After a while, the two brothers came to Lao Li's house, Lao Li was sitting on a rattan chair and smiling and watching Bai Yulian accompany the little girl to kick the shuttlecock, and his wife was sitting on a small bench to sew clothes.

In recent years, the life of Lao Li's family can be said to have undergone earth-shaking changes, the three sons and daughter-in-law are all working in the Zhuangzi, and the wages of the six people add up to 50 taels of silver, and the eldest daughter-in-law also got a reward of 50 taels of silver because of the improvement of the method of raising chickens. Every month, the three sons will hand over 10 taels of silver to Lao Li, the family has food and money, the grandchildren are all in class in Chaoyang Courtyard, and the eldest grandson is already working, working as a cement craftsman, and has 10 taels of monthly money. Now Lao Li is walking around the town when he has nothing to do, looking for an old man to talk about the past, sighing that now, or resting at home, no matter where he goes, he is always smiling, causing the wrinkles on his face to get deeper and deeper.

As soon as Zhu Houzhao's brothers entered the courtyard, Lao Li was about to get up to greet him, but Zhu Houwei raised his hand to stop him, and then looked at the two people playing in the courtyard. Staring at Bai Yulian with bright eyes, with an almost demented smile on his face, Zhu Houwei sighed on the side, this brother is hopeless.

Bai Yulian is also 15 this year, just a few months younger than Zhu Houzhao, the girl developed earlier, and the people of the Ming Dynasty still seemed to be more precocious, and now she looks like a slim girl. Objectively speaking, Bai Yulian's facial features are exquisite, her nose and mouth are small and exquisite, her eyes are big and bright, she has a dimple on her left cheek, and her face is a goose egg face, which is very in line with the aesthetic standards of this era, but her complexion is not very white, and she is already 165 tall, which is higher than Zhu Houzhao.

The basic standard education of Chaoyang Academy, Bai Yulian is the elite education of Bai Xiaode's single tutoring, and she has been studying at home for the past two years, and the new teaching materials in Chaoyang Academy have also been studied. Coupled with the perennial practice of martial arts, standing there with a heroic spirit in the elegance of the station, this somewhat contradictory temperament makes her very eye-catching. No, Zhu Houzhao is already dead.

Under Zhu Houzhao's endless, undisciplined and shy and stalking-tired enemy tactics in the past few years, the relationship between Zhu Houzhao and Bai Yulian has also made a breakthrough.

But Zhu Houwei is different, how do the two basically communicate, even now when the two meet, they just nod their heads and say hello. It's not annoying it after a long time, but it's just that he's used to it like this, and Zhu Houwei doesn't want to be cheeky enough to please Bai Yulian. Zhu Houwei's heart is not very big.

Seeing the two brothers coming, Bai Yulian and the little girl stopped kicking the shuttlecock, and Zhu Houwei stepped forward and said with some excitement, "Yulian, thank you for playing with my sister." Bai Yulian lowered her head slightly, looked at the little girl, and said in a calm tone, "How many times have I told you, don't call me by my name, call me senior sister, and besides, I like to play with my children, it has nothing to do with you." ”

The little girl grimaced at Zhu Houzhao next to her, "That's it, that's it, my brother is making himself amorous again, right, Sister Lian." Bai Yulian looked at the little girl and nodded with a smile. Zhu Houzhao just didn't hear it, and continued to laugh stupidly.

Zhu Houwei stroked his forehead with one hand, and thought in his heart, "First love makes people look like an idiot, and this idiot has greatly lost the dignity of a man, so how can I straighten my waist in front of this unlovely girl in the future." ”

The little girl ran over and asked with concern, "Second brother, are you okay, are you uncomfortable?" Zhu Houwei immediately took down his palm and replied, "No, I was thinking about things just now." Just when she saw Bai Yulian's gaze coming, she had to nod her head to say hello, and Bai Yulian also nodded lightly.

At this time, Zhu Houwei proposed, "Let's go to the mountain to pick some fruits, it just so happens that the fruit trees on the mountain are bearing fruit." Saying that, he was still giving Zhu Houwei a look, Zhu Houwei originally didn't want to go, he didn't go, the little girl definitely didn't want to be a light bulb, and with such a large public, Bai Yulian would definitely not choose to be alone with Zhu Houzhao.

The little girl was looking at Zhu Houwei, Zhu Houwei looked at Zhu Houzhao's eyes that were about to pop out, so she had to nod and agree, the little girl was also very excited, going up the mountain to pick fruits was very much liked by the little girl, but unfortunately there was no fruit on the fruit trees in the first two years, even if some varieties were fruitful, the taste was not very good.

