"I'm going to step on it, I'm going to step on it too" The little guy saw his father standing on the watermelon majesticly, and said that he would stand up and go up, and finally jumped up on the watermelon.

"This watermelon is too porcelain, don't be unripe," Zhao Weidong believed it completely.

"Don't worry, I'm still good at picking a watermelon, it will definitely be cooked and sweet" Liu Junhao put the huge watermelon in the basket and then hung it in the well water with a rope.

The well water ice watermelon is also a traditional way to eat, the well water is warm in winter and cool in summer, the well in the yard is older than Liu Junhao's age, I am afraid that it has a history of several decades, as soon as people get close to the well, they can feel the coolness coming out of it.

After soaking for about half an hour, under the urging of Xiao Haoyu, Zhao Weidong pulled the rope out of the well, although the well was not too deep, but he still heard the sound of "bang" inside, at first he didn't care, thinking it was the sound of water.

But when they lifted the basket less than half a meter from the wellhead, they found that there was a black thing in the basket, which kept squirming and making a "click" sound, Zhao Weidong was startled, and the well rope in his hand almost fell.

"What is this, Xiao Hao, come and see, you have something in this well." He dragged the well rope with both hands and hung the basket there.

"What, what?" Liu Junhao was picking vegetables in the garden, and when he heard their calls, he hurriedly ran out, and Professor Zhao followed closely behind.

"What should I be, why did you pull the king of the well up, put it down first......" Liu Junhao said and put the basket into the water again, and only lifted it up again when he saw the king of the well swimming.

"What is Lord Jing?" Zhao Weidong and his daughter-in-law felt very surprised.

"It's nothing, it's just fish raised in the well," Professor Zhao explained with a smile, he often stays in the countryside and still knows some customs and habits.

Rural people are more superstitious, thinking that many things are in charge of the gods, what stove king, God, land, well, fire and so on are all kowtowed during the New Year. And it's so confused, I don't know who it was for......

"Feudal superstition," Zhao Weidong's daughter-in-law pouted after hearing this explanation.

"It's not all superstition, the more the well water is used, the more alive, and the flowing water is not rotten is a truth, raising a few fish in the well can not only live the water but also prevent the breeding of insects and mosquitoes in the water, so people used to regard this fish as the king of the well" Liu Junhao said and picked up the watermelon, and suddenly a cool feeling quickly spread from the fingers to the arm, and then spread to the whole body, there is an indescribable comfort......

As his hand got up and fell, there was a crisp "bang", the watermelon split in half, the bright red watermelon pulp was revealed, the watermelon seeds with large nails were dark and translucent like black jade, and countless juices splashed on the table, flowing down the table surface, and after a while, the ants on the ground were attracted by the sweetness and gathered a large piece.

"It's all your own people, take your own thing, don't wait for me to let you!" Liu Junhao said and took a piece of it and put it in his mouth, and the unique rustling sweetness of the big flower skin immediately got into his throat.

"It's delicious...... the little guy also stepped forward and grabbed a large piece.

"It's very sweet, I haven't eaten such an authentic watermelon for a long time," even Professor Zhao couldn't help but praise.

This watermelon is different from what it sells in the supermarket, it is naturally cooked, rustling to eat, and the taste is very good. The watermelons sold in supermarkets are picked when they are half ripe, so they are durable, and although they look red, they taste a little skiny and chew like cotton.

A few adults still have some scruples about the image, but Xiao Haoyu completely let go of the shelf, gobbling up what he has in his hands, staring at the table with his eyes, and letting the bright red melon juice flow down his fingers.

The little guy calculated very well, half of the watermelon was cut into eight pieces, but there were five people here, that is, the one who ate slowly had to have two people eat one less piece, and he couldn't fall behind, so the little guy ate the sea plug and stretched his mouth so big that he didn't even have time to spit out the watermelon seeds, and swallowed them directly into his stomach. But he didn't finish eating a piece, and his little stomach was stretched tight, and he couldn't eat anymore, and it was still rattling when he knocked it.

Watermelon seeds Liu Junhao did not waste them, but specially put a bamboo sieve, let them spit the melon seeds in it, this big flower skin watermelon seeds are big, washed and dried with spiced condiments in the pot to fry, it tastes particularly crispy and fragrant.

