Although there are many fruits in the south, including seasonal lychees, longans, mangoes, papayas, bananas, etc., there are no apples, which are only available in the north. They need to be transported from the north to the south to be bought.

Because of the high transportation cost, the price is naturally much more expensive than local fruits. Nowadays, wealthy families do not buy seasonal fruits, but buy apples, which also symbolize peace and safety.

The apples are very fragrant and their bright red appearance is also very festive.

When you take a bite, the apple juice bursts instantly, carrying the aroma, penetrating into your nasal cavity and sliding across the taste buds on your tongue.

Fragrant, sweet and crispy!

Su Xiaoxue looked at her parents' eyes and they lit up instantly after she bit into the apple.

"Mom and Dad, how are you?" Su Xiaoxue asked hurriedly.

"Yeah, not bad!" Father Su nodded with a smile, "It tastes good, sweet, crispy, and fragrant."

Su's mother also responded with similar words, and then asked Su Xiaoxue, "This apple is very expensive, it's something we don't have here."

Su Xiaoxue shook her head and joked, "I don't know. They were all bought by Achi. It's his money. It has nothing to do with me."

Su's mother pointed at her forehead, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, "You, you, isn't his money your money? You don't feel sorry for it."

Su Xiaoxue said, "It's normal to spend money to honor you. Besides, no matter how good a piece of fruit is, it doesn't cost much. Just eat it. There are still a few at home. When Erni and Xiaoni come back, let them have a taste too."

Mother Su nodded and couldn't help but say, "Achi is so thoughtful. Every time you come back, or you come back together, you always buy this and that. Don't spend money like this. You should live frugally and save money!"

"I know."

Although she said this, Su Xiaoxue was already thinking that the house at home leaked badly during the rainy season. She thought that after selling all the goods in her hands, she would give some money to her parents and then ask them to build another house next door and use the current house to store miscellaneous items.

But she couldn't say this for the time being, otherwise her parents would definitely not agree. After all, she had just gotten married and hadn't sold all her things yet.

Thinking of this, Su Xiaoxue became absorbed.

"Xiaoxue, Xiaoxue?"

Mother Su called out a few times before Su Xiaoxue came back to her senses and asked with a smile, "What's wrong?"

Su's mother laughed at her, "What are you thinking about? Why are you so absorbed in it?"

"I was thinking, the weather is so nice, the peanuts and rice in our fields will be ripe in another month and a half, right?"

The situation here is relatively good. They have two crops of rice a year. The rice is planted around the Qingming Festival, and one crop can be harvested in the summer. Then the next crop is planted, and another crop can be harvested when autumn turns to winter.

Mother Su nodded. "Well, it's almost done. So now we have to be careful of mice. If they dig it up, we won't have any peanut oil this year."

People in rural areas depend on the mountains and the water for their livelihood. The only thing these poor and lower-middle peasants can rely on is the fields that are contracted to households under the policy.

In the past two years of land distribution, the harvest of each household has been much better than before. However, after all, one's livelihood depends on the weather. One cannot afford drought or flood. One also has to guard against rats and wild boars digging up the land. Otherwise, at the end of the year, after paying the public grain, there will not be much left.

Sweet potatoes are eaten as coarse grains, and most of them are eaten for breakfast. As for peanuts, some are eaten as snacks, and the rest are either used to extract oil or made into bean seeds.

Peanuts are the food that mice like to eat the most. After all, they are not buried deep in the ground, unlike sweet potatoes which are large pieces. Peanuts are also planted late and mature late, so they are the easiest to be eaten.

Su Xiaoxue nodded.

Mother Su was still thinking, "When the time comes, when our peanuts are ready and the oil is pressed, you can take some back and send some to your parents-in-law."

"No need. We have it. The factory provides a lot of subsidies. Rice, flour and oil are distributed regularly. You can just keep them for yourself." Su Xiaoxue shook her head.

Su's mother smiled and said, "That's different. The allowance given by their factory is an allowance, but what our family gives is our love."

Before Su Xiaoxue could speak, Su's mother thought of something and said to Su's father, "Oh, by the way, aren't the two lychees in our garden ripe? Take Xiaoxue to pick some and bring them back later, otherwise they will be picked by others before long."

The "people" that Su's mother was referring to were not someone else, but their uncle's family.

Mother Su said, "I heard that Lingling is back today, and my sister-in-law will probably pick some for her. You should go pick them first, or they will be gone later."

The lychee tree that Su's mother mentioned was planted by Su's father. Su Xiaoxue still remembers this.

She was only in primary school at that time, and she went to plant the trees with her father. After planting, she stepped on the trees twice. When her aunt saw it, she said that the trees stepped on by the girl would die, and even if they didn't die, they would not bear fruit.

When Su's father heard this, he immediately retorted, "That doesn't make sense."

Su Xiaoxue was in a bad mood after being scolded by her aunt.

In order to cheer her up, her father told her that it didn't make sense and asked her not to listen to her aunt's nonsense. He also asked her to step on the fruit trees planted behind.

At that time, my aunt and her family were also planting things nearby. When they saw it, they kept saying that Father Su spoiled the child, especially a girl, which was really funny.

The eldest aunt even talked about it with others outside, making fun of Father Su for doting on a money-losing guy, and said that just wait and see, these fruit trees will not grow.

At the beginning, those fruit trees could not bear fruit and could only grow upwards.

But after it grew luxuriantly, it bloomed and bore fruit almost every year, and the first two years were very fruitful.

But even though their own lychee trees were full of fruits, the people who picked the most were not their family, but their aunt's family. They not only picked the fruits for themselves, but also took them back to her mother's house and gave them to relatives and friends.

By the time Su Xiaoxue and the others were picking them, only scattered ones were left.

When Su's mother saw this, she wanted to cut down the fruit tree.

But in the end, this matter had to be suppressed.

In recent years, it has been a time of abundant fruit production for lychees. Not only lychees, but also the longans and mangoes planted that year have borne fruit almost every year, and most of them have been eaten by my uncle's family, unless they picked them early.

Hearing this, Su Xiaoxue said quickly: "Then let's go quickly. I can pick some and take them home. If I can't finish them, I can sell them."

In the past, Su Xiaoxue would definitely not have been able to say such words, as she would always put her family first in terms of food and use. But now, that is no longer the case. She would rather sell these fruits than let her uncle's family get them for cheap.

Father Su said with a smile: "Why sell them? Just pick them and eat them yourself. If you can't finish them, ask your uncles to pick some."

"I won't let them pick them. Back then, they said that to us, but they picked them every year without leaving any good ones for us. It was obviously planted by my father and me."

When Mr. Su heard this, he thought of the past and his smile faded.

He didn't say anything, which was considered as his agreement with Su Xiaoxue's statement.

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