Chapter 164 The Pleasure of Picking Fruit by Hand

Meng Ruixiang had grown up and had accompanied his mother to other people's estates to escape the summer heat. It was summer then, too. Among those estates he visited, he never saw fruits and vegetables that made one want to pick them.

The old saying was right, "Traveling thousands of miles is better than reading thousands of books." Rote learning really won't do; it helps one's studies to get out more.

Meng Ruixiang hadn't finished reflecting when he saw that the usual noble ladies and children, along with their maids, were entering the estate.

Some were thinking that since they were already there, they might as well pick a lot. They used the guards to carry stuff, picking fruits and vegetables for free. Some people even picked watermelons themselves for the fun of it.

Many people arrived at the watermelon patch. There was a trick to choosing watermelons, which was to knock on them.