When Xiao Guofu was young, he often went to the mountains with his grandmother and son to pick chestnuts, and every time he would bring the fruit back to his elders.

Later, when my grandmother's son passed away, Xiao Guofu was worried that it would be inconvenient for his two elders to do heavy work, so he often came to take care of him.

Yesterday, I gave my grandma a taste of the sugar-roasted chestnuts given by Li Shuixian and his wife. I also wanted her to remember the taste and avoid being deceived by strangers who came to collect chestnuts.

When Li Shuixian sent chestnuts to him, she told him that besides her and Xiao Zhihai, there must be someone else coming to collect the chestnuts.

Ask him to inform the Xiao family in the mountains that the chestnuts are reserved for her and Xiao Zhihai and cannot be sold to others.

He said that others would be short-changed and defrauded the villagers of their money.

Xiao Guofu never thought that the strangers who came to cheat money would turn out to be the bully Xiao Cheng and his wife.

After Xiao Zhigang's father moved to the new town, he rarely came back except for the Qingming Festival every year, and Xiao Zhigang did the same.

Xiao Cheng has never been back to the countryside since he was a child.

Xiao Guofu's understanding of Xiao Cheng was limited to hearing word of mouth from the Xiao family in the town when he went to the town to attend the market.

They all had bad comments, saying that Xiao Cheng bullied men and dominated women, committed violence in the street, and committed all kinds of evil.

He talks harshly to his stepmother, behaves in a targeted manner, does nothing all day long, and leads a group of gangsters to fight everywhere.

Xiao Guofu didn't know the facts either. He didn't know who to believe or how to make a decision.

But this time Xiao Cheng helped him borrow a brick truck to carry people. On the way back to his hometown to worship his ancestors, he sought justice for the Xiao family, forced the Chen family's ancestor worship convoy to retreat, and opened the way for his ancestors. This is an indisputable fact.

No one at home can do it.

Moreover, Xiao Cheng did not do any bad behavior from the town back to the countryside to going up the mountain to worship his ancestors.

Come to think of it, the rumors may be true or false.

Not to mention, the trust and kindness that grandpa and grandma have towards Xiao Cheng and Bai Lu have already exceeded the level when they first met the Xiao family outside. The two elders have an unmistakable eye for recognizing people.

Naturally, everything is already known.

Xiao Guofu finally agreed and sold the chestnuts saved by his grandparents to Xiao Cheng and Bai Lu.

As for everyone else…

All he had to do was notify someone to buy chestnuts. He would not help either Xiao Cheng or Xiao Zhihai.

The tribesmen can sell to whomever they like.

Anyway, the price is the same.

As for the chestnuts in his family, let’s talk about it after paying homage to the ancestors. There is still a tomb of the Xiao family’s ancestors to pay homage to in the afternoon.

After Xiao Guofu explained how many people were in the room, he would have dinner in half an hour, and then hurriedly returned to the square.

Grandma took Xiao Cheng and Bai Lu to the house where chestnuts were stored. It was right next to the main house and was also a mud-brick house.

The space is very large, and it looks like it is built to the specifications of housing pigs, cattle, sheep, chickens, ducks, geese and other poultry animals.

Push open the wooden door.

As far as the eye can see, there are large piles of earthy brown sand, very tall and wide.

"This place used to be used to raise piglets. When my son was young, he and Afu would go to the mountains to make traps and catch many wild piglets. Sometimes they would also catch pheasants, hares, and various small animals.

keep."

As she talked about her sadness, Grandma paused, and after a moment her face showed relief: "Later, Ah Fu also caught piglets for us, and we all raised them in this house."

"Unexpectedly, the piglets had not been raised for a few days when a strong typhoon suddenly blew up. All the black tile roof beams were torn off and fell to the ground, crushing all the piglets to death."

"After Ah Fu brought people over to repair the roof, we stopped raising piglets." At this point, Grandma smiled at Bai Lu who was listening carefully: "Actually, it was the piglets on the mountain that became sperm.

Ah Fu can’t catch it.”

