Chapter 9 Watermelon(1/2)
"Hey, what's wrong? Did the pig arch it?" He Sihai asked deliberately when he saw the mess in the carrot field.
"Hehe, I pulled the radish and ate it." Taozi chuckled.
"Is it tasty?"
He Sihai did not blame her. What can you ask for a four-year-old child?
"It's not delicious, I like to eat tomatoes." Taozi said happily.
The tomatoes in her mouth are tomatoes.
Half of tomatoes and half of carrots were planted in this field.
This has also become a peach snack reserve base.
She was greedy and hungry, so she came back here to pick some and pull some.
He Sihai squatted down and looked in the tomato pole. There was no red one, and even a slightly larger one, no blue one.
"I'm sorry, I've finished it all." Taozi said embarrassedly.
"It's okay, I'm just for peaches." He Sihai gently touched the head of the little mushroom.
Taozi's little head rubbed against He Sihai's palm.
It’s great to have a father. She never has to be alone again. She is so happy.
"Taozi, do you want to eat watermelon?" He Sihai asked when he looked down on the neighboring field.
The neighboring fields are full of large and round watermelons, which look very attractive.
Taozi nodded subconsciously.
Then he remembered something and hurriedly grabbed He Sihai's arm and said nervously: "No, good kids can't steal other people's things."
Every time she comes to the field, she will stand on the ridge of the field for a long time, and she really wants to eat big watermelons.
But my father said that good kids can't just take other people's things.
The big watermelon belongs to Er Bo’s family, not to Taozi’s family, so peaches cannot be eaten.
"Yes, you can't just take other people's things, but can we go to my second uncle to buy one, okay?"
"Okay." Taozi was happy now.
Then he urged: "Then let's go and find the second uncle."
The second uncle is called He Mancang, not Taozi's biological uncle, but that's it.
"Then let's go find him now." He Sihai picked her up and said.
"I can't wait. I think it would be great if my second uncle suddenly came to the field now." Taozi said excitedly.
This is what the child should be like.
"Haha, look at you're so anxious, how could you be like this..."
He Sihai laughed at her anxious little look.
But the words have not been finished.
I heard someone say behind me: "Sihai is back."
"Well……"
He Sihai turned around and found that He Mancang was walking from the ridge of the field with a straw hat and a basket carrying a basket.
"Second uncle."
He Sihai looked surprised and shouted quickly.
"Taozi, come on, uncle I invite you to eat watermelon." He Mancang put down the basket and walked to the watermelon field and waved to the peach.
Taozi glanced at He Sihai.
He Sihai put her down and pulled her over and said, "Uncle II, you sell all the watermelons. How can I eat yours for free? How much is it? I'll give you money."
He Sihai said this.
He Mancang got angry.
"Did you slap me in the face? A villager needs money to eat watermelon, and I can't tell you. Others don't know how to bury me."
"Uncle II, that's not what I mean."
"What do you mean? I won't give it to you or I won't sell it to you. I will give it to peaches, peaches, come to my second uncle." He Mancang waved again.
He Sihai smiled and stopped talking. Instead, he gently pushed Taozi on the back of his head and asked her to step forward.
"Uncle II." Taozi walked over, raised her neck, and called obediently.
"Oh~" He Mancang responded happily and touched her little head.
Then he said, "What a good boy. My second uncle picked the largest and sweetest big watermelon for us to eat."
Then he bent down and began to flip the watermelon vine, flipped left and patted the right.
"Taozi is so young and your grandma is in poor health. How can you keep them at home and work? I want me to say, when you come back this time, stay at home and take care of Taozi and grandma, don't go out..."
He Mancang said a lesson while flipping the watermelon.
"Second uncle, I have nothing to do with it..." He Sihai sighed.
He Tao and his wife had some savings, but after they passed away, the money was completely spent.
As for the money for funeral banquets, the countryside is different from that in the city. Those who are thirty or fifty can’t get the money at all.
In addition, my grandmother was sick, her family had already emptied her money and she still owed a lot of money outside.
That's why He Sihai had to go out to work.
He Mancang also knew He Sihai's difficulties and didn't say anything more.
Instead, she changed the topic and said, "I told Taozi several times that if I wanted to eat watermelon, I would go to the second uncle's field to pick it myself. But she is really a good boy. Except for just meeting her, she has never been to my field..."
He Mancang's words all praised Taozi.
He Sihai was not very happy when he heard this, but was slightly sad.
"Come on, take this."
He Mancang picked a big watermelon and picked it up and said.
Taozi immediately stretched out his arm to pick it up.
He Mancang smiled and asked her and said, "You can't do it, let your brother come and get it."
As he said that, he stuffed the watermelon into He Sihai's arms.
"Thank you, uncle." He Sihai said with some emotion.
"What's there to thank for for a watermelon?" He said that, bent down and picked another one.
"Second uncle, one is enough." He Sihai hurriedly said.
"Take it, take it back and give it to your grandma to try it." He Sihai said without saying a word to match the watermelon into his arms again.
He Sihai hurriedly hugged him.
"Second uncle..."
"What's wrong?"
"Then I'll go back."
He Sihai didn't say thank you anymore, and he could remember some things in his heart.
"Go, go, if you want to eat watermelon in the future, you will pick it yourself. It's not worth much money. Besides, it's all out of the market soon. If you don't eat it, it will soon rot in the field."
He Mancang looked at the watermelons in the field, and a trace of sorrow climbed up to his eyebrows.
...
Originally, He Sihai wanted to soak the watermelon in well water.
But I couldn't wait to see Taozi's little greedy appearance.
He Sihai could only cut one first.
The sun was hot for most of the day.
But for peaches, it’s enough to eat them, so I don’t care about these things.
He Sihai gave her half, and asked her to sit under the shade of the tree at the door, dig it with a spoon to eat.
And I came to my grandma's room.
"Grandma, my second uncle gave us two watermelons. Do you want to get up and eat something?" He Sihai asked grandma leaning against the bed.
"I won't eat it anymore, you guys."
Grandma picked up a handkerchief and wiped the corners of her eyes.
It’s not because I’m old, I can’t help but burst into tears in the corners of my eyes.
To be continued...