Chapter 129: Collecting Firewood for the Winter
Yunqing ran to the courtyard and pulled Chen Yue's hand, who had been making trouble for several hours, her eyes were red and swollen, and her lips were white, and asked, "Chen Yue, are you okay?" ”
Seeing her like this, she shouldn't have been beaten inside, but she should be very sad in her heart! Her heart for Liu Ming is the same as her heart for the other party, this Liu Ming empathizes with her, her heart is torn into several petals, I don't know how painful it is!
"I'm fine, let's go!" After Chen Yue glanced at Liu Ming coldly, she took Yun Qing's hand and left.
Don't care what their relationship was like before, but at this moment, she dares to come in and take her hand and care about her, then she will recognize this friendship.
As for Liu Ming and Chen Liangyu, they will come to Japan for a long time, they will ride a donkey to read the account book, and wait and see.
She and Liu Ming are from the same county, the two families are not far away, it takes about ten minutes to walk, she has known him since she was a child, and her friendship for more than ten years has been lost to him and Chen Liangyu's cheap woman for a few months, sure enough, there is no good thing for men.
Seeing that Chen Yue's face was not quite right, Yunqing didn't ask more questions in front of so many people, followed her strength and followed her out of the courtyard.
Now she just needs to be by Chen Yue's side, after all, she is so miserable, it doesn't hurt to accommodate her at all.
When the intellectuals saw that they had come out, they naturally didn't continue to walk in, turned around, and left with them.
Before, the reason why they all waited here and didn't leave was to send a message to the local villagers, that is, they were very united, and if there was anything, they would twist into a rope to fight, so don't think about bullying them.
This is also the reason why Qin Xi and they don't leave, after all, everyone knows what the relationship between the two sides is.
When they should be unanimous with the outside world, they have to be unanimous with the outside world, even if the face and heart are not in harmony, now they have to endure it and finish singing this play.
They are all outsiders, and if they don't show any unity to the outside world, those ruffians will come to the door to separate them.
Chen Yue was in no mood to greet other people now, so she grabbed Yunqing's hand tightly and walked towards Zhiqing, now she just wanted to go back to bed and lie down, and she didn't want to care about anything else, she was so tired.
Qin Xi is also separated from Tang Ying, it is almost dark this day, she has to go back to cook quickly, although cooking is not her fixed task, but the key is that her two brothers' cooking skills are very poor!
I can't even put water, and every time I cook porridge, it's either too dry or too thin, or at the end, I put a handful of corn kernels that are as hard as a stone into it, and finally I have to pick them out one by one.
For dinner, Qin Xi made it very simple, washed the rice, chopped the sweet potatoes, and boiled the porridge directly in the casserole, and the porridge was cooked in less than half an hour.
Qin Xi took out a small half bowl of pickled bracken from the jar, added chopped peppers and dried loaches, simply added some water, stir-fried casually, and when the water was almost dry, it could be out of the pot, delicious and porridge.
At this time, there is no entertainment at all, and the sunrise and sunset are definitely a true portrayal of rural life at this time.
Early the next morning, before dawn, Qin Xi and the others got up, seeing that it was about to enter winter, hoarding firewood was the top priority, and it must not be delayed any longer.
The villagers of Chenhui Village have firewood saved from previous years, so naturally they don't have to worry too much, they just hoard firewood according to their previous habits, but Qinxi is in a hurry! Just the firewood at home, cooking three meals a day normally, not even a month, not in a hurry, who knows how much firewood they need to burn a day after winter.
The firewood in the back mountain of Chenhui Village has already been looted, there are children drilling into it every day, and there are not a lot of firewood left, Qinxi They got up so early this time, they have to go farther, and the tools that can be used to hold firewood at home are brought, and the bamboo rake is also brought.
The bamboo rake is used to collect pine needle leaves, and the leaves on the ground are gathered together with this bamboo rake, which is easier to collect, and this rake can also be used as a flat burden, picking a seventy or eighty pound of things, which is completely out of the question, and has a lot of use.
The two back baskets at home were brought, the sacks were also packed in the back baskets, and the sharp knives and the small digging hoe used by Qin Xi to dig medicinal materials were also brought.
Knives can be used to cut vines, vines can be used to tie firewood, and as for digging hoes, there is no alternative to firewood knives, after all, dead branches on trees need to be cut.
This time they went into the mountains, and they could not spare anything leaves, pine cones, dead branches, and even pine bark, and even more, the thatch, which grew tall, was cut back, which was also a good material for making fires, and in addition, the thatch was washed and laid on the bed as a mat, which was also a good choice.
Just walking, they walked for more than thirty minutes before they arrived at their destination, this is a small forest that Qin Xi often finds in the mountains, this forest has more trees than other forests, probably because it is too small and inconspicuous, so few people come here to pick up firewood!
Qin Xi took the only bamboo rake in the family to scrape the pine leaves on the ground, Qin Jiang and Qin He, one was responsible for climbing trees, picking pine cones and cutting branches, and the other was responsible for cutting thatch.
The three of them divided labor, Qin Xi was the first to finish, and then went to her eldest brother to help.
They had been busy for more than an hour, the sacks were full, and the thatch they had cut was tied with vines, and it was time to go back.
When they came here, they walked for more than 30 minutes, and when they came back, it took longer, more than 50 minutes, because they rested on the road, and a rest was more than ten minutes, taking advantage of this time, Qin Xi also cut a large handful of fresh and tender purslane, which was delicious, not bitter or astringent.
As soon as I got home, I found that Tang Ying and He Yuan were sitting at the door of their house waiting for them to come back!
Like other families in the village, Qin Xi and his three siblings also deliberately went to the mountain to pick up flat stones and put them under the big pine tree not far from their home, which took them a lot of effort, but the result was gratifying.
"You're going to collect firewood?" Tang Ying walked over and helped Qin Xi unload the back basket.
"Well, there isn't much firewood at home, and seeing that winter is coming, the firewood at home hasn't landed yet!" Qin Xi said as he walked to the kitchen at home, scooped a scoop of water in a wooden bucket and put it in a wooden basin to wash away the fatigue of his body.
"It's a pity that I live in Zhiqing Point, otherwise I would definitely have to go with you to collect firewood."
She lives in the Zhiqing Point, everyone shares a stove, and the matter of collecting firewood is naturally to be together, or to assign tasks, for example, these people go to collect firewood, and the rest of the people go to fetch water or pull weeds and catch insects in the small vegetable garden, which is fair, although the matter is small, but it has accumulated a lot, and people's hearts are loose, so it is not easy to manage.
Of course, the task of assigning tasks has always been managed by Yang Jianhua, the temporary person in charge of the educated youth point, and under his leadership in previous years, there has been no major mistake.
In the past, Yunqing Fangzheng and Chen Yue and Liu Ming didn't think about letting him turn positive, but people didn't want to! He's been waiting for the next successor who is willing to take over the burden!
(End of chapter)