The middle part of the water was about chest deep, and the two of them didn't catch it for fear of getting their clothes wet.

"Tomorrow bring that big wooden tub for the bath, and I'll row over and pick it up." Qiubai gasped and carried a basket full of water chestnuts on the ground.

Qiu Ling's basket is a little less up, but it is also very heavy, and the whole person can't stand up straight after putting it on his back.

The two sisters carried the basket on their backs, walked all the way and rested, and it took almost an hour to reach the village.

As soon as I entered the village, the uncles and aunts in the village gathered around and asked questions, which were summed up in one sentence, "Where did you pick them?" ”

Qiu Bai smiled perfunctorily and said, "Just pick it over there, just a little bit." Just kidding, free snacks, don't tell you.

By the time I got home, it was already getting dark.

Qiu Doudou and Qiu Xiaobao were sitting under the eaves talking, and when they heard the sound of the courtyard door, the two immediately stood up, "Sister." You're finally back! Qiu Doudou shouted and ran towards the two of them happily.

Qiu Xiaobao also followed.

When the two little ones saw the two baskets of water chestnuts, their faces glowed and they were happy.

Qiubai took out the dustpan and poured out all the water chestnuts to separate the young ones from the old ones.

The tender ones can be eaten directly, they are very sweet, and the shell is so soft that you can peel off them like peeling an orange peel.

The old ones are boiled in the pot, and the boiled ones are soft and glutinous and sweet, suitable for eating as snacks.

However, the old shell is hard, and you have to bite it open from the middle with your mouth to eat the soft and glutinous meat inside.

For breakfast, Qiubai steamed white rice, stir-fried a tender water chestnut and a sweet potato stalk.

The next day, Ma Ma Liang got up in the autumn day.

She was worried that the water chestnut in the river would be picked by others, so she wanted to go over and pick it all back earlier, even if she couldn't finish it, it didn't matter, she could dry it and put it away, and then take it out to eat when her mouth was free.

She just got up, and Qiu Ling also sat up from the bed, "What are you doing so early?" ”

Qiubai said: "I'm afraid that those people will find that small river, so I went over earlier and picked the water chestnut back."

Qiu Ling turned over and got out of bed and said, "I'll go with you."

Qiubai nodded, it's better for two people to be together, and it's really a bit troublesome to pick it alone.

After Qiubai freshened up, he went to the kitchen to cook a pot of pumpkin porridge, the pumpkins were all made in his own backyard, each of them was the size of a pot, and it took five or six days to eat it after it was broken.

Qiu Bai quickly drank a bowl, put down the bowl and said to Qiu Ling: "You wash the bowl after drinking, I'll go talk to Doudou, lest she wake up and can't see us and be afraid."

Qiu Ling had porridge in her mouth, so she could only keep nodding.

Qiu Bai came to the house, gently woke up the sleeping Qiu Doudou, and said in a low voice: "Sisters are going out, there is porridge in the pot, you can eat together when Xiaobao wakes up, do you know?"

Qiu Doudou was still a little confused, and slowly nodded twice when he heard this, "Oh." ”

Qiu Bai raised her hand and touched her red cheeks, and said softly, "You continue to sleep, let's go."

Qiu Doudou nodded twice.

Qiubai stood up and walked out of the house lightly.

Qiu Ling had already washed the dishes, and the back basket on her back had also been carried out, and when she saw Qiu Bai coming over, she raised her hand and handed her back basket.

Qiubai took the basket and carried it on his back, ran into the house and took out the big wooden basin for bathing, and hugged it with both hands.

The two walked for half an hour before they came to the small river yesterday.

Qiubai put the wooden basin on the surface of the river and said to Qiuling, "You wait for me on the shore, and I will row over and scoop up the water chestnut and throw it to you." ”

"Well, slow down, don't fall." Qiu Ling admonished.

Qiu Bai smiled, "Don't worry, I'm good at this." ”

She still remembers that when "she" was a teenager, she and a few bear children stole someone else's small wooden boat to row, and ended up in a ditch where she couldn't move or retreat.

Of course, that "she" refers to Xia Yuqiu.

This body was only thirteen years old, and she was thin and thin, and it was more than enough to sit in the basin, and she felt that even if Qiu Ling sat in together, she would be able to sit down.

She paddled with both hands, and soon paddled to the middle of the river, reaching for a water chestnut.

With her left hand, she picked up the basket in front of her and put it on the surface of the river, then threw the water chestnut she had caught into it.

The back basket is made of bamboo, and the water chestnut seedlings are floating, so even if you hold the back basket with one hand, you won't feel heavy.

After the basket was loaded, she paddled to the river and handed it to Qiu Ling, who hurriedly handed her another back basket.

This time, before she could reach the center, three people came in the distance.

When they walked in, Qiu Cabbage saw clearly that the three people were the aunts in the village.

Qiu Bai secretly rolled his eyes and muttered in a low voice: "I really hate ......"

The three of them walked straight towards Qiu Ling, with a warm smile on their faces, "Ling girl, this water chestnut is picked here." ”

Qiu Ling's face was a little unnatural, and she only answered in a low voice and stopped talking.

The three of them didn't care, and discussed it on their own.

Aunt A said: "My eldest grandson likes to eat this, anyway, it's okay to be idle, I'll go down and pick some for my eldest grandson." After speaking, he walked to the river, put the big wooden basin in his arms, and slowly sat down.

Qiubai is very unhappy, super unhappy, secretly thinking, turn it over, turn it over, get you covered in water!

However, Aunt Jia did not flip, not only did she not flip, but she also sat quite steadily, and the speed of the paddling was also very fast, and after stopping not far from Qiubai, she also greeted her very warmly, "Qiu family girl, you are really diligent, which kid married you, it was really good in the previous life." ”

Stretching out his hand not to hit the smiling person, Qiubai also smiled back, "Auntie is laughing......"

After that, Aunt B and Aunt C also sat on the wooden basin and rowed over.

The creek is densely packed with water chestnut seedlings, but it can't stand the crowd, and the four of them are like a game, for fear of falling behind, and in less than a quarter of an hour, the water chestnut was wiped out.

Qiubai put the back basket back into the barrel, paddled back to the shore with both hands, picked all the newly caught water chestnuts, and then filled a back basket.

The aunts were very happy, smiling and chatting.

"It's still so early, why don't you go around here and see if there are any water chestnuts."

"yes, okay."

"Okay, good, go quickly."

The three of them hit it off, raised their legs and prepared to leave.

At this time, Aunt Jia suddenly turned her head and said to Qiu Bai: "Qiu girl, are you going?" If you don't come with us, you'll be fine going back anyway. ”

“…… Ah, yes. Qiubai hesitated for a moment, and decided to follow and take a look, maybe he could still find water chestnuts.

Sure enough, the emperor lived up to his wishes.

After a few people walked around the neighborhood for a while, they found a large river, and the water was relatively deep, and the water chestnuts were all tightly packed in the middle of the river.

I didn't say anything if there were more than a few people, but put down the tub and rowed over.

After a while, another basket was filled.

However, a very thrilling thing happened during this period.

Qiubai was bent on fishing for more water chestnuts, and when he leaned over to fish for a water chestnut that was a little far away, he lost his balance and was about to fall into the river when his body was crooked.