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Whenever he sees any strange plants or fruits left behind on the road, Li Hong will no longer be in debt. Unless he sees an adult reaching out to pick them, he will pick two to taste them. Otherwise, he will just pick them. Just skip it.

More than half an hour passed like this, and Li Manping also got to know a lot of wild berries that could be eaten. Finally, they arrived at a wide area with tall trees, which was also the destination of their trip.

This is an extremely open pine forest. The trees are very tall and lush. The branches on the trunks are clustered, making the whole tree look like a natural green umbrella. It is at least ten meters high when viewed from the bottom up.

There are dense branches growing on its sides, which can be cut down and used as firewood.

Strong men were scattered around. They each chose the tree they wanted to climb up and cut down. Then they took off the tools they had been carrying, put them on the trunk and on their bodies, tested the firmness, and then put them away. After a few moments of posture, he started to use tools to climb up.

Climb to the branches of the tree, hang your body on the trunk or step on the roots of the thick branches, wave the hatchet or machete in your hand vigorously, and the half-sized branches will fall down.

At this time, most of the crowds were far away, standing aside talking or watching them sweating on the trees. After a while, the lower half of the branches of these trees were cut off, leaving only the thick branches. The main trunk and upper branches.

Li Manping was a little curious. If most of their branches were cut off like this, would they still be alive next year? Are they sure they wouldn't die?

Curious, she found the Song family's grandfather and asked him if the pine tree could still survive.

Grandpa Song was very happy. He found a few children together and began to spread their knowledge in this area.

"Generally, pine trees can be repaired once a year. Their dense branches and overlapping branches should be pruned. Some diseased and weak branches that are infested by insects should also be pruned early to prevent the spread of diseases and insect pests. After pruning, The trees will grow better next spring and promote the sprouting of new branches.”

Grandma Song also added that these are common sense contents.

"The dormant period of most trees is in winter. Pruning at this time to remove some unnecessary branches and leaves can also reduce excessive consumption of nutrients and facilitate their growth and new branch germination next spring."

"And by pruning the useless branches off the trunk, more nutrients will be available for the trunk to grow thicker, that is, into timber."

Li Manping knew that cutting off most of its branches and leaves would not harm the activity of the tree itself, but would also be beneficial to the growth of the tree itself, so she felt relieved and began to look around in a mood.

The group of vigorous men had already cut down another tree. The women were sorting out the large number of branches they had cut down under the big tree. They cut off the branches that were too long and dense and cut them down again. Tie the next sections together to form a large, secure bundle.

There is strength in numbers, and this saying is indeed true. It didn't take long before dozens of piles of firewood were piled up to the height of the hill. Except for some of these firewood piles that were given to the tree climbers, the rest belonged to whoever picked them up.

The man has already cut the branches from the high trunk. As long as he is quick with his hands and feet, he can pile up a mountain-high pile of firewood in a short time. Only this kind of solid large wood can withstand a winter of burning. .

The Li family had Li Yixing and Yang Qin, as well as their aunt Song Hongmei and the Song family's grandparents who were busy. They didn't need their three children to add messy bundles of firewood, so they walked around and took a look.

Suddenly, they heard a child shouting excitedly in front of them. Li Manping and the other three also curiously ran after the pile of children.

"Come on, come on, there's a wild chestnut tree here that hasn't been discovered yet."

The children who arrived first shouted happily, because after autumn, there are many adults going up the mountain to collect firewood and find various wild fruits, nuts and other snacks. In some places where people go there all year round, all the nuts have long been picked. When children take action, they no longer have the pleasure of playing.

Now I accidentally found a fruit tree full of fruits here. The children were crazy with joy. When they heard his shout, they all sped up and rushed over, including Li Manping and three others.

They have eaten roasted chestnuts, but they have never seen chestnuts on trees, and they don’t know what they look like.

As I got closer, I discovered that this chestnut tree was not very tall, only about three meters tall. Its main trunk was eight or nine centimeters thick, dark gray, and had many vertical striped holes on it. It seemed a little nutritionally deficient. .

On the scattered branches, there are many yellow-green burr balls between the branches and leaves. Most of the chestnut buds on the trees have turned yellow and cracked. Even under the tree, many open hair balls have fallen, mixed with the fallen leaves.

Li Manping watched the group of children excitedly run to the tree, holding the fur balls one by one without fear of scratching their hands and throwing them into several small backpacks on the side. After a few seconds, she picked up the fur balls that fell on the ground. clean.

So someone climbed onto the trunk, pulled the branches hard and shook them, and some mature burr balls fell down, hitting the ground and people under the tree.

Fortunately, the weather was cold now, and the dew in the woods was heavy in the morning, so the adults dressed the children well and put hats on their heads.

The person who was hit by the fur ball was not angry. He still looked at the fluttering fur ball with a smile and was very happy.

This chestnut tree bears so much fruit that everyone can have a lot of it.

When the fruit could no longer be shaken from the branches, the children on the tree hugged the trunk and slid down with a few brushes. Five or six more children found thick branches and swung them at the chestnut tree, leaving the leaves and Broken branches flew all over the sky, and some hair balls flew into the surrounding crowd, causing a cry of alarm.

Li Manping carefully kicked a fur ball that flew to her feet. Seeing that it rolled around after being kicked, she curiously went to the side, picked up a slightly thicker branch, and slowly hit the fur ball with increasing force. , with a few strokes of the stick, the thorn ball was cracked open, and the chestnuts inside were exposed.

It seems that these chestnuts have been ripe for a long time, but no one has noticed it, so it has been hanging on the branches. When the wind blows, a few will fall to the ground.

Seeing that the children were picking it up very seriously, Li Manping and the other three also joined in.

The three of them cooperated with each other. Li Hong and Li Yuan used branches as chopsticks to pinch or sweep the fur balls in front of Li Manping. Li Manping used a stick to knock out the chestnuts inside and pile them aside with the others. .

The adults over there are busy chopping and bundling firewood, while the children here are picking and cracking chestnuts in high spirits, each busy in their own way.

The leading child looked at the dozens of heads and was too lazy to divide them one by one, so he made a note. All the children lined up and everyone took their portion of ten in a row.

Li Manping ran back and forth 6 times alone and got back 58 chestnuts, which she put in the small backpack carried by her brother.

The chestnuts she was given and brought back weighed nearly one kilogram. Counting dozens of children, this chestnut tree produced more than 50 kilograms of chestnuts.

Li Manping looked at the more than three kilograms of chestnuts on her brother's back and began to think about how to eat them. Roasted chestnut chicken is very fragrant, roasted chestnuts with sugar are also good, and chestnut cake is also okay...

When the children have gained something, they feel better and are more interested in looking around, looking forward to more unexpected gains.