small farm girl in pastoral space

Chapter 5
The mountain that the villagers often go to is the one behind Mu Qiu's house, and almost all the edible wild fruits and vegetables in it have been picked.She saw that few people went to the mountain on the other side of the river, so she planned to ask about the situation.

It turned out that it wasn't that the people in the village didn't want to go to the opposite mountain, but that there was no bridge in the village that could directly lead to the other bank. If they wanted to go to the other bank, they had to take a long detour and cross a shallow bank in the upper reaches of the river.

"Sister Qiu, are you going to the mountain on the other side? I want to go too, can you take me with you?" The girl in front of me is called Liu Cuixiang, and their family is not very far from Mu Qiu's house. There are nine people in the family. Man, she is not very popular as a girl in the family.Usually, when there is something delicious to eat at home, the two elderly people always consider the grandson of the uncle's family first. Although she is only 11 years old, she has to do everything.

"Of course, you can go to the village and ask who else wants to go. It's safer for us to go with a companion." Although Mu Qiu hated this kind of patriarchal behavior from the bottom of her heart, but with the general trend of this era, she There is nothing I can do, I can only do my best to help a little bit!

Mu Qiu told Li Xianrou about going to the mountain on the other side, and when she heard that there were several people in the village who were going to go, she was relieved and kept telling Mu Qiu to be careful.

Early the next morning, Liu Cuixiang came with some girls from the village.There are big and small, and there are several boys, all of whom are younger brothers in their family.Seeing so many people, Mu Wen also wanted to follow, hugged Mu Qiu's leg and flirted for a long time, she had no choice but to agree.

Obviously, their family members also told them that it would be no problem for the older one to pull the younger one along the path.After walking for half an hour, Mu Qiu saw the shoal that everyone was talking about, and it happened to be able to cross the river by stepping on the big stones in the water.

The mountain on the other side of the river is obviously rarely visited by people, and a path shaded by grass can be vaguely seen.Mu Qiu was very courageous and led everyone ahead.

"Everyone, be careful, there may be snakes in the grass, and be careful not to be stung by those insects on the tree."

"Sister Qiu, I'm afraid of snakes!" Liu Yue'er, the youngest girl in the team, trembled and looked like she was about to cry.

Mu Qiu smiled, revealing two beautiful pear dimples, and handed her a branch from a nearby bush: "Don't be afraid, you can beat the grass with the branch as you walk, if there are snakes, you can scare them away gone."

After hearing what she said, everyone broke off the branches and held them in their hands.

After walking for a while, the thick grass was gradually replaced by bushes.Since no one picks them, wild vegetables can be seen everywhere.Everyone also forgot about the fear of snakes, picked up tools and started picking wild vegetables.Mu Wen also squatted down and dug very seriously, which made Mu Qiu laugh.

Everyone walked and dug all the way, and shepherd's purse, mother-in-law, and purslane were all put into baskets.After walking along the river, Mu Qiu led everyone up the mountain, but was stopped by someone.

"Sister Qiu, my mother said that there are wild boars and wolves on this mountain, and told us not to go up the mountain."

"It's okay, Sister Lotus, we'll just walk for a while and won't go too far. Few people come to this mountain, so there must be a lot of wild fruits."

Hearing that there are wild fruits, everyone has long forgotten about wild boars and wolves.The more you go up the mountain, the more big trees there are, and the road under your feet is a little easier to walk.After a while, everyone found a wild apple tree. Some of the ripe fruits fell to the ground and were already rotten.

Although these wild apples are not very big, they still arouse everyone's ecstasy.The lower places were quickly picked clean, and the taller places depended on those brave boys.Although Mu Qiu is no stranger to climbing trees, looking at the monkey-like dolls on the tree, he is also always paying attention to their safety.

Then the group found another wild jujube tree, but the jujube tree was covered with thorns and could not be climbed, so everyone could only pick what they could.Mu Qiu was not idle either, taking advantage of the time when everyone was addicted to fruit, he took the fruit that fell on the ground into the space, these grown up will be ready-made fruits!

