At three o'clock in the afternoon, the temperature was relatively not so high, and Gao Mingcheng was ready to send everyone back to the county.

Before going back, he took some bags and asked Gao Yue and the others to take some fruits from the bamboo basket, peaches, pears, bayberry and melons.

As for the watermelon, because the watermelon is not an early-maturing variety, although there are ripe ones now, there are not many, and there is no way to divide one person, so it was decided that after arriving in the county seat, one person will divide half of the watermelon and bring it back.

Lin Ye refused politely, feeling that he was already embarrassed to eat and take it, so he refused to ask for this watermelon again.

Gao Mingcheng said magnificently: "Let you take it, just take it, what I have in my field is a large number of big watermelons and small watermelons, enough to eat until August." ”

Gao Mingcheng made a final decision, and the others could only thank each other.

Everyone carried fruits, eggs, and vegetables into the car, and then they were ready to drive back to the county seat, and several boys sat in the back of the car as usual, they wore thin long sleeves, wearing straw hats, when the car started, the wind blew wantonly on the body, blowing the hair and clothes, and it didn't feel stuffy.

Gao Mingcheng drove all the way back to the county seat, and after sending Gao Yue and the others home, he also went back to the clothing store.

He took the fruits, vegetables and eggs out of the car, and when he saw a lot of beauty, he hurriedly stepped forward, and when he saw a large number of eggplants and cowpeas, he immediately said: "There are so many, I can't eat them all, I have to make them into dried vegetables." ”

Gao Mingcheng said: "Okay, you look at the arrangement, do you chop it directly and dry it, or do you dry it after blanching?" ”

Many Mei said: "Blanch it and then dry it, it tastes good, and it is used to stew meat in winter, and it is refreshing." ”

As she spoke, she immediately prepared to wash the pot and boil the water, and hurriedly prepared the dishes while the sun had not yet set.

In fact, it is best to make dried vegetables in the morning, dry them for a day during the day, and at night, they can be semi-dry.

But Gao Mingcheng only returned home at this point, if he didn't blanch it immediately and dry it, by tomorrow, the dishes would not be so fresh, and they might get old.

When many beauties were busy burning the fire, Gao Shufang set her eyes on watermelon, she was busy soaking a large watermelon in cold water, ready to eat it later.

Last time she went back to Gaojia Village, she wanted to eat watermelon, but unfortunately she picked one, but it was not ripe.

Xiao Xuxu, who woke up from a nap, also came to the edge of the watermelon, followed the example of his aunt, and stretched out his little hand to pat the emerald green watermelon skin.

The watermelon is oval-shaped, and the skin has a green pattern, which looks symmetrical.

Gao Shufang teased Xiao Xuxu and said, "What is this, do you know?" ”

I will ask this question, Xiao Xuxu said loudly: "Watermelon!" ”

Gao Shufang continued: "Then can you hold it? You hug it and try it! ”

Xiao Xuxu didn't know that the world was sinister, so he bent down to hug the watermelon immediately, but the watermelon didn't move at all, and he accidentally fell on his buttocks.

Seeing that he fell down in embarrassment, Gao Shufang couldn't help laughing while reaching out to pick him up.

But wrestling didn't stop Xiao Xuxu, after standing up, he seemed to be competing with the watermelon and continued to hold the watermelon.

But the heavy watermelon is more than ten pounds, and a little child like Xiao Xuxu, who is less than three years old, still can't hold it even if he uses his strength to eat milk.

But in the process of hugging, Xiao Xuxu found that the watermelon could roll, so he changed his strategy and began to push the watermelon hard to make the watermelon roll on the ground.

When the watermelon was pushed by him, Xiao Xuxu immediately let out a crisp laugh, and the laughter was full of pride and pride.

Many Mei heard his laughter, followed the voice, and a smile appeared on her face, and at this time, a washed peach was handed to her.

"The peaches in the mountains have been picked, this is the last batch, you hurry up and eat a few more." Gao Mingcheng knew that many Meimei loved to eat peaches, so he specially washed a few of the best peaches for her.

The peaches in my orchard, many beauties have been eaten several times, and I know that the taste of peaches is good, and before I eat them in my mouth, my heart begins to sweeten.

But she didn't rush to reach out to take it, but said, "You put it first, I'm burning the fire, and my hands are already dirty." ”

Gao Mingcheng immediately said: "You come out to wash your hands and eat peaches, I'll light the fire!" ”

With a pull of his hand, he pulled a lot of beauty out of the stove, and sat down on his own.

The fire in the stove is already burning, just add some firewood from time to time.

