Eating melons and raising children in the period literature

In a blink of an eye, it is the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month.

It was also the last day of work, and it was the day when Yang Qingqing wanted to give gifts to Yao Hongxia and Yue Mei.

That morning, Yang Qingqing woke up Wen Jing and several other children early.

I promised them before that I would take them to the county town to buy gifts as a reward for studying hard.

In the morning, Yang Qingqing heated up some corn porridge on the stove and roasted two sweet potatoes.

The sweet potatoes were cooked by her before and kept in the yard to freeze. When she wanted to eat them, she took them back and put them next to the stove. They tasted better than freshly baked ones.

This is what Yang Qingqing learned from Zhao Xiaohua. Once when she went to Zhao Xiaohua's house, she gave Yang Qingqing one, and the taste conquered her immediately.

After that, she learned how to do it, so there are usually sweet potatoes next to the stove in her house.

Yang Qingqing later discovered that the sweet potatoes that were left by the stove overnight were the most delicious. At that time, the sweet potatoes were almost like dried sweet potatoes, but not too dry. The more you eat them, the more delicious they become.

But Yang Qingqing is the only one in the family who likes this texture, while Wen Jing and the others prefer it to be lighter.

After a simple breakfast, Yang Qingqing and her team set out on a bus to the county town with all their gear ready.

Yang Qingqing put the gift she prepared into a large backpack. She carried it with her all the time and never opened it, so neither Wen Jing nor the others knew what was inside.

When they arrived at the supply and marketing cooperative, there was already a large group of people waiting at the gate.

Yang Qingqing and the others definitely couldn't squeeze in, mainly because no one was willing to let her in.

From what I heard from their conversation, they all came to buy things for the New Year.

Yang Qingqing decided that she should not squeeze in with the others, so she took Wen Jing and the others to the only bookstore in the county.

Yang Qingqing had discovered the bookstore by accident before, but she had never been inside. Now that she had nothing to do, Yang Qingqing brought them here to kill some time.

After a while, when there are not many people, they will go again.

As soon as I entered the bookstore, I saw that there were quite a few people. A young but bookish man was sitting at the counter.

"Comrade, is there any book you want to read? Study hard and make progress every day"

"Hello, I brought my children here to see if there are any books suitable for them to read. Do you have any recommendations?"

Zhou Qiubai saw that Yang Qing was young and had four children with him. He thought that someone's family had sent the children out to play and that they had nowhere else to go, so they came here to play.

Although the guess is not completely correct, the purpose is the same.

"If you don't have any particular books you want to read, you can go and look around by yourself. There are also some picture books over there, which many children like to read."

"Thank you. Then we'll go around by ourselves. You're busy." Yang Qingqing said as she led them to the direction of the recommended comic book.

Zhou Qiubai felt that he had improved his ability to judge people. He didn't know if his master would be satisfied with him now.

Yang Qingqing asked Wen Jing and the others to read whatever they liked. She gave them some instructions and then left the bookstore with her backpack.

Zhou Qiubai hadn't noticed the basket on Yang Qingqing's back before, but now he found it a little strange, but he had no reason to ask about it.

Yang Qingqing came out of the bookstore and didn't go anywhere else. She just packed up the things in her backpack.

She didn't put much stuff there before, except for a double-faced cashmere coat that she found in the space that was more suitable for Yao Hongxia.

After careful consideration, Yang Qingqing chose a color that people like most nowadays, bright red, for Yao Hongxia.

Then there were two scarves that were identical except for the color. She planned to give one to Yao Hongxia and one to Yue Mei.

One is a gray cashmere scarf, and the other is a white and blue plaid cashmere scarf

These only filled up a small part of the backpack, which was originally filled with cotton that Yang Qingqing had put in there, which was large in size and light in weight. But now Yang Qingqing replaced the rest with the bacon and braised pork offal that she had prepared.

This way, if she accidentally bumped into someone and bought it, I believe no one would suspect anything.

About an hour later, Yang Qingqing returned to the bookstore carrying a backpack that was a little heavier.

Wen Jing and Wen Xuan were holding Wen Yuan, and Wen Qian was hiding behind Wen Jing, with a look of fear on her face.

Wen Yuan was still yelling, "Say it again if you dare! I can't kill you."

Opposite Wenyuan and the others were two boys who were much older than them. They looked to be at least twelve or thirteen years old.

The two men were also very angry. If the man hadn't held them back when they entered the room, I believe they would have started beating people.

Yang Qingqing went over immediately, grabbed Wen Yuan and asked

"Wen Jing, what's going on? Why are you arguing?"

Yang Qingqing believed that her child would not take the initiative to cause trouble, but she still asked before speaking.

"Aunt, you're back. It's nothing serious. We were just reading a book, and then the two of them came and asked us to give up our seat. We did, but they also complained that Wen Qian was always talking, so they said a few unpleasant things.

Later they said we were uneducated and Wenyuan started arguing with them.

In fact, we didn’t bother anyone else. If you don’t believe me, ask others. Wen Qian’s voice was very low, and only we could hear it. We definitely didn’t bother them. They were just looking for trouble on purpose.”

Wen Jing looked at Yang Qingqing after she finished speaking. Wen Yuan stopped talking and looked at Yang Qingqing with Wen Xuan and the others.

The other two people also looked at her and looked at Yang Qingqing provocatively.

"You are their aunt. Do you know how noisy they are? We can't read quietly. Why don't you take care of them?"

As soon as Yang Qingqing saw them, she thought they were bluffing and making trouble for no reason. But she still looked at the people around her, including Zhou Qiubai.

"Comrade, we didn't hear the previous conversation. I only came here because they started arguing."

"Then you two tell me! Let me see how noisy and loud our two kids are. How are we disturbing others?"

Yang Qingqing was very angry when she heard Wen Jing's words, but she still controlled her emotions and asked

"We... it's... them... um... well... anyway, they are the ones who are too loud and disturb us."

When Yang Qingqing heard this, she felt that they were just bullying Wen Jing and the others because they were young.

"Okay, you said they disturbed you, so you must have heard what they said! And who else heard it besides you? Are there any other witnesses?

If you can't tell us, we can go to the police and ask them to investigate. No one will lie to them."

When the other two heard that Yang Qingqing wanted to find the police, they immediately looked scared and at a loss.

"Comrade, it's just a small matter, there's no need to go to the police! You see, the rest of us don't think it's a big deal, so why not let them apologize to you and let this matter go, how about that?"

"That's right, it's not necessary. Apologize quickly."

"Yes, yes, yes...Apologize."

"Please be so kind as to ask them to apologize, but don't go to the police station."

When the people around heard that they were going to the police station, they immediately tried to persuade them to leave. They were afraid that the two people who had been so confident before would no longer hold their heads high and become quails.

"I'm sorry, we shouldn't bully people today just because we're in a bad mood."