The harvest of bayberry is a big event in Yangmeiling. Men and women, old and young, go into battle, and they are on the tree from morning to night.
Boxes of bayberry were picked from the mountain, young and middle-aged people lined up in a long queue, and they were sent to the commune acquisition station on the same day.
Bai Xiaoxi finally ate fresh bayberry, and managed to get his teeth sour.
She is not tall, but her movements are very dexterous, and her posture is light, and she can climb up anywhere.
Some old bayberry trees are more than ten meters above the ground, and the fruit on the top grows the best, black and large, but because the branches are too thin, ordinary adults cannot climb up, and in previous years, only a few half-year-old children could go there. Excerpt, with her this year, everyone has saved a lot of trouble, and the captain said that she is the hero.
Because I had to rush to work, I ate lunch on the mountain and brought my own dry food.
Just as Bai Xiaoxi got off the tree, he saw Liang Sheng carrying their lunch baskets and standing not far away waiting for her.
The two were assigned to different picking points, one on the top of the mountain and the other on the mountainside. Because the mountain was not high, they were not too far apart. Sometimes anyone calling Liang Sheng's name on the top of the mountain could be heard by Bai Xiaoxi.
A female educated youth gave her a slight push and joked, "Come on, the Cowherd and Weaver Girl will meet."
Bai Xiaoxi smiled and waved to them, walking briskly towards Liang Sheng.
There is a spring on the mountain, and the spring water flows out and accumulates into a small pool.
The two washed their hands and faces by the pool, and the cool spring water splashed on their faces, and the heat of early summer was instantly suppressed.
"It's so cool." Bai Xiaoxi breathed a sigh of relief, looked up at Liang Sheng, and found that he seemed to be tanned again.
She stretched out her hand to compare with him, one white and one black, one slender and the other strong, the contrast is very large.
"I can't get a tan," she said proudly.
Liang Sheng glanced at her, didn't say a word, washed his hands slowly, and when Bai Xiaoxi didn't pay attention, he suddenly raised a pair of wet hands, flicked her face, then picked up the basket and ran away.
"Yeah—" Bai Xiaoxi was startled, wiped the water droplets on his face, grabbed a handful of water with his hand, and jumped up to chase after him, "You stop! Big bad guy, don't run—"
Liang Sheng ran in front with his long legs, and Bai Xiaoxi chased behind him like a gust of wind.
At this moment, everyone was resting and eating under the tree, watching the two of them run over the hill, laughing and making trouble, and couldn't help laughing.
An older woman sighed: "I really didn't expect that Liang Sheng, a child, had such a difficult life in the past, but luck is behind him."
"Who would have thought that he and Bai Zhiqing would make a pair, don't say, Liang Sheng is quite handsome except for the scar on his face, two people standing together, how do you say something? Jin Tong Yu Nv! "
"No, Xiaoxi is an educated youth, has knowledge, and is very capable. He earns ten work points, and the two together are twenty work points, and there are no elderly or children. How can the family eat all the food?"
These days, people who can't eat enough food are extremely wealthy. The middle-aged women who speak are particularly diligent and can earn ten work points. Baba, don't say too much envy to Bai Xiaoxi and Liang Sheng.
Another person said: "Young people are not qualitative, I see those little educated youths, all thinking about going back to the city, it's hard to say what will happen in the future."
Hearing this, many people thought of Liang Zhiqiang and Ye Yumei.
At that time, there was a commotion in the small bamboo forest. It stands to reason that the two people should be done with each other, and they should have a drink and treat the guests.
But at that time, Liang Zhiqiang, his mother, was dissatisfied with Ye Yumei inside and out, and also said that his son was going to marry a big girl.
Even some outsiders can't listen, Ye Zhiqing is not disciplined, he Liang Zhiqiang is disciplined? Which parent was blinded by lard, so they married the good yellow flower girl to his house.
Later, the captain was dismissed, and after Liang Zhiqiang recovered, he had to come to work. A young and middle-aged man in his twenties swayed Yangmei with his legs and assigned him to pick fruits. His movements were slow and unfavourable, and the work points earned were not comparable to those of little girls. Anyone who followed him would starve to death.
He. Mom is afraid that her son will be a bachelor, and thinks of Ye Yumei, but people don't give him a second look.
These two were completely feuding.
Bai Xiaoxi finally caught up with Liang Sheng, the water in his hand leaked only a little, and he threw a drop of water at his face hard.
She snorted, "You wait, I'll bring a bucket next time."
Liang Sheng smiled wickedly.
The two found a clean shade of tree and put out the food.
Several multi-grain steamed buns, a bottle of mushroom meat sauce, and a pot of water.
Mushroom Bolognese was Bai Xiaoxi's idea. She noticed that Liang Sheng's family had all kinds of dried wild mushrooms, so she asked him to go to the commune to buy a piece of fat and thin pork belly, cut it into small cubes to make fat, add diced mushrooms to make meat sauce, and put it in an empty can. inside.
Take it with you when you work, and put it in a steamed bun. Not to mention how fragrant it is, it is also oily and watery when you eat it. Compared with eating meat directly, it is not so dazzling.
Life in Yangmeiling is a good one. The villagers don't eat meat several times a year. They eat it once in a while, and even bury it secretly under the meal, for fear that people will see it and make people jealous.
