Chapter 19 Your Tasting Has Arrived!
Xia Wu has been so busy proving his innocence these days that he has neglected to care for the little cuties planted in the fields.
Early in the morning, she felt no burden in her heart, so she got up early and was about to water the strawberries and alfalfa in the field when she found that it was raining outside.
"Oh no!" Could it be that the beehive got caught in the rain?
Xia Wu didn't have time to think, so she got up quickly, tied her hair casually, picked up the umbrella under the corridor and was about to go out.
Liu Guizhen came in from outside wearing rain boots. "Are you up? Why don't you sleep a little longer?"
"It's raining. Did the beehives get flooded?"
Xia Wu held up an umbrella and was about to go check, but was stopped by Liu Guizhen. "It rained a short while ago in the middle of the night, and your grandfather covered it with plastic. I just went to the field to check, and it seems nothing is wrong. There are quite a lot of bees in there."
Hearing this, Xia Wu breathed a sigh of relief and patted his chest, saying, "That's good. I thought the beehive was going to be ruined."
"Your Fourth Master Yang sent some buffalo milk again. I'll go heat it up for you. It's a bit cold after the rain, so put on a coat."
It was raining heavily, so Xia Wu went back to the house, changed into flip-flops, rolled up his trouser legs, and sat on the porch to watch the rain.
Water drops kept falling from the extended eaves. Xia Wu stretched out his feet to feel the touch of raindrops on the back of his feet.
She didn't feel cold at all. The autumn heat had been so strong the past two days that it made people feel uncomfortable. The next rain would make her feel more comfortable.
Since there is no need to tend to the fields when it rains, Xia Wu decided to take his brother to the village today to take some pictures of the sky on rainy days.
She did it right away and went to wake up Yang Hongwen who was still sleeping in. Yang Hongwen, who had just woken up, was like a sloth, with slow movements and reactions.
His hair was a mess from sleeping, and Xia Wu rubbed it again and again, adding fuel to the fire. "Brother, you are so lazy, get up quickly!"
Yang Hongwen goes to bed on time around nine o'clock every day, and can sleep until at least seven o'clock the next day. If no one calls him, he can sleep until ten o'clock.
Xia Wu used to get up late when his day and night were reversed, but since returning to the countryside, he has been going to bed early and getting up early, and he feels so comfortable.
The water freshly drawn from the well splashed on his face, and Yang Hongwen finally woke up a little. Liu Guizhen had already prepared breakfast and brought it out. Only the mother and her two children were left at home.
"Mom, where are grandpa and dad? Where did they go?"
After asking, I found out that today was the day when an elderly person who had passed away in the village was buried. Yang Guojun went to help, and old man Yang also went to see his deceased friend for the last time.
After breakfast, Xia Wu and Yang Hongwen took their tools and prepared to go out to shoot, while Liu Guizhen continued to make cloth shoes.
The mountains are foggy when it rains and it is difficult to see clearly. From a distance, the halfway point of Zimu Mountain looks like a ribbon wrapped with clouds, covering the mountains.
There was also some fog in the village at the foot of the mountain. Under the lens, it looked like a washed mirror, and the people in the photo looked clean and ethereal.
Xia Wu called his brother and took pictures of the strawberry field on a rainy day and the pond next to the vegetable field.
Frogs croaked in the pond, rain fell on the strawberries, and the accumulated water flowed into the pond from the dug ditches.
After taking pictures of the scenery here, Xia Wu took his brother to wander around the village. They saw the willow trees wet by the rain and the old man sitting alone in the aisle with the door open, staring blankly.
After the rain, the already deserted village seemed even more deserted.
They walked up the mountain along the village path and could stand on the mountain overlooking the entire village. They happened to see a funeral procession covered in white linen and could hear the sound of suona in the distance.
After staying in the bustling city for too long, the village seems too silent.
After wandering around the village for most of the day, the rain gradually subsided. Xia Wu's legs were splashed with mud, and her toes in her flip-flops were also sticky and covered in mud.
Xia Wu originally thought that she would find it dirty and hate the touch, but surprisingly, she didn't hate it and actually liked it very much.
Seeing a puddle of water gathered from the green grass by the roadside, she simply took off her flip-flops and put her dirty feet in the puddle to wash.
Yang Hongwen imitated her and took off his shoes to stand in the puddle. The feeling of the grass brushing against the soles of his feet was like the gentle caress of his mother when he was a child, which made him feel very reassured.
After playing enough and getting tired, the rain stopped. The dark clouds in the sky seemed to be dispersing, and golden light suddenly appeared, dyeing the edges of the clouds a golden color.
There were only a few watermelons left piled up in the hallway of the house. Xia Wu picked one with the neatest pattern, soaked it in well water, and enjoyed it before lunch.
