The drizzle was still falling, and the wires outside the window were again full of chubby sparrows.

After the two directors asked Wang Yuan some more questions, they went to visit other villagers, the 8,000 yuan eucalyptus is indeed a large eucalyptus, and the pressure from above is very great, and they also hope to break the eucalyptus as soon as possible.

Wang Yuan sat at the table, and after eating a bite of the swarthy artichoke pickles, he turned the bowl around and drank the rice porridge.

"Who stole my money? Forget it, I don't want to. ”

After eating, the dog was fed again, and then Wang Yuan stood at the door of the house in a daze, the boundless rain curtain covered the earth, and the cicadas that had been screaming non-stop Weiwei also shut up.

But the toads were excited, croaking ~ and screaming.

The leaves of the trees were as bright as new as new washed by the rain, and the raindrops crackled on them.

Li Yan was going to make dumplings with bread, and after a night, she also wanted to open it, the money had been lost, and it was useless to be sad, and with her family's conditions, a mere 8,000 yuan was nothing.

Now she was a little worried about Wang Yuan.

"Xiaoyuan, don't think about the 8,000 yuan anymore, if you feel annoyed, go to the back room to watch TV, I'll make you what you want to eat at noon."

"Let's make braised pork and stew another mandarin fish."

"Okay, there should be two more mandarin fish in the yard tank, I'll clean one up later."

Li Yan smiled gently, brushed the hair on her ear with the little finger of her right hand, and then sat on a small stool to continue to meet, and the three dogs lay next to Li Yan, occasionally raising their tails and pumping the ground twice, just guarding her.

Wang Yuan's heart rose a warmth for no reason, and he walked over to kiss her face, but she was pushed away in shame.

"Go, go, go to the back room and play, don't get in the way here."

"Then I'll watch TV, and I'll catch up with the good noodles later."

"Go, go, go."

Wang Yuan came to the back room and turned on the TV, changed the channel and didn't have any good programs, and then turned off the TV.

He rolled up his sleeves and came to the yard, and caught a mandarin fish from the water tank, the big mandarin fish weighed nearly 4 pounds, and the water splashed in an instant with a flick of its tail.

"It's useless to struggle, I'll eat you at noon today."

The rain is slowly getting lighter, so it's okay to stand outside, he directly kills the fish, and then pickles it from spices such as onions, ginger, garlic, and salt, and then stews it after a while.

"Swallow, there are no eggs at home, I'll go to the chicken farm."

"Go ahead, slow down on the road and don't fall."

After seeing Wang Yuan leave the house, the three dogs also followed quickly, and the dog's paws stepped on the puddle, splashing muddy water for a while.

"Go to Dasha Dog, if your paws dare to pounce on me, then I will really beat you."

Wang Yuan stepped on the mud road and quickly came to the chicken farm with the dogs.

Uncle Wei Guo, who was wearing a black cloth coat, opened the door to let him in, and then quickly closed the door.

Uncle Wei Guo's wife was mixing chicken feed, holding a wooden stick and stirring it in the big basin, and immediately smiled when she saw Wang Yuan:

"Xiaoyuan is here? If you lose the money, you lose it, don't be sad to listen to your aunt. ”

"Okay, I'll listen to my aunt." Wang Yuan grinned, I could feel that Uncle Weiguo's daughter-in-law really cared about him.

Rural roads are also slippery, and people's hearts are equally complicated.

After knowing that his family had been stolen 8,000 yuan, many people in the village were gloating and secretly watching his family's jokes.

Of course, the vast majority of people will not show too obviously, and even care a few words when they meet, and will only be happy behind the scenes.

Only Wang Shuai is more alternative, and he ridicules him undisguised in person, so Wang Shuai is now suffering in the bureau.

Uncle Wei Guo and his family are very satisfied with the work of the chicken farm, the two of them can earn 6 yuan a day, and in ten days and half a month, Wang Yuan gave them a basket of eggs to eat.

Occasionally, I also give local chickens to eat, plus red envelopes for New Year's holidays, such as the red envelopes of 100 yuan that I sent to them last time.

