If you think that little Feng Ruoruo just eats and drinks at her grandparents' house, plays around with her parents, and video chats with her good friends every day, you are wrong.
Today, Feng Ruoruo put on the clothes her grandma made for her, and followed her grandparents, grandfather, parents, to her grandparents' vegetable greenhouse to pick the ripe vegetables.
Before going out, the little girl changed into a set of clothes made by her grandmother with coarse cloth, and put on a small straw hat that her grandfather had woven these days. Especially since her grandmother made the overalls, and paired them with the small leather boots brought by her mother, she really looked like a little farmer.
Feng Ruoruo is also very vain. After changing her clothes, she did not forget to look at herself in front of the mirror.
Seeing this, my mother couldn't help but smile and said, "Okay, stop being so conceited. If we don't go now, grandpa and grandma won't be able to collect the food. If we miss the time, we won't wait for you."
Hearing her mother's words, Feng Ruoruo immediately ran out the door, shouting, "Okay, okay, Ruoruo is here."
I ran out of the door and saw Yue Qihao had also come running from his home and was waiting there.
These days, Yue Qihao and his sister who just came back from the city have been getting closer and closer, so he almost always comes over to play with his sister for a whole morning every day.
Of course, because he still had summer homework to do, the boy had lunch at noon and had to go home after his sister took a nap. He had to stay at home and do his homework in the afternoon.
So Yue Qihao cherishes the time he can play with his sister in the morning even more.
In the past few days, Yue Qihao took his sister to play in the village, or took his sister to play on the hillside.
Because his sister was still young, the boy didn't dare take her too far.
Or just stay at your sister's house and play with the little duck together.
Listening to the sister like a little chatterbox, she talked about all kinds of interesting things in the city, as well as various stories about Uncle Feng, whom the boy admired the most.
Boys are often so engrossed in listening that they don’t even want to go home.
Today, Yue Qihao listened to his grandmother and ran over to go to the vegetable base with his sister, Grandpa Feng and Grandma Lu to pick ripe vegetables.
Seeing Yue Qihao at the door, Feng Ruoruo was also very happy: "Good morning, Brother Haohao."
Yue Qihao also responded with a smile: "Good morning, Ruoruo."
Feng Ruoruo then asked, "Brother Haohao, do you want to go pick vegetables with us?"
Yue Qihao nodded: "Yes, my grandma asked me to come. She said that you are too young, so she asked me to take care of you and help you pick the vegetables."
Feng Ruoruo smiled and said, "Thank you, Brother Haohao."
Yue Qihao also responded with a smile: "You're welcome."
Feng Ruoruo then asked: "Brother Haohao, do you know what vegetables we are going to pick today?"
When asked this question, Yue Qihao thought about it seriously and found that he didn't seem to know what vegetables to pick
Because at the vegetable base, there will be a batch of vegetables that need to be picked every once in a while, some can be picked mechanically, and some need to be picked manually. So what vegetables should I pick today? Yue Qihao really doesn't know.
"I don't know either. Grandma didn't tell me. Sister, didn't you ask Grandma Lu?"
Feng Ruoruo shook her head: "No, grandma said to take me there, so I didn't ask."
Yue Qihao continued, "Then let's go together. We'll know what vegetables to pick when we get there."
Feng Ruoruo agreed immediately: "Okay, let's go together. The vegetables we pick can be used to let Dad make delicious food for you at noon. Brother Haohao, my dad cooks the best."
Yue Qihao smiled and said, "I know."
At this time, the family was ready, and Feng Yifan pushed his father-in-law out of the yard.
Seeing Yue Qihao at the door, he also greeted him with a smile: "Haohao, you came early? Why didn't you come to have breakfast today?"
Yue Qihao scratched his head embarrassedly and said, "Uncle Feng, grandma didn't let me come this morning."
Su Jinrong, who was in a wheelchair, asked curiously, "Why didn't grandma let you come?"
Yue Qihao was still a little embarrassed and said, "Grandma said that if I come here every morning to eat the breakfast made by Uncle Feng, there will be leftovers, so she won't let me come and asks me to eat what she makes at home so that there won't be much left over."
Lu Cuiling happened to walk out, and when she heard this, she smiled and said, "Your grandma is really, can't she do less?"
Yue Qihao thought for a moment and said, "Maybe grandma is used to it."
Feng Jiandong also walked out the door and said, "Okay, let's go."
Feng Yifan drove and took his whole family and Yue Qihao to the vegetable garden.
