Yingbao and her two younger brothers also went to pick up vegetables from the field, and Yuanbao, Huzi, and Wei Zhan followed to join in the fun.
Jiang Jie and Huzi Wei Zhan were very impatient and often ran around instead of doing their business. The two puppies also followed them and ran around and barked, and they were very happy.
The little deer followed Ying Bao closely, following her wherever she went.
This mountain forest is densely wooded, with a few fruit trees among them, but unfortunately there are no fruits.
Ying Bao carried a basket and looked around for ground vegetables, and was thinking about how to take out the ripe cantaloupe from the cave.
In the past few days, the cantaloupes have gradually matured, and their fragrance has filled the entire cave.
Ying Bao's mouth watered with greed, but she didn't dare to eat it because she was afraid that the aroma left behind after eating it would make people suspicious.
And she couldn't eat alone while leaving her brother and parents aside.
After much deliberation, I decided to get some while I was out.
I turned around and saw my younger brother Jiang Wu working hard to pick up vegetables. His seriousness really made me feel heartbroken.
Seeing that there was no one else around, Ying Bao sneaked behind a big tree, pulled out two melon vines from the cave, and then quickly buried the roots in the soil.
"Jiang Wu, come here, there are good things here!"
Ying Bao shouted while holding her throat, not daring to be too loud for fear of attracting other children.
Jiang Wu jumped up and ran over, then opened his eyes wide and rushed forward in disbelief, shouting: "What is this? It smells so good!"
"Shh!" Ying Bao asked him to keep his voice down, and started to pick the cantaloupes one by one and put them into the bamboo basket.
Although Jiang Wu had never seen cantaloupe, he knew it was delicious just by smelling it, and he couldn't help but salivate.
"What is it?" he asked again, picking one and putting it into his basket.
Yingbao said seriously: "It's cantaloupe. I've seen it in the county. It's delicious."
Actually there is not, but my brother doesn’t know.
When Jiang Wu heard that it was really delicious, he excitedly picked up the melon vines and stuffed them into the bamboo basket.
There were four large cantaloupes on one vine, which equaled eight melons on two vines, and there were two small, immature ones.
But Yingbao couldn't care less. It was nothing to sacrifice two melons just to eat melons.
Ying Bao and her brother struggled to carry the basket and began to call people: "Hu Zi! Yuan Bao! Come here quickly!"
After shouting twice, the children ran over, followed by two cheerful puppies.
"Wow! Honey croissant!" Yuan Bao had eaten this kind of green cantaloupe before, so he rushed over and picked one up, put it under his nose and sniffed it, "It smells so good!"
Wei Zhan had also eaten cantaloupe. Seeing that there were so many cherry blossoms in the basket, he asked curiously: "Where did you find it? You must have picked it in someone else's melon field."
Ying Bao glanced at him: "Then don't eat it!"
Didn't she understand that this guy said she was going to steal melons from other people's melon fields?
Wei Zhan was not angry and said with a smile: "Everyone who sees it has a share."
Yuan Bao then used his nails to make a circle on the cantaloupe, then beat it hard several times until the cantaloupe split.
He broke off pieces and gave them to Wei Zhan, Hu Zi, Jiang Jie, Jiang Wu, and Ying Bao. He took the biggest piece and bit into it, crispy and sweet, and exclaimed: "Sweet! Delicious!"
Yingbao finally ate the cantaloupe she had been craving for, even the skin, and ate it all in a few bites.
The same goes for Yuanbao Huzi, who ate all the seeds from the leather belt. Only Wei Zhan gnawed away the inside and stuffed the remaining melon rind to Youyou who came over.
When Big Yellow and Little Black saw their little master eating without caring about the dog, they barked anxiously, their dark almond-shaped eyes filled with accusations.
Yingbao simply took out another one, shared it with them, and then left the pulp to the two dogs.
After eating the cantaloupe, the children stopped picking up the vegetables. Yuanbao and Huzi took the initiative to carry the melon basket back.
When she handed the basket to Chun Niang, Chun Niang was simply shocked.
"Where did you get the cantaloupe?" Very few people in their mountain village grow this kind of thing, and even if they do, they are sold out quickly. Unless you go to Jishang every day, you may not come across it.