Carrying a basket of eggs back home, Li Yan had already chopped out the meat filling, Wang Yuan began to catch up with the film, Li Yan made dumplings, and the two worked together to finish the dumplings quickly.

……

At noon, the dumplings, braised pork, and stewed mandarin fish were just brought to the table, and my mother came over with a big bowl of spicy rabbit meat, and the little girl followed behind with her short legs, like a small tail.

"I'm worried that you two don't have the heart to eat, but I didn't expect you to eat so well." Looking at a large table of food, my mother was helpless.

Wang Yuan laughed, and Li Yan also covered her mouth and laughed.

The little girl was like a little monkey, took off her shoes and went to the kang, and then found Kuaizi with braised pork and started eating.

"It's delicious, it's delicious."

"Mom, where did you get the rabbit meat?"

"Your grandfather caught several rabbits in the clips up and down the mountain, and one rabbit didn't die, the little girl wanted it, so she would be honest with two slaps."

"Humph!"

Thinking that the cute rabbit was stewed, the little girl pouted and wanted to cry again, but in the end she held back.

Because if you cry, you might get beaten.

She took a piece of rabbit meat and put it in her mouth to eat, oops, oh my god, it's so fragrant!

The old mother was relieved to see that Wang Yuan and his family were talking as usual, and they were not overly sad, and after chatting for a while, they left with the little girl.

The rain stopped at 11 a.m., and after an afternoon of exposure, the ground was half-dry the next morning.

Wang Yuan took out the fishing rod and bucket, and shouted into the house: "Let's go fishing, swallow."

"It's coming, it's coming."

Li Yan just cleaned the house and walked out of the door with a smile: "Is there still an earthworm?" Fish love to eat earthworms. ”

"Just go to the river and dig again, it's a really good day, my forehead is sweating from the sun."

The sky was as blue as crystal, the white clouds were like marshmallows, and the occasional bird flew by.

Li Yan said: "The weather is really good, let's go to the field to see if the watermelon is ripe, you can take a watermelon to the river to eat."

The two locked the fence gate, and then walked in the direction of the chicken farm with fishing tackle, and after arriving at the 1 acre of land, they saw the little girl and the little flower looking at the watermelon inside.

The big white cat is standing on a large watermelon, looking at the fluttering butterflies and trying to stretch out its paws.

"Hey, why are you two here?"

"Second brother, let's look for a watermelon, this big watermelon must be ripe."

The little girl pointed to a big watermelon of more than ten catties under her feet. She likes this watermelon field very much, and she has been looking at the watermelon every day since it was still the size of a fist, and her heart is full of joy when she sees the watermelon grow little by little.

In addition to watermelons, this acre of land is also planted with strawberries, melons, lonely girls, small tomatoes, etc., Wang Yuan came to the little girl and squatted down and knocked on the watermelon.

Winter, winter, winter~

Listening to the voice, you know that it is a raw melon egg.

"If it's not ripe, let's change it, you go pick the strawberries on the right and eat them, and pick a few for me instantly."

"We don't want to eat strawberries." The little girl said in a milky voice.

"It's okay, then go pick a few for me."

The little girl was stunned for a moment, she thought about it and felt that there was nothing wrong, so she casually stepped over the watermelon seedlings to pick strawberries for Wang Yuan.

The little flower followed her to pick it, giggling, and the whole garden was filled with the laughter of the little girl.

Li Yan snorted and laughed: "You just call the little girl by the angel."

"It's just that I can summon it now, no matter how big it is, I can't summon it if I want to."

Wang Yuan found a ripe big watermelon of more than ten catties, and Kacha~ pinched the watermelon stalk with his fingers, and the big watermelon was picked.

Most of the surface of the large watermelon has green patterns, but the part next to the ground is white-green, and there is some mud on it, and there are large and small tide insects crawling away.

Wang Yuan held the watermelon, took Li Yan and the two little girls to the river in the west, hung the bait and threw the rod, waiting for the fish to bite the hook.

The three dogs were playing and making trouble, and when they saw the big white cat passing by, they wanted to stretch out their paws to pull her, but fortunately, the big white cat ran fast~ and ran directly to Li Yan's side at once, meowing and seeking shelter from the latter.

"Go and go, the three stupid dogs can't catch up with the pigs, and they know how to bully cats every day."

