Back home to start a farm

In the early morning, smoke rose from the roofs of the houses in the village. Every family had breakfast early, and after the meal, put the rice harvested these days outside the house to dry.

More than 20 clean-cut people in dark clothes came out of the houses in various directions in the village one after another, all walking in the direction of the double humps.

The villagers who were still eating at the door of their house greeted after seeing it: "Did you go there so early?"

"If someone pays you, then you have to go early." The aunt cast a glance at the speaker, and seeing another worker coming from the side road, she waved her hand quickly, and the two sisters passed by hand in hand.

The people who went to work at Qu Chi's house last time said later that the work was not heavy and the wages were quite high.Their family didn't plant much land this year, so they came here to earn some pocket money.

When the two of them arrived, several people had arrived at the door of Qu Chi's house, and the rest came one after another.They were all used to work and were invited by Qu Chi to work, and they cost tens of dollars a day.

After entering October, the weather is much cooler, and the gentle breeze is refreshing.Recently, I have made a lot of money in my hands, I eat well every day, my health is much better, and everyone is full of energy.

The door of Qu Chi's house was open, they chatted and laughed and walked outside the door, and when they saw Qin Shi waiting at the door, they immediately lowered their volume subconsciously.

Qin Shi's kid looks pretty good, but when he sees him, he always makes people panic.

"These sweet potatoes in the yard, right?" Uncle Yong Qiang, the leader, pointed to the sweet potatoes that were piled up into a hill outside the house, and asked.

"That's all, please trouble everyone." Qin Shi distributed the prepared tools to everyone.

The necessary tools, pots and stools have been placed beside the sweet potato pile, as well as the machines placed in the open space a little farther away, and the shelves made of wood and bamboo.

The people who had come to help deal with the peppers in the past also came this time. Seeing that Qu was not there, the atmosphere was a little frozen, and they directly organized people to start working.

The fresh sweet potatoes dug out from the ground are piled up in the yard, and the intact sweet potatoes are picked out, put into a red plastic basin, cleaned carefully with a brush, and then the outer layer of skin is peeled off with a knife.

Those who came to work were all veterans who were used to doing the work, and they all had the right head in their hands. Those who played hard did not stop with their right hands. After a while, all the sweet potato peels fell to the bottom of the basin.Not only is the speed fast, but the peeled skin is quite thin.

"Hey, this is the beater, it's much more convenient than before." Uncle Yong Qiang touched the machine outside the door and said, "Qu Chi, how do I use this thing?"

"I'll come, I'll come, here are the instructions." Qu Hua, a young man who came back from the eleventh holiday, leaned over, holding the instruction manual in his left hand and the peeled sweet potato in his right hand, and started to operate on the spot.

The rest of the people who came to work saw the speed of grinding out the pulp, which saved time and effort compared with their previous cutting and grinding with a stone mill.

I'll ask Qu Chi another day, if they want to use this grinder, how much will they charge.

The grinding machine is easy to operate, and only a young man like Qu Hua is required to operate it. After the pulp produced by grinding is too much, it needs to be filtered with gauze.

The amount of sweet potatoes that Qu Chi’s family wanted to get was a lot. The people who peeled the sweet potatoes came out and went to the filter rack that had been set up earlier, and filtered the sweet potato pulp several times. The filtered starch juice was just placed on the bottom. in the bucket.

After these people were busy in the yard, Qu Chi was awakened by the sound and slowly opened his eyes, then rolled a few times on the bed, not wanting to get up.

Driving outside every day, although not as tiring as doing farm work, but driving is another kind of exhaustion, and now Qu Chi wants to be a salted fish for a few days.

Unfortunately, there is still a lot of work waiting for him to do.

The more lazy you are on the bed, the more you don't want to get up, Qu Chi straightened up like a carp, stood up from the bed, and slowly drove away the laziness.

Standing on the balcony and bathing in the morning sun, Qu Chi was completely awake.Gently moving his nose, Qu Chi smelled the sweet aroma wafting from the kitchen, and his stomach growled after a night of hunger.

It's not always that he cooks these few days. Qin Shi, who gets up early every day, doesn't know when he started to take over the task of making breakfast.

Although they are all simple porridge made with a rice cooker, as long as you master the ratio of various ingredients, and then lightly press the cooking button, the taste will not be bad.

Listening to the busy voice outside, Qu Chi ran to the kitchen and turned on the rice cooker, which contained more food than he usually eats.

The sweet potatoes with red hearts are peeled and cut into pieces, and cooked together with fresh rice in the pot. The cooked sweet potato porridge is yellow and white, and the sweet taste lingers on the tip of the nose.

The sweet potatoes and rice used in this porridge are newly harvested, and after being nourished by energy, each taste has been greatly improved.

When the two are cooked together, the taste is not a simple improvement of one plus one equals two. Eating it in the mouth can really give people a sense of happiness.

The warm sweet potato porridge has a sticky texture and just the right amount of sweetness. After eating it, Qu Chi even burped.

"What is this doing?" A curious question came from outside the door, followed by many voices of adults and children asking.

The villagers who were busy outside the door replied with a smile: "Have you never seen it? This is making sweet potato flour."

