Chapter 2216 Comfortable
This is actually different from the shed vegetables they make. Bai Shan and Manbao walked over curiously to take a look, and then looked at the difference between the melons inside and outside.
The ones outside are bigger than those inside, but you can see that most of them are still very tender.
Manbao asked about the price.
The melons in the melon field are naturally cheaper, and people who still work in the melon field during this time are not very smart.
They wiped their hands on their clothes and said awkwardly, "Please choose, young master or young lady. You can pick one for twenty cents."
This is much cheaper than what is sold in the town, and you can pick it yourself. Manbao and Baishan were excited and immediately started walking around in the melon field, looking for ripe and sweet melons under the guidance of the melon farmers.
The melon farmer said proudly, "The melons here are all delicious. You should know this after eating the melons from our town yesterday."
Bai Shan nodded, "It is indeed much sweeter than those grown in the capital."
The melon farmer was very pleased, "Everyone says the soil and water in Beijing are good, but this kind of melon can't compare to ours."
Manbao said: "Because the sunshine is good here."
The melon farmer was stunned and asked, "What's this about Guan Yangguang?"
Bai Shan smiled and said, "You have enough sunshine, so the fruits are sweet. Every place has a gift from heaven."
Manbao saw a melon not far away and immediately went over to pick it up and showed it to the melon farmer, "Is this ripe?"
The melon farmer immediately threw Bai Shan's words behind his head and nodded repeatedly, "Ripe, ripe, Miss, you picked well. Look at the flowery skin, it's obvious that it's sweet."
Manbao picked it.
Daji finally caught up, borrowed a basket from the melon farmer, took the melons and put them in, then carried the basket behind him and followed the two of them around the melon field.
Although the melon field of this melon farmer is not big, there are quite a few ripe melons, and it can be seen that he has not picked them very often, so Manbao and his friends picked a lot of big and good melons, which look very sweet.
A basket can hold about twenty melons, Manbao and Baishan can fit twenty-three, and each of them can hold one, so they picked a total of twenty-five.
They had silver coins on them, but no copper coins. However, it was obvious that the melon farmer had no money to give them, so Bai Shan said, "You know where we live, right? Come to our yard in the evening to get the money and take the basket back with you."
The melon farmer happily agreed and enthusiastically offered to carry the basket for Daji, but Daji declined and insisted on carrying it himself.
Bai Erlang and his friends had already grilled two fish. Their cooking skills were pretty good, and they even brought salt with them, so the taste couldn't be that bad.
And if you grill it yourself, even if it doesn't taste good, you will find it particularly delicious. Seeing Bai Shan and Zhou Man coming back, they immediately waved, "Come here, we left a piece of fish for you."
Bai Shan held the melon in one hand and pulled Man Bao forward with the other. He glanced at the half-burnt fish and said with some disdain, "I don't want to eat something too fishy in such a hot day."
Mr. Zhuang had eaten half a fish and was finding it fishy and salty. Seeing the melons in their arms, he waved to them to take them.
Manbao happily offered the melons in his arms and said, "Sir, there is a melon field over there. We bought twenty-five."
Mr. Zhuang asked with a smile, "Why did you buy so much? Melons are cold in nature. Didn't you say we shouldn't eat too much?"
Manbao smiled and said, "It can be stored for a long time. We can eat a little today and a little more tomorrow. It will be finished in two days."
He added, "I heard it's cold outside at night. Let's put the cold melon in the lake water to cool it down. Then we can eat it at noon. It should taste better."
Mr. Zhuang shook his head and laughed, "It's just a melon, and you guys are really bothering me."
But he didn't object.
In fact, they should be able to finish eating it tomorrow, without waiting for two days.
Bai Shan kept a few and asked Daji to distribute them to the guards.
Bai Shan and his men were more restrained, sharing one melon with two or three people. The guards felt thirsty, but they could each eat one.
They ate some snacks, heated up the pies they had made earlier, and ate some melon and drank some tea.
The sun was very strong and the temperature was rising, but the lakeside was cool and there was a breeze, so the heat dissipated a lot here.
Besides, they were under the dense shade of trees.
So after eating and drinking, they felt a little sleepy.
Daji asked, "Master, do you want to go back?"
Bai Shan shook his head, "I finally got out here, but I haven't had enough fun yet."
Mr. Zhuang also thinks so.
After hearing this, Daji took down the remaining mats tied to the car and spread them out for them to lie down and rest.
Manbao took out a small bag from his sleeve pocket, opened it and took out a medicine bag from it, opened the small incense burner beside him and poured the medicine into it. After a while, a fragrance mixed with the aroma of medicine wafted out, and the occasional flying insects that lingered nearby flew away alertly, and the nearby insects also fled for their lives.
Mr. Zhuang narrowed his eyes slightly when he saw it. "The incense I burned before was also mixed by you, but the effect was not as good."
Manbao said: "There are a lot of bugs outside, this is an enhanced version, but the smell is not very pleasant."
Mr. Zhuang smelled it and thought it was okay, but the smell was not as fragrant and soft as before.
The others also thought it was good, and the medicinal fragrance seemed to have a calming effect. They felt even more sleepy after smelling it.
Manbao and Zhou Liru lay on the side. She yawned and squinted at the leaves above. The sunlight that had leaked through her eyes gradually calmed her heart. She chatted with Keke casually, "When we entered the town that day, you were making a lot of noise. It seems that there are a lot of things that can be recorded."
Koko replied "yes" and told her, "They are all around here. Don't you want to stay for twenty days? There will be a chance to include them."
After that, he asked Manbao, "Where are you going tomorrow?"
It didn't believe she would stay in the town forever.
Manbao said, "Let's go this way, but I want to follow the direction of the lake to see where it flows and how it disappears into the desert."
This idea was beyond Koko's expectations. The host seemed to always like to explore these fundamentals.
Koko thought about it and decided not to tell her the answer directly. If she wanted to go, she could go. It was a good opportunity to go out and see if there was anything that could be included.
After chatting, Manbao slowly fell asleep. When he woke up, the sun was already slightly westward, and it seemed that it was not yet noon.
Mr. Zhuang has changed his position and is fishing with his hook. He has caught quite a few fish, but he is very picky. He will let go of any fish that are too small. He doesn't like any fish that are too thin or too fat. He doesn't even like the common grass carp and will let them all go.
One of the guards couldn't stand it anymore and said that if the masters didn't like it, they could eat it too.
Mr. Zhuang then kept some of the fat fish and did not throw them all into the lake, and he also kept the grass carp.
He was in a good mood and said to Manbao, who had just woken up and was sitting on the mat in a daze, "There are quite a lot of fish here."
See you tomorrow
(End of this chapter)
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