Mermaid Farming

The speed of the two of them is not slow. After peeling the chestnuts here, they even have time to dig the yam for them.

The yam here is different. The ground is hard. They brought a small hoe up the mountain, but it was still difficult to dig.

With He Zeyang joining in to help, it can be said that their speed was much faster. Before it was time to eat, they had already returned with a full load of things on their backs.

One or two of the back baskets were full of things. They could keep some of these things for their own food, and He Zeyang had already made up his mind to take them to the town to exchange for money.

Yams are cheap, but chestnuts are different.

This kind of fresh thing, they take it to the town, many people are still willing to buy some and go back to taste it.

After all, in places like theirs, there are not many chestnut trees.

They finally found one, so naturally they would not tell others.

When Ren Yu returned home, the first thing he did was put down the basket and pour several bowls of water into it, only then did he feel that he had finally come back to life.

The water they brought to the mountain was exhausted by noon.

Thirsty.

Ren Yu was unwilling to drink mountain spring water.

I just endured it.

Now back home, he drank half of the half jug of boiling water left to dry.

When going down the mountain, the speed is much faster than that on the mountain, and it is much easier.

While they were resting, the three little guys in the family had already cooperated with each other to help get out these things. Those yams were placed in the cool woodshed, and they also began to pick out those chestnuts.

Those chestnuts that were accidentally broken by them were all picked out, and those who looked so ugly were all picked out.

The broken ones are what they want to eat.

As for the ones that have no problem but are not in good shape, they are used to dry them and save them for Chinese New Year.

Their family has no extra money to buy food, so they can only prepare it by themselves.

There are only these two families in their family, and the family living some distance away has only one man in their family, and they haven't seen anyone for a while.

This man is also a good man. When they went to town yesterday, they heard about him and went straight to be their son-in-law. He will never come back.

They are the only family left in this place.

To be honest, they also had no relatives during Chinese New Year. The relatives on the father's side were no longer there. As for the relatives on the mother's side, when they wanted to bully their children, they were also cut off.

They don't need to visit relatives at all.

If they have relatives to help them, life will not be so sad, but it doesn't matter, they have passed the most difficult period.

Their days will get better and better.

They sorted it all out quickly.

Ren Yu had almost had a good rest, and couldn't help asking, "Are these chestnuts for sale?"

He Zeyang nodded, "Keep us eating, it's too wasteful, it's better to exchange some more food back."

Ren Yu thought for a while, the rice vat at home only has a thin layer of rice grains underneath.

It is indeed necessary to exchange some more food back.

Recently, they have been eating less and doing much more.

It is necessary to eat more.

It won't work if you continue like this, sooner or later your body will be broken because of this.

"How do you sell it?" Ren Yu thought of the fried chestnuts sold on the street in the past. The taste was really delicious. Very comfortable.

"Of course it's raw and sold in the town."

Ren Yu shook his head, "I have a good way to sell it for a little more money."

Several pairs of eyes looked over at once, and he couldn't help being a little proud.

"What way?" He Zeyang looked at him.

Ren Yu said triumphantly, "This is also very simple, we cooked it, and then sold it in the town!"

As soon as they heard the method he mentioned, they immediately lost interest. What kind of method is this?

The cooked chestnuts will go bad after a long time, so it's better to just buy raw ones and cook them whenever they want to eat them.

"...Hey! Don't you guys think that's a good idea?"

There are no plastic bags here. Ren Yu thought for a while and thought that bamboo tubes could be used as containers for these chestnuts. Bamboo doesn't cost much at all. He suddenly felt that his idea was really great!

He Zeliu glanced at him, "Do you think we haven't tried to sell cooked chestnuts? They can't be sold at all."

Ren Yu didn't believe it, "How could it not be sold?"

He thought for a while, could it be that people in this place don't like to eat chestnuts?

Ren Yu was in a daze, and suddenly saw Si Ya holding the washed chestnuts, about to put them into the earthen pot to cook.

"Wait Siya!" Ren Yu called to stop her.

Si Ya held a big bowl in her arms and looked over in confusion, "Is there any problem?"