During the whole morning, everyone gained a lot, and the way home was full of everyone's laughter.Mu Qiu seems to have returned to her childhood. At that time, she often went up and down the mountains and rivers with the children in the village. Every time she came home dirty, she was scolded by her grandma countless times.

Saying goodbye to everyone at the door of the house, Mu Qiu pushed open the courtyard door with a basket of wild vegetables and fruits.

"Mom, we're back!"

Mrs. Li was doing embroidery work in the house, when she heard the sound, she put down her things and came out quickly.Seeing the basket of harvest, she couldn't stop smiling.

"It looks like a mud monkey, hurry up and wash it."

At night, Mu Qiu entered the space again while the two were asleep.This time the cabbage and radishes in the field were fully ripe, and Mu Qiu was afraid that they would not taste good if they continued to grow, so he harvested them all and put them in the cabin.

The chestnut tree behind the house had grown very tall, and its branches were covered with white flower clusters like caterpillars.After roughly calculating the time, Mu Qiu estimated that these chestnut trees should be able to bear fruit tomorrow.These are all white money!
In order to take out the chestnuts in the space, Mu Qiu excused to go to the back mountain to see if there were any chestnuts.Taking advantage of Muwen falling asleep at noon, he went out with a basket on his back.After walking for a while, Mu Qiu saw that there seemed to be a person behind the haystack at the small intersection.She walked over boldly and found out that it was Liu Cuixiang.

"Cuixiang, what are you doing here alone? Why don't you go home?"

"Sister Qiu..." Cuixiang raised her head, and Mu Qiu saw the clear slap on her face.The little girl must have cried, her eyes were red.It's not easy for Mu Qiu to ask about other people's family affairs. She guessed in her heart that maybe her grandma beat her again.

This grandma of the Liu family is notoriously eccentric in the village. She had three children in total.The eldest got married early and had children, and the youngest grandson, Liu Jinbao, was very popular with the old lady, and after Cuixiang's parents got married, she was the only girl like her, so the old lady didn't like her, and she often scolded her and often beat her.Liu Yufang married to the next village two years ago, and it is said that she seldom came back to see the old lady in the past two years.

"Did your grandma hit you again?"

Cuixiang didn't speak but nodded slightly.Mu Qiu sighed inwardly, and pulled her up from the ground.

"Come on, follow me to the mountain to pick up chestnuts! You haven't tasted it yet, chestnuts are delicious, you will definitely like them!"

Cuixiang was pulled by her without resistance, and the two came under the chestnut tree before.The chestnuts on the tree have all fallen, and there are ripe chestnuts scattered around on the ground, but the number is obviously not many.Seeing Mu Qiu burying her head in picking chestnuts, Cuixiang also picked up these unfamiliar fruits.

"Sister Qiu, are these the chestnuts you mentioned? Are these really edible?"

"Of course, as long as you peel off the outer shell, the inside is very delicious. If you don't believe me, try it."

Cuixiang ate this food for the first time, and it took a little effort to get the shell open.She took a bite full of suspicion, and immediately widened her eyes in surprise.

"Sister Qiu, this chestnut is so delicious!"

"It's delicious, you should hurry up and pick some up."

Cuixiang didn't bring a basket, so she wrapped the chestnuts she picked up in her clothes, and the two went home happily.But such a few chestnuts are not enough to sell at all, Mu Qiu secretly found a corner where no one was around and entered the space.

The chestnuts on the tree were indeed ripe, and many of them fell to the ground.Mu Qiu took some time to collect all the chestnuts and brought them out of the space.The back basket was full, and Mu Qiu took some out with his clothes, but there were still many on the grass in the space.

Mu Qiu was worried that those chestnuts would take root and grow a large forest of chestnuts, so he ventured into the space at night.But those chestnuts are not like the chestnuts picked up on the mountain. They are still spread out on the grass at this moment and there is no sign of taking root.Could it be that the seeds produced in the space do not have the ability to reproduce?
(End of this chapter)