As soon as Dongfang turned white, Xia Chen got up, told his grandmother that they would pick up dung with stones, and went out with a basket and a small shovel. Because of the lack of farmland here, most families make a living by raising horses and grazing, and use dried cow and horse dung as fuel when the wages are insufficient.

Before leaving the door, she heard her grandmother muttering, "Is the sun coming out of the west today?" This kid usually doesn't sleep until the sun and his butt doesn't get up. ”

When they came to the old elm tree at the head of the village, they had already arrived at the stones, and they had always been active in this kind of thing.

Leaving the village and hiding their baskets in the grass, they followed a winding loess path all the way west to the melon fields.

More than a dozen villages of all sizes in this vicinity are under the jurisdiction of Yuding County, the village where Xia Chen lives is called Zhaojia Village, there are about fifty or sixty households in the whole village, and the two ends of the west are divided into one street, and the people surnamed Zhao account for most of the people in the village, so they are named.

Four or five miles to the west is a piece of farmland, most of which belongs to this village, and a small part belongs to Sijiazi Village in the west. If you go about five or six miles to the north, there is a small river, the river is not deep, the water flow is also very gentle, there is no obvious river channel, except for part of the woodland on both sides of the river are saline-alkali flats, overgrown with reeds, cattails and some unknown wild flowers and grasses, people call reed ponds. There is a Dabei village beyond Weitangzi, with about 100 households, which is the largest village on both sides of the river. Beidianzi is a large area of weedy land in the northwest with ponds.

Yuding County is located at the eastern end of the northern border of Dayun Country, named after Yuding Mountain, the highest peak in the Baitou Mountains in the north, with four distinct seasons, the climate is arid and cold compared with the Central Plains, and there are many mountains, so it is sparsely populated. 100 years ago, the Huangsha River was flooded year after year, and some people who fled the famine came here to reclaim the land for grazing, and it gradually prospered after several generations.

Because it is blocked by the Baekdu Mountain Range and because there is a large lake at the northern foot of the mountain range, although it borders the increasingly powerful Xuan Kingdom in the north, it is rarely affected by the war.

Although there is a canyon formed by the river in the northwest one hundred and ten miles away that can lead to Xuanguo, the canyon is extremely tortuous and steep, full of rocks and sediment washed down by landslides, and the river channel is often blocked, and every rainy year, the river bank is completely flooded by the river, so the army can never pass. Nowadays, there are still a few businessmen, at the right time, they work tirelessly to do business from there, and there are many Xuanguo people, after all, wars are wars, and the common people always have to make a living.

The sun had not yet risen, the morning mist had not yet lifted, the grass was still carrying the dew of the previous night, and the air was so humid that it seemed to be drizzling.

Before they arrived at the melon field, there was a sweet fragrance in the wind, Xia Chen motioned for them to squat, and then whispered: "If you are discovered by Uncle Li for a while, no one is allowed to run, let's play eagle and catch chickens with him." ”

Miss Zhao San said, "Then what if one of us is caught by him?" ”

Xia Chen knocked him on the head: "What a one!" Then he continued: "Then the other person will pick the melon hard, and he will definitely go after the melon picker." ”

Zhao Xiaoliu said: "Yellow hair is smart. ”

Xia Chen said very righteously: "No matter who picks the melon, run to the reed pond, gather in the old place, and we will divide it equally when we turn back." I'll run last, and if one of them has to be caught, let him catch me. She knew that her grandmother and uncle knew about it, and even if they knew about it, they could say a few words about her, but they must not tell them.

Sure enough, Li San looked at her with great admiration when he heard this: "Huang Mao, you are too righteous." ”

Xia Chen pretended to be helpless and said: "A good general must take the lead when he fights, since I am now your head, of course I have to protect you." ”

Shi was originally a little unconvinced, but at this time he looked at her in a daze. Xia Chen thought to himself, it was really not challenging to be convinced by himself so quickly.

At this time, a sentence came out of the stone: "Huang Mao, what does it mean to be the first?" ”

…… Xia Chen suddenly felt a little frustrated in his heart, but he didn't bother to explain to him, so he reached into the grass and smeared some mud on his face.

Needless to say, they understood at once, and they both smeared some mud on their faces as she did, and then looked at each other and giggled.

Xia Chen rolled his eyelids: "Hurry up, this bit of camouflage will not be useful when the fog clears for a while." ”

Miss Zhao San immediately began to take off her pants, Xia Chen secretly smiled bitterly when she saw this, and said in her heart: Here we go again!

Once she took Zhao San girl to catch fish, but that day she caught a lot, but she didn't bring a basket, so she asked Zhao San girl to take off her pants and tie her trouser legs with grass as a bag to hold fish.

