Chapter 33: The chrysanthemums are withered and the ground is covered with wounds

After a satisfying lunch, Mingdai took out the pine nuts that Aunt Huang gave her.

In view of the fact that Zhou Sinian did not eat food given by others, she planned to make some pine nut candy for him.

The main reason was that she saw pine nuts and wanted to eat them too.

He called Zhou Sinian over with the bowl, and the two of them sat in the yard, basking in the sun and peeling pine nuts.

Looking at the big and plump pine nuts, Mingdai couldn't help but sigh.

"If there were more, we could make more and eat it during the Chinese New Year. Unfortunately, it's only enough for one meal."

Zhou Sinian listened and suddenly said, "There are some in the mountains."

"What?"

Mingdai didn't hear clearly, so Zhou Sinian repeated it again.

"You mean you saw it in the mountains? When?"

Zhou Sinian frowned and thought for a moment: "Last time."

hehe!

She knew that this guy could always leave her speechless unexpectedly.

"I remember that pine nuts mature from mid-September to mid-October. It's already November. Are there still any?"

Zhou Sinian was peeling pine nuts with his head down. His hands were big but very flexible. For every one Mingdai picked, he could pick three.

"have."

Hearing his decisive answer, Mingdai suddenly reacted.

"Can you speak now?!"

Zhou Sinian raised his eyes to glance at her, then lowered his head to continue peeling pine nuts.

I am disgusted with it, that's right.

"Ahem, I mean, are you willing to speak?"

Zhou Sinian did not respond to the question, and continued to talk about the situation of pine nuts on the mountain: "There are a lot of them, but they don't look like this. Some have fallen out, and I have stepped on them."

Mingdai knew he was talking about pine cones.

"Okay! Let's stop peeling them and go to the mountains to look for pine nuts. Is that far?"

Zhou Sinian thought for a moment and said, "Not far."

He looked down at Mingdai's short legs again and thought for a moment: "It's possible, but it's a bit far."

Haha, it’s great to have long legs!

An hour later, Mingdai, who was climbing the mountain path with difficulty, was panting as she looked at the man in front of her who was moving at a rapid pace, and her heart broke.

Long legs, that's really amazing!

Others can take three steps as fast as Mingdai in one step, and she can't even keep up even if she jogs!

Fortunately, Zhou Sinian, who was in front, knew that Mingdai was no longer visible and turned back to look for her, otherwise Mingdai would have lost herself.

Now they are no longer on the hill where they cut wood, but on another hill where there is no trail.

The villagers definitely don’t come here often, but Zhou Sinian feels very familiar with it and walking here feels like he is returning home.

She finally understood how Zhou Sinian's clothes had turned into beggar's clothes. It was all because he was scratched by tree branches.

Fortunately, Mingdai took out a machete from the space before going out, otherwise, the old man's cotton jacket on his body would have been scratched again.

The reason why Mingdai dared to follow him was very simple. She had a golden finger. No matter who was in danger, she would not be in danger. She could hide in space and no one could find her.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, Mingdai felt that she was about to run out of energy and crash.

Zhou Sinian had no choice but to hold her and walk away.

Although it doesn't look good to have my legs hanging out in the air when being held under my armpits, I don't feel tired!

At this moment, she didn't know what dignity was.

Just as Zhou Sinian walked faster and faster, Mingdai saw something furry on the ground that looked very familiar.

Take a closer look, oh my god!

Isn't this a chestnut? A hairy chestnut!

Ming Dai was extremely excited. Looking at the chestnuts all over the ground, she excitedly patted Zhou Sinian with her hands, asking him to let go and put her down.

Zhou Sinian really let go immediately.

Q: What does it feel like for a person to fall vertically on his buttocks onto a ground full of chestnut shells?

Answer: Only one song can represent it.

The chrysanthemums are withered, the ground is covered with wounds, my smile has turned yellow, sob, sob, sob!

When Zhou Sinian saw Mingdai crying, he hurriedly pulled her up from the ground. Looking at her butt full of chestnut shells, he understood what was going on. He took out a machete and picked out the chestnut shells with the back of the knife.

Mingdai looked at his actions with an accusing look, tears falling uncontrollably.

