Chapter 15 first quarter

Back to the two-story house where Yuan Maoqi lives, there is a small yard.This year the persimmon tree in that yard bears fruit for the first time. Fifteen years have passed since Maoqi and Touziniang lived in this house.I heard that the persimmon tree was planted by the previous tenant. When Maoqi and his wife moved in, although it was only as tall as Maoqi's head, the branches and leaves were lush, and it looked like a persimmon tree.At that time, Maoqi thought that according to this, the fruit would be born in two or three years, and he was quite looking forward to it. Unexpectedly, the persimmon tree grew taller and taller year by year, so tall that one had to look up, but the trunk was very thin and the leaves were sparser than other persimmon trees.I don't know if it's because of the poor soil quality or the lack of sunshine. In short, in the tenth year, Maoqi also gave up, thinking that the persimmon tree probably won't bear fruit.

In this way, in the fifteenth year of this year, there were green persimmons hanging from the branches.As the saying goes, peaches and chestnuts take three years and eight years for persimmons, and this persimmon tree has spent nearly twice as long as ordinary persimmon trees, and finally "grown up". "It turns out that this guy is a very late ripening persimmon." "It must be sweet, though." The Maoqi couple looked up at the persimmon tree every morning and evening. This autumn, Maoqi has been living peacefully with no wind or waves at hand.In the job of a catcher, sometimes there is such a situation, and to be honest, it is very idle.

Like most of the catchers, the head of the Maoqi family also had her own job.She made a living as a seamstress when she was young, and she is busy tailoring now.Especially in autumn, before the unlined clothes are replaced with jackets, it is the period with the most tailoring work.Naturally, Mao Qi, who has nothing to do at home, can only obey the orders of the boss's mother, obediently help the thread board, remove the stretch thread, or help the busy boss to collect water and clean, move the stove to the yard to roast saury, etc. It looks like a hermit. However, Maoqi is a little tired of this kind of leisurely life.That's why he kept in his mind the casual gossips of the boss's wife who usually turned a deaf ear to her at work.