A car accident, our family of three crossed

"Hang Zhengyang, how do you know so much? Have you read the third volume of "The Gourd Story"? "

The friends listened with great interest. This was much more exciting and interesting than their own random guesses.

"I just know it!"

"Hang Zhengyang, do you know the author of the painting "The Gourd Story"? Can you ask him when the third volume will be published?"

"The third volume? It should be out soon!"

Not long ago, after much persuasion from Shopkeeper Lu, the draft for the third volume was handed in.

Yangyang's desire to express himself was growing stronger and stronger at this moment. He became more and more excited as he spoke. Under his friends' repeated questioning, he almost told them directly that he was the author.

Fortunately, Mudun came over from the front yard and happened to see this scene. He quickly reached out to cover Yangyang's mouth and whispered in his ear: "Yangyang, have you forgotten what your aunt told you? You can't let others know that you drew those."

Oh my god, if he hadn't covered it in time, the vest of this complacent kid would have fallen to the ground. It was a close call.

After hearing what Mudun said, Yangyang blinked his big eyes and reacted immediately.

"Well, when Hang Zhengyang and his father went to Wanjuan Bookstore, they read the manuscript. I heard that Wanjuan Bookstore is already printing the third volume, so it should be available for sale soon."

After saying this, Mu Dun felt that this seemed to be a bit of an attempt to cover up something, but he had no choice but to continue making it up. "The owner of Wanjuan Bookstore said that the content of the story cannot be revealed until the third volume is officially sold."

"But we still want to hear it! Hang Zhengyang, please tell us more!"

The little friends started to clamor in dissatisfaction, they hadn’t heard enough!

But this time, no matter how much they begged, Yangyang's mouth seemed to be sewn shut and he refused to say a word.

Just then, Song Ning came over and asked, "Children, what are you doing?"

Mudun secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw reinforcements coming.

When the children saw Song Ning coming over, they immediately put forward their request, "Master Song, we want Hang Zhengyang to tell us more about the story of The Gourd Story. Master Song, can you let him tell us?"

"Haven't you all read The Gourd?"

There were several copies of each book in the library, and even if the children had not read it five times, they had read it at least three times.

"But what Hang Zhengyang just told us was the third volume."

"The third volume?" Song Ning said, looking at Yangyang. The little guy was too guilty to dare to look her in the eye.

Mudun took the opportunity to wink at her, and then explained: "When Yangyang and Uncle Hengzi went to Wanjuan Bookstore, they saw the sample of the third volume. Manager Lu specifically instructed that it cannot be disclosed casually."

Song Ning looked at Yangyang's guilty expression, then at Mudun's eyes and his perfunctory explanation, and basically understood what was going on.

So, she said to the children, "Since Wanjuan Bookstore requires confidentiality, we can't break our promise, right? Just wait a little longer and you will be able to see the third volume."

After hearing her say this, although the children didn't say anything, they must have felt a little disappointed in their hearts.

Seeing this, Song Ning changed the subject, "Let me tell you a story about gourds! Do you want to listen?"

When they heard she was going to tell a story, the children's eyes lit up again, "I want to listen, I want to listen."

"A long time ago, there was a man who, like us, also planted a gourd and grew cute little gourds."

"The man was very happy. He went to see the little gourds several times a day and said to them, 'Grow up quickly, my little gourd! Grow up quickly! I wish you could grow bigger than the big pumpkin!'"

"One day, he found bugs on the leaves and thought to himself: What's the big deal about bugs on the leaves? I want the gourd."

The children listened attentively, and when they heard that there was a bug on the leaf, they thought that the man should catch it! But they didn't expect that the man thought it was okay.

Keep listening.

"After a few days, there were more bugs on the leaves, and the gourds slowly turned yellow. Finally, they all fell off one by one. The man regretted it very much."

After hearing this ending, the group of little kids actually showed expressions of great satisfaction.

Song Ning found it funny and asked, "Do you know why all the gourds fell off in the end?"

These farming common senses stumped the city dwellers, but the village children knew something about them and they all raised their hands to answer enthusiastically.

"I know, it's because that person didn't catch the bugs, so there were more and more bugs, the gourd got sick, and finally it fell off."

"Yeah, that's right." Song Ning nodded and added, "Whether it's a gourd or any other kind of vegetable or fruit, if it's infested with worms and not dealt with in time, the final outcome will be the same as the gourd that person planted, which will rot before it grows up."

"That person is so stupid! He didn't catch the worms even though the gourd was infested with them. He killed the little gourd."

The children's tone was full of disgust towards the protagonist of the story.

"He's so lazy! When there were few insects at the beginning, he could have caught them all easily, but he was too lazy to do it."

"Forget it."

Song Ning listened to the children's discussion silently, and said with a smile: "So, everyone must take good care of our vegetable garden. We can't let our small gourds get infested with insects like that person's small gourd, and finally all go bad."

"And the same goes for these vegetables. We need to take good care of them. In a few days, we can eat the vegetables we grow ourselves."

With the example of that story, the children nodded and promised to take good care of the vegetable garden. They also wanted to eat the vegetables they grew!

Another point is that they also want to see if a gourd baby can pop out of the gourd when the gourd grows up.

If Song Ning knew that the children had such an idea at this moment, she would be speechless. Fortunately, she didn't know the fantastic thoughts in the children's hearts.

Ever since listening to the story told by Song Ning, the children have become more observant when looking at the gourds when they come to the vegetable garden every day.

In addition to looking at the small gourds, they also carefully examined the leaves and actually found insects.

When the city children saw the insects, they were a little scared and hid far away, but their eyes were still fixed on the insects on the leaves with curiosity.

This is typical: bad at it but loves to watch it.

The children in the village were not so squeamish. They caught the insect directly and put it on the ground. Several people squatted there and watched.