Chapter 491: Chapter 491 Watermelon Chapter 491: Chapter 491 Watermelon Auntie Sun’s escape had been a topic of discussion for a while, but since the village head did not bring the person back for a trial, the matter gradually faded.
However, it occasionally popped up as a joke.
The weather was getting hotter.
Before long, it was June, and the watermelons in the fields were growing larger.
Madam Xie, seeing so many watermelons in the fields and fearing they might tempt some idle villagers to steal, covered each watermelon with dry straw early on, to make them less conspicuous.
When the watermelons were small, standing on the farm ridge and looking over the field revealed a ground full of watermelons, but ever since she covered them with dry straw, it looked much better. You couldn’t see the watermelons anymore, just a field full of dry straw.
One day at noon, Big Bull and Xuexue came to the field with a basket to check on the crops. Finding many watermelons ripe, they picked two weighing around ten kilograms each, put them in the basket, and prepared to take them home to eat.
Big Bull was sighingly wistful. Originally thinking he wouldn’t see the watermelons grow as he expected to return to the Capital before they matured, he was surprised how a month had flown by, and he was now tasting the watermelons he’d planted with his own hands.
“My dear, the watermelons are heavy. Let me carry them.” Walking through the field on their way back, Big Bull kindly took the basket from Xuexue’s hands.
“Looks like the watermelons in the field are about to mature, Big Bull. Let’s go to the town tomorrow and look for Shopkeeper Fan.”
“What for? You want to collaborate with him again to sell watermelons?”
“Yes! He has been in business in town for many years and has a wider network than us.”
“We have good stuff, whether the network is wide or not, we can still get a good price for it.”
“I know. Nanny Sun has already helped us find a storefront. The flower shop will open soon, and then it will be hard to manage everything.”
Hearing this, Big Bull nodded in agreement, “Hmm! That’s true, let’s go find Shopkeeper Fan together tomorrow.”
“Early tomorrow morning, we still need to pick a few watermelons from the field to take to him to sample.”
“Hmm!”
Big Bull understood that collaborating and doing business with someone definitely meant letting them know the caliber of the products they were dealing with.
The two of them walked and talked, and before they knew it, they were at their doorstep.
Chuner and doggy were playing at the doorway. Seeing them return, they joyously stood up, ran over, and started chattering around. “Big Bull Brother, sister, you’re back?”
“Yes, we are!”
“Why are you so happy today, Chuner?” Xuexue asked with a knowing smile. Just earlier, as she was heading to the field, Madam Xie kept saying that Chuner would be absolutely thrilled to be able to eat the watermelons soon.
Indeed, driven by her motherly affection, Madam Xie had called the two little ones back home early to wait here.
“Mom said you were going to the field to pick big watermelons, so Doggy and I were waiting here.”
After all, Chuner was a child, and she had been longing for the field’s watermelons, barely able to wait until they grew big enough to be edible.
“Yes, look, they’re right here.” Xuexue said, lifting the dry straw that covered a corner of the watermelons in Big Bull’s basket for them to see.
“Wow! Doggy, look, they really are big watermelons. Let’s hurry up and wash our hands and get ready to eat the watermelon. I’ve never eaten one before!” Little Chunchun playfully grabbed Doggy’s hand and ran into the house.
Xuexue laughed and shook her head: “These two little ones can’t wait!”
Big Bull couldn’t help but laugh as well: “As long as they’re happy, that’s what matters.”