Chapter 12: Harvesting Peanuts
There was nothing to say all night, and the next morning, Ye Xiaoyan pulled San'er to get up, and after breakfast, San'er led the way, picked up the back basket and picked up the hoe and went to the back mountain.
It is said that this peanut field could have been harvested earlier, because she didn't like to eat peanuts, so she didn't take it seriously, but now that someone has made this idea, why can't she take advantage of those two families.
From the village to this mountain, you have to pass through a forest, and the terrain naturally seems to be a lot more remote, Ye Xiaoyan thought that the peanuts planted here were just a way, and she didn't want to wait until she dug out one, but the plump peanuts frightened her.
This kind of seed is a long peanut, and it can grow to three to four peanut flesh in a shell, and then look at this shell that is not small, it is completely a big harvest!
She doesn't like peanuts, but peanuts can be sold for money, and they can also be fried in peanut oil! Looking at the peanuts in these seven points, there are also four or five points of peanuts, and it is not a problem to produce more than 100 or 200 catties.
"San'er, let's dig it quickly!" Ye Xiaoyan said, fortunately, Old Man Liu's family also left a few small hoes for convenience before, so it is not too difficult to dig up like this.
Thinking of the big hoe at home that was taller than her and weighed about fifteen or sixteen pounds, she was stunned, but San'er said that although the hoe was big, the ground was the deepest. It is also Mr. Liu's favorite hoe, and it is also the hoe he is most proud of.
Well, I don't know why, Miss Ye thinks this hoe is very suitable for digging the foot of the wall............ Okay, okay, Miss Ye is evil......
Because of the lack of manpower, Ye Xiaoyan and San'er got up at dawn, and when they arrived in the field, they were just bright. At this time, the sun has slowly come into orbit, slowly exerting its poisonous ingredients......
Miss Ye hated this feudal and backward ancient times, and women had to wear at least two clothes in summer, no fans, no air conditioning, and only manual hand cranking. Look at her hair at this time, her hair has been soaked with sweat, and she has also taken a sweat shower on her body, and her whole body is hot and sticky.
Looking up at San'er next to him, his handsome face had been dyed red, and his sweat-soaked hair was a little sticky together, falling together with his movements, which made his unique charm even more apparent.
Just as Ye Xiaoyan was drooling at an eight-year-old child, a shout came from behind, "Huh? Uncle Liu's family, you also harvest peanuts today?! ”
When I looked back, I saw a big man with a black face and a beard standing in the ground with a hoe, followed by three teenagers.
"Aang! Yes, you also harvest peanuts?! The reason why she said this was because the land where Hei Dahan stood was also a peanut field, and Ye Xiaoyan was curious about whose peanut field was opposite.
"We were just busy with the work in the field yesterday, so why don't we take back the peanuts first, and take advantage of this weather to dry them in less than two days after the threshing floor!"
It seems that this big black man is enthusiastic, and Ye Xiaoyan said so much as soon as he asked him.
On the other hand, Ye Xiaoyan didn't know how to say it, so he smiled slightly embarrassedly, "Oh, yes!" ”
"Second brother!" San'er raised his head and politely shouted to the big black man, his handsome face did not look like an eight-year-old child. Then he whispered to Ye Xiaoyan, "This is Second Brother Zhang, and behind him are his three sons, Zhang Xiaodi, Zhang Xiaotian, and Zhang Xiaoxuan."
Ye Xiaoyan nodded lightly to show understanding.
"San'er, hehe...... You're helping to harvest peanuts too! Zhang Desheng smiled.
"Uh-huh!"
"Ye Hua'er, are you okay?!" The thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy behind Zhang Desheng tilted his head and asked, his mouth pursed slightly, his face was delicate, and he looked innocent.
"Huh? What the? Ye Xiaoyan was stunned, what do you mean?
"You stinky boy, how many times has Lao Tzu taught you, why do you still make such a mistake......" Zhang Desheng knocked on Zhang Xiaotian's head with a chestnut, and scolded secretly in his heart, just call people by their names on weekdays, and call them by their names in person, begging for beating.
"Daddy......" Zhang Xiaotian pursed his lips, touching his head with a look of grievance.
"Let you remember it longer!" Zhang Desheng's face was flat.
"Got it!" Zhang Xiaotian glanced at his father dissatisfied, and said to Ye Xiaoyan, "You slept for several days in those days, and even Lang Zhong said that you couldn't live...... Zhang Xiaotian wanted to continue, but was kicked mercilessly by Zhang Desheng, "You stinky boy doesn't have a long memory, right?" Don't hurry up and work for Lao Tzu! ”
"......" Zhang Xiaotian sighed in the sky, why was Ye Huaer beaten by his own father as long as he said it? It's not fair......
Zhang Xiaodi on the side seemed to know what his younger brother was thinking, smiled incomprehensibly, and urged, "Why don't you go to work soon?!" ”
"I know, I know!" Zhang Xiaotian waved his hand impatiently, picked up the hoe and dug up the soil. Seven-year-old Zhang Xiaoxuan was left to sit on the ground with a happy face and watch the three of them work.
