Wang family small peasant girl

Chapter 15

A few days ago, Qingtun Ridge was still full of green. After an autumn rain, the leaves of shrubs and various trees on the mountain gradually turned yellow, and some transitioned to red. The intoxicating autumn flowed in the colors and was extremely dazzling.

Zhang Yun was immersed in the gorgeous autumn colors for a long time before he was awakened by the girls in front of him. He walked up the muddy mountain path. The gut-like path was almost covered by weeds and shrubs. Zhu's two older boys led the way, helping to clear the intertwined weeds and shrub branches on both sides, so that the people behind could walk more easily.

Several girls gathered in one place, chirping and chatting as they walked, as cheerful as birds passing by the top of the tree from time to time. However, they didn’t completely get carried away, and they still remembered to keep a little distance from the boys in front. The line of defense between men and women is not so strict, but they will still pay attention to avoid gossip.

A group of people walked in an orderly manner for about two quarters of an hour, and approached the halfway up the mountain. There were more and more green bamboos in the forest. Walking in the direction of the green bamboos, a sparse bamboo forest gradually appeared. Then they stopped, looking for the bamboo shoots that broke the ground one after another.

At this time, Zhang Zhang and Chang Zhu broke off a few thick bamboo branches, threw them to others one by one, and shouted: "Be careful when cutting grass, don't hit the ground, and don't use too much force. Just scare away the snakes, but don't hit them."

A group of village kids seemed to be quite experienced, they reached out to take the bamboo branch, and responded with their mouths. Zhang Yun also took the bamboo branch, and imitated Chunhua and the others, tapping the weeds and bushes beside him before he dared to squat Leaning down, he dug towards the muddy ground with small curved pointed ends. After a few hoes down, most of the winter bamboo shoots covered in mud were exposed. Seeing that they were as thick as a wrist, Zhang Yun was digging excitedly while pulling out the soil. After loosening, the winter bamboo shoots were quickly pulled out.

The others were obviously more skilled than Zhang Yun. They dug faster than her while chatting and laughing, but she was not in a hurry, listening to the soft voices of the girls in her ears, and digging carefully with her hands, enjoying the A wonderful wild taste.

Several people gathered around to dig, and quickly dug up all the winter bamboo shoots in the mud, and the big guys slowly dug to the side, and from time to time someone shouted: "There are a lot of them here, come quickly." A lot of winter bamboo shoots were found in the nearby mud, and everyone stopped gathering in one place, and scattered in all directions. While digging bamboo shoots, they opened their mouths to answer a few times, separated by a distance, and they could still talk and laugh .

After Zhang Yun finished digging one place, he also slowly moved to the side. Zhang Zhang, who had been by his side all the time, moved along with him. Seeing that her elder brother had been taking care of her, she became bolder and started to go deeper.

After walking a short distance, he saw scattered fruits falling on the mud floor. Zhang Yun picked them up casually, looked down, and saw the fruits were greenish-yellow, slightly reddish on the top of the head, and had a shiny outer shell. Slightly cracked, you can see the black seeds inside.

Zhang Yun stopped immediately, looked at the fruit in her hand carefully, and gradually got an impression of the fruit. She hurriedly put down the bamboo basket and small hoe she was carrying, and peeled off the outer skin of the fruit, and the hard black seeds fell out inside. Squat down and break the seed shell with a small hoe, take out the brown kernels inside, and squeeze it lightly, the fingers are full of oil.

Zhang Yun brought his two fingers to the tip of his nose and smelled it. There was a faint scent of oil on it, and he couldn't help being overjoyed. This is not the camellia oleifera that can be used to extract tea oil.

Zhang Zhang on one side saw her picking these fruits, so he leaned over to her and said, "Yun'er, there are many fruits on the mountain, but there is nothing to eat in them. If you want to eat fruits, I will pick some for you."

When Zhang Yun heard this, he turned his head excitedly and said, "There are many such fruits on the mountain?"

"Yeah, there's not much here, and if you go up to the whole film, no one will want this. It's neither sweet nor sour, and it's not tasty at all." Zhang Cheng pointed up the mountain, not understanding why Zhang Yun was interested in this .

Zhang Yun hurriedly grabbed the charter and ran up, urging: "Brother, take me over to have a look."

Zhang Zhang was staggered by Zhang Yun and almost fell down, but seeing her in such a hurry, she didn't have time to ask anything, so she took Zhang Yun up with big strides after she stabilized her figure.

After walking up for a while, there were more and more fruit-bearing camellia trees. Zhang Yun raised his head and looked up, and saw that as far as he could see, they were all covered with such short camellia trees. a lot of.

After confirming it with his own eyes, Zhang Yun stopped, and instead of going up, he pulled Zhang Zhangzhang back and walked down, busy saying: "Brother, hurry up and find Xingzi, let's go home and get the sacks, and then go up to pick these fruit."

"What's the use of picking this fruit?" Seeing her excited face, Zhang Zhang was very puzzled and couldn't help asking, even though she kept up with her steps.

Zhang Yun didn't know what to say for a while, so he said vaguely: "I think this should be able to extract oil, let's take it back and try it, if it doesn't work, just spend some effort, there is no loss."