Li Yan waved at the three dogs and made a gesture to hit them, and the scared three dogs went to chase butterflies.

Obviously, Li Yan is still a little worried about the fact that the three dogs did not catch the wild boar.

Winter~

Suddenly, the homemade fish floated to the bottom.

The little girl squatting on Wang Yuan's left instantly lit up her eyes: "There are fish, there are fish!"

"It's not small, it looks like a big fish."

Wang Yuan was also very careful, standing up and carefully blistering the fish, the water on the river surface was rippling, and it looked sparkling in the sunlight.

After he pulled the fish to the river, he asked his wife Li Yan to hold the fishing rod, he took two steps to the river with the net, and then bent his legs, and took a big fish into the river.

"Wow, it's really a big fish!"

"What a fish, it doesn't look like a carp."

"It's a big grass carp, I'm afraid it weighs 5~6 pounds."

The scales of the big grass carp are fine, the body is slender, and the tail is constantly flicking wildly for a while.

The big white cat was full of excitement and wanted to get closer, but the big fish flicked its tail and almost pumped it in her face, and the frightened big white cat "meowed" and ran away.

"In a bucket."

"Good start! There must have been a very good receipt today. ”

Wang Yuan and Li Yan continued to fish, and soon Li Yan caught a big crucian carp, and the big white cat approached and sniffed it, but finally left.

The warm breeze is blowing, the fragrance of flowers is bursting, and there are bees twisting their fat butts collecting honey.

Wang Yuan, Li Yan, Little Girl, and Little Flower enjoyed the leisurely time by the river, and soon there were several big fish in the bucket.

They caught a lot of small fish under a pound, but they threw them all back into the river, which can be regarded as leaving some small fry in the river.

"Rest for a while, the watermelon is soaked in the river water and cool, and it is ready to eat."

"Okay, let's eat watermelon."

There was a small puddle by the river that reached into the land, and the big watermelon was soaked in it, and the river flooded the whole big watermelon, and the watermelon seemed to tremble.

Wang Yuan carried the big watermelon to the river, then cut it with a fruit knife, and brushed the brush~ The red melon pulp was immediately exposed, and the black watermelon seeds were like black jade.

A large willow tree grows by the river, and several people are eating watermelons under the willow tree, the warm wind blows, and the small light falls on several people.

"Eat a few more pieces, hurry up~"

"It's so sweet~"

"Do dogs eat watermelon?"

"Don't feed the dogs, let's eat them first."

Several people sat under the tree eating watermelon, and soon there were several more watermelon skins next to them, whoosh~ Wang Yuan threw a piece of watermelon skin at the river.

Dongdongdong~ After the watermelon skin touched the surface of the river, it quickly bounced up, and it sank into the river after making several splashes in a row.

The two little girls looked at Wang Yuan with admiration on their faces, and only Li Yan smiled helplessly: "It's really a child who doesn't grow up."

A few people couldn't finish a large watermelon, and some of the remaining watermelon was fed to the dogs, and the rest was placed on the grass.

Soon after, a group of children who caught toads came running, and Wang Yuan gave them watermelons to eat.

Among the children who caught the toad was his cousin "Wang Lei", Wang Yuan directly beckoned him over, and after opening the cloth bag, he saw that there were already 7~8 toads inside.

"Quack~"

The toads were very dishonest in the sacks, but they couldn't escape no matter how much they jumped.

"That's good, you've caught so many toads?"

"Well, second brother, do you want a toad, will you give you one?"

After hearing this, Li Yan hurriedly pinched Wang Yuan's arm and asked him to refuse quickly, and when she saw the toad, she felt panicked.

"Forget it, your sister-in-law is afraid of toads, so let's go play."

"Oh, then let's go."

Wang Lei's eyes flashed with a touch of cunning, first slowly approached Li Yan's back, suddenly grabbed a toad and put it next to Li Yan, and then ran away.

The toad was less than 10 centimeters away from Li Yan, and jumped on the former's lap with a slight jump, which frightened Li Yan into a scream instantly:

"This stinky boy, he will come to our house again, and he won't get him any more delicious food."

