"Hahahaha, look how impatient you are! I didn't even have a chance to tell you that these jujubes are very sour and you shouldn't eat them yet, and you've already eaten them."
After spitting out the sour jujube from his mouth, Pei Yichen looked at Pei Yao with a pale face and said, "Sister, these sour jujubes are so sour and astringent, why did you look for them?"
Pei Yichen asked, puzzled. These days, after his relationship with Pei Yao had become better and better, he stopped calling Pei Yao "cousin" and started calling her "elder sister" like Pei Xuan used to.
Pei Yao and Pei Xuan were still laughing at her while clutching their stomachs, and Pei Yichen felt utterly exasperated.
"Sister, stop laughing..." Pei Yichen looked speechlessly at the two who were laughing very happily.
Pei Yao had almost finished laughing, so she explained to him, "Although these sour jujubes aren't very tasty to eat directly, they're quite delicious when made into sour jujube cake. You'll see when it's done."
As Pei Yao spoke, she walked to the tree and looked up at it.
This jujube tree is actually quite large, and it is covered with jujube fruits.
Pei Yao told the two of them to move away, then raised her leg and kicked the tree...
The jujube tree remained motionless, and Pei Yao mustered all her strength to kick it again...
Pei Yao: "..."
Pei Yichen: "..."
Pei Xuan: "..."
"Sister, you're not thinking of kicking the tree so the fruit falls down, are you...?" Pei Yichen asked hesitantly.
Pei Yao glanced at him awkwardly: "Is it that obvious?"
Pei Yichen: "..."
Yes, it's obvious, and it's also obvious you can't kick it.
Pei Yichen found a stick nearby and climbed up the small slope behind the tree.
Without Pei Yichen's prompting, Pei Yao and Pei Xuan immediately teleported far away from the jujube tree. As Pei Yichen swung a stick at the tree, many jujubes fell to the ground. He only stopped when his hand got tired.
Pei Yao took Pei Xuan with her to pick sour dates under the tree.
The jujubes were plentiful and large at this time of year, and the three of them quickly filled half a basket.
Liu Yan and Chunlin happened to come over to check on the field. When they saw Pei Yao picking wild jujubes, they immediately approached her out of curiosity.
"Xiao Yao, why are you picking up a sour jujube here? It doesn't taste good; it's sour and astringent." Liu Yan had seen this sour jujube tree when she came here with Liu Yu last time.
At the time, Liu Yan just thought the jujubes looked pretty and round. Aunt Fang happened to be passing by after finishing her work and saw them.
Aunt Fang told Liu Yan that this fruit was called a sour jujube, and that it tasted sour and didn't taste good. After saying that, Aunt Fang also gave Liu Yan a handful of delicious lychees.
"Xiaoyan, don't eat those astringent sour dates. This lychee is much tastier."
After Aunt Fang left, Liu Yan looked at the very cute-looking sour jujube in her hand and remembered what Aunt Fang had said.
Undeterred, I tried taking a bite.
My eyes immediately narrowed from the sourness.
Upon hearing Liu Yan's words, Pei Yao tossed the sour jujubes in her hand into her basket and explained, "Sister Yan, these sour jujubes are naturally sour and astringent if eaten directly, but they taste quite good if made into sour jujube cake."
Upon hearing that jujubes could be made into pastries, Liu Yan immediately became interested.
Pei Yao smiled as she looked at Liu Yan, who was leaning closer, and said, "Sister Yan, I'll make some and bring it to you later."
Liu Yan was overjoyed upon hearing this: "Really? Then I'll help you pick them up."
The girl's smile was bright and innocent, and anyone who saw it couldn't help but look over.
With Liu Yan's help, the group quickly filled a basket with sour dates.
On their way back, Pei Yao and the others stopped by the roadside and used stones to create a small, flowing puddle to wash the sour dates in their baskets several times.
This flowing stream water is the best for washing things.
Carrying the washed sour jujubes, the group went straight home.
Yunniang and the others had just finished their work and, seeing the baskets of things on their backs, they all curiously came over to take a look.
"Yao'er, what good stuff did you find?" Pei Dalang was the first to come over and look at the basket of round, plump sour dates that Pei Yao was carrying on her back, which looked very tempting.
The others also gathered around with curious expressions.
Pei Yichen put down his basket and explained, "My sister said these are sour jujubes."
Then, with a mischievous look, he picked one up and handed it to his father, smiling innocently, "Dad, try it, it's delicious."
She was even worried that he wouldn't know how to peel it, so she peeled the outer skin herself and handed it to his father.
Pei Dalang looked at the sour dates in his hand, then at his honest-looking son with a smile, and chose to trust him.
“My son really cares about his father. I’ll give it a try.” Pei Dalang ate it without holding back.
Apart from Pei Yao and Pei Yichen, who knew the truth, everyone else looked at Pei Dalang with anticipation.
Pei Dalang, who was about to spit out the sour jujube, held back after seeing everyone's expressions.
Then, with a nonchalant expression, he took another one from the basket and handed it to Pei Erlang: "Second brother, this is really delicious, sweet and sour, you should try it too."
Pei Erlang looked at his brother with some suspicion: "Is it really delicious?"
Pei Erlang suffered quite a bit at his brother's hands when he was young.
Pei Dalang urged sincerely, "It's delicious, really delicious! You should try it. Yao'er picked it especially for you, how could it not be delicious?"
Pei Yao: "......"
If she didn't know what sour jujubes tasted like, she would have been fooled by Pei Dalang.
Pei Erlang glanced at Pei Yao. Pei Yao's expression was indifferent, revealing no other emotions. He figured that the things Yao'er brought back wouldn't be bad, so he decided to trust his elder brother one more time.
Then he imitated Pei Yichen's peeling motion.
Pei Yichen, who was standing to the side, wanted to stop his second uncle, but before he could do anything, his father glared at him and said, "I'll settle the score with you later, you brat."
Pei Yichen silently shrank his neck, and just as he was about to run away, Pei Dalang grabbed the back of his clothes by the neck.
Pei Erlang almost immediately spat out the sour jujube the moment it entered his mouth. Pei Dalang, who had been quite calm just moments before, also vomited out the instant his brother did.
"Pei Ze!!!"
Pei Erlang stared at his elder brother speechlessly, then rolled his eyes in exasperation.
Pei Dalang also frantically spat out the sour jujube in his mouth, and then angrily went to beat his son: "Ptooey, ptooey, ptooey! It's so sour! Pei Yichen, you brat, you're messing with your dad again, aren't you!"
Pei Yao, Chen Fang, and the others were speechless at the childish behavior of the two men in the courtyard.
It's absolutely true that men are boys until they die...
Pei Yao shook her head helplessly and went to make jujube cake first.
Pei Dalang looked at the sour dates, still somewhat dazed from the bitter taste.
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