A few years ago, most of the trees planted on the mountains were fruit seedlings, or small trees that had not yet reached the fruit-bearing period, but today is the first batch of fruit trees to bear fruit. It is now the third month of spring, which is the month of April and May of the Gregorian calendar, and many kinds of fruit trees on the mountain are bearing full fruits.

When the four of them arrived at the foot of the mountain, they saw that the various fruit trees on the mountain were either blooming or had already borne fruit, and the smell of spring could be smelled here by a gentle sniff. This mountain is the one that is enclosed, the slope is very low, the highest point is estimated to be about 100 meters, but it covers a wide area, so there are many fruit trees on it, about 100,000 trees, all kinds of varieties, so that this mountain has vitality in all seasons.

The four of them came halfway up the mountain. The fruit trees here have already borne fruit, and the little girl and Bai Yulian have stepped forward to pick them, while the two brothers are waiting in the back to catch them with baskets. At this time, a pomegranate forest, the tree hung large and small pomegranates, Bai Yulian and the little girl picked the big pomegranates that bent the branches where they could reach, of course, the speed was relatively slow, Zhu Houzhao "staggered" and climbed to the 2-meter-high pomegranate tree, and quickly picked two pomegranates the size of adult fists. Then they were thrown over one by one like Bai Yulian and the little girl, and after the two received it, they put it in a basket on the ground, and it was filled with a basket in a short time. Zhu Houwei shouted at this time, "Okay, so much is enough, what about others?" Only then did Zhu Houwei get off the tree, and several people continued to walk forward.

After walking a short distance, I arrived at a loquat forest, there were countless yellow-orange loquats, Zhu Houwei first picked one and peeled the skin and ate it. When I took a bite, the juice splashed and the taste was very sweet. Several other people also picked it and began to eat, and the delicious loquat made several people feel very good.

The little girl said, "If only I could eat so many fruits in winter." When Zhu Houwei heard this, he was stunned, and then became excited. It is not impossible for people in a frightening dream to keep fruits until winter, and the canned fruits made in later generations are famous. The absence of preservatives in it, the long shelf life, and the good taste are all its advantages. What is needed is a glass jar, which is not a technical problem for Zhu Houwei now.

In the case of canned bayberry, for example, the ingredients to be prepared are bayberry and rock sugar. First of all, bayberry plus mineral water, the amount of water is not more than bayberry, it doesn't matter how much, add an appropriate amount of rock sugar; The second is to boil for about 15 minutes on low heat, and the boiling time can be extended, subject to the appropriate amount of soup; Third, use a spoon to squeeze the bayberry properly, so that the bayberry juice oozes out, but do not crush it all; Then turn off the heat and let it cool naturally before putting it in the ice cellar.

It should be noted that the disinfection of glass cans is actually very simple, first wash the glass bottles, boil them in water and sterilize them; Then boil the bottle, take it out and put it upside down on a clean cloth and let it cool. The glass bottle mouth should have a screw-neck, so that as long as there is a corresponding cap screwed tightly, it can also be plugged directly with a cork.

To make cans, you need not only glass but also sugar, which is not very cheap, but this is not a problem, and when the time comes, you can sell the cans more expensive.

At this juncture, it can not only be used for civilian use, but also for military use, and the army's food has always been a difficult problem, and soldiers fighting abroad will not eat very well, and sometimes they have to eat food that has already become rancid, which greatly affects morale. Once you have this kind of easily stored can, it will definitely be welcomed by the army. The nutrients provided by the fruit can also ensure that the crew does not get sepsis during long voyages. "Canned fruit must be made," Zhu Houwei said secretly in his heart.

Zhu Houwei smiled at the little girl and said, "Don't worry, you will definitely be able to eat all kinds of fruits this winter." The little girl had always believed in the words of the second brother, so she smiled and nodded.

Then the four of them continued to pick plums, peaches, apricots, Zhu Houwei and Bai Yulian in front of a group of two, and the little girl and Zhu Houwei walked behind and ate while walking, very comfortable. The smell of fruit left the laughter of the four people on the mountain. Of course, after picking a lot, Empress Hongzhi Zhang and Lao Li's family all have a share. Bai Xiaode hasn't come back yet, but the days should be soon. Bai Yulian was still a little unhappy that the two brothers had sent their father to such a distant place, and Zhu Houzhao served her diligently, which was much better.