I dug a lot of yams for two days in a row. I didn’t go out that day. I was preparing to sort out the cotton. I want to go to town tomorrow. When I get back, I can slowly harvest the sweet potatoes.
Niang San was sitting in the yard working. Chen Dou came over and sat down to help.
"Yunshan, go and get some sandillon for your aunt."
The little guy waddled into the house.
"Third sister, where did you get Sandingzi?"
"It's on the mountain. I didn't go up there today either. You go back and bring some persimmons back to your parents."
When Chen Dou came in, he saw a lot of persimmons on the window sill. Is there anything you don't like to eat? There are two persimmon trees in the village. I can't wait to count how many fruits there are, for fear that some children will pick them secretly.
"Third sister, are there still persimmon trees on the mountain?"
"Yes, there are also hawthorns. Yunshan and the others can't eat them, so you can take them back to eat."
Chen Dou was really excited, "Third sister, will I win with you next time you go up the mountain?"
"Okay, you can also call me Chen Tong." If that boy didn't eat a lot, of course he would have to do the work.
"Third sister, let Yunshan and the others stay at home tomorrow, and I will take them."
Chen Miao shook her head, "No, they two are obedient and will wait for me."
"Then I'll go with you tomorrow to play cotton while I work."
Chen Miao thought for a while, this sister has really never been out, so it's okay to go outside and have a look. Now that there's no news of unrest here, it's okay to take her out for a look.
"Well, you go back and tell your parents."
Chen Dou was so happy. As a child, of course he was curious about the outside world. The adults kept saying that it was chaotic outside and there were many bad people. He also saw little devils and two gouzi, but he still couldn't stop his curiosity.
The outer shells of the cotton peaches were cleaned, and five bags of cotton with seeds were packed.
"Third sister, there are quite a few."
"The mountains are ventilated and grow well."
After the work was done, Chen Dou helped peel the persimmons. If you want to dry the persimmons, you must peel them, otherwise they will not be dried.
Yunshan handed a soft persimmon to Chen Dou.
"He is still my eldest nephew. He has delicious food and thinks of his aunt." Chen Dou was really happy. The two nephews were not yet one year old and already remembered him.
The persimmons were sweet, so she fed them to her two nephews and ate them herself.
I dried the old seedlings. The ones I made a few days ago dried a lot. The post-autumn weather was perfect for drying.
In the future, when Chen Jiang comes back, ask him to bring more with him so that he can put it in his pocket and eat it whenever he is hungry.
At noon, she left the girl to eat and steamed the egg custard with goat milk. Although it was quite tangy, it tasted really good.
Yunshan and his brothers loved to eat, so they definitely couldn't eat cornmeal pancakes. The two of them didn't feel too full after eating a bowl of egg custard each.
In the afternoon, Chen Dou continued to peel the persimmons, and Chen Miao began to peel the chestnut kernels. They had been exposed to the sun for several days, and there was a sound when shaking the chestnuts. This should mean that the chestnut kernels and skins were separated, which would save a lot of effort in peeling.
"Third sister, is this Yelizi?"
"Yeah, I'm going back to grinding the noodles, I think it will be delicious."
"Third sister, do you remember that my eldest brother took my eldest sister to pick it for us before, but when I came back, my mother beat me."
Chen Miao smiled and said, "Take some back, steam them and keep them for you to eat when you are hungry."
"Third Sister, are you going to play cotton tomorrow?" Now she wanted to go up the mountain, and if she went with Third Sister, her mother would probably let her.
"Go. I'm still waiting to use cotton."
In the evening, Chen Dou went back and packed half a basket of persimmons, and the rest were chestnuts, mountain berries, and hawthorns.
"Mom, look?"
"Your third sister's?"
"Well. Mom, tomorrow I will go play cotton with my third sister. If nothing happens the day after tomorrow, Chen Tong and I will go up the mountain with my third sister. My third sister said there are a lot of persimmons on the mountain."
Liang Caixia didn't say anything. She originally wanted to cut sweet potato seedlings tomorrow. It would be fine if the old girl followed the third girl to do some work. The sweet potatoes would be fine if the sweet potatoes were delayed for a few days.
Chen Dou happily peeled the persimmons. It is a happy thing to eat dried persimmons in winter.
She was happily peeling the persimmons and Chen Tong came back. "Fourth sister, where did the persimmons come from?"
"The third sister gave it to me. We will go with the third sister in a few days."
Chen Tong happily ate the mountain cucumbers and kept exclaiming, "It's so sweet and delicious. Fourth sister, third sister, do you want to go when? I want to eat persimmons."
"You can't eat the persimmons yet, they are astringent. Third sister will go to play with cotton tomorrow and she can go as soon as she comes back. She only has sweet potatoes left, so she said she is not in a hurry to harvest them."
Chen Dou quickly peeled the persimmons. Instead of placing them on the window sill, she asked Chen Tong to put them on the roof. She also used a flat basket at home to fasten them, but she was worried that they would be eaten by house birds and magpies.
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Chen Tong was always very fond of eating, and suddenly there were two kinds of food available at home. He ate a lot of hawthorn while the fourth sister was cooking, but his tooth fell out during dinner. Fortunately, it was porridge in the evening, so he had to eat a lot of hawthorn.
Otherwise, you will still have to be scolded.
After Chen Miao, mother and son were cleaned, they lay on the kang and played. Chen Miao told them stories. Although they didn't understand them, it didn't stop them from having fun.
The next day, after Niangsan had eaten, Chen Miao drove the car, and Chen Dou came over carrying two sacks.
"Third sister, my mother said that she also shuffled the cotton at home."
Every household grows some cotton in the corners. We don’t have the ability to change cotton-padded clothes for everyone every year, but children grow fast, so we still need to add a section to the cotton-padded clothes. Besides, after a year, if the cotton-padded clothes are too thin
Still need to add another layer.
Chen Dou was sitting in the car coaxing his two nephews. They really enjoyed riding in the car.
Chen Miao knew the place and drove there. They arrived late, and there were two more orders ahead of them.
In fact, people in the countryside are all the same. They grow some cotton in every corner of the land and fill it with cotton for their cotton-padded clothes every year. And now when you marry a daughter-in-law, the best thing you can do when marrying a girl is to give her a quilt. So every family will grow some.
But it won’t be diverse. Although the price is high, the yield is low. If you still rely on eating from the ground, growing food is the most cost-effective.
Chen Dou was playing with his two nephews, and Chen Miao went to the boss and asked if he could fry in oil. This was good, and he had an excuse to eat oil.
Sit and listen to others chatting.
"Girl, which village are you from?"
Chen Miao looked at an uncomfortable-looking woman and asked, "I'm from Shenjiazhuang."
"I'm from Caozhuang, we're not far away."
Chen Miao didn't like this person very much. He looked like a mean person. So he didn't speak and just lowered his head.
"Girl, where are the adults in your family?" It's true that this girl is very nice. It would be fine if she could be the daughter-in-law of her strong son.
"I'm married."
"Are you married?" the middle-aged woman asked in an elevated tone.
Chen Miao just nodded this time. What's weird about getting married? At this time, Chen Dou came over with his two nephews. The two little ones jumped on Chen Miao.
"You two, please be honest, it's too noisy."
The two brothers rubbed themselves against their mother flatteringly, giggling.
Chen Miao also had a smile on her face and rubbed her sons' heads. The fur felt good.
