allendalepharm Chapter 143
Chapter 143
Hearing the old man say that he would stay to help pick the oranges for a while, Wu Qiusheng refused.
He said directly: "You all go back, I will stay to help."
"You have never picked oranges before, and your speed is not as fast as ours. You go home first. I will help your fourth uncle pick for a while and then go back."
The old man did not approve of Wu Qiusheng's ability.
Compared with the two old men, Wu Qiusheng really had not done much farm work. Even for a small job like picking oranges, they felt that Wu Qiusheng was not very good.
"I..." Wu Qiusheng was speechless.
He was in his early forties, how could he pick oranges worse than two nearly seventy old men? !
Before Wu Qiusheng could continue speaking, Shen Fei next to him said:
"Let's stay and help together. There is strength in numbers. With so many of us helping together, the speed will always be faster."
It would be awkward to sit down at home, so it would be better to help here.
Shen Wenbo then said to the old man:
"Yes, Grandpa, let's stay and help."
"With so many of us, we can all help pick oranges, and the speed will definitely be super fast!"
As soon as they said that, the others nodded.
Shen Erya said: "Picking oranges, Erniu and I are familiar with it. Erniu's family also grows it. We picked it for more than half a month last year, and the two of us picked it very quickly."
"We can help, too. I can climb trees!" Niuniu said loudly, raising her little hand.
"I can, too!" Mengmeng also said excitedly.
Xiaoliu also raised his hand and said, "I want to help too!"
Hearing them all say this, and seeing three little kids jumping around here, the old man was in a much better mood, with a smile on his face.
Nodded and said:
"Okay, let's stay together to help you four pick oranges for a while, and then go home later. Let your grandma make you a good meal at noon!"
Hearing this, Wu Hongmei said:
"Others can stay to help, Mengmeng, you little troublemaker, you have to go home with me to change clothes first. You are covered in mud and your clothes are wet. If you don't change clothes, you will catch a cold."
"Ah? I want to stay and help too. I want to help with my sisters!"
The child has one idea after another. Now that everyone wants to stay to help pick oranges, Wu Mengmeng doesn't want to go back to change clothes.
Seeing this, Shen Fei smiled at her:
"Go back and take a shower, change clothes and come back. Let your big brother take you back to change, it will be quick."
While speaking, he pointed to the 175 motorcycle of Shen Wenbo next to him.
Hearing Shen Fei's words, Wu Mengmeng looked at him curiously and nodded obediently,
"Okay. Then I'll go back and change clothes and come back soon."
"Xiaowu, Xiaoliu, will you go back with me? We'll come back together to pick oranges later!"
Mengmeng invited Niuniu and Xiaoliu.
Unfortunately, there was limited space on the motorcycle. If Wu Hongmei and Wu Mengmeng were to be carried, Niuniu and Xiaoliu could no longer be carried.
If it was for adults, two more could be carried, but not for children.
Children are not stable when sitting on a motorcycle, and the driver can only take care of the one in front of him, not too many.
After everyone discussed, it was decided that Shen Wenbo would ride a motorcycle to take Wu Hongmei and Mengmeng back to take a shower and change clothes.
The others stayed to help.
Before Shen Wenbo was about to drive away, Shen Fei put the things he brought on his motorcycle and asked him to take them over.
Seeing that he had prepared cigarettes, alcohol, tea, goats, pheasants, and cloth, the two elders were stunned.
This son-in-law...except for the time when he brought their third daughter home, he has never been so generous...
The old man looked at the things and said:
"You don't need cigarettes, alcohol, tea, and cloth. You can return them later.
These goats and pheasants, make some for lunch, and take the rest back.
There are so many of you, and the three of us can't eat much.
You should be thoughtful and bring Xiaowu and Xiaoliu to play with Mengmeng more often in the future, so you don't need to bring things."
The two elders were not too clear about the current situation of the Shen family. Seeing that Shen Fei brought so many things, Wu Wenzheng was also afraid that he was just pretending to be rich.
In his memory, this kid might really do something like pretending to be rich.
Shen Fei smiled and said:
"I also met my elder sister and her husband at the market in Qizhen two days ago.
My elder sister told me that today is my mother's birthday, so I thought of bringing the children to celebrate her birthday and make it lively.
The goats and pheasants were all hunted in the mountains. These things didn't cost much, so let's keep them..."
Celebrating the old lady's birthday? !
Even the old man and the old lady themselves didn't know about this, and ShenFei reminded them that today was indeed Wu Hongmei's birthday.
"We are very happy if you bring the children to see us. Why should an old woman like me celebrate my birthday?"
Wu Hongmei said no, but the smile on her face could not deceive anyone.
She was happy to hear that Shen Fei brought the children to her house to celebrate her birthday.
Shen Fei smiled and said, "If we have to celebrate, we will celebrate at noon. Let's hurry up and go home to celebrate your birthday after picking oranges."
After that, he stopped pushing and shoving with the two elders and walked into the orange orchard first.
He Erniu, Shen Erya and others also rolled up their sleeves and followed.
Seeing Niuniu and Xiaoliu also go to the citrus orchard to help, Mengmeng said anxiously:
"Grandma, big brother, let's hurry up and go home. Xiaowu and Xiaoliu are picking citrus. I am the elder sister, and I can't pick less than them."
"Are you anxious now? Who told you to roll in the mud just now?"
Wu Hongmei rolled her eyes at her and carried her to Shen Wenbo's motorcycle.
Wu Hongmei put a sack underneath the motorcycle for fear that the little guy would get the mud all over his body dirty.
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In the citrus orchard, Zheng Xier held Xiaopengzi and didn't help. Others were trying hard to help pick citrus.
When picking this kind of citrus, you can't just grab the citrus and pull it down. You have to leave some stems and leaves on the citrus.
The difficulty of picking is not bad for adults. Just pinch the branches with your fingernails and bend them, and they will basically come down.
But for Niuniu and Xiaoliu, it was a bit difficult. The orange was bigger than the hands of the two little guys, and they couldn't pinch the stem.
The two kids tried for a long time, but they could only pull the oranges directly off the tree. They had to keep the stems like adults, which was really impossible for them.
Before they came, Wu Mengmeng was also very enthusiastic to help, but because she couldn't keep the stems of the oranges, she was sent to play nearby.
"Just pick whichever you want to eat, just pull it down, and we'll take it back to eat later."
Seeing the two little guys standing aside with distressed faces, Shen Fei said to them with a smile.