Return to the small mountain village in 1981

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Chapter 41 41 Remember, catch the lazy cicada

For families in the countryside who have no one to take care of their children, they take them to play wherever the parents work.

In families with little labor, children as old as Zhou Xiaowen are already helping the family cut grass and feed pigs and cows.

"Xiaowen, where are your mother and grandma?"

"Over there in the rapeseed field." Zhou Xiaowen stretched out his hand to Yang Chunyan, "Auntie, I want some candy." The other three also stretched out their hands, "Auntie, I want some too."

Yang Chunyan patted her trouser pocket and said, "Auntie, I'm not pretending. I'll give it to you when I get back."

When several people saw that her trouser pockets were deflated, they did not cry or make a fuss, but seriously warned: "Don't forget it when you get back."

"Okay, don't run around here."

Yang Chunyan walked to the rape field and saw Zhou's mother and three sisters-in-law bending over and pulling weeds in the field. The rapeseed in the field is almost one meter high, and some have already grown buds.

This batch of rapeseed was planted evenly after sowing. It grew a bit densely, and the roots and stems of the rapeseed were not as strong as those that were transplanted.

There was no choice but to allocate dozens of acres of mountain land at once. Everyone dug out the land as quickly as possible and spread the seeds.

A lot of uprooted grass was thrown beside the field ridge, and the bamboo basket was also placed beside the field. Yang Chunyan gathered the grass and put it into the bamboo basket.

"Mom, sister-in-law, old man and brother are all back. Let's call it a day and go back to eat."

Mother Zhou straightened up and looked back at her, "One more thing, you take Xiaolin and the others back first."

"Okay!" Yang Chunyan turned back and picked up the youngest Zhou Xiaolin, "I'm going back to eat candies."

Zhou Xiaowen picked up the two little figures that he thought were the most beautiful, "Auntie, if you burn them in the stove, will they not rot?"

"Yeah!" Yang Chunyan smiled and nodded.

Zhou Jiakang pulled her clothes and said, "Auntie, I want to eat two pieces of candy."

"Okay, two dollars for each person."

Yang Chunyan returned home with a few people and saw Zhou's father and brothers Zhou Huairong arranging ropes in the backyard.

When I arrived in the front yard, I was surprised to see Zhou Huaian, who had gone back to his room angrily, sitting next to the old man and helping him wrap leaf cigarettes.

She recalled that when her maternal grandfather was still alive, she and her sister often helped him wrap leaf cigarettes.

First, hold the tobacco leaves cut into sections in your hand, and breathe on the tobacco leaves with your mouth. This can make the tobacco leaves moist and prevent the tobacco leaves from being too dry and easily broken when wrapping the leaves.

After the tobacco leaves are moistened, gently pat off the dust on the tobacco leaves, gently smooth the unfolded tobacco leaves, and then put the thin stems pinched off from the tobacco leaves into the whole tobacco leaves.

Wrap it slowly until the tobacco leaves are wrapped into the size of a cigar with a moderate amount of tightness. After wrapping, put it into grandpa's tobacco bag.