Chapter 42: Picking the Fruit

"The village chief said that everyone would go up the mountain to pick fruits together in two days," Yan Qingshan said during dinner in the evening.

"Is it the fruit tree on the mountain?" Yan Yan remembered that there was a large area of fruit trees on the mountain, which had been planted by the villagers from generation to generation.

"Yes, there was a lot of harvest last year, but the fruit is not easy to store, and many of them are rotten," Yang said with a look of regret, "We all picked slowly, but some of them were too ripe and rotten on the trees, which is a pity." ”

"That's it, but this is a big event in the whole village, and it's good to be lively together," Yan Shaojie remembered that his sister didn't remember some things in the past, and it is estimated that she didn't remember last year's fruit picking activity.

"If you can pick this fruit later, you can pick it later, if it doesn't work, you have to pick it, otherwise it will be a pity if the rotten tree is on it, I think I can make some jam, and it is also good to eat it with steamed buns," Yan Yan thought that he had always smeared jam on bread in his previous life, which was a good way.

"If it really works, go back and talk to the village chief, as long as it is good for the village, the village chief will agree," Yan Shaojie has now read and has gained a lot of knowledge, and the village chief is a sensible person, so he thinks of a good way to say it.

Yan Yan thought that this was a good opportunity, the Yan family had made money now, if they could help the people in the village, and if there were people who provoked trouble, everyone would help the Yan family, this would be very important.

Early in the morning, all the people in the village who could go up the mountain came, and the village chief said, "Pick the ripe ones first, and hang them on the trees first if they can grow for a few days, and you can't get so much at once." Everyone knew that the village chief had arranged for which family to be responsible for which trees, and happily went down to the mountain as a family.

Yan Yan participated for the first time, and when he saw that the mountains were full of people, he said that the laughter startled the birds that had not yet flown south to prepare for the winter. The leaves began to turn yellow and fall, the fruits hung heavily on the trees, and the joy of the harvest filled the hearts, and everyone was elated.

"Yan Yan, my family is in charge of these plum trees," the plum blossom called Yan Yan from a distance.

"My family is in charge of dates," Yan Yan also shouted.

This mountain is planted with plums, dates, oranges and persimmons, only persimmons are picked in early winter, today Yan Shaojie took leave from his master, so Yan Qingshan and Yan Shaojie picked them on the tree, Yang and Yan Yan were responsible for picking up or picking relatively low, or handing something to the father and son.

The men basically planted the tree, and the women and children picked and gathered fruit under the tree. In autumn, the wind was cool, but the temperature was not low, and everyone worked hard in full swing, and at noon they went back to share the fruit and then eat, and continued to pick the fruit in the afternoon. Each family has a lot of fruit, and there are all kinds of fruits, and if you don't like it, you can exchange it with someone who is willing to change it.

Because Yan Yan said that he could teach everyone to make jam, many daughters-in-law and girls came the next day, but it was impossible to make it together, so Yan Yan made his own jam and demonstrated it to everyone.

Yan Yan likes marmalade, so let's make it first. It's best to peel the oranges and break them, because everyone is here and they help to do it.

"I'd like you to make jam for my family," Yang said with a smile.

"If you come to learn from Yan Yan, it's not good to stand there and watch it with a cheeky face," Mei Blossom Niang quipped.

"That's it, we still point to Yan Yan to teach us something," Yang Shuniang really felt satisfied the more she looked at Yan Yan.

"Why am I embarrassed to show off in front of everyone," Yan Yan was embarrassed, she learned from others. This jam is not difficult, that is, the broken orange core is poured into the pot and boiled over high heat, add sugar, the orange peel can also be boiled over the bitter taste and added to it, it can relieve cough and eliminate phlegm, turn to low heat and cook on high heat, add some honey is better, stir while cooking, and when it cools, it can be put into a clean jar and sealed for preservation.