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The eight acres of wasteland that Lin Yuer bought planted a lot of soybeans, corn, and broad beans, and now it's time to harvest them.Because the land is not fertile, the crop yield in the field is only mediocre, but eight acres of land is not a small amount. Now that Gu Qiu is pregnant, Lin Yuer has to take care of family affairs and take care of Gu Qiu. Can't get off the ground.Therefore, Lin Dashan is the only one in the family who can go to the field.

"Dashan, why don't you hire some people to help this time. Last time, you lost a lot of weight on the two acres of rice. How could you be so busy with the eight acres of land?" Gu Qiu frowned and said, thinking Last time Lin Dashan was so emaciated, Gu Qiu still felt very distressed.

Lin Dashan nodded, "Of course I have to hire someone this time. The eight acres of land will exhaust me to death. Hehe, don't worry."

After hearing Lin Dashan's words, Gu Qiu and Lin Yu'er were relieved.

Lin Dashan didn't hold back this time, and invited three men from the village, and the four of them helped collect the land together.

Lin Dashan was busy harvesting the grain in the field, while Gu Qiu, who was pregnant at home, coveted the jujube tree full of dates in the yard for a long time. Now the dates on the tree are ripe, red and attractive Extremely.

Lin Yuer found a ladder, and climbed up the jujube tree along the ladder. Holding a long pole in her hand, she hit the tree one by one, and the jujubes fell from the tree one by one, rolling all over the yard. .There were a few who jumped far away and hit A'hua's back in the distance, causing A'hua to bark non-stop.

Gu Qiu was holding a big basket and squatting on the ground to pick up dates.Now his stomach is showing a little bit, but it's not too big, so it doesn't affect his squatting.

While beating dates, Lin Yu'er picked the reddest one from the tree and stuffed it into her mouth to taste, "It's so sweet, this date is so delicious, try it." As she spoke, she picked two jujubes from the tree. Gu Qiu threw it in the direction.

Gu Qiu wiped the jujubes on his clothes, took a bite, the sweetness made Gu Qiu squint his eyes, "It's so delicious, let's pick more."

The two of them worked all morning and harvested two full baskets of dates. Of course, this was only a part, and there were still more dates on the tree.

Good things have to be shared, of course.Lin Yu'er brought the jujube to Zhang Xiaoyun's home.Gu Qiu packed a few baskets, and asked Gu Dong to send some dates to Wang Hanwen's house, and asked him to bring a lot to Dr. He's house.I also packed a bunch of dates and went to Jiang Tao's house.

"What good things are in your basket? It looks like jujubes." Jin Yun saw Gu Qiu coming with a basket, and immediately noticed the delicious food inside.

"Your eyes are really sharp. As soon as I walked in, you knew I was bringing dates." Gu Qiu handed the basket to Jin Yun.

Jin Yun was also polite, picked up a date and stuffed it into his mouth, and fed another to Jiang Tao who was beside him, "Hey, it's not that I have sharp eyes. The big date tree in your yard is growing well Every year at this time, the fruit is full, and Dashan will send a lot of dates. So when you come, I will guess when I see the basket in your hand."

"Okay, so you have been waiting for my dates for a long time, why are they delicious?" Gu Qiu asked with a smile.

"It's delicious, why isn't it delicious, you two brothers can chat, I'll take the sheep to eat some grass outside." Jiang Tao grabbed a handful of dates and left, leaving the two brothers to chat by themselves.

Jin Yun pulled Gu Qiu into the room, and asked with concern: "How, how are you now, how is the child?"

Gu Qiu rubbed his abdomen and said happily, "Everything is fine. Now I have some morning sickness, but it's not very serious. I only feel nauseous when I smell fishy smell. I usually have a good appetite."

"That's good. If you have a good appetite, eat more. You will be much thinner." Jin Yun said, looking at Gu Qiugang's slightly visible stomach.

"Hey, I know." Gu Qiu responded with a smile, he knew that Jin Yun's words were for his own good.

The two brothers talked privately for a long time, and at ten o'clock at noon, when Jin Yun was going to have lunch, Gu Qiu got up to say goodbye.

Gu Qiu was about to leave, but Jin Yun pulled Gu Qiu back as if he remembered something, "Wait, don't leave, Taozi and I went to the city to buy you something two days ago, it's not a good thing, just Order some snacks, I was going to take them for you today, but you just came today, so let you take them back."

Jin Yun found a fruit bowl and poured the dates Gu Qiu brought into it, put a few packages in a basket and handed it to Gu Qiu.

"Why do you buy me something? Really, what are you spending so much money on?" Gu Qiu happily took Jin Yun's things, but he was still mumbling.

Jin Yun waved his hand: "What a waste, it's just snacks, it's worthless."

Back home, Lin Yu'er was about to start cooking. Gu Qiu was banned from the kitchen, but he still insisted on helping with the washing.

"Brother Yu'er, why don't you bring some of the dates we harvested this morning when you deliver the lunch at noon?" Gu Qiu said as he saw the dates in the basket while washing the vegetables.

"Okay, let them taste it too. You wash some and put them in a basket and I'll take them there later." Lin Yuer was talking to Gu Qiu while cutting the bacon in her hand and looking at the fried winter melon in the pot.

