portable space

The busy farming season is still going on, and most of the people I meet on the road are pulling carts. Although they are sometimes out of breath from exhaustion, the expressions on their faces are happy, because this year is indeed a good harvest year.

When I walked to the door of my yard, I looked back and saw that the whole village was full of golden color. On the trees in every yard or on the shelves in front of the yard, there were rows of corns that glowed charmingly in the sunset.

The same is true in my own yard. The trees near the ground are surrounded by pillars, strings are hung on the low trunks, and there are even a few strings hanging on the tall branches, but that is Wukong's masterpiece.

After entering the house, I found that there was no one inside. Only Zhang Xiuxiu and Xiao Yuer were weaving ropes from corn husks under the eaves at the door.

Zhang Taiping exited and saw Zhang Xiuxiu demonstrating to Xiao Yu'er. The little girl Zhilan Xinhui was able to do it after seeing it. She twisted her little hands up and down like braids to make a long rope.

This season, little kids, especially little girls, like to use this to weave this kind of rope for skipping.

"Uncle, when did you come back?" Xiao Yu'er found Zhang Taiping standing next to him and asked with a smile.

Zhang Taiping touched the little girl's shaved head and said, "I came back just now."

Zhang Xiuxiu asked: "Do you want something to eat, Mr. Marshal, can I do it?"

Zhang Taiping shook his head and said, "No need." After saying that, he squatted down next to him.

"Uncle, can you braid rope?" Xiao Yu'er asked, holding the long rope braided in her hand. This rope is already more than two meters long. In fact, this kind of rope can be continued indefinitely as long as you are willing.

"Of course I can." Zhang Taiping nodded, "But uncle will teach you how to knit a little man."

After he finished speaking, he started to knit the corn husks up and down, showing and explaining to Xiao Yuer while weaving. After a while, the image of a girl in a skirt appeared.

He said to Xiao Yu'er: "What kind of soft shell do you use to weave a few small ropes?"

The little girl complied and handed it to Zhang Taiping. Zhang Taiping twisted it around the tied straw man's head to form several braids, making the girl's image more clear.

"Here you go." After finishing it, he handed it to Xiao Yu'er who looked at it carefully.

"Thank you, uncle!" the little girl thanked happily after the result.

Zhang Taiping couldn't help but feel pity in his heart. Such a well-behaved, sensible, and lovable little girl was tortured by a frightening disease.

"This is really complicated, I don't even understand it," said Zhang Xiuxiu next to him.

Zhang Taiping asked Xiao Yuer: "Do you understand?"

"I understand." Xiao Yu'er nodded.

Then he carefully placed the straw man that Zhang Taiping had given him on the bench next to him. He picked up the corn husks and knitted them again. While doing it, he thought that the speed was not fast, and the knitting didn't look good, but it was done anyway.

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"She is still smart, unlike me, who has a lumpy brain." Zhang Xiuxiu praised with a smile.

Zhang Taiping also nodded in agreement. Although this is just an ordinary straw man, the winding process is not simple. Memorizing three or two steps is nothing, but there are dozens or even hundreds of winding processes.

It is not easy to remember them all. From this, it seems that Xiao Yuer is not only clever but also has a strong memory.

Zhang Taiping thought that this situation was perfect for learning carving, and her temperament was also suitable for carving. He thought about finding a time to lead the little girl into this door. If she can persist in the future, she will be considered a talent.

, at worst it can become a way for little girls to kill time during this period.

He stood up and asked Zhang Xiuxiu: "Where have everyone else in the family gone?"

Zhang Xiuxiu replied: "Sister Cai and Sister Xing went to the fields to cut grain, while Miss Fan and Miss Mu took the two guests to the hot springs."

Zhang Taiping found that Zhang Xiuxiu's names for the people in the room were very interesting and smiled.

I looked up to the sky, and sure enough, Xiaojin and Xiaofeng were hovering in the blue sky, monitoring the movements on the ground. There were no traces of a few big dogs in the yard. As expected, they were all summoned by Fan Ming to defend themselves.

Only with these defenses did they dare to soak in the hot springs during the day. But I don’t know how she drove Xiaojinhe Xiaofeng to the sky.

Since someone was soaking in the hot spring behind him, it was inconvenient for Zhang Taiping to go in, so he turned around and walked out of the yard.

After Zhang Taiping left the yard, Zhang Xiuxiu said to Xiao Yu'er: "Mr. Zhang looks fierce and scary, but he has a good heart."

"Uncle Zhang is naturally a good person." Children are more sensitive to this kind of love and care from the heart than adults.

Although Zhang Taiping walked outside the yard, he could still hear the conversation between the two. He touched his face, smiled bitterly, shook his head and said to himself: "It turns out to be a vicious spirit."

When they came to the field, three people were busy inside. Lu Feng was among them. She only had corn at home. After Cai Yazhi and others helped to clean up, they just waited for a rain to sow wheat, and then came over to help Cai Yazhi harvest the millet.

