Chapter Eighty-Eight: Up the Mountain
The villagers knew that there were many benefits to helping the Yunzhu family work, not only did they have money, but they also had very good food, so as soon as Ning Yi said it, there were a lot of people in the family immediately.
Anyway, there are many people who are easy to do, and Yunzhu will keep all the people, because he still has to buy some things, so he said that everyone will come together to help in three days.
Three days passed in a blink of an eye, and early in the morning, the villagers came to the door of Ning Yi and Yunzhu's house, knowing that they had to work, so the family got up very early, Ning Yi told everyone about his plan, and everyone responded and started working.
After a day's work, all the courtyard walls were pushed up, and because it was already dark, everyone went home, just waiting for tomorrow to carry out the broken bricks and tiles.
After sending everyone away, after dinner, the family sat in the courtyard to cool off.
"Brother, let's find time for the two of us to go up the mountain, it's already October, let's go and see how the mountain grapes are going, okay?" Yunzhu looked at Ning Lin and asked.
"Yes." Ning Lin naturally agreed, he liked the mountain wine last year, so as soon as Yun Zhu said it, he agreed without hesitation.
After a day's work, the whole family was tired, and after a conversation, they went into the house to rest.
Although there were many villagers to help with the work, it took nearly a month for the work of the two families to be completed, and now the two families have become one, the yard has been changed a lot, and the gate has changed from two to one.
Suddenly, Yunzhu's house became the largest courtyard in the entire village, which made many people envious.
After building the house, Yunzhu and Ning Lin went up the mountain, and now it is November, and the scenery on the mountain is no longer as good as in October
According to last year's memory, the two found under the grape trellis where they picked grapes that year, Yunzhu reached out and picked a bunch of grapes, picked a large one and put it in his mouth to taste it.
This year is warmer than last year, so there is no frost yet, so the grapes are still very sour, and if they have been frosted, they will be sweet.
"Brother, let's pick grapes." Saying to Ning Lin, Yun Zhu took a small pair of scissors and cut the grapes off the grape trellis one by one, and carefully placed them in the back basket.
The grapes used to make wine are very particular, the grapes must not be damaged or rotten, Yunzhu was picked once last year, and Ning Lin also picked it once, so they are all experienced.
After a while, the two of them had half filled their back baskets, and the mountain grapes near here had been picked.
It wasn't until noon that the two of them had their baskets full, and there were still many places on the mountain, and the two planned to send the mountain grapes home and come again.
After returning home and having lunch, the two took out the grapes one by one, carefully placed them in the prepared large basin, and then carried the basket on their backs to prepare to go up the mountain again.
"Zhu'er, will I go up the mountain with your father and you?" Speaking of which, since the Yun family returned to the village, it has been a long time since they have gone up the mountain, they used to be in poor health, and then they have been busy working, and today they are all right, seeing that the brother and sister seem to be very happy, she also wants to go up the mountain.
As soon as he told Ning Yi, he immediately got support, so the Yun clan called out to Yun Zhu and Ning Lin, who were going out, and wanted to follow the two up the mountain together.
"It's done!" Yunzhu smiled and nodded, the scenery on the mountain is still good at this time, in addition to mountain grapes, there are also hazelnuts and yuan dates, you and Ning Lin can find mountain grapes, and your father and mother can get some yuan dates and hazelnuts.
After saying yes to the Yun family and Ning Yi, and doing a good job in the division of labor, the Yunzhu family went up the mountain with their backpacks.
Looking at the good scenery on the mountain, the Yun family seemed very happy, and when he looked at her, Ning Yi's face also showed a smile.
When they arrived at the mountain, the family dispersed and made an appointment to see who could pick the most mountain grapes, and of course, if they found dates and hazelnuts, they would follow the previous plan.
Separated from everyone, Yun Zhu walked in her direction with a basket on her back, the position where she went was quite good, and after a while, she got half a basket of mountain grapes, and when she was about to go to the next place, Yun Zhu heard Ning Yi's voice on her right.
Walking in the direction where the sound came from, in the distance, Yunzhu saw Ning Yi standing on the tree, at this time he was holding a long pole in his hand, shouting at the forest.
Yun Zhu took a closer look at the tree and found that it was actually a Yuan Jujube tree, and looking at the fruits on the tree, it seemed that there were really a lot.
Walking in, Yun Zhu looked to the ground, but found a lot of fallen Yuan dates, Yun Zhu built one casually, wiped it with his hands, and then picked his head and put it in his mouth.
The sweet taste permeated his mouth, and Yun Zhu's face showed a smile, this yuan jujube is so sweet!
In her previous life, Yunzhu's favorite thing was autumn, because in autumn, she could go up the mountain to find all kinds of wild fruits to eat, and among the wild fruits, her favorite was Yuan Jujube, but Yuan Jujube generally grew on very high trees, and Yun Zhu couldn't get it.
