"Okay, then come here quickly, I'll go back and cut the watermelon."
Seeing that she agreed, Ning Xiyue waved her hand and went back to the kitchen to pick up the remaining half of the watermelon and cut it into small pieces.
I gave half of it to other educated youth to try. There are still five pounds of watermelon left, which should be enough for three or four people.
Ning Xiyue is no longer worried about not having enough to eat, as she can go to the fields to pick more.
The watermelon she picked was so ripe that it turned over the sand. Considering the incident with the largest watermelon that was eaten and rotted by mice at noon, Ning Xiyue believed that the other watermelons were also ripe. There were several watermelons that grew in the same batch as this one, and she marked them all so that she would not miss them.
There were still eight large watermelons left, enough to last for a while, so she planned to pick a watermelon every night to eat, so as not to let the mice get away with it anymore.
It’s a pity that the largest watermelon, estimated to be about twelve or thirteen pounds, was wasted.
Fortunately it's not too late, there's only one bad one.
The only good thing about what happened to the second brother at noon was that it made the two siblings agree that the watermelons were ripe and had to be eaten as soon as possible.
The tomatoes in the field have all turned red, and they are the only way to keep cool in this hot August.
The crown pears in the space are also ripe. Ning Xiyue plans to use the two ice creams to make a fruit salad tomorrow.
Thinking of this, Ning Xiyue cut the watermelon with more energy. She cut the watermelon into small pieces in a few strokes. She cut a lot of watermelon from five kilograms of watermelon. Ning Xiyue took a large fruit plate and filled it up.
Seeing that her second brother had not returned yet, she grabbed the table in the house and moved it outside the kitchen.
At this time, Chen Yetu came over with a pot of food in his hand, smiling.
"What are you carrying?"
Ning Xiyue looked at the tin pot in her hand curiously. The lid was closed tightly and she couldn't see what was inside.
Chen Yechu glanced at the pot in his hand, then looked up and gave Ning Xiyue a mysterious smile.
"Good stuff, my secret summer heat remedy. I spent the whole afternoon making this. I'm sure you'll remember it so well after you've had it today that you'll want to eat it again. Where should I put it?"
"Just put it on the table."
Ning Xiyue pointed at the table that had just been moved out, and after hearing her words, she lowered her eyes to the pot: "Then I'm really looking forward to what you make. Do you need any help?"
"No, but I'll need a few slices of your watermelon as decoration. I have a lot of things here, so I need to move another table over."
Chen Yetu put down the large tin pot in his hand and ran towards her again.
Ning Xiyue glanced at the pot but didn't open it to keep it mysterious. She let Chen Yechu open it himself. Do you want to use a few pieces of watermelon? She has some here, you can use them at will.
She turned and went into the house to get the watermelon. Ning Qingyuan came back with a bag of tomatoes in his clothes: "Little sister, I'm back. Are these tomatoes enough?"
"Enough, absolutely enough."
"Then I'll go wash it." Ning Qingyuan walked into the house with the tomatoes in his arms.
Behind him was Yu Zhiyu, who was carrying things, but he was walking towards Chen Yechu.
Ning Xiyue originally wanted to ask him for help, but when she saw Chen Yechu just moving a table out, and Yu Zhiyu saw it and ran over quickly, there was no need to do so.
Yu Zhiyu consciously went to help lift the table and move things over.
With Yu Zhiyu helping out, Ning Xiyue didn't care what Chen Yechu was going to do next. She turned around, went into the house, took the watermelon out, and shouted to Chen Yechu who was carrying something next door:
"Ye Chu, the watermelon is on the table. Feel free to use it if you want. If it's not enough, we can go pick more from the fields."
"good."
Ning Xiyue went into the house and waited for the tomatoes in Ning Qingyuan's hand. After he sliced the tomatoes, Ning Xiyue took the sugar and sprinkled it on the tomatoes, making a bowl of sugar-pickled tomatoes and served it out.
At this time, the two large tables outside had changed drastically.
When Ning Xiyue walked out, she saw that the table was already full of things, all of which were bowls of different sizes, and those were all brought by Chen Yetu. She was busy standing in front of the table, while Yu Zhiyu and Ning Qingyuan were watching.
After walking over and taking a closer look at what was in the bowl, Ning Xiyue was pleasantly surprised, with anticipation in her eyes. Sure enough, the heroine could eat anything she mixed.
The contents of these bowls are all very common things, but the combination together is unusual.
A stack of crispy crushed peanuts; a stack of roasted sesame seeds; a bowl of soft and glutinous red beans; a bowl of soft and mushy mung beans; a bowl of round little rice dumplings; a bowl of fermented glutinous rice; a large bowl of boiled brown sugar, and a bowl of diced watermelon.
On the table, there was a bowl of milky white soup with long strips of yellow, purple and white things in it. What else could it be but taro balls?
In a thermos bucket nearby, there were seven or eight popsicles wrapped in paper that were beginning to melt.
The bag containing the thermos was exactly the cloth bag that Yu Zhiyu was holding when he came.
Ning Xiyue also recognized the ice cream here. It was the most common ice cream sold in the supply and marketing cooperative for three cents a stick, made from a mixture of saccharin and water.
Yu Zhiyu was helping to peel the paper off the ice cream. Chen Yechu took the chopping board and knife and cut the ice cream that Yu Zhiyu handed over into small pieces with a few clicks. Then he pressed it into foam with the side of the knife and put it into the bowl.
Ning Xiyue had to admire her for making such simple shaved ice.
After pressing eight popsicles, they filled a large bowl of crushed ice.
Initially thinking she was making shaved ice, but noting that the large tin pot on the table had not been opened yet, Ning Xiyue dismissed the idea of shaved ice and instead thought of her favorite ice jelly, which was essential for cooling off in the summer.
Looking at the complete ingredients on the table, only the last important thing was left. Ning Xiyue looked at the pot on the table expectantly.
Chen Yechu held a large soup spoon in his hand and began to lift the lid of the pot.
Ning Xiyue stretched her neck and looked into the pot with her big eyes.
Sure enough, I saw the pale yellow ice jelly formed in the half-antimony pot inside.
There are some bubbles in the ice jelly, which shows that it is the ice jelly that Chen Yechu made by hand.
Looking at all the ingredients in front of her and the main ingredients in the pot, Ning Xiyue swallowed her saliva involuntarily. She really wanted to have a bite to satisfy her craving and thirst.
"The stuff in this pot is ice jelly. I made it by rubbing it out of ice jelly seeds. I rubbed it several times before I succeeded. It clears away heat and relieves summer heat."
After Chen Yechu finished speaking, he took a spoon and scooped a large spoonful into the bowl. After filling four bowls, he covered the pot and pointed to the ingredients on the table and introduced them one by one, mainly introducing the taro balls.
"The yellow ones in this bowl are made from red-hearted sweet potatoes and pumpkin mixed with flour. The purple ones are purple sweet potatoes, and the white ones are made from taro. These ingredients are all the fruits of my afternoon work today. You can choose which ingredients to add to your bowl based on your taste. I'll put all the ingredients in one bowl first."
After saying that, she picked up a bowl of ice jelly and started adding ice cream foam, adding the ingredients one by one. Finally, she scooped a spoonful of brown sugar water into the bowl and sprinkled sesame seeds on it. A complete bowl of ice jelly was freshly baked.
She raised her eyes and looked at everyone with a smile and asked, "Who wants this bowl?"
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