Before he could politely refuse again, another old lady quickly grabbed a handful of large leaf celery from the basket and stuffed it into the basket in Zhang Yu's hand without any explanation.
Zhang Yu waved his hands quickly and said repeatedly: "That's enough, ma'am, that's enough!"
But the two old ladies didn't seem to hear them, and one of them insisted: "Look what you said, how much stuff is this, how can it be enough? There are a lot of these things in the mountains, it's not rare, just pick them up. Besides,
, you won’t be eating alone when you go back, but what about the whole family, how can this be enough? Why are you so polite to the aunt? I’ll give you some more.”
As she said that, she unconsciously reached out to the vegetable basket, wanting to add another handful.
Seeing this, Zhang Yu quickly stretched out his hand to hold the old lady's hand: "Auntie, that's enough, that's enough!"
Looking at the basket full of baskets, Zhang Yu felt warm in his heart, but also felt a little bit dumbfounded.
alright!
He really took advantage of me this time.
He had also heard before that the reason why two old ladies came to the mountains to pick celery was because the food at home was not enough.
He worked hard for a long time, picking some celery, but he was asked to take away half of it.
The key is that I can't refuse yet.
At this time, everyone was having a hard time, and I felt really uneasy about him taking advantage of others.
We have to wait two days and then think of a way to go back.
Zhang Yu shook his head and got rid of all the thoughts in his heart.
He's really not very good at things like dealing with people.
Otherwise, he should go back and talk to his grandma and see what grandma says.
After making up his mind, Zhang Yu felt a lot more relaxed.
Seeing that the two old ladies wanted to continue picking, he didn't just sit there and watch, he bent down and started picking along with them.
The two old ladies thought he picked it for themselves to eat, so they didn't say anything at first.
After seeing him put the collected celery in his basket, he urged: "Xiaoyu, we can just pick it ourselves. It's noon. If you have nothing to do, go back and rest early."
"
Zhang Yu shook his head: "More people are more powerful. One more person can pick things up faster, and we can go back earlier later."
No matter how the two old ladies tried to persuade him, Zhang Yu just lowered his head and kept picking celery leaves.
The two old ladies couldn't help but stopped trying, but their men moved a little faster.
After they had almost picked the large leaf celery beside the creek, the three of them stopped what they were doing with satisfaction.
"It's almost done, let's go back." One of the old ladies suggested.
Another old lady glanced at the large leaf celery that had been picked all around: "Okay, let's go!"
Zhang Yu patted the dirt on his body and straightened his waist, which was slightly bent due to work.
Looking at the three baskets of large leaf celery that were already full to the point of overflowing, he sighed: "Today's harvest is not small!"
The two old ladies looked at his appearance and couldn't help but laugh: "What's this? It's just because of the drought this year that it's so rare. If you come here in a good year, you can find a lot of this stuff. It's so boring."
They are all cut directly with a sickle."
The three of them were chatting while walking. When Zhang Yu said that he had never eaten celery leaves before and didn't know how to eat it, the two old ladies instantly became energetic.
One of the old ladies enthusiastically introduced: "This is easy to do. I'll tell you how to eat it. You go home, wash the celery leaves, blanch them in water, add some salt, and eat them cold. It's fresh and refreshing.
It tastes good if fried directly, but if you cut a few slices of bacon and fry it together, the taste will be amazing!"
Not to be outdone, another old lady retorted directly: "If you ask me, the dumplings made with celery leaves are the best! Xiaoyu, listen to me, go back and blanch the celery leaves in water, and then chop it. Chop it.
Well, as long as you season it well, even if you don’t add meat, the taste will be very bright, and I guarantee you’ll want to eat it again.”
Speaking of the dumplings stuffed with celery leaves, the two old ladies seemed to have smelled the smell and swallowed unconsciously.
I couldn't help but sigh: "This year is not going well. I have to leave it as usual and eat one or two dumplings stuffed with celery leaves. This year will be in vain!"
Zhang Yu was silent for a moment, no matter which dynasty or generation, farmers are the hardest working people.
What kind of life you can live depends purely on God's favor.
Seeing that the topic was a bit heavy, the old lady who said this was patted by another old lady.
"Okay, okay! This year has been pretty good. Although the weather is dry, there is still a way to water the ground, so we have to leave it to previous years..."
She didn't finish her words, but everyone present understood what he meant.
