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  Chapter 62 Labor is the best

  After all the greenhouses in the village were planted and the pig farm was on the right track, everyone started busy cleaning up Qiu'er.

   Picking up potatoes, cutting soybeans, breaking corn, cutting millet, and cutting millet, three springs are not as busy as one autumn.

   After working hard for half a year, the crops in the field must be returned to the warehouse. All year round, I count on this harvest.

  The primary schools in the village are also on busy farming holidays, and not only the village primary schools, but also the schools in the commune, and even the schools in the county, are also on busy farming holidays during this time period.

  Because there are a lot of students in the countryside, they can help the family with some work when they go home, and some teachers also have land at home, so they have to clean up Qiu'er.

   It happens to be another season change, and students can change their clothes when they go home, killing two birds with one stone.

  Seeing the second sister, Liu Yinfeng, happily entering the house with a tape recorder, the fourth and fifth children in the yard immediately jumped up cheering.

  Liu Yinfeng handed the tape recorder to Liu Qingshan who came up to meet him, and then took out two handfuls of candy from the pocket of the calico shirt, and stuffed them to Sifeng and Wufeng.

   I haven't seen her for more than a month, and the second sister seems to have grown taller again, with a more slender figure. From Liu Qingshan's point of view, a proper big beauty is still pure natural.

  So he praised: "Beautiful-girl!"

  Liu Yinfeng was taken aback for a moment, then pursed her lips and smiled: "A-naughty-boy."

  Haha, there is progress!

  Liu Qingshan was quite satisfied with the spoken language of the second sister, but he was not forgiving: "How can you be the second sister like you, I praised you as a beautiful girl, but you said I was a bad boy."

   "Also, you shouldn't use the word naughty, which is really bad, but you should use mischievous, which describes naughty."

  Liu Yinfeng blinked her big delicate eyes. She really felt that her younger brother was more professional than her English teacher, because what she just said was taught by the teacher.

  She said with a smile on her face: "Sanfeng'er, we are on a one-week agricultural holiday, and you are helping me with my English."

  Liu Qingshan shrugged his shoulders: "The farming is busy, I have to be busy, I don't have time."

   "Is there really no time?"

   Liu Yinfeng stared at her beautiful Danfeng eyes, and twisted her fingers exaggeratedly.

  Liu Qingshan immediately surrendered: "No matter how busy you are, you still have to help my diligent and beautiful second sister make up lessons."

whee!

  Even Shan Xing couldn't help laughing while covering her mouth.

Laughing and entering the door, seeing the second girl came back, Lin Zhi was so happy from ear to ear: "Sanfenger, hurry up and go to the warehouse, take out the matsutake you picked yesterday, only your second sister has never tasted it. .”

  As a mother, every child is a favorite in her eyes, and the less she is with her, the more she misses it.

  Liu Qingshan also agreed with a smile. These days, the villagers occasionally use their spare time to go to the mountains to collect some mountain products. In addition to fungi, they also brought back a lot of hazelnuts, pine nuts, and hickory nuts.

   After drying, save it for winter. In winter, I only eat two meals and add some nuts. Anyway, my mouth is not idle, and my stomach is somewhat comforted.

  During dinner, in addition to frying matsutake, Liu Qingshan also revealed his hand: syrupy walnuts.

  In fact, the walnuts are baked in an iron pan slowly over a low heat. After they are cooked, the syrup is boiled, and then the walnuts are covered with syrup.

   Right now, white sugar is in short supply, and every family is reluctant to use it, so few people know how to boil sugar.

  But to Liu Qingshan, this is nothing.

  A large plate of walnut kernels was served on the table, sweet and crispy, everyone applauded again and again.

  Liu Qingshan brought back a lot of hickory nuts these days, nearly half a sack, he said while eating: "Walnuts nourish the brain, second sister, eat more."

   "Elder sister, you should also eat more. When you're pregnant, eat three walnuts a day, and you're guaranteed to give birth to a little genius."

   "As well as grandparents and mothers, you middle-aged and elderly people should also eat more walnuts. This is the best calcium supplement."

   Hearing that he couldn't finish talking, the fourth child became anxious: "Brother, what about Shan Xing and I?"

