Chapter 77 77 Brothers and sisters go up the mountain
Chen Dou was also sitting on the side. The cotton from both families had been packed at home, so he didn't have to go here to pick up sundries like them.
The child is young and has never been to other people's homes. Of course, seeing so many people feels strange, and he follows the actions of outsiders out of curiosity.
Chen Miao looked at her sons and smiled. These two boys will definitely not stop playing in the future. It is also good for the boys to be more lively. Let them play by themselves.
Playing cotton is actually a bad job because it will get sucked into the nose, which is very uncomfortable.
It was almost noon and it was not their turn yet. Chen Miao did not want the children to stay here for too long, so the two sisters carried the two children to the car.
What Chen Miao brought was steamed buns, but they were filled with dried vegetables and oil residue. Although they were cold, they shouldn't be unpalatable.
I brought goat's milk for the two children. I went to light a fire pot and put it on top to heat it. I poured two bowls and still had a fire. I went to Fang Mian's house to ask for water so that the two sisters could have hot water to drink.
Chen Miao fed the two children, while Chen Dou found tree branches and put steamed buns on them to roast by the fire.
The two sisters would eat only after the two children were full. Chen Miao would also put a piece of Miao in the mouths of the two children to make them be more honest.
After dinner, I went to see them. I guessed that it would be another hour before it was their turn. The cotton was not slow to play, but it took time to extract oil. It was not easy to go out, and I had to fry it even though it was late today.
Chen Miao asked Chen Dou to take care of the two children, and she went to work. She wore a headscarf, a mask, and was wrapped tightly.
The cotton player kept praising the high lint of Chen Miao's cotton. She meant that it was planted sparsely and a lot of fertilizer was used. In fact, any crop will grow well if it is ventilated.
The final weighing revealed that there were thirty-two kilograms of cotton, which was quite a lot. This way, they would have no problem filling the house with new bedding and making new cotton-padded clothes for their mother.
My mother-in-law's family had 11 kilograms of cotton, and the four of them had no problem stuffing cotton-padded clothes.
The cotton seeds have been soaked in hot water just now and are being simmered. The cotton seeds have been squeezed out just right.
It wasn't until dark that the cottonseed oil exploded. Chen Miao got five kilograms of cottonseed oil, while her parents had one kilogram and two taels.
It's already dark now, so the drive is slower. I just walked through it when I came here, and I'm still not familiar with the road.
The family was already very anxious. The two girls hadn't returned yet, so Chen Dongsheng still went out to look for them. He was about to reach the town when he heard some movement in front of him. It was dark and he couldn't see it, so he called out.
When Chen Dou heard his father's words, he loudly agreed, and both father and daughter were relieved.
Yunshan and his two brothers were unwilling to follow their aunt at nightfall, so it was just right for her father to drive the car while she sat behind and held the two children.
Chen Dou was talking to her father about playing cotton today, talking loudly, and it wasn't like she didn't like to talk. It depends on who she was talking to.
Chen Dongsheng was a little anxious, it was already so late, the weather was cold, and he was worried that his two grandsons would get sick.
The car stopped directly in front of Chen Miao's house. One of the father and daughter carried cotton and cottonseed cakes on their backs, and the other carried an oil can home.
Chen Miao fed the sheep and donkeys, and ate chickens, ducks, and geese even after dark. The house felt deserted without a fire all day, and playing cotton was a dirty job. She still boiled water for bathing, and during the boiling time she ate.
You don’t have to worry about catching a cold when you take a bath in the space. It wasn’t until late at night that the two children were let out, and the room was warm.
The next day after breakfast, I carried the two children up the mountain to remove the sweet potatoes and feed the sweet potato seedlings to the donkeys and sheep. Country people do not have the habit of wasting things.
It took a whole day to finally dig out all the sweet potatoes. There were a thousand kilograms of them, and they were all divided. The good ones that were not damaged were put separately. The ones that were damaged by the pickaxe and the small ones were steamed and dried in the sun.
It was already dark when I got home, and all the gains from four years and four years were at home.
The next day Chen Dou came over and said, "Third sister, I still want to help you remove the sweet potatoes, but you have already removed them?" He also squatted down to help wash the sweet potatoes.
"Have you got rid of everything in the house?" Chen Miao asked while washing the sweet potatoes.
"Yes, my parents both went yesterday." Chen Dou wanted to ask when she could go up the mountain. She was still thinking about persimmons. Today, the younger brother followed his father to the fields to pull sweet potato seedlings without any reluctance, and told her to come and ask the third sister.
Can I go up the mountain tomorrow?
The two sisters worked quickly, and Chen Dou couldn't use a razor when Chen Dou was around. This made the work faster.
"Chen Dou, you go back and work with your mother. If nothing happens tomorrow, you and Chen Tong can come over early and let's go up the mountain." Looking at the little girl's face, he knew it was because of this incident.
"Well, we will definitely be early tomorrow. I will go back and follow my mother to cut sweet potatoes. Third sister, why don't you dry the sweet potatoes?"
Chen Miao shook her head. "No, I don't like eating it either. Just dry more dried sweet potatoes." Sweet potato noodles are made by cutting raw sweet potatoes into slices, drying them, and then crushing them. She had eaten them when she was a child, but she didn't like them because they felt slippery.
It's so dark, I really don't like it.
After sending the little girl away, the sweet potatoes in the pot were already ripe, picked out and placed on the mat, and started peeling and steaming the second pot.
The two children really like sweet potatoes, so I picked out a bowl for them to eat, so that they can be more honest.
Until noon, three pots of sweet potatoes were cooked and two mats were dried.
When the children were taking a nap, she took out a length of cotton-padded clothes for herself. She didn't pay attention to her height, but when she tried to put them on this morning, she realized that the legs and sleeves of the cotton trousers were a section too short. She secretly measured them and found that they were 165. It should be.
It's grown a lot.
In fact, it is normal. I am still sixteen years old and not yet seventeen, which is the time when my body is growing.
Chen Tong knew that he could go up the mountain tomorrow and work with him in the afternoon without any instructions.
The next day, Chen Miao was feeding the animals when she heard a knock on the door. She still carried her two children with her.
"Third sister, mother said she would take care of the child after he was sent back."
Chen Miao shook her head, "No, they two can't see that I won't do it. It's okay to leave."
I don’t lack anything, I have already collected a lot.
Today's children are not squeamish. They work with the family for a long time, and they are not slow to go up the mountain.
We had already agreed on the way that we should pick persimmons first. Actually, persimmons are so sweet that there is no one who doesn’t like to eat them.
After all, Chen Tong is a boy who can climb trees faster than girls. He picked them at the top, and the two sisters picked them up below. Even if they were broken, they were not afraid. They would also have to dry them into persimmons when they went back.
Soon the two baskets were full, and the two bags were also full. "Let's go back and send them back first, otherwise we won't be able to carry them."
This is a lot. I have already said twice that I should go back first, but my brothers and sisters are not willing. They wish they could all take them off.
Chen Miao put a bag in her basket and walked with her two children in her arms. The three siblings were carrying too much and too heavy, so they walked very slowly.
She also knew Chen Tong thoroughly that this was what he wanted to eat. Even if he was tired, she would not yell, but would grit her teeth and follow behind. She would have to coax him to come if there was anything in the future.
When they arrived at the sorghum field, Chen Miao stopped and made steamed buns for his younger brothers and sisters. It was almost a little late and they had not yet eaten.
