Traveling through the mountains and farming

Chapter 111 Picking Persimmons

When Li Ke heard about picking persimmons in the afternoon, he immediately suggested: "Sister-in-law, let's go too."

The little white cat next to it was also crying, as if to indicate that it also wanted to go.

"Okay." Lin Wan agreed with a smile.

She had gone up the mountain to pick wild persimmons before, but they were all small in size and tasted quite sweet.

"It's a pity that I can't go." Lin Jing beside him said with his head down, looking frustrated.

Alas~The master only gave him half a day off.

"It's okay, we'll pick some persimmons and send them to you." Li Chongle walked to Lin Jing and comforted him softly.

"It's a deal then. You have to bring me a few more big tomatoes."

Children's emotions come and go quickly, and they are happy again in the blink of an eye.

Thinking about picking persimmons in the afternoon, everyone unconsciously speeded up their work and managed to plant the konjac before noon.

After returning home, Lin Wan asked the two siblings to wash rice and cook first, and then she quickly went out to Old Man Wang's house.

After lunch, the three of them took their backpacks and prepared to go out to pick persimmons.

Lin Wan told the two siblings to bring their backpacks to the cave entrance to meet up with the others, as she was going to get something from Old Man Wang's house before leaving.

A moment later, she came out of Old Man Wang's house holding five bamboo fruit picking tools.

When she arrived at the entrance of the cave, everyone saw at a glance that she was holding five long bamboo poles.

The top of the long bamboo pole is woven into a basket the size of an adult's fist.

Li Chongwu ran over immediately after seeing this, and reached out to help take the fruit picker from Lin Wan, and kept looking at it carefully: "What is this?"

"A fruit picker, for picking persimmons later."

Seeing that her hands were empty, Lin Wan walked over and picked up the backpack in front of Li Chongle.

When the others heard this, they all gathered around and looked at this new thing curiously.

"Will this work?" someone asked.

"I also asked Uncle Wang Shun to help me try it. Let's try the effect later." Lin Wan explained.

She knew that Old Man Wang's second son, Wang Shun, was best at various bamboo weaving techniques.

When she heard about picking persimmons, she remembered that she had bought a batch of fruit picking tools on her farm in modern times.

So at noon, I found Wang Shun and tried to describe the fruit picking device to him to see if he could make it. Unexpectedly, he actually made it.

Wang Shun knew that they were going to pick persimmons in the afternoon, so he took his older brother to make five at noon.

Li Chongshan and Li Chonghai also ran over and competed with Li Chongwu for help in holding the fruit picking tool, both wanting to take a closer look at this novel object.

This time they were responsible for leading the way and accompanying a group of women and children to pick persimmons.

The rules of the secluded cave are that when going out to the mountains to pick fruits, one must be accompanied by someone who is good at hunting and is responsible for protecting everyone's safety.

When everyone was present, the group set off happily.

When they came out of the cave, they saw Uncle Li, Li Changyi and six or seven other people, looking for a suitable place inside and outside the cave to dig a cellar.

Because it rained heavily in the morning, many parts of the mountain road were muddy, and the trees, flowers and plants on the road were not completely dry yet. Crystal clear water droplets hung on the leaves, and occasionally some drops fell and hit their shoulders.

The soil underfoot was soft and slippery, and we had to be extra careful with every step, but this did not affect our interest at all.

"Be careful, don't slip." Lin Wan reminded the two siblings walking in front.

When Xiaobai heard this, he cried, thinking that Lin Wan was talking to him.

When Lin Wan saw this, she also bent down and said to it, "Xiaobai, be careful too. Your paws are all covered in mud."

"I'll go back and give it a bath today." Li Chongle turned his head and responded.

When Xiaobai heard the word "take a bath", he immediately hung his head, looking very reluctant.

"Brother, Xiaobai doesn't like to take a bath. Don't you remember that the last time you gave it a bath, you used a roasted chicken to coax it?"

Probably because he heard the word "roast chicken", Xiaobai immediately became alert and whimpered, as if to say:

"It's okay to take a shower in order to roast a chicken."

Everyone was amused by Xiaobai's appearance and laughed out loud, and the laughter echoed in the forest.

Half an hour later, Li Chongwu brought everyone to the persimmon tree.

Lin Wan observed and found that there were four persimmon trees growing scattered around.

Maybe they have been growing for a long time, so they are taller.

