After Lin Mo discussed with Lin Cheng, they went to the orchard to pick ripe fruits the next day. But this time, Mother Lin didn't agree with Lin Mo to go with him, but let him watch the two children at home.
Lin Mo plans to make some easy-to-storage dried fruits and jams first, juices and pastries can be made that day.
Lin Cheng's body recovered, and they picked the fruit faster. When the first batch was brought back, Lin's mother and Mrs. Lin followed. After removing the baskets full of fruits from the trolley, the two men from the Lin family pushed the trolley to the fruit forest.
After Lin Mo and the two of them briefly explained the steps, the three of them began to peel the fruit that can be made into dried fruit. Because the thickness of the slices should be moderate, Mother Lin and Mrs. Lin are in charge of peeling, and Lin Mo is in charge of slicing.
After cutting a part, Lin Mo put the fruit slices in a bamboo dustpan, put them in a ventilated place where the sun can shine again, and then continued with the work just now.
Lin Xiaoya, who was sitting in the yard playing, was a little bored. She looked up at her grandma and mother, and then turned her head to look at the fourth uncle who was holding the fruit.
"Fourth Uncle, Xiaoya also wants to play." Lin Xiaoya got up and walked over with her short legs, gently pulling Lin Mo's trouser legs.
"Good boy, fourth uncle isn't playing, go play with your brother." Lin Mo took the time to give her two cleaned pears and said. The action of cutting fruit in his hand didn't stop.
"Okay." Lin Xiaoya held two pears in both hands, nodded and walked towards the door.
Lin Xiaoya and Lin Xiaonan sat on one side, sitting on the threshold, holding pears and gnawing on them. After eating more than half of the pear, Lin Xiaoya looked up and saw Cheng Yan coming from a distance, no, to be precise, she saw the things in the small bamboo cage he was carrying.
"Brother, Uncle Cheng is messing with you again~" Lin Xiaoya turned her head to look at Lin Xiaonan who was at the side.
"Oh, I see." Lin Xiaonan looked up, then continued to eat pears with his head down.
"Uncle Cheng is carrying something in his hand. I'm going to see if it's a rabbit." Lin Xiaoya held a half-eaten pear in her left hand, stood up with her right hand, and walked towards Cheng Yan.
When Lin Xiaonan heard this, he immediately raised his head and looked at Cheng Yan with astonishingly bright eyes. Seeing my sister walking over, I stood up after thinking for a second and ran over with short legs.
"Uncle Cheng, you're here." Lin Xiaoya walked to Cheng Yan's side, grabbed his clothes and looked up at him, saying as she followed him.
"Yeah." Cheng Yan responded, keeping his steps as slow as possible.
"Uncle Cheng, is there a rabbit inside?" Lin Xiaoya blinked at him.
"no."
"Oh." Lin Xiaoya responded obediently.
Lin Xiaonan came over and followed Cheng Yan, and looked up at the small bamboo cage in his hand.
"Is there a dog inside?" Lin Xiaonan asked.
"No." Cheng Yan said dryly.
"Then... who is Uncle Cheng going to give it to?" Lin Xiaoya asked. There was only one white animal in it, and if it was given to them, it seemed that it would not be enough for her and her brother.
"...for your fourth uncle." Cheng Yan said after pursing his lips in silence for a while.
"Huh? Is that so... Then I'll go and tell Uncle Fourth." After Lin Xiaoya finished speaking, she ran into the yard on her short legs.
Just as Cheng Yan wanted to stop her, she heard Lin Xiaoya shouting as she ran in, her footsteps paused, her expression a little unnatural.
"Fourth uncle... Uncle Cheng came to provoke you, and brought you a bunny-like..." Lin Xiaoya stopped, scratched her head, her face was a little puzzled, what is that? It seems that Uncle Cheng didn't say anything.
"Who's here?" Lin Mo heard Lin Xiaoya's voice from outside the yard, but couldn't hear what she said.
"Uncle Cheng is here to provoke you~" Lin Xiaoya walked to Lin Mo and said.
Lin Mo paused, looked up to the door, just in time to see Cheng Yan leading Lin Xiaonan in. The two looked at each other unpreparedly, and after a while Lin Mo lowered his head and continued to cut the fruit.
"Da Cheng, why are you here today? Didn't you go to town?" Mother Lin also heard what her granddaughter said, looked up at Cheng Yan who walked in, and asked.
"just came back."
Cheng Yan put the things in his hands aside, and Lin Xiaoya and Lin Xiaonan squatted there watching. After washing his hands, Cheng Yan walked to Lin Mo's side.
"Let me cut it." Cheng Yan stood aside and watched for a few seconds, then said.
"... Remember that the thickness is moderate." Lin Mo looked up at him, put down the knife in his hand, and walked aside.
