selling chili peppers in chronology

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Du Xingwei replied: "One of the reasons."

Chen Chen: "Huh?"

Seeing Chen Chen's puzzled gaze, Du Xingwei explained one more sentence, "I'll be back when I'm done."

In this way, Chen Chen didn't ask any more questions.

Speaking of which, both Chen Chen and Du Xingwei were celebrities in Pingba Village.But as the first high school student in the village, the former is naturally mostly praised, and there are also some pity and comments brought about by his mother who abandoned her husband and son; the latter naturally does not have a good reputation. It is really fierce, men, women and children in the village are very frightened, and it is also an excellent weapon for parents to scare children into disobedience.

But right now, it's just these two people who are so different, standing together, chatting and laughing happily.

Looking at the harmonious scene and the smiling face, it makes people suspect that they are dazzled, otherwise how could this scene exist?

Obviously, I didn't realize that Chen Chen and Du Xingwei had a good relationship before.

Just when everyone was wondering and whispering, the two parties continued to chat.

Chen Chen mentioned a serious matter, "Shouldn't your land be planted?"

Du Xingwei said: "No."

Seeing his posture of coming empty-handed, Chen Chen had a guess in his mind, "If there is no food, can you pay with money?"

Du Xingwei was surprised for a moment, "Yes, if you don't hand in the food, you have to pay."

Chen Chen: "How much is an acre?"

Du Xingwei: "Thirty percent higher than grain prices."

Chen Chen was puzzled, "Thirty percent higher?"

"The country handed over the land to the people, hoping to improve the people's lives through this move, so that the people can have food to eat, and there will be no more famines and people starving to death." Du Xingwei explained: "If the land does not grow food, it will naturally be handed over to the people. more money."

To put it bluntly, not growing food is a bit of a violation of the original intention of land distribution. The country has lost a part of the source of food, so more money is needed.

Chen Chen understood.

He also calculated the amount of money that needs to be handed over based on the current food price, and he thought it was reasonable.

Chen Chen turned to ask: "Then do you want to line up?"

Now there are so many people in the whole grain drying field, and Du Xingwei has just arrived, so he has to go to the end of the line.

"No." Du Xingwei said, "There is no need to check the food to pay the money. It's not that troublesome. I'll just come over on the last day."

Anyway, it won't fail.

"Then why are you here today?" Chen Chen joked, "Did you come to see the excitement?"

Du Xingwei heard it, "Well, look at the excitement."

When he said this, Du Xingwei's stern facial features softened a lot. Although it was not obvious, it gave people a different feeling. Chen Chen felt that even though people around him were talking about it, Du Xingwei shouldn't be afraid in his heart, even... disregard.

There's nothing wrong with it, Chen Chen actually finds it attractive.

Chen Chen suddenly realized that there seemed to be something wrong with him.

Thinking of this, his brows furrowed unconsciously.

Du Xingwei didn't know, so, "What's wrong?"

Chen Chen opened his mouth and replied, "It's okay." After a pause, he added, "I think it's really troublesome to pay the rations."

Du Xingwei had an intuition that this was not what Chen Chen was thinking just now, but if the other party didn't want to say it, he wouldn't force him to ask, so he just said, "It's much better than the previous years."

In the past few years, the big pot of rice, the hard-earned food did not belong to me, and sometimes I couldn't even eat enough.It's not like now, the food is up to you, whether you want to eat it or sell it.

"The country is developing and will get better and better in the future."

Chen Chen and Du Xingwei chatted for a while in the grain drying yard. Chen Jianye was not good at words, and he didn't intervene much from the beginning to the end, just listening by the side.

The two obviously didn't talk a lot, but occasionally they mentioned a sentence or two about the impact of the current national policies/policies on them, which Chen Jianye found very interesting.

Chen Chen and Du Xingwei seemed to be chatting with no one else, and the people around them watched for a long time and didn't let them stop the conversation, instead embarrassing themselves.

It's just that "this is so normal, why are you making such a fuss about it" kind of feeling.

So in order not to embarrass themselves, and because they couldn't see a name, they gradually chatted with each other as they muttered slowly. The parties were still not far away, and it was impossible to talk loudly. But even children are beaten, let alone you are an adult.Just relying on his even more astonishing aura after he went out and came back, he is not easy to mess with, they are stupid to discuss in front of others, they are not looking for death.

