Wang family small peasant girl

Chapter 16

After the camellia oils and fruits were piled up, Zhang Yun encouraged everyone to go up the mountain to pick the tea oils and fruits together, "Mother, go to the field and ask daddy to go up the mountain with grandpa. In a few days, the fruit will be all cracked. Hurry up and get it back."

She remembered that it was written on the Internet that after the tea oil fruit is ripe, it is best to pick it within a few days, otherwise it will easily crack and fall apart. It will take a lot of effort to pick up the scattered seeds, so she I'm in a hurry.

When Zhang Yun mentioned this, Mrs. Zhou also thought of it. In the past years, no one picked these fruits, and they were indeed cracked all over the ground. From this point of view, we must hurry up. After thinking about it, Mrs. Zhou quickly stood up and carried the fruit. He walked to the outside of the main room, and said as he walked: "You go first, I will go to the field to call your father and grandpa, and I will come up the mountain later."

"Hey." Zhang Yun and Zhang's brothers all agreed, grabbed the sacks on the ground and ran out, Zhang Yun ran to the gate of the courtyard, and then turned back to the kitchen, shouting: "Mother, let's take the sacks at home. Bring them all, you and dad don’t need to go home to get them, just go straight up the mountain from the field.”

When Mrs. Zhou heard this, she thought she was still a girl who was careful, and after answering, she hurried to the ground without delay.

Zhang Yun found all the sacks in the house, Zhang Zhangzhang turned around, tied the sacks with his hands, carried them on his body, and walked away. Zhang Yun followed, and the three of them followed the same path up the mountainside. Familiar with the way, they quickly found a place where tea oil trees were densely packed. The three of them divided the work as they did last time, and quickly picked them up.

Not long after, Zhou Shi, Zhang Youqing, and Zhang Liangen all came up the mountain. It was estimated that Zhou Shi had already explained all the way, and Zhang's father and father didn't ask any more questions, so they just rolled up their sleeves and picked them up.

The strong labor force used to work in the field is different. Zhou, Zhang Youqing, and Zhang Liangen started their work much faster than their younger ones. It took nearly an hour for several sacks of camellia oleifera to be filled. It was so bulging that it was about to burst through a sack.

After the sacks were full, the Zhou family and Zhang's grandfather and grandson each carried two bags and headed down the mountain one after another. Zhang Yun and Zhang Xing stayed on the mountain so as not to get tired from running around, but Zhang Yun didn't want to. Rest, take advantage of the time when the family members go back and forth, continue to pick tea oil and fruits, throw them on the ground after picking them, and Zhang Xing will naturally help clean them up.

Zhang’s family came and went like this. They were busy all day, and the camellia fruits they picked filled the corners of the main room. However, the whole family became motivated. No one wanted to rest. A large piece of camellia fruit has been picked from the top of the mountain, but according to the regulations, these are not even [-]% and there are still a lot of pieces on the mountain that have not been picked. They are all cracked, and the oil seeds are all scattered, falling everywhere in the mud, grass, and bushes, but there is not much left on the tea oil tree.

The scattered oilseed chapter family members are also reluctant, but it takes too much effort to pick them up, and there must be no one to do it in the field, and the tea oil fruits at home have been piled up for a few days, and it is almost time to take them out and turn them in the sun. The tea oil fruits can be obtained It will take more than ten days to dry the tea. The weather is in late autumn, the sun is thin, and there is often rain. If you don’t take advantage of the sunny weather to dry the tea oil and fruit thoroughly, it will not only affect the oil yield, but also the days of oil extraction will be delayed. delay.

Zhang Yun thought that it would be impossible for the whole family to go out to pick up oilseeds, and it would be okay to divide the work, so he discussed with his family and decided on the division of labor.The field is not too busy now, so Zhang Liangen is taking care of it alone. Zhang Yun and Zhang Xing have weak labor forces, and they can't pick up much when they go up the mountain. They stay at home and take care of the drying. The scattered oilseeds picked up on the mountain, as well as some other Camellia oleifera fruits that ripen later, can also be picked together.

The whole family has worked so well together, and they seem to be organized. God has taken care of them during this period. In the past ten days, it has only rained once. Therefore, when the tea oil and fruits at home are thoroughly dried, the oil seeds inside When it was completely cracked and fell out, almost all the oilseeds that could be picked up on the mountain were picked up. Unfortunately, most of them were scattered in the grass and shrubs. Can grow into new saplings.

