The cool days did not last long and the temperature gradually rose.

The scorching sun in midsummer, the annoying chirping of cicadas, and the curling leaves from the sun.

Counting the days, it is already the beginning of summer and the temperature is about to rise.

Jiang Jiang was lying on the chair, swaying back and forth, looking very leisurely. She opened her mouth and gave an order:

"Changyuan, go get the watermelon out of the well so we can eat some iced watermelon."

Li Zhaodi couldn't sit still, so she followed Li Changyuan. The two of them used buckets to scoop up the chilled watermelons that had been thrown into the well.

Li Laibao was drooling, and the saliva pocket that Sun Qiaoqiao had sewn for him on his chest was wet.

Li Pandi clapped her hands and shouted happily: "Grandma said let's eat watermelon!"

Over the past few months, the child who used to be the quietest in the family has gradually become lively.

As for Li Dongliang, Jiang Jiang glanced at him without leaving a trace.

Perhaps it's because I've gone through so much, grown a lot, and become more stable.

Li Cuicui, who was feeling proud in the room, heard Pan Di's cheers and followed the sound out.

"We'll eat half of it, and leave the remaining half for your parents."

Li Pandi carried the watermelon into the kitchen, cut it and came out.

Jiang Jiang picked out the smallest piece and gave it to Li Laibao. The child was still young, and watermelon is cold in nature, so eating too much can cause diarrhea.

"Laibao, be good. Your stomach is the smallest. Eat this piece so that you won't have a stomachache. When you grow up, I'll give you a bigger watermelon."

Laibao took the small piece of watermelon, looked at the big watermelons in his brothers and sisters' hands, and said seriously: "Then Laibao should eat more, so that he can eat more watermelons when he grows up."

Everyone was amused by his words. Li Changyuan even wanted to share some of the watermelon in his hand with Laibao, but was stopped by Li Dongliang.

Don’t eat too much Laibao, or you’ll get sick easily.

Jiang Jiang, who was somewhat resistant to this task at first, also began to enjoy it. Compared to the loneliness of being alone in the previous world, she preferred the current atmosphere.

But the good days are only a few days away, and drought is coming.

"Grandma, I'll cut up the remaining watermelon and send it to Dad, Mom, and Uncle and Aunt."

Seeing that her parents had not returned yet, Li Zhaodi planned to send watermelons to them in a basket.

Jiang Jiang just wanted to stretch her body, so she let the children rest at home and went for a walk herself.

As Jiang Jiang, wearing a straw hat and carrying a basket, walked out of the house, sweat began to drip down his cheeks.

She wiped the sweat off her face with her other hand, lamenting that the weather was truly miserable.

There are only five acres of fertile land and eleven acres of dry land left in the family. In order to harvest more food, the first and second wives would like to soak in the soil all day long. Especially in the past few days, when the weather has become hot, they have to run many times every day to the river to fetch water to irrigate the land.

Jiang Jiang saw several people working in the fields from afar.

"Stop working so hard. What can you do if you get heat stroke? Come and have a rest and eat a piece of watermelon."

Hearing Jiang Jiang's voice, the tired and hot people immediately came to the shade of the tree to cool off.

Li Xu even lay on the ground, gasping for breath, obviously very tired.

Jiang Jiang took off his hat and fanned him.

"Eat a couple of bites of watermelon to cool off, then mom won't eat anymore. She ate a lot at home."

Li Sheng was not polite at all. He handed a piece of watermelon to Huang Ying and his wife, and then he took a big piece of watermelon and ate it with relish.

"Comfortable! This watermelon is so sweet!"

Sun Qiaoqiao nodded while eating.

"Brother, hurry up and eat the watermelon. If you don't eat it, we will finish it all!"

After lying on the ground for a while, Li Xu finally got up, picked up the watermelon from the basket and started eating.

Jiang Jiang saw everything.

Li Xu worked so hard simply because he felt guilty about the sale of his family's land being related to Li Dongliang and Li Changyuan.

Although everyone advised him and Huang Ying not to take it to heart, as the eldest son in the family, Li Xu had the strongest sense of responsibility and it was not so easy for him to let it go.

While Jiang Jiang was bringing the watermelon, the few of them cherished and enjoyed the rare rest time.

"How's the situation in the fields?" Jiang Jiang asked. Right now the first and second wives were mainly busy with the farm work, so she didn't know about some of the situations.

Huang Ying put down the watermelon in her hand, which was eaten until only the rind was left, and shook her head bitterly.

"We have been watering the fields every day these days, hopefully they will grow better."

"Don't worry, mom is still here. As long as our family is together and in harmony, it's better than anything else."

It will take some time for them to truly understand the power of having a mother.

Just as a few people were resting and chatting, bursts of gong sounds were heard.

"Everyone go to the threshing floor! The village chief wants everyone to go there! He has something important to tell you!"

Jiang Jiang took a look and saw that all the adults in the family were there, so they decided to go together.

The last time Li Shuming gathered everyone at the threshing ground was when he sold grain in Daxi Village.

At the moment, everyone just came to the threshing ground after hearing the call. They didn't know what was going on and were talking about it.

"Sister Jiang Jiang, I knew it was right to follow you!" Li Chunhua spotted Jiang Jiang in the crowd at a glance and squeezed over to chat with her.

"Didn't I see you buying food before? I thought what you said was right, so I bought back the food I sold. There was no shortage of food, and I even had some money left. I went to town yesterday and found that the price of food had gone up again! Fortunately, I bought it early."

Talking about this, Li Chunhua smiled brightly. In this round trip, didn't her family pick up seven or eight hundred kilograms of grain for nothing?

Where can I find such a good thing?

The others also nodded. They had all bought more or less food and piled it up at home. Now seeing the food prices go up again, they were extremely happy.

Only Liang Xiaohua was secretly staring at Jiang Jiang's back.

She was unwilling to listen to Jiang Jiang's words. Seeing that the price of grain had risen a lot recently, she also sold the grain that was saved for the autumn harvest at home, and planned to buy it back after a while when the price of grain dropped.

"Oh, look at my memory. I forgot that your family just sold five acres of good farmland and five acres of dry land. If you don't buy some food, it really won't be enough to eat."

Li Chunhua rolled her eyes and said, if you can't speak, you don't have to.

The rest of the people were also silent. Only Liang Xiaohua could do such a thing as rubbing salt into someone else's wounds.

Just when everyone thought that the two were about to quarrel, Li Shuming came over with a stern look on his face.

He walked to the front and struck the gong to quiet everyone down.

"Fellow villagers! I have called you all here today because I have something important to tell you!"

"Those idiots in Liushu Village secretly dug a small canal upstream of the river to irrigate their own fields!"

When these words were spoken, everyone was angry.

"No wonder I felt like the water in the river has become less recently! It turns out someone has diverted the water away!"

"Village Chief, Liushu Village must give us an explanation for this matter! We can't just let it go!"

Li Shuming pressed his hands down, signaling everyone to be quiet.

"It's hot right now, and everyone's crops are still waiting for water to irrigate them! We need to ask Liushu Village for an explanation! Otherwise, don't blame us from Daxi Village for being rude!"

"Let's have a fight!"

"beat!"

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