Li Zelan's mouth opened wide when he heard the wages. He swallowed and said, "Cousin, how about you find a job for me, and I'll come to work at your house."

Su Ziling: "..."

Seeing everyone starting to wash the mushrooms, Su Ziling said a few more words, "Aunts, be careful when you wash the mushrooms and pick them again. If you don't know them, don't put in the mushrooms that you can't eat. You can't eat them." Something is going to happen.”

Seeing her serious look, those people didn't dare to laugh. They all nodded obediently, "Xiaoqing, don't worry, we will pay attention."

When the work took a long time, and she was afraid that everyone would be tired and see the wrong things, Su Ziling directly asked one of them to be the general inspector, which meant that after everyone had washed the first time, she would be responsible for looking at it again, and then the people behind could do the second time. .

Seeing that they were all getting started, Su Ziling then went to look at the ice powder she hung in the well. She didn't hang much, just four buckets. She thought she would try four buckets today so that she could sell more and knead more tomorrow.

Seeing that the ice powder was taking shape, she put the prepared sugar water and small ingredients into the basket, took two banana leaves to cover the bucket, called Li Zelan and set off.

"Sanlang, is it heavy?" Su Ziling was afraid that he wouldn't be able to pick it up, so she thought about finding someone to give it away.

Unexpectedly, the young man picked it up easily. He walked in front, walking briskly, and turned around and smiled at Su Ziling, "It's not heavy. Where is this? I often pick up konjac tofu to sell at home. It's better than this one." A little heavier.”

Li Zelan is only two years younger than Su Ziling. He is fourteen years old this year, but he is half a head taller than Su Ziling.

The half-grown boy can not only eat a poor man, but also has a lot of energy.

Seeing that they could pick it up, Su's father and the others did not follow them. After the work in the fields was finished, they also started to help in the workshop, thinking that the weather was good, so they could finish the sweet potatoes and dry them early, so that they could be made into finished products. Vermicelli.

After leaving the village, Li Zelan didn't know the road anymore, so he asked Su Ziling to walk in front and he walked behind.

The young man had endless things to say and was chattering along the way. His words were as dense as Su Zimu's.

The noise made Su Ziling's head hurt, "Sanlang, are you dry or not?"

Li Zelan's words stopped abruptly and he licked his lips, "A little bit."

"Well, it's okay," Su Ziling said in a calm voice, "We are going out of the mountains and forests soon. There is a village on the roadside. I will give you a bowl of water when the time comes."

I don’t know if this kid got the hang of things or was really thirsty, so he talked a lot less on the rest of the way.

After leaving the forest, Su Ziling put the bucket on the roadside, and Li Zelan followed her. He wiped his sweat and looked at the road in front of him, "Cousin, how far is it?"

Su Ziling: "If you walk, it will take an hour. If you take a bullock cart, it will be almost half an hour."

"Is it so far?" He ignored the bullock cart ride. It took an hour to get here from the village, and another hour to get to the county. It took four hours to go back and forth. There was not much time to sell things in this day. ah.

"It's much further than our place. It only takes an hour from our village to the town."

Su Ziling placed the bucket firmly and said to him, "You guard the bucket here, and I'll get you some water."

"Hey, okay, be careful. Bring a stick. I don't know if there is a dog."

Li Zelan squatted next to the bucket, holding it with his hands. When he set off, he took a look and saw that he didn't know what was inside. It was transparent, like pig skin jelly, and swaying. If the bucket fell over, it would only He was afraid that he wouldn't be able to pick it up, so he might as well hold on to it.

After Su Ziling entered the village, she went directly to Uncle Li's house. When she came in, she was worried that the others would not be there, but as soon as the door knocked, they came out.

As soon as the door opened, the smile on his face became even wider when he saw it was Su Ziling, "Ah, Xiaoqing! Come in, come in."

Before the door was closed, he shouted to Aunt Li in the yard, "Old lady, Xiaoqing is here."

Aunt Li was sitting in the yard picking mushrooms. When she heard Su Ziling coming, she quickly got up.

"Auntie, are you busy?"

"You are not busy, you are free to come and sit at home now. The meal was prepared yesterday, and no one came when I asked you to come in for dinner." She said angrily.

Su Ziling touched her nose. She wanted to say that she didn't have time to sit down today. Old Man Li seemed to notice that she was busy. He waved his hand and said, "Old lady, go get a glass of water. It's unbearably hot today."

Aunt Li went to pour two glasses of water, and then started busy getting food for Su Ziling.

"Auntie, stop working. I have to go to the county here, and I want to ask Mr. Li if he is free."

"Yes, yes." Aunt Li came out with a few persimmons. "Come and try these persimmons. There is one planted behind the yard. It has few fruits this year. When it is ripe, the birds will eat one. Everyone is excited." Can’t eat more than a few.”

"I asked you, Mr. Li, to pick them all a few days ago. They were raked after being left out for a few days. Come and taste them. They are very sweet."

