When everyone was almost there, Zhou Changzhu waved his hand, and a group of people headed towards the mountain in a mighty manner.
The men lead and follow, holding sticks in their hands, while the women walk in the middle. After all, at this time of year, wild boars in the mountains may still escape.
But there were many people going up the mountain today, so there was no need to be afraid.
Ye Tan has not been to Taoshan Village before as he walked up the mountain today. Taoshan Village is surrounded by mountains on three sides. The area Ye Tan visited before was just the forest behind the Educated Youth Point, which was not very large. After all, he didn't have much time because he had to work.
"Aunt Hua, how far does it take to walk?" Song Fei rarely goes up the mountain. Although she has gained some strength during this period of time at work, climbing the mountain is still difficult for her. She wiped her sweat and looked Looking ahead, I have been walking for more than 20 minutes, but I can't even see the shadow of the wild chestnut forest.
"It's coming, it's coming." Aunt Hua responded with a smile, and looked at Song Fei, who was flushed with exhaustion, and said with a smile: "You have to learn from Ye Tan. Look at Ye Tan, there's nothing wrong with her." .”
Song Fei hurriedly shook her head: "It's incomparable. This guy is an expert."
"That's true." Aunt Hua smiled and said, "The last time I threw Liu Cui, I felt relieved just by looking at him."
Han Lulu and Ye Xiaozhen, who were not far away from the others, felt a little pain in their backs again. They glanced at Ye Tan in unison and silently moved a little away from Ye Tan.
At the same time, Ye Xiaozhen's eyes narrowed. No one knew Ye Tan better than her. This damn girl had always been working at home, that is, she was stronger. How could she be called a practicing master?
You know, all Lianjiazi have a good foundation in Kung Fu. They must know at least a few moves. Ye Tan can? What if she could? And from where? Who did you learn it from?
Suddenly, Ye Xiaozhen looked at Ye Tan with some inquiry in her eyes.
Tuanzi reported to Ye Tan truthfully: "Xiao Tan, is your cheap step-sister looking at you secretly? I think she seems to be suspicious of you."
"Well, then help me keep an eye on her when you have nothing to do." Ye Tan doesn't care. Anyway, if you really want to ask, she has a reason. She has hunting knowledge, got it from the scrap recycling station, and has fighting skills. Got it from a scrap recycling bin.
Anyway, now the recycling bin is her all-purpose glue. She can stick it on anything without having to worry about exposing her stuff.
After walking for about twenty minutes, they finally saw the wild chestnut forest in front of them. Song Fei slumped on Ye Tan's shoulders: "Oh my god, I'm so exhausted."
Except for Ye Tan, all the new educated youths who had just arrived in Linshui Village this year were very tired, including the male educated youths.
This mountain is not that easy to climb. Not only is there no serious path, but you also have to be careful not to step on snakes. Anyway, it is not easy to go down this road.
But looking at the large wild chestnut forest in front of them, everyone was extremely excited. It is late autumn now, and the chestnuts in this wild chestnut forest have matured. The branches of the wild chestnut trees are full of fruits and covered with dense green thorns. The round balls are fluffy, hanging in clusters in twos and threes on the branches of wild chestnut trees, looming among the dark green leaves.
There were also many small green thorn balls falling from the trees, and some even exploded, revealing the dark brown chestnuts inside.
Song Fei had eaten chestnuts before, but she had never seen chestnuts like this that hadn't been picked yet. She suddenly opened her mouth in surprise: "Ah, why does this chestnut look like this? It's different from the ones I've eaten."
Fang Yuan on the side laughed and said: "The chestnut looks like this. This green ball is the thorn shell on the outside of the chestnut. You have to peel off the thorn shell to get the common chestnut we see."
With that said, Fang Yuan pointed to some exploded thorn shells on the ground and said, "Look at those exploded ones, are there chestnuts inside?"
Song Fei looked at it carefully. She really didn't pay attention just now: "Wow, yes, it turns out that chestnuts look like this."
After saying that, Song Fei curiously wanted to pick up a wild chestnut shell and take a closer look, but unexpectedly, she was pricked by the thorns on it: "Ouch!"
Du Xiaoyun smiled and said, "You have to be careful when picking wild chestnuts. The thorns outside some thorn shells are very hard."
Song Fei quickly put the bleeding finger in her mouth and sucked it: "I was careless."
Zhou Changzhu in front waved his hand: "Okay, let's start picking chestnuts. Remember, don't fight over them. This wild chestnut forest is very big, and it's big enough for even a big guy to pick it up. Do you know?"
Zhou Changzhu was worried about being the team leader. Ye Tan glanced at Hou Dahai's family in the distance. The village party secretary was really doing a leisurely job.
"I got it, captain, don't worry, we won't fight." Everyone laughed.
"Okay, I'll just remind you." Zhou Changzhu smiled: "Hurry up and pick up chestnuts."
"okay."
After saying that, the young man in the village climbed up the wild chestnut tree with a few clicks. He took the stick in his hand and swung it towards the green thorn balls on the branches.
Aunt Hua smiled and pulled Ye Tan and Song Fei further away, and said, "Let's not go over there yet. We'll pick up all the wild chestnuts after they knock them down from the trees."
Seeing the thorny balls being knocked off the trees one by one and falling to the ground like hail, Song Fei smiled and said, "Then we can relax."
"It's easy." Aunt Lei also came over and said to Song Fei with a smile: "After picking up these wild chestnuts, you still have to peel them. The shells of these wild chestnuts are very difficult to peel."
"No." Aunt Hua said, "The shell of this wild chestnut is hard. You have to step on one side with your foot, and then use a kitchen knife to cut open the shell, and then you can peel the chestnut out. You must also be careful not to get caught. I scratched my hand, but if you are not in a hurry, you can dry the wild chestnuts with thorny shells first, and when they are dryer, tap them a few more times with a stick, and the thorny shells will crack."
Naturally, Ye Tan and Song Fei didn't know this method of peeling chestnut shells. After hearing what Aunt Hua said, they both smiled and said, "We remember it."
Ye Tan smiled and looked at the wild chestnut forest in front of him, then at the golden sign in front of him and the big characters, and signed in a happy mood.
drop! Successfully signed in at the Taoshou Mountain Wild Chestnut Forest and received one hundred catties of shelled wild chestnuts.
Hearing this pleasant voice, Ye Tan's eyebrows moved slightly, and he looked at the lively scene in front of him happily.
Those young men were very good at beating chestnuts. Soon, many wild chestnuts were knocked down from the wild chestnut trees. The women in the village immediately stepped forward and started loading chestnuts into the baskets, chatting and laughing while picking chestnuts. It was very lively.
Soon, everyone’s bamboo baskets were filled and they were ready to pack up and go down the mountain.
"ah--"
At this moment, a terrified scream came from behind a rock on the side of the chestnut forest.
Everyone was stunned after hearing this and hurriedly ran over to see what was going on. Ye Tan naturally ran over and saw half of a hand covered with dark red patches exposed in the grass behind the rock.
(End of chapter)
