The water was quite cool, Gao Yue simply called a few boys to swim together, but two boys didn't know how to swim, so they refused.

Lin Ye can swim, and as soon as he was shouted by Gao Yue, he was about to take off his clothes and go into the water, but before he could get into the water, he was stopped by Zhao Jinghe.

Zhao Jinghe is studying medicine, and she said very rigorously: "You can't swim in the water!" Now the sun is big, the water is cold, the body is cold and hot, and it is easy to catch a cold and get sick! ”

"Gao Yue, come up quickly! Even if the people of the village take a bath in the pond, it will be in the evening, not in broad daylight. ”

When Zhao Jinghe said this, Gao Yue lost his interest in continuing to swim, in fact, he also knew that in summer, he could not swim in the water around noon, and it was easy to suffer from heat stroke.

The water in the pond is not deep, and the edge is even shallower, Gao Yue took a fresh duck egg, stepped on the water twice, and felt that he could step on it to the end, so he walked all the way to the shore.

Although the clothes were wet, the weather was hot, and it didn't take long for them to be almost dry.

Gao Yue asked everyone if they wanted to pick up eggs, and found that everyone's enthusiasm was not high, so he asked if they wanted to pick some bayberry.

"You can hide in the shade over the bayberry tree, it's more comfortable, in this weather, eat some sweet and sour bayberry, it's also appetizing!" Under Gao Yue's description, everyone grunted and swallowed.

Wangmei quenches her thirst, I guess that's it.

"Let's go! Go bayberry picking! ”

Everyone's enthusiasm increased all of a sudden, but someone asked what to do with the peaches and pears they picked before.

Gao Yue said: "Just put it under this shed, wait for me to go to Kaimingcheng's car to come, and load the car directly!" ”

From Gao Mingcheng's home to the shed, the road was built, just to facilitate the direct driving of the car to load the goods.

Each of them picked twenty or thirty pounds of fruit, to say the least, had to have a total of two or three hundred pounds, and it was a bit embarrassing for them to carry all of them back by hand.

So they left the fruit they had picked at the shed and brought a small bamboo basket over.

Gao Yue knew the way and led the way in front.

Bayberry likes to grow in a shady place, so when you walk all the way, you can occasionally hide in the shade, and people feel much cooler.

The mountain road is difficult to walk, and the group walked for seven or eight minutes before they reached the bayberry forest, and the first thing that caught their eyes was the largest bayberry tree.

This bayberry tree has been carefully managed, it grows very well, and some branches have been artificially shaped, so the tree is not tall, and you can pick the fruit with your hand, even if you can't pick it, you can pick it by climbing the tree or stepping on a simple scaffold.

At this time, there are a lot of bayberry hanging on the tree, some are red, some have become crimson, this is the variety of Dongkui bayberry, so the size of each bayberry is not small.

Gao Yue picked a crimson bayberry, put it directly in his mouth and ate it, and after entering the mouth, the sweet and sour taste exploded in his mouth, making him mouthful.

Now the bayberry is ripe, and the taste is quite good.

Gao Yue picked another ripe bayberry and said to Lin Ye: "If you want to pick this color, that kind of bright red, don't pick it first, the taste is still relatively sour." ”

On a tree, bayberry is also ripe in succession, which needs to be artificially selected, and when the tree has many large fruits, a tree can be picked in batches for half a month.

"Okay, we got it." Lin Ye and the others nodded one after another, indicating that they understood.

So everyone dispersed and began to pick bayberry.

The bayberry trees here are not big, but the distance between each tree is not short, so after everyone disperses, it is busy enough.

The reason why Gao Mingcheng left so much spacing was for the future.

Bayberry trees are fruit trees with a high lifespan and a long fruiting period, and bayberry trees that have been planted for twenty or thirty years can still bear a lot of fruit every year.

So you need to leave a distance beforehand.

When they were picking bayberry, Gao Mingcheng had already picked eight watermelons and twenty or so melons, he took out a large basin, poured the well water he had just brought out into it, and then threw two watermelons and a dozen melons into the well water to soak.

In the past, the ancients did not have refrigerators, and in summer, they liked to hang watermelons in the well to cool, but the wells in Gaojia Village were all open, and there were no rollers.

Therefore, this soaked watermelon cannot be thrown into the well to soak, but can only be soaked in a basin with well water.

After soaking the watermelon and muskmelon, he went to Xiaofushan again.

Gao Yue and the others were not here at this time, but the fruits they picked were still here, and on one of the baskets, there was a duck egg the size of a child's fist.

Gao Mingcheng didn't rush to find them, but first took the fruits left here home and stored them in the shady hall.