Dad was driving the pickup truck, and Feng Ruoruo was clamoring to sit in the back truck with brother Haohao. So today, Feng Ruoruo sat in the back truck with Yue Qihao, grandpa and grandma, so they could see the scenery better along the way.
Because she had become familiar with the villagers over the past few days, the little girl took the initiative to greet people along the way.
"Hello Grandpa... Hello Grandma... Good morning Auntie... Hello Uncle..."
The little girl stood in the truck bed, and her grandmother protected her by the side, allowing her to wave her hands happily and say hello to people she met on the road.
The villagers on the road saw the little girl and greeted her, and they all responded with a smile.
"Oh, it's Ruoruo. Are you going to the vegetable garden with your grandparents again?"
"Ruoruo, you are so beautiful today."
"Ruoruo looks really good in this outfit today. She looks like a little farmer."
"Good morning, Ruoruo. Be careful on the road."
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Seeing everyone responding to her made Feng Ruoruo even happier, and her little face was filled with smiles all the way.
Arriving at the vegetable garden, the car drove straight in and stopped in the parking lot.
After the car stopped, Yue Qihao climbed out of the truck bed himself.
Then Feng Ruoruo saw it and wanted to imitate her brother and jump out of the truck bed herself.
Seeing that her granddaughter was about to follow suit, Lu Cuiling naturally couldn't allow it: "Oh, my little darling, you can't turn it over like that. Brother is already a big boy, and Ruoruo is still a little girl, so Ruoruo can't turn it over by herself. Wait until Ruoruo grows up, then she can turn it over by herself, okay?"
Feng Ruoruo also listened to her grandmother's words and nodded immediately and said, "Okay, then Ruoruo won't turn over by herself. Grandma will hold me."
Seeing that her granddaughter was obedient, Lu Cuiling happily got out of the car first and then carried her granddaughter down.
After everyone got off the car, Feng Ruoruo asked loudly: "Grandpa, grandma, where are we going to pick vegetables? What vegetables are we going to pick?"
Lu Cuiling finally revealed the answer at this time: "Today, the vegetable that grandma wants to take Ruoruo to pick is called bamboo shoot melon, or northern melon."
Feng Ruoruo thought about it for a moment, then waved her hands and said, "Grandma, I know. Ruoruo knows there are winter melon, watermelon, pumpkin, and also northern squash, hehehe."
At this time, Feng Yifan had helped his father-in-law out of the car and put him in a wheelchair. Pushing his father-in-law over, he smiled and said to his daughter: "The 'dong' in winter melon doesn't mean 'dong', it means 'dong' in winter."
At this point, Feng Yifan went on to explain: "In fact, the names of northern melons are different in many places. Some places call bamboo shoots melons northern melons, and some places call pumpkins northern melons. So, what grandma took us to pick today was bamboo shoots melons."
Su Jinrong, who is in a wheelchair, added: "The winter squash looks a bit like zucchini, and some people confuse the two."
Feng Ruoruo was already a little confused by what she heard, and her little brain couldn't fully understand it for a long time.
Look at dad, then look at grandpa.
Feng Ruoruo finally shook her little head and said, "Oh, you guys said too much. Ruoruo doesn't understand. Dad, Grandpa, please stop talking. Let's go and take a look."
Seeing his daughter shaking her head and looking dizzy, Feng Yifan smiled and put his arms around her.
"Okay, let's go take a look. Ruoruo will know once she sees it."
Then, following her grandparents, Feng Ruoruo came to the vegetable garden where they were going to pick bamboo shoots today.
After entering the garden, Feng Ruoruo was even more surprised. Seeing so many different kinds of green up close, as well as those very interesting-looking winter melons, made the little girl feel very interesting.
"Hey, Grandpa and Grandma, there are so many here, do we have to pick them all?"
Lu Cuiling smiled and responded: "Yes, we are going to pick them here today."
Afterwards, Lu Cuiling waved to her granddaughter and asked her to come over to her.
When her granddaughter came over, Lu Cuiling pointed to a winter squash that was about to be picked and said, "Look, Ruoruo, the stem of this winter squash has started to dry up, and there are cracks on it. This means it's ripe and can be picked."
As she spoke, Lu Cuiling lifted the melon from the ground with her gloved hand, then grasped the handle with her other hand and gently broke it open with both hands at the same time.
Snap, a bamboo shoot was broken off.
Feng Ruoruo watched her grandmother's movements, and the little girl was also startled when she heard the crisp sound.
Then the little girl saw the long, plump, green melon in her grandmother's hand and thought it was very interesting.
"Oh, grandma, this is so interesting."
