Chapter 45 Eating Watermelon

In the afternoon, Shen Jiale was unable to go to work.

Because Lu Mingfeng had been holding her tightly.

Until the evening, when the educated youth came back from work, Shen Jiale's door was still not open.

So, some people started gossiping.

"You are not ashamed in the broad daylight. Even if you just got married, you shouldn't be so anxious." It was Wang Yanhong's voice.

The new female educated youth Cao Xiaoqing said: "In the afternoon, Zhao Meili also did not come to work, saying that she was sick."

Yan Xiaohua said: "Is it because she doesn't want to work and deliberately made an excuse?"

Everyone thought it was possible.

Jiang Haoran heard it, but he thought it was a good opportunity, so he turned around and went to Hua Guafu's house.

When he arrived at Hua Guafu's house, he realized that Zhao Meili was really sick.

Widow Hua was worrying about how to send the patient to the town's sanitation room, when Jiang Haoran arrived at the right time.

He led Jiang Haoran to Zhao Meili's room. Zhao Meili's lips were pale and there were marks on her neck. Jiang Haoran asked Widow Hua what was going on.

Widow Hua said: "After lunch, she went out for a while. When she came back, there were marks on her neck. I asked her what happened, but she didn't tell me and just lay in bed to rest. She

hadn't woken up yet when it was time to go to work, so I went to call her. She said she was not in good spirits and asked me to ask for leave from Captain Zhou.

When I came back just now, I saw her still lying in bed. I touched her head and it was a little hot. She must have a high fever.

It's just right that you are here. Let's take her to the town to have a look."

Jiang Haoran went to the village chief's house to borrow a bicycle. The village chief's wife was very reluctant. When she heard that Zhao Meili had a high fever, she reluctantly agreed to lend it to him.

Wang Yanhong watched Jiang Haoran riding a bicycle, and Zhao Meili sat in the back seat, hugging Jiang Haoran's waist and leaning on his back.

Wang Yanhong stepped forward to ask what happened. When she heard that Zhao Meili was sick, she offered to help take care of her.

Jiang Haoran wanted to take his relationship with Zhao Meili to a new level and didn't want to be disturbed, so he said the car couldn't accommodate them.

"I can just sit on the front bar," Wang Yanhong said.

Jiang Haoran said this was the village chief's car and it was not suitable to carry more people.

Wang Yanhong could only watch the two people go away, stamping her feet in anger.

...

It was dark, and Lu Mingfeng woke up and found his beloved wife still in his arms. He reached out and touched Shen Jiale's messy hair.

"It's dark, why don't you turn on the light?"

Shen Jiale got up from his arms and said, "How can you get up when you're holding me tightly?" Lu

Mingfeng was in a good mood, and he held her in his arms and kissed her, "You must be hungry, I'll go cook."

The lights in the house were turned on, and Zhao Meili, who had just returned from the town's bathroom, saw Lu Mingfeng coming out of Shen Jiale's room.

Lu Mingfeng glanced at her.

Zhao Meili shuddered and urged Jiang Haoran to ride faster.

Jiang Haoran said, "Since we missed dinner time, I'll take some food over and ask Sister Hua to help cook."

"No need to take it, just eat mine." Zhao Meili really felt cold all over when she looked at Lu Mingfeng.

At noon, she really felt the threat of death.

There was no doubt that the man really wanted to kill her.

She, who had always been fearless, compromised with life at that moment. She

silently said in her heart, Shen Jiale, you'd better take care of yourself.

...

When Lu Mingfeng left, he felt that the family still needed a bicycle.

In this way, he could stay at home with his wife for more time and come back earlier in the morning.

The next morning, when Shen Jiale woke up, he heard a lot of people chattering outside the door.

He opened the door and saw many villagers gathered in front of his house.

"What are you doing?" Shen Jiale asked.

The crowd made way, and Shen Jiale saw a new bicycle with two bags hanging on both sides of the back seat.

"Whose bicycle is this?"

Dazhuang's wife smiled and said, "It's yours. Didn't Mingfeng tell you?"

Shen Jiale shook his head.

Lu Mingfeng came over from the kitchen: "Wife, get up. I bought a bicycle. It will be convenient to go to town in the future."

