古时候,魏国边境有个与楚国相邻的小县。有个叫宋就的人,被魏国派往这个小县做县令。在两国交界的地方,分别住着两国的村民,都喜欢种瓜。春天,两国的村民又都种了瓜。由于天气干旱,雨水不足,瓜苗长得很不好。魏国的村民担心这样旱下去会影响收成,就组织起来每天晚上挑水浇瓜。连续浇了半个月之后,瓜苗长势明显地好了起来,比楚国村民种的瓜苗要高不 In ancient times, Wei border there is a small county adjacent to Chu. There is a man named Song, Wei was sent to this county magistrate. At the border between the two countries, villagers living in the two countries each like to plant melons. In spring, the villagers of both countries have planted melon again. Due to the arid weather and insufficient rainfall, melon seedlings grow very badly. Wei’s villagers worried about such a drought would affect the harvest, organize the water pick watermelon every night. After a continuous pouring for half a month, the melon seedlings grow obviously well together, which is higher than the melon seedlings of the Chu nationality villagers