Hard times have room

Chapter 211 Peach
"Pauline, that's it, did you see it?"

"It's that little peach tree. It looks so cute. There were twelve last time. I hope it hasn't been ruined by birds or insects in the past two days. Otherwise, it's a pity." said a petite peach tree growing together in the bushes.

The tree is not tall, just a little taller than Pauline. It is estimated to be 1.4 meters high. There are many branches and green leaves on it. I guess this is the reason why the tree is not tall. Pruning the branches causes the branches under it to absorb too much nutrients, and it looks long, short and round, and it is still very cute from a distance.

When I walked in, I saw that many of the leaves had those tiny bugs sticking to them. Once they were sticking, the whole leaf was densely packed and crowded, which made people feel dense phobia.

Some leaves are curled up. When you open them, you will see a cocoon inside, and there is a small meat worm in it. I don't know if it is a butterfly's cocoon.

A little sap from the trunk turned into peach gum. It looks clean from a distance, but it doesn't work from a close look. The outer layer is really dirty, but it is hard to touch due to the wind and the sun, and some are still inside. There will be some dead branches and leaves embedded, but there is too little peach gum here, and she didn't like it.

When the peach groves in the village are harvested, Pauline can go there and take a look.

Not now, the peaches have not been picked yet, they will be regarded as stealing peaches by the elders who keep them, and their work points will be deducted.

In the past, Shanghe Village was basically a good weather, and she didn't want to deal with this peach gum. Isn't it bad to pick up that mushroom?It's a pity that the weather was too dry this year, and the mushrooms basically didn't grow after that.

What's more, it's a lot of inconvenience for a big family to live together. If Pauline dares to take the peach tape back to cook, her two good aunts will spread it all over the village the next day. If something goes wrong, she Not to be bored.

The weather is really bad this year, even Pauline, who didn't like the taste of it, had to pluck her hair.
Anyway, this peach gum can be considered a good thing. It's not impossible to make porridge every few days. At that time, I really don't like to eat it, so I can eat it for her parents.

"I saw it, it looks okay! But there are a lot of bugs." Pauline said perfunctorily.

I don't know if these peaches are delicious or not. The peaches in the peach forest in the back mountain of the village are quite sweet. Unfortunately, insects and birds eat nearly half of them every year, and the other half grows outside in direct sunlight. It ripens quickly, and the ones that grow inside and are blocked by leaves will ripen slowly, and the taste is not so good.

Every year when a large number of peaches in the village are ripe, they are sold to the fruit canning factory in the county to make canned peaches.

The price of the peaches sold is not very high, only three cents per pound, which is the price at which the peaches can only be sold if they are of good quality.

However, it can be sold for a few hundred yuan every year. During the Chinese New Year, part of the wages paid by the villagers comes from here, which is a relatively important industry in Shanghe Village.

Among the peaches that are sold, the ones that are long, unripe, speckled, or worm-eyed will be left behind. Whoever wants to taste them can go to the village brigade to buy them. For a pound, the sooner you buy the peaches, the better. In the end, the ones no one wants will be given to the village dolls, and each person will be given one or two, and they will be so happy that they can’t find the north.

"Oh, peach trees are like this. Some people in our village are watching. Isn't the peaches on the peach forest where insects sprinkle lime?"

"There is no one to take care of our peach tree, and it has grown like this by myself, and we have almost half of it left. That's enough, don't be dissatisfied!"

Wang Dongmei couldn't see Paulin saying that about her peach tree. Every mistake was hers. The peach tree that has not been discovered by others has been regarded as her private property by her.

Although it was discovered later, the peaches on this tree will definitely be picked every year before they grow up, but haven't they been discovered by others now?

Others don't know, only she and Pauline know, doesn't this mean that only she knows, it means that the tree belongs to her!
"Okay, this tree is very good. It bears a lot of fruit. It's very powerful. Then, classmate Wang Dongmei, can you pick the fruit?" Baolin said, and picked a red and pointed peach in front of her. down.

"Of course you can, but no, if you pick one, then I'll pick another." After Wang Dongmei finished speaking, she also picked the peach closest to her.

"It feels so good to pick peaches. Do you think we can go to pick peaches in this year's peach forest? I will definitely not steal them at that time. I like the feeling of picking peaches." Holding the peaches in her hand, Wang Dongmei started his own vision.

Which child in the village doesn't look forward to going to the peach forest to pick peaches, the peaches are big and sweet, she is not greedy, just give her two, no, three peaches, no work points.

"Stop dreaming, let you go, is it picking peaches or eating peaches!"

"Besides, can you climb trees? What if you accidentally fall yourself?"

"I guess, the captain will definitely be the same as before, asking twenty young men in the village to pick them together, and it will only take one day." Paulin didn't even think about it and directly shattered her fantasy.

The children in the village are so naughty at her age. They can fall once in a while when they have nothing to do. If those little babies accidentally fall, who can be held responsible?
Picking peaches requires climbing a tree. After all, if they are knocked down, the peaches will be damaged, the quality will be bad, and they will not be able to sell for the price. They can only be digested by themselves. The tree picked the peaches one by one, and if there were any that could not be picked, they would be hooked off one by one with a long pole tied with a sickle, and then people would pull their pockets and pick them up.

"Oh, it's a pity, I don't think I'm bad. Climbing a tree is a good thing." After Wang Dongmei said this, she picked two peaches in one breath.

"Forget it, if you want to pick it so much, then you can pick all the peaches from this tree!"

"I only need three of these peaches. I can bring them back to my parents to try." When Paulin spoke, she tossed the peaches in her hands one by one, apparently not paying much attention to this thing.

"That won't work, half of them must be found together." Dongmei didn't want to take advantage of Paulin.

"I just want three. You keep coming here to see peaches and wrap them in leaves to prevent others from finding out. You should have more."

Bao Lin didn't think it was Dongmei who took advantage of it. Dongmei paid a lot for this peach, and she deserved the big head.

(End of this chapter)