Full of Harvests

Author: Liu Qingqing

Full of Harvests

After so many years of exploitation and oppression from Laohua's family, Huazhi now doesn't want to be taken advantage of by anyone. She respects her grandparents, but others cannot take away her filial piety to her grandparents.

Two days before the start of elementary school, Huazhi and his four siblings went to their grandparents' house together. All four of them carried baskets, but they didn't actually bring anything with them. They only brought two fish and a basket of wild vegetables.

Because Huazhi didn't know whether her grandparents had separated after they returned home, she didn't want to feed the mouths of people she didn't like.

Grandpa and grandma's house was not far away, and there was no oxcart ride. They walked for almost three hours to arrive. When they arrived at the village where grandma lived, Huazhi felt as if her legs were no longer her own, and she was so sore.

When I arrived at my grandma's house, the flower branches fell directly to the eaves. I was really tired.

Upon seeing this, grandma hurriedly scooped a gourd of water from the water tank. Huazhi hesitated and did not take it. The main reason was that she had not drank raw water since she was reborn. Grandma thought that Huazhi was not thirsty, so she took the gourd and ladle.

Passed it to Hua Yu.

After resting on the flower branch for a while, I went to check next door to my grandma's house. When I walked to the end of the eaves, I saw a large swamp. There was a large green inside, which was very pleasant to look at. There were indeed many taro leaves standing among the green.

in the middle.

With just one glance, you can confirm that those are indeed taro roots.

Huazhi was so happy that she hurriedly said to her grandmother, "Grandma, have you separated your family? Why didn't we see my uncle and aunt when we came here today?"

In the past, when they came here, several aunts thought they were poor relatives who came to visit them, and they never gave them a good look. It was strange that they didn't see many aunts this time.

Grandma nodded, "We have separated the families. Separate them all. Now we live in the old house with your fourth uncle's family."

Huazhi nodded thoughtfully. Grandma still knows how to look at people and chose to live with her fourth uncle's family. Fourth aunt's mother is still very good. Even if the son is not good, it is fine if the daughter-in-law is good. After all, honoring the elderly is such a thing.

It is the daughter-in-law who does most of the work.

How many sons wiped the old mother's body and filled the spittoon?

"Grandma, I'll go over there first!" Huazhi winked at her grandma mischievously, and quickly went down the slope at the end of the eaves. Below the slope were several pieces of private land belonging to grandma's family, and next to the private land was a swamp. The swamp and the

Grandma's private plot has a height difference of almost one meter, and there are dozens of centimeters of water in it, which is convenient for grandma and grandpa to water vegetables.

Because he was not sure whether there were clam shell branches or other things in the swamp, Huazhi did not dare to go down directly with bare feet, so he squatted on the edge of the private plot, hooked a taro leaf with a bamboo pole, and then plucked up the hair with all his strength.

Taro, looking at the fist-sized taro hanging below, Huazhi was very happy.

When Huazhi was about to go back and tell her grandma the good news, out of the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of the clam shell in the water that was bigger than the plate. Now Huazhi became even more excited. She hurriedly put down the taro and ran to her grandma's house.

, "Grandma, do you have water shoes at home?"

Grandma pointed to the door and said, "Your grandpa's is right there. If you don't mind the smelly feet, you can wear them!"

"Okay." Hua Zhi hurriedly took the water shoes over and put them on her feet while saying, "How could I dislike my grandpa's smelly feet?" Then he said to Hua Yu and Hua Feng, "I'm in the swamp next to me.

I found something good, I'll pick it up later. If you're not afraid, you can come down, but I think boys are rough-skinned and fleshy, so they shouldn't be able to poke the soles of their feet with branches, right?"

After Huazhi said that, she went down to the swamp with a smile. She first picked out the clam shells from the mud with a bamboo pole, then reached out to pick them up and put them in the basket. When the basket was full, she brought it to her grandma's house and poured it in.

On the rocks by the pond in front of my grandma's house.

Grandma's house is rich in water resources. It is easy to get flooded during the plum rainy season. Flooding occurs every year during the plum rainy season. Fortunately, it is not serious and does not affect everyone's life. Every time the water level drops, everyone can pick up fish to eat.

Hua Yu and Hua Feng saw that there were so many clam shells here. They rolled up their trousers and hurriedly got into the water. They bent over and touched the water. Hua Zhi hurriedly reminded, "Only pick up the big ones."

Ah, keep the small ones and come back to pick them up next year!"

This swamp is at least half an acre, with tens of centimeters of water all year round, and there is silt underneath. There is no way to grow any crops, so it has been abandoned here.

In fact, it is not considered deserted. It is full of green and tender water celery and taro. I don’t know if no one eats it or no one knows that these are edible, so they are allowed to grow here, growing on their own.

It would be a pity to destroy it.

When Huazhi was picking up big clam shells, she also picked up all the big snails she came across. After a while, she would crush them at her grandma's place and take the meat away. Grandpa and grandma were old, so they probably couldn't chew the dried snails, but they could eat them.

Taro and watercress.

As long as this matter doesn't spread, no one will try to snatch it from them.

Moreover, there is a pond in front of their house. When you want to eat fish, you can put a basket on it and catch the fish. It is much easier and more convenient than when she and Xiao Nan catch fish in the river.

Thinking of the delicious crayfish, Huazhi hurriedly went ashore, smashed a few snails, put the snail meat into a basket, and then put the basket into the pond in front, waiting to come over and pick it up to see if there were any crayfish.

If so, make it for your grandparents to try. They can also make it themselves in the future, so that they can add a dish to their family.

Although Huazhi really wanted to touch all the clam shells and snails in the swamp, Huazhi had no place to put them and couldn't take away so many things, so he fumbled in the water for almost an hour before coming up.

After that, two boys, Hua Yu and Hua Feng, were responsible for handling the clam shells. One was responsible for cleaning the clam shells, and the other was responsible for opening the clam shells. Once they were opened, they could put them there. The final step of removing the meat would be left to her.

They had never touched this thing before, so they didn't know which ones could be eaten and which ones couldn't be eaten, let alone whether there were any pearls. They wouldn't suddenly see a pearl and think it was a stone thrown at her.

The matter of getting the snail meat is left to Hua Yue. Hua Yue is also eleven years old, so it is okay to do such a small thing. Moreover, she has been picking up small snails since she was a child, smashing them and feeding them to the chickens, so she is still very concerned about this matter.

experienced.

After everything was told, Huazhi had nothing to do. She took her backpack and went to the swamp again, and started to pick up water celery.

If she had known that there were so many water celery and taro here, she would have called everyone, and everyone would carry a basket back, so that they could eat for a while.
Chapter completed!