Every tree is full of red persimmons. Although they are not particularly big, there are many of them, and some have even fallen to the ground.

Everyone was excited looking at the tree full of persimmons, because they were all food.

"Wow, so many persimmons!"

"Yes, the tree is full of persimmons!"

Children are always the best at expressing their inner joy directly, shouting happily one by one.

Lin Wan took a fruit-picking tool from Li Chongwu and wanted to try out its effect.

Others also gathered around, curious whether this thing could really pick persimmons from the tree.

Lin Wan raised the fruit picking tool, carefully aimed the basket at the top at a ripe persimmon, hooked it with force, and the persimmon fell steadily into the basket.

Then he took the persimmons out of the basket, intact.

Fortunately, it was a hard persimmon. If it was a soft persimmon, the fruit picker would have been useless.

"It's really useful. I can pick persimmons from high places without having to climb trees."

"Can you give it a try for me?"

"I want too."

For a while, everyone wanted to try this fruit picker.

"There are only five. You can take turns trying."

Lin Wan smiled and handed the fruit picker in her hand to Aunt Li next to her.

"Don't worry, you can experience it."

Everyone gathered around the first few ladies who were experiencing it, and they were helping to direct the process.

"Granny Zheng, you need to go a little higher."

"Hey, Grandma Luo, you need to move a little to the left."

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After everyone had finished the experience, they officially started picking persimmons.

Everyone had a clear division of labor. Li Chongwu and two other people climbed up the tree to pick the fruits, five of them used fruit pickers to pick the persimmons from high up, and the others received the fruits under the tree or picked the persimmons that were within reach.

“This persimmon is so sweet!”

Several children have already started eating the first batch of persimmons that have just been picked and are praising them loudly.

When Lin Wan heard the voice, she turned around to look over.

Xiaobai's mouth was dirty from eating, and covered with persimmon juice.

It was still picking at Li Ke, as if to say, "Give me some more, I haven't had enough!"

When Lin Wan saw this scene, she couldn't help laughing.

When everyone heard the children praising the persimmons, they all remembered to try them. Their attention had just been attracted by the fruit picking tools and they had forgotten about tasting the persimmons.

Lin Wan also picked up a handful of freshly picked persimmons, rubbed them on her body, and took a light bite.

Well, it is indeed sweet!

After eating, it’s finally time to pick the fruit.

The three people on the tree moved quickly, picking persimmons continuously and putting them in small baskets and passing them to the people below.

The person holding the fruit picker cooperates with another person, one picks the fruits while the other takes the persimmons from the basket, which is also very efficient.

They were all very busy, and the persimmons in the baskets were increasing.

Before they knew it, their backpacks were full, and there was still some fruit left on the tree, but they didn't plan to pick them anymore.

Leave it as food for the wintering birds and small animals in the mountains.

Everyone carried their backpacks and walked back contentedly.

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Li Changli, He Lizheng and others waited in the cave for the rain to stop, and then immediately set out to return.

Seeing that they were almost at the Mountain God Temple, Fang Yu stopped and said:

"Uncle He, if you're in a hurry, don't go to the mountain temple."

He Lizheng did not stop and waved his hand, "We are already at the door. I'd better go and say hello to your father and persuade him to go with you."

The others followed him and continued walking towards the mountain temple.

Fang Yu immediately followed and sighed helplessly, "Alas~ My father was too worried about my younger brother. At that time, he was accompanying his wife back to his father-in-law's house, and they took him away to Jiangbei County."

"I can't ask your father in detail why your younger brother followed him at that time. Such important matters must be discussed with you." He Lizheng still expressed the doubts in his heart.

"They happened to be at his father-in-law's house on the day the police entered the village. When they heard the news, they thought it would be useless to come back, so they fled with his father-in-law's family. We also went to his father-in-law's village to inquire, and only then did we know that they fled in the direction of Jiangbei County." Fang Yu explained.

"The King of Chu sent people to set up ambushes in several places in Xiaojiang and Xiaoshan. It was quite dangerous for anyone who set out at that time."

"Yes, we only found out about this later. We were terrified along the way and hoped to find them as soon as possible."

As they were talking, they had already arrived at the entrance of the mountain temple.

Fang Xuewen inside probably heard their voices and ran out quickly.

He Lizheng was a little surprised that he was not guarding the intersection.