Moving from the city to the countryside

After the matter of Guzi came to an end, Zhu Wenxuan's family was ready to crack walnuts.Since he came back, he has been busy like a spinning top, and he hasn't cared about the walnuts at home.

Grandma Zhu came back from the field that day and said to him: "Let's beat the walnuts, some of them have fallen from the trees." Although the fallen ones are good, the color after washing is not good, and they cannot be sold for a price. money.

When Zhu Wenxuan heard Grandma Zhu mention this, his desire to eat fresh and tender walnuts was aroused.Although fresh walnuts are not as crispy as dried ones, they are sweet and moist with a special taste.

Picking a sunny day, Zhu Wenxuan dragged the millet to the building dam early in the morning to spread it out to dry, and then carried the bamboo poles to the yard.Grandma Zhu dragged her body to follow behind him, and said anxiously: "Stand under the tree and fight, don't go up." That walnut tree was built decades ago, and it was so big that a person couldn't hold it by the middle.Accumulated over the years, a lot of moss has grown on the trunk, which is easy to slip after rain.

Standing under the tree, Zhu Wenxuan smashed a lot of leaves before breaking down a few.There is no way, the leaves of the walnut tree are too lush, and the tree is very tall, and the bamboo pole is too short.Afraid that Grandma Zhu would be worried, he didn't climb the tree, but climbed to the tiled roof of the pigsty. Standing on it, he could touch the lower branches with his hands, pick them off and throw them on the ground, and pick them up after a while.

Grandma Zhu only looked at it at first, but later she saw walnuts all over the ground, so she couldn't help picking them up and putting them in a pile.Zhu Wenxuan picks a few here, picks a few there, and throwing them down will naturally roll all over the floor.Grandma Zhu looked very happy picking it up and down again and again, but Zhu Wenxuan felt that she was exhausted, "Grandma, let it be thrown there, and pick it up together later, don't get your hands dirty."

Some walnut green skins have begun to rot, and it is easy to dirty hands, and it is difficult to wash off the green skin juice on hands.When Zhu Wenxuan went to Qingpi, he had to wear gloves the whole time.

After hitting almost a basket of walnuts, Zhu Wenxuan stopped.Grandma Zhu saw that he was still poking at the tree with a bamboo pole on tiptoe, and called out to him in fear, "Hey, come down quickly, you won't be able to stand on that tile, what should you do if you fall?"

Zhu Wenxuan gritted his teeth and sent his body up. He almost fell off the roof, but somehow he managed to poke it off.Ignoring Grandma Zhu's scolding, he said excitedly, "Grandma, do you think the one I poked off just now is a fungus?"

Grandma Zhu put her hips on her hips and scolded him, "You bastard, are you trying to scare me to death when you're so tall? Get off me quickly, and see if I don't hit your broom bump when you fall."

Zhu Wenxuan giggled and climbed down from the roof, picked up the fungus and showed it to her as if offering a treasure, "Grandma, look, is it black fungus? A tree on it is dry and has grown a lot." Back, it also grows on the dead branches of this walnut tree. The fried meat is very fragrant, and it is also very crispy when it is cold.

"You are not allowed to get a lot of them. If you want to eat, I will ask your uncle to go up and pick them for you." Grandma Zhu slapped the fungus off his hand, very imposing. Your uncle has delivered a new broom!"

After the millet is cut, the grain stems can be used to tie brooms.Uncle Zhu is very good at tying the broom. The broom and brushes are all gone by sweeping the floor, but the target is still strong.All the brooms used by Zhu Wenxuan's family were made by Zhu Dabo.

The children in the village are basically brooms, which are convenient and strong.Zhu Wenxuan was spanked by a broom once when he was a child.At that time, he was only in elementary school, and after school, he ran to the river to touch scrap iron and nails to sell for money, but fell into the river and wet his clothes and school bags.After returning home, he was spanked with a broom by Grandma Zhu who had been waiting for him for a long time to eat.

Zhu Dabo's broom is too strong!It took a week for his ass to be green.After that, although Grandma Zhu never beat him again, she always used this to scare him.

Zhu Wenxuan gathered the peach pits in a pile and carried them in a basket, obediently promised, "I won't do it, I won't do it, I definitely won't do it, grandma, don't tell uncle, uncle is not young anymore, how can you Climb a tree."

Let him, a 28-year-old man, not go, let Uncle Zhu, who is in his sixtieth year, go, he and the uncle will both hide their faces and run away in tears.

After harvesting walnuts for a week, Zhu Wenxuan finally finished harvesting the walnut tree in the yard and the one in the yellow mud pound field, and packed more than ten bags together.It was dumped in a large room with no windows and no doors on the second floor, and it was naturally dried in the shade. When the green skin folds dried up, it was naturally separated from the walnut.

Zhu Wenxuan also selected some of the larger ones, put on rubber gloves, and used a knife to remove the large pieces of green skin, then brushed off the remaining green skin with an iron brush, and finally carefully cleaned the lines with a fine needle and toothbrush.The walnuts that are peeled in this way are light in color and white in color, and the price is also more expensive.

Grandma Zhu’s eyesight is bad, so she couldn’t do this job, so Zhu Wenxuan peeled walnuts by herself, and finally sat on the small bench so hard that she couldn’t straighten up, and two pairs of rubber gloves were punctured, and they were stuck on her hands. After leaving three bright red wounds, three bags of Zhujia’s premium walnuts were baked, and the rest were ordinary walnuts that were naturally shelled and dark in color.

