bookrandom Chapter 107 Harvest Season
Chapter 107 Harvest Season
This time, the headmaster bought so much wine, so Wang Yueshan didn't give him any wine, but instead gave him a can of mushroom sauce.
Wang Yueshan still had a jar of wine and a jar of plum wine left.
As soon as the get out of class was over, someone put his arm around Wang Yueshan’s shoulders.
"Yueshan, you have good stuff and you're not going to share it with me? I heard everything. You got a batch of wine a few days ago. I happened to be at home on holiday and not in the academy. Did you secretly drink it all?" Bai Zijun said in a brotherly manner. There was inevitably some complaint in his tone. He looked at Wang Yueshan with a resentful face and accused him.
"How is that possible? After class tonight, let's drink together as a group of three and call Yang Yang." Wang Yueshan glanced at his friend, feeling a little amused.
"Okay, this is what you said, it's a deal, don't go back on your word." After saying this, Bai Zijun jumped away to find Yang Yang.
Wang Yueshan shook his head helplessly, thinking that he had made bad friends.
Sure enough, after reviewing their homework in the evening, the three of them found a quiet place and started tasting wine.
"This wine smells good. I didn't expect you could get such good wine." Bai Zijun really wanted to drink all the wine in the bowl.
"Not only does it smell good, it tastes good too." Yang Yang took a bowl and took a sip without hesitation.
"You guys please take it easy. Since I couldn't find any wine glasses, I took three bowls. I filled your bowls with wine so that I wouldn't have to pour them all the time. I only have this one jar of wine, so drink it and cherish it!" Wang Yueshan said as he poured the wine.
"Stingy! Fine wine + roast chicken, a perfect match! Come on, have a chicken leg quickly. You should know that I went around half of the county to buy these two roast chickens in the afternoon." Bai Zijun grinned and tore off a chicken leg and stuffed it directly into Wang Yueshan's mouth, then pulled out another chicken leg and handed it to Yang Yang.
Finally, I pulled out a chicken leg to reward his mouth.
"It's delicious." Yang Yang nodded while eating.
"It's really enjoyable to take a sip of wine and a bite of roast chicken." Wang Yueshan squinted his eyes after taking a few bites. The days in the academy were boring, but worth it.
Fortunately, Master had to cancel the evening practice today due to something, otherwise he would not have had time to enjoy the beauty of the present.
"By the way, I heard that there will be an unexpected teacher teaching the horse riding and archery class tomorrow, who will teach us skills and there will also be a competition. Have you heard about it?" Bai Zijun asked.
"What teacher? He's just a guy our teacher hired who is said to be very good at riding and shooting to undermine our confidence. What's the point of a competition? Don't worry, I will definitely beat him." Yang Yang said with a bit of disdain.
"You can't say that. Since he was invited by our teacher, he must have something special. We should be careful and don't drink too much tonight, otherwise we will be in big trouble if he is drunk in the archery class tomorrow." Wang Yueshan finished eating a chicken leg and then plucked a chicken wing.
"Hehe~~~ You actually just want to save some of the wine to go back and drink slowly. It's only two kilograms in the first place, which is not enough for three people. Don't be so stingy." After saying this, Bai Zijun took a big sip, smacking his lips. It was really delicious.
"Hahaha~~ Am I such a stingy person?" Wang Yueshan was amused.
The three of them drank and ate chicken while laughing and cursing.
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Guxian Village.
Today in Guxian Village, the whole village is harvesting rice. The harvest after half a year of hard work depends on this period of time.
Fortunately, the weather was good and it didn't rain in the past few days. After harvesting, they took the crops to the drying yard to dry, which was very convenient.
"Wife, I bought the rice." Zhao Guocheng shouted with a smile while driving the ox cart.
"Hey, how much did you buy?" Wang Ronghua put down the work in his hands and immediately went to open the gate.
Zhao Guocheng came in and said, "Eat 500 kilograms first, and we'll buy more after you finish eating. After pounding the rice, the husks can be used to feed the chickens, killing two birds with one stone."
"Well, that's right. They're all dried, right?" Wang Ronghua opened a sack of rice and directly pinched a grain and bit it open with his teeth.
There was a "click" sound.
"It's dried, but we're going to eat it ourselves, so why not dry it for another day before putting it away? This way it can be preserved longer," said Wang Ronghua.
"Okay, let's use the drying mats to dry them in the yard. The drying yards in the village are all full. Let's dry them over two days. I'll move them down first," said Zhao Guocheng.
"Okay, I'll get the drying mat out." Wang Ronghua said and walked into the house.
This drying mat is a mat made of bamboo for drying things. It is very large and can basically cover an entire kang.
It is really easy to dry things and very practical.
Lao Liu's family has sold the most drying mats recently. Some of the drying mats are sold because they do not have enough at home, and some are bought again because last year's drying mats were broken. Of course, some people also bring them to Lao Liu's family to repair them, and they can still be used after being repaired.
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In the blink of an eye, several days passed.
The villagers are harvesting rice recently and not many people are going up the mountain, so the harvested mountain products are pitifully few.
The family had no choice but to go to the mountains to find mountain products themselves.
"Shimin will stay at home today. If it rains, we must harvest the millet and other things in advance and go up the mountain," said Wang Ronghua.
"I understand, mother. You can stay at home, I can take care of you," Zhao Shimin said.
"No, I'd better take her with me. If it rains, you will have so many things to pack and won't be able to take care of her." Wang Ronghua shook her head, thinking it would be more reassuring to take her with her.
These days, their family hasn't been up the mountain for a long time.
Erbazi and Shuanzi naturally had to follow them up the mountain.
Originally, Wang Ronghua planned to give the two of them a few days off to go back and harvest rice, but unfortunately, neither family had many rice fields, so Wang Ronghua had to give up.
"The weather looks good today and it shouldn't rain. I can feel more at ease with Shimin watching over me at home. By the way, don't open the door if someone knocks. It's not safe for you, a child, to be at home alone." Zhao Guocheng warned.
"I understand, Dad. I'll see to it." Zhao Shimin nodded in response.
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When they reached the mountain, they began to look for it.
Their target today is grapes and mushrooms.
There are still a lot of mushrooms in this season, but it hasn't rained in the past few days, so I guess I have to go deep into the mountains to pick mushrooms. The ones nearby must have been picked up.
"Dad, there are so many grapes over there." Zhao Shisheng came to the middle of the mountain and saw a large area of grape vines growing in a hollow on the mountainside. Ripe black grapes could be seen from afar.
"That's true. Let's go over there and pick them." Zhao Guocheng said with a smile.
"There are so many wild grapes this year, but they are a little small. If they were bigger, we don't know how much wine we could make from this piece of land," said Wang Ronghua.
[This is not difficult. We just need to graft two types of grape branches with good varieties to obtain grapes of better quality. We can cultivate them ourselves.] Zhao Shiying's voice rang out, and the others immediately became nervous.
"Nannan, are you serious? Grafting? Is there such a method? I have never heard of it."
Wang Ronghua asked Zhao Shiying in surprise. She was very interested. After all, if the grapes could really be made bigger, not to mention being made into wine, even fresh grapes would be much easier to sell. People at the market just disliked these grapes because they were too small, had little flesh, and were particularly sour.