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With their own thoughts, the family set off for the ranch together.The ranch area has developed very well in the past few years. The road has been newly built, and the time it takes to travel from the city has been reduced by half.

On the other side of the ranch, the workers of the ranch are preparing for the Mid-Autumn Festival.Yuan Ning and Zhang Xiuyan went to the nearby farms and harvested some wheat and rice.

Zhang Xiuyan seldom relaxed, and followed Yuan Ning to the rice milling place in high spirits.The rice milling house is built in the south of the village. It is an earthen house made of mud bricks. The rice miller operates the rice milling machine next to the diesel engine. The diesel engine starts suddenly and suddenly, driving the rice milling machine to run. The yellow and yellow grains and wheat have shed their thin shells, revealing the white and fat rice and wheat grains.

Yuan Ning even manipulated it manually.In the end, he and Zhang Xiuyan carried half a bag of fragrant rice and wheat back to the pasture.

Wheat is planted in many wheat fields, and the Mid-Autumn Festival is the harvest season, and tall corn stalks are piled up on the ground.The ranch has people who specialize in buying straw, and every household goes to the ground every year to mobilize, so there is no burning of straw in the field, only the smoke from the distant villages.Yuan Ning stepped on the solid ridge, looked at the soft and fertile soil around, turned to Zhang Xiuyan and said, "Brother, the ranch is still so beautiful."

The air is filled with the refreshing aroma of leaves and earth, even if there are no flowers, I still feel refreshed in such a place.Zhang Xiuyan looked up and saw that the persimmon trees outside the pasture were bearing fruit, and there were small red lanterns hanging from them.Further behind are stretches of mountains with stretches of forests on them, which are covered with golden and crimson clothes in autumn.He nodded and said, "It is very beautiful."

Yuan Ning looked at the two pairs of shallow footprints left on the ridge of the field, feeling warm in his heart, and walked forward with Zhang Xiuyan one after the other, feeling that every step was very solid, and every step was smooth. Fluttering.

When he arrived at the gate of the ranch, Zhang Xiuyan reached out and picked a few persimmons hanging down, and put them in the rice bag Yuan Ning was holding.Yuan Ning looked at the bright red persimmons and said, "I remember that my elder brother likes to eat persimmons! The persimmons here are very good. You can bring some persimmons to the capital to eat."

Zhang Xiuyan nodded.

Yuan Ning and the two returned to the ranch, and then ran to the windmill mill by the river to grind flour.This big windmill works very well, with Xu Jing always maintaining it, there has been no problem in the past few years.Under the guidance of the ranch workers, Yuan Ning ground the wheat into flour. Looking at the fine flour, he felt a little happy, and got a bad intention, and put some on Zhang Xiuyan's face.

Zhang Xiu stared at him with a sullen face.

Yuan Ning immediately felt guilty, went to the river to wash his hands and helped Zhang Xiuyan wipe his face clean.

At this time Zhang Xiuling ran over and saw Yuan Ning wiping Zhang Xiuyan's face, and asked curiously, "Ning Ning, what are you doing?"

Yuan Ning felt even more guilty: "I put some flour on my eldest brother's face, and I'm atoning for my crime!"

Zhang Xiuling secretly gave Yuan Ning a thumbs up.So brave!How dare you do this to your brother!Zhang Xiuling is also very interested in the windmill mill, and under Yuan Ning's guidance, she also grinds some fine noodles.The three ran back to the main house and handed the flour to Ms. Xue and Aunt Shen.Yuan Ning put on his apron, rolled up his sleeves, and started the face-to-face meeting under the command of Ms. Xue and Aunt Shen.

To make moon cake meringue, you need to make two kinds of dough, one is leather dough and the other is crisp dough. After kneading, wrap the crispy dough into the skin dough, roll it, knead it, and cut it into pieces , Make a core, and you can fill it with bread.After the filling is wrapped, take it to bake, and you can eat freshly baked mooncakes in no time!

There are quite a lot of beautiful molds here in the ranch, carved by Luo Yuanliang, which can print various patterns on the moon cakes.

Yuan Ning quietly mixed a lot of good things into the fillings and dough. As soon as the mooncakes were baked, the room was filled with tempting aromas.They made quite a lot, packed them in delicate wooden boxes, and asked someone to send some to relatives and friends, and Mr. Zhang also sent a copy.

The family couldn't stay up late, so they made some tea at noon and ate cakes for several months.In previous years, the mooncakes were too greasy to eat. This year, maybe because the family made them by themselves, everyone ate a lot.

