Eating melons

Looking at the endless sweet potato field, the two felt despair in their hearts. They felt sorry for their hands, waist and legs. How long would it take to finish this?

At this moment, I really don't want to go so far, it's too difficult.

Wei Wei sighed, "Alas! Another day of being a slave."

Jiang Qi also started joking, "Wei Niu, keep plowing!"

Wei Wei rolled her eyes at her and said, "Keep going, Jiang Ma."

Even though we don't want to do it, we have to. We're all working hard now! We're just worried that the weather will be bad and the crops will rot in the fields.

Then we will be hungry again, and being hungry is not a pleasant feeling. Everyone is afraid of being hungry.

The two of them worked hard for a while. Half an hour later, they looked back and saw that they were only two meters away. Then they looked at the scorching sun in the sky and felt dizzy.

Jiang Qi sat down on the ground and said, "I can't do it anymore. The ground is too wide."

Wei Wei: "Me too. How long will this take? I can't see an end, no hope at all."

Jiang Qi: "I don't know, maybe a week or so! But after finishing this, it's time to harvest the corn, as well as the sorghum, soybeans, and corn. I don't know if they can be harvested at the same time.

When I read novels before, I think it said that corn is the hardest to harvest. If you cover it tightly, it will be stuffy and hot. If you don't cover it, you will feel itchy all over. There is not even a breath of wind in the cornfield.

Wei Wei: "Ah! It's so annoying! I don't want to do this anymore. Why is it so hard for me? I just started college and the mask issue came up. Finally, the mask issue ended and I graduated from college. I was thinking about having fun! But I ended up here and working like a slave every day."

Jiang Qi also felt that Wei Wei was indeed miserable. "What a poor thing! Work hard! Someone will definitely come to harvest these sweet potato vines soon. If we harvest too little, we'll get scolded."

Wei Wei also knew this. She was just complaining and would not really quit.

Putting aside the fact that she wouldn't do it, the captain wouldn't be able to do his job. Even the weather meant they had to work hard. The sun was shining brightly, which was much better than rain, but no one knew when it would rain, so they had to collect the food quickly.

We can’t let these grains rot in the fields. They are the harvest of the people in the brigade who have worked hard for a year. If they rot, the people in the brigade will starve.

By noon, the two of them were no longer in the mood to talk, because talking too much would make them thirsty, hot, and stuffy. Even if they brought water, it would not be enough, so they had to save it.

At twelve o'clock, the two of them left work early.

Jiang Qi: "Let's go! Let's stop doing this and go back to cook."

Wei Wei felt like she was losing feeling in her feet. "Help me up! My legs are numb and I can't get up. Woo woo woo woo."

Jiang Qi: "Your legs must be numb if you squat like this. I always stand and hunch my back while cutting for a while. When my back gets tired, I squat for a while. When my legs get numb, I kneel on the ground and cut or walk on my knees."

Wei Wei now really disliked this afterthought, "Why didn't you say so earlier? I've been squatting all morning, and wow~ this feels so good."

Jiang Qi really didn't expect her to stay there for the entire morning. "Can't you just watch and learn?"

Wei Wei: "I haven't looked up for the past two hours. I've just been working hard with my head covered."

Jiang Qi didn't expect her to be so honest, but she was indeed faster than her, almost two lines faster. "Have you recovered?"

Wei Wei kicked her feet until the numbness was gone. "Let's go! Let's go back! What are we having for dinner today?"

Jiang Qi: "Last night, Li Zhibin sent over a basket of corn and eggs, saying they were for him and Xiao Xuemu's meals for the next two days. It's so hot out here, and eggs can't be kept for long, so let's have scrambled eggs with leeks! I also have a smoked fish that I can make, and I'll just stir-fry some vegetables and that'll be about it.

For staple food, I'll just have corn, sweet potatoes, and potatoes. Oh, and I also want some of your kimchi, it's spicy and appetizing."

Wei Wei: "Okay."

Jiang Qi looked around and saw no one. He lowered his voice and walked over to Wei Wei. "Let me tell you, that Xiao Xuemu might really have a golden finger. The corn he brought was completely free of borers, and the eggs were pretty big, not much different from the ones you buy in the supermarket."