Grandma smiled so much that the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes raised. Her smile was kind and friendly at the same time, without the slightest hint of blame.

Bai Lu's feet had just been rubbed with medicinal wine and were still hurting. At this moment, they were being supported by Xiao Cheng. She also gave her grandma a just right smile of surprise: "Maybe the little piglets didn't expect that Uncle Fu was so powerful and captured all their relatives." There was no light, so all the piglets were frightened and ran away."

This remark not only affirmed Xiao Guofu's ability to catch piglets, but also reflected my grandmother's intention to protect future generations.

Grandma liked Bailu very much, and she praised her with a brighter smile: "I am so lucky to be strong. I have a smart and beautiful daughter-in-law. You must cherish her."

Xiao Cheng supported his good wife, not knowing whether he agreed or had other intentions, and replied seriously: "I will."

Grandpa and grandma looked happy.

Grandma continued: "Later there were no more piglets to raise, so we moved the sand and chestnuts stored in the cave and stored them all back in the house. These chestnuts were picked up by the old man and me on the mountain and fell from the trees. We can't pick them if they are too tall, and the short ones will beat them with bamboo poles."

"It's not much. I estimate that the total number of chestnuts buried in the sand is only about 2,000 kilograms."

Grandma's understatement made Bai Lu smack her tongue. More than two thousand kilograms of chestnuts, isn't that much?

Just two old people can pick up so many chestnuts. It is unimaginable that the young people in the clan can pick up an astonishing number of chestnuts. If the family has a large population, shouldn't it be tens of thousands?

Then she thought that Xiao Wei could pick up more than 400 kilograms by himself, and Bai Lu's surprise was immediately relieved.

Thinking about it, I couldn't help but reach out and touch the pot lid of the little guy next to me. It's amazing!

Xiao Wei suddenly regretted that he should not hold the big straw hat, but wear it on his head.

However, when he looked up and saw Bai Lu being supported by her elder brother, she felt relieved again.

Well, actually it’s good to touch it.

Grandma took a shovel from the corner of the house, and grandpa took it and shoveled the sand, and soon shoveled out a sack of chestnuts.

Shake the sand on it.

Grandma untied the sack and said, "Fortunately there is sand, otherwise we wouldn't be able to store good chestnuts."

"There is a very wide river on the other side of the mountain. There is sand in the river, and there is also a lot of sand in the shallows beside the river. In the past, no one took care of the river, so the villagers packed a lot of chestnuts in sacks and carried them back to bury them. A few years ago, there was a big The boss contracted the river and built a sand field, so he won't let it be picked up."

"The villagers are not even allowed to get close to the river. If they get too close, they will be beaten. That boss is very vicious..."

Bai Lu and Xiao Cheng looked at each other and read a tacit understanding in each other's eyes - Li Chengbin.

Most of the sand and gravel fields in Pingcheng are in the hands of Li Chengbin. He has a protective umbrella and acts rampantly.

Grandma grabbed a handful of chestnuts and gave them to Xiao Cheng. Her eyes with a smile hinted at him to peel them open for Bai Lu to have a taste.

Under Bai Lu's puzzled and surprised gaze, Xiao Cheng held her waist with his left hand and began to peel chestnuts with his right hand.

Holding a chestnut in the broad palm, holding a chestnut between the slender thumb and index finger, pinch it open and peel the shell.

Move freely and smoothly.

Soon, Xiao Cheng peeled off a chestnut and handed it to Bai Lu's mouth in front of his grandparents.

Bai Lu still held his arm, opened her mouth slightly, bit off the chestnut, and chewed it slowly.

Hmm... very sweet.

Xiao Cheng retracted the fingertips that had been touched by his soft lips and continued peeling chestnuts as if nothing had happened.

The next chestnut that was pinched was slightly warm, and when it was brought to Bai Lu's mouth, it was still warm.

Bai Lu seemed to be aware of it, and when the next chestnut was brought to her mouth, she deliberately avoided it.

But by chance, I bit his finger...

99mk.info99mk.info

Tap the screen to use advanced tools Tip: You can use left and right keyboard keys to browse between chapters.

You'll Also Like