Zhu Wenxuan took out a bag of premium walnuts and gave some to Uncle Zhu's and Wenxia's homes. Zhu Wenjie also gave a separate copy to Uncle Zhu. There was only half of the bag left, and I kept it to dry and celebrate the New Year at home. Treat guests to eat.

Picking a good day, Zhu Wenxuan drove a tricycle to the town to set up a stall on a street specializing in dry goods, poultry and eggs.There are walnut sellers all around, and most of them bring their own small benches, with walnut pockets in front of them, open for people to choose.Zhu Wenxuan also brought a bench, Grandma Zhu asked him to take it before leaving.

The town is still very lively when there is a market. Zhu Wenxuan just sat there for a while before someone came up to ask the price.When he came here, he had inquired with Uncle Zhu that the premium walnuts were priced at [-] yuan per catty, while ordinary walnuts cost [-] yuan per catty. "I have fresh walnuts this year, grown by myself."

Grandma looked too expensive, "Is there any more? Yours is too expensive."

Zhu Wenxuan was not good at haggling when buying things, and he was not good at selling things, he just said dryly: "It's really not expensive, other houses are also at the same price."

This is true, the whole street is basically at this price, but other walnuts are not so big and beautiful.Grandma’s chubby fingers flicked left and right in her pocket, "I want your big one, can you sell it for seven yuan a catty? I'll buy it all."

Zhu Wenxuan was taken aback. The extra-grade walnuts he brought today was only a bag. Although it would be easy to sell them together, seven yuan is really too little.

"What's low? It should be cheaper for me to buy so much. Young man, how long will it take you to sell such a big bag of retail items? You won't lose if I buy them together." Low, people who buy and sell things around are all looking this way.

Zhu Wenxuan was not used to being watched by the crowd, so he scratched his head and apologized: "This is really not for sale, the price is too low." He has no experience in selling things, and he only said "the price is too low" over and over again.What's more, he still has three big bags of ordinary walnuts, so it's easy to say that he just sold all the extra-grade walnuts. "Why don't you buy the small one, I can give you seven yuan a catty for the small one."

"If it's sold, I want you, a big guy. You're not easy to do business at all." Grandma said as she was about to reach for her pocket.

Such a big pocket, with dozens of catties missing in it, Zhu Wenxuan quickly pressed it down, "You are so careful. I really won't sell it at this price." Seeing that the eyes of the people around him were all wrong, Zhu Wenxuan was even more embarrassed Incessantly, as if he was bullying the old man.

"The price is okay." Grandma began to play the family card, "You are a gentleman with glasses, and are about the same age as my youngest son. I bought this for my sons and daughters, the children in their house They all love to eat. Look at me, an old woman, it’s not easy to squeeze the market early in the morning, so you just sell it to me for seven yuan. Although it’s a bit more, I don’t say much, just go back and share it with the family. Take care of your business, lad."

Zhu Wenxuan, who was taking care of the business, felt very embarrassed. The price of seven yuan was too low, and it was a large walnut he washed by hand one by one.He walked around in a circle before, and there is no walnut shop that is as big and beautiful as his extra-grade walnut.But when faced with the identity of the old mother and grandmother, the grandmother turned her mouth very neatly, he couldn't stand it.

"This, this way, then, then you can buy less, I will give you twenty catties," Zhu Wenxuan always felt that when he said this, the eyes of the people around him became even more wrong, and he also estimated that the price broke the price. The market is balanced, I hope I won't be spat at by my colleagues later, "You eat at home, and I have to sell the rest for twelve catties."

Quickly picked up the walnuts and put them in a plastic bag, Zhu Wenxuan put them on the scale, a little more than [-] catties, and he added [-] catties, regardless of whether Grandma wanted it or not. That's all, no more."

Grandma wanted to buy more, but everyone around her cheered and said that she wanted to buy it.

"I also bought my own food."

"I want twenty catties too."

"My grandson likes to eat, please decorate it for me."

Zhu Wenxuan's scalp was numb, and he couldn't stand it at all. The walnut pockets were almost knocked to the ground.He reached out to grab it, but he was pushed back, and his arm couldn't reach the pocket.Seeing that a bag of walnuts was about to roll to the ground, a hand suddenly stretched out behind him, grabbed the bag firmly and put it in place.

"Thank you." Zhu Wenxuan rubbed the sweat on his head, followed the arm to turn his head to thank him, but he was stunned when he saw the other party's face. "Why are you?"

Guo Jianjun glanced at him, and his tall body stood straight forward.Many grandmothers, aunts, aunts, aunts and uncles were all silent.Good guy, this man is too strong, and they don't dare to speak loudly after being swept by those eyes.

Guo Jianjun tied all four pockets, looked back at the lingering crowd and said, "The rest will not be sold."

"Why is this?"

"Didn't they all sell just now?"

"Who is this person?"

Although muttering to himself, Guo Jianjun stood there with his arms folded, and the crowd quickly dispersed.Zhu Wenxuan heaved a sigh of relief, sat down on the small bench with his head bowed, his face was burning hot, it was really embarrassing to be caught in a mess by an acquaintance.However, Guo Jianjun's eyes fell on his body, and they were particularly scorching.