Xia Wu was eating melons and playing with her phone. She didn't have many people on WeChat, so she saw the message from Qi Miaomiao at a glance:
"Xiao Wu, where are you? I'm back home, come and play with you~"
Qi Miaomiao, like Xia Wu, studied abroad. Unlike Xia Wu, who studied financial management, Qi Miaomiao studied art, and often traveled back and forth between China and abroad.
But Xia Wu didn't expect that she would come back so soon.
Maybe he's worried about her?
Xia Wu felt warm in his heart. After thinking about it, he decided not to reject Qi Miaomiao's kindness:
"Are you really coming? This place may be different from what you think. I'm afraid you won't be able to get used to it."
"Don't tell me this nonsense. If you can stay, then I can. Send me the address!"
Qi Miaomiao is still the same Qi Miaomiao. Xia Wu could almost imagine her angry face when she said this. She couldn't help laughing and then sent the address.
Then I sent some photos and videos I took today.
I hope Miaomiao can be mentally prepared after watching it.
Then, Qi Miaomiao didn't reply to her.
Maybe he was busy with other things.
After logging out of WeChat, Xia Wu logged into Kuaishou. The background was all red, and her private messages were flooded with messages. Some accused her of lying, some privately asked where she bought the strawberry seedlings, and some...
His son is in the first year of high school. Chen Ming sends him there every morning and doesn’t pick him up until the end of the night study session.
Considering that the child is growing, Chen Ming always cooks meals at home, puts them in lunch boxes and then sends them to the child.
My daughter is in the second year of junior high school. Her school is near our home and she comes home every morning for lunch.
That morning, Shen Ming drove to deliver lunch to his son, then came back to pick up his daughter from school. While waiting in the car, he suddenly received a call from the courier.
"Hello, are you home? I have your Chengfeng Express."
Shen Ming hadn't done any online shopping in the past two days, so she subconsciously thought of the strawberries Xia Xia had sent her. She checked the time, and saw that her daughter still had more than ten minutes until school was over. "Sorry, I'm not home right now. Could you please leave the package in the locker? I'll pick it up later."
"OK."
After hanging up the phone, Shen Ming tapped the steering wheel with his fingers, and he was actually a little anxious to go home.
As the school bell rang, students gradually walked out of the school. Soon, Shen Ming saw his daughter Shen Leyan trotting over with her schoolbag on her back, "Mom! I'm hungry! What delicious food did you make for lunch?"
Chen Ming opened the car door, leaned over, took his daughter's schoolbag and threw it into the back seat. "I cooked your favorite sweet and sour pork, as well as salt and pepper shrimp and cream mushrooms. After dinner, we'll have strawberries as fruit. How about that?"
"Yeah! They're all my favorite foods! I love you, mom!"
While her daughter sat in the passenger seat chattering about school, Shen Ming drove away. After returning to the community, she parked the car and picked up a package from the express cabinet before going upstairs.
When she got home, Shen Ming told her daughter to wash her hands, and then brought the dishes that were kept warm in the steamer to the table.
Shen Leyan couldn't wait to put the rice in his mouth, flattering her while eating: "Mom, the rice I made today is so delicious!"
Chen Ming started to open the package, "Why, the meal I made yesterday was not to your liking?"
"Hey, what I made yesterday was delicious, but there was too little meat!"
Chen Ming said unhappily, "You eat meat every day and don't want to touch any vegetables. Are you thinking about doing the same thing as last time?"
Once last year, Shen Leyan didn't have a bowel movement for several days, and his lower abdomen was swollen due to holding it in, so he finally went to the hospital to resolve the problem.
From then on, Chen Ming tried her best to cook vegetables deliciously, just to get her daughter to eat more, but the child she gave birth to was not born to be a vegetarian.
Xia Xia packed the strawberries very well. She opened the foam box and found two layers of partitions inside. She wrapped the strawberries in foam nets and placed them in the grooves. She couldn't wait to take one out to check, and found that there was no damage at all.
You know, strawberries are very delicate fruits and will get scars if they are slightly bumped.
But... the smell of this strawberry is so tempting.
Shen Ming couldn't help but put the strawberry to the tip of his nose and sniffed it, and his mouth began to drool.
After carrying the express box to the kitchen, Chen Ming found his treasured enamel plate, which he had bought for two thousand dollars in an antique shop when he was traveling in Hong Kong.
There is only one plate, and Chen Ming rarely uses it.
But now, Shen Ming felt that this plate was very suitable for holding strawberries.
Carefully take each strawberry out of the foam net, then put them in a basin to wash, and soak them for a while in a special fruit washing detergent. The water did not change color.
"No pesticides used?" Shen Ming was a little surprised. After washing them twice, she put the strawberries on a plate.
"Mom, I'm almost done eating, why aren't you eating yet?" Shen Leyan approached the kitchen door with the bowl in hand, "Mom, what are you washing?"