The persimmon is not big, only about the size of an egg. The skin is red and very rough, so I dare not pinch it hard.

Su Ziling took one, gently bit a hole, and sucked hard, and all the persimmon meat inside was sucked into her mouth. It was very sweet.

"It's so sweet!" Su Ziling's eyes brightened a little. She looked at Aunt Li, "Auntie, I have some lilac trees at home. I'll bring you some buds some other time. I'll also go back and pick up some persimmons."

"Okay, you can just come and pick it up." Aunt Li agreed with a smile, "You said you want to go to the county? Then drink some water and set off. The days are short now, and it will be dark if you go late."

"Hey, I got it," Su Ziling stood up, "Do you have a bamboo tube? I want to get some water. My cousin is waiting by the roadside."

"Yes, yes, you wait for me to drink it for you," she said to Old Man Li as she went into the kitchen to fetch water: "Old man, you can hitch up the ox cart, fetch water and you can set off."

"I know, I know." Old Man Li agreed with a smile. He put his hands on his knees, stood up slowly, and said to Su Ziling with a smile: "Look at your aunt, I don't know if she is too old. Long-winded."

He looked disgusted, but in fact his eyes were full of smiles.

Aunt Li fetched water and pointed to the ice powder fruit on one side and said: "I went to pick two sacks of ice powder fruit with your old man, and I thought I would send it to you later. I didn't pick up many fungi. We, old man and lady, Yes, I can’t outrun others with my old arms and legs, but I also picked a lot of peppers, but they were too wet, so I thought I’d dry them some other day before sending them out.”

The yard was not big, half of it was drying ice-pink fruits and half was drying peppers, and there was a path for people to pass in the middle. A wintersweet tree was planted on the edge of the yard, and Aunt Li and the others went to pick fungi under the plum tree.

There is a faint fragrance of plum in the air, and the plum trees are lush with leaves. It is not difficult to find that there are yellow plums hanging on them.

Su Ziling swallowed. She felt sour even before she ate.

Aunt Li followed her line of sight and said, "These plums look nice and smell fragrant, but in fact they are not delicious at all and are very sour. In other words, the yard is full of plum blossoms that are full of fragrance in winter, and you can still enjoy the cool weather in summer." , otherwise I would have asked you, Old Man Li, to chop it down."

Su Ziling stood on her toes and picked one that was not that yellow, wiped it with her hands, and took a bite. It was very crisp and special...

acid!

Her whole face was wrinkled. Aunt Li looked at her expression and laughed loudly, "You must have been fooled. I just said it didn't taste good. It looked big and good in color, but it was actually very sour. "

"It's delicious!" Su Ziling nodded, quenching her thirst. After eating this plum, she was no longer thirsty.

And there's still a little bit of back-sweetness, the green ones are crispy, but the yellow ones are ripe, so they've been raked.

"Delicious?" Aunt Li looked at her in surprise, her sour face wrinkled up. Is it still delicious?

Looking at this plum tree, Su Ziling smiled happily and said, "Auntie, I will come to your house to pick some plums tonight."

"Okay, you can pick them all if you like them." Aunt Li looked at these plums with a look of disgust. If it weren't for the fact that the tree was still useful and the flowers were quite fragrant, she would have chopped it down long ago.

"Auntie, these dried plums are very sour when eaten, but you can dry them in the sun and use them to make plum vinegar later. Then you can use them in cold dishes, or add some sugar to make plum tea. It's quite delicious. "

"Can it still be like this?" Aunt Li said thoughtfully, "Okay, I'll try to pick some when I have time. If you want it, come and pick it quickly. If you don't pick it, it will all fall off. It will crackle and fall all day long. A lot of them fell." After she finished speaking, she heard another "pop" sound, and another plum fell.

Aunt Li picked it up skillfully, raised her hand, and threw it very accurately into the basket in the corner.

Su Ziling raised her eyebrows and thought to herself, what a master!

Here, Old Man Li led the ox out, and Aunt Li dragged the basking mat aside to make way for the ox cart.

"Xiao Qing, come up!"

Old Man Li patted the bullock cart. His home was right on the roadside, and you could get on the bullock cart from home.

"Auntie, let's go."

"Hey, slow down on the road!"

The ox cart began to set off staggeringly. From a distance, Li Zelan could be seen squatting on the ground, holding the bucket tightly with both hands. When he saw the ox cart, he didn't even move until he heard Su Ziling's voice.

"Saburo."

Li Zelan was stunned for a moment, then raised his head and saw the bullock cart stopped in front of him, and Su Ziling got off the bullock cart.

He pursed his lips a few times, "Cousin, cousin? Do you want to take a bullock cart? Let's just walk. There's not much here."

"Here you go." Su Ziling handed him the water, then turned around and lifted the bucket onto the carriage.

Upon seeing this, Old Man Li came down to help, "There's not much tofu today, there are only four buckets."

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