When the people saw that they were seated in the barrels, they stopped making fun of them, and watched with great interest at their hands and watched the cailing.

At this time, the two barrels were not far from the shore, and everything was clearly visible.

When the water chestnut blooms, the flowers emerge from the water surface under the leaves, revealing their tender colors in a world of duckweed; When it bears fruit, the water chestnut hides in the water beneath the leaves.

When picking water chestnuts, you need to lift the rosette-shaped water chestnut plate that floats smoothly on the surface of the water, and turn the whole plant upside down to see the water chestnut that grows under the dense leaves.

The two of them kept picking. Finally, I came down once, except for the water chestnut that had not yet grown up, all the others were picked regardless of the old and young, and they were left in the vacant part of the barrel behind them.

Changxing is careful, always gently lifts the water chestnut, picks them one by one, and then throws this water chestnut to the water surface next to it when it is finished, so as to distinguish it from the unpicked water chestnut.

With Liu Sanshun's shouts continue to sound, everyone knows that this water chestnut is also particular, the tender water chestnut is naturally to be pinched off by hand, and the old one should be gently lifted and carefully removed, otherwise, some of the old ones will automatically fall into the water when they touch them.

Liu Xiaomei was very anxious when she saw it, and complained: "Third brother, can you do it lightly?" They all fell into the water. Also, we have to choose slowly if we can save the tender ones from the old ones. ”

Sanshun smiled: "If it falls, it will fall, and it will be kept anyway." Little sister, I can't separate the old from the young, and I have no place to put it. ”

Chrysanthemum hurriedly said: "Good points." You put the old ones aside, and the tender ones aside, even if you throw a few wrong ones, it's better than mixing them all together. ”

Sanshun glanced at Chrysanthemum and said with a smile: "Bhoo! Then I'll divide it according to what Chrysanthemum said. Changxing, how many have you picked? ”

Li Changxing slashed the barrel forward slightly, and said with a smile: "There are several catties." It's a very fast pick-up. It's just that it's a little uncomfortable to sit curled up in the bucket - the legs are numb. ”

He was now easily able to control the balance of the barrel, and he was not afraid to look up and talk to the people on the ridge, so he smiled and said to the girls, "I have been so fortunate to help you pick water chestnuts, and you will have to share more of them with me later." ”

Bamboo pouted and said, "Naturally, we want to divide you more." But you shouldn't be very polite and say, 'I can't eat much with my mother, let's share more, the girl loves to eat snacks, I don't like to eat, how can you talk to us!' ”

Meizi and Liu Xiaomei lowered their heads and laughed when they heard this, and Chrysanthemum and Xiaoxiu also laughed softly; Li Changxing looked at the bamboo helplessly, and couldn't think about her sharp mouth, but he was obviously not unhappy, but shook his head at her with a smile on the corner of his mouth.

Gui Zhi smiled at the bamboo and said, "Why do you keep making trouble with him?" ”

The bamboo stopped squeaking, could it be that she wanted to hit Li Changxing when she saw his stinky appearance? Even if it were, it wouldn't be able to tell.

Liu Sanshun saw that Li Changxing was deflated, and said gloatingly: "Want to divide you more?" Aren't you 'pulling your teeth out?' Look at me, don't open that mouth at all, wait for our little sister to share how much! ”

When the people on the ridge heard this, they laughed again.

Xiaoxiu looked at Liu Sanshun, who had been rowed to the middle of the pond, and picked water chestnuts with a smile, with a bright smile on her round face, like a breeze, she unconsciously smiled at the corners of her mouth, lowered her head and pinched water chestnut vegetables, and glanced at him quietly from time to time, and was in a very happy mood.

Li Changxing was so angry that he threw a water chestnut vegetable in his hand into the water next to him and said, "Didn't you deliberately scold me?" I know I don't have a sister, and I still say this. Sister-in-law, you'll have to talk to me later. He shouted at Meizi.

Meizi smiled and comforted him: "Xingzi, you can rest assured, you will definitely not be missing." Go to my house for dinner in the evening. ”

Li Changxing smiled with satisfaction: "Just fry water chestnut rice with chili peppers." He also ordered food, which made Li Changming shake his head at him funny.

The girls under the willow tree pinched the water chestnut and turned the pile of water chestnut into a mess.

What for? Looking for water chestnuts! Chrysanthemum is especially happy, in fact, she wants to sit on the barrel and go down to the pond to experience it.

Zhao Dazui saw that she picked a lot of water chestnuts, and said with a smile: "Sister Chrysanthemum, do you like to eat water chestnuts so much?" I remember that you also put some water chestnuts in the fish pond, can you pick them now? ”

Chrysanthemum smiled: "I can pick it." I'm going to pick up miles in a few days. If I could sit down in a barrel and pick it up today, I would have experience next time. ”

Without waiting for Zhao Dazui to answer, Gui Zhi hurriedly persuaded: "It's better to go down—it's not fun to fall into the water." Let you go down, the people on this pond are not at ease. ”

Li Changming also said: "Picking water chestnuts is interesting, but it's actually not fun, didn't you hear Changxing say that your legs are numb?" Your water chestnut, just wait for the Aoki family to come and let him go down and pick it. Otherwise, if your father doesn't dare to go down, I'll pick it for you. ”

Meizi nodded violently on the side, she didn't dare to let the chrysanthemum go down, the chrysanthemum had once fallen into the water

Liu Xiaomei pouted into the pond and said, "What are you doing with all these gods?" Aren't there ready-made people in the pond? Chrysanthemum, let my third brother help you. There are still a few lotus pods in your fishpond, and it's time to pick them and eat the tender ones. Hua smiled happily: "Hello! I've wanted to pick it for a long time, but I can't reach it. Do you think it's strange, there are so many lotus leaves, why do you grow a few lotus flowers? "There are not a few lotus flowers in the pond this year, and the wish to see more lotus flowers has not come true.