Gao Mingcheng glanced at the firewood piled up in the corner of the yard and found that there was not much firewood, and he had to go to the village to get it.

But there is no firewood and I am not afraid, in addition to the firewood stove, there is also a briquette stove at home, and as for the briquettes, there are also fifty or sixty piled up in the corner.

The corner of the wall is often stacked with briquettes, resulting in the walls are black, people at this time did not dig deeper, only thought that the briquettes were dirty, but Gao Mingcheng watched a popular science video in later generations, and then he knew that the coal molecules in the briquettes can move, and the reason why the wall is black is not necessarily touched by the briquettes, but the coal molecules are adsorbed on the wall when they are moving.

When his eyes swept over the briquettes, the relevant knowledge directly came to mind, but Gao Mingcheng didn't care, looked down at the stove, and then added a piece of firewood into it.

After Gao Mingcheng helped to light the fire, Duomei went to wash her hands, and then happily ate the peaches.

At this time, the peaches were ripe and sweeter than before, making people eat more and more, and many beautiful people ate three peaches in a row, and they felt that they were about to eat, so they stopped.

"Xuxu, do you want to eat peaches?" Many beauties saw that Xiao Xuxu was still competing with watermelons, and they were having a lot of fun.

So he hurriedly beckoned Xiao Xuxu to come over, then led him to the faucet to wash his hands, and handed him the largest and reddest peach.

Xiao Xuxu, who is almost two years old, has grown his teeth, eats peaches, takes a small bite, sits on a small stool, and eats peaches quietly.

"How beautiful, the water is boiling!" Hearing the sound of water in the pot, Gao Mingcheng immediately shouted.

"Okay." She took the cowpeas and eggplant and put them on the shelf next to her, and when she lifted the lid of the pot, a hot steam came out, and the water in the pot had boiled.

It is best to use this kind of large iron pot to blanch vegetables, if you use that kind of small pot, it is not so convenient and fast.

Many beauties first put the cowpeas into the pot, the cowpeas are scalded by hot water, the color becomes darker, although the dish should be hot, but it should not be too cooked, it should be scalded to about five medium-rare, it should be taken out immediately, and then put into a basin and salted for a while.

Because the pot is large, the scalding is also fast, first blanch the cowpeas, and then blanch the eggplant, the eggplant should be a little longer, so that the eggplant can be cut with chopsticks.

Blanched eggplant, like cowpeas, needs to be salted for a while, the eggplant is spread flat, evenly sprinkled with salt, and after a while, it can be placed in a breathable dustpan to dry.

The backyard of the clothing store is not big and full of things, so Gao Shufang took it to the balcony on the second floor to dry.

At this time, the heat of the sun is far less than noon, but after the vegetables are placed on the balcony to dry, the water on the surface will also dry up quickly, and after two more days, the excess salt will also precipitate out of the dishes.

The hot dishes made by Gao Mingcheng's family are salted, but there are also some people who don't put salt, or even don't burn, just chop the vegetables and dry them in the sun.

It's just that the dried vegetables that come out of this way have a mediocre taste.

Just after finishing these, Gao Mingli came back from work, the factory has not been busy recently, and he will get off work at the end of the day, he rode his bicycle and quickly crossed the street, from the back alley into the backyard.

As soon as he entered the door, he said loudly: "Second brother, have you brought watermelons back?" ”

Gao Mingli knew that the second brother had returned to Gaojia Village today, so he had been thinking about the watermelon.

I haven't eaten watermelon for a year, and I naturally miss it on this hot day.

Gao Mingcheng was holding Xiao Xuxu and teaching him to count, and when he heard Gao Mingli's words, he said, "Bring it!" The watermelon is soaked in water, it should be edible, Shufang, you go get a knife and cut it! ”

After saying this, he looked down at Xiao Xuxu again and said, "If you count to twenty, I will give you watermelon!" ”

Xiao Xuxu obediently began to count, because he often learned to count with adults, as well as some simple poems, he also learned some more or less.

It's just that when he counted from one to ten, Xiao Xuxu's voice was loud and confident, but after counting to 11, he stumbled a little, and Gao Mingcheng needed to remind him in time.

When Xiao Xuxu finally succeeded in counting to 20, Gao Shufang had already cut the watermelon.

The pale red watermelon juice flows on the table, exuding the fragrance of watermelon, which is particularly attractive.

Gao Mingli came back from the factory all the way, he was tired and thirsty at this time, looking at the slices of red watermelons, he couldn't help but reach out and take a slice to eat.

As soon as he took the first bite, Gao Mingli couldn't help but say, "It's delicious!" ”

Gao Mingcheng also picked a piece of the middle for Xiao Xuxu, where the watermelon seeds are the fewest and the sweetest.