Jiang Wu took the initiative to explain: "I found them behind the big tree! My sister and I collected them all!"
Seeing that there were still scattered flowers and two melon buttons on the melon vines, Chun Niang said with a pity on her face: "Why did you tear the melon vines off and let them continue to grow?"
Jiang Wu quickly shut his mouth and stopped talking.
The fact that the Jiang children picked up the cantaloupe could not be hidden from anyone, because Chun Niang gave one to Mrs. Wen and another to Patriarch Chen.
I also have four large, two small and six melons, which are enough to eat.
Now, many adults and children were wandering around, trying to find the cantaloupe, and the results were predictable.
Xiao Zhenniang divided the melon sent by Chun Niang into six parts, one each for herself and her daughter's nanny, and the remaining three parts were given to sisters Wen Tian and Wen Jiao.
Mrs. Lin stood outside the bamboo shed and looked towards the Jiang family. When she came back, she complained to Xiao Zhenniang with an unhappy look on her face: "That Miss Jiang Sanniang is too ungrateful. Obviously I am also the husband of her child, but she only sent one
Just a melon."
Xiao Zhenniang ignored her, and after eating the melon, she and her daughter sewed shoelaces together.
I have been walking around in the mud these past few days, and the soles of my shoes will fall off easily if they stick to the mud, so I have to sew two shoelaces on the shoes to make walking easier.
When Mrs. Lin saw her four younger siblings ignoring each other, she became increasingly frustrated. She suddenly turned back to the bamboo shed and kicked down the pottery pot on the ground.
The clay pot contained rice porridge sent by the Jiang family. Half of it was eaten and half of it was left. Xiao Zhenniang originally wanted to save it for the children to eat at night, but Mrs. Lin kicked it over and the pot broke into several pieces.
Xiao Zhenniang heard the noise and raised her head to take a look. She didn't say anything, but she made up her mind.
Since Mrs. Lin is so careless, there is no need for me to care about her. From now on, everyone can just live their own lives.
Unfortunately, the accommodation was limited, so she and her daughter had to squeeze in with Lin and her daughter, which was really depressing.
When the nanny saw that the porridge jar was broken, she was very distressed. She quickly scraped the rice porridge on the ground into the broken pottery shards and took it outside for the horse to eat.
Mrs. Lin lost her temper and lay in Caopu, closing her eyes and falling asleep, regretting that she shouldn't have come to this ghost place.
Qian'er's experience of being almost overtaken by bandits was so vivid in her mind that it almost frightened her out of courage. The two daughters were also frightened. Even now, they can't calm down and often have nightmares at night.
When the bandit trouble is over, I will definitely take my daughter back to Yuzhou and never stay in this ghost place again.
Go to hell with any folk remedies or medicines, they are not as important as your own life.
In the evening, Jiang Sanlang and his eldest and second brothers each dragged back a large bundle of bamboo.
Old Man Jiang and his eldest grandson and second grandson started cutting a bunch of bamboo arrows together.
Chen Zhu and several people who knew how to make bows specially cut tree sticks made of special materials, bent them over the fire, and tied them with twisted hemp ropes to make a long bow.
They made more than a dozen longbows that day. Jiang Sanlang tried them out and found them to be very tough.
It's a pity that there are no iron arrows, otherwise these bows and arrows would definitely be a killer weapon.
But bamboo arrows are also very lethal. As long as the opponent is not wearing cowhide armor, these sharp bamboo arrows can completely penetrate their chest.
"The meal is ready, let's eat quickly."
Chun Niang and her elder sister-in-law and second sister-in-law have already prepared meals, including a pot of boiled wild vegetables, a basket of flat bread, a pot of rice porridge, and a plate of cut cantaloupe.
"Huh? Where did you get the cantaloupe?" Jiang Erlang asked.
Yan Ru: "Yingbao and the others found it when they were picking up vegetables."
Jiang Erlang laughed: "I didn't expect that there are cantaloupes on this mountain. Could it be melons from some melon field?"
"My sister and I found it in the woods." Jiang Wu said loudly, "It's not from someone else's melon field."
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