My 1995 Small Farm

   Chapter 95 Watermelon

   "Lingzi, your yard is really cool."

  Han Chuang sighed comfortably while sitting on the stone bench, nibbling on the sunflower seeds.

He was so hot on the way here that he couldn't even wait for the tea that Wang Susu had made to cool down, so he ran to the water well, bent down and pressed the water out while pouring it into his mouth. After drinking it, he felt better. some.

   "There are many trees in the mountains, and we have a large reservoir here, so it looks cooler."

  Chen Ling smiled, then gently kicked the little rabbit at his feet away.

These little things are like this. Outsiders are not afraid of life. They still stick to Chen Ling's side, lying on the front and back of their feet, and their small bodies are so hot that he looks like he is wearing cotton shoes, and it takes a long time. Sweat on my feet.

  Han Chuang noticed the rabbit under Chen Ling's feet, and suddenly let out a strange cry.

   "It's a rabbit, Xiaoqing, look, little rabbit."

  Jiang Xiaoqing noticed it long ago, but her family is also from the countryside. Although she has a mother who is a teacher in the county middle school, she grew up in the countryside, and she has long been surprised by this.

   Seeing the little rabbit sticking to Chen Ling so much, he knew that this nest of little rabbits must have been raised by Chen Ling since childhood.

   On the contrary, Han Chuang was surprised. He stood up and squatted on the ground. He stared at the little rabbits with big eyes like copper bells.

   This guy made Han Chuang a big, tall guy for a while.

   picked up the two little rabbits and rushed to Jiang Xiaoqing hehe silly.

   Jiang Xiaoqing's face became hot when he saw his posture, and he felt so embarrassed that he couldn't help kicking him under the stone table.

  Han Chuang smiled shyly, put the rabbit down, and then said to Chen Ling: "I saw two dogs of this size in your family. I thought it was a litter of puppies just now, but I didn't expect it to be a little rabbit."

   "You like rabbits, Chuangzi. If you like them, I'll catch a few of them when they're cubs."

  Chen Ling remembered how he held the rabbit and didn't let go, and said.

   "That, that, that is good."

  Han Chuang nodded excitedly upon hearing this.

   But after nodding his head, he realized that something was wrong, and hurriedly turned to look at Jiang Xiaoqing's face.

  Chen Ling couldn't help laughing immediately, he really didn't expect that a tall guy like Han Chuang would be afraid of turning into a bear once he had a wife.

  Wang Susu smiled a little when she saw this, and felt that her husband, a friend, seemed a little silly.

   But that's fine, as long as they get along with each other, they won't be afraid of Chen Ling's loss.

   If it was replaced by someone like Chen Erzhu, she would be worried.

   "What do you want to eat at noon, mutton, pork, fish and shrimp are all available..."

  Chen Ling saw that it was almost ten o'clock, so he had to prepare lunch earlier. People came all the way to the door, and they had to leave lunch today.

   "By the way, there are still dumplings in the well, I'll go and pull them up."

  Han Chuang and Jiang Xiaoqing kept telling Chen Ling to stop busy, just talk and chat, they are not outsiders.

   Having said that, things are not like this.

  Chen Ling went to the well and pulled out the dumplings, and asked Wang Susu to steam all the ten or so left in the basket.

   In fact, he and Wang Susu have been eating these days, but Liang Hongyu gave too much, and filled a big basket, and after three or four days, there were still about ten left.

   "Chuangzi, let's go and take you to the shrimp."

   After steaming the dumplings, Chen Ling greeted Han Chuang and walked out with a bamboo basket and net pocket.

  Han Chuang first asked Jiang Xiaoqing if she was going, and seeing that she was not going, he followed Chen Ling out the door.

   "Susu, stay with Xiaoqing at home."

   "You know, don't worry."

   On the way out to the reservoir, as expected, many families in the village have their daughters returning home, and some may be far away, and it is almost ten o'clock in the morning before they arrive home.

   Wearing headscarves and dolls, they stopped to say hello and chatted when they saw people in the same village.

   To Chen Ling's surprise, there was still someone talking to him, pulling the doll and asking him to call his uncle, but Chen Ling looked at it for a long time but couldn't recognize who the girl married off, so Han Chuang made a good joke.

   took Han Chuang to the reservoir to touch crayfish in a bamboo basket full of crayfish. When he came back, he met the boy Chen Ze and gave him a few eels. Only then did Chen Ling know that it was Chen Ze's sister Chen Fang who was talking to him just now.

   The enthusiasm of this sister and brother made Chen Lingwei feel embarrassed.