For this, everyone can't say a word.

At this time, the two people who picked the water chestnut in the pond had already turned around awkwardly, and wanted to row back, but it turned out that the barrel was already full of water chestnut and could not be picked again, otherwise they were afraid that they would have to turn over.

Behind them, a curved passage appeared, and the messy water chestnut seedlings were thrown together in a pile, without the neat appearance of the original flat water surface, and it was seen at a glance that it had been tossed, and it was very abrupt among the large green water chestnut leaves in the pond.

The people on the ridge of the pond were staring at the two wooden barrels that were slowly approaching the shore, and they could even see the water chestnuts stacked behind the Cailing people, each with four horns bent, and their bellies were very full.

Everyone watched with a smile, the breeze blowing in the field was no longer hot, with a hint of freshness, and the wicker on the top of the head also moved with the wind, even blowing on people's faces; The gourd grass on the shore was also a little messy, which was trampled by the gourd breakers. The barrel slowly approached the gourd grass, which was convenient, and the two of them pulled the long leaves of the gourd grass and approached the shore with their strength.

Li Changxing and Liu Sanshun saw that the people on the ridge were all looking at them, and smiled like warriors returning triumphantly. When they arrived at the shore, Li Changming and Zhao Dazui grabbed a wooden barrel and held it steady before letting the two come down.

After sitting for so long, where can you move? After struggling for a while, Li Changming and Zhao Dazui half-supported and half-scrambled, and finally got the two of them onto the pond ridge, stumbled a few times, and almost never fell.

Xiaoxiu looked at Liu Sanshun worriedly, seeing that he was still smiling, and was babbling with Zhao Dazui to compare how difficult it was to master this wooden barrel, "It's much more difficult than rowing, I don't believe you can go down and try it." He said.

Li Changxing saw that a group of female babies rushed straight to the barrel, and they used baskets and baskets to fill the water chestnuts, and the plums also distributed loudly: "Chrysanthemums, you and your little sister pretend to be tender; Xiaoxiu, bamboo, forest, you pretend to be old. Sister-in-law Guizhi and I put it in this bucket. For a moment, crisp laughter wafted through the fields.

He said to Bamboo complainingly: "I said Sister Bamboo, you have to ask me a little bit if you want to—I picked this water chestnut." How can you cross the river and tear down the bridge! ”

Chrysanthemum pursed her lips and smiled when she heard this, and said in her heart, everyone is looking at this water chestnut is cuter than you; Liu Xiaomei also laughed shrewdly, and whispered to Zhuzi: "You go and coax him-this baby is uncomfortable!" Everyone snickered.

Zhu Zi was named, glared at Li Changxing, and couldn't bear it, so he said to him: "You go back and forth first, and your legs and feet will be moved." Wait until we wash this water chestnut and let you eat it first, okay? ”

Li Changxing received condolences, and he no longer complained, looked at Lin Zi and said with a smile: "Let me eat first, look at Lin Zi has eaten several." ”

Chrysanthemum looked up when she heard this, and sure enough, Lin Zi was chewing on the tender water chestnut - the tender one can easily break out the white meat inside - and hurriedly said to her: "Lin Zi, I will eat it later, this water chestnut must be washed well." It looks like it grows in water, but it's actually very dirty, and there may be small insects sticking to it. "This aquatic plant is also the most susceptible to parasites.

Bamboo said to her sister in disgust: "Look at your greed, can't you wait for a while?" ”

Lin Zi stuck out his tongue, put down the half-peeled water chestnut in his hand, and continued to pretend to be the old water chestnut.

Xiaoxiu filled a basket and went to the water's edge to wash it. Shake the basket from side to side, the water chestnuts in the basket collide with each other, rub against each other, and then put it into the water, and the muddy water will float out.

It's just that this heavy basket of water chestnuts is really difficult for her to carry. Seeing this, Liu Xiaomei hurriedly said to Liu Sanshun: "Third brother, help Xiaoxiu quickly, she can't carry it." ”

Liu San stepped forward by the way and smiled at Xiaoxiu: "You can be busy, let our boy do this." Big mouth, wash it quickly! Sister Chrysanthemum, do you want to sit in this barrel to pick water chestnuts? He said that he took the basket in Xiaoxiu's hand, squatted by the water and washed it, and because he heard Zhao Dazui say that Chrysanthemum wanted to try water chestnut picking, he asked her.

Xiaoxiu couldn't help but blush again when she saw Sanshun coming to help, and just whispered "Thank you Brother Sanshun", but saw that he had already turned his head to talk to Chrysanthemum, and he didn't hear his thanks at all. She had to look at the chrysanthemum enviously and laugh with Sanshun, and said that the chrysanthemum is generous, when can she be so generous and not blush. She didn't want to think about it, the chrysanthemum was not as generous as her before.

Chrysanthemum didn't want others to worry about herself, so she apologized to Liu Sanshun and said that she was just curious and wanted to try it, not necessarily to pick water chestnuts.