After more than a week of three-way hot sales, nearly 3,000 catties of chestnuts purchased from grandpa and grandma's house and Wang Cuihua's house were finally emptied.

Xiao Cheng is going to Xiaojia Village to buy goods.

After eating wontons early in the morning, Bai Lu and Xiao Wei sent Xiao Cheng out and told him to pay attention to safety on the road.

"Don't drive so fast, the mountain section is steep and difficult to walk, it is a gravel road, a muddy road, and there are no guardrails, so pay more attention to the road conditions...... The fog is very heavy in the morning, if you can't see the road ahead, you must drive slowly, safety is the most important thing......"

Bai Lu didn't know when it started, and it became verbose, but it was just going to the countryside to collect chestnuts, and it was not something that could be completed in three or two sentences.

I was stunned for a long time.

After Xiao Cheng heard the last word, he rubbed her head lightly with his big hand, and there was residual warmth in his palm.

Only then did he turn around and get on the brick cart and leave.

Xiao Wei also went to school with a small schoolbag.

Bai Lu returned to the house, poured the last hundred catties of chestnuts into the pot in batches, plugged in the electricity, watched the sand and chestnuts roll around, put syrup in due time, and fried fifty catties in batches.

After frying, cut off the power, pour it all out, separate the sand and chestnuts with a large colander, and pour the chestnuts into a large basket.

When you come back, pour the sand back into the pot, plug in the electricity, and the sand is evenly heated, and then pour in the chestnuts......

By the time Wang Cuihua, Wen Xiuyun and Yu Fugui arrived, the chestnuts had all been fried and could be sold directly.

Xiao Cheng went to Xiao Guofu's house to collect chestnuts this time.

Xiao Guofu also wanted to raise piglets, the wild boar cubs on the mountain were too fine and too difficult to catch, he wanted Xiao Cheng to help go to Zhujia Village to buy them back and raise them, but he was embarrassed to speak.

In the end, it was Li Hongying who opened her mouth, saying that she went to the river to pick up snails that afternoon, and she mentioned it to Bai Lu.

Bai Lu agreed at the time.

When Xiao Cheng went back, he heard Bai Lu say that he read a long list of mothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, and aunts, and added names to the end, and he didn't know who was who.

I could only go to Zhujia Village, and pulled a cart of piglets back, and exchanged them for chestnuts with Li Hongying, who was grateful.

The village chief's family has a large population, and there are many chestnuts in storage, nearly 10,000 catties, and Xiao Cheng has to go back and forth three times to transport them.

After loading the car for the third time, Xiao Cheng did not leave immediately, but went to a relative's house that he had never contacted.

The son of his grandfather's brother, Xiao Zhigang's cousin, and the third uncle - Xiao Hongbo's family.

Xiao Hongbo's daughter-in-law has been watching the wind outside, looking forward to the stars and the moon, and hoping that Xiao Cheng will soon finish loading the chestnuts and leave.

Who knew that Xiao Cheng would suddenly come this way.

Xiao Hongbo's daughter-in-law hurriedly went back to report the news, and Xiao Hongbo, who had been fidgeting in the house, had to go out to greet him.

"Xiao Cheng is here, come in and sit down, I haven't seen each other for many years, and the third uncle almost can't recognize you."

The only time he saw Xiao Cheng was when he was Qingming some time ago, and other than that, he had never seen it.

The tone is familiar like a nephew who hasn't seen him for a long time, but there are few words to talk about, and they come and go are greetings.

Xiao Cheng didn't say much, took out a yellowed kraft paper from his pocket and put it on the table.

"Grandpa's mountain, it's time to return it."

Xiao Hongbo's face changed, the time to come finally came, and his heart had to fall.

Kraft paper, which is proof of land ownership.

Before Xiao Cheng's grandfather and his family moved to Xinzhen, the land reform was divided into a whole mountain, and the mountain was full of fir trees planted by the production team.

Later, the carpentry mill bought a few cents, and the owner of the carpentry mill said that fir wood could not make good furniture, so it was cut into long wooden blocks and sold to the city people as firewood.

Xiao Cheng's grandfather and grandmother were doing a small business in the town at that time, and they were not short of the little money from selling fir trees.

It was not sold, and the fir trees were allowed to grow freely.

