"Sister Man'er, it's Uncle They're here." Lian Ye'er hurriedly stepped forward and said to Lian Man'er.

It turned out to be Zhang Qinglai. This season is the season when fresh mountain goods come down, and when Zhang Qingnian and them come, they must have sent fresh local products from the mountains to Lian Man'er's family. When Zhang Qingnian came over, he usually came in the morning, left after eating, and did not stay overnight.

Lian Man'er hurriedly told Shen Jin that she wanted to go home with Xiao Qi.

The uncle's mother is here, and he will leave soon, the Shen family brothers and sisters are reluctant, so they let Lian Man'er and Xiao Qi go back.

Lian Man'er said goodbye to Shen Liu, Shen Jin, and Shen Qian, and Shen Liu arranged a sedan chair for Lian Man'er. Lian Man'er and Lian Ye'er sat in a sedan chair, and Xiao Qi still rode a horse and hurried home.

As soon as he entered the courtyard gate, Zhang Caiyun greeted him with a smile.

"Man'er, I miss you to death." Zhang Caiyun came up and grabbed Lian Man'er, and looked at Xiao Qi again, "Xiao Qi seems to have grown taller again." ”

A few children entered the house laughing and laughing. Zhang Qingshan and Li didn't come this time, and only sent Zhang Qingnian and Zhang Wang's family to bring Zhang Caiyun here. Everyone greeted each other, and it was another lively greeting.

Zhang and Lian Zhi'er were cooking, and Zhang Caiyun took Lian Man'er and Xiao Qi to see what they brought.

Two baskets of late-ripening rhubarb apricots, one basket of green sand fruits, the other baskets are full of all kinds of fresh mushrooms, fresh fungus, and two baskets are full of small red fruits.

"Rake." Everything else is ordinary, Xiao Qi saw the two baskets of red fruits, and his eyes immediately lit up.

"I know that your daughter-in-law eats this." Zhang Caiyun smiled, "...... We picked it up the mountain yesterday, and we were afraid that we wouldn't be able to let it go, so we all picked it off with the leaves. You pick out the ones that are particularly cooked and rotten and eat them, and put the rest in your cellar, and you can leave them for two more days. ”

It is a kind of wild fruit unique to the mountains in the area of Shaoguotun. The plant is a small shrub with a finger-sized fruit that is fiery red when fully ripe and has an extremely sweet taste. Even the Man'er sisters love to eat it, and they all agree that it is the best wild fruit.

Most of them grow in the mountains, even in the orchards in the mountains of Zhang Qingshan's family. To pick the rake, you have to go deeper and more dangerous into the mountains. Moreover, the number of such wild fruits is not very large.

The Zhang family specially went up to the mountain and picked so many rakes for them and sent them over, which made Lian Man'er feel that any kind of words of gratitude were vain.

Lian Man'er sent Xiaoxi to wash some rakes and send them up, so she pulled Zhang Caiyun to sit on the kang and talk.

"Why didn't my grandfather and grandmother come?" Lian Man'er asked Zhang Caiyun.

"Didn't you buy a lot of trees this year, and now they are bearing fruit, and you can't leave people. Even if you hire someone, you can't keep it busy. Neither of them was at ease, so they had to watch, so they didn't come. Zhang Caiyun said to Lian Man'er.

In the past two years, the Zhang family's life has become better and better, so they bought another orchard in the spring of this year. However, on the side of Shaoguotun, it is generally not said how many orchards there are, but how many specific fruit trees there are.

"Then my uncle and aunt have to go back today, can't they stay for two days?" Lian Man'er asked.

"I'll have to go back after dinner." Zhang Caiyun said, "By the way, will you go back with Xiao Qi with us?" My grandfather and grandmother always talk at home, let you two go and stay for two months. ”

"I'm afraid it will be a few days." Lian Man'er said that she told Zhang Caiyun about Shen Jin, and Xiao Qi went to Nianyuan to study with Shen Qian.

"Then this is a good thing, Xiao Qi's study is the most important. We can go anywhere. Zhang Caiyun said immediately, and then curiously pulled Lian Man'er and asked, "That Shen Jin, what does it look like?" Isn't it different from us?...... Oh, I haven't seen the daughter of the Shen family in this city. ”

Shen Jin felt that everything in the countryside was novel, and Zhang Caiyun was also curious about Shen Jin, a girl from a big family in the city. Moreover, Zhang Caiyun is not the only one who is so curious. Lian Ye'er has asked these questions.

"If you stay here a few more days, you'll know. Anyway, I hired someone to do the work, and my mother will definitely have to keep you for a while. Lian Man'er smiled. Although Zhang Caiyun is a girl, she is the first grandson/daughter of Zhang Qingshan and the Li family, and she is very favored in the Zhang family. The conditions of the Zhang family are good, and they will not be accustomed to children being lazy, nor will they be forced to arrange them to work. Zhang Caiyun has always lived very freely. "When the time comes, I'll take you to the Nian Garden to have a look."

Zhang Caiyun grinned. If this was someone else, he would definitely have to say a few polite words, but Zhang Caiyun didn't. First, she is a person, and her personality is particularly hearty and generous, and second, there is no need for that type of cliché between their cousins.

"Can you go?" Zhang Caiyun asked.

Zhang Caiyun has never been to Nian Garden, so she naturally wants to go and see it, and she also wants to see Shen Jin.

"Yes." Lian Man'er nodded, "I just have to wait for two more days." "I have to wait for Shen Liu to leave, Shen Liu's rules are big. Of course, even Man'er didn't say this.

