On a hot summer day, a glass of chilled watermelon juice to quench your thirst is a common thing for future generations.

So did the ancient people eat watermelon? The ant used Xingqin's fingers to rummage through the classics, and then confidently said, "Yes"!

"Shopkeeper, let's eat a piece of cold melon!"

The dog who walked out of the tribute courtyard, with the smell of sweat all over his body, said anxiously to the shopkeeper in the fruit shop on the roadside.

"Wait a minute, the old man will go to the backyard cellar to get it!" After answering the dog's greeting, the shopkeeper turned around and said to the little maid who was greeting the guests at the door: "Sanwa, go to the cellar and get a cold melon!" ”

The little guy responded, turned around and ran quickly to the backyard, and when the shopkeeper saw it, he turned his head and chatted to the dog: "Little official, is the topic difficult this time?" ”

The dog found a small bench under the awning in front of the store and said, "This question is really difficult, I can't hide it, I haven't done many questions!" ”

The shopkeeper handed the dog a cup of herbal tea and comforted: "Don't worry, this is a private test, I can't do it, with this experience, wait for the little officials to go back and do a lot of hard work, remember those who can't, and when we meet again next year, it will naturally be all done, and it will definitely not be a problem to get the emperor list at that time!" ”

There is a problem with what he said, but the dog knows that people are saying it to comfort him, so he won't tell him that this question will not be taken again next year, so he said: "So, borrow your auspicious words!" ”

The two of them were chatting here, and the little guy who went to the backyard to get the cold melon also ran back quickly, holding a piece of cold melon with a big head in both hands and said: "The villain has chosen the biggest one, and he will make the little official have a good time!" ”

The dog looked at it and saw that the green melon with black stripes was carefully held in the arms of the little girl, so he smiled and said: "Not only big, but also sweet to eat!" ”

The shopkeeper smiled and took the melon in the little girl's hand, held it with one hand and patted it lightly on it: "Listen to the little official, this melon is very ripe, as long as it is ripe, there is no melon that is not sweet!" If it's not sweet, you come to me, the old man can plant dozens of acres of melon fields at home, you can choose! ”

Watermelon, the classic record is introduced into China in the Western Han Dynasty, the name is called "cold melon", some bricks say, take the sea trade, the route is from the African continent, to the Nanyang Islands, and finally from the coast of Fujian landing, and then sold to the inner city.

There are also experts who have studied that watermelons took the Silk Road in the Tang Dynasty, and the specific facts are that there is no way to study.

The book "Trap" was written by Hu Qiao during the Five Dynasties, and it was written in the text that the Khitan broke back to this kind of planting, which was planted with cow dung covered with sheds, as big as Chinese winter melons and sweet!

The "Khitan Breaking Hui Hui" incident occurred when Liao Taizu went out to conquer the Hui people in Gaochang in the Western Regions, and Hu Qiao himself was also recorded in the classics as "the first people to eat melons." ”

In the Southern Song Dynasty, when the economy and trade were developed, watermelons had been planted on a large scale by the Song people who were very economically minded, but watermelons were a fruit that consumed much more land than grain crops, so the price was not cheap, and the yield was low, so the ordinary people in the market really couldn't afford to eat it, and most of them were ordered by rich Shi Shen outsiders.

Listening to what the store said, the dog also believed it, paid on the scales, and then took a knife to open the melon, but see: red soil, black seeds, and white melon skin, sweet and delicious!

The melon dog with a big head ate half of it in one go, and the heat just out of the examination room was also relieved a little, so he stood up and wiped his mouth, and asked the store for a small basket made of straw straw, and walked home with the melon.

To be able to participate in this state test, the dog is grateful to Lu Zhizhou, if he has not been in the examination room, the dog really dare not think that he will be able to pass the examination next year.

With this experience, the dog feels that he has a certain confidence in next year's liberation, even if he answers messily this time.

The amount of questions for three days, because I was a day late, I didn't have time to write the next half of the part, but the way to solve the problem was to find it myself, and the only difference was some writing time.

In addition, there is a problem with the previous scriptures, this is their own shortcomings, there is no way to read less books, and many topics do not know that the scriptures are intercepted, so the dog in the second half of this year, the focus is to "find a book to read"! If you still have time, practice calligraphy.

Thinking all the way, passing by the stall selling apricots, and weighed a few catties of sweet apricots, the last time they were beaten, Wang Hou and Fourteen suffered a loss with themselves, and they were busy with exams in the past two days, so they ignored them, and today is finally over, so you have to comfort and comfort them.

humming a little song all the way, I happened to meet Wang Hou at the door.

"Hey, Zhao Dagou is done after the exam, how did you do in the exam? Hey, I also bought apricots, not bad! ”

With a net bag in his hand, he didn't know what he was anxious about, so he didn't wait for himself to answer his question, grabbed three or five apricots and bit them and walked out.

The dog hurriedly shouted, "Where are you going?" And cold melons! ”

"You put it first, I'll eat it when I get back!" Drop such a sentence, and others will run away without a shadow.

Seeing this, the dog had no choice but to re-cover the basket and carry it into the door.