"Yes! This year has been pretty good. Speaking of which, it's all thanks to Xiaoyu. If it weren't for the water pump Xiaoyu built, so many fields would have to be watered by people only. It would have been until the Year of the Monkey and the Horse. Not to mention tired, by then the banker would
Whether we can keep it or not remains to be seen."
Speaking of this incident, two old ladies caught Zhang Yu and praised him.
Zhang Yu's ears turned slightly red when he praised her.
I couldn't help but change the topic: "It will definitely get better and better in the future!"
The two old ladies loved hearing this: "Yes, yes! With the leadership of the old man, our lives will definitely get better and better!"
The three of them chatted and walked together, laughing endlessly.
When he reached the foot of the mountain, he bumped into a person who made Zhang Yu pause for a moment.
Feeling the scrutinizing eyes behind him, Zhang Yu couldn't help but feel a little lucky. Fortunately, he had the foresight to follow the two old ladies down the mountain.
At this time, the two old ladies also ran into an acquaintance.
Looking at the celery in the basket of the two old ladies, the other party was a little surprised: "Hey! How did you pick so many celery?"
The old lady pointed towards the mountain: "It's right at the small river ditch halfway up the mountain."
The other party couldn't help but stretched out his hand to pinch the big leaf celery, feeling the crispness and tenderness inside, and sighed: "This is too tender. I will pick some when I have time tomorrow."
The old lady stretched out her hand and pinched a big handful: "Why are you wasting your time? I picked more, so I'll share some with you."
The other party shook his head repeatedly and retreated: "Don't, don't, don't! Just keep it for yourself. I'll let my Nier go to the mountain to pick it tomorrow."
Seeing that she really didn't want it, the old lady didn't force it.
For Gada people like them, relying on the mountain and eating the mountain is not a rare item, and many people have had enough of it.
After saying a few more words, before leaving, the old lady did not forget to remind her: "We have almost picked the small river ditch. If your Ni'er goes to pick big leaf celery tomorrow, let her go further in.
Come on, those brats at my house said there are still some in there."
"Okay, I'll tell my Nier when I get back."
The old lady took a look at the sky and said: "No more chatting, no more chatting! The children will get off work soon, and I have to go back and cook quickly."
Zhang Yu could clearly feel that following the words of the two old ladies, Mr. Feng slowly looked away at him, and the suspicion in his eyes became less and less.
He breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time he felt that what he just did was a stroke of genius.
The two old ladies' home was quite close to Grandpa Xie's home, and it wasn't until they reached the last fork in the road that the three of them separated.
The door was open and Zhang Yu walked in directly.
As soon as I entered the door, I saw Grandma Xie enjoying the shade under the tree.
When she heard the noise, she stopped shaking the cattail leaf fan in her hand and subconsciously looked up.
When she saw it was Zhang Yu, Grandma Xie's eyes lit up. Mali Jin, who was no longer suitable for her age, stood up from the chair and came over with a smile.
"Xiaoyu, what have you been doing? Why did you come back?"
Halfway through the question, I saw the celery in the basket and was a little surprised: "Where did you pick so many celery?"
Zhang Yu explained what had just happened in detail, and asked the key points if he wanted to give something to the two old ladies.
Grandma Xie thought for a moment: "It doesn't matter, they are all real relatives, just keep them if she gives them to you."
As he said that, he wanted to take the basket from Zhang Yu's hand.
Zhang Yu turned sideways and avoided Grandma Xie's outstretched hand: "Grandma, I'll take it."
Grandma Xie knew that her nephew felt sorry for her, so she did not refute, and said with a smile: "Xiaoyu, what do you want to eat for lunch? Grandma will make it for you."
Looking at the big leaf celery in the basket and thinking of what the two old ladies said, Zhang Yu felt inexplicably greedy.
He tentatively said: "How about grandma, let's make dumplings today!"
Grandma Xie also glanced at the large leaf celery in the basket and nodded happily: "Okay, let's make dumplings for lunch."
Seeing the greed on his eldest grandson's face, he added with a smile: "It's stuffed with celery leaves. Just when your uncle went to the commune today, he brought back a pound of meat. I'll chop that meat up later."
Come on, let’s add it together.”
"Okay!" Zhang Yu couldn't wait to taste the dumplings stuffed with celery leaves.
Grandma Xie smiled and comforted her grandson: "Don't worry, don't worry! Your aunt and others will be back in a while. When they come back, we will wrap it up together. It will be wrapped in a while."
Before the two daughters-in-law came back, Grandma Xie asked Grandpa Xie to choose Da Yeqin, while she went to make noodles.
