portable space

When they were pulled to the wheat field, Wang Peng happened to be pulling the wheat in. Zhang Taiping asked: "How is the harvest going?"

Wang Peng parked the car there and was not in a hurry to put down the wheat stack. He came to Zhang Taiping, gave out a cigarette and said: "This is the last car. It takes a day to cut two acres of land." Help Zhang Taiping and help Zhang Taiping.

He lit a cigarette and said, "Has the cutting been finished at Brother's house? If not, I will help."

Zhang Taiping knew that he sincerely wanted to help and was not like Anyang who was just trying to show off. He patted him on the shoulder and said, "We have just finished cutting. No, this car is also the last one."

"Look, there are quite a lot of big brother's houses this year, how much land?" Wang Peng asked, looking at Zhang Taiping's place on the field that was covered with wheat piles.

Zhang Taiping had nothing to hide from him, and said: "There are five acres in total, four of which are my own, and I also helped Lu Feng's family cut one acre."

"The five acres of land have been cut so early. How come you asked Mai Ke for help?" Wang Peng was a little surprised.

"No one called Mike, just three people."

"Three people? Are you surprised that the old man also went to the ground?"

Zhang Taiping shook his head: "No, it's just walking like water."

Wang Peng was even more surprised: "That woman can also cut wheat?"

Xing Rushui had already gone back with Cai Yazhi to prepare lunch. Only Fan Ming and Tiantian Yaya stayed. Hearing this, Fan Ming was not happy. He frowned and said angrily: "Hey, Bai Sanlang, why is that woman not that woman?"

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Do you think you're the only one who can cut wheat?" Since Wang Peng had the potential to be a pretty boy, and he was sometimes embarrassed, Fan Ming gave him the nickname "Baisalang" after getting to know him well, which means "Baishanlang Saburo".

Wang Peng wasn't angry at Fan Ming's question, he just smiled.

Zhang Taiping asked: "Your wife is not with you?"

Wang Peng replied: "Sister Zhuang originally wanted to go with us to help in the fields, but my mother refused to let her go for fear of having fetal force, so she stayed at home to cook."

"Huh? Sanlang, you've only been married a few days and you have a child?" Fan Ming asked with her eyes wide open, then she realized and lowered her voice and asked, "Bai Sanlang, you can do it, you got pregnant out of wedlock, hehe."

Wang Peng was horrified by Fan Ming's look, and defended himself: "Where do you get pregnant out of wedlock? This is what I just learned."

Fan Ming was moved by his statement and did not argue with him. He just looked at him with a smile and strange noises coming from his mouth.

This was Aunt Wang's voice coming from the other side: "Peng'er, you unload the wheat bundles first and I'll take the car back." Wang Peng heard his mother's words and hurried over, a little bit running away.

smell.

On the way back after harvesting the wheat, Fan Ming asked: "We have finished cutting today, can we grind it tomorrow?"

Zhang Taiping pulled Yaya and Tiantian who were sitting in the car, shook his head and said: "Not yet, we have to wait for two more days before everyone has finished cutting. By then, the wheat ears planted on the field will be almost dry.

Every family has to build stacks of wheat on the side of the field to clear the field so that they can be crushed one by one."

"Oh, that's right. Doesn't it mean that cutting it so early is of no use?" Fan Ming asked.

"You can't say that. It definitely makes sense to cut the wheat early. When the wheat grows, it must be cut. If you don't cut it, if the ground dries out, the wheat grains will fall off as soon as they are touched. Then the harvest will be empty.

What’s the use of ears? Besides, if it rains continuously, the wheat grains will sprout on the ears. It’s only safe if it’s received on the field.”

When the meal was not ready at home, Zhang Taiping sat in front of the door and said to Yaya: "Bring over the bundle of wheat straw, daddy will make a grasshopper cage for you."

Yaya ran over and picked up the wheat straws placed here. Zhang Taiping selected these wheat straws and peeled off the wheat ears on them. They were all long and straight straws for making things.

It couldn't be better. The whole family brought a stool to sit next to Zhang Taiping and watched her weave.

Zhang Taiping's hands were seen flying up and down, like dancing butterflies. Such skillful hands should have appeared on a woman or a person with a feminine temperament, but they happened to appear on a rough man with a height of two meters.

The strong visual difference made Fan Ming feel a little stunned.

In less than a minute, the base of the cage appeared, looking like a hexagonal Frisbee. Zhang Taiping seemed to have entered a state of selflessness, stretching, twisting, and twisting the long wheat straws with his hands. Fan Ming was stunned.

, Yaya and Tiantian saw Zhang Taiping's serious expression, but Ye Ling saw Zhang Taiping's jumping up and down technique, and silently remembered it in his heart.

Not long after, a grasshopper cage came out. In fact, it is more accurate to say that it is a lantern. The lower plate is a hexagonal base, the middle is a hexagonal hollow column, and the upper part is a curved shed cover with lace. If it were on the top

Pull a thread and pick it up with a pole, and it becomes the lantern carried by the ladies and maids during the Lantern Festival in ancient times. There is a small door that can be opened and closed on one side of the middle hexagonal prism, where the grasshoppers are placed.