After the busy work on the mountain stopped, the family followed what Zhang Yun said, put the oil seeds that fell out after drying into bamboo baskets, and stored them in a dry and ventilated place. After a few days, they will be stored together with the original ones. The tea oil seeds will have to be stored for a month to reach the highest oil yield.

After all the tea oil seeds at home were stored, there were several rains in the sky, and the temperature dropped sharply. They also changed into jackets and trousers. As soon as the temperature dropped, uncle Zhou Min came again and brought three cotton jackets newly sewn by his aunt Chen. Old padded jackets are sewn out of a mixture of old and new cotton, and are said to be worn by children in winter.

Mrs. Zhou shied away for a while, but finally accepted it for the sake of the children in the family. In previous years, her mother’s family had subsidized them a lot. This year, the cotton harvest was better, so she was even more eager to stuff them with this and that. I can't tell whether it is sad or happy, thinking that when my family's life is better, I will have to repay my mother's family.

Zhou Min delivered the cotton-padded jacket, and got up to leave without staying for a moment, saying that the house would be up in a few days, and many things had to be prepared these days, so he was very busy, so he didn't leave any more.

After hearing this, Mrs. Zhou hurriedly said: "It just so happens that the house is a little busy, big brother, when will I get up, I will ask Youqing and Cheng Zi to help."

"My mother chose an auspicious day, and said that the twelfth day is the best, so I decided to start construction on that day." Mrs. Zhou sent Zhou Min out of the yard, asked about the start date, and said: "Today is the ninth day of the lunar new year. Isn't it three days later? The construction has started, so Youqing and Cheng Zi will be able to catch up on the [-]th, and the early worship on the [-]th will help somewhat."

Zhou Min responded bluntly, and then told the Zhou family not to send any more, and left in a hurry.After Zhou Min left, in the evening, when Zhang's family returned, the Zhou family took out the padded jackets that Zhou Min had sent, distributed them to Zhang Yun, Zhang Xing and Zhang Zhang, and ordered Zhang Youqing and Zhang Zhang to let them go on the eleventh day. He rushed to Xiahuai Village and helped the Zhou family build a house.

Zhang Xing was very happy to get the padded jacket, and jumped up and down excitedly holding the new padded jacket. Zhang Yun knew just now that the excitement had passed, and there was only the charter, but he refused to take the padded jacket. He must give it to his grandfather Zhang Liangen.

Zhang Liangen tapped on the cigarette stick, and said: "Cheng Zi, your uncle gave it to you, take it quickly, don't underestimate grandpa's body, it's much better than your children, with the jacket left by your grandma , enough for the winter.”

The regulations are yet to be pushed, but Zhang Liangen's face darkened, his eyes glared, and he said impatiently: "You are showing off your youth and looking down on our old man's infirmity."

Although Zhang Liangen doesn't talk too much on weekdays, he doesn't say much at home. Zhang Zhang really wants grandpa to dress warmly, but he won't let him, and he can't do anything about it. Chatty.

Maybe these days the autumn rain fell through, and then it was cloudy for three consecutive days. On the eleventh day, it was rare to see the sun, and the sun hung in the sky. Zhang Youqing, Zhang Zhang and Zhang Xing brought Zhang Xing, and the father and son passed noon , I went out and rushed to Xiahuai Village. I had to stay for several days, and I would not come back until my uncle's house was built.

Once Zhang Youqing and Zhang Zhang left, Zhang Liangen was still taking care of the field work, and Mrs. Zhou took time to help, and the family also had to take care of them, so both ends were busy.

Naturally, Zhang Yun has no time to spare. He has been dealing with the peels of those camellia oil fruits these days. These should not be wasted. The peels and seed shells, like the residue left after the oil is squeezed, have many effects. The most notable thing is that in terms of fish farming, it can also be burned as charcoal to keep warm, and it can also be soaked into ancient shampoo. It is natural and healthy and is very good for hair.

