In the evening, the clouds in the sky were orange-red, there were many people in the village, and there were no wild animals, so there was no need to hurry home. Lu Gu and Wei Lanxiang went to the third uncle's house. There were a lot of shrimp in the fish basket, so they sent some over. When they came back, they didn't have an empty hand. they borught half a bag of dates in the third uncle's courtyard.

Wei Lanxiang asked the two of them to take them up the mountain to eat. If they couldn't finish eating too much, they would wilt, so they might as well dried them in the sun. The dried dates would also help Lu Gu replenished his energy and blood. First, listen to Langzhong’s words, and the dried dates he bought had already been eaten. Fortunately, the Shen family didn’t treat people badly when they ate, and they often ate meat and fish, and Lu Gu had no other problems. He ate and drank well and slept well, so his body was naturally stronger than before.

Shen Yan came back with a bundle of grass, but Dahui was not tied after he went down the mountain, so he followed her when she went out, and also entered the courtyard gate.

Seeing that Wei Lanxiang and Lu Gu came back, she said, "Mother, I met Caixia just now, she came down from the mountain and said that their family went to the mountain to pick up chestnuts and hazelnuts, and Caixia alone carried more than half of the basket. "

After autumn, when the chestnuts and hazelnuts were ripe and fell to the ground, not only people would pick them up, but also the mice and squirrels in the mountains would pick them up for the winter. Several villages near would go up the mountains to pick them up. When there were more people, everyone would pick them up, each family could pick up less, Caixia's family picked up a lot, Shen Yan was naturally surprised to see it.

Wei Lanxiang was peeling the onions, and she looked over when she heard her say that, and said with a smile: "You can talk about it if you want to go, what are you doing with your mother?"

She thought for a while and said: "But it's really good to pick chestnuts. We will keep some more this year, and we’ll eat it differently during the winter. In the past few years, we’ve steamed it with rice, but this time we’re bored with it, so let’s cook it with chicken, and it’s said to be more delicious, so let’s try it too.”

She walked towards the kitchen, and said: "Your brother Erqing is resting at home these few days, don't rush away, let's go around the front hill first."