bayedsolid Chapter 208
Chapter 208
Shuisheng picked up a piece of dried pork, looked at it first, then saw Shitou and the others picked it up and ate it directly, so he ate a piece too.
His eyes lit up, but he only ate one piece and stopped eating. Zhong Ruyi thought he didn't like it and pushed the meat floss in front of him again. He only ate a little and stopped eating.
Zhong Ruyi was puzzled. Which child of this age doesn't like snacks? Could it be that he doesn't like these two things?
Shuisheng saw her confusion and took the initiative to say, "Aunt Ruyi, these are delicious, but the teacher said that you should eat until you are 60% full after dinner. You can't eat after dinner time. This will make people lazy and it is not good for studying."
After he said this, Shitou and Xiaohe, who were eating with gusto, put down their food and stopped eating.
Zhong Ruyi smacked her lips in amazement. She had never thought that children of this era would study so hard. "What if I suddenly get hungry when I'm sleeping at night?"
Shuisheng said seriously, "The teacher said that I should drink more water. If I eat too much, I won't want to study. I will be more energetic if I am hungry."
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She had never heard of such a saying. How could one have the energy to study if one was not full? Was it really okay for the teacher to say this?
But she glanced at Shitou and Xiaohe. The two children seemed quite normal when they came back from private school every day, and their appetites were even bigger than before.
My sister-in-law said that this was because the two children had to get up an hour earlier every day and walk to the private school, which took an hour to go back and forth, so they got hungry quickly.
If the private school did not forbid bringing food with them, Li Guihua would even want them to bring a few steamed buns each and eat them when they were hungry.
"Come on, come on, eat the watermelon!" The sister-in-law came out with a knife and a watermelon. Tiedan jumped off the stool excitedly and stretched out his hand to catch the big watermelon.
Li Guihua dodged and scolded him, "You idiot! You're not even as tall as this melon and you want to get involved?"
Tiedan patted his belly, not caring about her sarcasm at all. Unable to catch the melon, he ran to Shuisheng again, "Shuisheng! I went to find you today! But you and your brothers went to private school, so I left the melon for your grandma and asked her to leave it for you. Did you eat it when you went back?"
"I ate it, it was very sweet. Thank you." Shuisheng thanked sincerely.
Cuicui glanced at the stone and the river, "Didn't you two say you would give it to me too? Why didn't you give it to me?"
The two of them lowered their heads in shame. They had been so drunk with food last night that they had forgotten about it for a moment. It was only now that Tiedan mentioned it that they remembered it.
"I, I won't eat anymore! Give all to Shuisheng!" Shitou said loudly.
Xiaohe also expressed his wish to do so.
"Okay, okay, there's no need for you to push around. Is everyone ready?" Li Guihua interrupted the children with a smile, raised the knife that had been washed clean and had no garlic smell, and started cutting.
The children opened their eyes wide and looked serious, cheering every time Li Guihua cut a piece.
As the red flesh gradually appeared before everyone's eyes, a faint sweet scent came with it.
Cuicui first took a few pieces in and gave them to Father Zhong and her eldest and third brothers who were sitting in the main room. Then she came out, picked up a piece, and started eating it with a slurp.
The only sound in the yard was the sound of people eating watermelon.
After Tiedan finished eating a piece, he glanced at Shuisheng who was still eating the melon slowly. His hand that was about to take the melon stopped abruptly. After Shuisheng finished eating the piece in his hand, he quickly took a piece and put it in Shuisheng's hand, "Shuisheng, eat!"
Shuisheng didn't take it and pushed the melon back into Tiedan's hands. "I don't want to eat it anymore. You eat it. I have to go back now."
He said goodbye to the three adults present and stood up to leave.
Zhong Ruyi took a small half of the watermelon and gave it to him. "Shuisheng, take this back for your grandma and the others to eat."
Shuisheng hesitated for a moment, but still reached out to take it and said thank you politely.
Just then, Aunt Zhao from next door came to look for her grandson, "Shuisheng, it's time to go home. You have to get up early tomorrow to go to private school."
Seeing his grandson coming out of the Zhong family yard with half a watermelon in his hand, he was surprised and asked, "Where did you get it?"
However, when I thought about the piece of water melon that Tiedan brought me today, my doubts were immediately resolved.
She took the water melon handed to her grandson with a smile and took him home.
Zhao Fangniang was about to go to bed, but was called out by her mother.
She rubbed her eyes and said, "Mom, why did you ask me to come out? Didn't you go and ask Shuisheng to come back to bed?"
Why did you call her out for no reason? She was almost asleep.
I saw that my father, elder brother and his wife were still in the main room. Shuisheng had gone to bed after being called back.
Aunt Zhao took a knife, cut the small half of the water melon that Shuisheng brought back into two pieces, and then gave a piece to each of them.
Zhao Fangniang was very curious. She looked around at the melon and asked, "What is this? Did Shuisheng bring it back?"
"This was given to me by your Aunt Zhong's family. She grew a lot of it. I didn't expect that we could eat it so soon. Come and try it. It is said that this water melon sells for a lot of silver each in the capital!" Aunt Zhao urged excitedly.
She had also asked the Zhong family for a few seedlings to plant, but they had only grown to the size of a palm so far, and she didn’t know how big they would have to be before they could be eaten.
Looking at the small half melon that Shuisheng brought back tonight, she estimated that it would take another twenty days to ripen.
As soon as Zhao Fangniang took a bite, she exclaimed, "Mom! It's so sweet!"
It melts in your mouth, very sweet, a little sandy, juicy, and delicate.
Zhao Zhongsheng and Zhao Dasao's eyes also lit up, and they both had the same idea.
"Mom, Aunt Zhong's daughter has become smarter and can do a lot of things. Before, I went to work in the town with her third child and Dongzhi. Ruyi's cooking is amazing. I heard from the third child that his sister has opened a store now?"
"Yes." Aunt Zhao nodded. "It's a restaurant. They asked me to go there before, but I didn't have time. I was planning to go there when I have time in the next two days."
She smiled and said, "It was your Aunt Zhong who had been looking forward to it every day, and she actually waited for the day when Ruyi got better."
Seeing that the Zhong family’s lives are getting better and better, they also have to work harder.
After staying for a few more days, Zhong Ruyi thought about going back to the store to check. After all, the store had just been open for less than a month. If anything happened, Sun Tao and the others would not be able to handle it.
Jiang Qin has not stayed in the village during the days he has been back home. He comes early every day to pick up chickens and rabbits and then goes back to the store to work. He sleeps directly in the store at night.
Mr. Zhong didn't let her go to the town alone, and asked Mr. Zhong to escort her there.
As soon as the two of them left the village, a man caught up with them - Chen Dongzhi.
Zhong Ruyi was a little puzzled, "Brother Dongzhi, are you going to town too?"
Chen Dongzhi ran out of breath, swallowed his saliva, nodded and said, "I'm going to buy some salt and sugar. I want to go with you."
In fact, a few days ago, Chen's mother told him that there was not much salt left at home, and asked him to go to the town to buy some when he was free in the next two days.
He thought he didn't know when Zhong Ruyi would return to town, and wanted to go with her, so he waited until today.