Wei Wei: "Hearing you say that, I doubt he has space. Last time it was wild duck eggs, this time it was chicken eggs. The variety of vegetables he brings over every time is also good. I suspect they are all grown and raised by him.

We should keep a low profile from now on. Who knows if he's the hero in some book, so let's just take it easy. This brigade is quite mysterious. There's an educated youth who seems to have a spaceship, and there's also someone who seems to have been reborn or traveled through a book. There's an educated youth who's the hero, a childhood sweetheart of the hero, and you, a white lotus who traveled through a book, and me, a time traveler."

What Wei Wei didn't know was that Xiao Xuemu had almost exposed everything about her and Jiang Qi, and was now guessing whether she and Jiang Qi were together.

Jiang Qi: "I'm almost as worn out as a sieve, but I think there'll be plenty of fun to be had later. Speaking of which, you didn't recognize me before, weren't you really afraid I'd kill you?"

Wei Wei: "It's mainly because I'm afraid you're from the apocalypse. If I mess with you, you'll crush me like an ant. I was planning to avoid you, but I didn't expect you to be such a nice person."

Jiang Qi wanted to say something but stopped talking when he saw a figure in front of him.

Wu Mei: "Jiang Qi, Weiwei, are you guys going back to cook too? Are you guys going to eat with Xiao Zhiqing and Li Zhiqing?"

Jiang Qi: "Well, we're just sharing a meal for the time being. After all, the autumn harvest has just begun and it's already so tiring. It will be even more tiring in a while. It's easier to share a meal. After the harvest is over, I can cook on my own."

Wu Mei: "It's definitely easier to live together. We're a bit far from the well, so it's a challenge for women."

When they got home, they had a clear division of labor. Jiang Qi went back to cook, while Wei Wei cooked the staple food and made water.

Seeing the sweet potatoes in the pot, Wei Wei suddenly wanted to eat roasted sweet potatoes with honey. There was no other way, because these sweet potatoes could only be boiled or steamed to fill the stomach, but they were really delicious.

Anyway, I am not short of money now, so I searched the system mall for a while and unexpectedly found that there was some stuff for sale, so I bought ten kilograms directly.

Then he picked two and threw them into the stove, covering them with ashes and roasting them.

Jiang Qi wanted to eat kimchi, so he went to get another bowl of kimchi. This kind of kimchi was indeed spicy and delicious.

After thinking about it, I cut a devil pepper into each of the two remaining jars. Two are too spicy, so one should be just right, right?

When I saw the sack in the corner, I remembered that the mushrooms I bought for Jiang Qi had not been processed yet. I kept five pounds and bought all the rest, earning more than six hundred yuan.

Seeing the rapidly increasing deposit, Wei Wei couldn't help but feel happy. This was the advantage of having a rich girlfriend, and this rich woman was also a very good cook. She had simply found the strongest support.

While eating, Li Zhibin saw two bowls of the same kimchi on the table, and thought of the scene when he choked on the spicy food that day. He didn't want to experience it a second time.

Li Zhibin: "Jiang Zhiqing, which part of this bowl of kimchi did you make?"

Hearing this, Wei Wei wanted to tease him, "Why, is what I made poisonous? You really don't want to eat it."

Li Zhibin: "The spiciness is almost like poison to me."

Jiang Qi: “This.”

Wei Wei saw the bowl that Jiang Qi was pointing at and gave Li Zhibin a sympathetic look.

Li Zhibin picked up a bite and put it in his mouth. "Shh, so spicy, Jiang Zhiqing, didn't you say you made this? Why is it so spicy? How could you lie to me?"

Wei Wei: "Hahahahaha, I've only heard that being fooled every day is different, but you've been fooled twice by the same person for the same thing!"

Jiang Qi: "I didn't lie to you. I said 'this', not 'I did this'. You misunderstood me, and there's nothing I can do about it."

After dinner, everyone hurried to rest. After all, they still had to work in the afternoon. As for the dishes, they just left them there and washed them in the evening. There were a lot of dishes anyway.

After being woken up by the alarm clock, Wei Wei took out the sweet potatoes roasted in the stove and gave one to Jiang Qi.

Jiang Qi: "It tastes really good, fragrant, sweet, soft and sticky. I'll buy more and eat it during the winter. I'll just throw it on the kang at night and dig it out for breakfast the next morning."

Wei Wei: "Okay, as many as you want."