Chapter Eighty-Three: Picking Peach Blossoms and Picking Peach Gum
"Stone, the sister of the second dog, who is she?"
"It's Sister Forsythia's friend." The stone turned around as he spoke, Shen Shuang saw that he was pinching a fat cyan worm in his hand, and even Xiaoshan was pinching one in his hand, Shen Shuang was so frightened that she almost didn't roll down the hillside after seeing the sound, she stabilized her figure and took a few steps back, swallowing her saliva calmly, "You you two, go back and throw the fat worm." ”
Xiaoshan looked at the stone in a daze and asked for his opinion, and the stone tilted his head and asked strangely, "Sister Xiaoshuang, why do you want to throw it?" The milk told me to catch insects and feed them to the chickens, and when the chickens laid eggs, she would boil them for me. ”
Saying that, Shen Shuang saw him throw the worm into a small bamboo basket with a lid on his waist, and carefully grabbed the fat worm that was struggling in Xiaoshan's hand and threw it in before closing the lid, seeing Shen Shuang silently pinching a handful of sweat, what she was most afraid of was these wriggling little insects, which looked disgusting and terrifying, and decided to stay away from him for a while.
However, Xiaoshan seemed to find that his sister didn't like bugs, and silently decided not to catch those bugs for Brother Shi for a while.
Soon, the three of them walked to the halfway slope, the halfway slope to the top of the mountain is full of peach trees, Shen Shuang began to gasp for breath after standing still, she exercised and walked every day these days, this body climbed such a small hill that is not particularly high, it is not particularly difficult, but her lung capacity is not enough, it is definitely not as good as two jumping children, the stone is good all day long up the mountain and down the river, this small hill is not a problem, and the hill works neatly, and the strength is also great, plus the small stove is much more open during this time, and they did not see their children panting at all.
After taking a breath and relieving herself, Shen Shuang set her eyes on the peach blossom tree in front of her, and her eyes lit up when she saw it, such a big peach forest, there must be a lot of peach gum, she immediately remembered peach gum when she saw the peach forest today, she couldn't miss such a good thing.
Shi Zheng and Xiaoshan were looking for the green worms in the grass, and when they turned their heads, they suddenly saw Shen Shuang's excited expression, and asked very curiously, "Sister Xiaoshuang, what are we doing here?" There's nothing to eat here, and I don't even have to dig for a bird's nest, so it's better to go to the east slope to find a hornet's nest. ”
Shen Shuang looked at the stone with a dark face, his face was complicated, "Hornet's nest? Are you still poking hornet's nest? ”
Shi said with a look of pride on his face, and subconsciously straightened his chest, "That's not it, I just set a fire and those wasps have run away, I often do this, there are a lot of bee pupae in the hornet's nest, but it's delicious." Xiaoshan, if you see a hornet today, I'll burn a nest for you to taste. ”
Xiaoshan nodded again and again, Shen Shuang on the side looked at the two of them as good brothers who hooked their shoulders, and their mouths couldn't help twitching, she was leading the two of them towards the peach forest, and suddenly saw a few girls carrying baskets walking out of the peach forest with a smile.
I saw that each of them was holding a few broken peach blossoms in their hands, and the basket in their hands was also full of peach blossom petals, "At this time, it must be very good to sell peach blossom cakes to the town, Xiaoyun, your mother's craftsmanship is so good, can you let us go and take a look." ”
"What's this, even if you come, my family's business has been doing well recently, and the tofu has been sold."
The girl in the lead is very tall, it is Xiao Yun who has a good relationship with Shen Cuini, after the two sides met, Xiao Yun and the others looked at Shen Shuang in surprise, and the smile on their faces was a little less, "Stone, why did you come here?" ”
Shi saw the peach blossom petals in their baskets, and instead of answering her words, he asked curiously, "Sister Xiaoyun?" What are you doing with so many peach blossoms? ”
A girl glanced at him, then looked at Shen Shuang carefully, and without waiting for Xiaoyun to answer, she hurriedly pulled Xiaoyun and the two girls next to her and left.
Shen Shuang turned around in surprise and heard the girls who had already walked away talking in low voices, "What are you pulling us for?" ”
"My mother told me not to talk to the fat granddaughter of the old Shen family."
"Why? Didn't Chunmei and her mother say that she was pregnant with a cub and that she made it up? ”
"Then she also knows that little Orion, what if we mess with her, what if we are unlucky?"
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A few girls with flowers went away, and Shen Shuang turned her head back, as if she didn't care about their words, and led the two little radish heads into the peach blossom forest.
However, when a few girls returned to the village, they said that the fat granddaughter of the Shen family didn't have to work and went to the peach forest to pick flowers and play, which was enviable.
Being in the peach forest, Shen Shuang felt a sense of fantasy, a gust of wind blew, and the falling flowers were colorful.
Shen Shuang looked up, only to feel that the flowering peach blossoms on his head were like pink clouds, and the ground was also covered with fallen peach petals, but because it was not the season when the peaches were ripe, and the villagers were only ready to welcome the spring ploughing, no one had the leisure to come here to step on the spring at all, at best, it was just a few girls to pick peach blossom petals to make peach blossom cakes, and fold a few peach blossoms to decorate at home.
