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.
