Eating big melon is so refreshing

Oh no! Zhao Erlang remembered that every time he went to the dock to carry a large bag, his son would prepare a gourd filled with water for him to take away. After drinking it a few times, he discovered the secret.

The water his son prepared was different from the water at home. Drinking it could eliminate fatigue and restore physical strength. He observed quietly and was relieved when he found that no one suspected it.

The layout of Zhaojia Village is like an S shape, with Zhaonan and Zhaobei at the head and tail of the village respectively, and Zhaodong and Zhaoxi in the middle of the village.

There are seven large blue brick and tile houses and a small farmyard. There is a flat land that is probably used to dry wheat. The three brothers Zhaodong, Zhaonan and Zhaoxi each have only one son and one daughter. Their daughter is married. Their grandson has a skinny and small body that would fly away in the wind. He looks like he is only six years old at the age of eight. How could he be malnourished when there is no shortage of food at home?

Zhao Silang and Gao Shi, one was shaking the handle of the thresher while the other was putting the wheat at the entrance. The couple worked together without getting tired.

"Brother Chang." Erniu and Sanniu, Daqing and Chang'er, the grandson of the third grandfather, were very familiar with each other and played together naturally.

Zhao Yang carried Xiaoqing home. With Silang and his wife around, and her third sister-in-law Zhao Liu watching over them, she was not afraid of the children running around.

"Xiao Chun'er, give Third Grandma a hug." Zhao Liu loved her daughter the most. She could not see her daughter for a year after she married her in the remote Qinghe County. But she fell in love with the chubby little Chun'er because of transference.

"Third grandma, I'm very fat." Xiao Chunya is aware of her weight. In this time and space without mobile phones, the only way to heal herself is with delicious food, so she eats a little more.

"It's better for children to be fat." Zhao Liu picked up little Chunya. The child was so beautiful, so tender and beautiful. I don't know how she was raised.

A hint of surprise flashed across Xiao Qiulin's eyes. Almost every villager in Zhaojia Village had a ball of white mist on his head, but the mist on this old woman's head was not white but green. There was a faint golden light on her body, which was the light of merit!

Xiao Qiulin was a little curious. How could the women in this village have the light of merit?

The sound of horse hooves was heard outside the door, and the two brothers Liu Fengchun and Liu Fengliang pushed the door open and walked in. Since there are few people in my aunt's family, they would come every year to help harvest the wheat, and this year is no exception.

"Aunt, we are here."

The two brothers took some bacon, pickles and two local products. The Liu family had been escorting people all year round, traveling all over the country and living a richer life than others.

"Xiaochun, Xiaoliang." Zhao Liu said with a smile, "This year we have wheat hoes and threshers, so we don't need you to harvest the wheat."

"Thresher?"

When the two brothers saw the operation of Zhao Silang and his wife, their eyes lit up. Men have a natural crazy love for machines. The two brothers could not contain their eagerness and took over the job that used to be the couple's job.

"Let's go harvest wheat for Great Grandfather's family."

Compared to constantly shaking the handle of the thresher, Zhao Silang felt that harvesting wheat with a thresher was more fulfilling.

"Silang, Yingniang, drink a bowl of porridge before you go out. You should eat something after working for so long. Otherwise, you will feel dizzy in the sun in the wheat field."

Zhao Liu put Xiao Chunya down and quickly went to the kitchen to take out a bowl of cooled white porridge, a plate of dried radish, and a plate of braised pork.

"Children, stop working and come and have something to eat."

Seeing that there were children coming today, Zhao Liu specially stewed some egg custard.

Zhao Silang and Gao Shi did not refuse. They liked to come to Third Uncle's house to work because Third Grandma's cooking skills were the best in the village. Even ordinary dried radishes could be fried better than others.

Xiao Chunya praised, "The dishes cooked by Third Grandma are so delicious, comparable to those cooked by the chefs in restaurants." Her eyes rolled around, wondering what excuse she could come here to eat every day?

Xiao Qiulin didn't say anything, but he ate a lot faster.

Zhao Liu was also very happy to see others appreciate her cooking skills, and said kindly, "If it tastes good, eat more. There is more in the kitchen."

The land in Zhaojia Village is barren, and one acre of land can only yield 100 kilograms of wheat. Wheat and soybeans have to be planted alternately every year, otherwise the wheat yield will be even lower.

In one morning, Zhao Nan's wheat was harvested and returned. By noon

The thresher was carried to Zhao Dong's house. The sun was scorching, and the people working in the wheat fields gradually returned.

"Hehe, using a wheat thresher to harvest is really fast. We can finish harvesting the wheat from my eldest brother's house in the afternoon, and tomorrow it will be my turn to thresh the wheat."

Zhao Xi also said loudly, "Such a beautiful thing, I never dared to think about it before!"

The village chief Zhao Qingshan also laughed. After his uncle's wheat was threshed, they could go to his house. In previous years, harvesting and threshing his family's 200 acres of wheat was a big project.

Passing by Zhao Nan's door, Xiao Chunya's voice came from inside, "...This bamboo is not big enough, we need bigger and longer old bamboo."

"How do you solve the problem of the bend?" Xiao Qiulin's voice "How do you solve the problem of the switch?"

"Just hollow out the bend with a tree branch." Xiao Chunya said, "With the speed of the water flow, is it really necessary to shut it off? At most two tanks of water can be drained in one night."

Several adults looked at each other, pushed the door and walked into the yard. They saw seven bamboos of different lengths placed on the ground. The brothers Liu Fengchun and Liu Fengliang were working with a saw and a chisel respectively.

"What are you doing?"

"Uncle, Xiaochun wants to bring the water from the cliff here." Liu Fengliang pointed to the spring on the cliff that was twenty meters high. He didn't know how to do it, but the kid said it in a set way, so the two brothers did it out of boredom.

There is only one public well in Zhaojia Village, and countless people line up to fetch water every day. The well is three miles away from Zhao Nan's home, so it is very inconvenient to fetch water every day.

Zhao Nan's family could afford to dig a well, but the problem was that his land was not suitable for digging a well. The well diggers in the city were only responsible for digging wells in designated places and were not responsible for whether the wells were saltwater wells or dry wells.

If you spend thirty taels of silver to dig a well and it turns out to be a saltwater well, wouldn't you vomit blood? If you are unlucky enough to encounter a dry well, you can just jump in.

Zhao Bei's home was less than a mile away from the public well, and there were many people in his family, so they could take turns to fetch water, and it would just take some time.

This is a wild idea. If an adult did this, he would have been beaten long ago. But children always have wild imaginations. Moreover, they are smart children. They can even make something as complicated as a thresher. It's just a matter of fetching water. It should... maybe... not be too difficult.

Don't discourage children's enthusiasm, but when it's nap time, children should take a nap. Only if they get enough sleep and eat enough can they grow tall and healthy.

Seeing Zhao Bei returning home with a bunch of radish tops, his brothers were really envious. Having a large family is worse than having money. This world really can’t be perfect!