After dinner, Xu Ning packed up all the food that Lu Xiaotang had brought today and asked him to take it to the cowshed.
Seeing that she had put everything into the backpack, Lu Xiaotang said, "Just take half over and leave the other half here."
After saying that, he took out a lot of things that Xu Ning had just put in.
Xu Ning thought, there is no shortage of food in the cowshed now, so let him do it.
Xu Ning asked Xu Mo to go with Lu Xiaotang. If they ran into anyone, they could say they were there to see Xu Mo off.
Xu An boiled some hot water and said to Xu Ning, "Sister, the hot water is ready, go wash up first."
It was still early when Xu Ning washed up and got ready. Lu Xiaotang hadn't come back so early, so he sat on the kang and watched Xu An do his homework.
Xu An finished writing the last piece of small characters, put away the notebook and pen and put them in his schoolbag.
Said to Xu Ning, "Sister, I have finished my homework today. Tomorrow we will dig a cellar at home with Brother Lu, or go up the mountain to collect mountain products."
Xu Ning said, "Brother Lu said he would dig alone and asked the two of us to go up the mountain.
These days, the villagers are cleaning up their private plots, so we will go to the mountains to pick some up while there are fewer people around."
Xu An asked, "Should we invite Mom and Aunt Lu to come tomorrow?"
Xu Ning looked at Xu An and smiled, "Mom and Aunt Lu have been out picking up trash all day.
When I came back from the city and went to the cowshed to deliver some things, Uncle Lu said that the two of them had gone up the mountain very early and had already carried several baskets home.
Seeing that the two of them were doing nothing, Xu Ning took the wool that Lu Xiaotang brought back today and wound it into a circle. He planned to knit a vest for them when he had nothing to do later.
When Lu Xiaotang came back, the brother and sister were sitting on the kang, listening to the radio and winding wool.
Xu An got down from the kang as soon as he saw him and said, "Brother Lu, I've boiled some hot water. Go wash up."
Xu Ning also got down from the kang and said, "Brother Lu, you've been on the bus for several days and you're tired all day today. Go to bed early," and then went back to his room.
The next day, Xu Ning got up at dawn. When he opened the door, he saw that Lu Xiaotang had dug a very deep hole.
I sighed in my heart, this young man is really energetic!
She started cooking when she got back to the house. She also wanted to eat early before going up the mountain.
There was still some meat stuffing from yesterday that hadn't been wrapped in the kitchen. Xu Ning mixed some dough and planned to fry some pies and cook some millet porridge.
Just as the dough was ready, Xu An got up and saw that his sister was already cooking. He washed his face and came over to help.
The brother and sister cooked quickly, a basket of pies, a plate of pickled cucumbers, millet porridge,
After the three of them had their meal, Xu Mo was still asleep. Since Lu Xiaotang was at home, Xu An and Xu Ning went up the mountain carrying their backpacks.
As soon as the brother and sister reached the foot of the mountain, they saw Aunt Xu and Aunt Lu, who had already picked up a basket and carried it back.
Xu Ning thought, why are they so enthusiastic? She thought she was diligent enough, but she didn't expect that they would pick up the trash so often.
She asked, "Mom, Aunt Lu, why are you two here so early? Have you eaten?"
The two men hurriedly replied, "We have eaten. Go up quickly and we will take this basket back and come right back."
After saying this, he trotted away with the backpack on his back.
Xu Ning and Xu An...
When they reached the mountain, Xu Ning planned to pick up the items separately from Xu An, so that she could put some into the space and then take them out little by little later.
When the brother and sister were busy collecting things on the mountain, Lu Xiaotang came with Xu Mo.
Xu Mo, carrying his small backpack, pouted and looked at Xu Ning and Xu An and said, "Sister, second brother, why didn't you call me, huh?"
After that, he took his small backpack and found a place with lots of chestnuts. He put on his small gloves and started to pick them into the backpack.
Xu Ning looked at it in a daze.
Lu Xiaotang also raised his lips and said, "After waking up, I knew that you two went up the mountain without waiting for him.
He ran up the mountain angrily with his small backpack. I coaxed him to eat and then brought him back up.
Xu Ning didn't know whether to laugh or cry. This kid was too funny. She had originally planned to send the basket back and bring him up, but she didn't know he was so anxious.
Lu Xiaotang saw a basket full of chestnuts nearby and picked it up to carry down the mountain.
Xu Ning hurriedly said, "Brother Lu, I'll be there."
Lu Xiaotang said, "It's okay, I'll take it down with me. Xiao An, come with me to get the backpack," and then he strode down the mountain.
Xu Ning looked at Xu Mo, who was picking chestnuts with his butt sticking out, and walked over to him with amusement and said,
"Xiao Mo, are you still angry? I saw that you were sleeping soundly and didn't want to wake you up. I was just about to go downstairs to pick you up, but you were sleeping with Brother Lu again."
Xu Mo raised his head and looked at his sister, and asked, "Really?"
"Of course it's true. Didn't you see the basket of chestnuts that Brother Lu carried back? I just filled it up and was planning to carry it back, and then I brought you here."
Xu Ning tapped his little nose and said, "Are you still angry with me?"
Xu Mo lowered his head and said embarrassedly, "I'm not angry with you, it's just that I got up late. I will get up early tomorrow and come with you."
"Xiao Mo, you don't have to get up so early. You are growing up now. You need to sleep more to grow taller. Do you want to be as tall as Brother Lu?"
Xu Mo said loudly, "If I want to be as tall as Brother Lu, I can help my sister with a lot of work."
Xu Ning's eyes soured when he heard this, and he said, "Then Xiao Mo needs to sleep more and eat more so that he can grow taller. When he grows taller, he can help his sister with more work."
Xu Mo nodded heavily and said, "Sister, I understand. I will eat well and sleep well."
When Xu An and Jianmin came up, the brother and sister were already picking chestnuts together affectionately.
Jianmin said, "Xu Zhiqing, the village will go to pay the public grain tomorrow. My father and my eldest brother will go. My mother asked them to bring back a pound of meat to make dumplings. I will bring you a bowl when the time comes."
Xu Ning looked at him and smiled, "Jianmin, you don't have to serve it to us. We just had dumplings with pork filling last night. You can just eat a few more."
Xu Ning knew that Jianmin felt embarrassed for eating her food so often.
In fact, in Xu Ning's opinion, the snacks she gave to Jianmin were of the same value as the steamed buns that Jianmin gave to Xiao An.
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