"Wait two days, just wait two days." Zhang Caiyun didn't ask much, and was very happy.

At noon, Zhang's prepared a table of sumptuous meals, all of which were close relatives, and everyone didn't share the table, they ate at the same table, and even Shouxin accompanied Zhang Qingnian to drink two glasses of wine.

After eating, resting for a while, and seeing that the weather was not so hot, Zhang Qingnian and Zhang Wang said goodbye and left.

These two are the pillars of the family, and it is impossible to stay at this season, so the Zhang family opened his mouth to leave Zhang Caiyun.

“…… There is no shortage of money, and you will hire two more people for the work in the fields and in the mountains, and you will not be tired. I won't keep the two of you, let Caiyun stay in my house. Zhang said.

Zhang Qingnian and Zhang Wang agreed very happily.

“…… Listen to your aunt's words, don't recruit Man'er and Xiaoqi to play crazy with you, learn from your sister Zhi'er, and do whatever you can to help your aunt. When Zhang Wang went out, he instructed Zhang Caiyun.

"Got it, mother." Zhang Caiyun deliberately made a low-eyed appearance to agree.

Everyone was amused by her.

Later, Lian Man'er sent someone to investigate, and heard that Shen Liu had returned to Nian Garden with Shen Jin and Shen Qian after seeing Xiao Shen Tun's Zhuangzi.

“…… Tomorrow, the sixth master will leave, I think I will take Xiao Qi to see it in a while, and we will divide the fresh mountain goods, which is also a little bit of our meaning. Lian Man'er discussed with Lian Shouxin and Zhang.

Even Shouxin and the Zhang family naturally had no objections, and they were busy picking out the best ones and preparing to send them to the mountain.

Lian Man'er told Zhang Caiyun again, and asked Lian Zhi'er to accompany her first.

"I understand this, just our family, if there are two groups of guests, one group of people will go first, and you have to accompany the others to go first. Besides, I'm not a guest. Go ahead, I'll do needlework with my aunt and Sister Zhi'er. Although Zhang Caiyun does not read and write, she understands the general principles of human relations.

Lian Man'er and Xiao Qi came to Nian Garden with a few baskets of mountain goods they picked out.

They were still led to the Evergreen Garden, and Shen Liu, Shen Jin, and Shen Qian were all there.

"This is what my uncle sent me today, and it's not something unusual, it's just a fresh." Lian Man'er asked Xiaoxi and Xiaoqing to carry a few baskets of things, and said with a smile.

"That's good." Shen Jin saw those fresh mushrooms and fungus, and said with a smile.

Fresh mountain goods, especially those mushrooms, are packed in baskets, and they all have a fresh aroma.

"Just use these few things, boil them thickly to make the soup base, and the shabu-shabu is the most delicious." Lian Man'er said. At this time, the sky outside has turned a little cloudy. In this season's thirty-mile camp, it rains in the evening, which is the most frequent thing.

"Let's make shabu-shabu at night." Shen Liu suddenly spoke.

Next, someone took down a few baskets of mushrooms and fungus and cleaned them up.

"What is this, Man'er?" Shen Qian looked at the small basket that Lian Man'er was carrying in his hand and asked.

Lian Man'er looked at Shen Jin and Shen Liu, and she couldn't help but purse her lips and smile when she saw that these two people didn't know the things in her basket.

The production of this rake is small, and the people in the mountains, except for those who are particularly accustomed to children, really don't go out of their way to pick this, and as for the market, there is no sale.

Like the brothers and sisters of the Shen family, even if they claim to have eaten all the delicacies of the mountains and seas, they have never eaten the rakes that all the children in the mountains have eaten. And the rake, whether in taste or nutrition, is not inferior to those expensive fruits, or even rarer.

"This is a ......," Lian Man'er explained well, and handed the basket to the waiting girl, and asked her to wash some and bring it up.

Shen Jin and Shen Qian ate it, and they both praised it for being delicious. Although Shen Liu didn't say anything, he also nodded in approval.

Lian Man'er accompanied Shen Jin, talking while eating, and Lian Man'er inadvertently mentioned Zhang Caiyun.

"Your cousin? Since you live in your house, why didn't you bring her with you?" Shen Jin said.

"After two days, I'll bring her to say hello to the fifth sister." Lian Man'er laughed.

As they spoke, the clouds were already thick outside, and with a few thunderbolts, lightning pierced the sky, and then the rain began to pour down.

"You brothers and sisters don't have to rush back, let's eat dinner together." Shen Liu finished eating the rake, was wiping his mouth, and when he saw that it was raining, he said to Lian Man'er and Xiao Qi.

Lian Man'er made a slight excuse, and then responded.

Sure enough, the dinner was a hot pot with a mushroom soup base, and it was raining outside, so Shen Liu left Shen Jin, Shen Qian, Lian Man'er and Xiao Qi in Evergreen Garden to eat together.

Shabu-shabu is originally the atmosphere when there are more people.

During the banquet, Shen Liu's attitude was extraordinarily gentle, which made Shen Qian and Shen Jin, who were usually a little restrained in front of him, much more relaxed, everyone talked and laughed, and the atmosphere was extraordinarily cheerful and harmonious.

Shen Liu didn't say much, but he rarely smiled all the time.

After dinner, although the rain was lighter, it had not stopped. The girls brought tea, and Shen Jin and Shen Qian both left Lian Man'er and Xiao Qi to drink tea, and waited for the rain to stop before going down the mountain.

"Man'er, come on, I have something to tell you." Shen Liu got up and said. (To be continued)

()