After dressing up as a stepmother, I transformed the whole family into working in the fields

Qin Yao finished one piece in two or three mouthfuls. Seeing that everyone was still waiting for his order, he raised his chin and motioned for everyone to start eating.

The twins immediately stretched out their hands, grabbed a piece with one hand, opened their arms from left to right, and ate juices flowing freely.

After all, Dalang Erlang was older and it was time to save face, so he ate one piece at a time quite gracefully.

Seeing the mother and son eating so happily, Li and Yin Le each picked up a slice with some anticipation and bit off a corner first. Unexpectedly, it was surprisingly sweet.

It's so delicious! Yin Le said in surprise.

Mrs. Li nodded repeatedly, reluctant to speak, just to eat two more mouthfuls of melon.

For a while, the only sound left in the hospital was the sound of a few people eating melon.

Little Laifu was playing near the school site when he heard the children in the village say that he saw Yin Le and Da Lang Erlang carrying delicious cold melons back. He ran home in anticipation, but unexpectedly he arrived a step too late, leaving only a pot of green. Melon rind.

Smelling the lingering sweet fragrance in the air in the courtyard, looking at the contented faces of his mother and his wife sitting in the main room, little Laifu, who couldn't even take a bite of melon, was deeply shocked in his young heart.

Ouch, cry!

Qin Yao laughed unkindly and quickly asked the Dalang brothers and sisters to take the poor baby to the fields to pick some more melons.

In this way, Xiao Laifu turned from crying to laughing, and happily followed the Dalang brothers and sisters to the melon field.

Qin Yao rested for a while, watching the sun turn to the west. It was no longer so hot, and then she took Yin Le out to inspect the melon fields of other villagers to see how each melon field was growing.

This year, many melon fields in the village were hit by heavy rains, and the melon seedlings that were rescued were planted crookedly. Now that they are mature, the quality of the watermelons is still unknown.

Hers is pretty good, except it's not that bright red, it still tastes good, crisp and sweet.

From far to near, Qin Yao first looked at the nearby ones, and then went to the far ones at the foot of the mountain.

Many villagers followed along the way, all curious about the harvests of other people's melon fields.

Unlike the melons grown by Qin Yao, most villagers in the village did not take care of their melon fields very carefully, and the melons were small and not round.

It's not that the villagers are lazy, it's just that the main task is to grow soybeans, rice and other major food crops, so there can't be too much energy left for the melon fields.

Most of the watermelons from these stores are light pink in color after being cut into pieces, and the appearance is very ugly.

Fortunately, it still has a sweet taste and is juicier than ordinary red dates and pineapples.

The food at Laozhai is pretty good. It looks average but the flesh is red, juicy and moderately sweet.

Going deeper, Qin Yao no longer has high hopes for this year's watermelon harvest in Liujia Village.

Unexpectedly, when I walked halfway up the hill, I was tripped by a big watermelon.

When she looked down, she saw that it was bigger than the melons in her field, as big as a modern basketball, and it was round.

If she hadn't seen those crooked melons at the foot of the mountain just now, Qin Yao wouldn't have believed that they could be grown from the melon seeds she gave them.

Which family does this belong to? Qin Yao pointed to the watermelon at her feet and turned to ask the villagers who were following her.

A man wearing ragged linen clothes, the length of which barely covered his hips, with a straw girdle around his lower body, with messy hair and bare feet, came out.

Qin Yao knew this man from the Shanwowo household at the far end of the village. His name was Liu Feodan, and he was twenty-seven or eighty years old.

The reason why Qin Yao remembers him is because he is a stable and outstanding poor man who still owes his clan a hundred kilograms of food.

His mother-in-law returned to her parents' home to remarry a long time ago because her family was too poor. When she left, she took away the only three valuable pottery bowls in the family.

In the past few years, Liu Feodan was alone and had a skinny son, living by renting land.

When farming was not busy, the father and son would go out to beg for food with their broken wooden bowls.

It is unfortunate to say that at the beginning of the new dynasty, everyone was allocated mountains, forests and fields. Although ordinary people could not get any good land, they would not starve to death if they could grow more.

God loves to torment people. When Liu Feodan and his family were clearing land, they encountered a landslide. Not only the land was buried, but also everyone was buried. He was the only one left.

Thanks to the help of the old village chief, he reported to the government to intercede and classify him as a white household, so he was exempted from the tax on those fields. He survived hard by working hard on the rented land and receiving support from the clan.

Later, when I had a son, life became even more difficult.

In this kind of family situation, no matter how diligent a person is, if his foundation is weak or even negative, it will be difficult to turn around.

Liu Feodan said gloomily: This year I just wanted to use this acre of melon land to pay off the debts owed to the clan, so I paid extra attention to them. They look similar to the ones in your house, the village chief, but they are not the same. You know whether it’s red inside or not.”

Qin Yao asked him: Look for one to break open?

There was a trace of reluctance in Liu Feodan's eyes, but he still walked into the melon field and picked out a smaller, less round melon and handed it to Qin Yao.

Thanks to the clansmen for taking care of me these years, this melon is just a thank you to everyone. It's just a melon, and you have to count the favors, so hard that the villagers shook their heads.

But thinking about his family's situation, it's understandable that he didn't ridicule him after all. He handed the knife to Qin Yao and asked her to open it.

Qin Yao cut it open with a knife and saw a bright red color. She said in surprise: It looks pretty good.

Continue to cut the melon into small pieces and distribute them to everyone to taste. He also handed a piece to Liu Feodan.

You can also try the melons you grow yourself. Qin Yao said.

Liu Feodan hadn't eaten watermelon yet. He smelled the sweetness on his hand and couldn't help but swallowed. He lowered his head and took a cherished bite.

The sweet taste instantly spread to the tip of his tongue. Liu Feodan, who had never even tasted sugar, was shocked by the fresh and sweet juice and swallowed it subconsciously.

He licked the corner of his mouth and thought curiously, there are such delicious fruits in the world, no wonder they were sold for thirty cents per catty last year!

The remaining watermelon was all eaten into his stomach in one go.

After eating, I saw Qin Yao and others nodding with satisfaction, feeling happy and aching at the same time.

The melon just now weighed seven or eight kilograms, which was only two yuan and more silver. It was gone in just a few bites.

Qin Yao ignored his aching mood and walked into the field to look around and found that Liu Feodan had turned every melon over, otherwise the color would not have grown so uniformly.

Your melon looks good and tastes good, so it should fetch a good price. Qin Yao affirmed.

Liu Feodan was very excited, Really?

Qin Yao nodded, Yeah.

Liu Feodan was so happy that he squatted down and gently touched his own melon with great restraint, almost overflowing with joy.

Other villagers were anxious and asked: Village chief, what about ours? How much can it be sold for?

Qin Yao: I don't know, let me ask.

By the way, do you plan to sell your melons yourself or will I find someone to buy them all?

Qin Yao Chou said beforehand, The unified purchase price will definitely be much lower than the selling price on the market, but the advantage is that it saves worry and trouble. You think about it first, and there is no need to rush back to me. I will go and get the price tomorrow. Let’s talk about it later.”

After finishing speaking, he waved his hands and dispersed on the spot, everyone went back to their homes.