Chapter 4: The Watermelon Field

The two finished dinner, and Wang Dafu went to get a pitchfork and a flashlight, ready to go to the field to watch the watermelons.

“Silly Dafu, wait for Sister Xianhua!”

Wu Xianhua, who was busy in the kitchen, stuck her head out of the door.

Wang Dafu turned around.

“Sister Xianhua, are you going too?”

“No!”

Wu Xianhua smiled, wiped her hands with a dishcloth, and walked over.

She took out a smartphone and handed it to Wang Dafu.

Wang Dafu used to be quite stupid, he didn’t even know how to use a smartphone, so Wu Xianhua usually didn’t give it to him, for fear of him losing it.

But she was worried about Wang Dafu going to the watermelon field at night, so she still gave him the phone.

“Do you know how to use it?”

Wang Dafu looked at Wu Xianhua and smiled, “I do!”

“Hold it carefully, don’t lose it, call me if anything happens, you hear me?”

Wu Xianhua looked like a wife, her eyes full of concern for Wang Dafu, she was a little dazed.

It was as if the man in front of her was her husband.

But she quickly came to her senses, this wasn’t her husband, just a fool.

“Alright, go!”

Wang Dafu didn’t look back, carrying the pitchfork, he swaggered out of the house.

Along the way, he was thinking about Sister Xianhua and the gourd.

Now, in the entire Jiangliu Village, he and his Xianhua wife were the poorest. Before, he was stupid and didn’t understand anything, Xianhua, a woman, had an even harder time.

But now he wasn’t stupid anymore, he was full of strength, thinking about the little gourd he picked up in the evening, he felt a surge of excitement.

This gourd was extraordinary, he would have to study it carefully when he got to the watermelon field.

Maybe this gourd, besides being good for the body, could also make him rich?

Humming a little tune, carrying a pitchfork, holding a flashlight, after half an hour, he finally arrived at their watermelon field.

The sky had darkened, a full moon hung in the sky, Wang Dafu found a small stool and began to pay attention to the situation ahead.

This watermelon field was planted by him and Wu Xianhua together, it was less than three acres, it was now the time for the fruit to ripen, the watermelons were not yet ripe, but there were already many badgers and wild boars coming to steal the watermelons.

He put the pitchfork aside, focused all his attention, watched for a while, but didn’t find anything unusual.

Just when he was getting bored, his hand touched the gourd in his pocket.

He had nothing better to do, so he took out the gourd and took advantage of the free time to study it.

When he first picked up this gourd, he drank a drop of strange liquid, and immediately his whole body was filled with strength, the pain disappeared, and he wasn’t stupid anymore.

From this, Wang Dafu could conclude that the liquid in this gourd had magical effects, causing the human body to undergo a complete transformation.

Now, Wang Dafu felt that he could take on ten men by himself.

Looking at this unassuming gourd, Wang Dafu’s eyes rolled.

Then, he took advantage of the moonlight, his eyes fell on the watermelon field in front of him.

Suddenly, he thought of a possibility.

“Could the liquid in this gourd also be used to water the fields? To make the watermelons grow better?”

Thinking is doing, he carefully opened the lid of the gourd, a strange fragrance immediately wafted out, making Wang Dafu a little intoxicated.

He tilted the gourd, not knowing if there was any liquid left inside.

Just as he was expecting, a stream of liquid suddenly flowed out of the gourd. Wang Dafu didn’t pay attention, and it spilled from his palm onto the watermelon field.

Wang Dafu was startled and quickly tried to catch it. He hadn’t expected any liquid to come out at dusk, but now there was so much.

He was simply overjoyed.

But Wang Dafu didn’t think much of it. Since the gourd could continuously produce liquid, there would definitely be more in the future.

He poured all the liquid from his palm onto the watermelon field. It wasn’t much, just a few drops and it was gone.

Next, Wang Dafu waited to see if the watermelons would change.

An hour later, Wang Dafu was surprised to find that the watermelons had noticeably grown larger.

“Wow, it really works! At this rate, the watermelons will be ready to pick in a couple of days!”

He ran to the watermelon field, picked up one watermelon after another and examined them carefully, making sure he wasn’t seeing things.

This gourd had such a miraculous effect, wouldn’t he, Wang Dafu, become rich in the future?

Awesome!

Thinking about this, Wang Dafu couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

“Sister Xianhua, Sister Yanchun, wait, I, Wang Dafu, am getting my act together!”

Just as Wang Dafu was fantasizing about his future happy life, footsteps suddenly came from behind.

“Silly Dafu, what are you laughing about in the watermelon field by yourself? What do you mean getting your act together?”

A familiar voice interrupted Wang Dafu’s thoughts.

He turned around and saw, in the moonlight, Sister Xianhua, Xianhua, had changed into a dress, her long hair cascading over her shoulders, beautiful like a fairy from the moon palace descending to earth.

“Sister Xianhua, why are you here?”

Wu Xianhua tucked a strand of hair behind her ear and smiled, “I was afraid you, silly Dafu, would be scared by yourself, so I came to keep you company!”

Wang Dafu chuckled, returned to his previous position, and gave the small stool to Wu Xianhua.

“Sister Xianhua, have a seat!”

“Silly Dafu, what did you mean by getting your act together?”

Wang Dafu scratched his head, he was very happy in his heart, but he didn’t plan to tell anyone about the gourd, not even his Sister Xianhua.

“Nothing, Sister Xianhua, I feel like our watermelons are growing particularly well this year, I guess we’ll have a good harvest. I’ll help you sell them, and then buy you some new clothes!”

Wu Xianhua covered her mouth and laughed, making Wang Dafu mesmerized.