Last year, Xiao Xuxu was still young, although he also fed him some watermelon, but it is estimated that he no longer remembers the taste, and now he eats watermelon again, the little guy is also very happy, eating one bite at a time, but the watermelon is juicy, he bites a lot of each bite, but he can't swallow it completely, so the juice is flowing all over his face.

After a while, Xiao Xuxu's neck and chest were stained with watermelon juice, and they were wet everywhere.

Many beauties saw Xiao Xuxu's clothes dirty like this, and couldn't help but recall the past.

She said with a smile: "I remember when I was a child, every time I ate watermelon, for fear of getting my clothes dirty, some boys in the village took off their clothes before eating watermelon!" ”

"Sister-in-law, you're talking about the second brother!" Gao Mingli joked unceremoniously.

Gao Mingcheng gently patted his head and said with a smile: "You don't seem to have taken off your clothes!" ”

When I was a child, there were five children in the family, and the four boys above were all very naughty, among which Gao Mingcheng was the most naughty, and he could be dirty every day.

Luo Xiaohua had to wash the family's clothes every day, and she felt very tired, so she asked them not to get their clothes dirty as much as possible, such as eating watermelon in summer, then take off their clothes and eat again, so that the watermelon juice would not stain the clothes.

As for what to do if the child is dirty? It's okay, go to the reservoir and wash it and you'll be clean!

This method has a certain effect, so during that time, when someone's family eats watermelon, whose children have to take off their clothes and eat again, otherwise the clothes will be stained with watermelon juice, and it will be difficult to wash them.

This is not a black history, when I recall the events of my childhood, the atmosphere suddenly becomes warm.

Gao Shufang sighed: "It's better now!" Although I could eat watermelon when I was a child, I only ate it once or twice a year! I remember that my mother was reluctant to throw away the watermelon rind, so she wanted to keep it for cooking! However, I don't like to eat fresh watermelon rinds, I still like to eat dried watermelons, but my mother thinks it's just a little watermelon rind, too lazy to dry. ”

"That must be good now!" Gao Mingli said affirmatively.

Not to mention the past, even now, Gao Mingli is not willing to go back to the village to live.

How good it is to be in the county, with a stable salary, and there is no need to do farm work under the sun. Counting the days, the village is about to rob it.

When I think of the double robbery every year, the family has to be busy and dizzy, and after the double robbery, people can lose several pounds!

Every day when I open my eyes is to work, and I can't even eat well, so I eat in the field, for convenience, and the food is average.

The only thing that can make people feel happy is that when they meet the market, the family will buy a pound of pork, which can be regarded as a supplement for everyone's body.

Speaking of previous topics, everyone is very expressive, and even Zhang Jinling and Luo Li have talked about their childhood.

Zhang Jinling is okay, her family is actually not too bad, but Luo Li's family is really poor!

Before Luo Li married Huang Dazhi, their family was the poorest family in the village, with many children and few laborers, and their lives were stretched thin.

Luo Li remembered the past, and her expression couldn't help but be in a trance, obviously it had only been two years, but she suddenly had a feeling of being in a different world.

Recalling the past, Luo Li said with emotion: "It's better now!" ”

The most important thing is that fortunately she met Huang Dazhi! Sure enough, marriage is a woman's second reincarnation, because marrying Huang Dazhi not only changed Luo Li's own circumstances, but also her mother's family.

Now, her younger brother is able to go to school, and her younger sisters are able to rely on the sewing machine at home to make clothes for others and collect a small amount of money.

When kindergarten opens, her two younger sisters will be able to come to the county to do things!

Thinking of this, Luo Li's spirit was shocked, and she felt that her future days would definitely get better and better!

Luo Li's heart was fiery, so that night, she also expressed her friendship and gratitude to Huang Dazhi, and that night, Huang Dazhi had a dreamlike pleasure.

Just, I'm very happy.

After the incident, Huang Dazhi lay on the bed and grinned.

The electric fan dutifully blows out the wind and takes away the heat on his body, Huang Dazhi, who has not been happy and relaxed for a long time, feels that the current days are getting more and more hopeful!

As for before? Those bad things in the past, Huang Dazhi didn't want to think about it anymore!

Think about the present and think about the future!

In the future, he will be promoted and raised, and he will train his son well!

In the future, his younger brother Huang Xiaoan can learn a craft, and the little boy can also go to school to study normally!

In the future, since his parents no longer have to do farm work, their health looks better, and I hope they can live to old age without illness and disaster! (End of chapter)