Chapter 134 Banana
During dinner, everyone at the dinner table glanced at Lin Xiuqing from time to time, which made her a little embarrassed.
Mother Ye thought for a moment and said, "Don't go out and talk nonsense about Ah Qing this afternoon. I don't know if it's true or not. It's very strict now."
Many children mean blessings. If she is pregnant, Mother Ye will certainly want her to have another child safely.
"We know it."
"Mom, what's wrong with Third Aunt?" Ye Chenghai asked his mother curiously.
"It's nothing. Children, don't be so curious. Adults will ask you questions about anything. Hurry up and eat your food."
"Hmph..."
“When picking up food, don’t poke your chopsticks around inside the food…”
"You guys should hurry up and eat. You're taking your time. The food is so good, isn't it? Before, when there weren't any dishes to go with it, you were all rushing to eat. You ate so fast..."
"Is your chin leaking? The food fell on the table, so I picked it up and ate it..."
Sounds of scolding the children kept coming from the table, and Lin Xiuqing's matter was tacitly revealed for the time being.
After everyone went back to their houses after dark, Ye Yaodong took out the hidden guava, cut it, and handed it to the two children with excited expressions.
"My wife gave you something to eat. Don't go out and tell me, otherwise I won't let you eat next time."
"I know, Dad."
The younger son also nodded and echoed.
Ye Yaodong handed the other one to Lin Xiuqing, but Lin Xiuqing didn't eat it. Instead, she took it out and cut it in half and handed him half.
"eat together."
He took it with a smile and started eating it. Lin Xiuqing also ate it.
On the second day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, those who could afford it and were willing to do so started killing chickens and ducks early in the morning, and there were also more vendors selling meat and vegetables in the village.
Normally no one would be willing to spend money on food and drink, but they would be more willing to spend money during the New Year and holidays.
When Ye Mu heard someone selling fish balls, she quickly ran out and asked others to pick them up.
The fish balls are round and round, which is in line with the meaning of Mid-Autumn Festival reunion, and they are very popular in their village.
As soon as the hawker put down his load at the door of their house, a group of women heard the news and gathered around to buy.
Ye Mu bought a pound of mackerel balls and a pound of cuttlefish balls, and planned to mix them and cook them to suit everyone's taste.
These two kinds of fish balls were so popular among women that the vendors agreed to sell them at the same price, 250 cents a pound, otherwise the cuttlefish balls would be 2 cents more expensive.
Rural women are very economical.
Ye Yaodong had nothing to do. He moved a stool early in the morning and sat with his feet up at the door. The family was full of people who could work, so there was nothing to do without him. But he was used to being busy during this period, and suddenly he had nothing to do. It was really frustrating.
He was a little uncomfortable with it.
He thought for a moment and shouted to his wife in the room, "I'm going out for a walk and I'll be back soon."
"Come back early for lunch."
After he responded, he walked out and took a casual stroll.
Usually, the women in the village sit at the front or back door and weave nets, which makes the village seem quiet and peaceful. Today, it felt like every household was moving and the whole village was alive. The children knew that there was going to be a big feast for the festival, and they all screamed excitedly at the door.
Jump again.
Ye Yaodong was walking leisurely on the path in the village, but unexpectedly saw Xiaoxiao holding a machete in front of him, and he quickly stopped.
"Xiaoxiao, where are you going?"
"We don't have enough firewood at home. My father sent me to chop some firewood so that we don't have enough firewood to burn at night. Where are you going?"
"I have nothing to do, walking around."
"That's just right, come chop wood with me..."
When Ye Yaodong heard this, he immediately turned around and left. However, he couldn't get away in time. He jumped up from behind and grabbed his neck. "You're already here, why are you leaving? Let's go together!"
"Oh~ let go. If I had known better, I wouldn't have called you." Ye Yaodong slapped his hand away. It was too short and strangled his neck.
"It's late, let's go together and have company."
"Why don't you ask your brother to go with you? Don't you have three brothers above you, so why is it your turn?"
"My eldest brother is killing ducks, my second brother is weaving bamboo sticks, my third brother has been out to sea with the big ship for a few days, my father has gone to the fields to hoe taro, and all the women are busy washing vegetables. I am not the only one who has nothing to do at home now.
"? My father couldn't see me being idle, so he sent me to chop wood."
I understand, he is also busy at home.
"Forget it, I have nothing to do. I'll take a walk with you."
"now it's right."
The two of them walked towards the road and chatted. They walked to the opposite side of the road, found a path and went up the mountain.
Xiao Xiao was looking for dead branches to pick up, but Ye Yaodong took a fancy to a few banana trees growing on the mountain. Big bunches of bananas were hanging all over the trees.
He wandered from one tree to another, but they were all hung too high. There were no long hooks, so he couldn't bend the large handfuls of bananas.
"What are you doing? Want to pick bananas?"
They call bananas bananas.
"Yeah, don't you think it's very eye-catching with this bunch hanging on it? It's clearly tempting me!" Ye Yaodong kept looking up at the banana tree, looking for one that was a little lower and could be reached.
"Tie a hook to a bamboo pole and come back later. How can I pick it now? Help me pick up the branches."
"You pick it up first, I'll go somewhere else."