The peach blossom trees here have been some years old, and it can be seen that many peach trees here have been cut down for firewood, after Shen Shuang observed, he had already seen the hills and stones neatly climbing to the trees to break the peach branches, and handed a few peach blossoms in front of him.
"Xiaoshan, are you going to give it to me?"
Xiaoshan scratched his head and nodded a little embarrassedly, he just saw the expression on his sister's face that seemed to like the peach blossoms that other sisters were holding in their hands, so he also learned to fold them to her.
"Thank you, this flower is so beautiful."
Shen Shuang took the two peach blossoms, and then touched the little guy's head, she saw that there were many buds that had not bloomed, and the peach blossoms that had bloomed were also very splendid, and the fragrance of the peach blossoms was also very good, and it also attracted a lot of bees to fly.
Shen Shuang thought to herself, there are so many peach blossoms here, maybe there are wild honeycombs and honey nearby, but it is not easy to find.
At this time, the little wolf cub seemed to smell the fragrance and knew that it had reached its destination, and it also jumped out of the small back basket and ran around, Shen Shuang called it to tell it not to run around, it whined and ran away, and the stone lying on the tree was hanging upside down on the tree with a branch, and asked strangely, "Sister Xiaoshuang, why does the puppy bark like this?" ”
Shen Shuang glanced at him, feeling that this was just a leather monkey, and he even hung his skills upside down, "Come down and work." ”
When the stone heard this, he jumped down without saying anything, "Sister Xiaoshuang, what's the matter, do you also want to pick these petals to make that peach blossom cake to eat?" Sister Xiaoshuang, I think the fish and clams you make are delicious, I want to eat clams again, I go home and go to the stream to catch them for you, can you make it again? ”
Shen Shuang put down the big back basket, put the peach branch in his hand, reached out to the peach tree on the side, reached out and picked a light yellow and translucent peach gum and put it on his hand, "Cheng, as long as you work hard for me today, I will give you a reward when the time comes." ”
Thinking of those delicious foods, Shi couldn't help but swallow his saliva, "Cheng, what are you doing?" Is it peach blossom picking? ”
"The main task of you and Xiaoshan today is to climb up the tree to pick this resin, but try not to climb high, and be careful not to fall down."
Stone craned his neck and looked at the peach gum she was holding in her hand with Xiaoshan, and he asked strangely, "What is this?" What are you doing with this thing? Is this also edible? ”
As he spoke, the stone reached out and picked a hard peach gum and stuffed it into his mouth, but when he bit it, he heard a gurgling sound, "Bah, why is it as hard as a stone?" ”
Shen Shuang: "......" This kid is really a bit stupid.
While speaking, the most real hill has silently climbed to a tree and began to pick up peach gum, there are many of these things in each tree, and it is not difficult to pick up, Shen Shuang is in charge of the trunk, and the two of them are responsible for climbing to the tree to pick, and before they know it, the three of them will soon pick the small half back basket.
This peach forest is very big, no matter how you pick it, you can't finish it, and after seeing that it is almost there, Shen Shuang asked two little helpers to help pick some peach blossom petals and go back to make peach blossom cakes.
Her sister-in-law is at home, and when the time comes, I will discuss with her, maybe I can let her milk loosen her mouth and take some fine flour out, otherwise coarse grain flour will also become, and during this time, I drink multigrain gruel every day, and it is estimated that everyone wants to improve the diet.
Shi estimated that it was because he was worried about the delicious things that Shen Shuang said and the rewards, he worked very hard today, without any slack at all, and there was no other little radish head to take him here to play, so he directly stood in the same camp as Xiaoshan and became a good worker.
When she left from the peach forest, Shen Shuang's back basket contained most of the peach gum in the back basket, she thought that the next time Jiang Zipei's brothers and sisters came to look for her, she could sell this to them, and it would be a small income, it was obvious that the people here did not know the benefits of peach gum, so they would turn a deaf ear to them, so she couldn't miss the opportunity.
After leaving the peach grove on the southern slope, the three of them walked around to the northern slope, where there were more people, all villagers carrying baskets or baskets to pick wild vegetables.
Shen Shuang was now almost immune to these wild vegetables, and he didn't feel anything new, so after completing the task, he picked some mother-in-law, as well as the shepherd's cabbage and gray cabbage that grew all over the hillside, and then left, walking towards the small mountain stream that the stone said.
The north slope is connected to one of the highest peaks of the West Mountain Range, and unlike the firewood peak, which is mostly flat-bottomed forest, this side is a real mountain, and the trees are also shading the sky and the sun, and you can hear a lot of birds.
Shen Shuang was vaguely afraid that there would be fierce beasts here, but it didn't matter if they didn't go deeper.
She looked up at the top of her head while walking, there are some cliffs here, and they are all dangerous peaks, the water of the mountain stream flows down, and the sound of the mountains and rivers is in her ears, she can feel that the temperature here has dropped a lot after entering the mountain, and it should have rained last night, the mountain road here is very slippery, not very easy to walk, but although the mountain roads here are all trails, it can be seen that there are still many villagers coming here.
Shen Shuang and Xiaoshan followed behind the familiar stone, and soon came to the mountain stream he said, as soon as they came to a waterhole on the side of the mountain stream, the stone took off his clothes and plunged down, so fast that Shen Shuang did not react.