smaller than the little finger, with a purple and red deep blue, and a thick layer of hoarfrost on the surface, and at the top of the fruit, they bloom like pomegranates, and they look very beautiful.

The tool is a self-remade, an iron pinch, and a row of upturned steel wires are welded in front of the pinch, about half a finger apart.

Blueberries are a delicate wild berry that grows in a well-watered place, and if the leaves fall too much, they will die, and this violent picking will destroy the environment in which it grows.

Now Sun Yi occupies such a large place alone, so he is very careful when picking, he will never pick the fruit, and he can't pick it in one place, there are many things, why do you have to kill people from harvesting.

The fruit of this blue mold forest grows vigorously, and with this handful, you can take back the small half-pinch of fruit, shake off the leaves inside, and carefully pour the fruit into the small basket you carry, and when the basket is full, you can pour it into the big basket.

At noon that day, Sun Yi had already picked a large basket of blueberries and covered his head with grass to prevent the sun.

At this time, it was time for lunch, and at this time it was also the time when the sun was at its strongest, Sun Yi picked up the raincoat with a few branches to block the sun, sat on the plastic sheet spread on the ground, nibbled on the steamed buns and ate the pickles he mixed, and the most delicious thing was to bring a few pieces of dried tofu, smear it with sauce, and roll it with wild onions and wild vegetables picked at hand.

The bitterness and astringency of wild vegetables in this season are heavier, so you can only pick the freshest ones to eat, and you are not afraid of bitterness, which is just used to clear away heat and dispel fire.

After eating this meal, I drank some more water, rinsed the residue in my mouth, and used a straw stick to pick my teeth, "When I go back, I will get some small fish, and tomorrow I will make fish sauce!" Sun Yi patted his stomach and fell on the plastic sheet.

The shade of the trees not far away looks tempting, but it is by no means the best choice to cool down there, and it is a nausea to drop a few bugs and swallow them.

After resting for more than an hour, the weather was still hot, Sun Yi still put on his hat and started to work.

By three o'clock in the afternoon, Sun Yi had already picked two large baskets full of blueberries, and the remaining basket was prepared for mountain grapes.

In the dwarf forest not far away, the mountain grapes hang in bunches on the branches, some purple and some red, the big ones are as big as the big finger belly, and the small ones are only as small as the little finger belly, which looks like a string of gems hanging in front of the eyes, which makes people have a great appetite.

However, this kind of mountain grape skin is hard, not suitable for direct eating, adding some sugar to make juice is the best choice, when he was a child, the old grandson often got him a bottle of juice in this season, be sure to add more sugar, and then put it in the water tank town, drink a sip of cold silk sour.

Sun Yi plans to pick some and go back to make wine, and then order some beautiful bottles, and take out the self-brewed fruit wine to give gifts to have face, which is much better than buying things in the market, anyway, he is also a clerk in the village now, and he will have to contact the heads of the town in the future.

It is much easier to pick mountain grapes, this thing is a bunch of bunches, as long as you directly cut off the fruit stalk of the bunches of mountain grapes, this thing is afraid of turbulence, so you have to spread a layer of grass to pick a layer, and all the layers are separated.

Sun Yi's sweat had soaked through his clothes, sprinkled on this green land, and he drank two jars of water, and his body was still strong and powerful.

The three baskets are full, it's time to transport them back, three baskets of wild fruits plus a piece, there are nearly three hundred catties, Sun Yi can carry it, but this thing is large, and there is no way to carry it.

Cut a few branches with a machete, peeled off some willow bark and rolled it into a rope, and magically turned it into a dragging plow in his hand, he has a lot of strength, not afraid of heavy things, if this is put on ordinary people, it will only worry about how to transport it, but more than 20 miles of mountain roads.

I put all three big baskets on the climbing plow, and I crawled around like a mud monkey and climbed up, sniffing around!

"You can't eat this thing, just stay on the grapes honestly and don't pee! This is our own food! Sun Yi nodded his forehead, wiped a handful of sweat, picked up the rope, and with a hey sound, he easily dragged the more than three hundred pounds of things up, and his steps seemed brisk, maybe he could get two more big baskets tomorrow.

When encountering a bad road, he had to stop, carry the basket over, and then carry the climbing plow, along the way, Sun Yi only cared about pulling the goods, and had no time to enjoy the beautiful scenery in the mountains.

The sun had set, and it would be dark in about an hour, and by this time Sun Yi had already begun to cross the river, crossed the river from the shallows, and did not rush back to the village, but walked around the river, planning to eat fish sauce tomorrow.

Sun Yi didn't have any tools in his hands, but for children growing up in mountain villages, it was not difficult to get a few small fish.

At the shallow side of the river, pick up a stone, look for the flat stone in the river, and then throw a stone over it, turn over the stone, and when you are lucky, seven or eight finger-long little willow roots will float up with a white belly, and they will all be stunned.

Sun Yi smashed more than 20 stones and harvested about half a catty of small fish, which was enough for fish sauce.

Wrap these small fish in the wet grass, and they will stay fresh when they get home, and even the gills of the small fish are still moving.

dragged the plough home, first put the blueberries into the barn, to the garden behind the house, stripped himself off, rinsed briefly with the water during the day, changed his clothes, looked in the mirror, and worked all day, not only did he feel tired, but there was a sense of pleasure after the moderate release of strength, and his face was still very energetic, the young man was really energetic and handsome!

Sun Yi gritted his teeth, thought about it, brushed his teeth again, and then went out with the basket of mountain grapes on his back.

If you want to say that the best at making fruit wine in the village is still Aunt Yang in the east of the village, but Aunt Yang is old and can't do it anymore, so it's not good to trouble people.

In fact, there is another main reason, when making fruit pulp, the traditional method is to step on it with your feet, the pulp stepped on by an old lady in her eighties, and the young and beautiful woman with translucent toes must have two tastes, so Sun Yi decided to go to Rodin, who ranked second in the village in making fruit wine.

Walking on the road, I felt my heart beating, and my mind was full of thoughts about the day by the river, Rodin stepped on the water, the flawless jade feet, and the delicate appearance when she stroked her body with both hands, but unfortunately Lao Du jumped out in a hurry, throwing that black and slimy thing and destroying all the beauty.

Although it will be completely dark, Sun Yi can find Tongzai Shangkan even with his eyes closed, it is not too far from his home, as long as he walks forward two houses to Luo Dan's house, he can build a house by himself, and people have helped a lot.

As soon as he arrived at the door, Sun Yi was about to push the door, when he heard movement coming from inside, the sound of muffled heavy breathing, and the time to run quickly, Sun Yi was stunned, could it be that the mule came back? No, I heard that the mules went to the south, and they couldn't come back once in a year and a half, and even if they came back, they would leave in a few days.

The door suddenly opened, and a black shadow crawled out, and Sun Yi could recognize him with his eyes closed, and he couldn't hide the commotion, it was not Lao Du or anyone.