Zhang Zhang was very surprised by this statement, but Zhang Yun urged him again and again, so he didn't dare to delay any longer. After finding Zhang Xing in the bamboo forest, the three of them hurried down the mountain.

Back home, Zhang Yun put the bamboo baskets and small hoes in everyone's hands in the kitchen, took out three big sacks, left a few words in a hurry, and took Zhang Zhang and Zhang Xing up the mountain again. , I met Changzhu and Chunhua who were going down the mountain after digging the bamboo shoots, and they just said to go up the mountain to pick fruits, and then passed by.

Zhang Zhang and Zhang Xing didn't understand her actions. It was obvious that she was full of energy, so they followed suit. The three of them went up to the mountainside, and stopped at the forest full of green and red fruits. When Zhang Yun called out, everyone picked them up From camellia fruit.

Camellia oleifera trees are small trees, and they don’t grow very tall, about a little taller than an adult. Therefore, for the 16-year-old Zhang Zhang, they are completely available. And sighed, he could only wait for the elder brother and elder sister to pick off the camellia oleifera fruit and throw it on the ground, and he would help put it into the sack.

There are indeed many Camellia oleifera trees on the mountain, and each tree is full of camellia oleifera fruit, so they can be picked quickly, but it still took them more than an hour to pick the three big sacks. Stopping their hands, the three of them sat down for a while, and then Zhang Zhang picked up two bags, while Zhang Yun and Zhang Xing dragged and dragged a sack of camellia oleifera fruit home.

After bringing the three large bags of Camellia oleifera back to the fenced yard, the three brothers and sisters were all exhausted, and as soon as they put the sacks in the main room, they all sat down to catch their breath.

Mrs. Zhou, who was cutting water candles in the yard, saw the three big bags brought back by the three brothers and sisters. He followed the main room curiously, opened the sack and took out the Camellia oleifera fruit. , No one in the village picks this up."

Zhang Zhang turned his head and looked at Zhang Yun. He was also very puzzled, so he said, "Yun'er said that this can extract oil, Yun'er, why do you think so?"

After taking a breather, Zhang Yun was thinking about how to explain it, but she couldn't say it, because of the flood of waste oil, she checked healthy cooking oil on the Internet, and found tea oil like this, knowing that eating tea oil is very good for human health It is beneficial, and I also know the production method of camellia oleifera and camellia oil.

Of course she couldn't tell the truth, but she couldn't find a good excuse for a while, so she simply said nothing, ran out of the main room, picked up a small stone from the corner of the yard, returned to the main room, picked out the camellia oleifera fruit from the sack, and put Peel the Camellia oleifera fruit just like before, take out the seeds, put the seeds on the wooden table, and smash them together with the kernels and seeds with a stone. Once smashed like this, a small puddle of oil will seep out of the table immediately.

"Mother, brother, look, there is really a lot of oil in here." Zhang Yun picked out the smashed kernels and squeezed them. The oil was on her fingers again. She threw down the kernels and gave her fingers to Zhou. , see the charter.

After all, Mrs. Zhou has life experience. Every year, the family needs to squeeze some rapeseed oil. Those rapeseeds are smashed like this, but they can’t get so much oil. After such a comparison, the high and low are immediately obvious. After being surprised, Zhou’s face Immediately smiled.

"Ah, it's really a lot of oil. Yun'er used to follow Cheng Zi and the others up the mountain and down the pond all day long, and she liked to tinker with these strange tricks. She was ill a few days ago, and after she recovered, she became quieter. It's the same as before, but the temperament of the elf has not changed, and this time she really made something good." Zhou muttered happily, squatting down to pick up the Camellia oleifera.

This remark made Zhang Yun heave a sigh of relief, at least her family didn't suspect anything, but she was still not at ease, and after thinking about it for a while, she said: "I didn't make this up by myself, mother, do you still remember the foreign country I mentioned?" Man, I heard from him. He said that in addition to cottonseed, the seeds of this fruit can also be used to extract oil. At that time, he told me about the appearance of the fruit. Seeing it, I suddenly thought of it for some reason.”

Since her family members had no doubts, she simply blamed the stranger on the outsider. Although this excuse was full of loopholes, fortunately, no one could corroborate it.

"Yun'er, you really met a noble person. That foreigner must be very knowledgeable." After listening to the charter, he was convinced, and he went to pull the camellia oleifera fruit with Mrs. Zhou, and continued: "It's good to be knowledgeable. You can know so many things in the sky and the earth, unlike us, who don’t know anything except working in the fields.”

Zhang Zhang couldn't help stopping his hands while he was talking, he was stunned for a while, he was very envious of that learned foreigner, thinking that one day, he could also read and write, and it would be great if he could learn more. However, he only longed for it for a while, and soon came to his senses, thinking about the situation of his own family, it was difficult to even live, let alone go to school, and he could only keep his thoughts in his heart and sigh alone.

Zhang Yun and Zhang Xing didn't think too much about it, and they helped Mrs. Zhou pick up the tea tree fruit. Zhang Yun recalled the production process of the tea oil, and ordered everyone to pick up the tea tree fruit out of the sack. Pile it up to the corner of the main room. It needs to be piled up for a few days to let the tea seeds ripen to increase the oil content. After that, it will be turned over for a period of time, and there is no rush for a while.

(End of this chapter)