  Liu Qingshan stroked her antenna braids: "You should eat more too, your little brains are getting smarter and smarter, and you will get 100 points every time you go back to the exam!"

  The two little girls were so beautiful that they could not close their mouths from ear to ear, and Shan Xing put a lot of walnuts in Yang Hongying's bowl.

  Although she was on vacation, Yang Hongying didn't plan to leave. Thinking about being free, she went to the fields with Liu Qingshan and the others to do farm work the next day.

   "Teacher Yang, you have never done farm work, you should help my mother cook at home, or you can help my elder sister feed the chickens."

  Liu Qingshan was a little worried. Yang Hongying was from the city, and she must have never done such a thing as digging in the soil.

   And there is another thing that moved Liu Qingshan. Just yesterday, Yang Hongying went to the post office again to contact her friend from the island country.

  The other party also confirmed that when the wild vegetables on the mountain come down in the spring of next year, they will bring people over to negotiate the purchase of wild vegetables and subsequent purchases of edible fungi.

   It can be seen from this that Yang Hongying really regards this place as her own home; then of course Liu Qingshan also treats her as a family member.

  Yang Hongying didn't show any weakness on her lips: "You underestimate people, why don't we compete."

   There was no other way, Lin Zhi could only hand her a pair of thick gloves, and said in her mouth: "Teacher Yang, come back when you are tired."

   Originally, Lin Zhi also wanted to go to the fields to harvest crops, but was stopped by Liu Qingshan. He knew that his mother had been exhausted over the years, so he must not be tired anymore, just cook at home.

   There is also the eldest sister, who is pregnant with a child and can't do heavy work. Those chicks are enough for her to keep busy.

  Finally, the workers, including Liu Qingshan, Liu Yinfeng, Gao Wenxue, and Yang Hongying, all set off with three-tooth scratchers and earthen baskets on their shoulders.

  The fourth and fifth children followed behind, and the two little guys were carrying a big dirt basket together.

  These days of the autumn harvest, that's when men, women and children are all in battle.

  Today we picked potatoes, and when we got to the field, the boss uncle had already driven the ox plow, and opened up all the ridges and terraces.

  What Liu Qingshan and the others need to do is to pick up the potatoes into baskets and then put them into sacks.

  Of course, I still need to plan it with a three-tooth scratcher to clean up all the potatoes hidden in the soil.

  Liu Qingshan and Gao Wenxue planed ahead with their three-toothed scratches.

   Liu Yinfeng and Yang Hongying wiped off the soil on the potatoes one by one with their hands.

  Sifeng and Wufeng picked up the clean potatoes into the basket, and when the basket was full, they poured it into the sack.

  It rained a lot this autumn, so there is more soil on the potatoes. This is what the common people call "Mai Tai Qiuer".

  At the beginning, Yang Hongying was still in high spirits, but then it was boring repetition, squatting on the ground for a long time, her legs were sore.

  The gloves she was wearing were already black and covered with mud, and her palms were still burning. They must have been red, but this girl is also stubborn, so she gritted her teeth and insisted.

   After all, Liu Yinfeng has been doing farm work since she was a child, so she was quite relaxed. Gradually, she also discovered the situation on Teacher Yang's side, so she took the initiative to chat with Yang Hongying, ask some questions, or listen to Yang Hongying's interesting stories about going to college.

   Chatting while working, Yang Hongying finally felt better.

  After working for more than two hours, Liu Qingshan told everyone to go to the fields to rest and drink some water to quench their thirst.

When    came, he brought a thermos bottle, but the water in it was not boiled water, but cold water just drawn from the well.

  Use the lid of the thermos to catch the water, take a sip, and the cool water drips down, feeling refreshed.

  Yang Hongying also sat down on the ground in a very unimpressive manner, her whole body seemed to be falling apart, she really wanted to lie on her back for a while.

  When she was a child, she also read the poem "When we **** the crops at noon, the sweat drops to the soil", but only when I really participated in rural labor did I realize the hardships involved.

  Xiao Lao Si and Shan Xing were both tired and sweaty, and their little faces were dirty, turning into two cat faces.

  They didn't have any scruples, they went directly to the ground, spread their limbs, and yelled comfortably: "Wow, it's so comfortable!"

