Chapter 356: I was moved to tears
Ning Qingyuan, who was squatting beside the wooden basin stirring clothes, was no longer worried about the watermelon. Instead, he stood up and looked for a sack in every corner of the room.
Finally, he went to Chen Yetu next door to get nine sacks and a piece of rope, and walked towards the watermelon field in a hurry.
"Little sister, let's go pick some more watermelons, and this time put on the remaining ones."
Ning Xiyue closed the door and walked towards the watermelon field again under Chen Yechu's puzzled gaze.
The first thing I did when I got to the field was to turn over all the watermelons and check them. Fortunately, all the remaining watermelons were good, and there were no bad ones this time.
Ning Qingyuan patted the dust off his hands with satisfaction.
He followed Ning Xiyue's advice and picked the largest watermelon in the field. This time, he learned from his last experience and did not hold the watermelon in his arms. Instead, he put the watermelon in a sack. Then he held the remaining sack and said confidently:
"Sister, it's time to put the bags on. Put them all on this time. I'll come here every day to inspect and make sure no mouse gets away. I'll also call Little Gray back to watch over him at night."
Ning Xiyue smiled helplessly and nodded in agreement.
Judging from my limited experience, these watermelons should be ripe, and covering them with sacks now should not affect their growth.
Following Ning Qingyuan's instructions, they put the remaining eight melons in the field into bags and marked them.
The picking order is compiled based on size and poor experience, which will make it easier to pick melons next time.
"Okay, that's it, let's go back, it's too hot."
Ning Qingyuan ran forward carrying the melons in the sack, and Ning Xiyue chased after him with two palm-leaf fans.
I didn't stay in the sun for long before the scorching sun made my head hot, so I had to run back quickly.
If I were a few steps later, I would be afraid that the sun would burn my hair.
Ning Xiyue ran to the shady place outside the kitchen and touched the top of her head which was sunburned. It was so hot that she felt she could fry an egg on it.
"Sister, come in quickly, take out the scale, let's weigh this watermelon first."
Ning Qingyuan took the watermelon out of the sack, and looked at the big watermelon in the kitchen with a silly smile in his heart. He didn't dare to put the watermelon down casually, for fear that it would explode or break into pieces by accident.
“Here I come.”
Ning Xiyue took the scale down from the wall, but the scale plate was too small to put it there, and she didn't dare to put it there.
Ning Qingyuan held the watermelon, washed the mud off the outside, put it in a clean sack, and hung the sack under the scale.
Ning Xiyue could already feel the weight of the watermelon hanging below when she was holding the scale bar.
Weigh it and check the weight.
"Wow, ten pounds and thirty-two ounces."
"Ah, little sister, we are so amazing that we can grow such a big watermelon. I will put it in the well and we can eat it when we cool off at night."
Although what happened just now did not affect his good mood at all.
Ning Qingyuan happily looked for a hemp rope for carrying water in the kitchen. He found a bunch of them and connected them together to form a long rope. He put the sack containing the watermelons on it and excitedly ran to the well in the front yard carrying the watermelons.
He went to say hello to the educated youth in the yard and only went to the well after getting everyone's consent.
Ning Xiyue followed and helped him open the manhole cover. Ning Qingyuan slowly lowered the watermelon in, and the end of the rope just happened to be caught on the big stone of the manhole cover.
Chen Yechu came from the kitchen in the back holding a water cup and was about to go back to the house for a nap. When he saw the two brothers and sisters squatting in the yard without fear of the sun, he stopped, stepped back a few steps and shouted at them:
"Xiyue, what are you two doing squatting there? It's so hot in the sun, isn't it?"
Ning Xiyue looked up and saw Chen Yechu under the eaves. She waved and said with a smile:
"As I just told you about freezing watermelons in the well, if the watermelons you get are edible, I'll invite you over tonight to eat them. They weigh more than ten pounds, so I guarantee they'll be enough for you to eat."
"You guys are really quick to act. Okay, I agree without hesitation."
Chen Yechu nodded happily, thinking about making something to cool down in the evening and bringing it over to eat together. It would be nice to eat something to cool down when sitting together in this hot summer.
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In the evening, Ning Qingyuan sneaked to the well and picked up the watermelon. Touching the icy sack, his mouth was grinning almost to his ears. He ran to the kitchen happily with the sack in his hand.
Ning Xiyue had already prepared the knife and chopping board, and was waiting for Xigua to come back to see what the situation was inside.
I was very curious about the taste of the big watermelon I grew for the first time.
"Little sister, the watermelon is here, hurry up, let's open it and take a look."
Another person who couldn't wait was Ning Qingyuan. He carefully placed the melon into the wooden barrel, opened the sack, took out the big watermelon and placed it on the chopping board on the stove.
"Little sister, it's your turn."
"good."
Ning Xiyue touched the cold watermelon with one hand, picked up the kitchen knife with the other hand, and started sharpening it to cut into the middle of the watermelon.
Cut it in two, revealing the bright red flesh inside. The middle part is a bit sandy, and it looks very tempting.
Ning Qingyuan saw that the watermelons were all red and shouted excitedly: "Ah, little sister, we won the bet, they are ripe, all ripe, we can eat watermelon tonight."
Ning Xiyue swallowed and felt that the watermelon seemed very sweet. She took a knife and cut two small slices off, then handed one piece to Ning Qingyuan.
"Come on, let's try it first to see how it tastes. I hope it tastes good."
Ning Xiyue put a small piece of watermelon as thin as a cicada's wing into her mouth to taste it, and a satisfied smile appeared on her face.
Well, it’s very sweet and juicy. This watermelon has grown so successfully.
After being frozen in well water for an afternoon, the watermelon was just as good as the iced watermelon in the refrigerator. It was icy and cool, and very refreshing and comfortable to eat.
"Little sister, it's so delicious, so delicious, woo woo, it's not easy."
Ning Qingyuan was moved to tears by the delicious food, and when he thought about what happened at noon, tears of emotion and sadness flowed from his eyes.
"I didn't expect that we could grow such sweet watermelons ourselves. They are so sweet. Let's pick another one tomorrow."
Ning Xiyue didn't cry because of the delicious food, but she laughed and cried when she saw her second brother's expression. The joy after the harvest was too real, and it was more or less like the watery watermelon at noon.
"Calm down, I'll cut the watermelon." Ning Xiyue pointed to the other half of the watermelon and said, "Brother, give this half to the other educated youths and let them share it among themselves. Share the joy of the first watermelon with them. Oh, and pick some tomatoes for them."
"Okay, I'll go right away."
Ning Qingyuan ran madly towards the front yard holding half a watermelon, not wanting to delay eating the watermelon he had been longing for for a long time.
Ning Xiyue didn't cut the watermelon for the time being. She stood outside the kitchen and shouted to Chen Yechu, "Yechu, come and eat some watermelon. It's very sweet."
Chen Yechu heard the voice and poked his head out of the kitchen. He smiled and said, "Okay, I'll be right over."
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