selling chili peppers in chronology

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When Chen Chen took the bamboo basket to the Houshan River, he saw Du Xingwei bending over to fish in the river.

He was standing in the river with his trousers pulled up to his thighs, and he was wearing a short sleeve on his upper body. The gradually setting sun reflected on the river, and even his body was dyed golden.

What to say?

Chen Chen felt that his luck was really good, and he would meet Du Xingwei in this kind of place every time.

Chen Chen walked over with the bamboo basket, and was about to speak, but Du Xingwei sensed it first, and turned his head to this side, revealing that expressionless handsome face.

A trace of clearly visible surprise flashed across his face, and then he stood up straight.

"Come here to catch fish?" Du Xingwei asked.

"Yes." Chen Chen walked over, "Are you catching fish?"

"No." Du Xingwei said, "Touch the snail."

Chen Chen was surprised, "Touching the snail?"

Du Xingwei hummed, then threw the snail he found into the small bamboo basket hanging on his waist.

Only then did Chen Chen see the small bamboo basket hanging on his waist.

The bamboo basket is actually not big, it looks like two big bowls when it is full, and it is completely in the blind spot of Chen Chen's line of sight. If Du Xingwei turned sideways just now, Chen Chen might not have noticed it yet.

Chen Chen said: "I didn't meet you touching the snails today, and I didn't remember it. After autumn, the snails are the fattest and the meat is the most plump."

Du Xingwei smiled lightly, "Do you want to touch it?"

Chen Chen walked a few more steps towards the river, and while looking into the river, he asked, "Is it easy to touch?"

"It's okay." Du Xingwei said: "The sun hasn't set yet, so I can see clearly."

"Then I'll touch some too." Chen Chen put down the bamboo basket and began to lift his trousers, "I originally planned to catch some fish or shrimp, but since it's time to eat snails, let's touch the snails."

As he said that, he rolled up his trousers and got into the water.

Although the weather has gradually turned colder now, the sun is still shining every day. The river has been exposed to the sun for a day, and before night, the river is not so cold and warm.

Chen Chen didn't get together with Du Xingwei, and chose a little distance away from him.

This place has not been touched by Du Xingwei, and a lot of snails can be seen at a glance.

The snails were all quite big, Chen Chen didn't pick them, but touched them one by one.

"People in the village don't like to eat snails?"

"I don't know." Du Xingwei said.

Chen Chen said: "If you like to eat, then there shouldn't be such a big snail in the river, probably no one has come to touch it."

Du Xingwei thought for a while and said, "Maybe I won't do it."

Chen Chen was taken aback.

Du Xingwei said: "Someone in the village used to touch and eat the snails, but everyone couldn't bear the smell, and there was mud and sand in the snails, which were not clean. They wouldn't come to touch the snails until they starved to death."

Some people don't like the taste of escargot, it's normal, but it tastes like sand...

"Shouldn't you put the snails in water for a few days and spit out the mud?"

Du Xingwei was silent for a moment, met Chen Chen's somewhat complicated eyes, and said, "They don't know."

There are too many meanings in this sentence.

Now Chen Chen was silent, and then said with a smile: "Then it's cheaper for me today."

A bit of autumn wind blows, and the lake ripples.

Du Xingwei moved in his heart, then lowered his eyelids, bent over to touch the snail, and said: "Touch the big one, and the small one can grow again."

Chen Chen moved his eyes and asked, "How big is it?"

Du Xingwei held up a snail in his hand as a demonstration, "It's about the same size as this one."

Chen Chen asked: "Are all the ones in your basket that big?"

Du Xingwei said: "Almost."

Chen Chen frowned, "Why is it so big that you touched it, but I didn't touch it."

Chen Chen looked into the river while talking, as if he was looking for such a big snail.

The expression looks unmistakable.

Du Xingwei felt strange in his heart, but also felt that if it wasn't like this, Chen Chen wouldn't have frowned.He thought for a while before saying, "Maybe your side has been touched by someone."

"should be."

The bamboo basket Chen Chen brought couldn't be hung on his body like Du Xingwei's, and could only be placed on the river bank. After touching it a few times, he couldn't hold it in his hands, so he could only place it on the bank.

While he was talking, he walked to the river and threw the snails in his hand into the bamboo basket, and said, "Du Xingwei, can I go to your place to touch the snails?"

Du Xingwei was stunned.

Chen Chen felt itchy, "The snails over there have been touched by someone before, and they are not big. Since you said that the snails can grow again, then I should not touch them back and eat them, let them grow first." .”

Du Xingwei laughed at Chen Chen's words, "Think of them as food reserves."

"That's right." Chen Chen laughed, "The things in the river and the mountains are all grain reserves."

Du Xingwei couldn't refute this.

Chen Chen mentioned again, "Du Xingwei, I won't grab the snails from you, can you touch them for me first?"

