Through the small days of farming

At the back, the two of them simply kept picking chestnuts, and the other two picked up the firewood and then picked it down the mountain.

When they went down the mountain carrying firewood, the two of them also came home with a basket full of chestnuts. There was no container at home to hold so many chestnuts, so Bai Niannian directly used the bathtub at home to pack them. Come for the second time.

After picking up a few loads of firewood and going home, there was not much firewood available near the place they chose.

"Brother Nian, let's go to a farther place to cut firewood. If you have anything to do here, call us." Chen Mingren led Shen Wei to another direction, and explained to the two of them.

In mid-November, it should be raining here, but the weather does not necessarily rain only in mid-November every year. It may be delayed or early. It is better for them to prepare the firewood for winter earlier.

"Understood." Bai Niannian replied, concentrating on removing the thorns from the chestnuts. If you are not careful, you may prick your hands. They picked up a lot and put them in the open space. They used stones to make the cracks on the thorns bigger. Then take out the chestnuts inside.

The wind on the mountain is not too small. The overripe chestnuts on the trees will fall down when the wind blows them. They didn't pay attention at first, and they almost hit their bodies, and then they stopped knocking chestnuts under the trees.

"Brother Nian—come over here."

Bai Niannian was knocking chestnuts, when he heard the shout, he asked a little uncertainly: "Brother Ning, are they calling us?"

"Well, I heard that too. Let's go and have a look." Ning Ge'er put down the stone in his hand and walked towards the direction where their voice came from. There were traces of their walking on the grass, and they quickly followed the traces to find them .

"What did you call us here for?" Bai Niannian asked.

"Look, what is this?" Chen Mingren heard their voices, but couldn't see them, and urged them to hurry over.

"A lot of persimmons!" They turned a corner, and they could see a big tree full of persimmons hanging like red lanterns at a glance.

Brother Nian and Brother Ning looked at each other and saw the surprise in each other's eyes.

Persimmons are very popular here because they are peeled and dried in the sun. The dried persimmons can be sold for money, otherwise they can be dried and kept as snacks for children.

There were many persimmon trees beside the chestnut forest outside the village entrance, but before they were all ripe, they were picked one after another.

"A lot of persimmons!" Bai Niannian hadn't eaten persimmons for a long time, looking at these bright red persimmons, he directly took one from Chen Mingren's arms.

Before they came, he probably climbed up the tree and picked a lot. The persimmons in his arms were big and ripe, and there was no need to peel them. A hole was made on the top, and the skins of the persimmons could be peeled off in one piece and eaten. One bite, with a sweet taste, without the astringent taste that is not yet ripe.

Brother Ning also took one to taste, and obviously liked it too.

"Let's pick these persimmons first!" Bai Niannian suggested, "Our two families will divide the picked persimmons equally."

A lot of persimmons rotted on the ground, and they all fell from the trees when they were too ripe. When I came to pick the persimmons again, I don’t know how many more persimmons fell.

"Yeah," Ning Ge'er agreed with him, the persimmons would fall to pieces if they weren't picked, and the firewood was on the mountain, so it didn't matter what time it came.A day or two later, depending on the weather, it won't rain.

However, the bundled firewood, of course, had to be picked out first, and the chestnuts had to be brought down the mountain. They walked two more times for the chestnuts, and three times for the firewood.

Picking up two loads of empty baskets, Chen Mingren was in charge of climbing up, picking off the persimmons that could be picked, Shen Wei also went up with a bamboo pole, and knocked off those persimmons that were difficult to pick and didn't look fully ripe.

When the persimmons fall, there are dead leaves under the tree to buffer them. Only a small part of the persimmons are cracked, and even if the persimmons are cracked, it will not affect the drying of the persimmons.

The two of them were responsible for picking up the persimmons that had been smashed into the baskets.

A persimmon tree was full. They picked three loads of persimmons in total, and left some persimmons on the tree for the birds on the mountain to eat.

It took them almost two hours to pick these persimmons, plus an hour for chopping firewood. After they finished picking the persimmons, the sky was already dark, but looking at the persimmons full of them, a small corner had already been piled up where Shen Wei's family put the firewood. There are more than ten loads of branches.

The branches are easy to burn, and there is no firewood to chop and burn. When cutting firewood on the mountain, they cut down a few big trees and fell down. By this time next year, they can go up the mountain to cut firewood.

After returning home to put away the things, Bai Niannian asked Mingren to bring the two little guys home, while he went to wash the rice and cook.

There was no place to put the persimmons, so they fell on the ground first, and the baskets were returned to Aunt Chen's house. The undamaged persimmons could be saved for tomorrow, but for those broken ones, they had to deal with them after dinner.

