Little wealth

The autumn sun is bright and sunny, and there is a little sunshine in the yard, but it is not very sunny.They took the persimmons out of the yard and washed the persimmons outside the yard, and the Liu family members were able to help with the work.

The two older boys have already gained some strength, helping to carry water and carry things, the third and fourth help wash persimmons, only the youngest one is not good at doing anything, playing with their children on the side.

Originally, Josh asked a few boys to play, but they themselves didn't want to, and their son, who would die if he saw water, wanted to help wash the persimmons?He seems to come to play in the water, it's almost the same!

He saw through the little brat's trick, so he ruthlessly drove him aside to play.

But after a while, I saw their son push his precious new toy out. Their master Zhao recently made a pulley cart for his son. There is a pole in front of it. The pole can be stretched and shortened to the shortest. The son's chest, the child has recently become obsessed with playing with pulley carts, and has abandoned all the toys in front of him.

For the child's behavior of liking the new and disliking the old, Josh could only shake his head in his heart.

But to say that their son likes the new and dislikes the old is not complete. The row of ducklings in front of the window must be found and put in the basin to wash with their son every day when he takes a bath.

"A Nian, take your brother to play, don't let yourself fall, and don't let your brother fall, you know?" Josh didn't want to play with this thing for the child, but he was afraid that the child would accidentally fall while playing.The adults are all working here, and no one is watching the two little guys from the sidelines.

Ah Nian agreed, and generously gave the car to her elder brother, looking at her younger brother with a pair of big eyes, "Brother, I'll let you play."

"..." Little brother, little brother doesn't know how to play, so he pushed the car back to his brother.

The two children looked at each other, you looked at me, I looked at you, Ah Nian finally decided to sit on it by himself, and let his brother stand behind him... But, unable to carry his brother, the two boys had to get on the scooter again. down.

"Brother, play with this." Ah Nian went to push his other car out, sat in the car by himself, and let his little brother pull him away.

The youngest son of the Liu family pushed the cart for his younger brother, and he was quite happy pushing it.

"..." Josh couldn't help laughing, but seeing the two children having fun, he didn't bother to care about them anymore.Children have children's world, and adults don't need to interfere too much. Let them make friends and play with children by themselves. As long as they don't fight, they don't have to worry about other things.

The other kids looked at the youngest kid playing, and although they were a little envious, none of them ran to play with their younger brother.

After the persimmons were washed and dried, they still needed to be peeled. He sent someone to the kitchen to find a few knives, one for each of them.

Josh held a small knife in his hand, and began to peel from one end. The skin of the persimmon is a bit hard, so it is not easy to peel, "Everyone, be careful not to peel your hands."

"I don't know how, you just have to be careful." Zhao Amu is still very confident in his knife skills. He still holds a big knife in his hand. The blade is cut down along one end of the persimmon, and the peeled skin They are all in one line without interruption.

"...I will be careful." Josh glanced at his mother's hand, and compared himself with the persimmon that was peeled like a dog's, feeling that his self-esteem was greatly hit.However, in order to avoid accidentally peeling his fingers, he was still very careful when peeling. While peeling, he chatted with Aunt Liu's family, "What does Auntie do at home on weekdays?"

Aunt Liu's family is a somewhat introverted woman, she doesn't talk much, and just concentrates on her work.But watching her work, you know that this is a person who works fast and meticulously.

Aunt Liu's obviously didn't expect that Josh would take the initiative to talk to her, and replied flattered: "I just look at a few little ones every day, and sometimes I go to work in the fields...there's not much work in the fields recently, so I just Take them and others to pick persimmons in the persimmon grove and sell them in the town." Originally, they picked persimmons back today and planned to sell them in the town, but they happened to meet them not far from their house. Zhao Amu, so their family is here in Zhao's courtyard.

"Recently, there are a lot of people picking persimmons to sell, so they shouldn't be able to sell for any price." Josh looked at the five children in their family. Raising five children was not an easy task after all.One child in their family is enough for him to have a headache, if there are more... I can't imagine it.

And raising so many children at home means having so many mouths to eat.

But he saw that the Liu family's children, although their clothes were covered with patches, they were all cleaned up, not as dirty as those wild children outside.And at a glance, it is clear that the children have been taught very well by their parents. They behave well when they go to other people's homes, and they listen to A Niang very much.

Josh had a good impression of this family, so he was willing to teach the woman some things, "Auntie will go home and make some persimmons at home. The persimmons can be eaten throughout the winter. You can take it to the town and sell it.”

