It was the time of the autumn harvest, and everyone was busy. The Zhou family slept a little longer because of the fatigue of the journey. When they woke up, the sun had already risen.
They got up quickly, and Mrs. Qian assigned them tasks, those who should go to the kitchen to cook, those who should go to various houses to invite people, and the rest were all taken to the field by old Zhou Tou.
Tuesday Lang said: "The land at home employs long-term workers and short-term workers. The short-term workers don't work together for a while, and the long-term workers live in a hut at the end of the village."
The rice in the field is growing well, many of which are yellow and orange and ready to be harvested.
Old Zhou looked around and said: "It has to be harvested, otherwise the sun will be too ripe and the grains will fall."
Zhou Erlang responded, and the Zhou family brothers took their nephews to the field to harvest together.
When Zhou Man found the Zhou family and wanted to know the situation on the mountain with Zhou Zhoulang, he knew that they had all gone to the field to harvest rice, so he ran back home, "My second brother and the others have gone to the field, Bai Shan, should we go and see?" ?”
Bai Shan thought for a while, then nodded and said, "That's fine..."
So after breakfast, they also went to the field with their sickles in their hands, and Yin might follow along to join in the fun. He was picking rice ears in the field with a basket and two children.
Their working hours were not long, and by the time Sizheng was over, the sun was already high, so the old Zhou took away his sickle and called his sons and grandchildren to go home.
Along the way, there were people coming home from the fields. Some held Zhou Wulang, some held old Zhou Tou, and Zhou Lizhong’s former friends. They hadn’t seen each other for many years. They quickly found that acquaintance back.
The rest of Zhou Man didn't find anyone, they went home silently and washed their faces and hands before looking for Zhou Zhou Lang, "Second brother, we want to go up the mountain for a walk, are there many people who grow medicinal materials in the village now? "
Lang said on Tuesday: "Every household has planted some, and now they are busy harvesting rice. There is no one on the mountain. If you want to go up, you can go up. By the way, many people have planted fruit trees. If you go up the mountain to play, you can see what you want to eat. Pick some, write them down, and I’ll just talk to their family later.”
It is common for neighbors in the village to pick fruit, which can be divided into two types: those who say hello to them openly and aboveboard; those who pick them secretly.
The latter will probably be scolded, although the scolder doesn't know who he is scolding, but just pinch his waist and scold at the entrance of the village so that the real thief can hear it.
Zhou Man naturally wouldn't allow himself to be scolded, so he responded straight away, "Second brother, you have to say hello to me in advance."
"Don't worry, I'm going to ask the villagers to have dinner later, and I'll talk to them when I go."
Bai Shan asked: "Lunch or dinner?"
"Dinner, it's too late for lunch."
Bai Shan said conveniently: "I'll ask the servants at home to come over and help later. If there is any shortage of ingredients, I can get them from home."
Zhou Zhoulang waved his hand and said, "There is everything at home, even if there is nothing, there is also in the village."
The Zhou family doesn't raise pigs, but they do have chickens. If they kill a few chickens, they can go to their small village to buy some. Eggs are enough, and there are ducks.
There are also people raising pigs in the village. Zhou Zhou Lang said: "Your third brother has already gone to someone to buy pigs, and he will kill them in a while. It is estimated that it will be processed at noon. You will all come over to eat pigs in a while."
"It's just that no one raises sheep, but the fourth child has gone to his uncle's house. When Mother asked him to come back, he would go to Dali Village to ask his father-in-law's family to ask for two sheep. It's convenient to kill them and send them here."
This is meat, not to mention vegetables, the Zhou family doesn't have enough, just ask anyone in the village to ask for some.
Or it is enough for each family to pick some vegetables.
So you don't have to worry about the ingredients, nor the manpower. The Zhou family doesn't have much else, that is, there are a lot of people, and the children can use it. As long as it is properly prepared, things can be done in less than an hour.
Little Qian followed behind Qian's management, and the entire Zhou family was in perfect order, completely useless for Zhou Man.
So Zhou Man and Bai Shan happily went up the mountain with Yin Or and the children.
Because the path between the fields was not easy to walk, they drove the ox cart.
Sitting on the bullock cart, Mingda looked at the ears of rice hanging down on both sides, and let the grass brush past her shoes, she couldn't help laughing, "The bullock cart is really unique." Wild fun."
Zhou Man sat beside her, and behind him was a child surrounded by five adults, and said with a smile, "If you like, we can also drive the ox cart when we go to Dali Village."
Their small village is a little far away from the village. After ten years of development, the houses here have been refurbished and expanded a lot, making it look like a small village.
A lot of trees have been planted on the mountain, not only some fruit trees are planted on the mountainside, they also opened several plots of land to plant medicinal materials such as Ligustrum lucidum.
Because of the lack of manpower, they would buy medicinal seeds and scatter them directly in the forest. They would simply hoe the ground and fertilize once, and then let them grow, and pick them when the year came. The time is much longer, but the price is also slightly higher, which is just right for small villages with insufficient manpower.
The road in front of Xiaozhuangzi was leveled. As soon as the ox cart stopped, the three children enthusiastically reached out to get off the cart. As soon as they stepped on the ground, they excitedly rushed towards the ducks on the edge of the field—to catch the ducks!
The long-term workers in the village were harvesting rice in the field. When they saw the masters coming, they immediately ran over with a sickle, "Master, Master Tang, Miss Man, are you all back?"
The servant who followed said: "What are you calling me? Now I'm going to call you Lord and Lady."
Zhou Man waved away most of the people, leaving only two articulate ones, and asked, "What kind of fruit do you grow on the mountain?"
"It was all planted by the lady and the master before, and the fruits are sweeter than before. Now there are pears, winter dates, and persimmons..."
They went up the mountain to see it, lifted their children to the tree to pick fruit, and had a wild travel addiction.
A group of people picked half a carload of fruits, and began to distribute them to the children who surrounded them as soon as they entered the village.
Both Mingda and Yin, who had never experienced it before, were amazed.
It’s not that they have never traveled in the wild, not to mention, they planted fruit trees in Zhuangzi on the outskirts of Beijing, and occasionally they would take their children to pick fruit for fun, but the people they met along the way were very respectful, and no one dared to swim. Wai car.
Like Qili Village, this is the first time I have seen a group of teenagers leading a bunch of children yelling and running around the car without disturbing the cattle.
Seeing that the servants of the Bai family did not stop them, but retreated to the side, the palace servants following Mingda and Yin Ru's guards silently fell behind by two steps, and then were squeezed away by the children.
Zhou Man grabbed a handful of winter jujubes and stuffed them in the hands of one of the children, attacking them even more. Bai Shan was afraid that they would fall under the wheel, so he asked people to stop the ox cart and took shelter under a tree by the side of the road. He simply shared the fruit on the spot, "Don't you have any at home?"
"My family grows jujubes, but my mother won't let us eat them, and they want to sell them in the county town."
"I don't have dates at home, I only grow persimmons, which are not tasty."
"Pears are my favorite."
Mingda then gave the talking child a pear, and the others immediately reached out to Mingda when they saw it, "I want it too, I want it too..."
Zhou Man shared a lot of fruit and went out, so he didn't rush to leave, and asked, "You don't have any work at home?"