With so many uses, Zhang Yun would not be willing to throw them away for nothing, so he gathered them all up, put them in a stone mortar, crushed the hard peels, and then poured them all into empty bamboo baskets, and collected them together with the crushed seed husks. When needed, take it out and use a stone mill to grind it into powder, mix it with water and knead it into a cake for use.

During the peeling period, Zhang Yun did not forget about the water hyacinth lotus. He went to the pond every few days to have a look, and pulled out water candles along the way, but he never saw any water hyacinth lotus sprouting, and his heart gradually grew. A little disappointed, thinking that if the weather gets colder, the water hyacinth will go dormant. From this point of view, we have to wait until the next spring, and then try to germinate the remaining seeds to see if they can be sown successfully.

Zhang Yun had been pounding the fruit peels at home for several days. Mrs. Zhou helped with the pounding whenever she was free. Finally, the fruit peels were smashed into pieces and filled with three bamboo baskets. The six bamboo bamboo baskets containing oil seeds The basket was put in one place.

When the hands were busy, Zhang Youqing, Zhang Zhang, and Zhang Xing hadn't come back yet, so Zhang Yun couldn't stay any longer. When he got up early this morning, seeing that the weather was fine, he said to Mrs. Zhou: "Mother, there is no one at home this time. I'm so busy, I want to go to my grandma's house, and see how lively uncle and the others are building their house, would you say it's okay?"

Mrs. Zhou thought, children like to play and be lively, so naturally they would not object, and just said: "That's good, but no one will take you there, or wait for my house to clean up, and I will take you there after noon."

"Mother, no need, it's not very far away, I can go there by myself." Zhang Yun talked with Mrs. Zhou for a while, and Mrs. Zhou nodded in agreement. After she finished her breakfast, she went out to Xiahuai Village .

Zhang Yun bypassed the Qingling River and walked through the trails beside the scattered cottages. He heard the sound of ringing bells from afar, and soon saw groups of children from the countryside surrounding a grey-haired Beside the old man, Zhang Yun thought for a while, and then remembered that the old man was Dr. Lin whom Mrs. Zhou had mentioned, a bell doctor who had wandered in the countryside for half his life.

While Zhang Yun was pondering, Doctor Lin pinched the bell in his hand to his armpit, and took out a cloth bag from the medicine box on his back, opened it, and there were some pastries stacked inside. Several children saw this All the cakes were noisy, Dr. Lin waved his hands with a smile, and said, "Don't worry, everyone has a share." While talking, he distributed the cakes to the surrounding children.

When the children had all got their pastries, Dr. Lin waved them away. Zhang Yun walked over at this moment. Dr. Lin narrowed his eyes to look at Zhang Yun, and slowly took out the bell in his armpit. It took him a while to remember. , Suddenly said: "Is it the granddaughter of Brother Lian Gen's family?"

Zhang Yun nodded with a smile, and said: "My mother has been talking about it for a few days, saying that you haven't come to our village for a long time. She has been looking forward to your coming so that she can pay back this year's money." She smiled. Walking up to Dr. Lin, reaching out to support him, he said: "My mother will be at home now, I will accompany you there."

Doctor Lin waved his hands again and again, and said with a smile: "No, no, I'll go by myself, baby, go ahead." Doctor Lin waved his hands and strode forward.

Zhang Yun saw that Dr. Lin was walking like a fly, and he didn't look old at all, so he turned around with a smile, and went to the entrance of the village. Before he reached the entrance of the village, he saw the children who had just run away after begging for pastries, squatting for some reason , surrounded by a circle, everyone looked very flustered.

Seeing that the situation was not right, Zhang Yun quickly ran over, pushed aside the group of babies, and saw a boy curled up on the ground, his face was pale at this time, and he was already in a coma.

Zhang Yun squatted down immediately, and asked anxiously: "What's wrong with him?" Most of the children next to him were frightened, only one or two were still awake, and replied tremblingly: "Goofy!" Pop the whole piece of pastry in your mouth and that's how it ended up."

It seemed that he was choking, so Zhang Yun reached out and picked up the boy on the ground, and said loudly: "Doctor Lin has gone to the Qingling River, you guys run to find him, hurry up." Yelling, the surrounding children immediately dispersed and all ran towards the direction of Qingling River.

Zhang Yun desperately searched for the first aid method for choking in his mind, and immediately rescued him without stopping.

(End of this chapter)