   Especially Chen Ze, when he went out to work after high school, he helped him to say good things to his boss a few times. Unfortunately, Chen Ling was too unsatisfactory before, and he didn't work hard, and the people who were involved lost their jobs.

   Chen Ze had always hated him in his heart, and he didn't even talk when he walked to meet him, and he didn't even look at him. But when he started to get better, this young man of the same generation took the initiative to resolve the small festival.

   Originally, Chen Ling thought that even if there were no festivals, it would be a nodding acquaintance in the future.

  I didn't expect to meet up until now. Knowing that Chen Ling's family was entertaining guests, this kid just shoved a few eels over.

   Chen Ling was also quite emotional for a while.

   After returning home to clean up the fish and shrimp, Chen Ling thought about going to Cui Laizi's to cut two kilograms of pork, but before he could leave, someone came again.

   "Uncle Fugui, I heard that you entertained guests and asked me to bring you some melons."

   Liu Ni'er walked into the yard with a group of little dolls, each holding a large watermelon in her arms.

   "Ouch, come in, come in."

  Chen Ling saw this situation and hurriedly took Wang Susu and Han Chuang to pick them up.

   "This guy, you are so real, why did you send it so far, if I want to eat it, I can go to the melon field to pick it myself."

   "It's okay, Uncle Fugui, we can move."

   Liu Nier wiped the sweat beads on her forehead, sniffling her nose and laughing.

   The little dolls in the countryside run wildly outside all day, and usually start helping with farm work at the age of six or seven, and they have a lot of strength.

But Chen Ling was still a little bit unbearable when he saw it. Now the watermelon has grown up, and it basically looks like seven or eight pounds. Let the little dolls come back from the field holding seven or eight pounds of melons and walk half a mile. village.

  Chen Ling was really afraid that they would be tired.

   hurriedly walked to the well and filled a large basin of water.

   "Come, come and wash your hands and faces."

   "Liu Ni'er, don't hide behind, come over and wash well. Look at your snot, it's hard to wipe it off day by day."

   The other little dolls were washed obediently, and Liu Nier came over reluctantly.

   "I don't want to wash my face, I think it hurts to wash my face."

   "Stop talking nonsense, you have sweat and snot on your face, come and wash."

  Chen Ling stretched out his hand and dragged him over, pressing it on the edge of the sink to wash it.

  After washing, Wang Susu brought towels and let them wipe their hands and faces one by one, and then brought a stool to let them sit down and rest.

Later, seeing Xizi's finger was cut by melon seeds, and there was still a little blood after washing with water, he went to the wall and pulled two red silk grass to chew, helped the little girl to apply it on the wound, and took it from the house. Come and wrap it up.

  The red silk grass is also called Dijincao and Xue Jianshou. It is a common hemostatic grass in the countryside. It looks a bit like purslane. It is very effective to stop bleeding when it is bumped and scratched.

   "Thank you Aunt Susu."

  Xiko squeezed her bandaged fingers, blushing, and whispered.

  Wang Susu rubbed Xizi's little head and smiled: "I have been eating here at noon, and today your rich and noble uncles are delicious."

   "I can't, Anda said that Uncle Fugui wants to entertain guests, so I won't let you bother you here."

   Liu Ni'er heard that Chen Ling was going to cook, so she couldn't help swallowing. Chen Ling's cooking is delicious, they know better than anyone else.

   But Wang Lixian had instructed him, but he didn't have the guts to stay here.

   After he finished speaking, he turned around and ran out with a bunch of little dolls.

   "Hey, don't go, why are you running so fast."

  Chen Ling saw that he couldn't keep it, so he had to chase after them slowly, and each of them stuffed a handful of candy.

   "Liu Ni'er, are you still picking the watermelons when they are ripe?"

   "Picking, picking the day after tomorrow, I was afraid that the melons would be soaked in the rain, so I prepared to pick them early."

  The weather changes before and after the wheat is ripe, and it often rains heavily. If the watermelon is soaked in the ground, the watermelon will not be sweet, and it will be difficult to sell at that time, so the price can only be lowered.

  Chen Ling nodded when he heard the words, remembering it in his heart.

Wang Lixian asked the dolls to bring watermelons, but they definitely couldn't give them money. The two families are close, and they can't always be measured by money, so write down this favor and help when Wang Lixian's family collects the melons. That's it.

   Back in the yard, Chen Ling soaked two large watermelons in a bucket, tied them with ropes and lowered them into the well.

   It's hot now, and the melons are also hot, so it's better to chill them in a well before eating.

   I haven't saved the manuscript, I will continue to write

   (end of this chapter)