The Lin family father and son also said happily that the watermelons on the 80 acres of land are growing very well and have produced many watermelons. The big ones weigh two or three kilograms, and the first batch of watermelons can be harvested in about half a month.
As he was talking, Chu Xiaoniu led a farmhand in. This farmhand was called Wang Laowu, and most of his hair had fallen out when he was in his twenties. His head was severely "hair surrounding the center", and the sparse hair was bunched up on top of his head like a small horn.
He was an outsider, a distant relative of Gao Lizheng. He said that his hometown was hit by a flood, and his parents and relatives died, so he came here to live with his relatives. Gao Lizheng helped him to get a loan, and rented a small courtyard at the north end of the village, two households away from Chen Ming's courtyard. From then on, he lived here, working as a long-term or short-term worker for others, doing any dirty or hard work as long as he could earn money.
This man is a man of few words and very hardworking, but he has very high requirements for a wife, that is, she must be beautiful. He has proposed marriage to almost every family in the village that has a beautiful girl. At the beginning, because he liked Chen Afu's beauty, he often went to the vegetable garden to meet her by chance. This man is a joke in Xiangluo Village. People say he is a toad wanting to eat swan meat. So now he is 25 years old and still hasn't married.
Last year, when Fuyuan and Luyuan were recruiting farmhands to tend the fields and watermelon fields, he signed up. Chen Ming and Chen Afu thought he was a good man, hardworking and down-to-earth. Except for his unrealistic standards for finding a wife and his lack of attention to hygiene, everything else was good, so they hired him, but on the condition that he must keep his personal hygiene clean.
He was very diligent, more willing to work than the other three farmhands, more willing to use his brain, and paid more attention to hygiene. Later, Chen Afu promoted him to be a small leader and put him in charge of the watermelon field.
Wang Laowu was holding a nearly ten-pound watermelon in his hand. He was so happy that his mouth stretched to the back of his ears. Sweat soaked his hair and made it stick to his head, making his hair look even thinner.
Chu Xiaoniu smiled and said, "Big girl, our watermelons have grown so big."
Wang Laowu smiled and said, "Miss, there are quite a few melons this big in the field. I knocked on them and they made a bang bang bang sound. They should be ripe. Miss, take a look. If they are ripe, you can pick them in the next few days."
Chen Ahfu was also very happy, and quickly had the melon washed and cut with a knife. The melon flesh was bright red, sweet, crisp and juicy. If it was left for a few days and became more tender, it would be even more delicious.
Old Man Lin said excitedly, "Oh my God, how come the melons here are ripe now? They are at least ten days earlier than the melons in our Wangshan Village, and they taste better than the watermelons I have eaten before."
Of course Chen Ahfu would not say that it was the rare chemical fertilizer like swallow manure, so he could only vaguely say, "Maybe it has something to do with the soil here." Then, he asked someone to quickly go to Dingzhou to contact Zeng Shuang, and three days later, the melons would be shipped to Dingzhou for sale. Dingzhou was one of the important transportation hubs of the Dashun Dynasty. The canal beside the city led to the capital in the north and to Jiangnan in the south. From there, the watermelons could be sold to the two most prosperous places in the Dashun Dynasty, as well as some places along the coast.
At the same time, a small amount was given to Chen Ming's Chen Er Grain Shop in Sanqing County. Although that shop mainly sold grain, it could also sell watermelons.
Except for one tooth each for Chu Lingyan who was sleeping and the golden swallow in the space, the rest of the melon was distributed to the servants and the animals. Zhuifeng was of course not interested, but Qiqi and Huihui were two smart birds, and there was nothing they didn't like as long as it was delicious.
Then, he asked Wang Laowu to pick two more, one to Lu Garden and one to Tang Garden. After thinking about it, he asked him to pick two more and send them to the old monk Wuzhi and the abbot Liaochen.
At night, after finishing his work, Chen Afu cut the watermelon into a small bowl and took the bowl to the space. Ever since Jin Yanzi got the amber bird, she has been hiding in the space and can't even be called out.
"Baby, come and eat watermelon, it's so sweet." Chen Afu greeted.
The golden swallow was still using its wings to fiddle with the amber bird, saying, "Mommy, this is so strange. If it were darker, I would have thought it was carved based on my childhood appearance. How come it looks so much like me? And I have a feeling that it seems to have life, but it is still sleeping now, but it will wake up one day."
Chen Ahfu was startled, and he leaned over to take a closer look at the amber bird, then shook his head and said, "Why don't I see that it looks alive? In my eyes, it's no different from the ornaments in my room, except that it's prettier." Seeing that the little pointed beak of the golden swallow had become even more pointed, he smiled again, "Mommy is just an ordinary person, and of course her vision is not as good as Jinbao's. Maybe this amber bird will absorb spiritual energy in the space and will really wake up one day. It would be great if it wakes up, and our Jinbao won't be too lonely when he hibernates in the space. It would be even better if it was a female baby, so that the baby could have another...sister."
She originally wanted to say "having another daughter-in-law", but thinking that it would be "wishful thinking" for the little thing to have another one, she changed her words and said "having a younger sister".
The golden swallow was so happy that the corners of its mouth curved. It chirped, "Mommy, don't call it Amber Bird anymore. It sounds cold like an ornament. Call it Golden Shell. It sounds like a pair with it." Then it said regretfully, "I don't know whether it will take a hundred years or a thousand years for it to wake up."
Chen Ahfu was even less interested in the pole being so far away and not having anything to do with it. He yawned and said, "Baby, eat the watermelon quickly. This watermelon is sweet and grows fast, and it's inseparable from you."
On the evening of the 19th, dinner was being eaten in Fu Garden. Chen Ahfu sat at one table with his three children, the old marquis drank at another table, Jinbao led Qiqi and Huihui to eat around a colorful porcelain plate, and Zhuifeng buried his head in a small wooden basin and ate with relish.
Suddenly, old man Zeng's surprised voice came from the yard, "Oh, the master is back." He raised his voice and shouted, "Old man, young lady, the master is back."
Following the footsteps, Chu Lingxuan walked into the restaurant. He had already returned to Tangyuan to take a shower, and was wearing an ice-blue robe, with his wet hair hanging down.
Chu Hanyan had already put down her chopsticks and walked to the door. When she saw him, she stretched out her arms and called out, "Daddy, Daddy."
Chu Lingxuan picked up Chu Hanyan, first looked at Chen Afu with a smile, and then went to pay his respects to the old marquis.
Chen Ahfu stood up and said with a smile, "Master, you haven't eaten yet, I'll have someone bring a set of bowls and chopsticks over and cook two more dishes."
"Okay." Chu Lingxuan nodded and sat next to the old marquis.
Dabao and Chu Lingzhi walked over to pay their respects, one calling him "Daddy" and the other "Big Brother." Qiqi and Huihui also joined in the fun, shouting "Daddy" loudly.
Chen Ahfu went to the kitchen and cooked two dishes that Chu Lingxuan liked, one was hot chicken with ginger sauce, and the other was stir-fried pork with green pepper. She knew that Chu Lingxuan might come back tonight, so she prepared the ingredients. But she didn't cook them because she was afraid that he would come back too late.
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