The matter of beating Huang's mother was over. Qin Xiaoxiao quickly lay down next to Old Mrs. Qin to sleep. Old Mrs. Qin looked very funny.
When Qin Xiaoxiao got up early the next morning, he didn't go back to the Educated Youth Home. Instead, he had breakfast at Qin's house. The old lady felt sorry for her granddaughter. In addition to the daily eggs, she also cooked meat porridge, this time it was pork.
"Go to work. I'll make some meat for you at noon."
Thinking of the greasy braised pork, Qin Xiaoxiao's eyes lit up, "Milk, I want to eat braised pork."
Mrs. Qin shook her head in disapproval, "That won't work. I'll cook the braised pork for you in a few days. I'll boil two pieces of lean meat in water for you to eat today."
The light in Qin Xiaoxiao's eyes disappeared immediately, and he nodded listlessly, "Okay, lean meat is fine too."
As long as it's meat, she doesn't pick.
Qin Xiaoxiao went up the mountain carrying a bamboo basket and met Qin Gouzi at the foot of the mountain.
Qin Gouzi rushed over happily when he saw Qin Xiaoxiao, "Sister, are you here?"
Qin Xiaoxiao nodded, "Well, Gouzi came very early today."
Qin Gouzi smiled and nodded, "Well, tomorrow we will add a few more people to the team to fight pigweed. I want to work more today and earn more work points."
Qin Xiaoxiao blinked, "Really? Why didn't I know?"
Qin Gouzi raised his chin proudly, "It's this time of year to add people to hunt pigweed together, otherwise in a few days the leaves of the pigweed will turn yellow and pigs won't like to eat them."
Qin Xiaoxiao seemed to understand, "I understand, I just need to save some pigweed before it turns yellow, so as not to have nothing to eat in a few days."
Qin Gouzi shook his head, "It's useless no matter how much I beat him. This thing can't be kept for a long time. It's just one more meal. It doesn't cost any money anyway."
Just to save money.
Qin Xiaoxiao had been hunting hogweed with Qin Gouzi on the mountain all day. She was not lazy at all today and shot two more baskets, which stunned Qin Ye who was passing by.
My old sister is so good, she was able to kill so many pigweeds in such a short time.
I used to pull weeds too, from five meters a day at the beginning to more than ten meters a day, and progress was made every day.
Ahem, although I am still far away from the people in the village, I have a good attitude and this spirit of never giving up is worth learning and encouraging.
Qinjiagou was busy for another three days, and finally all the fruits on the mountain were harvested. Qin Feng did not waste any time and used a tractor to leave part of the fruits to distribute to the villagers. The rest was sent to the purchasing station in exchange for money.
The medicinal materials planted under the tree were all cooked and sent over. Qin Feng didn't need to worry about these things, Qin Ye could take care of them.
After the autumn harvest, the hard-working Qinjiagou people did not stop for a while. The tractors entered the city at noon, and in the afternoon people went up the mountain carrying bamboo baskets.
At this time, hazelnuts, chestnuts, pecans, wolfberries, hairy nuts, red mushrooms, fungus and other wild products on the mountain are ready for picking. The villagers rushed to Maoer Mountain one after another. As far as the eye can see, there are more people than trees on the mountain.
Qin Xiaoxiao couldn't help but complain.
With so many people rushing to pick, how many can one family pick? Even with her small body, she can't defeat them!
Qin Xiaoxiao felt deeply powerless.
It seemed that it was not easy to get more things into the space, so she had to find another way.
Qin Xiaoxiao still brought back a lot of superficial things. It took ten days. Qin Xiaoxiao worked tirelessly up the mountain one trip after another, carrying baskets down the mountain. She earned more money than she did by pulling pigs and weeds. He was diligent in working hours, and everyone in Qinjia Village gave Qin Xiaoxiao a thumbs up when they saw him.
"Xiao Xiao is really capable. He has been trained like this in just a few days."
"Xiao Xiaoke is much better than the educated youths in the Educated Youth Academy. He is worthy of being from Qinjiagou, but he is different from those in the city."
"Look at these baskets, they've been made three times today, right?"
"Not only that, I saw her running up the mountain just after dawn. This must be the fourth time."
"What is this kid doing with so much? She can't even finish it by herself."
"As you said, she can't finish the food, isn't there the Qin family? I think it should be for Mrs. Qin and his wife."
"Xiao Xiao is so filial. I have heard Mrs. Qin praise her more than once."
"I've also heard Mrs. Qin praising how happy she was when she was little, and her smiling face had two more creases on her face."
"The old Qin family does not value boys over girls. Mrs. Qin is really kind to her eldest granddaughter."
"Then, what kind of family is Lao Qin? They are a family of soldiers known throughout the county. They are very enlightened."
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Qin Xiaoxiao smiled back when she heard all the villagers' kind comments. Her smile was so endearing that people couldn't help but want to laugh with her.
After passing these crowds, Qin Xiaoxiao secretly breathed a sigh of relief and walked quickly to the Educated Youth Home.
He took off the basket on his back, poured all the hawthorns in the basket into a wooden bucket, soaked them in water, and then went to look at the berries picked yesterday.
The pears were a bit hard just after they were picked. Qin Xiaoxiao stored all the pears in a jar, covered them and sealed them. Every day he opened the lid to let some air out, and by the way, he checked to see if there were any ripe pears. He took them out and put them in the space.
In the small backyard, there were drying fruits, wolfberries, and wild dates. Qin Xiaoxiao also found a persimmon tree in the back of Maoer Mountain. While people were picking wild products in the front mountain, she went there on the first day. I picked all the persimmons from the persimmon tree and dried them in the sun.
There are more than a hundred persimmons, large and small, and Qin Xiaoxiao is going to make them into persimmon cakes. She doesn't know how to do this, but it doesn't matter. There are ready-made tutorials in the space, so you can learn and make them at the same time.
After drying for two days, Qin Xiaoxiao took out the big wooden bucket and put it all in, then added salt and washed it. After washing, peeled the skin. Do not throw away the skin, as it will be used later.
After everything was done, Qin Xiaoxiao spread a piece of white cloth on the ground in the yard, placed the peeled skewers, and covered them with a layer of gauze. Let them dry in the sun for another three or four days until the skewers soften. Squeeze the softened pug on the ground, squeeze it repeatedly every two days, and then turn it over to dry. After half a month, it can be put away.
After making the candied haws, Qin Xiaoxiao spread the washed hawthorns on a cloth to dry in the sun, put some of them into the space to make candied haws in winter, and the rest will be made into canned hawthorns in two days, so that they can be easily stored.
After it was done, Qin Xiaoxiao saw that it was still early, so she went up the mountain again with the bamboo basket on her back. This time she was going for the apples.
When she got acquainted with Mao'er Mountain more than a month ago, she discovered an apple tree. She went over to look at it a few days ago and found that the apples were ripe. She didn't have time at the time and had to collect the fur, so she put it aside. Today and She will transport all these apples back tomorrow or two days.
She couldn't carry so many apples by herself. Qin Xiaoxiao planned to bring Qin Ye with him tomorrow. She would just keep a small part of it, and most of the rest would be left with the Qin family for the New Year. Hospitality.
After collecting the mountain goods, the weather turned cooler. When he got up in the morning and went out, his hands felt cold. Qin Xiaoxiao quickly went into the space and took out the plush gloves and put them on before starting to burn the kang.
As early as half a month ago, Qin Xiaoxiao stopped letting the kang stove go out. Every day she walked in, she put in a thick piece of firewood so that it could burn longer. She would add more when she came back from the mountain.
