Nongmen sisters and brothers are not simple

Chapter 87 Picking up chestnuts

"Fanyang, cut a bamboo that is longer and thinner. Later, we will use a bamboo pole to knock down the chestnuts from the chestnut tree." After Xie Fanxing and the others finished their breakfast, their siblings, each with a basket on their backs, walked I went up the mountain.

Some people were still holding hoes and hatchets, and Fanyang and Fanwen were also carrying bows and arrows.

"Okay, I'm going to cut it now."

"Sister, I heard a voice over there. The head of our village is picking up and beating chestnuts over there. Let's go quickly, or they will finish picking them up later." Xie Fanwen heard the direction of the growing chestnut tree , came the sound of human voices and bamboo poles beating branches and leaves, and he said anxiously.

I'm afraid that all the chestnuts will be picked up in the next moment.

"Eldest sister, why don't you go first, my elder brother and I will chop bamboo here." Xie Fanri said.

"That's fine, cut slowly, don't worry." When Xie Fanxing and the others came to the place where the chestnuts grew, they saw a dozen or so children in the village gathering chestnuts around a few chestnut trees.

The older children are slapping the chestnuts on the chestnut tree with a bamboo pole.

These children were noisy and chattering while picking up chestnuts.

Seeing the chestnuts slapped from the chestnut tree one by one, they scrambled to pick them up, but after they were picked up, no one would grab them.

It looks very lively.

"Fanchen, you guys are here to pick up chestnuts too. Come pick them up quickly. There are a lot of chestnuts growing on this chestnut tree this year. This year the chestnuts are old. You see, I didn't pick up for long, and I picked up most of the baskets." Wan Xiaohua saw Brother Xie Fanxing also came to pick up chestnuts. She ran over to Brother Xie Fanxing and said happily to Xie Fanchen.

"Xiaohua, you have picked up so many chestnuts, you won't have picked up all the chestnuts in the mountain!" Fanyu saw that Xiaohua had picked up most of the chestnuts in the basket, and saw that there were many people picking chestnuts here, thinking about them. It's not too late.

"There are still two chestnuts on the tree that have not been harvested. Later, you go to the other two chestnut trees to harvest chestnuts. Just pick up chestnuts. If you don't pick up any chestnuts, I will give you some when you go home. It just so happens that I and I Brother came early, picked up a lot of chestnuts, let's go, let's pick up chestnuts." Xiaohua invited Xie's siblings to pick up chestnuts.

"Thank you, Xiaohua. We will also start picking chestnuts. Pick up more and go home. When I get home, my eldest sister will make sugar-fried chestnuts for you. I guarantee that these are the best chestnuts you have ever eaten." Xie Fanxing thanked Xiaohua with a smile.

She felt that the people in their village were very kind and helpful to each other, and few villagers would quarrel or have quarrels.

"Let's go, pick up chestnuts." Fanwen saw a chestnut fell from the tree, so he ran to the place where the chestnut fell.

After picking up his hand, he put it in the back basket. He looked at the terrain, occupied a good space, looked up at the chestnuts, and saw which direction the chestnuts were falling, he ran very fast, and ran over to pick them up. .

Every shot is not empty-handed.

Looking at his clever and proficient appearance, it seems that he has been competing with the children in the village to pick up chestnuts like this in previous years.

Fanyue and Fanchen looked at each other in blank dismay, a little embarrassed to compete with others to pick up chestnuts.

"Sister, we have finished cutting the bamboo." At this time, Fan Yang walked over against the bamboo.

"Brother, let's go over there to hunt chestnuts, there is no one there." Fanri pointed to the thicker chestnut tree in the upper left corner.

There are not many chestnut trees in the mountains, only five or six chestnut trees. Three or four children from the village gather around a chestnut tree to pick chestnuts.

There were still two chestnut trees that no one came down to beat chestnuts, and it happened that their siblings could round up these two chestnut trees.