Peel off the outer layer of skin, then string it up with a thread, and hang it in the kitchen. There is often a fire inside, and the temperature is high, so the persimmons are easier to dry.

"Wow! Bro, a lot of persimmons."

"Brother, can we have one?"

"Just eat one." Chen Mingren said, took a persimmon for them, cut it in half with a knife, and explained, "You can eat later, don't eat too much, or you won't be able to eat later."

"Yeah." The two of them sat on the chair obediently, holding half a persimmon in their hands.

When Chen Mingren went out to pick vegetables, Mingde immediately got off his chair and ran into the kitchen with half a persimmon.

"Mingde, don't disturb brother's cooking." Mingli said something to him, Mingde still ran to the kitchen, Mingli was worried about him, and followed him in.

"Brother, the persimmons are delicious, I'll give you a bite." Mingde handed the persimmons to Bai Niannian.

"It's delicious." Bai Niannian took his hand and took a small bite.

"Brother, here you are." Ming Li was much smarter than Ming De, so he directly brought in a persimmon and handed it to him.

"Good boy." Bai Niannian took the persimmons and patted the heads of the two little guys, "Brother, we'll eat later, you guys go outside to play first."

"Brother, I'll help you light the fire." Ming Li said.

"No need, brother? Just cook with your elder brother. If you are hungry, you can eat some snacks first."

"Brother, we're not hungry yet." Ming Li took Ming De's hand, and after speaking, took him to see the puppy Bai Bai.

Bai Niannian smiled and said nothing, continued to cut pork, thinking in his heart, should he take the three little ones to the mountain together tomorrow, it is not an option to always put the children at Aunt Chen's house.

It takes several days for them to prepare firewood for the winter. On the first day, because they have enough strength, they only have a dozen loads of firewood. If they go tomorrow, they will have that much for the whole day.

And the place where I go to collect firewood is getting farther and farther away from my home. After collecting the nearby firewood, I have to go to a place farther away.

It took longer to come back, and the shoulders hurt after being carried for a long time. The two of them can make his chestnuts for almost two days.

In fact, there is nothing to do on the mountain, don’t be afraid if there are too many people, bring good things and let the two little guys play on the side, and they don’t need to bother Aunt Chen.

As for the idea of ​​locking them at home, it was a last resort before, but now he rejects this method without even thinking about it.

Thinking about things in his heart, his movements were not slow. When Chen Mingren came back, he had already cut the pork and was ready to cook it.

"I'll wash the vegetables, you go to fry the vegetables." Bai Niannian said, he washed the vegetables faster, after frying the pork, you can fry the vegetables.

"Okay." Chen Mingren simply gave him the vegetable basket.

What I ate today was lettuce, which was picked from Aunt Chen's vegetable field.

When Chen Mingren was almost done frying the pork, Bai Niannian also washed the vegetables, and Bai Niannian asked him to put the soup from the pork in another bowl, keeping the stir-fried lettuce, the stir-fried lettuce would be much more delicious.

"Aren, I plan to take Mingli and Mingde to the mountain tomorrow."

"We still have some time to spare. We can't leave them at Aunt Chen's house all day long. Anyway, they are not young anymore. It would be good to take them to the mountains and let them play by the side."

Chen Mingren sat on a small stool and stuffed a few branches into it to make the fire burn hotter, "Well, let's take them with us tomorrow. It's time to exercise them. They can't play wildly in the village all day long. Things at home are also important." Give them a little bit, don't spoil them."

The two little guys should have had enough of playing at home for so many days. After Mingli took the medicine this time, he was almost healed, and there will be no major problems in eating and sleeping well in the future.

But in the future they will always have a family and start a business, and children as old as them in the village will also help the family with work.

"Well, you have to go to Awei's house after dinner, and tell them about this matter, An Cheng will take it with you."

"it is good."

After eating and clearing away the dishes, Bai Niannian pulled out a small knife and brought a bucket of water, and asked the two little fellows to help, Mingli went to pick out the broken persimmons, Mingde Wash the picked persimmons and put them in an empty wooden barrel, while he peels the persimmons with a knife.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

"Brother, what's that sound?" Mingde asked curiously, Mingli didn't speak but looked at him.

"It was the village chief who summoned us to do something. If you hear this voice in the future, do you know it at the village chief's house?" Chen Mingren came out of the room, heard their questions, and explained.

"Brother Nian, let's go, let's go together." Chen Mingren picked up Mingli, Bai Niannian finished peeling the persimmons in his hands, washed his hands, picked up Mingde, and walked to the village chief's house from left to right, passing by When Aunt Chen was home, she met their family, and they left together.

Shen Wei didn't know what the signal meant, but Brother Ning still remembered that he was waiting for them at the door.

If there is no major event happening in the village, gongs and drums will not be sounded.

Don't know what's going on, need to call everyone.