Cheng Yan picked up the knife and cut according to Lin Mo's method just now, and the speed was twice as fast as him. Seeing this, Lin Mo also went to the side to place fruit slices, and then took them to dry.
The ones suitable for making dried fruit have almost been cut, and Lin Mo started to prepare for making jam. But this time he taught Mrs. Lin first, and then the two of them did it together.
It was almost noon, Father Lin and Eldest Brother had already shipped it back and forth a few times, and Lin Mo and the others had done almost the same. When Father Lin and the others returned from the last trip, Lin Mo also handed over the final work to them, and went into the kitchen with Lin Xing and Lin Chen to cook.
Mother Lin saw that Brother Mo was not feeling well, so she let him go, anyway, they all liked to eat Lin Mo's cooking.
After all the fruits outside have been processed, Lin Mo and the others are ready to cook. Cheng Yan moved the last jar into the warehouse, stood up and squeezed his sore arms.
"Da Cheng, stay and eat later, Brother Mo has already cooked." Father Lin put the jar away carefully, stood up and said.
"Okay." Cheng Yan, who was about to refuse, paused for a moment when he heard that Lin Mo cooked the rice, and nodded in response.
"Why are you here today?" Father Lin asked as he walked out of the warehouse.
"I have something to ask you and Aunt Lin... and Lin Mo."
"What about you and Brother Mo?" Father Lin glanced at him and said with a smile. Last night Lin Mo had already told about him and Cheng Yan, Lin's father and Lin's mother also knew about it, but they didn't expect Cheng Yan to come here today.
"En." Cheng Yan said with an unnatural expression.
"Okay, let's talk after dinner." Father Lin patted him on the shoulder and walked out with a smile.
Standing where he was, Cheng Yan touched his burning ears, and decided to go there later.
After Cheng Yan entered, everyone else basically took their seats, and the only vacant seat was next to Lin Mo. But the current Cheng Yan didn't have any embarrassment, and went straight to sit down.
Lin Mo glanced at Cheng Yan who was sitting next to him from the corner of his eye, but didn't speak. He listened to their conversation while eating, and sometimes asked him, Lin Mo would answer a sentence or two.
After lunch, Aunt Lin and Mother Lin took the dishes and chopsticks down to wash. Lin Xing and Lin Chen sat paralyzed at the side and did not want to move. The two children, Lin Xiaonan and Lin Xiaoya, dangled in the hall, and finally stayed beside Lin Mo.
After Mother Lin came back from washing, Father Lin asked Cheng Yan, "Now that Aunt Lin is here, you can talk about it."
"What are you talking about?" Mother Lin wiped the water from her hands, raised her head and asked in doubt.
"Cough... I want to ask Aunt Lin what preparations are needed for getting married." Cheng Yan coughed lowly, and said a little unnaturally, but fortunately, Cheng Yan didn't see anything on his face.
"What are you preparing for? I forgot that you have no elders in your family, so I don't know about it."
Afterwards, Mother Lin explained to Cheng Yan the process before and after the marriage in detail, and Cheng Yan listened carefully the whole time. Lin Mo turned his head to look at Cheng Yan, he could only hear the general idea in his mind, he really didn't understand how Cheng Yan could listen so intently.
Lin Xing and Lin Chen, who were paralyzed by the side to digest food, realized that they were discussing the marriage between Cheng Yan and their fourth brother only after hearing half of it.
"When did Big Brother Cheng and Fourth Brother realize that they were going to get married?" Lin Xing leaned over and pushed Lin Chen beside him, and asked in a low voice.
Lin Xing remembered that not long ago he asked his fourth brother if he liked Brother Cheng. At that time, the fourth brother clearly said he didn't like him, but now he is going to talk about marriage
"Ask me? How do I know?" Lin Chen pushed his head away, stood up and walked over. Seeing this, Lin Xing quickly got up and followed him.
Then... Then Lin Xing saw Lin Chen stand still and listen to them.
Lin Xing: "..."
"Fourth brother... Fourth brother, come here." Lin Xing saw that they were all seriously discussing the marriage process, and no one noticed him, so he called out in a low voice.
Lin Mo turned his head to look at Lin Xing, turned around and saw Lin's father and Lin's mother were still talking, so he got up and walked over.
"What did you call me here for?" Lin Mo walked over and asked.
"Fourth Brother, do you really want to marry Brother Cheng?" Lin Xing glanced back at them, then turned back to look at Lin Mo, and asked in a low voice.
"Yes." Lin Mo nodded.
"Before you said... you don't like Brother Cheng."
"Well...you can't say anything about feelings. Sometimes you can't stop them when they come. You will understand when you grow up." Lin Mo patted his head and said, then went back and sat down to continue listening to them.
Lin Xing: ...