Joe's Farming

At the end of August, the courtyard and shed of Qiao Yu’s house were filled with golden corn.

The rice was harvested as early as the end of July.

The third wave of potatoes has been planted and they have already sprouted.

Considering that the family needed to grind more and more grain, Qiao Yu and Gu Feng went to the stonemason's house to customize an extra-large stone mill to grind corn flour, mung bean flour, soybean flour, etc.

Gu Heng was taken care of by Bai Lan and Xia He during the day, so he didn't let his little father feel how tiring it was to raise a baby.

In addition, Gu Feng basically couldn't stand Qiao Yu holding the child. He felt that her husband was having a hard time. As long as the child and Qiao Yu were within his sight, the child must be held in his arms.

As a result, Qiao Yu sometimes had to snatch the child from him.

"Husband, I'm really not tired. I like holding babies. They are so cute." Qiao Yu was speechless.

At this time, Gu Feng would frown and say, "Hold me for a while. Let me hold you when you get tired."

Gu Heng looks very much like Qiao Yu, with fair and tender skin. Gu Feng is so strong that he can hold him all day without feeling tired.

It was a long time later that Qiao Yu realized that her husband was not just afraid that his son would be tired, but he loved his youngest son so much that he wanted to hold him in his arms all day long as a pendant.

Qiao Yu:......

Gu Heng likes Qiao Yu very much. He is very quiet when being hugged by Gu Feng, but he will open his little mouth and smile non-stop when being hugged by Qiao Yu.

But Qiao Yu was so cute.

The three little ones also dote on their younger brother. Every time after school, the first thing they do is to find out where their younger brother is and then talk to him for a long time, regardless of whether he can understand or not.

As long as Gu Heng was awake, he would always greet his brothers and sisters with a smile.

Gu Feng felt uncomfortable and asked Qiao Yu: "Does Hengzi dislike me as his father? He is always cheerful with others, but he doesn't smile with me."

"No. You spend a lot of time holding him. He is a little baby and it is impossible for him to smile from morning to night." Qiao Yu explained.

"Really? If you don't believe me, just watch today." Gu Feng said, and went to Bai Lan to pick up the child.

Qiao Yu smiled at his son, and little Gu Heng also smiled happily at him.

"Look, isn't this funny?"

Gu Feng held the child facing him, and sure enough, Gu Heng's expression instantly turned expressionless.

Qiao Yu: !!!

Qiao Yu patted his son, and Gu Heng smiled again when he saw him.

Gu Feng turned his son's face over, and it became quiet and expressionless again.

Gu Feng looked at Qiao Yu with some discomfort: "Look."

Qiao Yu quickly brought the child over and kept comforting Gu Feng: "It's okay, it's okay. The child is still young and doesn't know the difference between laughing and not laughing.

It must be because your husband is used to not smiling, so he follows your example.

It must be like this, why don't you smile at him more?"

Gu Feng rarely smiled, and his smiles were almost all for Qiao Yu. Especially since it was his first time holding such a small baby, as a new father he was actually very nervous.

So it is inevitable that she cannot keep up with her facial expression management. Most of the time when she is holding her son, her expression is serious.

Sure enough, when Gu Feng tried to raise the corners of his mouth and grinned at little Gu Heng.

"Hehehehe..."

Little Gu Heng finally smiled at him.

Qiao Yu'an wiped the sweat off his forehead. If Hengzi didn't give him face and kept looking down at Gu Feng, he would be so sad.

Gu Feng couldn't help but kiss his son's forehead and whispered, "Daddy is scared to death."

The two of them held their son in the yard to enjoy the cool air for a while, and Qiao Yu remembered what he had said a few days ago about making wine.

"Brother Gu, shall we go pick grapes and make wine?"

"Okay! What about Hengzi?" Gu Feng was a little reluctant to part with his son who was like a glutinous rice ball.

"Just leave him at home and let them take care of him. When he's older, we can make him a sling and carry him wherever we go, okay?"

Gu Feng hesitated for a moment, then thought that was a good idea, so he handed the child to Bai Lan and went to pick grapes holding his husband's hand.

There is a wild grape tree in the yard, but it doesn't bear many fruits, so the children picked them and ate them all long ago.

Qiao Yu and Gu Feng were going to the hillside behind the villa. All the grape trees that Qiao Yu had bought were transplanted there, along with two very small grape seedlings, whose varieties were unknown, planted there together.

Picking grapes is a very happy thing if you don't encounter any pig bugs.

Qiao Yu is really afraid of these mollusks that have no legs or many legs.

Qiao Yu had discovered before that grape vines were prone to these green insects. Because he was afraid of them, the wild grape vines would ask people to catch the insects every month.

But that's how it happened to him again today.

And he was dazzled. When he saw a green ball, he went over to touch it, and the soft feeling was wrong.

By the time Qiao Yu realized it, he had already jumped up in fright and ran out of the area where the vines were.

"Qiao'er, what's wrong?" Gu Feng was startled and asked hurriedly.

Qiao Yu took several deep breaths before calmly saying, "I saw a pig worm. I even touched it."

He kept rubbing his trouser legs with his fingers, as if trying to rub away the disgusting feeling.

Gu Feng: "Then you wait there, and your husband will come to pick them."

Gu Feng walked towards the bunch of grapes that scared Qiao Yu away, and found the insect that almost scared Qiao Yu to death. He caught it, threw it away, and crushed it to pieces with his foot.

Scare my husband!

Qiao Yu's face turned pale.

Gu Feng: ...

After picking grapes, the first thing Qiao Yu did when she got home was to wash her hands. After washing them twice with soap, the discomfort gradually subsided.

The next step is to wash the grapes.

Qiao Yu and Gu Feng worked together to cut the grapes one by one with their stems attached. Any grapes with the skin slightly broken or rotten would be discarded.

Then soak it in salt water for 15 minutes, rinse it with water and put it in a winnowing basket to dry. Do not rub it, because the white stuff on the surface of the wild grape contains wild yeast.

Next, prepare a jar for fermentation, disinfect it with white wine, and then put in the dried grapes. Don't fill it too full, because fermentation will produce gas, and if it is too full, it will easily bulge out or burst.

As soon as the three little ones got home, they heard that their fathers were brewing wine, and they curiously joined the crowd to watch.

Watching Qiao Yu crush the grapes one by one.

Qiao Xing asked curiously, "Why do you want to crush it, little daddy?"

Qiao Yu smiled and said, "Because the unnecessary pulp and grape skins will be filtered out later, leaving only drinkable grape juice, so that delicious wine can be brewed."

Qiao Xing seemed to understand but not quite.

Li Xin was rubbing his hands together, "Brother, I think I can do this, can I give it a try?"

Qiao Yu shook her head: "No, Brother Gu and I will be done soon. The fewer people who come into contact with it, the better."

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Li Xin emo: My brother dislikes my hands.

Qiao Yu: I’m really scared without disposable gloves.