"Brother Zhang, come, take some apricots for a few brothers to taste!" After grabbing seven or eight apricots, the dog gave the rest to the mute man who was sweeping the floor.

The mute Lao Zhang was in a good mood today, holding the apricot and giving the dog a thumbs up, and then went to the utility room to find a few of his companions.

The dog went on.

A rapid running sound came from the east house, and the dog hurried to look, and saw Hua Fourteen naked with his upper body, wearing shorts, kicking and pulling a pair of straw sandals underneath, and running over with a long wooden stick in his arms, and the dog hurriedly asked:

"Fourteen, where are you going?"

Hua Shishi said angrily: "I'll go to find Wang Hou!" said that we would fish together, but he actually sneaked away while I was looking for a fishing rod! See how I clean him up! ”

Seeing this, the dog couldn't stop him, so he handed him a few apricots in his hand and said, "Come and eat a few apricots!" It was getting dark soon, and I came back earlier, and I also bought cold melon! ”

"Good, good! I'll seek revenge on him and I'll come back!" ”

A burst of dirt fell, and he ran away without a shadow, and the dog had to go back to the house by himself, and it was not time to make dinner at this point, but the dog was hungry, so he had to go to the back kitchen, and shouted to the dumb Liu to cook earlier, and it was good to talk to them carefully after eating.

The word curfew was common in the previous dynasties, but in the Song Dynasty, it was only used when war came, so Longzhou City returned to the appearance of a city that never sleeps.

Cook? Unless you have patience or you really can't open the pot in your hand, you won't do it, one is because of the trouble of cooking, and it's not as good as the outside.

The two are eating out and eating at home, and the difference is not a few dollars, and his daily salary is not worse than 100 yuan.

The living habits of the urban residents of the Song Dynasty are very similar to the urban youth living in the big cities in later generations, and they are not bad at all, and even more advanced than some cities, such as "takeaway", the "food delivery business" of the Great Song Dynasty is generally free, of course, if you give a reward, people still accept it.

Not only can the food be delivered to the home, but also the utensils used to hold the food, even the dishes and bowls made of precious metals such as gold and silver can be used for free.

When the meal was cooked, and the dog had eaten, he took out his book and continued to read it, and this time it was dark.

The dog, who had beaten several Hatchers, went to their room with the oil lamp on the table to talk, but when he opened the door, he saw that the two of them had already fallen asleep, so he had to give up, and said that he would talk about it tomorrow.

As a result, the two of them didn't get up on the second day, and the dog went out first in a hurry to go to the academy, thinking that they would meet in the academy, but they never had a chance, and in the evening, they returned very late, so they went back and forth so wrongly, and they didn't find an opportunity until the day of the list.

"Dog, don't be sad, after all, you only took the test for two days, and they all answered for three days, so I don't blame you for not being on the list!" Wang Houyu patted the dog's shoulder earnestly and comforted.

Hua Fourteen next to him also whispered to the dog: "You can get a good score, it's already a good grade, look at that who, who is who, after three days of the test, he actually took the inferior test, hahaha!" Shame on the dead! ”

The dog originally talked to them to comfort them, but he was comforted by them, so he had to say: "This state exam, I just want to participate, I don't have much hope, I don't care if I get such a result, I'm just worried about the ...... of you."

"The two of us?"

Wang Hou glanced at Hua Fourteen, and when he saw him frowning and waving his hand, he turned his head and said, "It's still early to try martial arts, and we don't have anything to do!" ”

"Yes, it won't start until next year" Hua Shixi also said: "Dog, do you have something on your mind?" ”

When Hua Fourteen said this, he reminded Wang Hou, only to see him hug the dog's shoulder and say, "Yes, dog, what's wrong with you?" I've been looking like you've been spitting for the past two days! You see, we are brothers, good brothers for life, if you have something in your heart, you must tell us! ”

"That's right! You must tell us, Mo Zang suffocated his body in his heart" Hua Fourteen also hurriedly hugged the dog's shoulder, and then the two looked at the dog with a concerned look.

Dogs: ......

cough, it seems that I am different, I forgot that the two of them are going to be hungry and ambitious, how can such a small belly and chicken intestine always be remembered in my heart.

"Alright, it's okay!"

Laughing, the dog said to the two of them: "I was a little entangled just now, but now I have figured it out!" Hey, hey, hey."

The two of them were very happy to see that their brother was finally relieved, so they patted the dog on the shoulder and said: "Look at that grandson, he didn't take the exam and was still on the list, this breath, we can't swallow it, the eldest husband does things, he doesn't do anything, how about poking him out?" ”

"I'll see it!" Hua Shishi stared at Lu Duan, who was like a starry moon in the distance, and said with a sneer: "It just so happens that the old account and the new account are calculated together, if something happens, he will be full of commotion, and he will definitely not have to participate in this imperial examination." ”

The dog looked up at the two of them who were gritting their teeth and staring at Lu Duan, and sighed in his heart:

"Looks like we'll have to find a chance to talk to them! This stupid thing of an egg hitting a stone can't be done again! ”