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There is not a lot of grain in a few minutes of land. The three people have cut it all and are now tying it up with ropes.

Zhang Taiping walked in and said, "Why didn't you call me?"

Cai Yazhi wiped the sweat from her forehead and raised her head and said, "If you have something to do, do it first. We don't have much grain, so the three of us can do it."

Zhang Taiping shook his head and said, "It's nothing serious." Then he told Wang Feng about getting married three days later.

Xing Rushui smiled and said, "This Wang Feng is quite quick-thinking."

Lu Feng also wondered: "I haven't said before who gets married and rides a horse."

Zhang Taiping said with a smile: "There is precedent for this. Not to mention the ancient times, even now there are places where people still ride horses and carry sedans when getting married. I will make a big sedan in a few days, and it can be rented out by then."

"Is anyone renting one?" Cai Yazhi asked. In her impression, people nowadays should have as many cars as possible when they get married.

Zhang Taiping has a different view on this: "Definitely, especially the richer the people, the less they need cars to show off their status when they get married. Instead, they are interested in such retro and novel things. I have heard of a construction worker before.

When the boss of the team got married, they all used excavators, and the bride and groom were standing on the front excavator."

"Is there such a thing?" Cai Yazhi and Lu Feng were quite unbelievable.

With Zhang Taiping's help, the packing was much better, and it was all finished in a short time.

Cai Yazhi looked up at the sunset hanging on the top of the mountain, took out his mobile phone and looked at the time and said: "It's past five o'clock, Yaya and Tiantian are out of school, you go and pick up the child, the three of us can do it.

Already."

Zhang Taiping shook his head and said, "I'll pull it." Then he said to Xing Rushui, "You'd better drive over and pick him up."

"Okay." Xing Rushui took off the white silk gloves on his hands and walked towards home.

Zhang Taiping said to Lu Feng again: "Let's go home for dinner together in the evening."

Lu Feng brushed her hair and nodded.

The threshing floor was already full of corn, and there was no open space for a long time. Zhang Taiping had no choice but to pull the corn back into the yard, only the inside of the yard was flat.

When they returned to the yard, Yaya and Tiantian had already been picked up and were about to run towards the orchard behind.

There is a saying that goes, "If you don't go out in the morning, the sunset will travel a thousand miles." Zhang Taiping looked at the sky. As the sun set, the top of his head turned into a deep blue, while the west was dyed a fiery red by the afterglow.

Very nice sunset.

Anticipating another sunny day tomorrow, Zhang Taiping put the grains down from the car and spread them out in the yard.

When the two little girls saw Zhang Taiping busy at work, they obediently prepared to come over and help.

Zhang Taiping waved his hand and said, "You go and play."

Yaya said: "Then let's go to the orchard. The persimmons are ripe."

"Oh? The persimmons are ripe, go ahead, but be careful not to get them on your clothes when eating, otherwise your clothes won't be clean."

"Yeah!" The two little girls responded and ran towards the back.

After getting all the grains out of the car, Ghost Face, Lion and Ah Huang had already returned to the yard. The people who were soaking in the hot spring must have come out. Zhang Taiping stretched his arms and twisted his body and headed towards the orchard.

I also wonder why the persimmons are ripe now. Logically speaking, persimmons only turn yellow during the autumn harvest. They are hard and cannot be eaten at all.

Entering the orchard, several people, large and small, were standing under the persimmon tree. Wukong was on the top of the tree slowly picking the soft persimmons and putting them into the basket.

A piece of persimmon lid and thin translucent skin peeled off were already thrown under the tree.

After Wukong sent the basket down, Zhang Taiping also took one. Sure enough, it was a ripe soft persimmon, the size of an ordinary tomato, but among the persimmons was a particularly large crystal persimmon. I don’t know if it’s because of the special weather this year or not.

It is the space spring water that causes the persimmons to ripen early, but I guess it is mostly the latter.

Seeing a group of people eating happily, Zhang Taiping still warned: "Don't dare to eat too much of this thing, be careful of constipation if you eat too much."

"Constipation?" The woman among the guests who had a similar temperament to Fan Ming was a little shocked, and then said with a red face, "You are so vulgar, you can't even say these words." I don't know if she really dislikes Zhang Taiping.

Being vulgar still hides your embarrassment.

Zhang Taiping shrugged his shoulders and did not argue.

At this moment, two little girls appeared and everyone stopped eating the persimmons they were eating.

Looking at the persimmon lids scattered on the ground, Fan Ming asked with some fear: "Is what big brother said true? If you eat too many persimmons, will you really... do that?"

Zhang Taiping nodded and said, "Can I still be deceived?"

Fan Ming's face immediately turned bitter and he threw half of the persimmon in his hand. Immediately, a group of chickens and ducks came up to grab it.