In the afternoon, Luo Yuanliang proposed to go up to the mountain to enjoy the moon, and to stay overnight on the mountain.Mr. Zhang nodded in agreement, and the group packed up and prepared to go to the mountains to play.

Xiao Hei didn't know when he came back, and Zhao Fu also came with him.Zhang Xiuling was very happy to see them, and rushed up to hug Zhao Fu.When she was about to hug Xiao Hei, Xiao Hei jumped onto Zhao Fu's back, lay on it and stared fixedly at Zhang Xiuling, as if she would scratch her paw if she dared to hug her.

Zhang Xiuling said to Yuan Ning: "Xiao Hei is just like a human being!"

Yuan Ning said: "Xiao Hei is so smart, he has attended classes just like Xiao Hua." It means that they speak so well that even the "learning cat" is attracted!

A group of people set off to climb the mountain.In autumn, the mountains are golden, with occasional evergreen trees and shrubs appearing, and coniferous forests dominate near the top of the mountain.Cheng Zhong led people to build some houses on the top of the mountain according to the mountain, with their backs against the rocks. The foundations of the houses were very solid, and they looked very good.

After everyone chose the room, their minds became active, and they followed Luo Yuanliang to pick fungi.The climate here is warm and humid, which is very suitable for the growth of fungi. The most common mushrooms are often eaten. They are very delicious when used to stuff meat. It is also a good choice to make soup and shabu-shabu.

Yuan Ning quietly parted ways with Zhang Xiuyan, carrying a basket, and strolled in the autumn forest.

They were very lucky, and found a lot of matsutake mushrooms in a short while.August and September are good seasons for matsutake mushrooms. Yuan Ning is in charge of finding them, and Zhang Xiuyan is in charge of picking them. The basket is full in a short while.The pine mushrooms are very crispy and tender, and taste sweet and delicious, but they have a fishy smell, which needs to be dealt with first.Yuan Ning and Zhang Xiuyan went back to the house, ran through the water, washed it with salt and vinegar for a while, put it on a sieve to drain, and waited to make chicken stewed mushrooms at night.

Yuan Ning quietly gave some pine mushroom spores to Baby Ginseng, and asked Baby Ginseng to plant some.The matsutake mushrooms can be processed into matsutake oil, which is a good bibimbap dish, and can be handed over to Mr. Lian for sale.In the future, he will be the one who wants to make money to support his family, so he should think about ways to make money!

Yuan Ning finished processing the fresh ingredients, and walked outside the door with Zhang Xiuyan.The mountain wind blew away the clouds in the sky, revealing the clear blue sky.Yuan Ning felt that it was cool on the mountain, so he reached out and touched Zhang Xiuyan's palm, it was warm!

Yuan Ning said enviously: "Brother, your hands are always so warm!"

Zhang Xiuyan didn't speak, and wrapped his palm around Yuan Ning's hand for a while before letting go.

Zhang Xiuling and Zhang Xiuwen haven't come back yet.They also sneaked away from the big team and ran aside to play by themselves.

Zhang Xiuling had been looking for an opportunity to ask Zhang Xiuwen something, but when she was really alone, she realized that there were some things she didn't need to ask. "Why don't you be a dazzling star, but accompany me to be an inconspicuous firefly?" Zhang Xiuwen would definitely laugh at her if she asked such a childish question!

Zhang Xiuling put aside these redundant thoughts, and ran around in the mountains with Zhang Xiuwen.They have whistles given by Luo Yuanliang on their necks. If they get lost or encounter wild animals, they can whistle for help. In addition, they didn't run far, so they don't worry at all.

Zhang Xiuling found a clump of mushrooms on a tree and decided to climb up to play.She has always been a lady at school, and she doesn't intend to hold herself back if she rarely comes to the ranch!She hung the small basket on the branch, and climbed up the tree on both hands and feet, with Zhang Xiuwen supporting her underneath.

After a while, Zhang Xiuling climbed to the branch.Before she had time to pick mushrooms, she was attracted by the mountains in the distance.

There is a faint mist floating in the golden mountains, like white veils, making the continuous mountains dense and hazy.The sky is so high and so blue, obviously they have already climbed the mountainside, but they are still so far away from it.

It felt like she'd been chasing after her great older brother and great younger brother, only to find that she couldn't keep up anyway—so she gave up and stopped.But even with the help of the height of the big tree, and a little closer to the sky like now, you can see a different beautiful scenery.

