Xiaoxue nodded slightly with a "yes", and said with a smile, "There are so many here, how can we finish picking them all! Let's call mother later! Pick carefully, don't waste it!"
"Oh! Then I'd better not move!" Lu Xiaoshu nodded obediently. Glancing around for a while, he said again: "Sister..."
As soon as Xiaoxue heard her calling her so softly, she couldn't help but soften her heart, smiled and sighed helplessly: "You want to climb trees again, don't you? I knew it, you are a monkey!"
Lu Xiaoshu stuck out his tongue: "Sister knows me best! Sister, I'll pick the biggest and ripest grapes for you, just wait for me!"
"You have to be careful!" Xiaoxue called out hurriedly, shook her head with a smile, she knew she couldn't control her.
"Don't worry! Elder sister!" Lu Xiaoshu didn't pay much attention to this height, smiled and waved his hands, and he had already fled to the tall tree trunk lightly.
It feels different when you are in a high place. Grape vines are climbing everywhere, and the crystal clear grapes are within reach. Lu Xiaoshu is in high spirits. After a while, the basket on his shoulders is full of picked grapes. So I hung the basket on a branch at will, and I chose a good place on the tree to sit and rest, enjoying the scenery in the forest that can only be seen from high places.
"Xiaoshu! Xiaoshu!" Her sister's soft and eager voice came from below, Lu Xiaoshu came back to his senses, straightened up quickly and looked down: "Sister?"
"Come down! I heard someone coming!"
Lu Xiaoshu was taken aback, needless to say, she was either mother or uncle, she hastily let out an "oh" and quickly ran down the tree with her basket on her shoulders.
When I got down to the ground, I saw my sister staring blankly at me as if frozen, I couldn't help but waved my palm in front of her, and said with a smile: "Sister, sister, what's wrong with you?"
Xiaoxue regained her senses in one breath, grabbed Lu Xiaoshu's arm and said in a trembling voice: "Are you going to die? Such a tall tree, you just come down so, so fast, you, you You want to scare me to death!"
Feeling warm and guilty, Lu Xiaoshu hurriedly smiled and said, "My good sister, I'm fine!"
"It's a good thing, otherwise what would we do! Do you really want to scare people to death!" Xiaoxue glared at her angrily.
"What happened to you two sisters? Did you quarrel?"
The two were awkward, when Miao Cuilan walked across the path and stared at them suspiciously.
The two sisters lost their expressions in a hurry, Lu Xiaoshu shook Xiaoxue's arm affectionately, and said with a smile: "Mother, what did you say, my sister and I are best friends, so we won't quarrel!"
"Then why is your face so ugly? Nothing wrong, right?" Miao Cuilan was still a little suspicious.
"No, no! We're fine!" Lu Xiaoshu smiled, and quietly pushed Xiaoxue.
Xiaoxue forced a smile too, and said, "Well, we're fine..."
Miao Cuilan said quickly: "You two are running around again, why don't you hurry over there! It's time to go back!" Her eyes fell on the basket full of wild grapes beside Lu Xiaoshu, she opened her eyes and said sharply: " Where did the grapes come from?"
Lu Xiaoshu was taken aback, and thought, Mother, how can you sound like a rape! These grapes are not stolen, you see what you are making a fuss about!
"You climbed a tree?" Miao Cuilan stared at Lu Xiaoshu.
"I—I just went up a little bit, just a little bit!" Lu Xiaoshu hurriedly smiled to please him.
But Miao Cuilan said: "Climbing trees is not a big deal. As for climbing here? Really! You were not allowed to climb high because you were afraid of getting hurt when you were young, but now it's nothing!" Countryside How many children can't do this
Although it's a girl's family, it's not a bad thing for a girl's family to have more than one skill! Just don't mess around! Just like herself, when she was in the Miao family, she was forced by the Xia family to go into the mountains before dawn to collect firewood and search for mountain treasures. If she hadn't climbed trees and climbed fast, she almost fed wild boars once!
"Really!" Lu Xiaoshu's eyes lit up immediately, and he couldn't help rubbing Miao Cuilan's sleeve affectionately on her body, and said softly, "Mother is so kind! There is a caretaker here! Mother, you have to teach me!"
"You! You really said that the wind is the rain!" Miao Cuilan couldn't help but smirked and tapped her forehead.
Xiaoxue remained silent, but said in her heart: You still use your mother to teach? You're so nimble you almost made my heart jump out of fright!
"Mother, there are a lot of fungus here! Look!" Xiaoxue pointed to the broken log.
Miao Cuilan brightened her eyes and said with a smile: "That's not it! It's been a while since I went to the mountains to look for mushrooms and fungus. Tomorrow you get up early to make breakfast, and Miss Xu and I will come over early to pick them! I'm afraid there are many others in this mountain forest!"
After talking, the mother and daughter walked back.
