"Second sister, why are you still standing there? Most of the chestnuts have fallen off the tree. Come and pick them up quickly."
After hearing Xiaoxiao's words, the second sister finally came back to her senses. She closed her open mouth and swallowed, "Xiaoxiao, you must be too strong."
"Haha... I was born with strong strength. Maybe I followed my father, who is very strong." That was all I could say in order to prevent the second sister from continuing to ask questions.
"It turns out that's the case, so it's not surprising. I follow my father's eating habits, and my father and I are the two biggest eaters in my family."
"Second sister, let's not discuss the issue of genetics now. Let's pick up chestnuts quickly and see if there are enough chestnuts on the ground to fill our baskets. If there are not enough, I will kick them down more."
For the next hour or so, I, my second sister, and the others kept peeling the thorn shells to get chestnuts. When they encountered the thorn shells that were particularly difficult to open, they took advantage of the fact that the second sister and the others were not paying attention.
By about four o'clock in the afternoon, all the chestnuts that had been shaken down were finally picked up. Although the four people's baskets were only two-thirds full, it was the best.
Firstly, the basket was filled with chestnuts with thorns peeled off. If the basket was full, you can imagine how heavy it would be. Therefore, two-thirds full was just within the weight range that the second sister and the others could bear.
Secondly, one-third of the space in the backpack can be used to put pigweed, so that the chestnuts in the basket can be hidden from others.
"It's getting late now, second sister, and we have to cut pigweed to cover the chestnuts later, so let's go down the mountain first and pick up the remaining chestnuts tomorrow."
"Okay, but we won't cut the pigweed tomorrow morning. Looking at the chestnuts left on the trees, it will probably take three trips to pick them all up. Let's come early tomorrow and try to pick them all up in one day.
And now that the autumn harvest is over, the villagers go up the mountain to pick up goods every day. I'm afraid they will find this, so I have to hurry up. "
"Okay, but second sister, be careful when you go home. Don't let others see that what you are carrying is not pigweed. After all, a basketful of pigweed is much lighter than a basket full of chestnuts."
"Xiaoxiao, don't worry. We have been working since we were young. Although we are not as strong as you, we still have no problem carrying these chestnuts."
"That's good, let's go down the mountain now."
When I came to the foot of the mountain, I found no one around, so I quickly cut a handful of pigweed and put it in my backpack. The second sister and the others did the same thing. After doing this, they agreed with the second sister that they would go home separately when they went up the mountain tomorrow. .
After returning home, I dumped all the chestnuts in the basket on the ground, picked out all the scratched ones, and put all the intact ones into the space for storage.
Looking at the pile of scratched chestnuts on the ground, I suddenly thought of the chestnut rice and chestnut roast chicken I had eaten in a farm in my previous life, and I couldn't help but swallow my saliva.
I must eat chestnut rice and chestnut roasted chicken tonight, otherwise I will probably drool when I dream at night. In my previous life, I ate at that farm once and fell in love with the chestnut-roasted meals, but since the farm is in another province , so I never had the chance to eat there again.
Later, I bought chestnuts and tried to cook these two dishes at home, but I still couldn't get the same flavor as those cooked in a large farmhouse firewood pot.
Now I have a big firewood pot and ingredients. It can be said that I have the right time, place and people. I will definitely be able to cook that kind of flavor this time, which also solves a small regret in my previous life.