While chatting, the team moved forward, and when they were still a dozen or so away from their home, Liu Dongxue came over with a bamboo basket.

Other soups and water are not easy to put, so what she bakes are pancakes, and the noodles are added with a piece of dough left over after kneading the steamed buns last night. They are not dead noodles, so the pancakes baked are not bad. Xuanruan, even if there is no soup, he will not choke his throat.

The pancakes were not brushed with oil, but after they came out of the pan, they were spread with some chili oil made by Chen Chen, as well as some shredded potatoes and chopped green onions, which is similar to eating burritos.

Liu Dongxue didn't expect Du Xingwei to be here, but she baked a lot of pancakes, intending to make Chen Jianye and Chen Chen full, so they couldn't wait for the food harvest hungry.

Chen Chen doesn't regard Du Xingwei as an outsider, and Chen Jianye and Liu Dongxue don't know how to repay their kindness. Besides, Du Xingwei himself is still the kind who understands etiquette. Every time Chen Chen sends something over, he will return something else, even though they think it is unnecessary. After all, they rescued Chen Chen back then, so they should give some things.Ignoring those vicious rumors, Du Xingwei is actually the best child.

The three greeted Du Xingwei to eat cakes.

Du Xingwei saw that what they said was sincere, so he didn't make any excuses, and reached out to take a cake.

One bite, very fragrant.

He tasted it again, which was quite surprising. He carefully looked at the place where he bit off, and found that the exposed chili seemed to have been soaked in oil. Otherwise, even if the oil was spread on the cake, the chili should not be so wet .

Du Xingwei asked: "Was the chili fried in oil?"

Chen Chen didn't expect him to take such a bite, and he could see that there was oil in the pepper.

"I made chili oil."

Du Xingwei: "Oil pepper?"

Chen Chen said: "It's made with dried chili noodles, whether it's eating noodles with cakes or bibimbap."

Du Xingwei said: "It is as versatile as bad pepper."

Chen Chen: "The taste is different."

"That's true." Du Xingwei asked, "You plan to sell this one too?"

Chen Chen replied: "Not right now."

That is, if there is a chance in the future, it will be sold.

Du Xingwei understood.

After eating one pancake, Chen Chen asked him to eat two more, but Du Xingwei refused, "I'll be back in a while, you have to wait, don't be hungry."

Chen Chen said: "Not bad for this one."

Du Xingwei: "That's not the case."

Seeing that he persisted, Chen Chen didn't persuade him anymore.

Du Xingwei looked at the team in front. After eating cakes, the front was only pushed forward by one place.

The speed is really not fast.

Du Xingwei considered for a moment, whether he didn't want to stay any longer, talked to the three of them, then turned and left.

When Du Xingwei left, the crowd was silent for a second.

When the people walked away, everyone asked each other in a low voice: "Why is Chen Chen and Du Xingwei so close?"

"I don't know. I haven't seen them talking before, but I just stood together and talked for so long."

"I also ate cakes from the Chen family, so it's definitely not an ordinary relationship."

"Of course it's not an ordinary relationship." Suddenly a loud voice interrupted.

Everyone turned their heads.

I saw Chen Qian, the second boy of Chen's second family, standing not far away with his arms folded, "Du Xingwei saved my fourth brother's life, the kindness of saving my life, the relationship is of course extraordinary."

Some people who heard the wind suddenly remembered, "Zhuyeqing is a real story?"

Chen Qian asked back: "Otherwise?"

"I thought it was a bluff." The man said, "Who doesn't know the number Du Xingweisha?"

"That's right, it's also Du Xingwei's fault for looking too fierce, otherwise we wouldn't believe it."

"He used to beat dolls."

"..."

"Is this still what he thought?"

In the blink of an eye, everyone saw Chen Chen staring at them expressionlessly.This faint glance made people feel guilty for no reason, as if they had provoked him.

Those who have the courage to say: "These things are true, but it's not that we wronged him."

"He will resist because of his stepmother and stepfather's family; if he beats a child, it is a person's mouth, including his parents' unrestrained speech, and the child will follow suit; as for the frightening name of the god ...Didn't you give it to yourself?"