Ren Yu walked over quickly, looked at the chestnuts in her bowl, and probably understood what the problem was.

"I'll deal with these chestnuts first." Ren Yu took the bowl and walked around the house, but found no scissors.

"Is there no scissors at home?"

He Zeyang said, "Yes, just wait."

Ren Yu silently looked at the rusty scissors he took out, "Forget it, I'll just use a kitchen knife."

When he cut a slit on these chestnuts, he didn't avoid them and dealt with them, "Now take it and cook it, and you will know what it means later."

A few people were also quite curious, but Ren Yu didn't pursue it as if he didn't want to tell them.

"Then I'll take a shower first." Ren Yu said, quickly tidying up her clothes.

Fortunately, the weather is good now, otherwise, they would have no choice but to not change their clothes.

He noticed that there are only two sets of clothes in the house, big and small.

When it comes to winter, how long does it take for a suit of clothes to dry?

No, they can still use fire to roast them at that time.

Thinking about their dwindling firewood, Ren Yu made up his mind that tomorrow, he will go to the mountain alone to cut firewood.

It is not acceptable to let other people follow, it is inconvenient for him to use the space.

When he was wearing his clothes, he could smell the aroma of chestnuts, and he couldn't help but take a deep breath, the smell was really delicious.

The fragrance of chestnuts.

Ren Yu felt a little drooling thinking about it.

Speeded it up, and when they went out, they were still cooking.

Ren Yu was a little disappointed, "Can't you eat it?"

"Brother Ren Yu, this is just boiled, how could it be cooked so quickly?" He Zeliu looked in the direction of the kitchen and said, it was the first time he discovered that the smell of chestnuts in the kitchen is so fragrant of.

In the past, when they ate it, they would only have that fragrant smell when they peeled it off and ate it in their mouths, but for some reason, they could smell that smell when they were cooking it now.

Same aroma as the place they sell dim sum in town.

Every time they pass by that kind of place, they can't help but quicken their pace, for fear that they won't be able to control their money bags.

The money in their hands is of great use, so they can't take out such luxury things as buying snacks.

If they sell it in the town, the smell will definitely attract many people to come and buy it.

Ren Yu said proudly, "How do you feel now?"

"I've told you all before, but I still don't believe it." Ren Yu said proudly on his face.

When the chestnuts were ripe, Ren Yu gave them another method, which allowed them to quickly remove the thin layer of fruit inside the chestnuts.

Pick up these cooked chestnuts, rinse them in water, expand with heat and shrink with cold, so that the gray fruit coat inside can be peeled off well.

It's not hot anymore, one bite at a time, it can't be more enjoyable.

Stir-fried chestnuts with sugar, their family has no money to buy sugar, so boiled chestnuts are also very good.

This time, there were not many chestnuts cooked, and each person divided them into hands, only six or seven chestnuts.

When they eat, they are very cherished.

Si Ya took her own chestnuts and ate one, and she put away the rest.

It is indeed much more convenient to eat like this.

In this way, the price of their chestnuts can also be sold at a higher price.

But tomorrow is not a market day, and they will not go to town until the next market day.

It takes a lot of time to go back and forth. With this time, they might as well go to the mountains to find food.

At this time, there are quite a few wild fruits ripening on the mountain.

It's just that they have to go on a long mountain road, and there are no large animals like wild boars.

Walking back and forth, I was really exhausted.

They store those chestnuts in a cool place, and then they start storing food.

They can also put away the Chinese cabbage in the vegetable garden, and planted a lot of Chinese cabbage. It took them two full days to wash all of them and dry them in the sun.

They also planted new vegetables in the vegetable field.

During these two days, Ren Yu went to the mountain to chop firewood by himself, and put it in the place before them. He Zeyang and the others went out together to move the firewood back before dinner.

Tired for two days, Ren Yu lay on the bed, feeling like a dead dog, life on the shore was so hard.

But I couldn't stay in the water anymore.

His brain is not smart, and his body is strange. After staying in one place for a long time, the more people there are, the easier it is to be discovered. He is alone, even if something happens, no one will pay attention to it. .

But the good thing is that he finally piled up the firewood in their house to fill half of the room.