Xu Yue first packed half of the watermelon and put it in the ice basin. She said she would take it to the room to keep, but in fact she immediately stuffed it into the small kitchen next to the space research room. She would take out half of it and leave it with her mother before she returned to the academy tomorrow morning.
It can also maintain freshness for one more day.
After doing this, Xu Yue returned to the pavilion, broke open the other half of the watermelon, cut it into small pieces, and called Ada, Aer, and Junmei who were still in the room to come and eat.
Before eating, he made a special statement: "Be sure to spit out the seeds and put them in a basin so that we can continue to eat them next year. Do you understand?"
Everyone hurriedly understood and, under Xu Yue's demonstration, one person picked up a thinly sliced watermelon and ate it.
Several people took a small bite at first, and then took even smaller bites. The abundant juice and the sweet and refreshing watermelon flavor were so delicious that people couldn't bear to swallow it.
It’s not that Xu Yue is stingy, the watermelon is really not that big. In addition, some should be left for Wang Dayou, Wang Youliang, Lu Meng and others to try, so that they know what they are working hard to get everyone’s support and understanding, so as to inspire them.
Everyone's enthusiasm for work can only be limited to one person.
Otherwise, it won’t be enough points at all!
Xu Yue didn't know that she could eat a big watermelon by herself.
As soon as the soft and sweet watermelon entered her mouth, Xu Yue's tears flowed out uncontrollably. Wuwuwu, she finally took a bite of the watermelon she had been longing for. It was really not easy!
It's just that there is only a small piece of such a delicious fruit, and Junmei and the others are reluctant to eat it. She herself wants to split one bite into two bites and slowly savor the taste.
It took several people in the pavilion to eat a small piece of watermelon for a quarter of an hour. By the time Xu Yue finished eating, the watermelon rind in Ah Da and Ah's hands could not escape, and was chewed and swallowed by the two of them.
Xu Yue was not in a hurry to stop them for a while, she could only look at their eyes with joy and said: "It's delicious!"
Junmei was more reserved, but she also nibbled the watermelon rind until only the outermost layer of slightly hard green skin remained.
Everyone spit out the watermelon seeds carefully and placed them carefully in the wooden basin.
It was already dark, but Junmei's enthusiasm grew stronger. She volunteered to call the big guys over, and took away the small piece that belonged to Ajian, saying that she wanted to send it to Ajian.
As for whether she would sneak a bite or two on the way, I don't know.
In short, Wang Dayou, Lu Meng and others who stayed in the village were conquered by this delicious taste that they had never experienced before.
They spit out the seeds carefully, patted their chests and told Xu Yue that they would leave a piece of soil aside next year to help her serve this precious thing, so that each of them could eat a big piece next year.
Xu Yue was very satisfied with this and told everyone that if you wait two more months, there will be a surprise.
However, cotton is different from watermelon. This thing cannot be eaten. In addition, Xu Yue carefully planted too few cotton plants to show its benefits to everyone.
So when cotton was successfully invented, people's emotions were far less intense than when they were against watermelon.
But the success of two new things in succession made Xu Yueda sigh of relief, which showed that she could actually use roundabout policies to achieve what she wanted.
Just like the sniper rifle in Grandma's hand, if she just makes a wish to the apple tree and snatches it, it will definitely not work, but if she changes it and makes a wish to the Apple tree for some agricultural machinery, and then gives it to Grandma to modify it, it will be possible.
Maybe they figured out that they couldn't generate electricity and thought that these machines wouldn't be used in Daqing, so they didn't manage them strictly.
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Guya
In late June, Xu Dalang, who was originally away for only a month, finally came back more than half a month later than expected.
This time, most of the people brought back were children, ranging from five or six years old to fifteen or sixteen years old. There were more than 200 people.
The dormitories in Zhuangzi have been built, and these children will be able to live in brand-new houses as soon as they arrive in Zhuangzi.
However, before moving in, they must complete a health inspection in accordance with the hotel's rules.
Twelve-year-old Naiwa led her sister, who was renamed Fubao, and followed the short-haired woman in the village who looked like a steward... Naiwa was not sure whether she was a woman or not.
He had never seen a woman with such short hair, nor had he seen a man with such short hair, and the other person was wearing a cloth mask that covered her face. He could only vaguely identify it from the other person's high-pitched tone. This was probably, probably, It's a woman.
Ma Guifang, who had her hair cut by her son, has been keeping her hair for two months and no longer needs to wrap it up with a handkerchief. Her short, ear-length hair looks clean and neat, and her whole person exudes a sense of competence.
Maybe it happened to be summer. Looking at the envious looks from time to time from other long-haired female workers in the textile factory, Ma Guifang suddenly felt that short hair was pretty good. At least she was not so hot, and it was very convenient to wash her hair with warm water. Wipe it once, wipe it again with a handkerchief, and you're done.
She looked at the children brought back by Xu Dalang behind her. They were all big-headed and small-bodied, all dressed in black, ragged clothes, and most of them had their buttocks bare.
Looking at these children, she felt like she had seen the time when she took her whole family to the north to become refugees a year ago.
At that time, the boy in her family was also dressed in black, with his buttocks and balls bare, and he weakly cried out that he was hungry all day long, but in fact he didn't even have the strength to speak, so he just moaned.
Thinking about the past and looking at her son sitting in school studying now, Ma Guifang felt as if she was dreaming and unreal.
But when she saw the row of children behind her, reality instantly pulled her back from unreality.
It is true that there is no life outside, and it is also true that we are now comfortable in Zhuangzi. These poor dolls are also lucky.
Being brought back by the eldest young master, not to mention anything else, as long as he is willing to work, at least he will not starve to death.
They are all children who have lost their parents and have no support, so they shrink unconsciously, and their big black and white eyes are full of uneasiness.
But he was a child after all, and he couldn't stop the curiosity in his eyes, but he didn't dare to make any big moves, he just secretly looked at the unfamiliar things around him.
The market is very lively every day, and there are many people coming and going. Not only the gentry will come here from time to time to take a bath in the bathhouse, and then go to the market noodle shop to eat a bowl of noodles for the tooth ceremony.
Many villagers will also come to buy Xujia needles, Xujia clothes, Xujia bowls, Xujia tofu and other items.
As the flow of people increased, the small market gradually became lively. Coupled with the good management of the owner, it gradually began to feel like a small town.
Of course, it is not comparable to a real town, but this flow of people is more lively than many shabby old counties.
At first, everyone felt that the Xu family had too many rules. They had to be inspected and disinfected before entering, and they were forced to take a shower for a fee.
But when you think about it, you don’t have to pay city fees when doing business here, and only charge a very small commission according to the category. Some items are small, and even no commission is required. Gradually, everyone likes to come here to do transactions.
As for bathing and checking, I'm actually used to it. Sometimes when I have nothing to do, I can't help but want to come and take a hot bath in the Xujiazhuang Bathhouse.