Zhang Yu couldn't help, so he found a bench and squatted there with Grandpa Xie to choose the big leaves.
After watching Grandma Xie enter the kitchen and confirming whether she would come out soon, Zhang Yu turned slightly sideways and moved closer to Grandpa Xie.
Grandpa Xie is an old man. When he saw his eldest grandson's behavior, his eyes tightened and he lowered his voice and asked, "Did something happen?"
Zhang Yu nodded, glanced warily in the direction of the kitchen, leaned into Grandpa Xie's ear, and whispered what happened today.
"Didn't I take Dahei for a walk last night? When I was passing by the foot of the mountain, I happened to see Feng Laoer coming down from the mountain with a few small goldfish in his pocket."
Grandpa Xie's eyes flashed and he asked worriedly: "He didn't see you, did he?"
Zhang Yu shook his head: "I didn't see it."
As he spoke, he explained: "It was getting dark at that time, and there was something blocking the place where I was standing. Feng Laoer was in a hurry when he came down. He didn't even look aside and just left."
Grandpa Xie breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good! You stay away from the Feng family, there is nothing interesting in their house."
Come on, he seemed to have thought of something. He paused with his hand movements, looked up at Zhang Yu, and asked decisively: "Did you go digging today?"
"Grandpa, how did you know?" Zhang Yu asked in surprise.
Grandpa Xie glared at his bold grandson: "There's no need to guess! I'll know it as soon as you tell me."
Seeing his eldest grandson's disinterest, Grandpa Xie sighed: "Our family doesn't lack these things, so you don't have to take risks for them."
As he spoke, Grandpa Xie leaned close to his eldest grandson’s ear and said mysteriously: “I have saved a lot of good things in a Swiss bank, and your mother’s share is also there. Your mother is gone, your mother’s
That share is yours. When the environment improves, I will take out those things, which will be enough for you to use for several lifetimes..."
After teaching his eldest grandson a lesson and making him promise that he would never be impulsive again, Grandpa Xie nodded with satisfaction.
After a while, Grandpa Xie was a little curious again: "Did you dig anything?"
Zhang Yu thought of the two boxes of small goldfish in space, and a smile appeared on his face: "I found them."
"What did you find?"
"Two boxes of small goldfish, such a big box..."
Zhang Yu stretched out two fingers and waved them in front of Grandpa Xie, and then gestured with the size of the box.
"Wow! There are quite a few." When he heard that there were two large boxes of small goldfish, Mr. Xie paused slightly while choosing the vegetables.
Although it's nothing compared to what he hid in the Swiss bank, it's not that small either.
Grandpa Xie didn't show anything wrong at all regarding his grandson's cheating.
Just out of concern for my eldest nephew, I asked one more question: "Has the tail been taken care of?"
Zhang Yu: "Let's take care of it and make sure no one finds out it's me."
"That's good." Grandpa Xie lowered his head and continued to choose the big leaf cinnamon. He had no intention of asking his grandson where he hid the two boxes of small goldfish.
Zhang Yu shook his head: "Grandpa, that's not what I want to say."
Grandpa Xie looked indifferent: "Go on."
"Grandpa, guess who I saw on the mountain today?"
"Who is it?" Grandpa Xie asked casually.
Zhang Yu is not the kind of person who knows how to sell things. When Grandpa Xie asked, he spoke directly.
"I saw Boss Feng on the mountain. I had just finished handling the traces and hiding the two boxes of things when he came over.
Somehow he found out where Feng Laoer hid his things and spent a long time digging there.
After that, when he couldn't find it, he turned around in a circle, ran to the mountainside again, and got into a bush..."
Zhang Yu explained exactly how he discovered the cave and what was in the cave.
During this period, I accidentally got off my tongue and told him about throwing the torch into the cave.
Before he finished speaking, Zhang Yu suddenly realized something was wrong.
Thinking of what he just said, he almost slapped himself twice.
His mouth was full of bitterness, and he almost didn't dare to raise his head to look at Mr. Xie's current face.
Grandpa Xie was fine at first, but when he heard that the cave was full of explosives and that his grandson was playing with his stupid stuff and actually throwing torches into the cave, he couldn't hold himself back at all.
He dropped the big leaf qin in his hand and slapped Zhang Yu on the back.
"You don't want your life, why are your hands so weak!"
Thinking of what his eldest grandson said, Grandpa Xie couldn't help but feel scared.
His daughter only had this bloodline left.
If you throw a little more of this into the pile of explosives...