Lu Cuiling carefully placed the picked squash in the frame beside her and said to her granddaughter with a smile, "Isn't it interesting? Would Ruoruo like to try it?"
Feng Ruoruo was naturally eager to try it out immediately: "Yes, yes, grandma, please teach Ruoruo quickly."
The grandmother smiled, then held her granddaughter's hand, and asked her to hold a bamboo shoot, gently twisting and breaking it in the same way as before.
Click.
Feng Ruoruo widened her eyes and looked at it in disbelief as the cucumber she was holding was picked off.
After successfully picking it, Feng Ruoruo held the melon in both hands, lifted it up high and looked at it carefully. Then she turned around and waved to her grandfather and parents: "Grandpa, mom and dad, look, look, Ruoruo also picked it, Ruoruo picked this melon."
Seeing their daughter's happy look, Su Jinrong, Feng Yifan and Su Ruoxi all had smiles on their faces.
Su Jinrong waved his hand and said, "Okay, our Ruoruo is awesome."
Feng Yifan gave his daughter a thumbs up: "Well, Ruoruo is awesome."
Su Ruoxi took out her phone and took a photo of her daughter picking fruits for the first time: "Amazing! Our Ruoruo is really amazing."
Feng Ruoruo then turned around and put the picked melons in the frame, imitating what her grandmother had done just now.
And the little girl was very careful, even more careful than the grandma just now, and put it at the bottom of the frame.
Seeing the little granddaughter, she was very careful, as if she was putting a treasure into the frame slowly. That very cautious look really made Lu Cuiling laugh, and Feng Jiandong felt that it was really good.
As for Feng Yifan, his father-in-law and his wife, they were so happy that they couldn't stop smiling.
With the experience of the first one, Feng Ruoruo was eager to try again and tried her best to pick one herself.
But when the little girl went to pick them, she found it was not as easy as her grandmother had done just now.
The main reason was that Feng Ruoruo was not strong enough. Although she tried her best to imitate her grandmother, when she held the bamboo shoot and wanted to pick it, she couldn't break the stem of the melon.
The little girl tried several times, but in the end she couldn't pick the melon.
Feng Yifan saw the bitterness written all over his daughter's face, so he quietly moved over and quickly grabbed her hand and twisted it.
Pop.
With a crisp sound, the bamboo shoot that Feng Ruoruo was holding in her little hand fell off.
Feng Ruoruo was originally still sad, but now seeing that the bamboo shoots had fallen off, the little girl was stunned for a moment, and then she happily held the bamboo shoots to show everyone: "Look, look, Ruoruo also picked it off by herself, hehe, Ruoruo is great, Ruoruo is really amazing."
Naturally, everyone will praise it together.
Even Yue Qihao came over and said, "Sister, you are amazing."
Feng Ruoruo was really proud of herself after receiving everyone's praise. The way she wiggled her little butt so proudly really made everyone in the garden laugh.
However, after picking one, Feng Ruoruo gave up on picking the ones herself.
"Grandma, I don't want to pick them. It's hard to pick them. I'll help you put away the ones you picked, okay?"
Lu Cuiling did not expect that her granddaughter would give up on her own initiative. She thought that her granddaughter would take advantage of the situation and continue to pick the fruits with her own hands.
However, seeing that her granddaughter gave up on her own initiative and wanted to help her put away the picked squash, Lu Cuiling was also very relieved: "Okay, our Ruoruo is really useful, she knows how to help grandpa and grandma with work, then grandma will pick the squash, and you put the picked squash in the frame, okay."
Feng Ruoruo immediately nodded and agreed: "Okay, okay."
Next, the grandparents and grandchildren worked together. Lu Cuiling picked one and Feng Ruoruo carefully put it into the frame.
Although the grandparents and grandchildren picked the fruits very slowly, the process of passing the fruits to each other made them very happy.
Feng Ruoruo's laughter was as loud as a silver bell, and everyone working in the garden also had a smile on their face.
They kept picking fruits in the garden until almost noon. Feng Ruoruo was already sweating profusely, and her mother had to wipe her sweat several times.
But the little girl's face was rosy and she didn't feel tired at all. She continued to work with her grandmother.
Finally, it was Grandpa who spoke up: "Okay, let's stop here and take a break. Then we'll go home and get ready for lunch."
Feng Ruoruo also took a breath and said, "Ha, good. Hey, Ruoruo is tired too."
Seeing the little girl acting like a little adult with such an air of dignity, everyone couldn't help laughing happily again.
Despite the scorching sun, the midsummer heat wave did not affect the family's laughter at all.