The place to go in.

He handed this to Yaya, and with Tiantian's expectant eyes, he quickly knitted another one for her. Then he knitted six or seven more in one go. He didn't stop until there were not enough straws. He thought for a while and started again.

, and after a moment a little bird with spread wings came out.

After Fan Ming saw this, he grabbed it in his hand, causing Yaya to be dissatisfied and stared at her. Fan Ming raised her chin and said, "You already have a lantern cage, so this little bird belongs to me."

Ya didn't know what to say, so she turned her head angrily and ignored her.

Zhang Taiping smiled at the bickering between the two of them, and said to Ye Ling: "Ling'er, you can also bring a cage."

Ye Ling picked one of the remaining six, and then went out to catch grasshoppers with Yaya and Tiantian. There were five identical lanterns left. These were exquisite and beautiful things. Zhang Taiping didn't mind using them to decorate the house.

Or give it away.

The three Yayas came back not long after they went out. Each of them had one or two grasshoppers in their cages, followed by a large group of boys and girls, all of whom had envious eyes. Although there was no one in the village who knew this craft.

There are only a few, but no one like Zhang Taiping has the spare time to spend time making up such things to amuse children, so the cages of Yaya and the three immediately attracted a large group of children after they were released.

Yaya came forward and handed the cage to Zhang Taiping and said: "Dad, look, I caught a flying grasshopper. It screamed the loudest, and it also had a knife." The so-called knife means that there is a grasshopper behind its butt.

The knife-shaped thing sticking out. The child always wanted to show off in front of others when she got something good, so Zhang Taiping praised her.

But Tiantian asked a more practical question: "Uncle, what should I feed this grasshopper?"

Zhang Taiping replied: "Just feed them pumpkin flowers. There are a lot of pumpkin flowers on the edge of the orchard. You can pick some and feed them later."

Two boys who looked to be two years older than Yaya came out from the group of children. They handed the bags in their hands to Zhang Taiping and said, "Uncle handsome, these are the grasshoppers we caught to feed the chickens." Zhang

After Taiping took it, one of them said, "Uncle handsome, I don't want any money, can you give me a cage?" Maybe in the eyes of children, a cage is much better than money.

Zhang Taiping smiled and said, "Of course." Then he handed one to him and asked the one next to him, "Do you also want a cage?"

The little baby nodded like a chicken pecking at rice. Zhang Taiping also handed him one. The two little boys walked into the group of children with the cage and were immediately greeted by countless pairs of envious eyes. This made the two of them straighten their chests.

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Zhang Taiping said: "If anyone wants a cage, you can exchange it for a grasshopper. One hundred grasshoppers per cage, and bring some wheat straw when you change it." When the children heard the good news, they immediately ran away.

Gone to catch grasshoppers.

Ye Ling cooed twice, and immediately another chick came over after hearing the sound. She took out part of the grasshopper from the bag and poured it on the ground. The chicks and ducks happily pecked at it and screamed to attract them.

A large group of chickens and ducks came. When the yard was full of chickens and ducks, Ye Ling poured all the grasshoppers in the two bags on the ground, so that he would not be afraid of the grasshoppers escaping.

Grasshoppers are the most delicious delicacy for chickens and ducks. They squawked and scrambled together. Unexpectedly, two parrots also joined in the snatching process. While eating, they shouted loudly, "It's so cool! It's so cool." "It's so cool."

!Damn it.” I don’t know where these two guys learned these words.

On the other hand, Xiao Xi flew over and stood on Zhang Taiping's shoulder, giving a very humane expression of disdain. Xiao Xi never eats meat, let alone worms crawling on the ground. He has the demeanor of a monk, but he is a little bit into vegetarian food.

Picky, won't eat anything unless it's good.

After dinner, he had nothing to do in the afternoon, so Zhang Taiping sat in the yard and knitted various small items, not just grasshopper cages, but all the interesting things he could think of. Then he collected some and gave them to Fan.

Mingguo is in a suitable place in the house.

Ye Ling arrived and was very clever. He watched beside Zhang Taiping for a while, and after a little guidance from Zhang Taiping, he mastered the key points of knitting. It was nothing more than threading, pulling, folding, and twisting. He could also sit next to Zhang Taiping and do some knitting.

It's a decent weave, but it's still not as good as Zhang Taiping's.

It was fast and exquisite, but it was enough to impress people with her dexterity. Zhang Taiping even thought that she was a good student of swordsmanship. On the other hand, Fan Ming also wanted to learn, but he couldn't master the simple four-character trick, so he had to

I decided to decorate the house with things made by Zhang Taiping.

With the attraction of the grasshopper cage, the little children became more active in catching grasshoppers. Soon a cashier came and handed over the grasshopper and took the cage. They were all very happy.

At night, Zhang Taiping didn't even remember how many knickknacks he had knitted. Anyway, each little kid could knit several of the wheat straws he sent. Fan Ming hung them everywhere in the room, and even placed them on the table.

A bunch of them.