The tone of Chen Chen's rhetorical question was very calm, there was no hysteria or anger and dissatisfaction, just like the two casually casual sentences when we met in the village, but it just made people dare not refute.

The atmosphere froze for a moment before someone said weakly, "He is afraid, so we are also afraid."

Chen Chen hummed expressionlessly, and then said: "A good word warms the winter, and a bad word hurts the June cold. No one wants to be hurt."

"What Chen Chen said is true." Someone said: "It's better to think carefully about what you say and do."

Everyone agreed and changed the subject in a friendly manner.But he was muttering in his heart, this Chen Chen was quite fierce just now, he didn't realize it at all before.

Chen Qian walked over to Chen Chen and teased, "Fourth Brother, you were quite aggressive just now."

Chen Chen raised his eyebrows, "Is there?"

Chen Qian asked back: "No?"

Chen Chen's tone was flat: "No."

Chen Qian choked, thinking that it might not be a wise decision to talk about this topic with his fourth brother, so he directly changed the subject, "Fourth brother, I'm going back to help with the food."

Chen Chen hummed.

Eyes turned around in the crowd again, Chen Chen closed his eyelids in a daze.

After a while, he suddenly laughed.

When the sun rose high at noon, the entire grain drying field began to burn their feet, the crowd was crowded, and the whole body was sultry.Some people brought food to the grain drying ground, the air was filled with the smell of food, and people looked sick.

In this kind of high noon air that can make people faint, the team finally came to Chen Chen's turn.

The grain collectors read their names, the amount of land they own, and the amount of grain that needs to be handed over, and then signaled them to open the sacks and check carefully.

Chen Jianye listened to check the amount of food, and Chen Chen opened the sack.

In the past, there were several houses whose rice was not dried or the wheat was not ready, and all of them were sent back to dry again, so now it was my family's turn, both Chen Jianye and Chen Chen felt nervous.

During the autumn harvest period, they have already treated the grain meticulously and meticulously. If the inspection fails, Chen Chen will really feel bad.

Every time the grain harvesting staff fiddled with the grain, Chen Jianye and Chen Chen's heart skipped a beat, and their eyes were fixed on their movements, for fear of hearing the sentence "xx can't do it, take it back and fix it before you come back".

The inspection was long, every bag of grain was opened and inspected carefully, the staff did not hesitate at all, when the final grain was checked, under Chen Jianye's uneasy eyes and Chen Chen's frown slightly, the staff finally announced One sentence: "All passed, Chen Jianye of Pingba Village, this year's grain has been handed in."

Chen Jianye and Chen Chen breathed a sigh of relief.

The staff finally read the food that needs to be handed in again, and only after Chen Jianye replied "no problem" did he ask him to sign and press his fingerprints.

At this point, the Chen family's autumn harvest food has only been handed in.

Chen Jianye and Chen Chen, who had been tortured all morning, felt at ease, and then dragged their exhausted bodies and brought their stuff home.

The temperature was high at noon, and Chen Chen was also tired, so he rested in the room all afternoon.

When he woke up again, he felt relieved.

Before he walked out of the house, Chen Chen smelled a fishy smell. Could it be that someone went to the river to catch a fish and came back to eat it at night?

It turned out that he thought less.

There are buckets and basins and other things in the shade of the yard, and there are all kinds of fish, big and small.

Chen Jianye was killing the fish, while Liu Dongxue was rubbing salt on the fish, and then stringing the fish with a thin hemp rope and hanging it on a bamboo pole supported by a tripod to dry.

Chen Chen was dumbfounded.

So many fish, why?

"Dad, Aunt Liu, where do you get so many fish?"

Chen Jianye replied: "It was fished in the river."

Chen Chen was puzzled, "What are you doing with so many fish?

Chen Jianye said: "There is nothing to eat in winter, and it can be stored after drying."

Chen Chen: "Isn't it planted in the ground?"

Chen Jianye replied in a muffled voice: "It's better to make more."

Chen Chen turned his eyes to the pile of fish, and suddenly understood—they thought that the land was used to grow peppers, and they were afraid that the peppers would lose food, so they tried their best to get some fish for preparation.

After enlightenment, Chen Chen couldn't tell what it was like in his heart.

It is useless to say more, but to rely on reality.

With that in mind, Chen Chen went over to help spread the salt on the skewered fish.

