Chapter 240: Trouble (Page 1/2)
Time flies, and Saturday is here in the blink of an eye. Today is a special day - going to the farm orchard to pick Qiuyue pears.
Lin Man arrived at school early in the morning. After entering the classroom, she repeatedly emphasized to the students: When picking fruit, you must not eat it secretly or hide it. If you are caught, you will be severely punished.
After all, in this day and age, even stealing a date could result in criticism.
Lin Man didn't want her students to succumb to temptation, secretly pick the pears and hide them, and thus make a mistake.
Before leaving, Lin Man divided the students into groups of ten and selected a group leader for each group.
If any one person makes a mistake, the whole group will be punished.
At 7:50, Gao Pengfei and Lin Man led the students of Class 102 to the playground to gather.
The team leader explained the day's mission in detail and reminded everyone not to make mistakes based on principle. Then, the team set off in a mighty procession.
After walking for half an hour, a group of students arrived at the farm orchard. The school leaders talked with the leaders of the military farm for a while, and then led the students straight to the orchard.
Looking at the tree full of golden Qiuyue pears, the students were extremely excited and wanted to pick them all at once.
The director assigned tasks to each class, with each class being given 100 pear trees, and they could go home after picking the pears.
Lin Man did not stipulate how many trees a group must pick. After picking one tree, they would pick the next one.
She asked the female students and the smaller male students to pick pears from the trees, and the stronger boys carried the picked pears back down the mountain.
She and Teacher Gao walked around, supervising the students to see if they made any mistakes, if they had sucked the pears badly, or if anyone had hurt themselves while picking pears.
It’s no big deal, they will help pick the fruits when they are free.
Fortunately, in the end, no students in their class made any mistakes, except for a few who accidentally broke some fruits.
In other classes, there were a few students who couldn't control themselves and ate secretly when the teacher wasn't paying attention, and were eventually reported by their classmates.
The farm did not punish the children. They still gave each of them two pears, but their teacher asked them to write a self-criticism.
The students each got two pears and went home happily. Gao Pengfei walked over to Lin Man and said, "Teacher Lin, the director asked me to ask if you want to buy some pears. They're six cents a pound, no ticket needed."
Lin Man wanted to say no, as it would be a waste of the quota, so she nodded and said, "Go ahead, how many kilograms do you want to buy?"
"I'm going to order 30 kilograms, and they all want 30 kilograms."
"so much?"
"Even if I share a little with my relatives, there won't be much left. If I take these pears to the supply and marketing cooperative, they'll sell for eight cents per pound."
Thirty kilograms of pears cost one yuan and eighty cents, which was not a lot of money for Lin Man. Everyone was buying them, so it would be embarrassing for her not to buy any.
She also discovered that the Qiuyue pears grown in Huo Qingci's space were somewhat different from the pears on the farm. The pears in the space were yellower, larger, and juicier.
Forget it, she might as well buy 30 kilograms and use it to make pear syrup candy.
After the students were dismissed and went home, Lin Man pushed her bicycle and went to buy pears with the teachers from the school. Like the teachers, she bought 30 kilograms of Qiuyue pears.
After returning home, Lin Man took the Qiuyue Pear off the back seat of the bicycle.
Seeing Lin Man coming in with a woven bag, Huo Li asked, "The farm gave each of you so many pears?"
Lin Man smiled and said, "Grandpa, each teacher was given four pears. These were purchased. Each teacher can buy thirty kilograms at six cents a kilogram, no fruit coupons required."
"Oh, I see. The dry weather means we should eat more pears."
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"Grandpa, I want to make some autumn pear paste this afternoon."
Lin Man had just expressed her idea of making autumn pear paste when Huo Li said, "Xiao Man, you need a lot of pears to make autumn pear paste."
Lin Man knew that Grandpa was reluctant to use such tender pears to make autumn pear paste, so she changed the topic and said, "Grandpa, I won't make too many. Just use ten pounds of pears and leave the rest for everyone to eat."
Huo Li nodded and said, "Okay, I'll do as you say. By the way, Qingyan's wife is pregnant, so send her a few pounds of pears as well."
"Okay, Grandpa. I'll ask Qingci to send some to them tonight."
During lunch, Lin Man was peeling pears in the kitchen. While no one was around, she took some pears from her own space and mixed them in. In fact, she used more than 20 kilograms of pears to make autumn pear paste.
20 jin of Qiuyue pears, 2 small pieces of old ginger, 30 red dates, 8 puffed tamarind, 4 monk fruits, 12 grams of licorice, 50 grams of Fritillaria cirrhosa, 200 grams of honey, and finally boil out 1.4 jin of Qiuyue pear paste, which is filled into three small glass jars.
Lin Man secretly hid a can in the space when no one was around. She planned to keep this can in the dormitory and use it to make tea in winter.
After making the autumn pear paste, she had nothing to do in the afternoon, so she took her child to play in the space, while she sat on the sofa and continued knitting a sweater for Huo Yining.
Lin Man took care of the children alone, wanting Liao Sijie to have a good rest for half a day, but she didn't know where she ended up. It was almost five o'clock in the afternoon, and she still hadn't returned home.
In desperation, Lin Man could only entrust the two children to the care of their grandfather and went into the kitchen to prepare dinner. Just as the meal was ready, she saw her mother-in-law walk in.
Lin Man was confused for a moment, not understanding why her mother-in-law suddenly came to visit at this time. Just as she was thinking about how to ask, her mother-in-law spoke first.
Xiao Ya said with a smile on her face, "Manman, I came here to help Ningning and Anan measure their sizes."
"Okay, Mom, I'll go find a tape measure." Lin Man responded.
"Don't bother, I've brought a tape measure." Mother-in-law quickly waved her hand.
After the mother-in-law finished measuring the children, Huo Qingci happened to return home. Lin Man warmly invited her mother-in-law to have dinner together, but Xiao Ya refused:
"No, I have to hurry back to cook for them. Feifei has had a poor appetite these past few days and can't eat anything. She said she wanted to have some sweet wine with eggs, so I came over to get some wine lees."
Lin Man finally realized that her mother-in-law came here not only to measure the size of her two sons,
In fact, she came to help Ling Fei get the wine lees. In fact, the mother-in-law didn't need to measure it herself. She knew the children's body shapes and would naturally have an idea in her mind and understand how to make cotton-padded jackets.
Lin Man didn't say much, but stood up and walked into the kitchen, took out a large enamel bowl, filled it with wine dregs and handed it to her mother-in-law, and also gave her a few pounds of freshly bought Qiuyue pears.
Before going to bed, Lin Man chatted with Huo Qingci: "Qingci, your sister hasn't come home yet. Is she going to live in the Lin family?"
"Let her go. It's her personal choice."
Lin Man continued, "Ling Fei is pregnant. I'm afraid your mother will be tortured by her."
Huo Qingci hugged Lin Man in his arms and said slowly, "My brother's taste is really not that good. How can he compare with me? The wife I chose is not only beautiful, but also outstanding and very filial.
My brother is blind and he was deceived last time and found such a straightforward and inconsiderate woman.
My mom will have a lot of trouble living with them. When Ling Fei gives birth to the baby, the Huo family will probably be very lively. "
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