At this time, Yaya added fuel to the fire: "Dad never lies. In the past, Heizi ate persimmons until he couldn't poop out. His stomach hurt so much that he cried. His mother used a stick to take it out."

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"Uh..." After hearing this, several other people quickly threw out the half-eaten persimmons in their hands, as if they were poison.

"Yaya, you are so disgusting!" Fan Ming felt a chill when she thought about what Yaya said.

Yaya looked at her with aggrieved eyes, wondering where she was feeling sick again.

Fan Ming said viciously: "Just eat it, I hope you will eat it like Heizi!" After saying that, he left.

Everyone else also left, even Mu Hongyu, who had always been calm, left with his face turning red and white.

After everyone left, Zhang Taiping laughed loudly, and the two little girls also giggled. Although persimmons have the side effect of causing constipation, it is not as terrible as Zhang Taiping said. It was just a prank.

Wukong saw the three of them laughing. Although he didn't understand the reason, he also grinned.

Wukong had almost picked the ripe soft persimmons on the tree. The higher they were, the earlier they matured, while the ones lower down were still hard. Zhang Taiping picked some unripe hard persimmons.

"Is godfather preparing to warm the persimmons?" asked the little girl Tiantian.

Zhang Taiping nodded: "Tian Tian is so smart."

Not only can persimmons be eaten after they are soft, they can also be eaten with water. When hard, they are astringent, but after being warmed with water, the astringency is removed, leaving only the sweetness and crispness. I remember when I was a child.

When I was in school, there would always be warm persimmons sold at the school gate during this season, and they cost two cents each.

After the soft persimmons were brought back, only Cai Yazhi and Ye Ling ate some, while the others were afraid to avoid them.

Cai Yazhi couldn't help but asked strangely: "Why don't you eat it? This persimmon is already soft and very sweet."

Several other people looked embarrassed and shook their heads.

When Cai Yazhi and Lu Feng were confused, Yaya lay next to Cai Yazhi's ear and whispered: "Mom, they are afraid that they will not be able to poop out after eating too much."

After hearing this, Cai Yazhi opened her mouth with a strange look on her face. Fan Ming knew that Yaya definitely didn't say anything nice, so he wanted to go over and twist her ears, but Yaya dodged her, and the two of them, one big and one small, were there.

They chased each other inside the house.

In the end, there were still some soft persimmons left that were not finished.

Zhang Taiping said: "Let's bake these persimmons into cakes later."

"Yeah!" Yaya and Tiantian, two little girls, shouted happily, "Persimmon buns are the best."

In fact, the cake made by baking pure persimmon and flour together is delicious, but it is a bit sticky to the teeth, and this thing can only be eaten when it is hot. Once it cools down, it will become hard and hard to bite.

"Well, I'll go over and do it in a while." Cai Yazhi nodded.

Zhang Taiping added: "When the time comes, we don't just use persimmons to make the dough. We put two eggs in it, add a little oil, and add some sugar. The pancakes baked in this way are not only non-sticky but also crispy and delicious."

Cai Yazhi's eyes lit up, she had never tried this method before.

After the egg persimmon cake came out, the aroma immediately filled the whole house. Not only was Wukong jumping up and down, but even birds of all sizes and several big dogs came back. For a while, the house was full of people running on the ground and flying in the air.

For trouble.

Fan Ming sniffed and resisted the urge to go up and have a taste. The girl among the guests who had a similar temperament to Fan Ming also sniffed and resisted. The consequences Zhang Taiping said were really too scary.

Zhang Taiping cut the pancakes and took them out, giving one piece to each of the people watching TV.

Fan Ming held back her face as if someone owed her five million, pouted her lips and said, "I won't eat."

Zhang Taiping passed it to others, but they also shook their heads and did not dare to take it.

"Actually, it won't have that effect after it's cooked." Zhang Taiping said with a smile.

"Are you really gone?" Muhongyu asked, tilting his head.

"Why did you lie to me?" Zhang Taiping nodded affirmatively.

Seeing that Zhang Taiping didn't look like he was joking, Muhongyu picked up a piece and tasted it. Although Fan Ming was sitting in front of the TV, he kept paying attention to the situation here. When he saw Muhongyu took a piece, he also He took the risk and quickly grabbed a piece. The two guests also took a piece each.

The crunchy and sweet taste immediately conquered everyone's appetite.

The old man praised: "This is a mixture of persimmons and eggs. It's really good."

After the meal, Zhang Taiping put the picked hard persimmons in hot water of 60 to 70 degrees to warm them. This time is not short, it will take at least seven or eight hours to succeed, and the water temperature cannot change too much. If it is too low, If the temperature is too high, the persimmons will lose their sweetness and become stiff and tasteless. So you have to get up from time to time at night to put a fire under the stove to keep it warm, and it will be warm the next morning. .

ps: Please give me flowers!