"The sun is almost setting, will it stink tomorrow?"

"No." Liu Dongxue said, "I've seen other people's homes dry it before. This fish needs to be dried in the sun for a few days before it can be completely dried. After applying salt, it can be kept at night."

"That's fine." Chen Chen had never dried fish before, so he didn't know how to do it.

It looked like a lot of fish, but in fact there were only about thirty of them, and they were all strung together with two thin hemp ropes.

Liu Dongxue put all the things he used into wooden barrels, and then put them in the back basket, and carried a wooden basin in his hand, and went to the small sink to wash.

After Chen Chen washed his hands twice with soap, he still felt that his hands still smelled like fish.

After the rice is harvested, the paddy fields can rest for a winter, so there is no need to rush to clean them up. The peppers and vegetables are all planted, and the time after that is more relaxed.So two days ago, Liu Dongxue packed a hundred catties of new rice and put it all in the rice vat, and wanted to eat it all for her family.After cooking last night, Chen Chen planned to cook again tonight.

Soak the new rice for an hour after washing, and then put it in boiling water to cook. When it is almost cooked, use a Shau Kei to filter out the rice soup, and put the rice grains in a wooden barrel to steam.

Steamed in this way is the most authentic wooden barrel rice.

After the rice was steamed, Chen Chen started to fry the fish.

My family liked the bad chili fish I made before, but I didn’t have much time to make it. Just now he saved a fish, which weighed more than five catties, and Chen Chen planned to make it all.

First fry a shredded potato, then cook the fish, and you will have a whole meal.

Chen Chen brought out a big bowl of bad chilli fish and sent it to the uncle's house, thanking them for helping to carry the food this morning.

Soon, the students came back from school, and the two went straight to the kitchen smelling the smell. They were happy when they saw that it was a bad chili fish.

It just so happened that Liu Dongxue also came back from the small pool and started eating directly.

At the dinner table, Chen Chen talked about going to the county to sell bad peppers tomorrow, and Chen Jianye immediately asked, "Are you going alone?"

"No." Chen Chen said: "After eating, I'll go to uncle and uncle's house, ask them who wants to go, and sell all the bad peppers I made last time."

Chen Jianye hesitated to speak.

Chen Chen saw it, "Dad, if you have nothing to do tomorrow, let's go together."

Chen Jianye hesitated, "Can I go?"

"Yes, there is nothing you can't go. If I don't have a holiday tomorrow, I would like to go." Chen Bei said unwillingly: "Brother, next time you choose a time when we don't study."

Chen Chen said: "It depends on the situation."

Chen Jianye really wanted to go and see it. After all, just hearing what people said was more practical than seeing it with his own eyes.

"Then I'll go and see it together?"

"to make."

Seeing that they had agreed, Liu Dongxue asked, "You guys are going to sell bad peppers tomorrow, so I'll pick the peppers at home and make them?"

"Not busy." Chen Chen said: "I picked the peppers that my father planted before and used them, but now I pick those peppers in the yard for home use."

Chen Jianye said, "Sell it if you want."

"I won't sell it anymore." Chen Chen said: "The ones that will be planted in the future are produced by the three families together. They are not owned by any one person. They must not be moved. I have to keep some to eat. I want dried chili everywhere."

Liu Dongxue answered, "Then I'll pick the peppers and dry them tomorrow."

After eating, Chen Chen was going to look for Chen Xiangwu, but after walking a few steps, he ran into three cousins ​​chatting with Chen Qianzhan.

Chen Qian had sharp eyes, "Fourth brother."

Chen Chen walked over, "What are you talking about?"

Chen Ming said with a smile: "It is said that the second aunt wants to tell Xiao Qian about the daughter-in-law."

Chen Chen paused, "Why are you talking about this again?"

Chen Qian's face was stern, "Who knows what she thinks, and I don't know what she is anxious about."

Chen Cong said: "Sooner or later you will get married."

"I will definitely get married in the future." Chen Qiandao: "Anyway, I don't want to now."

Chen Chen, who is also not married, didn't want to mention this matter, so he changed the subject and said, "Then are you free tomorrow?"

Chen Jindao: "I plan to go to the whole field, Xiaochen, what do you do?"

Chen Chen said: "I thought that if you are free tomorrow, you can go to the county to sell bad peppers together."

