After picking up these chestnuts and bringing them down the mountain, they are peeled and ground into flour. Chestnut flour is also one of the main food rations.
When Gu Qingmeng asked about the uses of walnuts, people didn't say anything, which made her a little confused. Hickory nuts are very hard and it is not easy to crack them open. The people in Peijiagou seem to treasure hickory nuts very much.
There is a large area of walnut trees on the mountain, and judging from their size, they are obviously planted artificially.
There was no need for Gu Qingmeng to complain that night, as Pei Zhaodi had already pulled Pei Xinghe over to tell him what Pei Zhen had done, emphasizing that he almost hit Teacher Gu while hitting chestnuts.
Pei Zhen received the heaviest beating he had ever received that day.
Gu Qingmeng didn't say anything after she found out. She and Su Xue took the students to harvest walnuts, chestnuts, hazelnuts, and pine cones every day.
The village doesn't want hazelnuts and pine cones, so Gu Qingmeng and Su Xue like to pick these two the most. Occasionally, they can also pick some wild hawthorns, but they have a lot of insects and are very sour.
Pei Xinghe and Pei Weidong were scrounging for food on the black market. The village was running out of food these days! Almost every household went to the village to borrow food, but where was there any food left? They could only lend out some newly harvested sweet potatoes and potatoes.
How can you eat sweet potatoes and potatoes as a staple food? Eating too much of them will give you heartburn!
"Brother Xinghe, just collect 500 kilograms of corn flour. Take it back for emergency use. Each family can share some until the autumn harvest is over."
It is difficult to get food at this critical juncture. The new food has not come down yet and the old food has been eaten up. Pei Weidong originally wanted to get some fine food for Su Xue, but now it seems that even coarse food is difficult to get, and he doesn't know when the two ladies who sold fine food before will show up.
"Take it back first!"
The black market was in a downturn during this period, and there were few people selling things. Pei Xinghe asked someone to contact a team of truck drivers who could bring some things from the south, including some food, but the food from the south was not tasty.
In the evening, there was a commotion in Peijiagou. It was not the villagers who were making a commotion, but the educated youth.
Pei Xinghe brought back 500 kilograms of grain, and each family received an average of more than ten kilograms. But wasn't it just the villagers who were short of food? The educated youth were also short of food. One wanted to borrow food, while the other didn't want to lend it to them. Didn't this lead to a quarrel?
In the words of the people of Peijiagou, this was the food they had finally obtained. It was not enough for their own people to eat, so how could they share it with outsiders?
These are what gossip goddess Jiang Yifen learned and told Gu Qingmeng the next day.
Gu Qingmeng had food on hand and didn't need to borrow it. Besides, she couldn't get used to eating cornmeal because it would hurt her throat.
After knowing that his good friends had enough food, Gu Qingmeng felt relieved. He took his students to the mountains during the day and made clothes at home at night.
Looking at the finished product in her hand, Gu Qingmeng felt that she had become more and more virtuous since she came here. In the past, she had to cook a meal depending on her mood, but now she cooks every day, and her two younger brothers have grown taller and stronger visibly.
Su Xue has gained weight visibly, but her height has not increased. She and Pei Weidong have the cutest height difference. She can even hang on Pei Weidong's belt.
Amid the bustling activity of the people, the autumn harvest in Peijiagou finally came to an end.
After the autumn harvest, firewood chopping was put on the agenda, but Gu Qingmeng didn't have to worry about it. Her two younger brothers and father were constantly storing firewood. Gu Qingmeng and Su Xue went out several times and stored a lot of firewood in the space. They also transplanted several fruit trees into the space.
One day, Gu Qingmeng was teaching physical education to students and saw many people washing walnuts by the river. They wanted to wash all the walnuts they had collected!
"Are you curious about what these walnuts are used for?" Pei Xinghe's voice suddenly rang out.
"You scared me." Gu Qingmeng clapped his hands when he heard the sound. How could this person walk without making any sound?
Pei Xinghe was also happy to be beaten. He had been busy recently and had no time to stick with his daughter Qingqing. Today, he finally worked in the cowshed. When he saw Gu Qingmeng coming out, he followed her out.
"Walnut oil is very watery. What can you do with it? Just wash it out and eat it."
Gu Qingmeng wanted to order some pecan sugar triangles, they must be delicious!
"You're half right. These walnuts are to be used to extract oil and exchange for grain."
Pei Xinghe looked at the walnuts in the river. Their Peijia Village was poor and did not have much arable land. They were not as lucky as Lijia Village to have a ginseng factory, so they had to find other ways to fill their stomachs.
Considering that he had met Pei Xinghe at the black market last time, Gu Qingmeng guessed what was going on.
There is little arable land, little food, and no money, so we have to find ways to fill our stomachs.
"Are you short of food? I have a classmate whose family can get some food."
Gu Qingmeng wanted to help. She planted corn in her space this time, so she should be able to help.
When Pei Xinghe heard that he could get food, his voice was filled with excitement: "Yes, who doesn't need food now? It would be great if we can get food, but if it's troublesome, forget it!"
"It's not a problem. His family knows someone in the sports car business who can bring food over. I've already asked him to prepare some fine grains. If you want, I'll ask him to bring more, but he can only bring it over next month."
I planted three mu of corn in this space this time, which should yield 5,000 kilograms of grain! If it's not enough, I'll plant more next time, but the harvest is a bit too tiring.
"What's the price? How much food can you bring at most? I want both coarse and fine grains! As long as you can bring it, time is not important! Is your classmate a boy or a girl?"
Obviously the last sentence is what Pei Xinghe wants to ask most.
Gu Qingmeng: "...The price is normal. I estimate that I can bring in 5,000 to 6,000 kilograms at most at a time. And my classmate is a girl."
When Pei Xinghe heard that it was a woman, the corners of his mouth curled up and the tips of his ears turned a little red. When he raised his eyes, he saw his future father-in-law Gu Jun staring at him hungrily in the sheep pen.
"Can I get some sheep? My classmate wants to trade for a pair of lambs."
Gu Qingmeng also saw her father in the sheep pen. There were no sheep in her space. If she could raise two sheep, she would have endless mutton to eat in the future.
Now we only have chickens, ducks, geese and quails, and there are always eggs that we can’t finish eating every day. Today I will go home and make some salt-baked eggs to send to the cowshed.
"There are some in the Sheep Village. I'll pick out a couple and bring them over. School's almost over, right? I'll show you a place."
Pei Xinghe wanted to take Gu Qingmeng to see the mushroom cultivation room he was researching. He wanted to let her know that he was not unemployed and lazy as the villagers said. Although he could not take her to the black market, he could still take her around the village.
He had been studying ways to make money since he was in high school. Over the years, he had many opportunities to work as a worker in the city, but he didn't want to earn that fixed salary!
He only gets 30 or 40 yuan a month, and to earn more than 100 yuan, he has to work harder and have to work every day all year round! He doesn't want that kind of life, and he's also lazy.
Gu Qingmeng left the class in the care of Su Xue and went out with Pei Xinghe. The two of them went around to the back of the brigade's threshing ground, where was Pei Heixiong's home. It had four main rooms and three side rooms for each of the items. She had been here before to deliver mooncakes, but she hadn't taken a close look.
These mud houses are better than those in the village! They are also very clean and tidy.
"Grandpa Pei is really going to move to the cowshed?" The cowshed has been building a house these days. Gu Qingmeng didn't expect Pei Heixiong to do this.
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