After that, the family moved to the town, and the mountain was handed over to Xiao Hongbo to take care of, and Xiao Hongbo was borrowed to grow other things.

Xiao Hongbo can plant anything, but he can't cut down the fir wood, this is what Xiao Cheng's grandfather left at that time.

Under the fir forest, you can grow sand ginger, lily, and star anise in a shade-loving environment...... and other small fruit trees, Xiao Hongbo planted them.

No matter how low the purchase price is, after decades, Xiao Hongbo can't make a lot of money, and the money for food and clothing is barely enough.

Xiao Cheng returned to his hometown to worship his ancestors on the Qingming Festival, but he didn't mention it, Xiao Hongbo thought that Xiao Cheng's grandfather didn't leave an explanation.

I was still glad in my heart, I never thought that Xiao Cheng suddenly came to collect the mountain today, so he was naturally reluctant.

But no matter how reluctant he is, he has to pay it back.

Xiao Cheng is not easy to mess with, and besides, Xiao Hongbo's family also has chestnuts to sell, if he doesn't return the mountain, Xiao Cheng and Bai Lu don't accept his chestnuts, where will he cry.

When Li Shuixian's house was Qingming, he said as much as he wanted, but after such a long time, except for the second day of the Qingming Festival, he came to collect five hundred catties of chestnuts once, and he never came after that, and I don't know what the situation is.

The Xiao family in the city is too, and there is no news after receiving it once, and they don't know if they want to book it.

Xiao Hongbo sighed, and said to Xiao Cheng in a kind and friendly tone: "Child, the mountain will be returned to you, those things like sand ginger lilies on the mountain, can you give the third uncle some time, and when the third uncle finishes digging and picking, you will take it back?"

"You also know that there is nothing to sell for money in the countryside, so the third uncle's family relies on growing these low-priced small things to sell them to buy some oil and salt...... Two pieces of meat added for the Chinese New Year......"

Xiao Cheng would rather Xiao Hongbo be a cunning and insidious villain who refuses to return to the mountain, and he will be done with a beating.

Now speaking in such a cordial tone, he was at a loss, and a little, he wanted to be exposed.

Whether it is a grandfather or grandmother, or a neighbor, or an aunt or uncle, Bai Lu can handle it easily, and all the social contacts can be handled just right.

Xiao Cheng's smiling face floated in his mind, and there was a hint of warmth in his eyes, and the set deadline was widened.

"How long?"

Xiao Hongbo was stunned for a moment before he reacted, Xiao Cheng agreed, and his heart, which was getting colder and colder because he couldn't wait for an answer for a long time, was instantly resurrected.

"Half a month...... No, no, ten days is enough. I called my relatives and the rest of the village to help, and in ten days I was able to dig up everything and transplant the small fruit trees. When the time comes, you can cut fir trees if you want to, and plant whatever you want, and there will be nothing in the way. ”

Xiao Hongbo didn't know if Xiao Cheng had found a new way out and was going to sell fir wood to make money elsewhere.

But Grandpa Xiao Cheng must have had a plan to leave this mountain fir tree, knowing that future generations will have a future.

He could only sigh and envy.

Set a ten-day deadline, and Xiao Cheng went home.

The kraft paper was given by Xiao Wei a few days ago, and before that, Xiao Cheng didn't know that his grandfather still had a mountain in Xiaojia Village.

Grandpa died in the year Xiao Cheng's mother left, and grandma also died in the same year.

At that time, Xiao Cheng was only three years old, and Xiao Cheng didn't know whose hand the kraft paper passed through.

When Xiao Wei handed over the kraft paper to Xiao Cheng, he said that it was given by his mother before she died, and he didn't know anything else.

When Xiao Wei's mother died, Xiao Wei didn't know any of the words on the vellum, so he put them away.

A few days ago, I sorted out the old clothes, and only turned them out from the bottom of the box, I probably understood a little, and handed them over to Xiao Cheng immediately.

Bai Lu was at home, sorting out the chestnuts that Xiao Cheng had brought back, squeezing the firewood room, and squeezing out a large position for the next cart of chestnuts to store.

After finishing his work, he was about to go to the main house to pour a glass of water to drink, when there was a knock on the door, and Bai Lu thought that Xiao Cheng was back.

Rush to open the door.