After playing by the river for a long time, several people caught a lot of fish, and finally Wang Yuan whistled, and the three dogs scrambled to jump into the river to bathe.

Plop plop plop~

The head was raised on the water, the dog's paws were swimming one by one, and the three dogs were also very excited.

The sun was setting in the west, a large number of fiery clouds appeared in the sky, and the wind blowing slowly became cooler.

After returning home, Wang Yuan and Li Yan were cooking, and when the meal was almost ready, they suddenly heard a noisy noise coming from the direction of the commissary.

Wang Yuan walked out of the house and stood on tiptoe to look in the direction of the southeast commissary, but his vision was blocked and he couldn't see what was happening.

In the courtyard next door, Wang Meng's daughter-in-law Zhang Qian was washing clothes in the yard, and she also stretched her neck curiously to look in the southeast direction, but unfortunately she couldn't see it clearly.

"Big brother, why is it so noisy over there?"

"I don't know, is it a fight?"

At this time, her sister Wang Qing came over with a physics book, and she came to ask Wang Yuan to tutor her in physics knowledge again.

"Xiaoqing, do you know what's going on over there?"

"I know, there are watermelons selling at the commissary, and many people gather there to buy watermelons, and our parents and grandparents have also gone."

"Okay, the swallow is here to sell watermelons, I'll go take a look." Wang Yuan shouted into the house, and then walked out of the courtyard.

"Go ahead, buy some if it's of good quality."

Wang Yuan walked in the direction of the commissary, and his brother and daughter-in-law Zhang Qian thought about it and followed, and as soon as she walked halfway down, she heard the loudspeaker in the tunzi:

"Attention, attention, there are people selling watermelons in the tunzi, and they stop at the entrance of the commissary, 1 point and 7 pounds!

If you want to buy watermelon, hurry up......"

The same thing was the same, and the same content was shouted three times, and after making sure that most of the villagers in the tunzi heard it clearly, the loudspeaker was turned off.

"1 point and 7 pounds, it's okay."

Zhang Qian's voice suddenly came from behind Wang Yuan, and she couldn't walk fast while pregnant: "His eldest brother, you go slowly, wait for me."

"Okay, you want to buy watermelon too?"

"Yes, Mengzi specially told me before he went to work that those who came to sell melons in Tunzi would buy more, he loves watermelons."

The two chatted as they walked, and they kept meeting other villagers on the way, most of whom smiled and said hello.

Suddenly, Zhang Qian's words changed and said: "Do you know his eldest brother, I heard his third aunt say that Huzi fell in love with a big girl, and it was Sanlong Tun'erdi."

Zhang Qian's eyes lit up, and her face was full of gossip, which instantly made Wang Yuan laugh.

But then the scene of a snowball fight in winter came to his mind, and in the end, Wang Hu seemed to be talking to a girl, wouldn't it be the right eye at that time?

He didn't know how to talk to his brother and daughter-in-law about this kind of topic, so he mixed it up, on Wang Jiatun'er's side, men generally don't talk too much with their brother and daughter-in-law, and they won't get too close, so as not to spread rumors.

After all, some idlers' mouths can be broken, and men and women may be suspected of having an improper relationship when they walk together.

When I came to the entrance of the commissary, I saw a group of people surrounding a tractor, and the tractor compartment was loaded with a large number of watermelons.

The large watermelons with flower skins are very beautiful under the sunset, and many villagers are picking watermelons.

And the watermelon seller turned out to be Huang Cheng from Xiaobaitun, last summer, Wang Yuan also took his wife Li Yan and sister-in-law Li Ping to pick Huang Cheng's rice melons.

"Brother Cheng, it turned out to be you! How many acres of watermelons have been planted this year? ”

Huang Cheng is in his early 30s, with a Chinese face, and is more than 1.9 meters tall.

He was wearing short black sleeves that were almost soaked with sweat, blue shorts, and the slippers on his feet were cracked and covered with dust.

Wiping his face with a broken towel on his shoulder, Huang Cheng also said very happily:

"This year, I planted a little more than last year, planting 40 acres of watermelons."

"Oh, that's really a lot, grow so much and sell it yourself? Is it sold? ”

"Most of the watermelons are sold to the supply and marketing cooperatives in the township, and the remaining small part is sold to the melons.