"Hey, you are so unreliable! You agreed to help me cut firewood, but you went to pick bananas yourself."
"Of course bananas are more important than you!" His voice came from far away.
"I have it too."
Ye Yaodong walked around and finally found a tree with a string that could be reached. There happened to be a soil slope next to this tree.
He stood on the slope, stood on tiptoes, reached out and grabbed its stem, and bent it down, but it was a bit difficult to break it off.
"Xiaoxiao, Xiaoxiao, bring your machete here."
"You don't help chop wood, but you still want to use my dick..." Xiaoxiao scolded and walked over, "Why do you want a machete?"
"Ah? Have you found someone you can get? I'll chop it, I'll chop it..."
"Is there anything else I can get? Look again, there seem to be three more trees up there..."
Ye Yaodong looked at him with disdain, "You didn't resent me just now for not helping you chop wood, and yet I asked you to come over with a machete? Now you have to pick bananas again?"
"Hey, Zhuge Liang didn't say, this time and that time, you go and look for it again."
Ye Yaodong looked at him confused, what did Zhuge Liang say?
"What are you looking at? Look for it quickly? I can leave the machete to you, you are taller, and I will go to A Guang's house to get a hook."
After saying that, he threw down the machete and ran away. Just now, he was disgusted with him for not helping and delaying things. Now he is more active than him!
Damn it!
Ye Yaodong did not worry about Zhuge Liang or Zhuge Liang. He put a bunch of bananas in the corner, picked up the machete and walked up to search for them.
Unexpectedly, he found another short one. The banana was not as big as before, but it didn't matter. He didn't mind, as long as he got something.
This banana tree was relatively short, so he broke off the stem and cut off another bunch. Then he stood on the slope and saw two or three handfuls growing on a stem, but it was a bit difficult to reach.
He glanced around to see if there were any simple tools. It wasn't until he looked at the surrounding trees that he thought about it, then his eyes lit up. He turned around and chopped down a thicker branch, and cut off all the extra branches.
, leaving only one bottom branch.
After cutting the branch into something like a compass, Ye Yaodong took the branch and hooked it directly onto the series of banana stems. He then made a downward stroke and pulled it in front of him. The entire banana stem tilted in front of him.
After he caught it, he took a machete and cut off a section of the stem, and got several more bananas!
"Dongzi, Dongzi, where is he?"
“Up here, here!”
Xiaoxiao held up a long bamboo pole with a hook tied to it, and ran over happily, followed by Ah Guang.
"How many have you cut?"
"It's quite a lot. If you want, you can score a few more points."
"Use this, use this." He held up the hook as if he was offering a treasure, "I just tied one up temporarily. I'll just use it for now. I'll hook the banana off and you can chop it."
"You don't want to chop wood anymore? If you don't chop wood, how can you go back later? You're such a big man, don't let your father take off your pants and beat him." Ye Yaodong laughed at him teasingly.
"Nervous, I can't run away? I'm already a father... Who cares, chop it down now, and you can help me pick up some branches when you have time. Get some bananas back, and just plug their mouths."
A Guang walked around and took a quick look, "There aren't many trees here, why don't you go and chop them down next to my house? My dad planted a few randomly in the past few years, and now I can pick them. Some people planted them here too.
It’s fine if you chop one or two skewers, but if you cut too many, people will jump.”
Ye Yaodong looked at the soil bananas at his feet and cut down three trees. One or two bunches were cut off each tree. It should be okay, right? There are still many hanging on them.
"Okay, I'll just go to your place. I have enough. I'll go to your place to cut some and bring it back to Xiaoxiao."
"If I had known earlier, I wouldn't have run around. I would have walked to the back mountain." Xiaoxiao carried the bamboo pole and walked down again.
Aguang helped Ye Yaodong get those bananas, "I have quite a lot of them there. You have so many people in your family and you have so many children, so just chop some more and get them back."
"Why are you chopping so much? I can't finish it all at once, so I'll leave it to spoil. After I finish eating, I'll go to your place to chop it."
"That's up to you."
The three of them walked excitedly to the back mountain. The locals called it back mountain, but it was actually called Linggang Mountain, which was right next to Aguang's house.
The three of them were pretty good with their hands, pulling up leaves and weeds along the road as they walked. Ye Yaodong looked at the reeds on the roadside, picked up two of them and touched them, and then stretched them out to scratch his little neck.
"Fuck, what are you doing?"
"Try to see if the hair will fall out. You can pull it out a little and tie it to the broom."
"You can?"
"I can't, my grandma can, forget it, she's already old."
"What's the point? She looks in good health. She can move very freely. She's not deaf or blind. Find something for her to do! The old man can't be too idle. When he's idle, he can't sit still and wants to pick up a hoe.
.”
This is true!
"I'll do it later, as I haven't bought anything for the new home yet."
Aguang reminded: "If you want to pull it out, you should do it early. If it is later, you will probably have to pull it out for others. In the past few days, I have seen several people running around to pull out this thing. They have all made a selection and sold it. Now they have everything."
It can be sold."
Many of the random things that grow on the mountains can be turned into valuables in the hands of people in their village.
"knew."
Don’t be surprised that I changed my pen name.
It used to be called "a glass of ice lemonade", but now it's called "rice of rice"
Chapter completed!