I'm not worried about traveling through a farmer's house. I made my fortune by farming.

I heard that Lin Yunchu actually wanted to pick these fruits to take home and cook them. I knew they couldn’t be eaten.

Pan Xiuxiu hurriedly waved her hands at Lin Yunchu, as if she was afraid that Lin Yunchu would not believe her. She picked up a fruit from the ground and handed it to Lin Yunchu.

"Really? This fruit is so sour it's inedible. If you don't believe me, try it."

Pan Xiuxiu was afraid that Lin Yunchu would not believe her words, and when she saw that Lin Yunchu had no intention of taking the fruit from her hand, she

He hurried forward and stuffed the fruit into Lin Yunchu's hand, staring at her intently, afraid that she would misunderstand that he was lying.

Lin Yunchu looked at Pan Xiuxiu who seemed a little anxious, and suddenly chuckled.

"Sister Xiuxiu, I know this fruit is sour. I plan to make some snacks. They are delicious. You can come over and take a look. You will know when you try them."

Hearing Lin Yunchu's words and the affirmative look on her face, thinking that she was so smart, what she said should be true.

Thinking that it was all a misunderstanding, Pan Xiuxiu suddenly felt a little embarrassed and said softly, "So that's how it is. I misunderstood."

Pan Xiuxiu's face turned red and felt a little hot, and she lowered her head embarrassedly.

Lin Yunchu didn't care much. Seeing Pan Xiuxiu carrying a backpack, he asked, "Where are you going, Sister Xiuxiu?"

"Oh... I have some free time today, so I thought I'd go to the back mountain to pick up some firewood to use when winter comes."

There are only two people in the Pan family, Pan Xiuxiu and her father. Pan's father is busy working in the fields every day and it is hard enough. As soon as Pan Xiuxiu finishes her housework, she will collect some firewood and store it for use in the winter.

When winter comes, I won’t be able to go out, and the weather is cold so I’ll need a lot of firewood. I can only go out and pick up some firewood when I’m free now, so that I won’t have no firewood in winter.

Lin Yunchu nodded. She knew this. Every household in the village started to stockpile firewood at this time. If they didn't collect enough, they would inevitably suffer from the cold when winter came.

The Lin family now has a lot of firewood stored in the backyard. On weekdays, anyone in the family who has free time will go to collect firewood. Even the youngest, Lin Changan, knows that this is an important matter, and he is the one who carries most of the firewood back home.

Lin Yunchu nodded, took the bamboo basket and began to pick up the sour dates that had just fallen on the ground. Lin Changan had already picked up quite a few and put them in front of him in his clothes pocket.

When the basket was almost full, he ran to Lin Yunchu and poured all the sour dates he had picked into the bamboo basket.

"I'll help you pick some up too."

Pan Xiuxiu immediately saw that there were a lot of sour dates on the ground, so she spoke to Lin Yunchu, then put down the basket on her back and put it aside, then squatted down and picked them up together.

You can help Lin Yunchu pick some sour dates first and then go collect firewood later. It won’t waste any time.

Lin Yunchu didn't say anything when he saw this, but the corners of his mouth rose slightly.

The three of them moved much faster, and after picking up trash for more than half an hour, they filled the basket. Lin Yunchu thought it was almost done, so he stood up and prepared to go home.

"Sister Xiuxiu, we'll go back first. If you have time later, you must come to our house to see the sour jujube paste we made."

Lin Yunchu had a smile in his eyes and looked sincere.

Pan Xiuxiu also helped pick these sour dates, so naturally she should go and take a look as well.

After hearing Lin Yunchu's words, Pan Xiuxiu paused for a moment, then quickly nodded vigorously at Lin Yunchu and said repeatedly, "Okay, I'll go to your house to find you after I pick up some firewood."

Pan Xiuxiu had few playmates since she was a child. After something happened at home, people in the village avoided her. She didn't even have anyone she wanted to talk to on a daily basis.

She had never expected Lin Yunchu's invitation just now, so she was so surprised. However, Lin Yunchu asked her to go to the Lin family to find her, so she was naturally very happy and agreed immediately without thinking too much.

After the two of them agreed, Pan Xiuxiu watched Lin Yunchu and Lin Changan walking away, then turned around and continued walking forward. There was more firewood over there, so she had to pick it up quickly and take it back, as she had to go to the Lin family later.

Lin Yunchu didn't expect that her casual invitation would make Pan Xiuxiu so happy.

She and Lin Chang'an quickly returned to their own yard. It was still early, and Lin Changting and Lin Changping were probably still in the town and had not returned yet.

The other members of the Lin family were not at home either. They were probably out working in the fields.

After finishing her housework, Mother Lin usually goes to the fields with Father Lin and the others or goes to cut vegetables for the chickens. Since the family started raising chickens, Mother Lin pays close attention to them every day.

When I first caught it, it was still a little chick. Now it has grown a lot. I'm afraid it will start laying eggs in some time.

Thinking that there would be no shortage of eggs at home in the future, Lin's mother would look at them several times a day.

Lin Yunchu filled a basin with well water, poured all the sour dates picked from the basket into the basin and began to wash them.

In the kitchen, Lin Changan had already started a fire as Lin Yunchu had instructed.

After washing twice, all the sour dates were clean. Lin Yunchu picked up the sour dates, poured them into the pot, covered it and started cooking.

After a while, the sour dates in the pot began to crack. Seeing that they were ready, Lin Yunchu told Lin Changan that it was ready.

Lin Yunchu poured the cooked sour dates into a basket to drain, then carried it to the yard. The next step was to start the most time-consuming step of peeling the skin.

When all the sour jujube skins were peeled, Pan Xiuxiu arrived at the Lin family.

Looking at the sour dates peeled by Lin Yunchu and Lin Changan, he was surprised. He didn't expect that the fruit could be cooked and eaten.

Lin Yunchu entered the house and found a clean and smooth stick. This was something she had asked her father to make specially for her. It would sometimes be useful when cooking.

Pan Xiuxiu and Lin Changan squatted aside, watching Lin Yunchu use a stick to stir the peeled sour dates in one direction, rubbing and kneading them.

The two of them didn't know what this was for and looked very curious, but seeing that Lin Yunchu was gradually struggling, they didn't dare to say anything.

Slowly, with constant rubbing, the fruit core slowly came out. Lin Yunchu picked out the fruit core and put it aside while stirring.

Pan Xiuxiu and Lin Changan could see what Lin Yunchu was trying to do, and immediately said, "Yunchu, let me try too."

Seeing that Lin Yunchu was starting to have difficulty stirring, and Lin Changan was young and didn't have much strength, Pan Xiuxiu couldn't help but tell Lin Yunchu her thoughts.

Seeing that almost half of the fruit cores had been picked out, Lin Yunchu's hands were indeed very sore. After hearing what Pan Xiuxiu said, he didn't bother to be polite.

Then he handed the stick in his hand to Pan Xiuxiu and told her some tips on how to make it easier.