peasant girl wedding

Chapter 127
"Fourth brother, fourth sibling, what are you doing?"

Fang Cui raised her head slightly and smiled, "I'm harvesting soybeans."

soy?

Luo Shi thought about it carefully in his mind, and made sure that he had never heard of soybeans.But she saw how busy Fang Cuiwei's family was, and said, "I'll call Zhaoyin's father over to help."

"No need, Second Sister..."

Fang Cuiwei looked up again, but Luo Shi walked away, leaving only her back.

Not long after, Tong Zhide and Luo Shi arrived, and Luo Shi had already told him what he knew in the short few steps along the way.However, Tong Zhide watched Tong Zhixin's family busy with unfamiliar plants, but the doubts in his heart were still unanswered.

He was not in a hurry at this moment, and slowly went down into the pit, and helped collect soybeans with Luo Shi.

The four adults, plus Tong Duo'er and a few children to help, moved really fast, and after an hour, all the soybeans in the pit were collected.They were tied into four bundles, and Tong Zhixin divided them into two bundles, picked them up with a pole and carried them outside the yard.

"Zhier, what do you say next?"

"Father, let the soybeans dry in the sun. When they become crispy, if you hammer them with something, the soybeans will fall quickly."

Tong Zhixin asked suspiciously: "Will you smash the soybeans?"

"No, no, these soybeans are very hard after being dried, take a look, Dad."

Tong Zhi'er peeled off a dried soybean pod, and showed Tong Zhixin the dried soybeans inside.

With the physical evidence, Tong Zhixin dispelled the doubts in his heart, praised Tong Zhi'er: "You are still careful and smart."

Tong Zhu'er smiled and said: "That's natural, the second sister has always been smart."

Fang Cuiwei, who was busy pouring cold water in the room, came out, and shouted to Tong Zhide and Luo Shi: "Second brother and second sister-in-law, it's hot, come inside and have a rest."

Because building a new house and making furniture, dozens of trees in the forest were cut down, and there was no shelter around, and because of the location, it was much hotter than when I was in the thatched cottage.

"Duo'er's father, Zhi'er, Zhu'er, you all come in quickly."

When Tong Zhide and Luo Shi entered the house, Fang Cuiwei urged Tong Zhixin and the others to say goodbye.

A group of people entered the room, but Tong Zhide couldn't hold back his doubts.

"What are you going to use these soybeans for?"

Tong Zhixin smiled, "I haven't figured it out yet, but I think this bean is no different from the peanuts we planted. Let's see what it tastes like when we cook it."

"Soybean? Who named this?" After asking Tong Zhixin's plan, Tong Zhide asked another doubt that Luo Shi did not explain to him.

This time, before Tong Zhixin could speak, Tong Zhu'er shouted excitedly: "Second sister thought of it. Second sister said that the beans produced by this thing are yellow, so they called it soybeans."

Tong Zhide said it himself twice, and it was very fluent, Dang even gave Tong Zhi'er a thumbs up, and praised: "It is indeed a good name."

……

With soybeans of novelty and unknown function, Tong Zhide and Tong Zhixin felt like they were playing a new game when they were young, and the long-lost excitement and anticipation surged in their hearts.

Although it is the end of August, the sun is still relatively full.

Tong Zhixin separated all the soybeans and spread them out to dry in a thin layer. He turned over at noon, and after only two days, they were dry and crisp.Occasionally, a "snap" can be heard, the sound of the beans cracking themselves from the pod.

Tong Zhixin excitedly took out the yellow fighting tools that he had prepared a long time ago, and gave one to Tong Zhide, and the two beat the soybeans one after the other.

bang bang ————

The sound of beating soybeans kept coming and going.

Sweat dripped from the foreheads of the two of them and dripped on the soybeans, one after another.Both Tong Zhixin and Tong Zhide were sweating profusely, but their hearts were filled with unspeakable joy.

Because it was so crispy, it didn't take much effort to beat the soybeans, and the two of them finished beating them in two hours.

Fang Cuiwei and Luo Shi came out of the house at this time, each holding a sieve in their hands.Tong Duo'er, Tong Zhi'er, and Tong Zhu'er were not idle, they twisted their pockets, and waited for Fang Cuiwei and Luo Shi to put the soybeans with shells on them into the sieve, and then took them to the side to sift, the three of them Put the remaining clean soybeans at the bottom into the bag.

Tong Duo'er supported the mouth of the bag, Tong Zhu'er picked out the very few soybean shells mixed with the soybeans, Tong Zhu'er took a small dustpan, and put the soybeans into the pocket one by one.

Of course, Tong Zhide and Tong Zhixin, who were sweating profusely while beating soybeans, were not idle.

Two people are responsible for moving the soybean plants aside. During this process, each plant is carefully checked to ensure that all the soybeans are not missed.

The two families worked together and spent the whole afternoon packing up the soybeans properly.

The clean soybeans are put into the pocket, the soybean plants are neatly piled up to be used as firewood, and the soybean shells are also swept into a pile, which is used as a fire starter, or put into the stove together with the firewood to burn.

"Zhi'er, can we use soybeans to cook?"

Tong Zhixin asked excitedly, there was no sign of fatigue on his body.

Tong Zhide, Luo Shi, Fang Cuiwei, Tong Duo'er and Tong Zhu'er all looked at her with the same eyes.

Because Tong Zhier discovered Soybean, and Tong Zhier is smart, everyone trusts her very much.

In fact, Tong Zhi'er originally wanted to dry the cleaned soybeans, and then pop out a large, plump and good-colored soybean for next year's seeds.However, seeing the anticipation on the big guy's face, she just put it behind her and ignored it for the time being.

Around, there are quite a lot of soybeans.

It weighs thirty catties!
She asked Tong Zhu'er to go to the kitchen to get a bowl and a clean basin for washing vegetables and rice.

"Second sister, here..."

Tong Zhu'er was like a gust of wind, Tong Zhi'er couldn't help but marvel at the speed of back and forth.If this girl is modern, she must be a good sprinter, gold and silver medals are no problem.

Tong Zhi'er dug up three large bowls of soybeans with a bowl, which weighed about half a catty, and put them into a basin, Fang Cuiwei said: "Mother, wash the soybeans later, and then add water to the pot to cover them." , boil the soybeans."

Tong Zhixin looked at Tong Zhi'er eagerly, waiting for her to assign him a task.

"father----"

One word made Tong Zhi lose his confidence.

"You and Uncle Er made a stone mill out of a big stone that our family saved, the kind used to grind millet in the village."

"Zhi'er, your second uncle and I just go to the village to get a stone mill and use it, there's no need to bother..."

"Father, think about it. If you and your uncle go to the village to get a stone mill, someone will definitely see it. When they see it, they will be curious. Curiosity will naturally follow you and uncle back. But can this soybean Food, how to make it delicious, but I'm not sure, it's better not to let everyone down..."

(End of this chapter)