Traveling through the famine, I stockpiled supplies like crazy

Chapter 496 Freshly Squeezed Pomegranate Juice

Xu Han was terrified watching from below, thinking, "This is too fast!"

Ze'er, who was waiting below, saw his brother climb up, and he was eager to try it himself under the tree. Xu Han saw it with sharp eyes and pulled Ze'er down when he was about to climb up the tree.

"Zer, don't go up there. Let your brother pick the pomegranates. We'll catch the pomegranates your brother picks below. Otherwise, the pomegranates your brother picks will fall to the ground and break into pieces, and you won't have any pomegranates to eat."

In fact, Xu Han was a little scared. She always felt that Ze was too young and she didn't dare to let him climb trees. Little did she know that climbing trees was no problem at all for Ze at the moment.

However, Ze'er felt sorry for his old mother, and was obedient for a rare time. He followed Xu Han and obediently took the pomegranate handed to him by Mu'er.

After the bamboo basket was filled with pomegranates, Xu Han asked Mu'er to come down, and the three of them, mother and son, walked home hand in hand, carrying the pomegranates.

From a distance, the scene is extremely warm, and the picture of three people holding hands is very beautiful.

But it was a different scene when you looked closer. The mother and her two children were arguing loudly, and no one would give in. Each of them had their own reasons...

They finally arrived home. After arriving home, the three of them instantly quieted down. Xu Han put the bamboo basket on the wooden table in the yard, then turned around and went to the kitchen to get out a large wooden basin.

Xu Han asked, "I'll be in charge of cutting the pomegranates, and you two will be in charge of peeling out the seeds, okay?"

Ze'er patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, mother, there will be absolutely no problem. I am very fast at peeling pomegranates. I guarantee that I can peel them quickly and cleanly."

Xu Han was just about to praise Ze'er first, but Mu'er beside her said coldly, "Brother hasn't washed his hands after taking a shit!"

Xu Han was furious when she heard this. "You little bastard, didn't I tell you two to wash your hands when I went to get the basin just now?"

Mu'er innocently spread out her hands that she hadn't had time to wipe clean, and tried to prove to Xu Han, "I washed them."

Xu Han saw Mu'er's hand and turned to Ze'er, "Lu Ze, why don't you go wash your hands? Your mother has told you many times to wash your hands after going to the toilet, why don't you remember?

I don't know who you learned this from. You are so sloppy and don't pay attention to hygiene at all.

I just asked you to wash your hands, why didn't you go? You didn't even wash your hands after taking a shit, so who are you going to eat the pomegranates you peeled? Aren't you wasting the pomegranates we worked so hard to pick?"

Xu Han became angrier as he spoke. He picked up a stick nearby and was about to hit Ze'er. Seeing that the situation was not right, Ze'er ran away immediately.

While running, he said to Mu'er, "Brother, it's all your fault. My hands are not dirty. If you hadn't told mother that I didn't wash my hands, she would definitely not know."

Xu Han got even more furious when she heard Ze'er's words, "You still have the nerve to blame your brother. You are unhygienic and you think you are right. You'll be finished if I don't beat you today."

Mu'er on the side had long been accustomed to this scene. She slowly moved a chair over and began to peel the pomegranate by herself. She ate while peeling it, and took the opportunity to look at Ze'er who was being chased by his mother.

After watching for a while, he silently shook his head and said to himself, "Oh, my little brother is really a worry. He is too unhygienic. Only my mother can control him."

In the end, Ze'er still couldn't escape the beating. After beating him, Xu Han did not forget to force him to wash his hands.

But this time, no matter what Ze'er said, Xu Han refused to let him help peel the pomegranate.

Who knows if he would pick his nose or scratch himself while peeling the fruit? He really dislikes it.

I don't know who he takes after, he is so careless.

After Xu Han and Mu'er peeled the pomegranates for a while, Grandpa Zhao came out to help peel them. In the end, the three of them peeled all the pomegranates picked that day.

The three of them peeled and ate at the same time. After peeling, they were almost full. In the end, all the peeled pomegranates only filled half a wooden basin.

Xu Han looked at the pomegranate seeds in the wooden basin and said with a smile, "Hahaha, let's peel half and eat the other half. I have to say that the pomegranates this year are really good. Not only are the fruits big, but the taste is also good. It's sour and sweet and delicious."

Grandpa Zhao agreed, "It's delicious. This year's pomegranate juice will definitely taste better."

"I'll get the juicer. We can try some pomegranate juice and see what happens."

After Xu Han finished speaking, she went to the tool room, took out the juice extractor that Lu Chuan had specially made last year, put it in the backyard, cleaned it, and then started to squeeze pomegranate juice.

Grandpa Zhao was responsible for squeezing the juice, Xu Han was responsible for putting the pomegranate seeds in, and Mu'er was holding a cup to collect the squeezed pomegranate juice.

As for Ze'er, he was explicitly forbidden to participate in this activity. He could only watch from the side. He tried to reach out for the pomegranate juice many times, but was avoided by Mu'er without leaving a trace.

Ze'er was so angry that he wanted to tell his mother, but when he thought about how his mother wouldn't let him help, he had to bear it.

This scene certainly did not catch the eyes of Grandpa Zhao and Xu Han, as every move of the two brothers was seen by them.

Xu Han found it funny but did not say anything to stop it. She had to make Ze'er remember it, and the best way to make Ze'er remember it was to let him only watch but not move.

I will definitely remember Yizer's personality, so next time I encounter the same thing, I will think carefully before making a decision.

These are the experiences that Xu Han, Lu Chuan, the Taoist priest and Grandpa Zhao have summarized after educating Ze'er for many years.

Ze'er is not afraid of being beaten. He has thick skin and so a beating is just like tickling him. He won't remember much. Only this way can he remember it longer.

However, Xu Han would not hit Ze'er too hard when educating him, otherwise the child's character would definitely change over time.

You have to know the way and method for everything, and know the degree for everything. It is best to give a sweet date before giving a slap. You must reward and punish your children, and let them know the reason.

In the end, with the coordinated efforts of the three people, half a basin of pomegranate seeds was used to squeeze out a total of five and a half cups of pomegranate juice.

After squeezing it out, the four of them finished the pomegranate juice in an instant, and the remaining cup and a half was left for Lu Chuan and the Taoist priest.

Mu'er finished drinking the pomegranate seeds in the cup and smacked her lips with satisfaction. "Mom, it tastes so good. Let's go pick some tomorrow."

Xu Han didn't drink enough either. This freshly squeezed pure pomegranate juice was delicious. "Okay, let's go pick more tomorrow and bring more back. We can squeeze all of them into pomegranate juice."

Xu Han cleaned the tools and put them back, then poured the remaining one and a half cups of pomegranate juice into the two cups, which was almost half a cup after mixing evenly.

After pouring it, put it in the house first and give it to them when they come back. Anyway, they don't know that the four of them drank a full cup.