The rural life of a peasant girl

Chapter 18 Picking Bayberry

In less than a quarter of an hour, Grandpa Su burned the paper money with a big fire. After the paper money was burned, he packed up the offerings and the big guy went down the mountain.

Seeing that everyone was about to come down, Su Ling dragged Su Ho to go early.

It's a joke, she doesn't want to be discovered by Grandpa Su, and then bear his cold eyes.

After Qingming, the weather has gradually become warmer.

Everyone has taken off their heavy cotton jackets, but it’s not yet time to wear summer clothes. The weather is still slightly cool sometimes, especially in the morning and evening.

Su Ling is currently wearing last year's clothes. Once she puts on, half of her arms are exposed. It seems that after a spring of conditioning, her body has not only gotten better, but she has also grown a lot taller.

I can't wear this clothes anymore, so I picked up thinner winter clothes to make do with it, and now it's too late to buy cloth to make.

The weather has warmed up, and it is the season of bayberry ripening.Su Ling has been talking about picking red bayberries for the past few days and turning them into red bayberry wine. Although Su Ling understands the general wine making steps, she has never actually done it. She is afraid that the red bayberries will be destroyed. It's done, that's a lot of money!Even if you don't sell it, it's good to keep it for yourself to drink. It's a good thing to have a glass of bayberry wine to quench your thirst and cool off in the sweltering heat of summer.

Su Ling will miss her cheap grandfather very much, it is said that he is a master wine maker.

If I can wait for Yangmei, I can't wait, so I just do it.

Su Ling hurriedly married and told Su's mother what she thought.

"Mother, last time I found a fruit tree on the mountain, now it's ripe, you go pick it with me!" Su Ling grabbed Su Mu's arm, coquettishly.

Mother Su looked at this daughter, how long has it been, she can't remember how long her daughter hasn't acted like a baby to her like this, she always feels that this daughter has been too mature since she fell down and woke up, It's to make money, and it's to let her brother go to school, and even when Dong'er comes back, she will let Dong'er teach her how to read.

Looking at her daughter like this, she finally looks like a child, so she has nothing to say.

"Okay, mother will pick it with you, but is the tree tall? Do you want to ask your father to come with you!" Su Mu thought that if the tree was too tall, it would be useless for her and Ling'er to go, so she climbed again. not up.

Su Ling thought for a while, and also felt that it was true, since she and her mother would definitely not be able to pick it all up, even if they picked it off, they would come back there.

"My child's father, Ling'er asked you to go up the mountain with us to pick it! She said she found it before and now it is ripe." Su's mother walked to the backyard, where Su's father was building a simple chicken coop!I'm going to raise chickens, so I can have eggs to eat, and I don't have to spend money all day to buy them.

"Picking fruit, what kind of fruit is ripe this season! Have you asked the child clearly?" After nailing the last board, Mrs. Su started to look.

"It's not that you don't understand this child. Since that time, there have been strange thoughts in your head. Our family can live a good life now. It's not because of her fresh ideas. I don't know if I discovered something strange this time. " Mother Su said, seemingly helpless, but also happily.

"Okay, then I'll go and have a look with you guys! Ask Ling'er what to prepare as a dress." Father Su stood up.

After several people got ready, they took a long bamboo pole with a fork at one end, and a few big baskets. Su Ling didn't know how many red bayberry trees were picked, and asked Su's father to use them for the family. The baskets that were used to hold the wheat were also cleaned and taken to hold the red bayberry.

Those who carry the baskets carry the baskets, those who pick the baskets pick the baskets, of course, we can’t forget our favorite He’er when we pick fruits, take Suho with us, and the four of us headed up the mountain, because we chose a small road, and along the way Didn't hit anyone either.

Su Ling didn't want to be asked what she was doing with the big basket along the way, so she specially asked Su's father and Su's mother to choose a small path. It is estimated that Su's father and Su's mother also thought of this question and agreed to her.

The few people arrived on the mountain in a short while, and quickly found the bayberry tree. Thanks to Su Ling's special memory of this location, otherwise it would have taken a long time to find it!
Looking at the red bayberries that are full of trees, they are all ripe, and some even fell to the ground, which is a pity.

Su Ling picked one that was red and big and put it in her mouth, 'Mm' it's sour and sweet, it's so delicious, Su Ho didn't dare to eat it at first, but seeing Su Ling eat it, she also picked one and ate it, As soon as I ate it, I became addicted, and shouted, "Father and mother, try it quickly, it's delicious!" He didn't forget to pick a red bayberry and put it in his mouth.

Father Su tried it and thought it was good, "Ling'er, what kind of fruit is this?"

"Father, this is called red bayberry. It has the effects of eliminating food, dehumidifying, relieving heat, relieving cough, aiding digestion, protecting against cold, stopping diarrhea, diuretic, and preventing cholera!" Su Ling regretted it as soon as she finished talking about it. How could she be a rural child? Maybe knowing so much, doesn't this make her parents doubt?

Sure enough, Su's father and Su's mother looked at her suspiciously, "Ling'er, how do you know this!" Su's mother asked in confusion.

"Father and mother, I saw this in my elder brother's book, and you all know that now I ask my elder brother to teach me how to read, and he left me a book, which is written in it." There is no other way, Su Ling can only lie and say, sure enough!It takes countless panics to complete a lie. She can never say that I am not your daughter, but just a touch of soul from another world. Because your daughter died, I was able to be reborn!What a blow to them!I don't know if they can accept it!
If they don't accept it, will they burn her to death as a monster!She doesn't dare to take this risk now, after all, she still cherishes this little life very much.

When Su's father and Su's mother heard what Su Ling said, their doubts disappeared immediately.

Several people picked the red bayberry by hand. The shorter ones can be picked directly by hand, while the taller ones have to use bamboo poles.

Use a bamboo pole to fork the branches with bayberry, and twist the broken branches to get down together with the bayberry.The four of them worked together, and within two hours they picked all the red bayberries.

Su Ling and Su Ho are removing the leaves attached to the branches!
After a few people picked all the red bayberries, they surrounded the red bayberries and removed the leaves!

"By the way, Mom and Dad, I also read in the book that bayberries can be made into fruit wine! Let's brew these bayberries into fruit wine. Anyway, we can't finish eating so much, and we can't keep them. It will be a waste at that time." Already." Su Ling said constructively, saying that it was a suggestion, but she had actually thought about it a long time ago.

"Making fruit wine? Can this be done? Your father and I don't know how to make wine." Mother Su replied.

Su Ling looked at Su's father, and actually wanted him to remind Su's mother, father-in-law, to make wine, to see if he could think of it.

"Mother, my father-in-law knows how to make wine! Let's take this red bayberry and brew it for him." Fortunately, Su's father lived up to his expectations and thought of this.

"That's right! Grandpa knows how to make wine, so let's let it be. Anyway, mother, you haven't been back for a long time. This time, I just took this opportunity to go back and have a look." Everyone said that hitting a snake and hitting seven inches is really good, so Su Ling said After catching Su's mother and not returning to her natal home for a long time, she got consent.

(End of this chapter)