After two trips back and forth, he brought all the fruit home, and he went to the chicken coop to pick up eggs.

It was only in the morning that Chen Dasong had already picked up once, so there were not many, he only picked up a dozen eggs, and when he passed by the grass by the pond, he picked up two duck eggs.

Duck eggs are larger than eggs, and the shell is blue, so the name of a pigment is called duck egg green. Since ducks often eat small fish and shrimp, their eggshells are also a bit harder than egg shells.

Speaking of which, if the chicken does not consume enough calcium, it will lay soft-shell eggs, so if you want the chicken to grow well and lay more eggs, you still have to feed some feed appropriately, and there must be gravel for the chicken to peck at.

Don't worry about gravel, a mountain as big as Xiaofushan is enough for them to peck for hundreds of years.

Gao Mingcheng picked up the eggs, duck eggs, and picked a batch of seasonal vegetables by the way, and when Gao Yue and the others came back, they could prepare to cook lunch.

Just thinking like this, I saw Gao Zhuang coming over on a bicycle from a distance.

"Brother Mingcheng!" From afar, Gao Zhuang greeted him happily.

Gao Mingcheng looked up and saw him, lifted the basket full of vegetables, and walked towards Gao Zhuang.

Although Gao Zhuang was riding a bicycle, he was holding the handle with one hand and a small wooden bucket with the other.

When Gao Mingcheng walked over, Gao Zhuang also stopped the car under a camphor tree.

He handed the wooden barrel in his hand to Gao Mingcheng, and said with a smile: "Brother Mingcheng, I saw that you brought a friend over, so I specially sent you some dishes to eat." These five yellow eels were caught in the field a few days ago, and they have been raised for a few days and have spit out the sand. Brother Mingcheng, you see - each yellow eel is so big, at least one is more than a catty! I also picked up some snails, but there are not enough snails for you to eat. ”

Although everyone is in the village, there is still a distance from the old village to Niuweiling, and the weather is hot, and it is tiring to walk all the way, so when the fine grandmother called Gao Zhuang to send yellow eels to Gao Mingcheng, Gao Zhuang simply rode a bicycle over.

He rode a bicycle and wore a straw hat, and all the way over, he did not feel hot, but had the chick of a young man.

Gao Mingcheng took the wooden barrel containing the yellow eel, looked down at it, and was very happy in his heart, this kind of big yellow eel is very nourishing.

Generally speaking, the smaller yellow eel will be used to stir-fry the chili peppers, while the larger yellow eels will be stewed with meat, so that the soup with the meat is eaten, which is more nourishing to the body.

Gao Mingcheng first thanked him, and then said: "Today, I called a few of Gao Yue's friends to come and pick fruits, they should be picking bayberry at this time." ”

The two brothers walked side by side towards the house, and then Gao Mingcheng beckoned Gao Zhuang to sit on the recliner.

The chaise longue was placed under the eaves, and the sun had not yet sparked, so it was cold and cold to sit on. Gao Zhuang likes it, and as soon as he lies down, he feels relaxed.

"This recliner is good, I'll buy a few in the future!" Gao Zhuang said with a smile.

Gao Mingcheng said: "Yes, it's good to sit occasionally, but you can't sit for a long time, it's easy to hurt your waist." By the way, the kindergarten starts in September, but in August, you have to prepare in advance, you have to clean the whole kindergarten, and then arrange the bits and pieces, and you have to enroll students in advance, so in August, I will come to the village to pick you up. ”

"Gao Zhuang, you wait to go back and talk to Grandma Xi, you have to prepare in advance! There is also Xiuman, Xiuman trained last year, but after so much time, it is estimated that he will have to train urgently for a few days. ”

Gao Zhuang nodded, they had already prepared for going to the county.

Gao Zhuang said: "It's okay in August, just after the double robbery, and there won't be so much work in the field at that time, and we will take away the vegetables that can be taken away." ”

Around mid-July, it is the time of double robbery, when the people in the village will be busy, people will go to the field to cut rice, threshing grain, drying grain, and also quickly plow the fields and plant seedlings.

Speaking of this, Gao Mingcheng said: "My tractor and ploughing tools are all placed here, and when the time comes, you can discuss it with Uncle Chen and them, and everyone will take turns to use it." ”

"Okay." Gao Zhuang smiled and nodded, looking forward to this.

Last year, he learned how to drive a tractor to plow the field, but Gao Mingcheng did not often return to the village at that time, and the tractor was generally used in the county, so many times, he had to rely on the old method, that is, to borrow oxen to plow the field.

This year it is possible to plow the field with a tractor, then it will be much easier for people.

