Chapter 62 Fighting Autumn
"I understand. Let's pick out the sweet potatoes with broken skins first. It should be a sunny day tomorrow, so we should get up early and chop the potatoes." Qiao Mo nodded and squatted down to pick sweet potatoes.
Pick out the ones with broken skins, cut off the sweet potato berries and put them aside, put the intact ones together, then tie them into bundles of six, tie the sweet potato berries together, and put them on the bamboo poles on the second floor to dry: they lived in a bungalow, and the second floor was low and low, so it was well ventilated, so they could hang a few bamboo poles with ropes to dry things.
The three of them painstakingly selected the sweet potatoes, moved those that needed to be dried upstairs, and moved those that needed to be chopped and cooked to the kitchen before starting to cook.
That day, they did not use dry rice, but cut a few sweet potatoes and cooked them together with the rice.
"Fresh sweet potatoes are still more delicious." Qiao Mo felt that today's meal was particularly sweet.
"Sweet potatoes are sweeter and more delicious after they lose some of their water." Kang Mingyuan nodded, but thought to himself that he must work hard to let her eat pure rice, instead of being happy that sweet potatoes taste better than dry rice.
"Well, there are so many delicious things, but it's a pity that these sweet potatoes can't be kept for long." Han Yimo also nodded, but no matter how good the sweet potatoes were harvested, they could only be kept until spring and had to be stored in the cellar.
"Work hard, and in a few days we won't have to eat sweet potato rice anymore." Qiao Mo thought that after the reform and opening up, the economy will develop rapidly and people's living standards will gradually improve. Then we won't have to worry about what to eat.
After all the crops in the fields have been harvested, the brigade organizes everyone to collect mountain products, which is also part of the autumn harvest. People call it "collecting autumn products".
There are not many varieties of mountain products here, such as chestnuts, pine nuts, pecans, kiwis, etc. The team cannot keep these for themselves, and most of them have to be sold to agricultural product purchasing stations.
If you are lucky, you can also pick wild oranges, grapefruits, and dates. The quantity of these things is very small and the taste may not be good, so there is no need to send them to the purchasing station. Most of the time, whoever picks them owns them.
Fortunately, after three days of continuous rain, the weather has finally cleared up, which makes the people who work in autumn much more relaxed.
In order to mobilize everyone's enthusiasm, the leaders of the brigade discussed and decided to adopt the method of paying according to work, that is, one work point would be given for every ten kilograms of mountain products, and there was no upper limit.
The brigade did not arrange any teams, and everyone formed their own teams. Qiao Mo naturally teamed up with Kang Mingyuan and Han Yima. Shao Lidong and Wang Jiaqi were very conscious and did not take the initiative to team up with them. Although Chu Maoshen wanted to follow them, he was rejected by Kang Mingyuan.
"Momo, we went to the mountains and found a large chestnut forest. As expected, no one should have discovered that place." Han Yimo said quietly. When they went to the mountains and saw the chestnut forest, there was a thick layer of chestnuts fallen under the trees. It was a pity that they were all rotten, otherwise, their trip would not have been so difficult.
"It's just that it's a bit far away. I think we should follow everyone to the mountains in the northeast and find a chance to go there later." Kang Mingyuan said lightly.
No one had discovered that chestnut forest, so they could claim it as their own. After they had taken the chestnuts down, they could slowly work them out and sell them on the black market, and the three of them would make a fortune.
It's not that they are selfish, it's just that food is too precious at this time. They have a whole family to take care of and can't take care of others for the time being. Qiao Mo is an orphan and has no one to rely on. He will feel safe only if he has some money. Besides, the conditions in the Dongshan Brigade are pretty good, and everyone can at least have seven meals a day.
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