Candide in Chronology is on strike

Chapter 305

In the afternoon, Qin Xi carried a basket on his back, as did Qin Jiang and Qin He, but Liu Mei was empty-handed and didn't bring anything.

She was married with a baggage and nothing else. When Qin He split up the family, he got his share, but Liu Mei's share was naturally not available, so the couple needed to prepare it themselves.

Therefore, everyone else has a backpack, but she does not.

In the past, we only had two backpacks at home, but during the twelfth lunar month last year, I bought fish on the black market and couldn’t bring back so many fish in one backpack, so I bought another backpack.

Liu Mei looked at the backpacks behind the others and felt a little unhappy. She felt that she was being excluded. She was still very sensitive and liked to think deeply about everything without talking about it. She just thought about it by herself.

No one knows what the final result will be.

In fact, her life in the Qin family is much better than that in her parents' family, but the phrase "people's hearts are not enough" is not just talk. From the beginning, she had great expectations for her future life in the Qin family. Now that her expectations have not been met, and the sense of gap arises, she feels that living here is not so refreshing.

"Be careful, there is a ditch here, you have to cross it." Qin He reminded him when he saw the ditch in front of him.

In fact, this ditch is very obvious. After all, at this time, all the thatch shrubs are already withered and yellow, and have been harvested by the villagers. Even if they are simply cut back and used as firewood for heating, they can still be used as tops. Definitely They will not be left to rot in the wild.

"Oh, I see."

Soon the six people arrived in the forest. At this time, the forest seemed to have been carefully combed with a comb. They took a bamboo rake and scraped the forest for an hour without stopping, and the pine leaves were all gone. It doesn’t necessarily fill half a sack.

One can imagine how tight the firewood supply in Chen Hui Village is. Sometimes, those who freeze to death in this deep winter are really not characters in novels.

Liu Mei has become accustomed to this. Chen Hui Village is a small village with few people. Compared with the big village of Liujia Village, the firewood is looser and not so tight.

Liu Mei used to go to the forest to pick up the pine leaves that fell on the ground with a bamboo rake. It would take half an hour just to walk to the forest. After an afternoon of hard work, the results were just a little, just enough for cooking that day. Firewood was in short supply. , which is their real situation.

Basically, the children at home have tasks every day. They have to go to the woods to collect firewood every day, even if they are students.

Don't even look at the edges, they are all clean, even the pine cones are rare, most of them have been picked by children.

At this time, the child's ability to climb trees is as good as one six. He can climb up with the tree in three or two times, rivaling the agility of a monkey.

When they walked inside, the six of them separated. There wasn't much firewood, so they were still crowded together. What could they pick up?
So, they formed a team of two and each chose a direction. If something happened, just say hello and everyone would hear it.

At this time, the forest is very quiet, with no sound of insects and no trace of birds. Many species of birds have migrated to warmer places to spend the winter.

Qin Xi and Qin Jiang walked together. The two of them stopped and walked, and they would bend down to pick up some dead branches when they encountered them.

When I came across the low pine tree, I couldn't let go of the few pine cones scattered on it, so I just picked them up.

They usually only pick up dead branches. When they encounter thick and dry forked branches, they will climb up and use heavy wood choppers to chop down the dead branches.Trees are not allowed to be cut down, unless they are small dead trees. However, people collect firewood in the forest every day. The chance of encountering a dead tree is really pitiful. It is better to look up and see those dry branches. Cutting down these branches will yield no less harvest than cutting down a small dead tree.

Qin Jiang is a good tree climber, and Qin Xi is not bad either. The two of them took turns and climbed several pine trees in a row. In addition to the dead branches, they could not let go of the pine cones that had bloomed on them. They took a long stick and climbed one by one. , they were all knocked down, one was knocking at the top, and the other was picking up at the bottom. The cooperation is called a tacit understanding.

As for the dead branches, they are collected. When the time comes, cut some thatch, tie them up and use them as ropes, and just carry the tied branches back.

If you find it inconvenient to carry it, drag it back, and the same thing applies.

While walking and walking, a lot of pine leaves and bark fragments fell on the heads of the two of them. Some were noticed and removed immediately, while some were very harmonious with their hair and had to go back. Take a shower to wash them off.

Qin Jiang followed a pine cone and opened a grass nest. He suddenly saw seven or eight very tender mushrooms inside: "Sister, there are mushrooms here."

When Qin Xi heard this, her eyes lit up. During this period, she ate dried vegetables or pickled vegetables in a jar every day. She was so fed up with it that she finally had something new to eat.

She decided that even if there was only one mushroom and an egg to match it, she would definitely eat the mushroom and egg soup tonight.

Thinking of this, she didn't want to knock the few remaining pine cones on the top of the tree, but quickly slipped down the tree.

"Let me see"

After getting his feet on the ground, Qin Xi walked over quickly. When he saw the nest of mushrooms, his eyes lit up. Then he counted: "There are eight, six big and two small, which is enough for us to eat."

"Maybe there are still some here, but we didn't find them. If we look around, we might be able to find some."

If only I could find a few more, that would be the main course tonight.

Qin Jiang nodded: "Maybe there are more, I'll look for them more carefully."

Not only Qin Xi, he also feels that the food he has eaten recently is very unpleasant. Even the cured fish and bacon cannot arouse him too much. In comparison, he would rather eat some refreshing fresh mushrooms and the like. s things.

Qin Xi very carefully pulled out the umbrella handle of the mushroom from the soil, and carefully placed the mushroom in her basket. After that, she should not put any more pine cones in her basket, so as not to crush these fragile ones. of mushrooms.

"There are two more here." Qin Jiang said loudly and happily.

Liu Mei, who was next to them, heard Qin Jiang's laughter and talking, and subconsciously lowered her eyes.

Then, she said to Qin He, who knew nothing about it: "Let's go see big brother and little sister!"

"I don't know what good things they found in the woods. This laughter has reached me."

At first, she was talking about her nose, not her nose, and her eyes, not her eyes. But now she is smiling so happily. This eldest uncle may have a lot of opinions about her in his heart!
(End of this chapter)