Gao Mingcheng hadn't chatted with Gao Zhuang for a while, so the two brothers chatted for a while, until they heard Gao Yue's voice coming back, Gao Zhuang stood up and was about to say goodbye and leave.

Gao Mingcheng left him here to eat, but Gao Zhuang refused.

He didn't know Gao Yue very well, let alone his friends.

He felt uncomfortable staying here to eat, and it was better to go home, so he politely refused under the pretext that Xiao Yuanyuan was still waiting for him to go home for lunch.

"Mingcheng, did you get the fruit back? I'm going to drive back later. As soon as Gao Yue entered the courtyard gate, he smiled and spoke, and when he saw Gao Zhuang, he immediately said hello to Gao Zhuang.

Gao Zhuang also greeted him and said, "I'll bring you yellow eels, but there are still things at home, so I won't keep them." I'll go first. ”

"Hey, don't be in a hurry. Bring some fruit back and eat it. Gao Mingcheng called out to Gao Zhuang, he poured the yellow eel from the small wooden bucket into his own bucket, and then filled the small wooden bucket with peaches, pears and melons, and handed it to Gao Zhuang.

"I'll get you a little watermelon so I can put it in the basket." Gao Mingcheng entered the house and chose a small watermelon, about seven or eight catties, but the melon skin was already a little yellowed, and the melon pattern was scattered, obviously ripe.

A barbed wire basket is installed in the front of the bike, just enough to fit a small watermelon in.

Gao Zhuang saw that Gao Mingcheng had prepared so many things for himself, and he was a little embarrassed for a while.

At this time, Gao Yue hurriedly said: "And bayberry, we just picked it!" So he grabbed a handful of bayberry and put it on top of the bucket, well, so that the whole bucket was full.

"That's too much, where to eat!" Gao Zhuang was dumbfounded, feeling that he didn't need so much.

On a hot day, the fruit is not released, and his family has a small population, so he really can't eat so much.

He wanted to take out some, but Gao Mingcheng didn't let him, but said, "If you really can't finish eating, send some to my grandma to eat." ”

Gao Zhuang understood, he nodded, and happily agreed: "Okay!" ”

So he rode all the way to the old village, as he had come, with a heavy barrel in one hand and a bicycle handle in the other.

When he returned home, he first left the fruits he needed to eat, and the excess was sent to Grandma Gao, and he made it clear that it was sent by Gao Mingcheng.

Grandma Gao is already a little confused, her thinking is not as clear as before, and Gao Zhuang needs to say it out loud several times before she can react.

But Gao Zhuang was not annoyed, and said it over and over again, until Grandma Gao figured out that these fruits were given by her second grandson Gao Mingcheng, and Gao Zhuang went back satisfied.

This gift thing, how can you let the recipient know who sent the favor, Gao Zhuang thought so.

On the side of Niuweiling, after Gao Zhuang left, Gao Mingcheng also beckoned Gao Yue and them to come into the house and sit.

There are no fans in the village, but when the front and back doors of the hall are opened, there is a running breeze that can cool people.

Gao Mingcheng fished out a large watermelon from the well water and said, "Are you thirsty?" Cut a watermelon to quench your thirst! ”

The watermelons he was holding in his hand were all old varieties, very large, weighing more than ten pounds, and they were all the kind with thick skin and red sacs.

With a knife, watermelon juice dripped down the knife edge, and the fragrance of watermelon instantly diffused.

Gao Yue didn't eat less bayberry when they picked bayberry, but now when they saw the watermelon with green skin and red sac, they suddenly had an urge to eat it.

The knife that Gao Mingcheng used to cut watermelon is the knife used to cut honeycomb, the blade is very long, and it is very easy and convenient to cut a large watermelon.

After a few brushes, a large watermelon is divided into more than a dozen small watermelons.

In the middle of the watermelon sac, there is some sand, and this old variety of watermelon tastes sweet and sandy, and it is very delicious.

Gao Mingcheng beckoned Gao Yue and them to eat watermelon, but he was also very greedy, picked up a piece of watermelon, and ate it in a big gulp, after eating, he threw the watermelon into a bucket, and said to the others: "Don't throw the watermelon rind around, throw it in this bucket, and take it to feed the chickens later." ”

Watermelon rind can be used for many purposes, it can be made into pickles, it can also be fed to chickens and pigs, and it can also be made into watermelon cream!

The process of homemade watermelon cream is not very complicated, and the main ingredients are watermelon and miscanthus salt.

Put a layer of watermelon and a layer of miscanthus into an unglazed crockpot, seal it, hang it in a cool and ventilated place, and after a few days, the outer wall of the crockpot will precipitate white powdery crystals, which is the Chinese medicine watermelon cream, which is a good medicine for treating mouth ulcers. (End of chapter)