  Yang Hongying took a look, and let go completely, then leaned back and lay down on the ground.

  Gao Wenxue glanced at it, then looked away. After all, Yang Hongying is a young girl, so please don't take anything wrong.

   Liu Qingshan had a smile in his eyes, he admired Yang Hongying's frankness.

  The warm sun was shining on her face, it was really comfortable, unconsciously, Yang Hongying closed her eyes, she was too tired.

  Feeling her lips touched, Yang Hongying opened her eyes in shock, and in front of her eyes were the smiling faces of Caifeng and Shanxing.

  The fourth little brother was still holding something in his hand, and was stuffing it into her mouth.

  Yang Hongying's face blushed, and she thought someone was secretly kissing her just now.

  She straightened up and sat up, only to see Shan Xing stretching out her small hand. The palm was a small black round fruit, slightly larger than a soybean grain.

   "Teacher Yang, you eat, this is Heitiantian."

  Shan Xing's big eyes looked over, they were so pure that even Yang Hongying's heart was purified by it again.

  So Yang Hongying took off her gloves, squeezed a grain into her mouth, took a bite, it was slightly sweet and sour, and the taste was not bad, so she smiled at Shan Xing: "It's delicious, you can eat it too."

  Hei Tiantian is a small local wild fruit that matures in autumn. It is also called Hei Youyou, and its scientific name is Solanum nigrum.

   "Teacher Yang, look at the Huang Youyou I picked, it's bigger and sweeter!"

  Sifeng spread out her small hand, and wanted to share half with Yang Hongying.

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  Beside Shan Xing suddenly screamed: "Teacher, your hands are blistering!"

  On Yang Hongying's palm, there were three or four big blisters, all of which were from rubbing the potato grinder just now.

  Two little brains came over at the same time, helped her blow together, and comforted: "Teacher, blowing will not hurt."

  At this moment, Yang Hongying only felt warmth in her heart, how could she feel pain?

  Continue to work, Liu Qingshan didn't dare to ask Yang Hongying to rub the mud anymore, and sent her to lead the two little guys to put potatoes into sacks together.

  Yang Hongying pouted, feeling a bit of discrimination: In terms of hard work, am I on the same level as a six or seven-year-old kid?

  But there is no other way, the body is not up to date, so I can only admit it.

  He went home for a bite of rice at noon, and continued to work in the afternoon. He harvested a total of more than ten sacks of potatoes. Liu Qingshan called the boss uncle to help him bring them home.

  Everyone was exhausted, Lin Zhi made delicious food at home early, to reward the hard work at home.

  Liu Qingshan was also quite tired, but he still held on and said: "I took back all the potatoes today, so I will use them to make delicious food for you!"

  The little old four, who was already staggering, immediately jumped up and asked, "Brother, what are you cooking?"

   "You just wait to burst your stomach."

  Liu Qingshan pulled her antenna braids, and then began to peel and cut potatoes into thick slices, which were as thick as chopsticks.

   Then, he extravagantly spooned a few spoonfuls of lard into the pot, and the fourth child was immediately overjoyed: In this era, fried food represents the best food.

Sprinkle some salt and pepper noodles on the cut potato slices. After the water comes out, sprinkle the dry starch and shake it in the pot for a while. After the starch is evenly spread on the surface of the potato slices, the oil in the pot is also hot. , Put it in the pan and fry it.

  Fry until half-cooked, take it out and let it cool, and then fry it again. The potato chips in the pot immediately seemed to be blown, and both sides bulged up.

  At this time, you can take it out and put it on a plate. Take a bite, the outside is fragrant and crispy, and the inside is very soft and glutinous. Everyone praises Liu Qingshan for his craftsmanship.

  Everyone had a good meal, Liu Qingshan was of course happy, and continued to enliven the atmosphere at the dinner table: "Today we are making potatoes, comrades have worked hard, come on, each of you express your feelings in one sentence."

  Yang Hongying looked at the big blisters on her hands, which were medals for hard work, and said with deep emotion: "Work is the hardest."

  Of course, Liu Qingshan also noticed the commemoration left on her hand, so he answered: "Labor is also the most glorious."

  The fourth child tilted his head and thought for a while, then grinned and said, "Labor is the best food!"

  (end of this chapter)