Tian Minyan's family and other families worked together to harvest crops. They were busy for about ten days in total, and finally harvested all the crops. The Tian family had a lot of land, and the drying field was not enough. Fortunately, the weather in July was sunny.
, the sun is hot, and the harvested crops are dry. You can also borrow land from other families to dry the crops.
Threshing is a strenuous job, and the sound of threshing could be heard almost exclusively in the sky above Yangmei Village, mixed with the loud shouts of people, like a beautiful piece of music.
Tian Minyan and Xiao Wu couldn't do the work of threshing grains, so they went to the drying ground. From time to time, they would use bamboo rakes to catch the grass that fell with the grains, and they would also use their feet to kick out pits for the grains.
The millet will dry out faster.
"Second girl, are the two siblings here to kick the grain?" Some villagers passed by the grain field and greeted the two of them with smiles, and Tian Minyan responded one by one.
"Look at these children from the third bedroom of the Tian family. Even if they are well taught and their brothers have all gone to school, they may become masters in the future. This sister has hired long-term workers in the family and they all come to help. Tian and his wife are really good
What a blessing.”
"No, I'm just going to use these kids to lecture my little bastards. They won't come out to work unless I beat them with bamboo sticks."
The distant voice drifted into the ears of the two siblings. Xiao Wu chuckled and said, "Sister, the folks are praising us."
"Be careful of arrogance and impetuosity." Tian Minyan pretended to be calm and said: "Hurry up and kick the grain. Let's go home. The sun is too strong."
Back home, Luo Shi and Xiaoxing were picking peanuts, and even Aunt Zhu and the others came over to help take off the peanuts.
"Aunt Zhu, sister-in-law, are you here to help again?" Tian Minyan smiled and said hello to Aunt Zhu and her new daughter-in-law, Mrs. Wu.
Mrs. Wu only married into the Zhu family in June. She is plump and fair-skinned. She is also hard-working and very friendly. Especially when she smiles, she has a looming dimple at the corner of her mouth, which is even more beautiful.
"Yan'er is back? Have a sip of herbal tea quickly, Xiaoxing, and get some tea for your second girl." Mrs. Wu said with a smile: "Is it hot outside?"
"No, the sun is almost baking this place. Hey, it would be great if there was air conditioning." Tian Minyan said while wiping sweat.
"No matter how hot it is, you are not allowed to shower with well water. It's okay to get a plate of water to wipe your face." Luo Shi warned.
"Sister Yan, what is an air conditioner?" Zhu Yanyin noticed that Tian Minyan was talking about an air conditioner and asked curiously.
"It's a good thing. It's like an ice cellar. It's very cold." Tian Minyan stuck out her tongue and went to the well to bring a bucket of water to wipe her face. It was cool and refreshing, not to mention how comfortable it was.
She decided in her mind that when she had money, she would build a big house and two or three cellars, one to store ice in the winter and one to store grain and vegetables. In this way, there would be ice cubes to use in the summer, and that would be ice for eating.
The sand bowl is no longer a problem.
"Selling watermelon, big and sweet watermelon, three cents a pound, no money if it's not sweet." At this time, a burst of shouting suddenly sounded outside the yard.
watermelon!
When Tian Minyan heard this, she threw away the handkerchief and ran out. She saw an old man pushing a cart with many large watermelons piled on it.
"Old man, how do you sell this melon?"
Tian Minyan had never seen this old man before, he probably lived in another village, so she asked with a smile.
"Girl, it only costs three cents a pound." When the old man saw someone asking about his melons, he quickly stopped and smiled at Tian Minyan.
"Old man, I bought several, please give me less." Tian Minyan bargained.
"Here, how many do you want to buy?"
"At least a dozen, that's two cents per pound, eh?" Tian Minyan gestured with her fingers.
"Okay, God bless me this year, we will have a good harvest of melons, so it's cheaper for you." Seeing that Tian Minyan bought a lot, the old man was very happy and grinned.
"Old man, please pick some sweet things for me."
"Okay!" The old man selling melons immediately bent his fingers and tapped on the melons. He put his ears to the melons and listened to the sound. He only picked out the crisp ones and put them aside. In one fell swoop, he picked out ten
Two melons come.
Twelve melons weighed more than twenty kilograms. Tian Minyan paid the copper coins and asked the old man to help move them into the yard.
"Oh, this watermelon is growing well. I will buy two of them to satisfy their craving." Aunt Zhu stood up as soon as she saw the watermelon growing well.
"Aunt Zhu, don't be busy. I bought them all and you will take them to two families later." Tian Minyan hurriedly pulled her sleeves.
"How can this happen?"
"Why not? You came to our house to help pick peanuts. We didn't pay you, so these two melons are just wages." Tian Minyan laughed.
"Her aunt, don't shirk it. Two melons are not worth much." Luo Shi also advised.
"Well, well, I'm not afraid of people saying I'm greedy." Aunt Zhu sat down again after hearing this.
Tian Minyan put the two melons in a large wooden basin, personally carried two buckets of ice well water, poured them up and poured them over, and then picked the peanuts.
The three acres of peanuts grown by Tian's family this year yielded nearly eight kilograms of seedlings. They were all piled up in bundles in Tian's backyard. Picking peanuts was a troublesome job. It took several days to pick, but only half of them were picked.
Tian Minyan opened a peanut and threw the pink and white kernels into her mouth. Suddenly she thought of the salted dried peanuts she had eaten before. The ones dried at home in the countryside were the most fragrant. She said: "Mom, let's make some salted dried peanuts as snacks."
Bar."
When Luo Shi heard this, he immediately smiled and said: "You are a foodie, it will be strange if you don't want to eat any day."
Tian Minyan stuck out her tongue, and faced everyone's questioning eyes, she simply explained how to make it. Everyone wanted to try it, so they started cooking together.
Wash the peanuts, put them in the pot, add salt, and cook them over a fire. When they came out of the pot, Tian Minyan tested the taste and found that they were moderately salty, so she put them in a large dense sieve, spread them flat, and exposed them in the sun.
"Is this done?" Wu asked curiously.
"You can eat it when it dries."
"I said, where do you, a little girl, have all these strange ideas in your head? I have never seen these salted dried peanuts before. They can only be eaten cooked or stir-fried. Those who are poor can even eat them luxuriously.
, you have to keep it to extract oil or sell it for money." Aunt Zhu shook her head and sighed: "If your family doesn't have much money, it's not easy to raise a foodie."
Tian Minyan heard this and smiled and said: "Auntie, why do you work so hard? It's just to live a better life. You can't make enough money. We have to combine work and rest and eat what we want. I don't even have this money."
You don’t take them with you when you come and die, don’t you think that’s the truth?”
Aunt Zhu was stunned and looked at Luo Shi, dumbfounded: "Yes, this girl has taught us how to be a good person."
One sentence made everyone laugh, and Tian Minyan was even more elated, with joy in her eyes. Today is a day of great progress!
This chapter is too much, but it completely describes Yan's childhood memories. Yes, Yan comes from the countryside. He has kicked the grain and picked peanuts. The piles of peanuts made his fingers hurt. When harvesting in the fields, he also
I bought watermelon and ate it. Of course, until now, I still love the salted and dried peanuts dried in the countryside. Unfortunately, there is no land now. Wow~
