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Chapter 21: The watermelon is ripe

At noon, Li Feng started washing his hands and cooking early, and the dishes had already been planned in his heart. The pork was only lean and passed through it with spring water. Three taels of meat, slice a knife, cut into thin slices, put in clean water, add some salt, set aside. Soak the bamboo shoots for a while, slice them, and put them in the spring water. Put oil in the pot, put the meat slices in the pot, bring out the flavor, add ginger and garlic, green pepper shreds, and add the bamboo shoots to stir-fry. Li Feng sandwiched a slice to try salty, delicious, and get out of the pot.

Cold shredded bamboo shoots, shredded bamboo shoots through boiling water, scooped up and mixed with quasi-good cucumber shreds, plus seasoning, sprinkled with coriander, and poured some home-ground sesame oil. Li Feng tasted the beauty, hehe.

Stuffy with a pot of rice, slightly add a little branches, this Li Feng wants to make some pots to eat, so long not to eat, strange thoughts. Usually Zhang Lan makes rice, uses more hay, and the pot does not come out, so make it herself today, pay attention to it. After thinking about it for a while, the brown and crispy pot was full of eagerness.

Li Shan and his wife Zhang Lan came back from the peach forest, smelled the fragrance of rice wafting from the yard from a distance, glanced at each other, and walked into the small courtyard with a smile.

"Xiaobao, what you did today, it's very fragrant." Zhang Lan looked at her son away from teasing the fat boy, put down the teapot in his hand with a smile, Li Shan stretched out his head to look, there were bamboo shoots and leaves outside the courtyard, and a faint smile appeared on his face. He put down the shovel in his hand and fetched water from the well.

"Hehe, wash your face and eat." Li Shan's face was not obvious, but he was happy in his heart, and now he and his family are only looking forward to their son finding a daughter-in-law and giving birth to a big fat grandson.

At lunchtime, Zhang Lan ate slices of meat and praised Li Feng's good craftsmanship again and again, this meat has no fishy smell, and it is better than handling it herself. Li Feng's face was indifferent, and he was quite proud in his heart, and he helped his parents with dishes a few times in a row, which made Zhang Lan laugh. A family of three eats happily.

After the meal, Li Feng looked at the iron pot, a thick layer of pot, and cut the firewood ash at the bottom of the pot, revealing a little spark. The pot is slowly roasted a little bit, and the fire should not be too big, otherwise it will burn, which is not delicious. The charred black pot is a child who doesn't like to eat, grinding and eating, Li Feng doesn't know if it's scientific, but the old people have used it like this for many years. Maybe it helps with anorexia, bake for more than ten minutes, slowly turn the corners and bake out yellow char.

Shovel it out, piece by piece, looking at it four or five millimeters thick, hard jumping, chewing it fragrant, fragrant, the more you eat, the more you want to eat, you can't stop eating.

"You kid, give mom a taste." Zhang Lan looked at Li Feng like a child, so greedy, she wanted to say a few words, looking at the thick pot, burnt yellow, smelling the fragrance, the corners of her mouth moved, and she took a piece. Lian Li Shan watched the mother and son eat with relish, and couldn't help it, so he came over and took a slice, not to mention that he hadn't eaten such an authentic pot for a long time. That's not, who has the spare time, cooking and thinking about how to make delicious pots, except for Li Feng who has nothing to do now.

"It's delicious, by the way, Xiaobao, you can go over and have a look at the melon field in the afternoon." Li Shan suddenly remembered something and instructed.

"Well, what's wrong, didn't you just water it and hit a fork?" Li Feng ate a little dry, poured a cup of tea, and sat on the edge of Li Shan.

Things are quite simple, Li Shan has to go to the melon field every morning to see, and today is no exception, who knows that there are a few more pieces of melon skin in the melon field, faintly with a hint of red. Don't say it, I ate it secretly last night, and it seems that my melon field is ripe. Yesterday, I heard Li Feng talk about it, it seems that it is, there have been more than 20 days.

"Okay." Can Li Feng be bad? When he heard that the watermelon could be eaten, he was already anxious, and he didn't know the effect of his bucket of spring water, which made the watermelon that was ripe in a few days a few days earlier. Li Feng, who was happy at the moment, didn't think of this.

In the afternoon, Li Feng led the family's small animals, fat boys, hairballs, and thin sika deer, to the river beach and went straight to the watermelon field. Li Feng has a bottom in his heart, those are the melons that were knotted for the first time, and he made more marks, took turns to look at them, patted them, not to mention, more than ten are fully ripe, although one is only seven or eight catties, but for Li Feng's family, one can already eat for a day. More than a dozen, picked for fear of changing the taste, don't pick it, hedgehogs, foxes, and even badgers come to steal food at night. If it is a large area of maturity, maybe Li Shan will build a thatched hut to watch, but now it is only more than ten, which is annoying.

In the end, he made up his mind, and it was better to change the taste than to put it here and spoil it, Li Feng used the basket three times, a total of thirteen watermelons, weighing more than 100 catties.

In the end, Li Feng wanted to get a few to go to the construction site, but his family couldn't finish eating, and there were many bricklayers, so he put four in the basket and took a kitchen knife. Li Feng took a few little guys to the peach blossom forest, at this time, everyone was busy making the wall, looking at the day after tomorrow, they could go up the beam, and the floor slab was completed.

"Dad." Li Shan is cleaning the lane, maybe the soil is relatively soft, the tractor pulls the goods, pressing out a very deep trace, Li Shan fills it with a shovel, and when the house is paved with bluestone in a few days, it will be faster.