Bai Xiaoxi is not afraid of others' jealousy, but she just eats meat openly, so that people can see, some cheeky, or some children are greedy, and they come around and watch, is she divided or not
It's better to make meat sauce, delicious and easy.
"By the way, this is for you." She opened her hand like a juggler. There was a bayberry in her palm, the size of a ping-pong ball, red to purple and black, and the pulp was full of juice. It seemed that the juice would overflow with a slight touch. .
Liang Sheng was a little surprised, "So big?"
"Yes," Bai Xiaoxi raised his chin happily, "this is the biggest on the mountain."
When picking bayberry in the morning, every time she saw a big fruit, she would pick it out and put it aside. Finally, she chose the largest one from the many big bayberries and gave it to Liang Sheng.
Although there are bayberry all over the mountains and fields now, it is not rare at all, but no one is bigger than the one in her hand, which is unique.
Liang Sheng was happy in his heart and said, "You can eat it."
"Oh, what do you want to eat?" Bai Xiaoxi handed her hand forward. Seeing that he didn't pick it up, she simply leaned over and shoved Yangmei directly into his mouth.
Liang Sheng was unprepared, his cheeks bulged, and he looked around subconsciously to make sure that no one saw the scene just now, which did not damage his manly spirit, so he relaxed.
Bai Xiaoxi tilted his head and asked him, "Is it sweet?"
Liang Sheng looked at her and nodded slowly, "Sweet."
I don't know if it's people or Yangmei.
After working in full swing for seven or eight days, the bayberry was finally picked, and everyone was able to take a break.
At this time, I heard that there was a theater troupe coming to the commune to sing a big show, and everyone in Yangmeiling went to watch the fun whether they understood it or not.
Bai Xiaoxi had dinner and walked slowly with Liang Sheng under the sunset.
The road from Yangmeiling to the commune is a long yellow mud road. There are paddy fields on both sides of the road. The rice seedlings in the fields have grown quite tall, and there is a large area of lush greenery. The breeze blows, setting off waves of blue waves.
From time to time, someone passed by them, said hello, and hurried on their way, eager to get a seat under the stage.
But Bai Xiaoxi estimated based on the experience of watching the movie last time, this point is good if there is a place to go, and it is too extravagant if the location is not.
Neither she nor Liang Sheng are interested in singing big plays, so they are not in a hurry at all.
"Look at that cloud, does it look like a puppy?" She pointed to the sky and asked Liang Sheng.
Liang Sheng raised his head and looked at it seriously for a while, thinking to himself, it feels more like her, white and soft.
"I look a little like you," he said honestly.
"How can it be like—" Bai Xiaoxi paused, suddenly reacted, and widened his eyes, "Okay, tell me!"
Say she looks like a puppy!
"I didn't say anything." Liang Sheng's face was innocent, and it was only when he said it that he realized there was ambiguity.
But Bai Xiaoxi didn't believe it, and thought he did it on purpose. Since the two established their relationship, this guy has learned to tease her.
She punched Liang Sheng's arm and snorted like an ancient magistrate who tried a case, "Be lenient if you confess, but be strict if you resist. Would you say it?"
Feeling that he was about to be beaten into a trick, Liang Sheng wisely ran away, "Frankly and leniently, sit in prison and wear!"
"stop!"
The two started chasing again. Some people on the road were hurrying on their way. When they saw them running past, they felt nervous and could not help but trot along. The last one looked at one, and a group of people rushed to the commune panting.
The initiator was like nobody, Liang Sheng had a younger brother who brought a long bench, reserved a seat for them, and greeted the two to sit over.
"Brother Sheng, this way!"
There was a crowd under the stage, and Liang Sheng protected Bai Xiaoxi and squeezed past.
There was still a short while before leaving the venue, and many people were walking around. Liang Sheng thought that the supply and marketing agency was not far away, so he said to Bai Xiaoxi, "I'm going to buy something."
"Hurry up and ask." Bai Xiaoxi explained.
Liang Sheng nodded and glanced at his younger brother.
The young man was very knowledgeable and immediately said, "Brother Sheng, don't worry, I will protect Bai Zhiqing."
Liang Sheng just left, and when he came back not long after, he had melon seeds, tea eggs, and soda in his hands.
His younger brother admired: "Brother Sheng is still thoughtful."
He looked up and looked around, the actors were already on the stage, and he couldn't squeeze out any shopping.
Liang Sheng poured him melon seeds, "Watch your play."
He asked Bai Xiaoxi again, "Which one do you want to eat first?"
Bai Xiaoxi shook his head, "Just finished eating, let's eat later."
The song "White-Haired Girl" was sung on stage. The heroine suffered a lot, and the actor's skills were very good. It made people feel empathetic and tearful.
"Wuuuu is too miserable..." The young man sitting next to Liang Sheng choked, trying to find some sense of identity with Liang Sheng.
When he turned his head, he found that Brother Sheng was concentrating on peeling melon seeds, peeled a small handful, and handed it to Bai Zhiqing.
And Bai Zhiqing held a tea egg in his hand, took a bite by himself, fed Brother Sheng a bite, and then took another bite by himself... The fragrant taste of the tea egg penetrated into the human nose, leaving saliva faster than tears.
Little Young: "… "
I don't know why, but I feel like I want to cry more.