The children have never seen chestnuts growing on the tree, so they can only guess.
Xu Haitao simply found a shorter tree and broke off a branch with fluffy fruits.
Then the children found rocks or something and gently smashed the prickly hair balls open, revealing the chestnuts that had not yet grown inside.
"So, how did this chestnut grow to have this kind of virtue? I thought this thing was just smooth on the tree."
When everyone saw the chestnuts inside, they suddenly realized that it was something like this.
The pears are green, the hawthorns are not ripe, and the chestnuts are not growing well. The children think it is not interesting.
However, Xu Haiyuan's sharp eyes noticed that there were dots of red in the bushes nearby. He went over and saw that it was a tray.
"Come on, there's a tray over here. It's so big. It's bigger than the one over there. No wonder my grandma said it."
Looking around, I saw a large tray of seedlings in front of me, all bearing red fruits.
The fruit is really big, about the same size as an adult’s thumb, but much bigger than the ones at home.
Now that the children have developed their skills, they went to the roadside and picked a few old sow humming leaves, which are the leaves of Dali seeds.
It's the same size as a cattail fan, perfect for holding trays.
These little guys were not afraid of getting poked, so they went into the bushes and started picking out the trays.
This part of the mountain belongs to Xu Shi's family. His children have all gone out, and no one has come up the mountain to pick up the trays.
Now the children were caught, and it was like a big sweep, and they were all picked.
The children were picking up trays on the mountain. At this time, many people came down the mountain.
Among them was the secretary and mayor of Qingshangou Township. Needless to say, it must have been Jiang Fuhai who called.
In fact, when Xu Shiyan and others were driving through Qingshangou Township, someone saw it and reported it to the township head.
The township chief was also asking. He was worried that this leader, who didn't know where he came from, went to the village directly.
While I was making inquiries, I received a call from Jiang Fuhai, saying that relatives from the Xu family of Shijiagou were visiting.
Those who came from Fusong drove five cars, two sedans and three jeeps.
Among those people, there were two department-level cadres working in the county, and one was the general manager of a municipal state-owned enterprise.
When the mayor of Qingshangou heard this, he quickly hung up the phone and found the secretary.
The two of them discussed that this matter had to be reported and could not be kept secret. So they called the county leaders again.
It’s no wonder that the cadres in the township are so mobilized. How about Qingshangou? It’s really not a big place, and there may not be many cadres here in a few years.
Regardless of which province or county it is, people with status like Xu Shiyan and others rarely come to places like Qingshangou.
Besides, Jiang Fuhai said that the person coming was from Fusong.
Last winter, someone from Changtu came to collect pigs.
The price offered was not low, and several hundred pigs were sold in one go. I heard that the pig farmers there made less money last year.
Also, in the area near the sea in Dandong, people came here last winter to buy large quantities of marine fish, prawns, etc., and I heard that they sold for a lot of money.
And the people who came to buy it happened to be people from Fusong.
When everyone heard the news during the Chinese New Year, they were all envious and confused.
If they came here to buy something, wouldn't life be easier?
So as soon as we heard that he was from Fusong, everyone's thoughts came to life.
Regardless of what they are doing, such a big cadre comes and entertains them well.
If you can get involved with Fusong in the future, you might be able to take advantage of it?
It is not only the cadres of Qingshangou Township who have this idea, the county also has this idea after receiving a call.
Therefore, the county asked the secretary of Qingshangou Township to entertain the guests well and arrange for people to come there immediately.
Just like that, when Xu Shiyan thought he was keeping a low profile this time and didn't alert others, the officials from Kuandian City had already driven to Qingshangou in a hurry.
I don’t blame them for this. It’s true that there aren’t any good projects to get rich in Kuandian.
In the past, Kuandian was mainly engaged in mining and smelting. The local area produced boron ore, magnesite, lead-zinc ore, copper ore, iron ore, etc.
Later, due to industrial adjustment, many mining and smelting companies suffered losses and were forced to close down.
In 1985, Niumaowu Township and Henan Kaifeng Chemical Plant jointly established a boric acid plant, which was considered a quite large enterprise.
There used to be fertilizer plants in the county, but later the results were not good and they all switched to borax production.
This mining industry is a non-renewable resource, and the more it is mined, the less the reserves are, and other local industries are not very developed.
In the past, tussah silkworms were raised here, and silk from this county was mainly sold to Dandong.
However, as forestry resources gradually decreased, the area for tussah breeding became smaller and smaller, and the county silk factory has been merged into the Dandong No. 2 Silk Factory.
There are several canneries in the county, producing several kinds of canned fruits.
But these cans are no longer the same as they were a few years ago, sales are not very good, and many canneries are also facing difficulties in survival.
County officials are also worried. Who doesn't want local people to live a good life?
But due to environmental constraints, there was nothing they could do.
Everyone knows that Fusong produces ginseng. I heard that exporting ginseng there can earn foreign exchange, and the people there are very wealthy.
So I heard that someone is coming from Fusong. Don’t worry about who they are. If you go and meet them, you might be able to gain something, right?
Therefore, when Xu Shiyan and Su Anying returned to Shijiagou with two carts of goods purchased from Huanren, they saw several more cars parked at the mouth of Shijiagou.
Xu Shiyan was still wondering, which family was visiting again?
It seems that this small place in Shijiagou is quite impressive. Most of the visitors come by car.
"Daughter-in-law, please wait here for a while. I'll go back and ask someone to help me get the things.
We bought these old food, we just can’t get in."
The two of them walked around Huanren City several times and pulled dozens of kilograms of pork.
I also bought roast chicken, roast duck, pork head, pork knuckles, various kinds of pig offal and other cooked food.
I also met a fish seller and bought some more fish. Finally, I also pulled some lunch meat and canned braised pork from the store.
The back seat and trunk of their car were all filled with food.
With so much money, how do you expect them to get it back? Of course they have to go back and bring in reinforcements.
"Okay, don't carry too much, it's quite heavy. Call the children over soon and let them work."
Su Anying smiled, raising troops for a thousand days and using them for a while, now is the time for these little guys to show their talents.
Xu Shiyan didn't say anything, he just padded the meat with several layers of newspapers and put it on his shoulders.
Just step on the stone cannon and walk inside.
Xu Shiyan struggled to carry the meat. Before he could reach the front door of Xu Shi's family, he heard the excitement inside and outside the house.
Many people were talking loudly, and children were laughing.
Xu Shiyan didn't think much and walked into the courtyard.
"Xiaobo, Xiaotao, go quickly. I bought a lot of things. I will lead my brothers to help move everything in."
It was almost five o'clock. Xu Haibo and the others had already had enough fun and went down the mountain. They even ate all the trays they picked.
The children were joking and playing in the garden at the moment. When they heard that they were asked to help move things, the children became energetic.
Hula stood up several times and ran out.
Xu Shiyan carried the meat and sent it to the kitchen.
"Oh, three brothers, don't you think you are too outsider?
You have come all the way here, and your home can’t afford food and drink for you, so why are you going out to buy meat?”
In the kitchen, Hu Chunhua had already killed and stripped the two chickens, and was about to chop them into pieces and stew them in a pot.
When she saw Xu Shiyan coming in carrying a lot of meat, Hu Chunhua felt very embarrassed. How could there be guests coming to the door, and she brought the meat herself?