"However, it's best to wait until the fresh persimmons are gone before selling them. At that time, it's almost time to prepare new year's goods. There should be many people selling them. At that time, you can order a slightly higher price, so don't worry about whether they will sell or not. go out."

"I... Can we really make this persimmon cake and sell it when we go back?" Aunt Liu asked a little uncertainly.This method was taught to them by others. Can they really make money by doing business?

"Yes, of course." Josh saw the woman's expression, and knew what she was thinking.He learned this method from others, not his own. Now he is just sharing the method he learned from others with others, and he doesn’t have too many thoughts in his heart. Auntie came here to teach you how to make persimmons. Aren’t there a lot of persimmons in the back mountain? Instead of letting those persimmons rot on the branches, it’s better to pick more and make persimmons and sell them for some money. .”

"But I think those persimmon trees are quite tall. When you go up the tree to pick persimmons, you must be careful. Pick what you can pick, and forget what you can't. Be careful not to slip under your feet. The children at home To go up a tree to pick persimmons, it is best for them to carry a rope with them, and tie one end to their waist and the other end to the tree, so that even if their feet slip, they will not fall directly."

"Hey, I remember." Aunt Liu's family glanced at the children. Every time the children went up the tree to pick persimmons, she felt a little worried. Now that Mr. Zhao's husband said this, she felt that this method might work. Useful.

The persimmons were peeled one by one and placed neatly on the dustpan.

One dustpan was full, and Josh got up to get a new dustpan to replace it.Fortunately, these things are often used at home, and they are washed and placed in the house, so they can be taken out and used at any time.

"Let me do it."

"Trouble auntie."

But before he picked up the dustpan full of persimmons, a woman picked it up steadily with both hands, and asked him where to put it, and he said that it would be fine to put it on the stool over there in the yard.

The two sat back to their seats and continued to peel the skin. Josh told Aunt Liu about the general method, otherwise she might not know what to do when she went back. "After peeling the skin like this, put it outside to dry." That's it, wait until the time comes when the surface is slightly wrinkled, and then knead it into a flat shape with your hands, but be careful not to break it when kneading."

"On a good day like this, it's almost done after seven or eight days in the sun. When the sun is almost done, you have to pinch it with your hands again, and then store the sun-dried persimmons in a small tank, seal the mouth with an oilcloth, and put them in the water. Put it in a cool place for a few days. If the weather is colder, the frost will come on sooner. If the weather is not so cold, it may take a few more days... If there is anything that my aunt doesn't understand, you can Come and ask me."

"Hey, good." Aunt Liu's family was full of joy, remembering these words word by word in her heart.

In addition to this ordinary persimmon, you can also make hanging persimmons. Josh prefers hanging persimmons. He thinks that hanging persimmons taste thicker and softer.Just now he asked people to pick out the persimmons with a little pole on the head, and these persimmons can be used to make hanging persimmons, "Don't remove the pole on the head, keep it for later use."

"Oh, good."

"The method of hanging persimmons is similar to that of dried persimmons, except that one is spread to dry, and the other is hung to dry. The methods of drying are different, but it is almost the same."

Everyone became more and more proficient at peeling. The remaining basket of persimmons was all peeled in a short time. They were tied up with straw ropes and hung in the corridor outside. Like a small lantern on the wall.

Originally, he wanted to make some persimmon vinegar, but there were not many persimmons left, so Josh planned to find someone to buy some persimmons tomorrow before making another one.However, knowing that the Liu family might start picking persimmons from the mountains tomorrow to make persimmons at home, he didn't plan to buy persimmons from the Liu family anymore.

Anyway, people in the village go to pick persimmons every day, and anyone can buy them.

Before noon, all their work was done, and Aunt Liu was going to take the children home.

It's just that when they asked for money, Aunt Liu's family refused to ask for the money no matter what.

Josh pretended to be angry and said: "Auntie, if you don't take the money, we will have to return these persimmons to you." He gave his Eunuch a look, Zhao Amu understood, and hurriedly pulled Liu aunt’s hand, and stuffed a bunch of copper plates into the woman’s hand, “Hurry up and take it, we have agreed before that we bought these persimmons from you. Let’s not talk about it, I asked your family to help with it.” You haven’t even paid your wages for the long-term work, and if you don’t want money now, isn’t that making it difficult for us?”

So Aunt Liu had no choice but to take the money, thank Zhao Amu and Brother Qiao, and then went home with a few children.

Zhao Amu sent someone out to the door, "Come and play when you have time."

"Hey, good." Aunt Liu replied back, walked two steps forward, turned her head, and led a group of boys, big and small, back home.