12dz Chapter 116 Watermelon
Chapter 116 Watermelon
"What kind of dish is this? I feel like I've never eaten it before. It looks like cucumber, but it doesn't taste like it."
"But it tastes good, with a juicy and smooth texture."
"Yeah, that's true."
Everyone was judging the food in front of them, talking and eating, and they finished the whole plate of food.
Only Feng frowned and recalled, "This can't be the crooked cucumber, it looks a bit like it to me, I also looked at the skin at the door, there are no thorns on it."
After Mrs. Feng said this, it was as if Old Mrs. Zhou suddenly remembered something.
"Now that you mention it, I remember, Sanya, did you pick them from the vegetable garden?"
"Yes, grandma, I think they are big enough and will get old if I don't eat them, so I picked them and fried them into a dish."
"This year is really strange. I've never heard that cucumbers are divided into female and male. I planted those cucumber seedlings one by one, so how come one of them looks like this?"
Old Mrs. Zhou scratched her head and was puzzled.
"If you can't figure it out, forget it. I'll pick two leaves tomorrow and ask Uncle Chen."
Zhou Mingshu's idea was good. Mr. Chen was well-educated and a doctor, so he knew more than these farmhands. It would be safe to ask him.
"That's it. It tastes good anyway. As long as it's not poisonous, we can continue to eat it when it grows on the vine."
When Zhou Mingshu heard what Old Lady Zhou said, he breathed a sigh of relief.
Tomorrow she will vindicate the loofah and chili pepper!
After dinner, Old Mrs. Zhou went to the vegetable garden to look at the melon vines. Looking carefully from the root upwards, she found that this thin vine had grown so far and spread over such a large area, blocking the sunlight for other vegetables.
But when she looked closely at the fruits it produced, Mrs. Zhou was shocked. It really produced so many fruits!
A vine is covered with small yellow flowers, attracting many butterflies and bees. Where there are flowers, there will be fruits, so the branches between the leaves and the vine are all full of melons.
"Grandma, this melon vine is better than other vines. It can bear so many fruits by itself. It's amazing."
Zhou Mingshu praised deliberately.
"This is true. It produces more fruits than cucumbers." The old lady put her hands behind her back, bent over and crawled on the vine twice, saying, "This may not be a cucumber. Both the vine and the leaves are different from the cucumbers next to it. It may be another kind of melon, but we haven't seen it before. You should go to the town to ask tomorrow. If it is poisonous, we should have reacted by now."
Old Mrs. Zhou touched her stomach and it didn't hurt at all. Instead, there was still a hint of the aroma of the food in her throat.
The granddaughter next to her had a smile on her face, as if she could see her embarrassment, and Old Mrs. Zhou laughed.
"I saw you picking mugwort this morning. Are you going to make mugwort anti-itch ointment?"
"Yes, I guess Uncle Chen is almost sold out. Bring some with you when you go there tomorrow. That way there won't be any left at home, so we can prepare the ingredients in advance."
"Okay, I'll take care of the rest. You just need to teach them to read. The weather is too hot, and you don't need to do these dirty and tiring jobs. It will hurt you, make you tired, and delay your study in town. It's not worth it."
"Grandma, you really love me. I know everything. I will help my big sister and big brother learn a few more words this afternoon~"
"Haha, you silly girl, go inside and go to sleep. It's so hot now."
After dinner, the other children went to stay in the cool air. Liu and Zhu were cleaning up in the kitchen. Zhou Mingshu ignored the others and fetched a basin of water and went back to the house.
Just wash yourself and take a nap at noon.
In this era, there is no air conditioning or fans, and hot weather like this is still quite unbearable.
Zhou Mingshu picked up a large palm-leaf fan and fanned his feet which had not yet dried. It felt really cool.
I bought a bottle of Sprite and gulped down a few gulps. My body felt a little better and I felt somewhat comforted psychologically.
Taking out the key, she opened her universal treasure box, took out the reference book, and studied it carefully to see if she could make a fully automatic fan.
Dreams are full, reality is very skinny.
After reading the whole book, I found that there was no knowledge on this subject.
She was somewhat unwilling to give up, so she bought several more related books, but it was useless to read more. Without "electricity", all the knowledge was just empty talk.
I feel like I've seen an operation that can cool down a room before, but I can't remember how it happened. I have no idea for the moment and my head feels like a mess.
After lying on the bed for a while, Zhou Mingshu fell asleep.
When she woke up, all the people who had been working in the fields had returned. She yawned and washed her face, feeling light and weak.
"Sanya, you're awake. Come over and eat some watermelons. Grandma has exchanged rice for several watermelons."
Zhou Mingshu walked towards the kitchen. The table was filled with cut watermelon pieces, and a lot of pink watermelon juice was on the table.
"Wow, there's watermelon to eat~ Oh, this smells so good."
"Haha, of course. Eat it quickly. It's sweet."
Zhou Mingqi had a watermelon seed on the corner of his mouth, looking like a pretty matchmaker, which made others laugh.
Zhou Mingshu took a piece and started to eat. The watermelon was very juicy, crisp and refreshing. After taking a bite, his lips and teeth were filled with sweet watermelon juice. The watermelon must have been chilled in the well. It tasted very refreshing. The only downside was that there were too many seeds, which affected the taste.
After eating two pieces of watermelon, Zhou Mingshu felt a little bloated.
"Second sister, where are the people at home?"
There was no other noise in the house except the chicks and ducklings in the chicken coop.
"They all went under the big willow tree at the entrance of the village. Someone was selling melons, and they all went to watch the fun. These were the first batch of early melons this year, and everyone had harvested new rice, so they had to exchange a few to try."
Zhou Mingqi was already chewing on the third piece. He took two bites and then rested. He must have been a little full.
"Why are you eating so much? There's no one at home to take it away from you. Your stomach will burst."
"Hey, no, this is the last piece. I have a big appetite."
She stuffed the last piece into her mouth, then washed her face, followed Zhou Mingshu out the door, and went to the village entrance to watch the fun.
From a distance, I saw a group of people gathered together, talking loudly about something.
When she got closer, she saw that it was a donkey cart. The donkey was much taller than the ones she had seen in the town. On the cart at the back were big, round watermelons, half of which was still on the cart. The other half was filled with a few cloth bags, which must have contained grain obtained from exchanging the watermelons.
The village chief Wang Fugui was a wealthy man with many people in his family. His wife Wang directly brought a large cloth bag over. After weighing the grain, the melon owner asked her to pick the melons. She only stopped when the bag was full.