Under the envious eyes of the villagers, Lu Mingfeng took down the bag on the back seat and took out the two big watermelons inside.

Everyone swallowed their saliva.

The watermelons that Lu Mingfeng bought were not only big, but also two.

The weather in June was hot, and it was even hotter when working in the fields. If you can eat a bite of sweet watermelon after work, all the fatigue of the day will disappear.

During the meal, Shen Jiale asked Lu Mingfeng: "You spent a lot of money on the bicycle, right? I'll give you the money."

Lu Mingfeng shook his head: "No need to take it, the money was paid by Brother Jing for me, and it will be deducted slowly in the future. Don't worry, it won't be long before it is paid back."

When the two went to work in the fields, Lu Mingfeng carried a watermelon.

When he was tired, Lu Mingfeng cut the watermelon.

Shen Jiale saw that everyone around him was looking over here.

Not far away, Lu Bailing stood up to take a break.

Shen Jiale waved at her.

Lu Bailing ran over happily.

"Second sister-in-law."

Shen Jiale picked up half a watermelon and handed it to her: "The watermelon is quite big, we can't finish it, you can take it and eat it with mother."

Lu Bailing glanced at Lu Mingfeng, and Lu Mingfeng said: "I'll cut it for you."

Lu Mingfeng cut half of the watermelon into eight pieces and put it in a basket for Lu Bailing to take back.

Lu Bailing jumped back to the place where she was working with the basket on her shoulder.

"Hey, Bailing, where did you get the watermelon?" Liu Xiaocui asked in the field next to her.

"Second sister-in-law gave it to me."

Lu Bailing called her parents and eldest brother to come over to eat watermelon.

Liu Xiaocui looked at the red-fleshed watermelon and swallowed.

This child is not sensible at all. She doesn't know how to be polite and ask her to eat together.

The four people from the Lu family came over, wiped their hands on their bodies, and were about to eat the watermelon. When Liu Xiaocui saw that Liang Qiaoli didn't show any courtesy to her, her face turned dark.

"Third brother, mother said it's too hot to eat. If you can eat a piece of watermelon, I think your appetite will be better."

Lu Yongfu put the watermelon on the ground and was about to pick up the basket, but Liang Qiaoli stopped him.

"His father, what are you doing?"

"Didn't you hear me? Mom is too hot and has no appetite, so I'm giving her some watermelon to share."

Liang Qiaoli took out two pieces of watermelon from the basket: "My daughter-in-law gave us eight pieces of watermelon. There are four of us. Do you want to take half of it at once?"

"Watermelon is for quenching thirst. If you don't have enough, just drink some water."

Liang Qiaoli didn't stop him from taking it, but only allowed him to take two pieces. Lu Yongfu didn't bargain, and left with two pieces of watermelon.

After Lu Yongfu left, Liang Qiaoli and the children each took two pieces of watermelon and finished them all.

When Lu Yongfu came back and saw that the basket was empty, he asked, "Where are the watermelons?"

Liang Qiaoli said, "We ate them."

Lu Yongfu was angry and said, "You are such a heartless woman. I was so tired from work, but you didn't even leave me a piece of watermelon."

Liang Qiaoli said, "The watermelons our daughter-in-law gave us were divided into two pieces each. We ate our own share. Is there any problem?"

There was no problem, but he thought that his wife would at least leave one piece for herself.

Liu Xiaocui said from the side, "Mingfeng's wife is so incompetent. If she had given us two more pieces of watermelon, our third brother would have something to eat." Liang Qiaoli

smiled and said, "Second sister-in-law, when your daughter-in-law gives you watermelons, you should teach her how to do it."

When Liu Xiaocui heard this, her face became even darker.

Her daughter-in-law only sends good things to her parents' home, so how could she think of her?

Lu Yongfu had no watermelon to eat, so he had to drink water to quench his thirst.

The water today was really unpalatable, without any taste at all.

Lu Bailing whispered in her mother's ear: "Fortunately, my second brother cut it, otherwise my father would have taken half of the watermelon to honor my grandmother, and we wouldn't have been able to eat a single piece."

Liang Qiaoli looked at her sulking husband and raised the corners of her mouth.