Fortunately, it was late autumn, and it was already autumn at this time, and they were all wearing shirts, otherwise she would probably have to face a few white asses, which would be unlucky.

To her surprise, Miss Zhao San didn't know when she passed this "secret recipe" to a few other guys, and they all had an extra "trouser pocket" in their hands at this time.

As soon as he was ready, Xia Chen made the last pre-war mobilization: "Make up your mind to steal melons and climb in against all odds." Don't be afraid to sacrifice and pick a big one, and strive for victory to take it home. Then he waved his hand: "Up." ”

A breeze blew, and several little heads showed out of the grass one by one, as if they had just fallen and gnawed on the mud. Seeing that there was no movement, the queue hunched over and crept into the melon field, and then quickly dispersed.

Miss Zhao San picked a melon and took a bite, then spit it out with a bitter face: "Damn! Raw melon! ”

Li San didn't care about thirty-seven twenty-one, picked two big ones and stuffed them into the bag.

Xia Chen looked at the melon shack while pulling the melon with his toes, experience has proved that the big ones are not necessarily cooked, the ancients had a cloud: the melons are ripe and falling, and they are absolutely sweet when they fall off when they kick. Once the melon stealing was discovered, they pulled a few melon seedlings and ran, Xia Chen ran behind and picked up all the ripe melons, and all they pulled off the melon seedlings were raw, since then, but in a similar situation, she is very "heroic" after the palace. In the past, she lived in a big city in modern times, and she didn't understand these things at all, and the truth came from life, and it was true.

Suddenly, the straw curtain door moved, and Xia Chen whispered: "Ready." ”

Uncle Li came out of the shack with sleepy eyes, and saw that the scene in the melon orchard was like being splashed on the head by a basin of cold water, his eyes widened suddenly, and he picked up the broom on the side, opened his throat and shouted: "Which little cub, see if I don't break your legs." ”

Zhao Xiaoliu's first reaction was to run, and just after running a few steps, he saw Xia Chen and them going around in a circle around Mr. Li, turned back and bent over to pick two more melons, and said, "These two melons are really big." ”

Mr. Li just grabbed Li San's clothes, and when he heard the words, he let go of Li San and turned around and ran to Zhao Xiaoliu.

Seeing that Zhao Xiaoliu was chased to the shack and had nowhere to hide, Miss Zhao San said softly: "Come on, come on, everyone is big here." ”

Mr. Li had no choice but to turn around and chase after Miss Zhao San, and just after running two steps, the stone said vaguely: "Hmm, it's delicious, this melon is so sweet." ”

When Uncle Li ran to the stone again, Xia Chen gave Zhao Xiaoliu a look......

No matter how good Uncle Li's physique is, he can't withstand such a toss, and after a while, he was so tired that he panted and scolded: "You guys, little cubs, don't let me catch them, otherwise you will have to open your butts and bloom...... Stop me! ”

Xia Chen saw that the stones were all fully loaded, and he was about to shout to retreat, but he didn't want Uncle Li to come straight to her, obviously he had found that these children were listening to her command. Xia Chen shouted: "Run, wow." "I'm already pulling my legs out of the way.

Mr. Li has already made up his mind, where is he willing to let her go, and he has pursued her all the way, and there is a great tendency to not give up if he does not catch Xia Chen.

Because of the dew, the path in the field was wet and slippery, Xia Chen was small, some tall weeds had become obstacles, and the vision was extremely poor, but after a moment's effort, he was about to be caught up by him, and he secretly complained in his heart, and he forgot to reconnoiter the escape route in advance.

Mr. Li touched the corners of Xia Chen's clothes several times, but he was dodged by Xia Chen several sharp turns, and shouted angrily: "Stop!" You little bunny, stand for me...... Hold it. "It's out of breath.

Suddenly saw a dry well on the side of the road, Xia Chen had an idea, made a perfect ninety-degree turn, and began to circle around the well, thinking that he hadn't consumed much body lì, and he didn't believe that he was tired and didn't lie down this old man.

Mr. Li's legs are long and big, if he keeps running, Xia Chen will be caught sooner or later, but after all, he is old, and his legs and feet are not as flexible as Xia Chen, not to mention that Xia Chen was once a practitioner, and his pace is called coquettish.

After a long time of tea, he didn't even touch the corner of Xia Chen's clothes, his anger surged up, he couldn't help but feel dizzy, and in a hurry, he reached out across the well to pull Xia Chen's clothes. Xia Chen is so easy to catch, she flashed suddenly, and Uncle Li's feet were unstable and planted into the well impartially.