When the train arrived in Harbin, it was already past eight o'clock in the evening.
The journey back to the army at night was very dangerous, and since there was a guesthouse near the Harbin Railway Station, Lu Feng did not send anyone to pick them up.
Everyone rested in the guesthouse for one night, and the next morning, they took the army's procurement vehicle back to the army together.
After returning to the military family compound, Liu Shuning felt completely relaxed.
No matter how much fun she had in her hometown, she had no sense of belonging. Only in the staff quarters was she her real home.
"I'm finally back. Mom, please look after the kids first. I'll go see if the watermelons are ripe." It's almost June now, and the watermelons are almost ripe.
During these days at her hometown, Liu Shuning has been thinking about her watermelons and vegetables from her vegetable garden.
"Where did you plant the watermelons? Make sure they are not picked by others." It's not that Lu's mother thinks too badly of people. There are many children in the family compound. Seeing the watermelons in the field, who can resist picking them?
"I grow them in my backyard, and no one dares to come to my house and eat my watermelons."
When Chunxiao heard Liu Shuning was going to the backyard, she followed him.
In the backyard, the chickens that Liu Shuning raised were still healthy, but a little thinner than before.
The loofah and bitter melon in the backyard are edible, but most of the beans are already old.
Winter melons and pumpkins also covered the shelves, each one was round and ready to be eaten.
The watermelons planted next to the chicken coop also covered the ground, and the big ones looked to weigh almost thirty kilograms.
"Aunt San, is this a watermelon?" Chunxiao pointed at the winter melon and asked Liu Shuning. She had never seen a watermelon in her life.
"Silly child, that's a winter melon. Winter melon is white and will prick your hands. The one with ridges over there is a watermelon." Liu Shuning grows white winter melons. The white frost on its skin will make your hands itchy if you touch it.
"Then I'll go get the biggest one and eat it."
"Don't move, let me do it. The watermelon is too big for you to hold." Liu Shuning bent down and knocked all the grown watermelons. Finally, he picked the one that knocked the loudest.
The watermelons she grows are hard-skinned, seeded watermelons, and the largest can weigh forty or fifty kilograms.
"Aunt San, why are you knocking on the watermelon?"
"I'm listening to see if the watermelon is ripe. If you hear a knocking sound, it means the watermelon is ripe. Listen, that's the sound." Liu Shuning knocked on the watermelon a few times and asked Chunxiao to listen to the sound.
"Then I want to pick a ripe one too." Chunxiao knocked on every watermelon she saw, but she still couldn't tell which one was ripe and which one was not.
"Oh, you're still young and it's normal that you can't tell the difference." Liu Shuning wanted to laugh when he saw Chunxiao scratching his head and ears. Children are full of energy and are curious about everything they see.
Liu Shuning was about to go back to the house with the watermelon in his arms when he was seen by Aunt Yang from the next yard.
"Shuning, you guys are back?"
"Auntie Yang, the watermelons in my house are ripe. Ask Sanjun to come over in the evening and pick two to eat." She had promised Sanjun to treat him to watermelons before, and she thought that the watermelons were ripe and Auntie Yang would pick them to eat.
She just looked at the watermelon field and didn't see any signs of having been picked.
"Tuo, I'll ask Sanjun to pick some when he comes back at noon. He's been dreaming about your watermelon for a long time."
"If he wants to eat, come and pick some for him. Aren't a few watermelons worth your help in taking care of the vegetable garden?" Liu Shuning scolded with a smile without getting angry.
Aunt Yang is just too polite and doesn't want to take advantage of others.
Since she became pregnant, Aunt Yang has helped her a lot.
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