Every year, Yunzhu will wait until the frost falls before going to the mountain, so that you can pick up a lot of Yuan dates, it can be said that Yuan dates are the best snacks in Yunzhu's previous life.
The Yun family and Ning Lin also walked out of the forest, and when they saw Ning Yi on the tree, they beckoned him to start beating Yuan jujubes.
Seeing that everyone had arrived, Ning Yi took a long pole and beat it around on the branches, and Yunzhu and they hid far away, so as not to be smashed by Yuan Jujube.
Not all jujubes are soft, many of them are very hard, the kind that can be taken home and covered with clothes or something, so that slowly the jujube will be ripe and become soft and sweet.
After fighting for a while, Ning Yi stopped, Yun Zhu and the others came under the tree, put the mountain grapes they had picked in a back basket, and then began to pick up the Yuan dates on the ground.
"I also found a hazelnut tree just now, let's go over and take a look at it later, if there are more, let's run a few more times these days, and there will be snacks for the New Year." Ning Yi smiled and spoke, he liked to eat these things when he was a child, so it is estimated that Yun Zhu and Ning Lin also liked it.
Sure enough, as soon as Ning Yi finished speaking, he got the approval of Yun Zhu and Ning Lin, and even the Yun clan was happy.
Picking up the Yuan dates on the ground, the back baskets of the four people were full of three, two were Yuan dates, one was mountain grapes, and the remaining one was intended to be used by Ning Yi to hold hazelnuts.
Walking towards the hazelnut bush that Ning Yi saw before, fortunately, this piece of hazelnuts is ripe, but it has not completely landed, and it is the time to fight.
Yun Zhu and Ning Lin cheered, ran towards the hazelnut bush, and after a while, they filled the back basket.
"It's pretty much it, we'll come back tomorrow." Looking at the four baskets full of backs, Ning Yi smiled and spoke, Yunzhu and the others answered, and followed them down the mountain.
When I got home, there was someone who was responsible for picking out the dates, a person who was responsible for picking the hazelnuts out of the shell, and someone who was responsible for picking mountain grapes, and the rest of the people were naturally responsible for cooking.
The division of labor is clear, and everyone is busy.
Yunzhu had already made wine once last year, so this year she was more experienced, and she picked out all the broken, cyan ones and cleaned them.
On the other side, Ning Lin put aside the soft Yuan dates, these can be eaten at any time, and the hard ones are placed on the other side, these can be slowly covered and eaten, because he is not as troublesome as Yunzhu's, so it is faster to make than Yunzhu.
Ning Yi was in charge of making hazelnuts, because now that the hazelnuts were already in time, it was easy to peel the hazelnuts out of the outer skin, so he did it quickly.
Yun's was cooking in the kitchen, and everyone had worked hard to go up the mountain today, so they scrambled eggs at night, made button meat, and boiled a big bowl of old cucumber slice soup, and finally mixed a tofu, which was really meat and vegetarian and nutritionally balanced.
Seeing that everyone was almost the same, the Yun family beckoned everyone to eat, and everyone responded, and continued to bow their heads to do the work in their hands, but there was a feeling that they would not stop until they were done.
"Let's eat first, I'm making the same after eating, and the food won't taste good if it's cold for a while." Greeting again, Yun Zhu put down the work in his hand, Ning Lin was almost picky, and when he saw that Yun Zhu was about to eat, he also got up.
Ning Yi wanted to support his daughter-in-law before, but seeing that the two children were busy, he was embarrassed to get up, so he continued to be busy, and now that the two of them got up, he also stood up.
After washing their hands, the family gathered around the house to eat, and while eating, they planned to continue their journey up the mountain tomorrow.
After making a plan for tomorrow and having dinner, the three of them continued to go about their own business, looking at their serious appearances, Yun shook his head helplessly, and picked up the dishes and chopsticks.
Ning Yi and Ning Lin had done the same thing before, so after eating, it didn't take long for them to get it done, only Yunzhu's still had a few processes, after all, each one needed to be very particular.
The three of them gathered around Yunzhu and watched her do it step by step, which made Yunzhu feel a little pressured, and her hands almost trembled several times.
"Dad, mother, brother, don't look at me, what should you be busy with, I'm busy." Looking up at the three of them, Yunzhu spoke helplessly.
The three of them didn't care about Yun Zhu's helplessness, they still watched it, Yun Zhu said a few times, and finally had to let them go.
When the cloud beads were all done, it was already completely dark, and Ning Yi and Ning Lin helped put the jar containing the mountain grapes in the house, because the cloud beads said to handle them gently, so the movements of the two were gentle.
The yard has been cleaned up, and a lot of hazelnuts have been made today, and the Yun family packed some yuan dates and hazelnuts, and then took them to the house.
When everything was done, the family sat in the house, eating hazelnuts and yuan dates, chatting casually.