Chapter 460 Collecting Melon Seeds
Green Bean cheered and hugged a watermelon: "Brother-in-law, is this the watermelon you bought? Why are you so nice?"
Jiang Hongyu touched his head: "Because I know Green Bean wants to eat it."
Sister Ying swallowed her saliva and said to herself: "Oh, just because the child wanted to eat it, I bought such an expensive thing. If I buy it into meat, it will last for several days."
Ye Lang, who was standing next to him, heard his mumbling and coughed. Sister Ying turned her head worriedly: "Why are you coughing? Did you catch a cold?"
Everyone else looked at Ye Lang. Mung Bean, who was holding a watermelon in his arms, said, "My brother-in-law has some medicine. You'll be fine after taking it."
Ye Lang shook his head: "It's okay, I'm fine, my throat just felt itchy."
Everyone nodded, and Jiang Hongyu looked at him: "If you feel unwell, tell me. I brought some common medicine with me this time."
"Well, it's really okay. My throat just felt a little itchy, but I'm fine now." Ye Lang explained quickly to avoid misunderstandings.
Sister Ying let him say a few more words, and when she felt that there was no problem, she breathed a sigh of relief: "Why don't you drink some water, your throat will feel better."
Ye Lang looked at her and sighed quietly. If it weren't for her, why would he have coughed just now? He would have to have a good talk with her in the evening. She should express less opinions on Mingzhu's affairs in the future.
"Brother-in-law, can we eat watermelon now?" Green Bean asked Jiang Hongyu while holding the watermelon.
"Yes, let's eat watermelon now." Jiang Hongyu nodded, but didn't know how to open it. Ye Mingzhu asked Yunniang to get a knife.
With a flick of her knife, she cut the watermelon into small pieces and called out to everyone, "Everyone have a try."
"Wow, sister, you cut it so well." Green Bean applauded and praised, then couldn't wait to take a piece of watermelon and put it in his mouth, "Wow, so sweet."
Jiang Hongyu looked at the knife in Ye Mingzhu's hand and didn't speak for a moment.
Ye Mingzhu didn't realize that her actions were not in line with common sense, and she was still persuading everyone to eat watermelon. However, except for Ye Yun'an and Luodou, who each held a piece of watermelon and ate it, everyone else shook their heads and said they didn't want to eat it.
"Sister-in-law, have some watermelon. Once the watermelon is cut, it won't keep well and will go bad, which is a waste." Ye Mingzhu handed a piece of watermelon to Sister-in-law Ying and asked Ruan Linlin to take it herself.
Ruan Linlin didn't know the price of the watermelon, so she obediently picked up a piece and ate it. After taking a bite, her eyes lit up and she gave a piece to Ruyi.
Old Hu and Yunniang were about to shake their heads and say they didn't want to eat it, but Ye Mingzhu glared at them and said, "Eat it, everyone eats it, it's just a watermelon, right?"
Yunniang was a thoughtful person. When she saw Sister Ying eating the watermelon in small bites, she guessed that the watermelon was not cheap, so she didn't eat it.
Ye Mingzhu said it twice and then stopped talking. She picked up a piece of watermelon and looked at Lao Hu and Yunniang again: "This watermelon is rare. If you don't eat it now, you will definitely regret it later."
After saying that, he no longer cared about the two of them and started eating watermelon.
Jiang Hongyu gave Lao Hu and Yun Niang a piece each: "Eat, everyone eat, everyone eat."
They looked at each other, then carefully took the watermelon and began to bite it slowly.
For a moment, the only sound in the entire cabin was the sound of people biting watermelon.
When Sister Ying first got the watermelon, she was still calculating how much it cost, but after eating a few bites, she didn't care anymore. In addition, the child in her arms was also clamoring for food, so she had to carefully remove the watermelon seeds and then feed the watermelon to the child.
Green Bean had already taken another piece of watermelon and started eating: "Mmm, this watermelon is really delicious, but it's a pity that there are only two of them. Once we eat them, there will be no more."
Ye Mingzhu only ate one piece and was still lamenting that the watermelon had been stored for a long time and was not crispy or juicy enough. But when she heard what Lu Dou said, she suddenly remembered that they could grow their own watermelons.
Anyway, Linchang County is also a county seat by the sea, so they can just buy a piece of land there to grow watermelons. Sandy land watermelons are the most delicious.
Ye Mingzhu had an idea in her mind and no longer thought the watermelon tasted bad. She quickly looked at everyone and said, "Everyone, spit out the watermelon seeds. When we get to Linchang, let's try growing watermelons."
Sister Ying, who had just bitten a watermelon seed, almost choked: "Can you grow this watermelon yourself?"
"Let's give it a try. If we succeed, we'll have countless watermelons to eat in the future." Ye Mingzhu painted a rosy picture for everyone.
Sister Ying, who had just complained about the expensive watermelon, slapped her head and said, "Oh, I just bit all the watermelon seeds into pieces. What should I do?"
"It's okay, everyone just need to collect all the seeds from now on." Ye Mingzhu glanced at everyone and found that except for her, Lu Dou and Ye Yun'an, everyone else's watermelon seeds had been crushed. She couldn't help but sigh that everyone had good teeth. She had been spitting out watermelon seeds since she was a child and couldn't swallow a single one.
Everyone looked at each other and ate more carefully, wishing to find every watermelon seed.
Green Bean ate with a "huffing and puffing" sound, and soon there was a pile of watermelon seeds in front of him.
Ye Mingzhu was a little amused and wiped his mouth with a handkerchief: "Eat slowly and don't get watermelon juice on yourself, it's hard to wash off."
Green Bean looked up and smiled at her, then took another piece of watermelon.
Ye Mingzhu wanted to wipe Ye Yun'an's mouth, but he dodged to the side and said, "I'll wipe it myself later."
Ye Yun'an also took a piece of watermelon and placed it in front of Ye Mingzhu: "Sister, eat watermelon."
Ye Mingzhu really disliked this watermelon. The taste was incomparable to the watermelons she had eaten before, but she also knew that such watermelons were rare. After all, Luodou said that such watermelons were only available in Beijing.
She took the watermelon and bit it slowly, occasionally spitting out a watermelon seed.
Jiang Hongyu only ate one piece and stopped eating. He went to call the boatman to bring in some clean water so that everyone could wash their faces.
Yunniang quickly put down the watermelon rind in her hand and went outside to fetch some water.
Jiang Hongyu returned to Ye Mingzhu and saw that she was enjoying the watermelon so much. He took another piece and placed it in front of her, saying with a smile, "Didn't you just say that this watermelon won't keep for long and it would be a waste if you don't eat it? Eat it."
Ye Mingzhu took it with a smile, and then the smile froze on her face. Did she know where the problem lay?
Logically speaking, it was her first time to eat watermelon, but her movements in cutting the watermelon were so smooth. Moreover, among all the people, even Green Bean had eaten the watermelon cleanly, leaving only a green rind. However, the watermelon she had eaten still had some slightly pink flesh, which was very obvious.
Others didn't notice it, but Jiang Hongyu, who was with Ye Mingzhu every day, had already noticed it. Was he hinting at her?
Ye Mingzhu looked up and smiled at Jiang Hongyu, then took the watermelon she had bitten and bit it again, trying to make it look the same as everyone else's.
Jiang Hongyu didn't say anything, just smiled at her. She saw it out of the corner of her eye, her brain was working frantically, thinking about how to explain it reasonably, and she accidentally ate the watermelon rind clean.
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