"Brother, I picked all the wild hawthorns from the tree. In the end, I filled half a basket. How about it, brother? Are you surprised?"
Brother Yun looked surprised. "I'm so surprised. Yiyi didn't tell me before whether the hawthorn tree was big or not. I really didn't expect to pick so many wild hawthorns."
"So many wild hawthorns, enough for us to eat for a long time."
"Yes, big brother, every time I go into the mountains with Yiyi this year, I really gain something."
"Alright, Third Brother. Come and help me pick the chestnuts. If you're any slower, we won't be able to get down the mountain until dark."
"Here I come, big brother."
Third Brother Yun took a sickle and came to Big Brother Yun and picked chestnuts with him.
"Brother, I see Yiyi is cracking chestnuts with great joy."
Brother Yun also looked up at the nearby area, saw the meaning of happily swinging his stick, and shook his head and smiled.
"Third brother, Yiyi said she was just practicing with her gun. And look how fast she is. Several of us were picking chestnuts here, but we couldn't keep up with her speed."
"Brother, I also want to crack chestnut balls like Yiyi. Unfortunately, only Yiyi brought an iron stick. Right now, she's cracking chestnut balls happily, and she definitely doesn't want me to try."
Big Brother Yun looked at Third Brother Yun with a look of regret, "Third Brother, forget about it. Just get back to your work."
"Our Yiyi and Zirui are already very capable, so let's just be content."
While working, Brother Yun San said, "Hey, brother, I'm just saying this. But when I go up the mountain tomorrow, I want to bring an iron stick like Yiyi."
"Okay, you can bring it tomorrow if you want."
"Brother, do you think there are other chestnut trees in this mountain?"
"There must be more than just these two chestnut trees in the mountains, but if we don't look for them, we might not find them."
"Then let's go up the mountain tomorrow and look for them. I think chestnuts are easier to preserve than wild vegetables, and they can also be used as food."
"Yes, let's talk about it tomorrow."
Big Brother Yun and Third Brother Yun were picking chestnuts quickly while chatting.
On the other side, Xie Zirui and Yun Erge were each carrying a pile of chestnuts, and both of them were moving quite quickly.
Yun Yiyi wiped the sweat from her forehead. The weather was not cold enough and she started sweating as soon as she moved.
She looked back and saw that she had already smashed a small pile of chestnut balls. Great, there were still many more piles of chestnut balls behind.
Yun Yiyi raised the iron stick and continued to smash it.
In this way, Yun Yiyi worked hard to smash the chestnut balls. After an hour, she finally finished smashing all the chestnut balls.
She looked back and saw so many chestnut balls, and she felt so accomplished. She thought that if she took these chestnuts back, Zhang would no longer worry about not having enough food at home.
The Yun family members are all strong, so they eat a lot, and the food in the house is consumed quickly.
This time, after Xie Zirui came home, the food was stored even faster.
Yun Yiyi had already noticed that Zhang had sighed several times towards the bag of grain.
Yun Yiyi rested for a few minutes, then she came to Yun Erge with an iron stick.
"Second brother, I'll help you move the chestnut balls aside, and you and Brother Zirui can pick the chestnuts."
"Okay, Yiyi. Yiyi, you finished cracking all the chestnuts so quickly?"
"Brother, it's been a long time. And I'm much faster than you guys at peeling them one by one."
"Okay, then you can help us sort through the piles of chestnut balls."
So, Yun Yiyi used an iron stick to push the chestnut balls apart, so that the chestnuts inside some of the chestnut balls with large openings fell directly to the ground.
When she encounters a chestnut ball with a small opening, she will go up and hit it with another stick.
With Yun Yiyi's help, Second Brother Yun and First Brother Yun also moved faster.
Brother Yun and his friends spent most of their time picking up chestnuts that had fallen on the ground, and only a small number of chestnuts were still inside the chestnut balls.
After everyone worked hard and quickly for an hour and a half, they finally cleaned up all the chestnuts.
Yun Yiyi was so happy when she saw the two baskets full of chestnuts.
"Brother, I didn't expect that we could harvest so many chestnuts even though all the chestnuts were shelled."
"Yes, brother, it's really beyond my expectation."
"That's great, big brother. We'll have plenty of chestnuts to eat this winter."
"Wow, brother, this is the first time I've seen so many chestnuts."
Brother Yun was looking at the chestnuts in the basket, his mouth stretched from ear to ear.
"Haha, these chestnuts are enough for us to eat for a while. Thank you all for your hard work."
Yun Yiyi waved her little hand and said, "Brother, it's not hard. As long as it's something edible, I'm happy to work every day."
"I'd love to, too, brother."
"I'm happy to do that too." Brother Yun said with a laugh.
Yun Yiyi looked up at the sky. The sun was still hanging in the sky, but it would be dark in two hours.
Yun Yiyi has been here for so long that she has finally learned to guess the time by looking at the sky.
"Brother, let's get ready to go down the mountain. It's getting late. Besides, we still have to carry the wild vegetables you dug earlier."
Brother Yun also looked up at the sky. Although it was still early, the mountain they climbed today was high, and it would be dark by the time they got down the mountain.
"Okay. Yiyi, let's go down the mountain now. Second and third brothers, carry your baskets and get ready to go."
"Yiyi, you take Zirui and walk in front, we'll walk to the back."
"Okay, big brother. But, will it be easy for you to climb the slope with the basket on your back?"
Brother Yun glanced at the steep slope not far away and found it was indeed difficult to climb.
"Brother, how about this? The four of us climb up first, and you carry the basket at the back. Then we hold hands and pull you up. What do you think?"
"Yiyi, your idea is good." Brother Yun said happily.
"Okay, Yiyi, let's carry the basket down the slope first."
After Brother Yun and the others carried the baskets to the bottom of the slope, Yun Yiyi and the others climbed to the top first, and then everyone held hands and climbed up one by one.
Although the movement was a bit slow, the benefits were obvious. Brother Yun, carrying the basket, climbed up the slope steadily.
Yun Yiyi and the others used the same method to carry the remaining two baskets up.
Then, Brother Yun and the others carried the baskets and walked down the mountain together.
As the saying goes, going up a mountain is easy, but going down is hard. However, for Brother Yun and the others, the difference is not that big.
Among the group, Xie Zirui was probably the most tired. However, he had been going up the mountain every day during this period, and after all, he was much better than when he started.
When Yun Yiyi arrived at the place where they stored the wild vegetables, the wild vegetables they had stored there were still there.
So, Brother Yun scattered the wild vegetables into three baskets.
In this way, if you don't lift up the wild vegetables to look, you won't be able to find the chestnuts and wild hawthorns hidden underneath.
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