Chapter 507: Chapter 507 Dining in the Field Chapter 507: Chapter 507 Dining in the Field The villagers all started laughing, saying that the old woman was shameless. She had clearly let her son divorce Madam Xie and even kicked her out of the Mo family, but now she had the gall to claim someone else as her daughter-in-law just because she saw others prospering. Truly, without shame, one is invincible under the heavens.
“I am too dignified to bicker with a bunch of dead poor ghosts like you,” Old Lady Mo knew she had incited public anger and couldn’t swallow her pride, so she spat out a harsh sentence, thinking she had saved her face, and then slunk away.
The autumn wind was not cold, but she was seething with rage inside; Old Lady Mo had truly attempted to steal a chicken only to lose her rice instead.
While they were making a racket, Big Bull and Xuexue had already moved everything out of the cart.
After paying the cart fare and sending the oxcart away, the farce came to its closure.
The next day
Last night, over dinner, they had agreed that because Shopkeeper Fan would come to pick up the watermelons the next morning, they all had to wake up a bit earlier to pick the watermelons and have them ready by the field side for easy loading as soon as Shopkeeper Fan’s carriage arrived.
In about two hours, the field ridges were filled with big, round watermelons, a quick glance revealed each weighed over ten kilograms.
Chuner, being just a little boy, couldn’t lift them despite trying.
He simply sat in the fields, holding a watermelon and squatting there eating, looking extremely happy, mumbling to himself as he ate, “Such a big watermelon, I can’t finish it alone. It would be great if doggy were here, then we could eat it together.”
After picking watermelons in the field for two hours, Madam Xie went back to cook breakfast. Once it was ready, she brought it to the field for everyone, since with so many picked watermelons laid out in the field, she feared they might be stolen if left unguarded.
By sunrise, Madam Xie, carrying a basket of food came to the fields, allowing everyone to take a break for breakfast.
“Mom, I’m not eating, I’m full,” Chuner walked over to Madam Xie, coquettishly speaking while patting his round belly with a satisfied look on his face.
Madam Xie laughed indulgently, “You little rascal, weren’t you supposed to help pick watermelons? It seems you were just here to eat them.”
Upon hearing this, Big Bull and Xuexue both laughed.
Xuexue, “Mom, you don’t know, Chuner ate a whole big watermelon early in the morning. It’d be strange if he could still eat.”
Despite Chuner’s small stature, looking only about four or five years old and weighing no more than two watermelons, a ten-kilogram watermelon had been completely devoured by him as he played and ate; Xuexue found it a bit unbelievable.
Madam Xie, “If she’s happy, let her eat.”
Back when Chuner was in the Mo family, she lived too oppressively. Being such a little soul, she had been constantly in fear. Now that they finally lived a free life without anyone to restrict and frighten them, since she was happy, Madam Xie decided to let her enjoy the moment, recalling the old days, she felt a deep pain for her daughter.
After breakfast in the field, Big Bull and Xuexue each carried two large watermelons, heading toward the Village Chief’s house.
They had cultivated this variety of large watermelons, which was unmatched in Jingshan Town, and even throughout Moli Country, so one way or another, they needed to give the village head a heads-up to avoid any future misunderstandings.
Upon arriving at the doorstep of Village Chief’s House.
Mo Shaoxing was just setting out when he looked up and saw Xuexue coming over, his eyes brightened.
“Sister Xuexue, what is that you’re holding? Why is it so big?” he ignored Big Bull next to her.
Xuexue, “This is the watermelon yielded by our family; it’s a gift for Uncle Village Chief to try.”