Hearing this, Li Dabao shook his head, "Mother, let's eat one!" I don't eat it, I leave it for my sisters and sisters to eat, let's save the melon and sell it. ”

Liu Pan'er smiled, "Dabao, it's not that I'm reluctant to give it to you, but this melon is cold, you can eat a little every day to relieve the heat, but you can't eat more, you will have diarrhea if you eat too much!" ”

There are so many melons in the field, the children can eat them if they want, but they must not eat too much.

Li Fang thought for a while, "Third aunt, these melons are very sweet, just eat a fragrant mouth every day, you can't eat them as a meal, you have diarrhea after eating too much, and you feel uncomfortable, and you have to spend money to see a doctor." Let's save up the remaining melons and sell them together, buy grain, eat rice at meals, and eat cakes at meals, isn't it fragrant? ”

Li Fang's words were agreed by everyone and nodded one after another.

Li Xiaobao said: "Mother, I also want to eat rice flatbread, if I can fry the dishes with meat, it will be better." ”

"I want to eat rice with scrambled eggs!"

"I want to eat sesame cakes!"

"I want to eat white and big steamed buns!"

……

The children talk about all sorts of foods they like to eat, and their cravings for staples outweigh flashy snacks and fruits.

"Okay, when we get the basket, I'll pick it and drive our ox cart to sell melons!" Liu Paner also wants to sell the things she grows as soon as possible, so that she can have the money to buy back what she needs.

Not only food, but also clothing, but also useful.

Liu came back from hunting, and today he was unlucky and only caught a pheasant.

Liu Paner directly washed and cut the melons in the basin, gave half to Liu's, and cut the remaining half into several small pieces and distributed them to the children.

Liu Shi stretched out his hand and broke half of it and handed it to Liu Pan'er, "Third brother and sister, you can eat it too." ”

"We've already eaten at noon, you can eat this!" Liu Paner didn't accept the melon, and picked up the pheasant in front of her, "I'll pluck the feathers and kill the chicken first, and drink chicken soup today." ”

Liu nodded, "Whatever you arrange!" ”

Eating these melons, Liu thought that there were still many in the field, and he was very happy that he could change his life after selling them.

Adults and children no longer have to go hungry and no longer have to suffer.

When Liu Paner was cleaning the pheasants by the stream, Li Da Terrier's wife was also washing vegetables, and when she saw the pheasants in Liu Paner's hands, her eyes showed envy.

But meat was a precious thing, and she was too embarrassed to ask for it.

"Yuanqing's family, my boss has already made the ten baskets you want, and I have time to go over and get them!"

Liu Pan'er nodded, "Thank you, auntie, when I go home in a while, I'll go with my sister-in-law to get it." I'll pay you when I sell the melons in the field!" ”

Li Dageng's daughter-in-law smiled, "You don't have to give money, you can give food." One pound of rice and one basket, you can give us ten pounds of rice or ten pounds of noodles. It just so happens that you also have to buy rice when you sell melons, and by the way, you can also buy it back for us, which also saves us a trip. ”

Hearing this, Liu Pan'er nodded, "Okay, it's a good thing!" ”

In a village, Liu Paner rarely cares.

But if someone cares about her and tries every possible way to take advantage of her, she is not happy.

The two nieces are in charge of stewing chicken at home, accompanied by wild vegetables, and can also have a full meal today.

Liu Paner called Liu's family, and then went to Li Dageng's house together, stacked ten big baskets, five for each person, and took them back to the cave.

When she came back and met Zhou Cuihua, Liu Paner reminded, "Auntie, your basket, Uncle Da Gong is also ready, hurry up and get it." ”

"Okay, I'll go." Zhou Cuihua replied with a smile, "By the way, I see that a lot of my family's melon fields are ripe, why don't we pick them tomorrow morning?" Try it in a town forty miles away and see if you can sell it? ”

Liu Pan'er thought for a while and shook her head, "Auntie, don't do it tomorrow morning, tomorrow the sun goes down, let's start picking melons, and early the day after tomorrow, we will drive the ox cart to sell melons, and we can sell them for a while."

After all, the distance is long, and the back and forth is too time-consuming. There is too little time in the middle, and we can't sell it out, so we have to pull it back. In addition, we also want to buy something to eat after selling it for money, which will also take time. ”

Zhou Cuihua nodded, "Yuan Qing's family, you still think about it thoroughly." Picking melons in the morning delays time, or picking them in the afternoon. ”

The two families make an appointment, and when the time comes, they can go together, and they can also take care of each other.

After eating, Liu Paner and Liu came to Li Dazhuang's house together.

Aunt Li saw this pair of concubines coming over together, and greeted warmly, "Aunt Li, my melon field is ripe now, and other things have been planted, seeing that they have all blossomed and borne fruit, I am worried that there are hedgehogs and rabbits stealing melons in the melon field, and someone needs to watch the melons in the melon field."

But my family is full of women and children, and it is not appropriate to watch melons in the melon field in the middle of the night. I discussed it with my sister-in-law, and we hired Da Zhuang to show us melons with a pound of rice for a day and a night. Auntie, do you think it's okay? ”

When Aunt Li heard this, she slapped her thigh, "What's wrong with this, of course it's okay." Tomorrow, I will let Da Zhuang build a melon shed by himself and carry our bamboo bed over. Eat and live over there, and show melons to your family. ”

One pound of rice a day is enough for their mother and son to eat.

Now that there are enough adobe bricks, there is no need to make adobe bricks, and Li Dazhuang is idle. Instead of sleeping at home, it is better to go see melons.

Li Dazhuang smiled and said, "Don't worry, two sisters-in-law, I promise to take a good look at the melon." ”

"Okay, let's settle it." Liu Paner said with a smile, the two families have negotiated, and with Li Dazhuang to help watch the melons, she will not worry about other people in the village doing damage.

When I returned, it was already dark.

Liu whispered: "Third brother and sister, people from a village, won't come to steal our melons, right?" ”

Liu Paner asked rhetorically, "It used to be a village, and there was still a thing of stealing chickens and dogs in the village?" Our melons are delicious, if they can still be sold for money, aren't these people red-eyed? ”

Liu nodded and sighed, "It's all too hard, you can eat and dress warmly, and no one will steal it." ”

"I can't manage that much, I only care about our family." Liu Paner replied, "Not only did we think of it, but today I saw that the village chief's family began to build a shed, and I would also arrange for someone to watch the melon field over there." ”

Liu's eyes showed hope, "Third brother and sister, can our melons make money?" ”

Liu Paner nodded, full of confidence, "Of course you can, believe me." ”

Three simple words made Liu full of confidence.

Every time the third sibling says this, it's usually fine.

The next day, Liu Paner, Liu and Li Dazhuang built a bamboo shed together, clean inside and out, and dug a pit for burning wormwood.

Li Dazhuang moved the bamboo bed at home directly and put it in the shed, and began to help watch the melons on the same day.

He was very responsible, walked around the field, saw a hedgehog, took it out with a stick and threw it.

After the sun went down, Liu Paner and Liu began to carefully search for ripe melons and croissant honey in the melon fields.

Maybe at the beginning, there were not many melons, but I still picked three baskets of melons and two baskets of croissant honey.

Li Dazhuang helped carry it down and put it on the ox cart.