In June, the weather was so hot that Xu Yue had to wear shorts, shorts, and slippers at home.
After receiving a letter from Junmei's entrustment yesterday evening, saying that the things she planted in her vegetable patch had cracked yesterday, Xu Yue hurried home overnight following the messenger who came to deliver the letter.
When she arrived at her home, Xu Yue completely let herself go. After taking a bath in the bathhouse, she ran home wearing straw flip-flops and a large bath towel and handkerchief.
Under the bath towel, there was only a sleeveless gown and shorts that were completely unacceptable to people of this era.
Fortunately, she is young, and the villagers in Zhuangshang have learned a lot of new knowledge in school. Her thoughts cannot be said to be completely liberated, but she is no longer so pedantic.
In addition, the owner and his family are not very serious, so it is not surprising.
Not to mention the hosts, they are the ones who, when the weather is too hot, hide in their homes to cool off and no longer cover themselves with long shirts and trousers.
The men were even bolder. In front of Wang Dayou's forge, there were all shirtless men wearing knee-length shorts. Big beads of sweat rolled down their bronzed backs. By chance, a woman passed by,
He was so ashamed that his face turned red.
Due to the increasingly hot weather, the business of the bathhouse has improved. Taking a bath costs one work point. Everyone has a busy day and is sweating. The first thing they do after work is to take a shower in the bathroom.
Taking a comfortable bath, changing into dry clothes, and then going home to cook and eat is the happiest moment for villagers after a day's work.
However, Xu Yue was now thinking about her torn baby and had no time to feel the happiness of the villagers. She rushed to the hospital with flip-flops and Junmei, who had been waiting in front of the small vegetable garden for a long time, saw her coming, like
After finding the backbone, he hurriedly stood up and shouted: "Young lady!"
"Where is it cracked? Where is it cracked? Tell me quickly!" Xu Yue couldn't wait to greet her friends and asked hurriedly.
Junmei pointed to the side of the green ball that was carefully enclosed in the grass frame and said: "Here, here, here, when I came to look at it in the morning, it was all fine. Unexpectedly, when I came to look at it at noon, there were more cracks, which were vaguely visible.
It’s down to the red meat inside.”
Everyone in Zhuangzi knows that the third lady has a super precious little vegetable patch, which is said to contain the hope of all mankind, but in what way, Junmei, who takes good care of it every day, can't tell clearly.
All I know is that something strange is growing here.
It was green, like a gourd at first, round and small, and then it grew bigger as it grew, with bluish-white patterns showing on it - it really looked like a gourd in the vegetable field. She wondered if the young lady was
I was deceived, this is not a strange seed at all!
But Junmei didn't dare to say anything, so she could only help and take care of her carefully.
The sky was a little dark, but fortunately Xu Yue had good eyesight. She lifted the straw frame and held it in front of her eyes to take a closer look. When she saw the cracked gap, her heart tightened at first, and then she seemed to think of something, and suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.
"How's it going?" In response to how much Xu Yue treasured this thing, Jun Mei was too nervous to speak loudly, so she only asked softly.
Xu Yue put down the straw frame, shook her head, and said with a smile: "This melon is ripe!"
Junmei was stunned, is she really just a melon? No way!
However, Xu Yue was too happy to look at the disbelieving expressions on her friends' faces. She thought that this watermelon seed, which she had worked so hard and carefully to cultivate, had actually grown. She felt that God had treated her well and was silently grateful in her heart.
It took quite a while.
Then he turned to A'er in the corner of the yard and said, "Go and get me the basin and kitchen knife from the kitchen."
"By the way, where is my grandma?" Xu Yue remembered that she had been home for so long and had not seen any sign of her.
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It's getting dark, it's about 7:30 in the evening. If you were training on the playground, you should be back long ago.
Jun Mei replied: "My aunt has gone to the government office. My cousin asked someone to go there. Maybe I have something to ask my aunt for advice. She may not come back tonight."
After all, it's already so dark and there's no news yet, so I'll probably stay in the city for the night.
Xu Yue sighed immediately, her watermelon relaxed. Dad, grandma, brother, sister, none of them could catch up. Alas~
"Young lady, do you want to cut the melon and fry it?" Junmei looked at the knife and basin that Ah Er brought and asked tentatively.
Xu Yue nodded, but she didn't want to fry it and eat it, "This is called watermelon. It's a fruit. You can eat the pulp directly."
Xu Yue carefully pinched off the watermelon vine and carried the watermelon, which was so ripe that it cracked and was as big as a football, into the pavilion. Then she fetched water from the well, rinsed it, and put it on the table.
Junmei looked on and was surprised, this is actually a fruit? What does it taste like?
However, seeing Xu Yue's pitiful expression of wanting to share but unable to find her family, she reminded: "There are still a lot of ice cubes in the jar used to freeze the ale. Every day before closing the stall, villagers are rushing to get these ice cubes.
Are you taking it home to enjoy the cool weather? I’ll get some for you?”
Xu Yue hurriedly asked: "Did you tell everyone that you can't eat the melted water?"
Junmei nodded: "Yes, I have told you before. Everyone knows that this ice is made of stone powder and you are afraid to drink it. The melted water is also collected centrally. There are students who specially collect it and take care of it.
Mother, you did as you told me."
Xu Yue immediately felt relieved and asked Jun Mei to get some ice.
The ice cubes in this village were made by her using potassium nitrate in the laboratory. It was a gimmick when a new market opened.
In addition, the weather was really hot and she couldn't bear it, so she took it out and used it.
There is not much potassium nitrate in stock, but fortunately it can be reused. The collected water can be re-extracted using tools in the laboratory.
So, I lied to everyone that the ice made from stone powder cannot be eaten, just for repeated use.
In fact, the ice made from saltpeter is edible and will not cause harm to the human body. Moreover, saltpeter is still used as a traditional Chinese medicine in traditional Chinese medicine. It can break down accumulation, diuretic and diarrhea, detoxify and reduce swelling, and has many benefits.
I heard that it can be used with other medicinal materials to treat jaundice, but Xu Yue is not a doctor after all. For safety reasons, she has always been cautious in using medicine.
Speaking of Chinese medicine, Xu Yue remembered that there was still a health station missing in Zhuangzi, but scarce resources like doctors were really hard to find.
Moreover, the kind of doctor she wants is the kind of doctor who can accept new things, likes to constantly learn and explore, and can accept some new treatment plans. That means it will be even more difficult, so she can only let it happen.
With ice, the watermelon should be able to last for one more day. My father and brother who are still in Bingzhou will not be able to enjoy it.
Fortunately, grandma and sister can still try it.
Xu Yue cut the watermelon in half along the cracks, and a sweet fragrance suddenly filled the air. It was a smell that Junmei had never smelled before, and it was indescribably sweet.
She took a deep breath of the aroma, then looked at the red melon gourd filled with rich juice, and couldn't help but swallow her saliva.
