Pastoral Valley Fragrance

Chapter 59
Li Dequan went into the mountain and cut down a few trees that he was looking for, thinking that he would drag them back when they were half dry, so it wouldn't take so much effort.If you don't pull it back, there are not so many places to dry it.

The work in the field is not too busy, besides, there are not many fields of three acres, and the sloping field does not know what to plant, but some soybeans are planted, and the growth is not very good, some are sparse, so Li Dequan also I didn't care so much, thinking about raising more land in the coming year and then trying to plant something else.

Since Li Dejiang was pregnant with Xu, he thought about working with him alone, so he worked harder.In addition, Qiao'e went out after the autumn harvest, and she separated her family after she went out. The land had already been marked out at the beginning. Although it is still co-planted now, Mrs. Zhang has already started to spend more time on her own land, but she doesn't care about it. Dare to be too obvious.Li Dejiang really doesn't like her mannerisms, they are all a family, how can they use such a sneaky trick, there are more weeds, the ground is thinner, it just takes too much effort.

Li Dequan thought about the day, and went into the mountain again today to drag the half-dried trees, and went out early in the morning.

Gu Yu squatted under a tree to feed the chickens. The chickens he saw had grown to half-grown, eating rice bran and vegetable leaves, and happily pecking small stones on the ground, surrounded by a circle of bamboo strips. It's just that the area is larger, and a big circle surrounds several peach and plum trees in the middle, and the chickens are very comfortable under the shade of the trees.

The plums have grown quite a bit, and they are green and hidden among the green leaves. You can't see anything casually, but some branches are bent down. You can find that they are fruitful when you take a closer look. Gu Yu looked at those who had grown up. The unripe plum swallowed.The peaches on the peach tree are almost ripe, they are fluffy, and there are red spots the size of soybeans on the pointed tail, Gu Yu couldn't help but want to pick one, but stopped, she ate it two days earlier One, I didn't expect it to be a little raw. Although it is crunchy, sweet and sour, it spoiled my stomach. Now she is just watching, hoping that the peach will ripen soon.

The second uncle just went to visit his brothers last time, and this time he is going to the city again, it seems that there are always so many things to do, so An Jinxuan also handed over to the Li family to take with him, besides, An Jinxuan is getting older I didn't worry so much, and I walked very simply.

Gu Yu's head was a little dizzy, thinking about these things in the village, something bumped her back, startled her, got up and turned her head to look, but nothing happened, squatted down and was hit again, She paid attention, and finally found a pair of feet exposed under the wall.

Gu Yu looked over there, and a half-grown child came out, lowered his voice and called, "Gu Yu, your brother asked you to pick peaches for him to eat."

Gu Yu saw that this middle-aged man looked familiar, and he looked carefully at his dirty body. He didn't wear shoes, and his face didn't seem to be washed. Although his hair was tied up, he didn't know where it came from. Gu Yu didn't like it, so he couldn't react for a while, so he could only politely answer, "My brother? My brother is in school. Besides, my brother said that the peaches are not yet ripe and can't be eaten. How can you say you want me to eat them?" How about going to pick it?"

Seeing Gu Yu not waking up, the man stomped his feet with some resentment, but then whispered, "She's stupid... There's always been someone... That kid might..."

Gu Yu frowned, the kid said he was stupid, did he mean himself?Suddenly two heads popped up, and said with a smile: "Gu Yu, pick two peaches and eat them."

Hmph, it turned out to be Lichun and Lixia, and Gu Yu finally understood why he said that his brother wanted to eat peaches, it was really abominable, seeing how sneaky they were, could they steal it if they didn't pick it?

She just laughed, "What are you going to eat if the peaches are not yet ripe? Besides, they are not from my family, so why should I pick them for you?"

The kid I didn't know before laughed at Li Chunlai, and Li Chun was a little annoyed for a while, "That's right, it doesn't belong to your family, so you don't care about it. After speaking, he strode into the yard. It seemed that he was going to climb a tree. Li Xia and others he didn't know also ran in and stuck out their tongues at Gu Yu.

Gu Yu saw that they didn't take herself seriously, and shouted, "How can you just pick things from other people's houses!"

Those people didn't care about her at all, and even kicked Gu Yu's chicken, so frightened that they flew up, cooing, Gu Yu was weak, and couldn't do anything to them, so they shouted: "Grandma, come out quickly, Brother Jinxuan, come out quickly, someone stole the peach—”

Lichun was a little impatient, and ran away immediately, but Lixia slipped on the ground, a little like crying, Lichun had to run back to help, and waved his small fist at Gu Yu, "Hmph! It's so troublesome, only you have peaches here?!"

When Xu Qinshi heard Gu Yu's call, he patted his body and came out, and the boys ran away in a hurry.

Xu Qinshi shook his head helplessly, "Why does this man in the blue sky dare to steal things when he is still at home? Whose kid is so ignorant, and besides, isn't this Taozhuang, with two peaches missing? It's just so greedy." ?”

Gu Yu looked at their distressed appearance with a smile, turned to Xu Qinshi and said, "Grandma! It's okay, they only have evil intentions but not courage, otherwise they would have climbed up the tree long ago, only scaring these poor chickens."

