Chen Miao smiled, "Yes, you are absolutely right."
Before I could sleep, someone knocked on the door again. At night, it was Luo Bingyuan who opened the door.
The person who came in was Chen Tong.
"Third sister, will you send fourth sister to school tomorrow?"
"Hmm. What's wrong?" Chen Miao was in a bad mood. What does this guy mean? Does he not want his fourth sister to go to school?
"Third sister, what time will you leave tomorrow? Can I go with you?"
His mind was spinning quickly. When he heard that the fourth sister was going to school and the third sister was going to see her off, he immediately thought that he could take a donkey cart instead of walking. Going back and forth every day was quite tiring.
Chen Miao nodded after listening to her younger brother's words, "It's very early tomorrow, can you catch up?"
"Okay, it's okay. I'll wait for Third Sister at home."
Chen Miao nodded. As long as he is not selfish and thinks about his family, he can be tolerated.
After breakfast the next day, they set off. Zhao Xiaoyun told Chen Tong in the car that he must take care of the two girls.
"Sister-in-law, don't worry, our school has discipline and we must not bully girls.
It's good for the three of us to go to and from school together, I can walk enough by myself."
Zhao Xiaoyun felt relieved now. Not knowing the situation in the school, he imagined it to be very scary.
The procedures are quite fast when we arrive at school. Chen Dou and Jiaojiao will also go to school in the future and can start classes today.
The teacher did a test and found that Jiaojiao was the most literate, but because she was too young, she stayed in the first grade.
Chen Miao was relieved to find that her younger sister didn't feel embarrassed to sit among a bunch of little kids.
After settling them, Zhao Xiaoyun drove and took Chen Miao to find someone.
He was a very ordinary-looking person, and Chen Miao explained his purpose.
While grinding the corn, the old man asked a few questions, such as the day when a house was built and the birth date of a man.
I can answer everything, but I really don’t know the birth date. Zhao Xiaoyun doesn’t know either.
Finally, I stepped back and asked Shen Jianfeng's age for the first time, and chose to move on the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month.
Chen Miao didn't understand this either, so he asked very clearly.
Finally, the old man told her that all the clothes could be moved there in advance, but the bedding, pillows, dishes and chopsticks had to be moved there at midnight.
Now I understand, they charged ten cents.
The two drove back. "Will you remove the sweet potatoes this afternoon?"
"Okay, I'm thinking about tomorrow."
"Don't worry tomorrow. We have many people. We can definitely take back the sweet potato field even after dark."
"Okay, sister-in-law, you are really capable."
"That's right!" Zhao Xiaoyun laughed out loud after saying that.
We cooked immediately after we got home, and the couple came over just after we finished eating.
Luo Bingyuan also knew that he had to remove the sweet potatoes, so he took his two children with him. He could do nothing else but carry the sweet potato seedlings and sweet potatoes.
It's really fast, especially Shen Jianchun, who is really capable. It's very easy to watch him work.
Two children helped pick sweet potatoes from the basket.
"The sweet potatoes from Xiaofeng's house are really big."
"Sister-in-law, I don't think she's much older than last year."
"It's much bigger than my house."
"Yeah. Everything is good from other people's houses."
The two were chatting and laughing. Shen Jianchun also carried the sweet potato vines on his back.
It's not dark yet, and the sweet potatoes are really all gone.
"Don't you think there are too many? These are thirteen baskets of sweet potatoes. My sweet potato field is bigger than these two and I haven't harvested so many."
"I collected twelve baskets last year."
When the sweet potatoes arrived, Shen Jianchun and his wife helped put them into the cellar. The rest were pickaxe wounds and small ones.
There is really no food left in the fields now. The autumn of 2004-5 is completely over.
The couple came over early the next day because they wanted to go up the mountain.
People are selfish and want to go up and collect some persimmons first.
Chen Miao doesn't need many persimmons. The main reason is that Niang San can't eat too many, and last year she brought a lot of them to the army.
Chen Miao mainly went to the chestnut trees. She loved steamed buns with chestnut noodles, and it was good to eat more chestnuts.
It was really interesting to go up the mountain together. Shen Jianchun and his wife were really brave. They hid the persimmons in the old seedlings. They went to pick them again, thinking that they would come back in the evening.
Luo Bingyuan took her two children to make a raft on one side. She put half of it into the space, and even packed three bags.
I picked two baskets of persimmons and sent one to my parents' family. One basket was enough for their family.
By nightfall, five bags of chestnuts had been harvested.
There are two chestnut trees deep in the mountains. I will go there tomorrow and leave some here for everyone.
This time, two men were pulling the raft, and Chen Miao didn't feel very tired.
"Let's see the villagers come tomorrow." Zhao Xiaoyun was already very satisfied.
"Okay, my three brothers' families and my eldest sister's family will definitely come tomorrow."
Simply place the chestnuts directly on the kang where the mat is rolled up, so that the half-dried fruit and skin inside can be separated and easy to peel.
There are no cotton-padded clothes at home, so it is quite spacious.
Luo Bingyuan lit a fire and burned chestnuts for the two children to eat.
It can be said that they know very well about the food on the mountain.
In the evening, she steamed vegetable dumplings with shredded radish, vermicelli and meat. After they were stewed in a pot, she pushed a basket of persimmons to her parents' house.
In fact, it was already past eight o'clock, and there was no one outside.
Chen Miao knocked on the door and called Chen Tong's name.
"Third sister?"
Chen Tong saw the persimmons on the car and immediately bent down to pick them from the door sill.
Chen Miao came in with a pushcart. At this time, the old couple of the Chen family came out with their clothes on. They were worried about what happened to the third daughter.
"Mom, we went up the mountain today. These are the persimmons I picked back. These are enough. Chen Tong, go and tell the three brothers and eldest sister that they will ask them to find me tomorrow and that they have to go up the mountain."
Chen Tong was as anxious as a cat scratching his heart. He wanted to go up the mountain, but he didn't dare to say it yet. He had promised his parents that he would study hard.
"Go back quickly and let Lao Wu tell them."
When Chen Miao arrived home and the dumplings were cooked, she spent the whole day in a fool's errand. After having such a good meal at night, she ate too much.
The next day Chen Miao got up early to steam sugar buns.
Liu Yan brought a basin of soy milk, which is very good, and there is no need to add soup.
"Third aunt, only my mother stays at home and sells tofu, and we all go up the mountain."
"Well, bring a bag, basket, hatchet, and rope."
I like to drink soy milk with sugar in it. After I have eaten and drank enough, my family has already arrived.
Tang Er's Shi family just came out. "Are Xiaofeng's family going up the mountain?"
"Yes, second aunt, why don't you go together?"
"Go, I'll call them right now."
"Second aunt, you don't have to worry. Let's go first." She knew that she was afraid of wolves.
"I'll chase you later."
Chen Miao also knocked on the door and called Liu Qingshi's house. This was good, after all, they were neighbors on both sides.
Several members of the Shen family were waiting at the foot of the mountain. With Chen Miao and Luo Bingyuan accompanying them, they felt relieved.
Although he is a disabled person without arms, no one will look down upon him.
