Chapter Seventy-Two: The Story of Watermelon (Two More Collections)
In August, the fragrance wafts all over the wilderness. Standing on the side of the Qinhuai River, it can already be seen that the northern swallows returning to the south fall into the river in groups in the setting sun.
August is also the season when melons and fruits are ripe, and there are a variety of melons and fruits on the market. In the evening, after Lu Heng came out of the palace. When I passed by the street, I bought two big watermelons, carried one in each hand, and walked towards my home.
Pushing open the door, a woman in a light blue inlaid dress, with a scarf of broken blue cloth wrapped around her head, was standing in the vegetable garden in the courtyard, bending down to clean up the ripe vegetables.
She picked the fruit intently, with a sweet smile on her face. Lift your sleeves from time to time and wipe off the fine sweat on your forehead. Smile widely.
Under the slanting sunset, Liu Qingqing is like a fairy.
Hearing the sound of small footsteps at the door, Liu Qingqing straightened up, turned his head, and looked at Lu Heng, who appeared at the door with two big watermelons in his hand, and smiled: "Uncle is back!" ”
Then, she smiled and wiped her white little hands on her apron, stood there, looked at Lu Heng and said softly, "Uncle came back very early today!" ”
Lu Heng smiled, raised the watermelon in his hand and said, "Look, what did I buy?" ”
A few years ago, watermelons were introduced to the Central Plains from the Western Regions. Therefore, in the present, this fruit is still a luxury. However, Lu Heng's current work salary is not low, and it is not bad to say that the money is not bad. Buy two watermelons.
Seeing Lu Heng's face showing off, Liu Qingqing smiled, glared at Lu Heng with disgust in her beautiful eyes, and said with a smile: "Isn't Uncle Mo taking the school concubine?" This is a watermelon, and the concubine has eaten it before! ”
Lu Heng smiled, shook his head and said, "No, no!" That unfathomable appearance surprised Liu Qingqing.
It's really not watermelon, but watermelon is like this!
Just thinking about it, I heard Lu Heng say very proudly: "This is not an ordinary watermelon, this is what I spent half a month's salary to buy." The name is called the big watermelon of love! ”
After Liu Qingqing heard this, her pretty face was slightly red, her beautiful eyes glared at him, and said, "Flamboyant tongue, the dog can't spit out ivory in his mouth!" ”
After that, the uncle and sister-in-law set up a table in the courtyard. Lu Heng personally took the knife, rolled up his sleeves, and cut the full watermelon into four petals. Holding an oversized watermelon in both hands, he handed it to Liu Qingqing and said, "Oh, hurry up and taste whether it's sweet or not!" ”
Liu Qingqing took the super-large watermelon petal, thinking that she was cutting some of it. However, seeing Lu Heng's impatient appearance, he smiled lightly, opened his small mouth, and took a bite: "Hmm, it's very sweet!" ”
Lu Heng smiled, picked up a piece of watermelon by himself, and was about to eat it, but saw a melon seed on the woman's cheek. At that time, some ghosts stretched out their hands to erase the melon seed for the other party.
Just when the hand was touching the other party's cheek, I saw that the woman's beautiful eyes had a very angry look, and she raised the watermelon with both hands and hugged it to her chest, making it look like you dare to touch it, and I will buckle the watermelon on your face.
Lu Heng hurriedly retracted his hand, then closed his eyes as if he was thinking about something. An unfathomable look. When I opened my eyes again, I was already serious.
However, the woman's expression was still ready to go, Lu Heng shook his head and smiled, stretched out his hand and pointed to his face, and said to the woman: "Hey, when did you grow a beauty?" ”
The woman's innocent eyes blinked, and then she reached out and wiped them on her face. Slippery feeling.
Seeing a black melon seed in her hand, the woman's beautiful face suddenly turned red. With his head down, his pretty face was ruddy.
saw that Liu Qingqing changed from a fried little flower cat to a shy little girl. Lu Heng was amused in his heart, and then, he couldn't help it, and looked up and laughed.
"Uncle......" the woman looked up and glared at him with a red face.
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As the sun sets, red glow spreads all over the land.
The few yellowed vegetable leaves in the field are covered with a mellow glow.
In the small courtyard, on the flat ground in front of the house. Lu Heng and Liu Qingqing sat opposite each other at the table, and in this fiery glow, soft laughter spread out of the small courtyard, and floated far away with the autumn wind.
Watermelon is a very watery thing, so you can't eat too much.
Of course, Lu Heng knew this, but maybe it was because he was too happy in the evening. I accidentally ate the whole one.
By the time he found out, it was already a finished boat. The ground was a mess, and white melon skins were still everywhere.
So, in the middle of the night. I saw that in Lu Heng's small room, the lights would turn on after a while, and the frequency was very high. I could hear the squeaking of Lu Heng's door all night, constantly being opened and closed.
Alas, I can't afford to hurt!
Lu Heng, who had already been to the thatched house five times, returned to the room sleepily and fell on the bed. I hated it in my heart, and I would never eat watermelon again.