"Xiaobao, you're here, what's wrong?" Li Shan looked at the watermelons in the basket and was a little puzzled, it wasn't that Li Shan was stingy, he thought that it would be good to have three or four ripe, but he didn't think that because Li Feng watered a bucket of spring water, all the watermelons that krose for the first time were ripe in advance.

Listening to what Li Feng said, Li Shan nodded, a few watermelons, no matter how stingy he was, he didn't care. With the shovel on the side, Li Shan took the basket and walked over with a kitchen knife.

"Everyone rested, and a few watermelons were ripe in the field, and they were brought to everyone to taste." Saying that, he didn't stop in his hand, the watermelon was cut into eight large pieces, one piece weighed one pound, and it was broken twice, and the bricklayer took it with a smile, praising the generosity of Li Shan's family in his heart. For example, today, watermelons are rare, at least six or seven cents a catty, and these watermelons are dozens of yuan. Buying oil and salt, eating for half a month, I didn't think that people didn't blink.

At this time, the watermelon is not very sweet, some light and refreshing, sweet and indifferent, plus watering spring water, with a trace of special taste, more than ten people eat refreshingly, and say that Li Shan's family is benevolent and righteous. Let Li Shan take three bites, smile, and persuade him to eat more pieces, and finally the four watermelons were eaten cleanly, and Li Feng didn't even touch them.

These are all from the villagers, after eating the melons, they work more attentively, and the speed is much faster. Li Feng saw it in his eyes and was happy in his heart, building his own house is not just for himself to live, there are some things he didn't say, in fact, Li Feng has a faint idea in his heart, but these must wait for the house to be built.

After cleaning up the watermelon skin, Li Feng returned home, took out a small watermelon weighing four or five catties, opened it open, took the spoon, scooped it and ate it. The taste is really good, although the sweetness is lighter, but it is light and refreshing, it is not greasy to eat, and the melon skin is crisp and delicious. A few small animals on the side looked at Li Feng with a face full of enjoyment, and they were anxious to keep turning in circles. Li Feng scooped a piece and put it in a small iron bowl, but he didn't think about it, the fat boy swallowed it in one gulp, making Li Feng stunned, when did the dog change to a vegetarian diet.

A watermelon weighed four or five pounds, Li Feng ate half of it, and the rest was eaten by a few small things, and in the end, Li Feng was afraid that he would not digest a few snacks, so he picked up the iron bowl.

Seeing that there were still a lot of melons, Li Feng took a few and gave them to the second master to try them, and he said he would do it, and found a snakeskin bag. Li Feng entered the village, and the second master now has nothing to do with the vegetable garden, or take a walk with the second wife, and the two old people live a leisurely life. When Li Feng came over, it happened that the second grandmother had finished taking a nap, and the old man didn't sleep well at night and made up for sleep during the day.

"Bao Wazi, here, come in and sit." The two old people have no children, and they love the next generation the most, especially Li Feng, who was naughty when he was a child, and was often beaten by Li Shan because of causing trouble, this baby is smart and capable, and he hides in the second master's house every time, not to mention that the two old men have no children, looking at Li Feng and loving him in his heart. In this way, Li Feng mostly treats the second grandfather and second grandmother as grandparents in his heart.

"Where's the second master?" Li Feng glanced at the vegetable garden, didn't see anyone, and asked casually.

"Hehe, I went out to buy something, and I saw that Qingming was coming." When the second grandmother talked about Qingming, her expression was a little sad, or she thought that there was no one behind her to worship. The composition of his family background is not good, and he fell into trouble in that era, and even affected his old man, although the second master did not say it over the years, the old man has not been able to let go of it, but now he sees that he is clear, and his mind has been hooked.

"Oh, look, I forgot, by the way, the second grandmother, my watermelons are ripe, I want to send them to you and the second master to try them." Li Feng looked at the second wife's expression, quickly changed the topic, picked up the snakeskin bag beside him, and said with a smile, it is really not easy to untie the knot in this matter. Alas, the old man's life is not easy, Li Feng sighed in his heart, he could only be helpless, thinking of Qingming'er, his grandparents. I haven't worshiped in years, so I should go over and have a look.

"You just eat it, send it over and make something." The second milk said so, but the smile on his face made people feel happy in their hearts, not to mention that Li Feng really didn't say anything to the two old men, and the two old men also regarded Li Feng as their grandson.

was laughing with Li Feng with the second grandmother, and the second master came back with a black bag, and he was very happy to see Li Feng. As soon as he heard that Li Feng sent the watermelon, the old man laughed louder and said yes, he was busy taking out the watermelon, cutting it, and even saying that it was delicious, so that the second grandmother said that he didn't know how to be ashamed. In the end, Li Feng ate another piece, and after eating, the second master asked how Li Feng's house was.

Li Feng remembered that he would go to the beam in two days, and said that he invited the second master to come over for a drink, and the grandfather and grandson chatted energetically. Unconsciously it was dark, the second grandmother insisted on keeping Li Feng to eat, and in the end, she had no choice, so she drank a few glasses with the second master. The second master's family has to soak a big jar every year, jujube wine, the two of them come and go, each person drinks a small catty, and finally the second wife is good to persuade.

When he got home, Li Feng was dizzy, the jujube wine was strong and easy to get up, Zhang Lan looked at it, said a few words, and helped make a cup of strong tea to sober up.

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The writing is a little slow, I wanted to take a nap at noon today, who knows, alas, it will be very confused at night, and the writing is a little messy. Everyone, forgive me, I recommend another hundred, and I will add more tomorrow.