Climbing up the mountain, everyone felt that the view was even wider.

Looking from top to bottom, you can see a little bit of bright red among the dense green leaves, which is the ripe jujube.

"Picking dates!"

Someone shouted happily, everyone parked the carriage and went down to pick dates with their baskets.

The crowd entered the jujube forest, frightening many birds that were resting on the trees.

The birds flapped their wings and flew far away, passing through the clear blue sky, and fled further into the mountains and forests.

The light of the setting sun shone on the ground through the treetops and leaves. The branches shook slightly, and many dates were collected into the bags.

Yuntao walked back with her basket, and several buckets and bamboo baskets were spread out from home, all of which were used to hold dates.

This is the basket of dates she just brought back.

Yuntao raised the basket, poured the dates in the basket into the bucket, and sat down on the carriage so tiredly.

Wan Hongmei also slowly followed back, holding a lot of wild vegetables in the basket in her hand.

People in the village are very enthusiastic about picking dates. The whole family, men, women, old and young, all went out to beat the dates, pick up the dates, and transport the dates all the time. There were hundreds of kilograms of dates packed into the house.

Seeing that the Yun family had just pretended to do this, someone came up and expressed concern.

"Ms. Yun, why don't you go pick dates? Is there no one to help you?"

"My child is very good at knocking trees. Would you like me to knock down a few trees for you to pick up?" A woman from the village came forward and asked enthusiastically.

Wan Hongmei smiled and waved her hands, "No, no, I have enough at home."

"You go ahead and pick them. I will take my daughter to divide the dates."

"...Well, Madam Yun, if you need help, don't be polite to us. We are all from the same village, so we should help each other."

"That's natural."

After sending the warm-hearted woman away, Wan Hongmei took Yun Tao and put the ripe dates and underripe ones into different baskets. Jiang Xian was also helping.

The half-green and half-red dates are crisp, while the red ones are soft and have a gritty taste.

"Let's eat the green dates these days. You can't help but let them dry. Let's dry the red ones," Wan Hongmei said.

"Aunt, can we finish eating so much?" Jiang Xian asked in surprise.

In her opinion, the pile of dates was bigger and taller than her, so it would take a lot of time.

"If you have enough to eat, you can eat a few kilograms a day and you will finish it quickly."

"When the weather gets cold, Hongzao can still cook soup for you," Wan Hongmei said.

Jiang Xian had never drunk jujube soup before, so he couldn't help but asked curiously, "Auntie, is the jujube soup sweet?"

"Yes, it's sweet. It tastes sweeter than these dates."

Jiang Xian thought for a while, stuffed a date into his mouth, noted the sweetness, and secretly looked forward to the future date soup.

Several people were talking, the two types of dates had been divided, and the sky was getting darker.

Yuntao rolled her neck, "Why hasn't dad come back yet? It's almost dark."

Yun Huachun and the villagers went to explore the surrounding area.

"He's such a big man, it's not like he doesn't know the way. Besides, there's Uncle Zhong too." Wan Hongmei said calmly.

After dividing the last date in the bucket.

Yuntao nodded, yes, Uncle Zhong's swordsmanship and martial arts are both great.

Not long after it got dark, Yun Huachun came back with the villagers.

After arriving home, Yun Huachun tipped over his bamboo basket, and a lot of gray stuff like grass balls rolled out from it.

"I met a few chestnut trees in the mountains and picked some back up. How about we cook chestnuts to eat tonight?" Yun Huachun suggested.

"The chestnuts can be stored, let's keep them for later." Wan Hongmei rejected the proposal with one vote.

Yun Huachun looked at Chestnut and blinked, seeming a little reluctant to let go.

"Eat the ones that can't be stored first, so as not to spoil them and waste them. The ones that can be stored will be eaten later. Don't worry, they will be yours. Don't feel wronged." Wan Hongmei coaxed her a few words.

There are only a few things that Yun Huachun likes to eat, and chestnuts are one of them. Every year, he buys dozens of kilograms of chestnuts from the mountains and brings them to his home.

So he picked up chestnuts and couldn't wait to send them home. He hadn't tasted chestnuts for a long time.

"Take the outer skin off easily, I'm busy." Wan Hongmei shouted.

The person who shouted this was Yun Huachun.

Not having anything to eat, but also having to work, Yuntao felt a little sorry for her father.

"Dad, let me help you work." Yuntao shouted.

In the light of the fire, Yuntao used a dull knife at home to remove the husks from the outside of the chestnuts. After peeling off the husks, two or three chestnuts fell out.

By the way, I secretly whispered a few words to Yun Huachun.

"When I was picking dates today, my mother told me to pick less and let the people in the village pick more. We have food at home, but the people in the village only have this in the car, and it will be difficult to survive until winter."

"Mom was also afraid that she wouldn't have anything to eat in the future, so she left the chestnuts until last. Dad, please relax!" Yun Tao patted Yun Huachun on the shoulder and said.

Yun Huachun couldn't laugh or cry.

"A chestnut, what are you thinking about?"

"Are you done with the chestnuts? Give them to me when they're done."

Wan Hongmei placed the dates and shouted to her father and daughter.

"It's not healed yet, mother." Yuntao said, her hands speeding up.

During the escape days, I rested early. Basically when it got dark, I would go to bed after eating.

Yun Huachun planned to sleep outside tonight, so when Wan Hongmei handed him the quilt, she stuffed something into his hand.

"That's it. No more. Let's talk about it later."

Yun Huachun felt that his hands were extremely hot. He took a look at the fire and saw three chestnuts, which were dark and had just been roasted in the fire.

Originally, Huachun felt cold when the storm started at night, but now, I was instantly warmed up.

What a nice wife!

"Daughter-in-law, I will pick up some chestnuts tomorrow." Yun Huachun said happily while lying next to the carriage.

"Sleep as soon as you can." Wan Hongmei said quickly.

Yuntao was glad that she only ate a few dates at night, otherwise the dog food would have been enough for her.

The group set off on the second day, walked another half mile south, picked up the last dozens of dates from the jujube trees, and left the jujube forest with unfinished thoughts.

The further south we go, the cooler it gets day by day, and the nights get colder and colder.

One night it started to rain lightly.

Yun Huachun had just been lying on the mat when he was suddenly hit by cold raindrops all over his face.

Many people in the village sleep directly on the ground like Yun Huachun.

As soon as the rain fell, everyone woke up.

"It's raining!"

"Wake up, it's raining on your face!"

Most of the people in the convoy were awake.

"Lao Yun, come and sleep in the car. Don't sleep outside." Wan Hongmei opened the curtain and said.

"Alas." Yun Huachun responded and entered the carriage.

Yuntao moved a little to the side, and three people could lie down inside.

The feeling of lying in a carriage is different from that of lying on the ground.

Wan Hongmei put two layers of mats in the car. It was much softer than a straw mat when she lay down on it, and she wasn't cold at all.

Yun Huachun lay down, but he was completely sleepless.

His family's carriage can keep out wind and rain, but the villagers' carriages can't.

In my ears I could hear the sounds of people in the village worrying about how to spend this rainy night.
Chapter completed!