"Strawberry, try one."
"I don't want it. I don't like eating strawberries. I don't even know what's so delicious about them. Many girls in my class like to eat them and even like strawberry pendants. How childish~"
Girls aged twelve or thirteen like to go against others to show that they are different.
Chen Ming didn't indulge her at all. "You don't eat vegetables or fruits. I think you want to go to the hospital again. If your classmates knew about this, wouldn't you be even more embarrassed?"
Every time Shen Leyan refused to eat fruits and vegetables, her mother would bring up the nightmare she couldn't bear to recall.
"Stop talking, can't I just eat one?" Shen Leyan reluctantly took a strawberry, put it to his mouth and smelled it, "Hey, it smells pretty good."
Chen Ming completely forgot about eating the strawberries herself before getting them to prevent her children from being poisoned. Instead, she was looking forward to her daughter, who didn't like fruit, to how she would react when she ate the strawberries grown by Xia Xia. "Don't just smell them, try them."
Take a sip, and the sweet and sour strawberry juice bursts in your mouth. It is different from the fake sweet taste you imagined, this is completely real strawberry.
Shen Leyan felt as if her taste buds were shocked. When her mother asked her if it was delicious, she replied...
"Give me another one, it's delicious!"
"Is it really that delicious?" Shen Ming looked at her daughter's reaction and picked up one to eat. Just by looking at it, her mouth was watering.
After taking a bite, Shen Ming completely believed the reactions of those people eating strawberries in Xia Xia's video.
That's definitely not fake!
"Mom, is this all you're buying?" Her daughter's words brought Shen Ming's wandering thoughts back to normal. She looked down and saw that there were only five strawberries left on the plate.
"Mom, haven't my brother and dad eaten yet?" Shen Leyan licked her lips, and her remaining conscience made her not touch the remaining strawberries.
"I didn't buy these. They were grown by a blogger I follow on Kuaishou. He sent me sixteen strawberries for free." Chen Ming suddenly remembered something and frowned, shouting, "Oh no! I forgot to take a video!"
"What video are you shooting?"
"Keep these strawberries for now. After mom finishes filming the video, you can eat one and leave the rest for dad and brother, okay?"
Shen Leyan smacked her lips, thinking about how her father worked hard to earn money to support the family and how her brother treated her very well. After making up her mind, she resolutely agreed, "Okay!"
Chen Ming was the first to receive the express delivery. Zhou Hui, who was also in Tongcheng, arrived a little later than her.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, Zhou Hui had just gone to class when he received a call from a courier. Fortunately, there was only one public class in the afternoon. As soon as the get out of class was over, Zhou Hui said to his roommate, "I'm going to pick up the package. Does anyone have any packages?"
"I have it, I have it. Please bring me another cup of coffee, thanks, Dad!"
"Good son, don't be polite to daddy!"
There are five schools in the university town, which is very large. Zhou Hui rode a second-hand Phoenix bicycle bought from his senior and ran towards the post station like the wind.
After picking up the express and buying coffee, he rushed back to the dormitory.
Zhou Hui started filming the video from the moment he unboxed the model, and his level of seriousness was comparable to unboxing a model.
Carefully taking out the strawberries, Zhou Hui, who was not very nervous, didn't even think about washing them. He pointed the camera at himself and took a bite, giving everyone a food show.
"Fuck!" A curse burst out of his mouth, "Fuck! This is too delicious!"
"Holy crap, is this really a strawberry? How come it tastes better than the strawberries the anchor has eaten?"
Zhou Hui peppered the audience with questions, showing them the strawberries in front of the camera. "These are real strawberries, but they're definitely better than any you've ever tasted. If I tell a lie, I'll make you get 59s on every test! You'll get robbed every time you play games! You'll never find a job after graduation!"
The roommate who had just returned heard Zhou Hui swearing a curse as soon as he entered the room. "Fuck, Zhou Hui, what bad things have you done to warrant such a curse?"
"No, come and try the strawberries Xia Xia sent me. They are really delicious. I'm not lying to you!"
"Let me try one."
Ten seconds later, there were another series of "Wow".
This situation continued until Zhou Hui's other roommates came back one after another. Every time a roommate came back, a strawberry would be eaten, and then a crisp "Wo Cao" would be heard to express their emotions.
Xia Wu sent sixteen strawberries to each netizen who tried the strawberries. There were six people in a dormitory, so three was not enough for each person.
He gave two to each of his roommates, and Zhou Hui ate the remaining strawberries for himself out of reluctance.
"Brother Zhou, Father Zhou, what's your goddess' name? I'm going to check it out now. Is the strawberry tasting event still going on?"
After finishing the strawberries in no time, Zhou Hui straightened his back, licked his lips regretfully, and then said bitterly:
"I asked you to sign up for a food tasting with me, but you didn't want to. Now you regret it!"
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