Everyone was refreshed when they heard this, "Tomorrow?!"

Chen Chen's expression was calm, "The jars of bad peppers can be opened. I'll sell them earlier and buy some other things when I come back. The jars can also be washed to free up. When the peppers in the field grow long, I have to continue making bad peppers."

"Yes! There must be time!" Chen Qian answered immediately, "I will go to the captain to open a letter of introduction."

Chen Ming answered quickly, "I'm not busy."

Chen Jin also wanted to go, but he saw that there were only three people. He heard that there were only a few pots of bad peppers made this time, and there should not be many people in need.He asked first, "Xiaochen, how many people do you want?"

Chen Chen told the truth, "A total of fifty cans of bad chili."

Chen Jin regretted, "Then I won't go, there are enough of you."

Chen Cong thought that the round trip bus to the county would cost one yuan, which could buy half a catty of candy, which would make Huaiqing and Huaifang eat for days, so he couldn't say it.

In fact, the car cost Chen Chen enough to drive, but the main reason is that this time there are only fifty cans of bad peppers, and four big men traveling together, that's really enough.

"Then you can go next time."

"Row."

After it was decided, because they were going to open a letter of introduction to the captain, they didn't talk any more, and planned to open the letter of introduction first.

Chen Chen asked: "My dad is going to the county tomorrow, and I will help open the letter of introduction. Will Uncle Shengli open it?"

"Open it." Chen Qian knew about it, "They are all from his own village, and the three of us testify. Uncle Shengli will definitely open it."

Chen Chen nodded, "That's okay, I'll open it together."

Chen Ming, Chen Chen, and Chen Qian's three brothers went to the home of Chen Shengli to open a letter of introduction.

Sure enough, as Chen Qian said, when Chen Shengli saw that three people were writing letters of introduction from four people, he inevitably had to ask a few more questions. Hearing that they said they were going to the county together tomorrow, he opened them.

After they left, Chen Shengli sighed to his wife, "I asked Uncle Wu's to get up."

It was still early to open the introduction letter, and before it was completely dark, Chen Chen wanted to go to Uncle Tao, who is good at making pottery, to burn more good pots, but when he arrived at the door of the house, he asked, and said that Uncle Tao and the others were still drying the grain The field waited for the harvest and did not come back, so the three had to leave first.

Chen Ming looked in the direction of the drying field, "Fortunately, we got up early today, otherwise we might have to wait."

Chen Chen asked: "Stay up late and collect?"

"Where can we do it?" Chen Qian said: "Even if we can survive, the people who collect the grain will have to go back to rest. I guess they will go back with a tractor right now."

Chen Chen asked: "Then what should I do if I haven't handed it in yet?"

Chen Qiandao: "Stay guard at the sun-drying field."

Chen Chen: "Don't sleep?"

"Let's change." Chen Mingdao: "We were late last time when we handed in the rations, and we were at the back of the queue. We only handed in the food on the third day. My dad, brother and I stayed up for two nights."

Chen Qian had a lot of gossip: "At the beginning, everyone was inexperienced, and some people in the village carried the grain back, but they got up early the next day to carry the grain, and when they arrived at the grain drying field, they found that many people hadn't woken up and stayed there all night. They want to carry the food back to the position in the row yesterday, and those who have been guarding the night will quit, saying that they are late and have to go to the back of the row.”

Chen Ming answered, "Because of this, the two sides almost started fighting. In the end, the village chief and several captains came to stop the fire."

Chen Chen checked the original body's memory, and found that he had no memory of this matter at all.

Oh, no, I have an impression. I heard scattered stories from the villagers later, but he has never experienced it himself.

"I didn't see it with my own eyes, and I didn't even think of it unless you mentioned it."

"I guess you don't know." Chen Mingdao: "At that time you were studying in the county, and the food that the third uncle handed in was all carried by the elder brother and the second brother. After staying up for another two nights, we said that he would not change him, and after paying the food, he could fall asleep standing up."

Chen Chen felt uncomfortable when he heard it.

Chen Qian caught a glimpse of Chen Chen's complexion, and said, "It's alright this time, with the help of my third aunt and fourth brother, the people in the queue are all at the front, so I don't have to stay up late at night."

Chen Ming also said: "That's not true."

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