The young man's face, which had been black and thin because of the autumn harvest, hadn't regained its fat, but his eyes were stained with ridicule, and the setting sun was setting, as if he had crossed into a star.

Du Xingwei couldn't help saying: "Okay."

Chen Chen's little calculation succeeded, and he walked over there.

After standing still, Chen Chen stretched his hand into the water, and then picked up a snail. Chen Chen directly put it into the small bamboo basket on Du Xingwei's waist, and said with a smile, "Look, I didn't lie to you."

When Du Xingwei tilted his head, he could see Chen Chen's arms that were almost rolled up to his shoulders. The arms were actually a little muscular, but they were still very thin, looking like a stunted child.

Looking at his whole body again, there is no flesh on his face. He remembered that Chen Chen's skin was fair before, but now it is also dark, at least not as white as when he first met him at the captain's house.

Du Xingwei thought about it carefully. When he met Chen Chen in the grain drying field, he was even darker.

Thinking about the reason again, I can't think of it because of the autumn harvest.

Thinking of this, Du Xingwei couldn't hold back and asked: "I see that you have grown a lot of peppers, will you still grow the food in the future?"

Chen Chen didn't understand why the topic jumped here, but since Du Xingwei asked, he definitely wanted to start a chat.

"My dad will definitely grow it."

Du Xingwei said: "Right now the price of food is not high. With the price of your bad peppers, you might not be able to afford rice."

"Chili is chili, and food is food." Chen Chen bent down to touch the snail again, "For my dad and the others, nothing gives people a higher sense of security than food."

Du Xingwei also bent down and continued to touch the snails. The ones he touched were quite big, and they were something he only dared to look for in the past. "Food can indeed give people a sense of security."

When he was about to starve to death, he wished he could steal food to fill his stomach.

"We have been in chaos for ten years, and the whole country has been hungry for a hundred years. Everyone is trying to find a way to fill their stomachs, at least to meet the basic needs of food and clothing." Chen Chen put the snails he touched into a small bamboo basket, with a smile on his face. Confidence and longing, "In the future, our motherland will not let all our common people have this trouble."

Du Xingwei couldn't help but said, "You really believe it?"

"Of course!" Chen Chen said loudly.

Du Xingwei opened his lips slightly and did not speak.

The smile on Chen Chen's face is contagious, "In less than 30 years, our country will develop to a level that no one can imagine."

Du Xingwei was infected by him, and couldn't help asking: "What kind of situation?"

"Everyone has enough to eat, everyone has clothes to wear, go out by car, and go home to watch a movie." Chen Chen said: "Those who have bullied us, they will only be afraid of us, and even be left behind by us."

Even though Du Xingwei was calm, he was deceived by Chen Chen's description, "You think so well."

Chen Chen smiled and said, "If you don't even dare to think about it, how can you do it?"

Du Xingwei said: "If that day really comes, I'm afraid everyone will cry with joy."

Chen Chen said: "Yes."

He will always remember the eyes of everyone he knew or didn't know when he watched the military parade.

The sky that dyes half of the sky red is beautiful, and so is the hopeful longing for the motherland.

Chen Chen and Du Xingwei bent over to touch a lot of snails while chatting, and Du Xingwei walked towards the shore when the small bamboo basket could barely fit.

Chen Chen opened his mouth, wanting to ask if he was leaving, but saw Du Xingwei walking all the way to the bamboo basket, reached out to pick up the small bamboo basket at his waist, and poured the snails inside into the bamboo basket.

Chen Chen was immediately happy.

The happy Chen Chen didn't know that Du Xingwei had seen the fat snails in the bamboo basket clearly, but Du Xingwei was used to dealing with all kinds of emergencies, so Chen Chen didn't notice anything strange.

But he did see it for real.

But the person involved didn't think of this at all.

Du Xingwei put on the small bamboo basket again and walked over. Chen Chen smiled and said, "I thought you were leaving."

Du Xingwei paused, "No."

Chen Chen said: "That's not because I took advantage of it."

Du Xingwei said: "I'm not busy."

Chen Chen: "I didn't bump into you when you were busy."

Du Xingwei: "Maybe."

Everyone took the initiative to stay and help touch the snails, so Chen Chen didn't pretend to drive them away, talking happily.

Because they shared a small bamboo basket to hold the snails, the two of them were really not far away. When Du Xingwei bent down to touch the snails, he could see Chen Chen's legs next to him through the water.

The legs are skinny and the feet are not too big, but the hands stretching into the river are not slow, and they can accurately touch the fat snails every time.

While Du Xingwei was watching, his mind was full of the fat snails in the bamboo basket he saw just now, and each one was about the same size as the one he touched.

Du Xingwei couldn't help but think about why Chen Chen lied to him.

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The author has something to say:

Sorry for being late.

It's been a bit of trouble recently, and the schedule is very chaotic. It should be fine starting tomorrow, and I can update it on time every day.

Thanks for the support, bows.