Ning Qingyuan, who was squatting beside the wooden basin stirring clothes, was no longer worried about the watermelon. Instead, he stood up and searched for a sack in every corner of the room.
Finally, he went to Chen Yechu next door to get nine sacks and a piece of rope, and hurried to the watermelon field.
"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 previous experience and did not hold the watermelon in his arms. Instead, he put the watermelon in a sack. Then, holding the remaining sack, he said confidently:
"Sister, it's time to put the bags on. Put them all on this time. I'll come here every day to patrol and make sure no mouse gets away. I also have to call Xiao Hui 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 words, they put bags on the remaining eight melons in the field 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, and let's weigh this watermelon first."
Ning Qingyuan took the watermelon out of the sack and looked at it with a silly smile in the kitchen. He didn't dare to put the watermelon down, for fear that it would explode and 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 while holding the scale bar.
Weigh it and see the weight.
"Wow, ten pounds and thirty-two ounces."
"Ah, little sister, we are really amazing. We actually grew such a big watermelon. I will put it in the well and we can eat it when we cool down at night."
Although what happened just now did not affect his good mood at all.
Ning Qingyuan happily looked for a hemp rope for fetching water in the kitchen. He found a bunch of it 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 about to go back to the house for a nap. Seeing the two brothers and sisters squatting in the yard, not afraid of the sun, he stopped, took a few steps back and shouted at them:
"Xiyue, what are you two doing squatting there? It's so sunny, isn't it hot?"
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 find are edible, I'll invite you over tonight. They weigh over ten pounds, so I guarantee you'll have enough 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 for them to eat together. It would be nice to eat something to cool down when sitting together in this hot summer.
**
In the evening, Ning Qingyuan sneaked to the well and picked up the watermelon. Touching the cold sack, his mouth was almost grinning from ear to ear, and 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 in 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 sharpened 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 is very tempting just by looking at it.
Ning Qingyuan saw that the watermelon was all red and shouted excitedly: "Ah, little sister, we won the bet, it's 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, 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 chilled in well water for an entire afternoon, it turned out to be just as good as the chilled watermelon in the refrigerator. It was icy and cool, and it was 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 came to his eyes.
"I didn't expect that we could grow such sweet watermelons ourselves. They're 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 a bit like the 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 youth and let them share it among themselves. Share the joy of the first watermelon with them. Oh, and pick a few more tomatoes."
"Okay, I'll go right away."
Ning Qingyuan ran madly towards the front yard holding half a watermelon, not wanting to miss the chance to eat 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 over and eat some watermelon. It's very sweet."
Chen Yechu heard the sound and poked his head out of the kitchen. He smiled and said, "Okay, I'll be right over."
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