Back home, Miao Cuilan moved the large porcelain urn that Tong Yuer had washed and dried at home to the side, and several people cleaned the freshly picked grapes and spread them out in a clean bamboo dustpan to dry After dinner, wash your hands, you can pick off the grapes one by one and remove the stems, put them directly into a porcelain jar, add an appropriate amount of sugar, and then seal them and put them in the cellar. This preliminary work is considered complete.
In order to get a good wine, then we have to look at personal experience. When to open the scum, when to stir, how to stir, how long, etc., so that the grapes can ferment better, all of which are particular. If the time is wrong, opening the mouth of the urn too early or too late will affect the color and taste, and it is normal to even waste it all. However, Mr. Wu did all these things himself, and the Lu family really didn't care too much.
The mountain grapes need to be quickly processed into the urn on the day they are picked, and they will not be fresh after overnight.
Therefore, there are not too many mountain grapes picked in the mountains every day. After several days of continuous picking, all the grapes are picked back and processed into the urn.
Unknowingly, four or five days have passed, and Lu Zhong has not returned home.
Miao Cuilan couldn't help showing a little worry on her face, and she became restless.
Affected by her emotions, the mood of the whole family became depressed.
Miao Chuhe persuaded: "Sister, don't worry, maybe there is something delayed on the road, such as bad weather, such as blocked roads, or some minor problems with the truck transporting soybeans, or the goods purchased this time are a little bit There are too many children, so I walk slowly... "
"Yes, sister, let's wait for another two days with peace of mind! Brother-in-law will definitely be back! It's not the first time for brother-in-law to go this way, you, put your heart in your stomach!" Tong Yu'er also nodded and smiled.
When Miao Cuilan saw the two of them persuading her, one left and the other right, she felt a little sorry, she couldn't help but smiled, and said, "That's what I said, don't worry, I'm fine! Oh, it's just that he never What happened, I feel a little uneasy in my heart! But you are right, he is not a three-year-old child, and it is not the first time he has gone this way, so what could happen!"
"Sister is right to think so! Brother-in-law is sure to be fine!" Miao Chuhe and Tong Yu'er immediately laughed in relief.
Lu Xiaoshu and Xiaoxue were also in a bad mood seeing their mother like this. Xiaoxue had always been obedient, and Lu Xiaoshu stayed at home with her mother obediently these days, not going anywhere.
It made Miao Cuilan feel warm and sad in her heart, and she couldn't help but sighed secretly: This little girl has a conscience. Although she makes troubles on weekdays, she is very obedient and sensible at critical moments, and she is not in vain. !
Lu Xiaoshu stays with his mother at home every day, and his whereabouts are almost comparable to those of the ladies who don't leave the house and don't leave the house. This is a pain for the young master of the Lin family who has just fallen in love and is suffering from lovesickness.
Lin Fang and Cricket visited Fengye Village for several times, but unfortunately they couldn't meet Lu Xiaoshu.
In other words, if Lu Qi is not at home, how could the two of them have the nerve to go to Lu's house? What's the matter! I can't even give a reason.
After a lot of difficulty, Lu Xiaoshu finally stepped out of the courtyard door alone, and was caught by the cricket who was ordered to guard in the corner outside.
Cricket ran up desperately as if seeing a cheetah that was its prey, and laughed at Lu Xiaoshu as if picking up a treasure: "Miss Lu, Miss Lu, I can finally wait for you!"
"Wait for me?" Lu Xiaoshu pointed to his nose, and said inexplicably, "Wait for me, what do you want me to do?"
Cricket nodded and shook his head again and again: "My young master is looking for you! Miss Lu, come with me quickly, my young master is still waiting in the forest at the entrance of the village!"
Lu Xiaoshu said angrily: "No, no! The girl is not in the mood to play these days! If you have something to do, just say it, if you have nothing to do, go back, and tell your young master to go back too!"
Cricket was surprised, Lu Xiaoshu always liked to play, what happened to make her lose interest in playing
Cricket thought for a while, and suddenly realized. He knew what the young master was thinking, and tried to make meritorious service in front of the young master, so he tentatively asked: "Miss Lu, do you have no money to spend?"
Well, if you don’t have money to spend, then of course you won’t be interested in playing…
At least he is.
Lu Xiaoshu was taken aback and opened his eyes wide.
"Hehe, my young master has silver, how can the young master ask for your silver? You, don't worry!" Cricket felt that he was right, and patted his chest to make decisions for the young master and boasted.
"What nonsense are you talking about!" Lu Xiaoshu glared at him angrily, turned his head and left.
"Hey, hey!" Cricket finally waited for Lu Xiaoshu to come out, how could he let her go like this? I didn't care about it when I was in a hurry, I grabbed her and said anxiously: "Miss Lu, don't leave in a hurry! Well, it seems that the young master really has something to look for you! Miss Lu, you are very kind, you can do it Well, you know the temper of the young master, if I can't invite you—"
The more the cricket talked, the more pitiful he looked at Lu Xiaoshu pitifully.