Quick travel: The poor little thing in the period novel strikes back

Shi Yan tilted the bucket slightly to make it easier for Fu Sheng to drive the fish into Old Lady Shi's bucket.

Fu Sheng originally planned to give only two fish, but Old Lady Shi was not the kind of person who would easily give up after taking advantage of someone. She simply freed one hand to grab the edge of Shi Yan's bucket and kept pressing down.

All the fish and water in Shi Yan's bucket went directly into Old Lady Shi's bucket.

"Oh, grandson-in-law, I'm so sorry that I have to pour all the water for you in one go. But the fish is precious and I can't afford to waste it. If I pour it out again and again, I'll die. So this bucket is your honor to me."

"You are young, so go grab another bucket. I will be back soon."

Before the old woman could finish her words, she had already carried the bucket into the crowd.

"Xiaohua, go and have a rest. Leave this to me and Zhuang Ze. We'll catch a few more later. It will be enough for us to have dinner tonight."

Shi Yan shook her head and pointed to the water not far from them. The two people who had been working in perfect harmony knew naturally that there were fish there. Zhuang Ze and Fu Sheng swam towards the fish in two directions.

Shi Yan looked in the direction where Old Lady Shi left and moved her fingers.

After a while, the old lady exclaimed:

"Oh, my fish, my fish! You are not allowed to catch it, it is my fish!"

"No, no, hurry up and catch it. Once you catch it, give it back to me!"

Looking from Shi Yan's direction, she could vaguely see a person lying in the water in the rice field and shouting, and next to him was an empty wooden barrel lying upside down.

"Xiaohua, what are you looking at? We caught a big fish. Why don't we go back? We've been out in the sun for a long time. If we continue, we'll get a heat stroke."

Fu Sheng handed the bucket containing the big fish to Shi Yan for her to see. After confirming that Shi Yan nodded, the three of them went home together.

"Xiaohua, go take a shower and take a rest. You've been out in the sun for so long. It won't be efficient to study now."

In fact, Shi Yan really wanted to lie down at this moment, and the first thing she did when she came back was to pick up the book, it was just a habit.

Actually, Shi Yan and Fu Sheng didn't have the habit of taking naps, so this was the first time in more than half a month that they both lay in the house in broad daylight.

At this moment, Shi Yan was still sleeping on the wooden box bed built by Fu Sheng, but under the mat were all the pads and quilts that Fu Sheng had left in the village, hoping that Shi Yan could feel more comfortable lying there.

The two beds were placed at a 90-degree angle against the wall, so the two people could sit feet to feet and see each other by turning their heads.

The room was too quiet, and with both of them awake and not talking, the atmosphere became a little strange.

"Xiaohua, when you go to college, do you have a major you want to study?"

Normally at this time, one can only talk about life and ideals, but unfortunately it is difficult for Fu Sheng to break the awkwardness by doing this.

Because the person she was talking to was Shi Yan, and Shi Yan was now a little mute, and Fu Sheng couldn't understand such a professional and advanced sign language.

In order to prevent Fu Sheng from continuing to feel embarrassed, Shi Yan considerately pretended to be confused, and closed her eyes while facing sideways in the direction of Fu Sheng.

Listening to the gentle breathing in the room and looking at the little girl's peaceful sleeping face, Fu Sheng had for the first time a thought that the years were peaceful and he wanted to stay in this moment.

However, this thought did not last long. Less than an hour later, Zhuang Ze's somewhat excited voice was heard outside the courtyard gate.

"Xiaohua, Brother Sheng, look what I brought!"

Zhuang Ze's tone was very excited, which made Shi Yan unable to lie still. She quickly got up and followed Fu Sheng out of the house.

"Look, I specially exchanged this watermelon from a fellow villager. This one was fished out from his well. It's ice-cold and will definitely cool you down if you eat it."

Zhuang Ze said it was exchanged, which was just a nice way of saying it, but in fact it was bought.

"I'll get the knife."

Fu Sheng went to the kitchen to get a knife and a spoon. He cut the watermelon into two and gave the small half and the spoon to the little girl.

Because during the time he spent with the girl recently, he found that the girl was actually quite clean, so it would be more comfortable for her to eat with a spoon.

When Shi Yan saw the watermelon, she smiled so sweetly. She raised her thumb and bent it twice in the direction of Fu Sheng, then began to concentrate on eating her half of the watermelon.

“You want to grow watermelons?”

Shi Yan was very careful when eating watermelon. She took a piece of used draft paper and put it aside, and put all the spitted watermelon seeds on the draft paper. Now seeing the little girl squatting in the corner digging a hole, Fu Sheng couldn't help but speak.

Shi Yan nodded frantically: We have planted watermelons at home, so we will have watermelons to eat every day in the future.

"Xiaohua, watermelons won't survive if you plant them this way. Why don't you ask the fellow villagers in Zhuangze who bought the watermelons tomorrow and plant them after you ask."

Shi Yan shook her head: If you plant melons one day later, you will have to eat them one day later. That won’t work.

"If you can't grow melons, don't cry!"

Shi Yan nodded: No way, if I didn’t want to find a reasonable reason to eat watermelon, Shi Yan could conjure a watermelon out of thin air.

In the middle of the night, while Shi Yan was fast asleep, Fu Sheng quietly got up and went to the yard. He dug out half of the watermelon seeds that the little girl had buried, wrapped them in paper, and planned to plant them again tomorrow after asking someone.

The next day, Fu Sheng saw the little girl squatting there after watering the corner of the wall, and she looked like she was impatient for the watermelon vines to grow out immediately.

"Xiaohua, I'm going to go out for a while and will be back soon. Don't stay squatting in the corner. It takes time for the seeds to germinate. It won't be that fast."

Shi Yan nodded and sat back at the table to read.

Fu Sheng went out and went to the educated youth site to find Zhuang Ze first. As soon as he walked into the yard, he saw Zhang Hongxia, whom he hadn't seen for a long time. He originally wanted to pretend that he didn't see her and walked around her.

But Zhang Hongxia's reaction was even bigger than his. She covered her mouth and went back to the house. Soon, whimpering sounds were heard from the house.

"Don't worry about her. She came back the other day and found that her front teeth were knocked out. She thought it was ugly. Now that they are only half grown, she naturally doesn't dare to let you see them."

When Zhuang Ze heard Zhang Hongxia crying, he knew who had come.

"It has nothing to do with me. I came here today to ask you which fellow villager you exchanged the watermelons with. Xiaohua wants to grow watermelons. Yesterday she buried all the watermelon seeds she collected in the soil, and she watered them this morning. If I hadn't told her that they wouldn't grow so quickly, she would have squatted in the corner and watched for a whole day."

"Heh, why are you acting more and more like a girl? You're taking the matter of growing watermelons in the corner so seriously. If they don't sprout in a few days, Xiaohua will know that watermelons can't be grown that way and will definitely give up."

"If she wants to eat it again in the future, I will just go find my fellow villagers to buy it for her."

Fu Sheng felt that what Zhuang Ze said made sense, but when he thought of the little girl squatting in the corner with expectant eyes, he felt uncomfortable if he didn't do something.