Hearing this sound, it was the tourists who came to play. Qu Chi washed the bowls and pots, opened the gate and saw several tourists talking to the villagers.

Several people gathered in front of the filter rack, which was newly made by Qu Chi from the villagers, and there are very few of them in rural areas now.

On the shelf built with bamboo, several ropes were tied to the long bamboo poles in the middle. Under the ropes were two wooden boards nailed into a cross. The slurry, relying on gravity to slowly filter out the starchy water, drips into the bucket below.

When Qu Chi went out, he saw tourists surrounded by filter racks and grinders, and some people were taking pictures of them, and they clicked on their mobile phones soon after taking pictures.

"Have you eaten yet?" Qin Shi saw Qu Chi just as he came out, and walked up to him and asked softly.

"It's all over." Qu Chi smiled at Qin Shi.

After Qu Chi had a few words with Qin Shi, he greeted the villagers who came to work before going out to entertain the interested tourists.

The elders may have seen children and young people in their teens or even 20s before. Not many of them knew about it. After seeing the precipitated starch water, they asked: "Is the sediment in the bottom just sweet potato starch?" ?”

"It's only settled once, it's not enough."

As they spoke, someone took a ladle to pour out the upper layer of water, and then added clean water. It took many times to remove the impurities.

"Sediment a few more times, and then put the precipitated starch on the bamboo mat to dry."

"Boss, all your sweet potatoes are made into starch?"

"Keep some of them for eating, dry some of them into dried sweet potatoes, and turn the rest into starch to make vermicelli and vermicelli." Qu Chi replied.

Speaking of tourists who come to Xishan Village, as long as they have been here once, ten out of ten people who come next time will come for food, to see the scenery and experience the rural customs.

After hearing what Qu Chi said, many of them looked at the unprocessed starch and already thought about the taste of vermicelli noodles.

It's a pity, the little boss just doesn't want to make a reservation in advance, or else they can make a round for all the people present.

You can’t buy powder skin or anything now, but you can buy some sweet potatoes. Raw sweet potatoes are crispy and sweet, and they have a special flavor.

There were not a few tourists in front of Tian Quchi's house this day, and many of them posted short videos on Moments after taking photos.

Some people who don’t want to go out to see the crowds during the [-] holiday, but only stay at home as salted fish, see it, and many students who stay at home during the holidays will comment on it when they are curious.

The consequence of asking too much is that I received Amway, which is delicious. Looking at the distance not far away, some young people really came to play.

In the next few days, the number of tourists who came to play increased day by day, and many of them just wandered around in the village.Qu Chi was busy making sweet potatoes and didn't pay attention to it. He didn't find a serious problem until the starch was dried.

"Where did you get the chestnuts in your hands?" Qu Chi came back from the second cousin's house, and met several men and women who had just come down from the mountain.

This group of five people, three men and two women, looked like college students at their age and attire.

There were still leaves that hadn't been cleaned up on their bodies, and someone had band-aids on their fingers, holding a lot of chestnuts in their hands, some of which were peeled off to reveal the flesh inside, which looked raw.

In the village, there are wild chestnut trees on his double hump.

"We picked these on the mountain, little brother, do you want them?" One of the girls quickly replied happily after seeing Qu Chi, and handed the chestnuts in her hand to Qu Chi.

Qu Chi looked down and took the chestnut in his hand.

Before the girl had time to be happy, she listened to Qu Chi and said with a half-smile, "Didn't you see the sign when you went up the mountain?"

When several men and women heard Qu Chi's words, they looked at each other, their expressions became a little unnatural, and another girl complained in a low voice, "I just said I shouldn't pick it."

Before he finished speaking, he was touched by the boy next to him. The boy stood up and said stiffly, "What brand? I didn't see it. I kindly gave you chestnuts and asked all kinds of things. It's none of your business."

As they said these people were about to walk to the side, but Qu Chi stood up and stopped them.

"It's really none of my business. I contracted the mountain in the back, including the trees on the mountain, including the chestnuts in your hands." Qu Chi said plainly.

After contracting the mountain forest, Qu Chi didn't take the time to tidy it up. He simply sealed off the road up the mountain with a rope.I am worried that some people will cross the blockade line. On both sides of the mountain crossing, including many trees on the mountain, there are signs that this land is contracted. Please do not pick and destroy it at will.

In the end, it really didn't prevent people, not only that, but also picked the chestnuts.

These wild fruit trees on the mountain did not belong to them before, and they were picked by the villagers whoever wanted to pick them. But now Qu Chi has contracted the mountain, and the price includes these trees on the mountain.

After contracting the contract, Qu Chi went up to the mountain to take stock, and knew the several kinds of fruit trees inside.

Especially for these chestnut trees, he still wanted to pick chestnuts with Qin Shi after the two days of work. Today, he happened to meet this group of people and saw the chestnuts they secretly picked.

Unexpectedly, they happened to meet the Lord, and the faces of these people kept changing, especially the girl who asked Qu Chi, felt even more regretful in her heart.

After seeing the sign, you should not see that no one is picking off the chestnuts.