Zhang Xiuling said, "Xiuwen, this is so beautiful."

Zhang Xiuwen also climbed to Zhang Xiuling's side, stuck his head out from behind the tree trunk, and looked into the distance with Zhang Xiuling.Zhang Xiuwen stared at Zhang Xiuling, and said slowly, "It's very beautiful."

Zhang Xiuling froze for a moment, turned her head, and met Zhang Xiuwen's deep and melancholy eyes.Will Zhang Xiuwen be confused about the future?Will Zhang Xiuwen be as reluctant as she is to let the present peace and happiness end too quickly?

Zhang Xiuling said, "Xiuwen, sometimes I don't want to grow up." She paused, "But every day when I wake up, I find that I have actually grown up, and I am no longer a child."

Zhang Xiuwen stared at Zhang Xiuling quietly.She was his sister, his brightest, kindest and most carefree sister.

"Will you always be my younger brother?" Zhang Xiuling couldn't help asking, "If you marry a wife and I marry someone else, can we still be like this? We stay together every day like this, Every day we fight together, we do different things together every day."

Zhang Xiuwen reached out to pick the mushrooms hidden in the tree. He got down from the tree first, and said to Zhang Xiuling, "Come down, it's windy up there, and you'll catch a cold easily. If you don't dare to come down, I'll pick you up below."

When Zhang Xiuling noticed Zhang Xiuwen's dodge, she was a little sad, and then a little dazed.What is she sad about?Is it sad that being as smart as Zhang Xiuwen can't answer the question just now?

Zhang Xiuling climbed down the tree while thinking, and jumped to the ground not far from the ground.Because the height wasn't too high, Zhang Xiuwen didn't reach out to help her. As a result, Zhang Xiuling's foot slipped and twisted when she landed.

Zhang Xiuwen hurried forward to fix the bone for Zhang Xiuling.Looking up and seeing Zhang Xiuling biting her lip, her eyes were red with pain, Zhang Xiuwen turned around and turned her back to Zhang Xiuling: "Come on, I'll carry you back."

Zhang Xiuling said, "Can you memorize me?"

Zhang Xiuwen said: "Of course, I have grown up too."

Looking at Zhang Xiuwen's broad back, Zhang Xiuling picked up the mushroom basket and lay down on it, reaching out to hug Zhang Xiuwen's neck.Zhang Xiuling was momentarily taken aback by the familiar yet unfamiliar masculine breath.

Yes, Xiuwen has also grown up...

"Zhang Xiuwen," Zhang Xiuling's voice rang in Zhang Xiuwen's ear, "Do you think I'm annoying?"

"For example?" Zhang Xiuwen raised his eyebrows.

"For example, when I cleared all the love letters from the girls to you."

"It's quite annoying," Zhang Xiuwen said, "If you hadn't hidden them all, maybe my children would help make soy sauce. Oh, Zhang Xiuling, do you want to strangle me!"

"Tell your child to make soy sauce!" Zhang Xiuling blushed angrily, "You are the one!"

"Yes, I am." Zhang Xiuwen said, "Actually, you don't have to feel guilty for killing so many innocent relationships of mine, because in order to retaliate against your childish behavior, I also threw away all the love letters written to you by those stinky boys. In the trash."

"What?" Zhang Xiuling was surprised, "Is there someone else who wrote me a love letter?"

"Of course there are, stinky adolescent boys, even if it is a sow, they will be tempted."

"Who do you call a sow!" Zhang Xiuling's eyes widened.

"A metaphor, this is a metaphor." Zhang Xiuwen spoke plausibly.

"You have been so annoying since you were a child!" Zhang Xiuling said, "You also said that others are bad boys, and you are also bad boys."

"How can there be such a popular smelly boy like me." Zhang Xiuwen disagreed.

Zhang Xiuling hugged Zhang Xiuwen's neck tightly, and buried her head next to Zhang Xiuwen's neck: "Anyway, you are so annoying."

Zhang Xiuwen was very shocked: "I didn't expect someone to be willing to hate me."

Zhang Xiuling's voice lowered: "... I can't bear it."

Zhang Xiuwen paused.

"Obviously you are so arrogant, you always argue with me, you always say that I am not good at this or that, or that I am not good at this or that, but I still can't bear to hate you." Zhang Xiuling was confused and hesitant, " Zhang Xiuwen, I think I like you."

"The kind of love girls have for boys."