Looking at this family, Ye Xiaoyan couldn't help but laugh, is this father's love? In fact, I lived a very fulfilling life...... looked at San'er, who had been digging peanuts hard, and at Zhang Xiaoxuan, who was sitting on the field with a leisurely face, and felt a little uncomfortable!
Shouldn't San'er, a half-grown child, sit leisurely like Zhang Xiaoxuan? And he kept his head down in his work, letting the sweat soak through his clothes.
Looking at San'er's sackcloth with a lot of patches, he sighed secretly, next time he must add two good clothes for him!
"San'er, it's going to be cold when you rest!" Ye Xiaoyan wiped his sweat.
"I'm not tired!" San'er Road.
"Then you drink saliva!" Ye Xiaoyan said, put down the hoe and took out the kettle covered with a cloth from the back basket, and covered it with a cloth for fear of getting dirty things into the tea. Poured a cup of tea and handed it to San'er.
San'er straightened up, and wanted to take it, but when he saw his dirty paws, and remembered that his little mother loved to be clean, he retracted his hand, "I'm not thirsty!" ”
I'm not thirsty, my lips are dry! Ye Xiaoyan glanced at him and said with a smile, "Hurry up and drink!" You don't think I dare to drink the tea with dirty hands, do you?! ”
"No, no, no!" San'er pursed his mouth, "My hands are dirty!" ”
Ye Xiaoyan chuckled, "You see my hands are clean?" We're in the ground, and you're still paying so much attention to it? Let's drink it first! ”
San'er smiled at Ye Xiaoyan at this time, showed a mouthful of white teeth, took half of the water and drank it, and handed it to Ye Xiaoyan, "Little lady also drinks!" ”
"Yes!" Ye Xiaoyan took the tea and drank it to the bottom of the day, and then put the cup into the back basket. Keep working.
While digging peanuts, Zhang Xiaotian occasionally glanced at Ye Xiaoyan in the ground opposite, his mouth pursed, his eyes rolled, and he didn't know what was going on in his head......
The hottest day is at noon, when the sun hangs on the sky, and it does everything it can to expose all living things in the world......
Zhang Desheng's father and son only brought a pot of tea, but they had already finished drinking it, and they thought that it was almost noon, and the child's mother would bring water when she brought food, so she kept holding it......
"San'er, you can send tea to Second Brother Zhang, we still have a big pot left!" Ye Xiaoyan leaned closer to San'er and said softly.
San'er raised her head with an innocent expression, "Didn't the little lady say that it costs Chai He to make tea?!" ”
"You stinky boy!" Miss Ye was funny and angry, "Hurry up and send the tea!" I'll pack the peanuts and we'll go home!" ”
"Good!" San'er replied and turned around, a bright smile flashed in his eyes.
When San'er gave the teapot to Zhang Desheng, Zhang Desheng excused himself several times, and finally San'er said that he was going home, and the tea was poured without drinking. Zhang Desheng took a look at Ye Xiaoyan, who had been filling the back basket with peanuts, and then took the tea and drank it with a few of his own boys.
When San'er came back with the empty pot, Miss Ye had already put the peanuts on the ground into the back basket one by one, and then looked at the seven points of the ground and dug up three points, Miss Ye smiled with satisfaction, waiting for one time in the afternoon and one time tomorrow morning, and it would be almost finished.
However, digging more is good, but it is also necessary to help one's own strength, Ye Xiaoyan only put more than ten catties of peanuts into his back basket in order to let San'er carry less, and the rest are all packed in his own big back basket, so that her small body can't carry it at all.
Miss Ye was in a hurry, and shook the hoe in a dashing manner, and the hoe was stunned before falling to the ground after showing a perfect arc in mid-air!
Miss Ye rubbed her hands, took a deep breath, was stunned to use her strength to eat, she didn't want to get up, she was angry, bent her feet and kicked the stone in front of her as if angry, but because the back basket was too big, Miss Ye tossed it like this, and turned it over directly.
It doesn't matter if the back basket is overturned, the important thing is that she deliberately chose a rather steep terrain, because she just thought that the strength of the ground at the top and the bottom is relatively large, so it led to this tragic result......
The back basket overturned, and Miss Ye put her arms in the two back ropes of the back basket, so Miss Ye also turned over... With a scream from Miss Ye, the round back basket with Miss Ye rolled twice on the steep slope and finally fell to the flat ground...... After landing on the ground, Miss Ye was facing the bottom with her back to the sky, and the peanuts on her back rumbled and buried her head, and her head unfortunately fell on the stone.
"Little lady!" San'er panicked, threw away the teapot in his hand, and hurriedly ran towards Ye Xiaoyan.
Ye Xiaoyan fell, Zhang Desheng and his son hurriedly put down the hoe in their hands and rushed over, and San'er put the peanuts on her head away, Zhang Desheng held her arm and pulled it up, Zhang Xiaodi quickly picked up the back basket, Zhang Xiaotian also saw this, and took off the two harnesses she was carrying.
"Little lady......" San'er cried, Ye Xiaoyan bit a peanut vigorously, closed his eyes and didn't speak, his forehead was already red because he had just knocked on the stone, and his hand was also scratched in several places.
"Ye Hua'er, Ye Hua'er...... Don't die......" Zhang Xiaotian panicked, and Ye Xiaoyan's face was very pale at this time.