Huang Cheng had a simple smile on his face, and although his face was rough, his smile was very sunny.

At this time, someone called him to check out, and he ended chatting with Wang Yuan.

The ground melon is 1 point and 5 centimeters a catty, and it is transported to the village and sold for 1 point and 7 centimeters, and the average pound of melons earns 2 centimeters.

On average, 1,000 catties of melons earn 2 yuan.

The tractor pulls thousands of catties of watermelons at a time, but to remove watermelon loss, fuel costs, etc., and you have to take a tractor, in fact, the income is not high.

But Wang Yuan understands that this is the norm in the countryside, and people like him who make money every day are very different.

Suddenly.

Someone behind him pulled Wang Yuan's arm, and when he looked back, he found that it was his own grandmother.

"Xiaoyuan, are you stupid? Come and eat watermelon! This watermelon is really nice and sweet. ”

The villagers would not take the initiative to open the whole watermelon, but as long as Huang Cheng opened a watermelon for everyone to taste, a watermelon was snatched up in an instant.

You don't need to cut it with a knife, a watermelon is broken directly into pieces by hand, you and he is a piece, and soon the big watermelon will be gone.

Several children around were holding a large watermelon and nibbling on it, the red juice dripping down the corners of their mouths, and their bellies were round.

The children who were happy were jumping rubber bands, kicking shuttlecocks, or pumping spinning tops, crutches, and high jumps, and the scene was very lively.

At this time, the people who came late began to shout again:

"If you buy a watermelon, you open one for us to taste, how do you know if this watermelon is ripe if you don't taste it?"

Others coaxed: "It's just to drive one quickly, as long as it's delicious, I'll definitely buy it, look at so many of us in Tunzi, and your cart of melons will be sold out in a while."

Huang Cheng was busy alone, picking melons, overweighing, collecting money, and a lot of sweat oozed from his brain.

He didn't even lift his head, and then said, "Just open one, you can eat that one first!"

"How can there be an open watermelon, why didn't I see it."

"Huh??"

Huang Cheng glanced at the car, and in an instant, the melon that had just opened the black line in his head had already been robbed.

The others laughed loudly, and then shouted at him to open another watermelon, but Huang Cheng refused again and again:

"No, I opened three watermelons, you guys ate too fast, and if I open it again, I'll run away in vain."

The truth will not be what he says, but it is true to make less money.

In the end, Huang Cheng really couldn't resist everyone, so he opened another watermelon, and he directly cut the watermelon into a large number of small pieces, and divided them when he saw them, so that more people could taste the watermelon.

Zhang Qian was pregnant, and it was very inconvenient to squeeze around in the pile of men, so her grandmother asked him to wait outside, and she and Wang Yuan helped her pick melons.

Soon picked a bag of fertilizer watermelons.

Wang Yuan picked out another bag for his family, his bag of watermelons was worth 1 yuan, 6 cents and 5 cents, Huang Cheng only needed 1 yuan and 5 cents, and built a small watermelon weighing more than two catties.

Small watermelons are not easy to sell, and they are usually given to the villagers as an additive.

Wang Yuan walked home with two bags of watermelons, and Zhang Qian followed behind.

"His eldest brother is thanks to you, Mengzi is not at home, and it is inconvenient for me to do anything."

"Isn't it obvious if you say that?"

"Big brother, do you know that watermelon seller? He built a watermelon, and asked for more than 1 cent less. ”

"He belongs to Xiaobaitun'er, which is Yanzi's mother's village."

"Oh, I see."

The light of the setting sun stretched the shadows of the two, and the wind blew, and the bean leaves in the vegetable garden next to them rattled.

Suddenly.

The three earth dogs shook their heads and ran from a distance, and Li Yan, who was wearing really good clothes, came from a distance: "Why are you still stuck in buying a watermelon, you have been going for so long."

"It's Huang Cheng who sells watermelons, so I chatted with him for a while, and the thieves at the commissary were lively."

"Is it Brother Cheng?" Li Yan was a little surprised, and then said angrily: "Then why did you come back directly, you want to invite him to come to our house for dinner."