Yao Cheng was almost scared to death by the fierce goose, so he picked up Zhao Yazhi and turned around and ran away.
Zeng Fang was so frightened that she stayed where she was, unable to move like a wooden stake.
The beak of the big goose in front of him was about to peck Zeng Fang's face. Soon enough, a delicate hand stretched out from the side and pinched the slender neck of the white goose.
Huang Qingning threw the white goose back to the goose house, turned to Zeng Fang and grinned, "Sister, are you okay?"
Zeng Fang patted her chest with lingering fear, "It scared me to death, it scared me to death."
After sighing in relief, Zeng Fang turned around and cursed Yao Cheng who had already run to the door.
Yao Cheng knew that he was in the wrong, so he apologized profusely and coaxed Zeng Fang into thinking that he would treat her to a big meal when he returned.
"Qingning, are you at home? Why didn't your cousin open the door when she came back?"
Seeing her granddaughter appearing out of nowhere, Yang Xinghua couldn't help but scolded her.
Huang Qingning's pretty face turned red and she muttered, "I just had something to do."
"What's important?"
When Yun Mo arrived, Huang Qingning was squatting in the manhole and was in the middle of doing so, but she had the nerve to say such things in front of outsiders.
"Oh, whatever happened, cousin, you are back. I miss you so much!"
As Huang Qingning said this, he wanted to take Yun Mo's arm, but under Yun Mo's eyes that seemed to be smiling but not smiling, he silently retracted his hand.
"Hey, cousin, you guys sit in the room and I'll cut some watermelon for you to eat. We grew it ourselves. It's so sweet."
"Before cutting the watermelon, remember to wash your hands." Yun Mo warned worriedly.
Huang Qingning blushed and said, "I know, cousin."
Seeing Zeng Fang and the others curiously looking at their mud thatched cottage, Yang Xinghua seemed particularly nervous and at a loss.
"The shabby houses in the country make you laugh."
"No, I think it's quite interesting. The mud wall should be quite cool in summer, after all, it's grounding." Zeng Fang said with great interest.
Zhao Yazhi also nodded in agreement, "No wonder I felt a cool feeling as soon as I walked in. It's quite comfortable."
Jian Xun explained: "Because there is a large bamboo forest behind it, the air has high oxygen content and high humidity, so it is cooler here than in the city."
"Wouldn't it be nice to come here to escape the heat in the summer?"
Yun Mo replied slowly, "You will know how powerful it is when you wait until night."
Zeng Fang looked confused, "Why? Is it too cold at night?"
"It's mosquitoes. There are so many mosquitoes at night!"
Huang Qingning walked in with a large pot of cut watermelon, and instantly the whole room was filled with the fragrance of watermelon.
After running around all morning, everyone was thirsty and looked at the emerald-red watermelons and ate them one by one without politeness.
"This watermelon is so sweet! It's also juicy and much more delicious than the ones bought in the city."
"I just picked this from the field this morning."
Huang Qingning said with a smile and took a piece of watermelon to eat.
"Cousin, these are the seeds you brought back during the Chinese New Year. My dad is not at home this year, and my mom can't grow them by herself, so she just planted a few acres of watermelons. Unexpectedly, the seeds turned out very well. I will take you there later.
Take a look in the fields!”
"Okay, okay, I'm going to pick the biggest and sweetest one to eat!"
Before Yun Mo could speak, Zeng Fang rushed to answer.
Although Zhao Yazhi said nothing, he was obviously very interested in picking watermelons in the fields.
After eating the watermelon, Yun Mo was ready to take Zeng Fang and others to the fields to pick watermelons.
The sun is already very high, like a big fireball. Without protection, it can directly peel off a layer of skin on a person.
Yun Mo gave the two pieces of sun protection clothing she carried with her to Zeng Fang and Zhao Yazhi, and she casually put on a long-sleeved shirt to use as sun protection clothing.
As for Yao Cheng and Jian Xun, they could only find two clean straw hats to wear to barely cover themselves.
After getting ready, everyone walked to the melon field under the leadership of Huang Qingning.
The country road was narrow and winding, so everyone walked very slowly while looking at the various crops in the fields along the road.
Passing by a taro field, Yun Mo suddenly stopped when looking at the huge, tender green taro leaves.
Although she wore a long-sleeved shirt with sun protection, her cheeks were burned due to the lack of a sun hat. Lingchuan had used taro leaves to make a straw hat for her before. She also wanted to pick a taro leaf to make a straw hat, but she was afraid of taro leaves.
There are caterpillars on the leaves.
"Cousin, why don't you leave? Are you tired?"
Yun Mo pointed at the taro leaf and said, "Qing Ning, I want to pick this to make a straw hat."
"Then you can pick it. Now that the taro has grown, it won't affect anything if you pick the leaves."
"I'm afraid of caterpillars."
Zeng Fang and Zhao Yazhi were standing in front of Yu'ershi. When they heard the caterpillars, they both screamed and backed away.
The country road was twenty or thirty centimeters higher than the crop fields, so the two of them fell directly into the crop fields as soon as they retreated.
Yao Cheng found the right moment and stepped forward to help Zhao Yazhi up, while Zeng Fang was helped up by Huang Qingning.
Fortunately, the soil in the crop field was soft, so the two of them were not injured, but their clothes were stained.
Huang Qingning helped pick three large and round taro balls with quick hands and feet.
Yun Mo took the taro balls and carefully checked the front and back to make sure there were no caterpillars before she dared to put them on her head.
Zeng Fang and Zhao Yazhi also imitated her movements and put taro leaves on their heads.
"Hey, don't mention it. Wearing this really blocks the sun and keeps you cool."
"Yes, it would be better if there was something to hold it in place without having to hold it with your hands."
Hearing the complaints from Zeng Fang and Zhao Yazhi, Huang Qingning turned around and said with a smile: "This is not easy. There is a willow tree over there. Just fold a few willow branches and make a ring to tie it on your head."
Under the leadership of Huang Qingning, the group came to the willow tree.
The willow tree is quite old. Its trunk is as thick as an adult man's waist and it grows quite tall. The lowest treetop is three or four meters above the ground.
If you want to break a willow branch, you have to climb a tree.
However, this was not possible for Huang Qingning. She tucked her clothes into her trousers, hunched over her waist and climbed up the tree with her hands and feet in a few movements. The people under the tree were amazed.
"Good guy, Yun Mo, your cousin is a monkey, right?"
Huang Qingning, who was in the tree, heard this and shouted loudly: "My cousin is a monkey, and I am a dog!"
Yao Cheng smiled dryly and said, "Your cousin is really interesting."
After saying that, Yao Cheng looked at Zhao Yazhi on the side and immediately said, "But it's still not as interesting as my Zhizhi."
Zhao Yazhi rolled her eyes at him.
The branches of the old willow tree are soft and flexible. One branch is one meter long, and two branches can be wound into a headband.
After Huang Qingning knitted the headbands for Yunmo and the others, he knitted a straw hat for himself, and then continued to lead the group to the melon field.
Before I even reached the melon field, I saw someone picking melons in the melon field from a distance.
Yun Mo had a good eye and recognized the melon pickers at a glance as Peng Fang and Huang Jianguo.
Staring at the backs of the couple working in the melon field, Huang Qingning complained angrily to Yun Mo: "My second aunt started picking melons before the watermelons were ripe. Now that the melons are ripe, she has to pick two baskets every day!"