"Let's beat the chestnuts quickly, and then take off the outer shell when we get home." Xie Fanxing also nodded in agreement.

Originally, she wanted to beat chestnuts with bamboo, but Fan Yang refused.

Fanyang pinpointed the location of the chestnuts, and when the bamboo fell down, several chestnut balls fell down at once.

Fanyue, Fanchen, Fanyu, and Fanri stared at the place where the chestnuts fell, and ran to pick them up. They picked them up happily one by one.

Fanwen saw her elder brother and sister picking chestnuts on the other side, so he didn't pick up chestnuts with the other children in the village, and ran towards them quickly.

"Brother, let me fight for a while! You take a rest, or you can shoot the chestnuts that cannot be reached on the top of the tree with a bow and arrow. Fan Wen, didn't you say that you can hit the target when you practice bow and arrow?

Now is the time to test your kung fu. "After Fan Ri picked up chestnuts for a while, after the energy passed, he felt bored, and began to think about doing something else.

"It's okay, let's compare Fanwen two to one, and see who shoots more chestnut balls." Xie Fanyang heard that he could get chestnuts home, practice bow and arrow, and practice Fanwen. Xie Fanyang nodded and put the ball in his hand. He handed the bamboo pole to Fanri, and asked him to beat the chestnuts.

"Okay! Brother Fanyang, I'll come first, you look at me." Xie Fanwen also took out the bow and arrow, and drew the bow and arrow seriously.

Only heard the sound of '咻'.

A chestnut ball was shot down by Fanwen, he grinned happily, and glanced at Fanri with a proud look.

That seems to mean, don't underestimate me.

"Good boy, hit it right away." Seeing that Fanwen hit a chestnut ball all at once, Fanyang gave Fanwen a thumbs up and said.

Not to be outdone, he drew his bow and aimed at the arrow, and hit two chestnut balls with one arrow.

Fanwen seemed to have a desire to compare with Fanyang. He saw Fanyang hit two chestnut balls, and he immediately drew his bow to aim at the arrow. Unfortunately, he missed this time.

I don't know if it was luck to hit the chestnut ball for the first time, but I missed it the next few times, which caused Fanri to laugh and joke frequently.

There were so many brothers and sisters, they took turns to pat the upper chestnuts on the chestnut tree, and soon almost knocked down the chestnut balls on the chestnut tree, even the chestnut balls on the top of the tree were shot down by Fanyang.

In less than half an hour, their siblings picked up three chestnuts in the baskets, and the chestnut balls in the three baskets weighed nearly a hundred catties.

Don't look at so many, peel off the shell, and estimate that only forty to fifty catties of chestnuts can be produced.

They have a lot of siblings, and they finished eating chestnuts fried with sugar, pork ribs fried chestnuts, and stewed chicken with chestnuts a few times.

"Fanyang, you came from behind, and you actually pick up more than us!" The chestnuts on the chestnut trees on the other side were also knocked down, leaving only scattered chestnut balls on the top of the tree, and the rest of the friends came one after another. Going home, Wan Xiaojun brought Wan Xiaohua, Wu Chen, and Lu Linyi to Xie Fanyang and walked over.

"You guys picked up a lot too." Xie Fanyang looked at their full baskets and said.

"When did you learn bow and arrow, Fanyang? It's really good. That level is really good. Fanyang, teach me bow and arrow!" Lu Linyi saw Fanyang shoot chestnut balls from the chestnut tree with a bow and arrow just now. Seeing that he shot every time without fail, he suddenly asked enviously.

"That's what Uncle Cao taught me this year. I happened to be practicing bow and arrow with a lot of paper. If you want to learn how to do it, come to my house in the middle of the day. But I've said my ugly words before. I can't bear the hardships of practicing bows and arrows. When the time comes, I can't bear the hardships, so don't Yell at me, I'm not used to you." Xie Fanyang glanced at Lu Linyi.

(End of this chapter)