This guy can't beat someone with the back of a knife, so he must know that chestnut shells hurt!

Not wanting to get angry with him, Mingdai looked around carefully. The ground was full of chestnut shells!

Look up again, there is a forest of chestnut trees!

It’s rich!

Mingdai was running around in the woods. The chrysanthemums were withered and the person covered with wounds on the ground seemed not to be her.

Zhou Sinian frowned and followed: "We haven't reached the destination yet."

Really, if we don’t go now, it will be difficult to get down the mountain after dark.

Ming Dai smiled and said, "Why are you still looking for pine nuts? Aren't sugar-roasted chestnuts delicious?"

Zhou Sinian didn't understand what sugar-roasted chestnuts were, but in his modern world, anything with the word "sugar" in it must be delicious.

So he was no longer in a hurry and watched Mingdai walking in the woods.

Mingdai looked carefully and found that the chestnut trees here were too dense and their branches and leaves were too messy, so they must be wild.

Then she won't feel any guilt about taking advantage of the situation.

"Take out the sacks. These hairy chestnuts are all dry. Use sticks to knock them out. We only want to take the chestnuts, not the shells."

After all, this place is too far away. If Zhou Sinian hadn't been here, she could have put all these chestnuts into the space and taken them away. But she was afraid that he would remember this when he recovered, so it was better not to take the risk.

Mingdai asked Zhou Sinian to chop two wooden sticks and demonstrated it to him. Soon Zhou Sinian learned it.

So Zhou Sinian knocked and Mingdai picked up the bell from behind.

When she was picking, she took advantage of Zhou Sinian's inattention and used the space's inherent detection ability to collect all the good chestnuts that had fallen, leaving the bad chestnuts behind.

Looking at the chestnuts piled up like a hill in the space, she couldn't help but take a breath of cool air.

At this time of year, the chestnuts on the mountain have ripened and naturally exploded and fallen, so there are many more chestnuts scattered on the ground than those still in their shells.

The sound of inhaling caught Zhou Sinian's attention. He turned around and found that Mingdai was normal, so he continued to work.

Mingdai was like a mouse that had fallen into a rice jar. She was secretly happy as she picked up the chestnuts that Zhou Sinian had cracked open and piled the chestnut shells into piles.

She didn't plan to let go of these shells, as they were much easier to roast than corn cobs.

Besides, she has other uses for corn husks and does not plan to feed them to the stove or the kang for the time being.

There were more than thirty chestnut trees in the entire forest, and the two of them finished the task in two hours.

It was not only because Zhou Sinian worked hard, but also because the chestnuts were ripe and too many of them had exploded, leaving not many left in the shells.

But this also filled up the four sacks they brought. They were all full!

There were three large piles of chestnuts on the ground, enough to fill three sacks.

There were also more than thirty piles of chestnut shells, which Mingdai scattered around, letting the last rays of the winter sun dry them out, and they could be taken away when they were free.

Sitting on the dead tree, Mingdai took out two teacups to drink water. Looking at the harvest on the ground, she began to worry about how to get it back.

"Zhou Sinian, let's send these chestnuts down first, then pour them out and come back to get the rest."

Although she was a little tired, she wouldn't be able to sleep if she didn't take so many chestnuts with her.

Zhou Sinian nodded obediently, returned the teacup to her, stood up and walked to the sacks, picking them up one in each hand.

Um?

Looking at the weightless sack in his hand, Ming Dai was very skeptical. This sack could hold 200 kilograms!

Mingdai tried the other two bags out of spite.

The texture does not move.

He let go and held a sack with both hands, still motionless.

She was careless. She should have only put in half a bag. She couldn't move the weight now.

"Wait, I'll go down."

After saying this, Zhou Sinian picked up two sacks and walked briskly, and soon disappeared into the dense forest.

Ming Dai looked at him with a smile: "Long legs, really amazing!"

As soon as Zhou Sinian left, Mingdai picked out the rotten chestnuts using her spatial detection ability.

The damaged ones are scattered around, hoping that they can take root and grow into more chestnut trees.

Those with worm eyes are placed under trees to be used as shelter for small animals in the mountains during the winter.

After finishing, she sat on the dead tree and waited for Zhou Sinian to come back.