Chapter 120 Leave 1 point
Chapter 120 Leave 1 point
He Jing stood under the tree and looked up at the yellow-skinned fruits for a while. After taking a deep breath, she looked at Zhou Qian and said, "Let's pick some."
These kumquat trees are the source of fruit for dozens or even hundreds of people in several nearby villages. It would be a bit unethical for her to pick all of them by herself.
"It's okay." Zhou Qian waved his hand, "There are many fruit trees like this in the nearby mountains."
"Over here, people from our production team are coming up to pick them."
The mountains are also clearly divided, and it is impossible for them to be left unattended, unless they are very deep mountains where no one wants to go, then no one will care about them.
He Jing understood, but still picked some slightly ripe kumquats and some not very ripe kumquats.
After picking and choosing, I only picked half a bamboo basket, and there were still a lot of yellow peels on the tree.
He Jing felt that it was about time, "Let's go."
"I remember there were five-fingered peaches on the way here." He Jing said.
Zhou Qi'an had no objection, "Okay, then pick some on the way back."
He Jing was originally holding a bamboo basket. Zhou Qian saw it and held out his hand to her, "I'm here, so you don't need to carry these things. I can do it."
After he finished speaking, Zhou Qian took the bamboo basket, glanced at He Jing again, licked his dry lips, and continued, "This is how a man should use it."
He Jing was surprised to hear such words. She raised her eyebrows slightly with a hint of smile in her eyes, "Is this how men should use it?"
"Yes!" Zhou Qian'an was frank and even straightened his back, feeling somewhat proud.
"You women are naturally weaker than us men." Zhou Qian said, "That's why you have, that thing..."
"What is the meaning of man and woman?" Zhou Qian couldn't remember.
He Jing added, "When men and women work together, the work won't be tiring."
"Yes!" Zhou Qian gave a thumbs up, "That's it."
"Although you are not strong, you are very careful." Zhou Qian touched the tip of his nose and thought of the rice dumplings he made on the Dragon Boat Festival.
He never thought that small rice dumplings were specially prepared for children.
According to him, children should eat whatever adults eat.
If the children can’t finish the food, the adults can eat the leftovers, and there will definitely be no big problem.
But He Jing thought that children also want to hold the zongzi in their hands and eat it whole.
This may seem unnecessary, but for children, it is something to be happy and proud of.
Now, when Zhou Qian'an thought about it, he felt warm in his heart. He went to see He Jing again, with the corners of his lips rising. He felt more and more proud. How could he have found such a caring and smart partner?
Zhou Qian chuckled.
Although He Jing didn't quite understand why she was laughing, she smiled as she saw him laugh.
She didn't hate this feeling, she even felt a little happy about it.
The time I spend with Zhou Qian always passes quickly, even though I haven’t done anything.
When the two of them returned with a full load, it was almost two o'clock.
The He family got up, and many of the neighbors around them also got up, but they didn't open the door, so few people saw it.
Zhou Qian'an then realized that it was too late, so he sent He Jing home and left quietly.
After entering the house, Liao Hongmei saw someone coming back and saw that she was holding a five-fingered peach and a bamboo basket. After looking carefully, she realized that it was a yellow peach.
Zhou Qian had already delivered it in the morning.
I went out to pick them again at noon, and there were a little too many.
But if no one sees it, it's okay.
Otherwise, someone would gossip and say that He Jing was greedy, taking everything home and leaving nothing for outsiders.
Although everything in the mountains is public property, if one person takes too much, someone will always remember it.
Especially Zhou Cuihong from next door, it seemed like if she took a little more, she was just taking advantage of their family.
"Jingjing." Liao Hongmei couldn't help but speak up, "We can just eat a little bit of the yellow peel, there's no need to bring back too much."
As she spoke, Liao Hongmei pointed to the house next door and said, "If someone with ulterior motives sees this, they might blame us."
He Jing exclaimed, with some confusion in her eyes, "Sister-in-law, I didn't pick many, there are still a lot of yellow peels on the tree."
"Are there a lot of fruits this year?" Liao Hongmei was a little embarrassed. "There weren't many fruits in previous years."
He Jing sighed and thought of Zhou Qian'an. The pig farm produced a lot of pig manure every day, and it was not easy to take it out openly, so they could only dig a hole in the mountains and bury some of it.
But they couldn't stay in the same place forever, so they dug and dug, and the area became wider and wider, and then the fruit trees in the mountains...
Well, that's what it is now.
"That's good." Liao Hongmei didn't know the truth, but she thought that the wild fruit trees in the mountains were so good, so it must be a good sign.
"This year should be a bumper harvest year." The more Liao Hongmei thought about it, the more she felt it was right. She nodded happily, then saw Huangpi and paused, "Now, Jinbao and the others will definitely be able to eat enough."
But He Jing shook her head, "Sister-in-law, I'm planning to make some dried yellow skin."
"If anyone of us has a cough later, this can help reduce phlegm and stop the cough."
These days, all doctors in the village are barefoot doctors. If they can cure the disease, it’s good. If they can’t, it’s…
Going to town or the hospital costs a lot of money and takes time to queue.
Furthermore, during the clean-up campaign a few years ago, many doctors were forced to leave, and those who stayed were students, whose knowledge was not sufficient.
Thinking of this, He Jing couldn't help but sigh. She was considered lucky. She had hardly been sick in the past ten years. Even if she had a fever, she would recover quickly after a good sleep and sweating.
I don’t know how those seriously ill people managed to survive.
Liao Hongmei exclaimed, and suddenly realized, "Yes, it would be fine to make some dried yellow peel and store it."
“This thing is good.”
After she finished speaking, Liao Hongmei thought of her relatives who lived far away. "My cousin has orange peel, which is also very useful."
Orange.
He Jing knew that it would be very expensive to buy.
And good tangerine peel is not so easy to buy.
"But the quantity is not large, and my mother's side didn't get much either." Liao Hongmei regretted that she shouldn't have mentioned it.
I mentioned it but I can't use it.
He Jing didn't think so. "Let's use the yellow skin first."
"Okay, I'll help you then." Liao Hongmei said, and Xu Zhaodi came out after washing her face.
She saw it early in the morning and was craving for the tangerine peel, so she reached into the bamboo basket, picked one and put it directly into her mouth.
"Wow." Xu Zhaodi frowned immediately, her entire face wrinkled, "This is too sour."
"The skin is so bitter." After eating one, Xu Zhaodi shook her head repeatedly, indicating that she didn't want to eat a second one.
"I didn't pick many ripe ones." He Jing said with a smile, "I thought someone would come over to pick them in the afternoon, so I stayed."
Xu Zhaodi pouted, "Jingjing, you are so kind."
"Even if we keep it, no one will know." No one will thank you.
If it were her, she would have to eat her fill and bring some back to avoid being criticized.
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