Farmer's eldest sister becomes rich

Chapter 357 Picking Peppercorns

An Yue looked at An Nian and asked with a smile, "Yes! Is lunch ready?"

An Nian nodded obediently and replied: "Yes, it's ready, just waiting for you to come back!"

At this time, the aunt-in-law was carrying dishes from the kitchen to the main hall, and Daniu Ale was also walking towards the main hall, one after the other, carrying taro and rice porridge.

A'le looked at Anyue and Chunzhi's backpacks, which were empty.

He laughed and joked: "Miss, it seems that there is nothing to gain from going to the back mountain today!"

Chunzhi replied unconvincedly: "Although our harvest was small, we did find some delicious treasures."

After An Nian had set the table, he heard Chun Zhi say that there was something delicious. He quickly ran to An Yue and asked, "Sister, Sister Chun Zhi, what is this delicious food?"

Chunzhi pointed at the ground fruit in Anyue's backpack and said, "Master, these are the ground fruits in this backpack."

"Earth fruit?" An Nian poked his head out and prepared to reach out to take it.

An Yue hurriedly stopped him and said, "Niannian, let's have lunch first. We need to soak the ground fruit in clean water before eating."

"Yeah, okay sister."

While chatting and laughing, everyone sat on the benches and started to have lunch.

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After lunch, An Nian ran to get the fruit he had been longing to taste.

An Nian held the cleaned ground fruit in his hand, sat under the eaves, put it into his mouth and said, "Sister, this ground fruit is so delicious!"

"Well, eat more every year if you like it."

After that, An Yue said to her sister-in-law Meng Xiuer who was clearing the dishes on the table: "Sister-in-law, please make some Artemisia annua tea and put it in the main hall later."

"Okay, Yueyue."

Afterwards, An Yue reminded everyone: "Don't forget to drink Artemisia annua tea these days."

"Okay, miss." Daniu Ale responded standing in the yard.

They were washing the coarse cloth strips they used to wipe their sweat, and after washing they were hanging them on bamboo poles in the yard to dry.

Chunzhi and Meng Xiuer were in the kitchen together. After washing the dishes, they cleaned the pot and boiled a pot of Artemisia annua tea.

After hanging them in a wooden basin and carrying them to the main hall, everyone returned to their rooms for a nap.

An Yue was lying on the bed, her mind always filled with all sorts of random thoughts.

Perhaps she was burning off her energy by wandering around the mountains looking for tea tree mushrooms. She lay down on the bed, closed her eyes, and fell asleep in a short while.

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When An Yue woke up, it was already noon.

She stood up, tidied herself up briefly, and walked out of the room.

At this time, the big cow Ale in the yard had already hung a bamboo tube filled with water on his waist. They went to the tool room to get the hoe and prepared to go out.

When my grandmother and my aunt saw An Yue coming out of the room, they hurriedly rubbed their arms and waists and went to get the hoe.

An Yue pretended that she saw nothing, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had no choice but to follow Daniu Ale and the others out to work in the fields.

Chunzhi came up to Anyue with a basket in her hand and said, "Miss, it's time for us to set off."

An Yue raised her hand to cover her mouth and yawned, and responded: "Well, okay, I'll go wash my face and wake up first."

As she spoke, she picked up the wooden basin and went to the kitchen to fetch water to wash her face.

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After washing her face, An Yue felt much more energetic.

She and Chunzhi each carried a basket and walked out of the yard. Bashi watched them carrying the baskets, so he followed them out.

There was a gentle breeze all the way to the back mountain.

Because there had been a heavy rain before, the weeds on the roadside have slowly grown green leaves and are showing signs of life.

After Ba Shi came out of the yard, he ran around happily.

An Yue reminded Chunzhi, "Chunzhi, there are many thorns on the pepper tree! If you get pricked by one by accident, it will be painful and itchy!"

Chunzhi smiled and responded, "Miss, Chunzhi's hands are rough, so it's not a big deal even if I get pricked a few times."

An Yue pretended to be unhappy and asked, "Huh? Chunzhi, have you forgotten what I told you before?"

An Yue doesn't allow Chunzhi to always belittle herself and doesn't want her to talk about "inferiority complex" all the time.

After Chunzhi realized what was happening, she quickly smiled and changed her words, "Don't worry, Miss. Chunzhi will be very careful when picking the fruits."

"Well, that's pretty much it."

The two men and the dog soon arrived at the rock pit.

An Yue and Chunzhi walked cautiously towards the depths of the rock pit and soon arrived at the pepper tree.

I saw that the branches of several pepper trees were full of plump peppercorns.

Since An Yue was not as tall as Chunzhi, Chunzhi said as she was picking the peppercorns: "Miss, you pick the peppercorns that are at the bottom, and let Chunzhi pick the tall ones."

"Okay, okay, then you better be careful!"

As An Yue spoke, she began to stand on tiptoe slightly, carefully pinching the stems of the peppercorns, and picking them carefully avoiding the sharp thorns.

The two men carried a basket in one hand and picked peppercorns with the other.

Chunzhi looked at the pepper tree full of thorns and couldn't help but complain: "Although there are many peppers, there are too many thorns."

An Yue smiled as she picked the fruits and said, "Even if there are many thorns, we have to pick them and take them home."

After picking for a while, they started to put the baskets on the ground and move their hands around the pepper trees.

Pick them in clusters from the tree and put them one by one into the basket.

The two picked for a while, and their picking movements became more and more skilled.

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An hour later, their baskets were almost full.

The two were a little tired, so they sat on a big rock nearby to rest.

At this time, Bashi was running wildly on a large earth slope.

An Yue and Chun Zhi took off the bamboo tubes from their waists and took two sips. When they turned around, they saw Ba Shi bringing in a wild rabbit from somewhere.

It brought the rabbit to An Yue and nudged it with its nose. Then it barked at her twice, as if to tell her, "Look, I can catch prey!"

An Yue and Chunzhi looked down, their eyes widened in shock, and they couldn't help but look at each other.

Ba Shi stuck out his tongue and looked at Anyue innocently, his eyes full of pride and expectation, as if waiting for Anyue to praise him.

An Yue quickly rubbed Ba Shi's head and praised him with a smile: "Wow! Ba Shi, you are awesome! Where did you catch the rabbit?"

Ba Shi was praised by An Yue and ran around her excitedly, his tail wagging like a propeller.

Chunzhi and Anyue couldn't help laughing when they saw its smug look.

"Miss, it looks like we'll have meat for dinner!"

"Yes! We have to thank our Eighty!"

As An Yue spoke, she leaned over and stroked Ba Shi's back.

"Eighty, thank you. I'll leave you a big rabbit leg for dinner."

Ba Shi seemed to understand what An Yue said. It rolled around excitedly on the dry grass and ran wildly all over the mountains and fields.

It ran until it was exhausted, then it panted heavily, stuck out its tongue, and fell down in front of An Yue's feet.

An Yue and Chun Zhi rested for a while, then stood up and continued picking peppercorns.