The night outside is dark, and in the west wing, the fragrance is faint.
The woman lay on the bed and listened to her uncle's room outside being opened and closed, and then opened, and then closed. Hiding in the quilt, she smirked and said to herself: "You deserve it, who made you so rude!" ”
A very private smile, like an epiphany blooming quietly, can only be seen in this night when no one sees it.
Just, listen to the voices outside. The woman was a little worried. Uncle won't really have a bad stomach!
Several times the woman got up and sat up with her clothes on, looking out the window with a somewhat uneasy expression, looking at the east wing with the lights on, her beautiful eyes full of worry.
Seeing that the lights were turned on again, the woman finally couldn't bear the hidden worries in her heart. I got dressed and tidied up a little. So I put on my shoes and prepared to go over and ask.
Just as he was about to light the fire, he heard the door of his uncle's room slammed shut. Then I heard my uncle's strange voice: "Oh mom, my seventh uncle, I can't afford to hurt it!" ”
Liu Qingqing was stunned for a moment, and when she realized that this was her uncle going crazy and talking nonsense that she couldn't understand. Naturally feeling amused in her heart, she snorted as if she was angry, and threw the fire fold in her hand to the head of the bed.
Thinking of her uncle's strange accent just now, she finally felt funny, and the woman laughed and said to herself: "Blame! ”
Outside the window, the bright moon is in the sky, sprinkling the clear glow of frost. At night, everything is quiet.
The next morning, Lu Heng got up much earlier than usual. When the sky was just white, he walked out of the house.
After washing, when I went out, I rolled up my sleeves and went into the vegetable garden.
In his previous life, he was also a child from the countryside. All kinds of farm work have been done. Therefore, it is very easy to do these tasks of collecting vegetables now.
However, the physical fitness is a little thin. Although Lu Heng has been exercising all along, his physical fitness is still much worse than that of his previous life.
After picking the ripe vegetables in the vegetable garden, I was already tired and had a sore back and leg cramps.
After returning to the house and washing the soil on his hands, Lu Heng walked out of the gate of the yard in the first ray of sunlight this morning.
At this time, the door of the west wing was still closed. The morning breeze blew, and on the wind-blowing flower on the woman's windowsill, a dew drop shone brightly in the morning light.
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With the advent of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the bidding has gradually come in.
Although the secret recipe for silk soft armor was stolen, it still needs to be prepared.
As the saying goes, the three armies can win the commandery, but the horseman cannot win the ambition. In the past two days, Wang Liye, the second son of the second son, who had learned from the experience, asked people to convey these two sentences to everyone in the house.
It doesn't matter if a secret recipe is stolen, what our palace has is a secret recipe. Isn't it just a silk soft armor? What's the big deal?
Wang Liye said.
Although it is full of fearless spirit and courageous spirit, these words are another flavor to the ears of the family and the maid.
The second son was afraid that he was hit too hard by the theft of the secret recipe, and he lost his mind and went crazy.
Among them, only a few people in the palace knew that Wang Liye's words had ulterior motives. Because, whether it is the kind reminder in the Oriliu Ji, or his observations at the time, one thing is certain.
That is, in the palace, there is indeed an internal annihilation.
However, there is a sentence in the Folding Willow Chronicle that Wang Liye agrees with very much.
The original intention of the strategy is to make the other party unconsciously fall into it.
What are you afraid of if you have internal annihilation, as long as the bureau is big enough, let alone one or two internal annihilation, even if everyone in Jiangning City is from his Liufu, he still calculates that he has not discussed.
And the Folding Willow is a large enough strategic layout,
Sometimes, Wang Liye doubts what kind of person has such a broad vision and such a meticulous mind. Lay such a net.
It's just that no matter whether he tries it in person or his sister tries it, he finds nothing.
Could it really not be him?
Occasionally, when passing by the West Cross Courtyard, Wang Ergongzi looked inside, saw that the scholar's room was closed, and then shook his head and left with a smile. It's just that the scholar's appearance in my mind lingers.
Of course, Lu Heng knew about the temptation of the second son. It's just that he still doesn't plan to be personally involved.
I often see the second prince sneaking to his door like a thief, eavesdropping intently, and then leaving in disappointment. Lu Heng smiled in his heart and admired the talent of Wang Liye, an amateur agent.
On this day, after Lu Heng finished the account book, he unfolded the rice paper in the room and continued to practice his painting skills.
Some time ago, he accidentally made a painting like an intestine, and he learned from the pain and decided to work hard. Draw a picture that satisfies you.
Of course, such determination. It didn't matter anything else, maybe it was just a joke he was determined to make with his boring time.
ps: I've been writing for so long, and I want to suddenly break out one day, and I'll have a seven-eight update. However, I am afraid that the speed is too fast and the quality will be reduced. In desperation, I had to scratch my head and stuff the code words, and then check, revise, polish, and adjust ......, and so on several times, and the 3,000-word chapter had to be written for at least three hours. So, hi......
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