Eating big melon is so refreshing

On the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth lunar month, the wind was still bitingly cold, but the sky was unusually clear, without a single snowflake falling, bringing a rare warmth to this cold season.

Zhao Erlang and his team finished their business in Qinghe County and returned exhausted to the long-missed town of Guangning.

Zhao Erlang hadn't seen his fat daughter for half a year. The first thing he did when he returned to Guangning Town was to look for her. He saw that the chubby girl had lost a lot of weight!

Zhao Erlang's heartache almost overflowed from his chest. He walked towards her quickly, tears flashing in his eyes. He wanted to ask her if she was hungry, if she had suffered any injustice, or if her homework was too hard... But in the end, he just hugged the fat girl in his arms and kissed her chubby face.

"Dad, you've grown a beard." Xiao Chunya's opening words blew up the warm atmosphere. "This goatee is growing like weeds on the mountain. It makes me look like a mean villain. Shave it off quickly. It's too ugly!"

Zhao Erlang almost fainted when he heard this. The leaky little cotton jacket didn't miss her father at all, and she even disliked his untidy beard.

"Baby, you dislike me." Zhao Erlang retaliated by kissing the little chubby face twice and pricked his daughter's pink cheeks with his beard.

Xiao Chunya chuckled. His father's beard was really ugly. For a handsome man in his prime who was less than 30 years old, growing a beard would only ruin his image.

"Dad, is the journey peaceful?" Once a mutated plant appears, there will be a second, a third... and the Nth one.

Zhao Silang said, "We chose to follow the escort team back. There was also a merchant caravan traveling with us, so the journey was relatively peaceful."

The Qinghe County Magistrate regularly clears out the wild beasts in the Forest of Beasts almost every month. He is an effective county magistrate, but unfortunately he will be transferred back to the imperial capital in the first month of next year. It is hard to say what the next Qinghe County Magistrate will be able to do.

"It's good that Dad and Fourth Uncle are back. The village chief has been very busy lately and has had less time for cultivation. He has only gained five kilograms of strength in a whole year. This speed is really disappointing." Xiao Chunya said, "Grandpa, Second Grandpa, Third Grandpa have all gained seven kilograms of strength this year. Dad, how much has your strength increased?"

"Twelve catties." Zhao Erlang actively joined the wild beast hunting team this year, which not only accumulated experience, but also accelerated the growth of strength. He now has 330 catties of strength, and except for Zhao Guang, he has the greatest strength.

"How much strength has the baby gained?"

"It was OK in the first half of the year, but when I reached 260 kilograms, the growth slowed down. The teacher said that growth is a good thing, and as long as I can break through the bottleneck, I will be able to grow rapidly for some time at my age." Xiao Chunya said, "I only have 266 kilograms of strength now, and the teacher said that it would be good for me to settle down for a few days."

With a strength of 266 kilograms at the age of less than eight, this is already a legend. If your strength continues to increase smoothly, will others still want to live?

Zhao Erlang and Zhao Silang took the New Year gifts and went back to their hometown. At this time, Changning Inn was still mostly occupied and these people did not seem to be planning to leave. It seemed that they were going to stay in the town to celebrate the New Year.

"To be honest, my house will be completed after the New Year, and I have to supervise some of the details." A guest spoke frankly about the reason why he was staying in the inn and not going home for the New Year.

When he had money, he wanted to buy a house in the county town. By chance, he bought a small piece of land in a quarry and built a house. He felt sad to spend the money at that time, but now he is very happy when he thinks about it, because after buying the house, he has the right to buy a basement. When the millennium catastrophe comes, only the basement is the safest!

"Has the basement started to be constructed?"

"No, we are in need of a construction engineer after the spring ploughing next year. I heard that the construction of basements in Jiangning Prefecture, the hometown of the Imperial Master, is going on with great fanfare, and many talented people have gone there."

Xiao Chunya said helplessly, "Qingzhou Prefecture is already at the bottom among the 17 prefectures, and Huangyang County is the poorest county. It was expected that we couldn't recruit talents."

Xiao Chunya's inner voice echoed, "I know that there is an engineering designer named Huangshi Daoren in Qingzhou Prefecture. The problem is that I don't know Huangshi Daoren's real name, and I don't know how old he is or what he looks like. I only know that he is a man and that he lives in Qingzhou Prefecture. It's really frustrating."

The people who heard her thoughts also looked devastated. They knew nothing, so how could anyone find her?

Xiao Chunya said in her heart, "I only know that Taoist Huangshi has some fate with Uncle Wu. My brother predicted that they will meet in the northeast direction. They will meet in the spring of next year and feel like old friends at first sight!"

Very good, next year Zhao Wulang must go on a business trip to the northeast, and make sure he becomes brothers with this guy who hits it off at first sight, and then bring him back to work as an engineer!

Xiao Chunya was the first to say the word "engineer", which sounds better than any master. He is a true master of construction engineering.

For example, the basement and the previous poor student, these fresh words are only found in Guangning Town, and people living here are very proud of it.

Seeing Zhao Dalang appear, the two brothers felt a little uncomfortable and left with an excuse. Zhao Erlang was once again thankful that he had built his own house in the village, otherwise he would have no place to live when he returned home and would have to squeeze in with his brothers.

Zhao Silang has already promised to let Gao Ershan and Gao Sanshan come to the town to work after the spring. They can't walk ten miles back and forth to Gaojia Village every day, so the two brothers-in-law must live with them.

Next to Zhao Wulang is Qiao Wangjiang's house. The thatched hut has been demolished. Zhao Wulang's side has two side rooms and two ear rooms, while Qiao Wangjiang's side has three side rooms, two ear rooms and a thatched hut. The two courtyards are combined to save space. The open spaces have been used by the hardworking Dazhuang and her two children to plant dense onions, ginger, garlic, radishes and cabbages.

Thanks to Doctor Zhang's miraculous healing skills, although Qiao Wangjiang still walks with a limp, it is much better than before and he no longer needs a cane, but he just walks more slowly.

"Baby, where's your brother?"

Xiaoqiu'er has always been within Xiaochun'er's sight. Why hasn't she appeared for such a long time?

"He makes medicine at the village chief's house. There are too many orders for the 'Power Pills' and they are all familiar customers, so it's hard to refuse. Poor Jing has to make two batches of pills every day. He feels a little numb."

Xiao Chunya shook her head. "Eating too much of this kind of thing is harmful to the human body, but these people don't care about it in order to increase their strength. The thousand-year catastrophe has caused great harm to people."

There are still three years left, and people are hoarding food and medicine everywhere. Fortunately, we have potatoes, otherwise how can the farmers fight against the capital?