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Chapter 72 Guarding the Chestnut Tree 2

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    In autumn in Qingxi Village, although every family attaches great importance to the few chestnut trees, even if it is not for selling money, they can harvest for themselves and keep them for themselves.  But compared to the grain harvest of nearly ten mu of land for each family, this amount is still much lighter.  Therefore, most families send their children as representatives to watch the chestnut trees.  Of course, they're not the only Chestnut Guardians, another wave is Aged Granny Pie.  The representative of the grandmother faction is Xu Qingmei and Li Baolong's grandmother Zhou Guizhi.  These two have become "witches" among all the children in the village, mainly because their chestnuts are the best in the village, but they are the strictest.  Bending down, she can always burst out of the tall cornfield in minutes, and then start yelling.

    "Whose son of a bitch is this, he came to us to steal chestnuts, didn't your parents teach you not to steal other people's things?"

    The children being scolded basically ran away from the moment they heard the sound. They couldn't scold the old lady, and even because of the terrible seniority relationship in the village, they had to talk about calling them grandma. This can't be scolded casually.  Well, if I get sued and go to my parents later, even if I don't get beaten, there will be a long-winded meal.  But physically, they have the upper hand.  Therefore, their best plan is to run away.

    Xu Qingmei's son is a regular worker in the city, which is the pride of Qingxi Village.  When she usually goes out, not only does she always feel superior to others, but these people who are struggling to make a living are even more envious of Xu Qingmei.  Every family in this village relies on the land to make a living, but Xu Qingmei's family is not. They are happy to farm the land, and in Xu Qingmei's words, it is called not forgetting their roots.  So, they don't have a lot of land.  Every year, it is always the first one in Qingxi Village to finish the autumn harvest.  Xu Qingmei is a restless person. Even though her family life is rich, she never stops working.  She saw that Lizi was different from others, always holding an unfinished sole or unfinished cloth shoe in her hand.  Usually when the children go to school, she sits quietly under her tree and makes shoes.  Because there are many trees in the house and they are scattered, she always gets up and walks back and forth several times.  When the kids are off for the weekend, her battleground will be the tall, hidden cornfield.

    "You prodigal child, are you a child of the xx family? When I see your father, I have to tell your father to steal things in broad daylight. How did your teacher teach you?" This is Xu Qingmei's characteristic,  She must be in the cornfield and recognize the child as close as possible. She must name and name his eight generations of ancestors before suddenly attacking him from the cornfield.  And because of her forbearance, the chestnuts that the children beat on the tree were always not picked up in time, so she took advantage of the fisherman's strength and saved her own strength.  If the children had already been picked up in the basket, she would definitely take the basket down, and she would not let them go until she recognized all the chestnuts in her family's appearance.  Therefore, she is the "witch" in the mouth of children.  There is no child in any family who does not know her, and she knows almost every child in every family.  Even so, every year, their battle of wits and courage for chestnuts has never stopped.

    As the only person in the family who guards the chestnuts, and as a frequent visitor to the chestnut tree walk every year, Chen Yao naturally knows the "witch" very thoroughly.  To be honest, Chen Yao is still afraid of this "witch". After all, her serious face and harsh cursing voice always make people shudder.  However, Chen Yao is really attracted to the chestnut of the "witch" family.  As someone who has been in the chestnut forest of Qingxi Village for so many years, she knows the characteristics of almost every chestnut tree.  The chestnut tree at the entrance of my village is dark in color and has slightly short hairs visible to the naked eye, because it is always a circle larger than ordinary chestnuts, and it is almost the best in the first sieve every year.  Most of the chestnuts in Xu Qingmei's house are bright jujube yellow, and that mouth-watering color makes people's heart flutter even when viewed from a distance. As a self-proclaimed chestnut veteran, Chen Yao is no exception.  But it's really only been seen from a distance.

    It's another year's chestnut harvest time.  On the main road in front of the Qingxi village brigade, a row of three horses had been neatly lined up.  The shopkeepers of each family were busy non-stop, taking three large sieves from the car. The sieves were about two meters long and one meter six wide. It took two big men to shake them hard.  Vendors usually have two such large sieves, the difference is the hole made of wire in the middle.  These two sieves will divide the chestnuts into three grades, and then the prices of the three grades will vary.  To put it simply, according to the size of the chestnuts, the price decreases in order from large to small.  Then there is the large scale that passes the pump. This kind of scale is simple and convenient to use. You only need to put the bag on it, and you don't need to use human help.

    When the vendors are busy, every family is also busy.  Because most people are busy with the autumn harvest, not many people can wait until every chestnut opens and falls naturally before picking it up.  They all watched when most of the chestnuts opened their mouths, and then revealed.For the safety of the money, he reached into his trouser pocket and found eight yuan in change and returned it to the vendor.

    This is not a small amount, more than two hundred yuan, enough for their family to spend a long time, and now is the time when autumn consumes the most energy. At first, she was worried that she would not have enough money and was reluctant to buy some meat for her family.  Bubu, now that her father Yang Wenguang is here, she is going to buy some meat and treat everyone well.

    "It's a pity that my old girl goes to see chestnuts every day and picks up chestnuts. This money should be given to my old girl." Yang Yi praised Chen Yao while eating.  Chen Yao was extremely happy, she finally made a fortune for the family, although most of them were chestnuts from the family tree, but she believed that she really picked up a lot of chestnuts this autumn.  The meat she ate that day was particularly delicious.  (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com
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