Xu Qinshi chuckled, but saw Li Dequan coming back with a tree that was still growing, and was a little surprised, "How can such a small tree be used?"

Gu Yu also felt a little unbelievable, Li Dequan probably wouldn't be able to cut down this kind of tree. It seems that the diameter is too small, and the boards he punched out won't be of much use. Not many people go in, and carpenters can’t use many trees, and they are enough to replace them. The firewood to be burned at home is usually cut from the dirt ridges or short mountains behind Zhuangzi. Crazy small bamboo shrubs Miscanthus and so on.

Seeing that Li Dequan was acting abnormal, Gu Yu asked, "Father, how did you get this thing back?"

Li Dequan was a little dazed, seeing Gu Yu smiled and took out a small bag of wild fruits wrapped in leaves from his arms, "This is delicious, Dad has eaten it since he was a child."

Gu Yu is holding it with his hands, and the leaves are wrapped around a small handful of unknown fruits, each about the size of a peanut, the purplish red color is very beautiful on the green leaves, and there are some fine hairs on the fruit , shining in the sun at this time, Gu Yu couldn't help but eat one, it was sour and sweet, but he couldn't tell what it was like, but he thought it was delicious, so he stuffed it into Xu Qinshi's mouth again. Two, Xu Qinshi said with a smile: "This child eats, keep it and eat slowly."

Gu Yu held that thing to Xiao Man, and scooped water for Li Dequan to wash his hands, but he heard Li Dequan say: "I don't know who it is, intentionally or unintentionally, the trees I cut down before are gone, could it be that I pulled them wrong? I had to find another place, but I brought back a few trees before, enough for a while, I don’t know who cut this tree and threw it there, so I had to pull it back, which is better than leaving it there.”

It turns out that there are some people who want to get something for nothing, Gu Yu feels sorry for Li Dequan, "Father, if you catch that thief, don't let him go!"

Li Dequan smiled honestly, "Girl, how can there be so many thieves? There are too many people going into the mountains to cut trees. Maybe it's a mistake. Besides, it's not a precious thing."

There is always a time when the demand for things like wooden basins is saturated, especially those near Zhuangzi, and not many people come to buy them these days.It's no wonder that this thing can be used for a few years, so it doesn't need to be replaced frequently. Besides, Li Dequan's craftsmanship is good, and the punches are durable, and they don't leak so easily.

But it looks like it can still sell some.Now that the fields are all planted, the girls have nothing to do at home. Besides, many of the peasant households marry their daughters and wives after autumn, so they take advantage of this time to embroider their own dowry, and Gu Yu takes care of it. It's just that Jing Zhe came and went in and out of the house, and it caused the girls to sigh again. Gu Yu looked at Jing Zhe from their complicated eyes, only to find that her brother is really good, he looks fair and clean, and he is gentle and polite. Besides, he is also handsome, and he is still studying in the school, so that whenever there is a repeat customer, Gu Yu jokes with him, saying that because of his face, Jing Zhe always doesn't respond, or blushes and stops Gu Yu, ordering her to write a book about her own teaching. It's just that, every time at this time, An Jinxuan would gloat at the side, and would stop listening to Jing Zhe, laughing together with Gu Yu.

Although there is no market for wooden basins and wooden barrels, Li Dequan still lives his life as before. In addition to making wooden barrels and the like, he goes to the ground every day. Qi Liang, and brought back two small bamboo baskets to Gu Yu, Gu Yu fell in love with it at the first sight, and gave one to Qiao'e, "Auntie, this is for you, you put the things for embroidering the dowry, when the time comes Get married beautifully."

Qiao'e blushed with embarrassment, but took the basket, and came here to embroider the dowry on weekdays, and still used the thick bamboo basket before, it seemed that the small basket was reluctant to use it.

Wooden barrels and tubs are not easy to sell, so the income is less, and the food becomes poorer. The money in hand is still counted on by the family to save it for urgent use, or to do big things.

The custom-made furniture was only asked by someone, but no one really came to invite it. Gu Yu thought about asking Li Dequan to sell some small items, but there were very few people who bought them. There is no such money, isn't it just a person who puts things away, just leave them casually, Gu Yu is very helpless, it is really not easy to make money from these people who want to break a penny into a few petals.

Now, although Li Dequan dragged back a small tree, he sat in front of the door and was a little stunned. He was still not sure what to do, looking at the wooden basins and barrels in the room, a little at a loss.

Xu Qinshi said with a smile: "Dequan, or you can go to town tomorrow."

Li Dequan shook his head, "Tomorrow is not market day."

"It's not only on the market day, I go to Brother He's shop. I told him last time that when the business is good, I will put more tables and chairs upstairs, so there will be a shortage of tables, chairs and benches. They are all from my own family, whoever does it, besides, you are really inferior to your skills in making these things!"

It turned out to be a door-to-door business. Li Dequan became nervous and rubbed his hands habitually, "How can this be done?"

Xu Qinshi was a little amused, "There's nothing wrong with that. Besides, I have selfish intentions. You go there to discuss with him, and bring something with you when you come back. Your sister-in-law wants to eat fish recently."

Li Dequan had no choice but to agree gratefully, thinking about what to do in the town tomorrow, Wang also said a word of gratitude.

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