At noon, they eat directly under the leafy poplar trees, and the meals are still commonplace, such as scrambled eggs with tomatoes, roasted eggplant, braised eel, winter melon and crucian carp soup, and then a big pot of mung bean soup is considered to be alive.

Although these are very common meals, Zhao Weidong and his wife still have a different feeling of eating. There is no fan in the yard, and they eat sweaty, but there is an indescribable comfort in their hearts.

After eating, Liu Junhao originally wanted to cut the remaining half of the watermelon, but Zhao Weidong waved his hand and refused, even saying that he was too full to eat and couldn't eat anything now.

So, a few people sat under the big poplar tree to enjoy the shade, holding a fan in their hands and fanning it casually, which was quite comfortable.

"Haoyu, didn't you say that you wanted to report your results to your Uncle Liu, why did you forget it?" At this time, Zhao Weidong's daughter-in-law said to her son who was catching butterflies under the loofah seedlings.

"Oh, I forgot, you wait," the little guy immediately scurried into the house, took out his schoolbag, and pulled out a newspaper for Liu Junhao to read.

It turned out that the essay written by this little guy was actually reported, and the content of the essay was his experience in Liujiagou, although the language was a little simple, but it was full of childlike fun.

"Okay, I didn't expect Xiao Haoyu to be a writer, and he still praised me in his composition, Uncle Liu didn't hurt you in vain," Liu Junhao naturally had no shortage of praise.

As he was talking, the hairy boy came to play, he walked to the door and saw a guest in the yard and wanted to turn around and leave, but was stopped by Liu Junhao, cut a large piece of watermelon for him and said: "What are you running like a bear child, come and play with Haoyu,"

At first, the two children were still a little strange to each other, but the children got acquainted with each other quickly, and soon found a common topic, regardless of the heat, fooling around in the yard, catching yellow eels for a while, feeding the fire head for a while, and having fun.

However, they soon became interested in the two turtle doves raised by Professor Zhao and wanted to go outside to catch grasshoppers and feed them.

There used to be a lot of grasshoppers on the grass in Liu Junhao's yard, but since getting more than a dozen little hens, those grasshoppers have almost disappeared, and now this group of little hens is also growing in courage, except for when they lay eggs and come back at night, they are outside to eat.

In summer, there are many insects in the grass from the woods, so this group of little hens has food, and every time they come back, they are full, and even the corn kernels that Professor Zhao sprinkled in the yard are disdainful.

"On a hot day, don't run blindly, this turtle dove just feed some vegetable green worms, there are a lot of bean seedlings, you look for it" Liu Junhao was a little uneasy, Liujiagou was full of water, and it was very uneasy for the two children to go out like this.

After listening to his suggestion, the two children did not object, and began to look for cabbage worms on the shelf, and after a while, they got a few bean shelf, and of course they also caught a lot of cabbage worms, and they were all fat.

The two little guys fed the turtledoves with great interest, saying that the lives of these two turtledoves are really big, they were soaked in the rain for most of the night and did not freeze to death, under the feeding of Professor Zhao, they were the same every day, and now their bodies have been covered with gray-white fluff, which looks particularly energetic.

As soon as they opened their eyes, they saw humans, so they were not afraid of the two bear children, and they also "chirped" with their mouths open for green worms to eat.

"Grandpa, give me this turtledove, I'll take it back and let those friends see it," Xiao Haoyu became happier the more he fed it, and finally had the idea of feeding it for a long time.

"What are you going to feed it back to, there are no bugs in the city?"

"Feed it rice, mung beans, and the birds can eat it."

"No, this thing is still small, you can't digest it at all, it will starve to death" Before Professor Zhao could speak, the hairy boy had already taken the lead in objecting, and he was a small expert in feeding birds.

"That'...... Let's talk about it when I grow up," the little guy said unwillingly.

"I won't let you bring it back if you raise it, the birds you brought last time died in just two days, and you still cried for a few days, and you still have to raise birds?" This time, it's against it.

It is said that Liu Junhao caught a few daredevil birds for this little guy that made him excited for a few days, and after bringing them to his home, he happily asked the group of friends to visit his house. But it didn't take long for several birds to be depressed and finally die. For this matter, Xiao Haoyu cried a few times.