At noon, when Lin Yuer went to the field to deliver food to Lin Dashan, she brought a large bowl of dates that Gu Qiu had washed, and Lin Yuer took out the contents of the basket one by one, including fresh dates.

Lin Dashan was stunned for a moment when he saw the dates brought by Lin Yuer, and then thought that they should be produced by the date trees in his yard, "Brother, did you and Ah Qiu go to hunt dates this morning?"

Lin Yuer nodded, took one and handed it to Lin Dashan, "It's so sweet, try it."

Lin Dashan took the jujube, but didn't put it in his mouth, "Brother, why leave me to do the jujube-threshing job, it would be bad for you two brothers to bump into each other, anyway, this field work I'll be fine today."

"Don't worry, Gu Qiu and I are careful."

"That's not okay, you guys are not allowed to fight any more this afternoon, just let me come tomorrow." Lin Dashan said seriously.

Lin Yu'er looked at her younger brother's appearance, thinking that she was not in a hurry at this moment, so she nodded in agreement.

Gu Qiu thought it was quite interesting. He originally wanted to continue hunting dates with Lin Yuer in the afternoon, but he had no choice but to give up when he heard that Lin Yuer brought it back.

Dispirited, he saw the things he took from Jin Yun's house in the morning, and was a little curious about what was inside. Jin Yun said it was a snack, but he didn't know what it was, so he took it over and opened it, and found out that it was some candied fruit.

"Brother Yu'er, Brother Jin Yun gave me some things this morning, but I didn't expect it to be some candied fruit. This is winter melon candy, this is dried peach, and this is plum. I don't know each of these. What is it?" Gu Qiu looked at these things, and he recognized some of them, but he couldn't tell what it was that was yellow.

Lin Yu'er pinched a piece and put it in her mouth to taste, "This should be a preserved apple, it tastes a bit like it."

Hearing this, Gu Qiu also took a slice and tasted it, "Well, it's really candied apples. It tastes really good, and it has a different flavor than fresh apples. These candied fruit should be quite expensive, Jin Yun also said that they are just some snacks."

"Candied fruit is not cheap, and Jin Yun is really kind to you." Lin Yu'er tasted a piece and stopped eating, leaving these things for Gu Qiu to eat.

The next day Lin Dashan helped the jujubes, and his efficiency was much faster than their two brothers. He basically finished hunting in one morning, and there were several baskets filled with bright red jujubes.

Seeing so many jujubes, Gu Qiu wondered if he could finish eating them, "Dashan, can you finish eating all these jujubes?"

"Hey, of course you can't finish it. Eat some fresh, and dry the rest." Lin Dashan moved the baskets into a cool room and put them neatly together.

Gu Qiu thought of the candied fruit that Jin Yun gave him yesterday, and had an idea in his mind, since the candied fruit is quite valuable, can we make jujubes into candied fruit and sell them.

"There are so many dates that I can't finish eating, can I make jujube preserves? It is said that preserves are quite expensive, so I should be able to buy them at a good price." Gu Qiu expressed his thoughts.

Lin Dashan and Lin Yu'er would naturally not refuse if they could sell them for money, but candied fruit should not be so easy to make.Lin Yuer asked: "This is a good idea, but how to make candied dates, we have never done it before, can it be done well?"

Gu Qiu thought for a while and said: "When I was young, I saw my grandfather do it. I can do it, but it costs a lot of sugar."

"You really know how to do it. That's great. Anyway, let's leave it alone. Let's make some candied dates. What's the matter with spending some sugar? There is no cost for doing business." Lin Yu'er happily Pull Gu Qiu and say.

Lin Dashan was also very happy, but he was a little worried, "It's good, but you are pregnant now, can you bear this body?"

"This matter is very easy, and brother Yu'er can help me too, Dashan, don't worry." Gu Qiu shook his head and said with a smile.Although it was just a basket of fresh dates, Gu Qiu seemed to have seen a large piece of silver through these dates.

"Alright, I will go to the city to buy sugar tomorrow, how much sugar do I need to buy, and is there anything else I want to buy?" Lin Dashan asked in detail.

"There is still some white charcoal, which will be used for drying at that time. Well, I remember when my grandfather made candied fruit when I was young, he said that ten catties of dates cost five catties of sugar. I think our jujubes are at least 150 catties. Set aside 120 catties to make candied fruit, and you will have to buy more than [-] catties of sugar tomorrow." Gu Qiu told Lin Dashan while recalling the process of his grandfather making jujubes when he was a child.

Lin Dashan nodded after listening.

"Don't worry, he remembers your words better than anyone else, and he will definitely not forget." Lin Yuer joked with a smile.

At night, Gu Qiu thought about this matter, and frowned again. It would cost a lot of money to buy more than sixty catties of sugar. What if things go wrong?

Lin Dashan looked at Gu Qiu's expression, and gently stretched out his hand to smooth Gu Qiu's brow, "Stop thinking about it, there is nothing to worry about, you will definitely do well, go to sleep."

"But..." If people think too much, they will always hesitate, and Gu Qiu is like this.

Lin Dashan covered Gu Qiu's mouth with his hand, "If this incident annoys you so much, then I'd rather not earn the money, and I won't go to the county seat tomorrow."

When Gu Qiu heard what Lin Dashan said, he was afraid that Lin Dashan would really not let him do it, so he obediently kept silent and closed his eyes. In fact, he still had some confidence, and he was not willing to give up on this matter.

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