There are many fun things to do in summer: eating ice cream, catching fish and shrimp in the creek, picking wild fruits on the mountain, and having summer vacation.
Of course, there are also downsides, like the frequent typhoons in summer.
Grandma Jiang's house had an old television, which played cartoons every day at six and the news at seven-thirty, with just three or four programs rotating, giving no option to change channels.
Jiang Jiu eagerly awaited the cartoons every day, while Grandma Jiang was keen on the weather forecast.
After all, the villagers all had crops in their fields, so they constantly needed to keep an eye on the weather.
If there was no rain for a long time, they had to water the vegetable seedlings, and if the wind was strong, they had to secure them with stakes.
