Chapter 45 Watermelon is sweet, melon is fragrant

Everything in the store was handed over to Ding Shuigen to be responsible.

In terms of sugar production, in order to keep the technique secret, it is still carried out on the Zhuangzi. Shuyun specially asked Qian Afu to be on the edge of the canteen, and led people to open another room and build a stove. He also handed over the craftsmanship to Qian Liu, and asked her to take the two women on the Zhuangzi, Sister-in-law Fang and Sister-in-law Song, to be responsible for the production.

In August, the weather in the capital is already unusually hot. Fortunately, there are ponds and streams in Zhuangzi, so it is relatively cool. It's just that at night, there are always bursts of cicadas and frogs, disturbing people's dreams. So Shuyun has been staying in the space villa recently.

In fact, on the other hand, the cicada chirping and frog chirping can be regarded as a gift from nature. In the 21st century, you can't hear it, when the city is full of high-rise buildings, and in such a concrete jungle, sounds like this close to nature are gone. It is a number of rural areas, due to environmental pollution and human hunting. The number of occurrences is also gradually decreasing.

This year's fruit trees in Zhuangzi are except for large cherries and blueberries. For the rest, because the saplings were still too small when they were planted, they still couldn't bear fruit this year, and they would have to wait until next year at the earliest, even though they had been watered with space water.

However, those watermelons and melons are ripe. It's just that Shuyun is planted relatively late, so it matures a few days later than the average one. did not catch up with the listing period of a large number of watermelons and melons in Beijing.

But good food is not afraid of being late. The watermelon variety planted by Shuyun is a mine melon, which is sweet and crisp, with a lot of moisture, and is very delicious. These planted on the Zhuangzi, the seeds have been soaked in space water, it is even more sweet, eat a bite, the juice flows, and then you can't help but eat a second bite, until you can't move.

And most of the ones in the Beijing market are the old varieties of light green with light patterns. This kind of melon tastes soft and soft, the water is still small, and it is not sweet, and there are even some of them, after cutting it, it is found that the melon pulp is pink or white, and it is not fully ripe at all.

There is also a small part of it is dark green, and the pattern is similar to that of the mine melon, that is, the shape is oval and the size is very large, which is better. It's just that it's still a lot worse than the mine melon, and it can't be compared with Shuyun Zhuangzi.

There is also a melon, which is sold more in the capital now, is a variety called croissant honey, which is a kind of green melon, some of which are very large, and can even grow to 3 or 4 catties. If this kind of melon is planted well, it is very delicious, but most people can't grow it well, so it tastes like that, not sweet, not to mention, and the taste is also noodles.

Shuyun also planted some of these melons, of course, the most delicious ones. In addition, there are many excellent varieties brought from the previous life, such as Qi Tian No. 1.

After school that day, Shuyun left two class presidents.

He Qincheng, the leader of the first class, is 10 years old this year and is from Weinan, Shaanxi. In the early days of the rebellion of the three feudatories, there were problems with the military discipline of the imperial army, and after the Eight Banners broke through the city, they disturbed the people and made trouble, and abducted women. It was under these circumstances that He Qincheng's parents lost their home. Later, with the flow of refugees, they rushed to the capital. Along the way, there were hardships and a lack of food and clothing. Not long after arriving in Beijing, they both died, leaving Xiaohe Qincheng alone to beg along the street. He was only 6 years old at the time. If you experience more, you will become precocious. And the character is also honed very tenacity. This child is also very kind, even in such a difficult situation, he still insists on helping a few partners around him who are begging with him. If you have food, you always have to give it to them. Later, after their children were taken in by Shuyun, He Qincheng became the king of children among them. He Qincheng is fair, a humble director, and often helps everyone resolve conflicts, so these little guys listen to him. Shuyun also let it be the squad leader for a while.

The squad leader of the second class is called Ding Deyan, 11 years old, and is Ding Shuigen's daughter. Very studious and smart director. There are ideas, there are ideas. At a young age, she already has the potential to be a strong woman.

Shuyun invited the two children to sit down and said, "Qincheng, Deyan, the melons in the field are ripe." Tomorrow we will organize the students to harvest. At three o'clock in the morning, everyone was called to gather on the playground. After eating, I started my work. You divide the teams first, and then you are responsible for counting. When you're done, report the amount to me, and I'll pay you again. In addition, tell the students that each person will be given a watermelon and two melons. The two of you are in charge of the selection. In addition, when eating, let them be grouped, the melon is very large, how much to eat, how much to cut, don't waste it, and then, watermelon and melon are all cold, and eating too much is not good for the body, so we must supervise everyone to refrain from it. Do you understand, what else do you want to ask? ”

The two replied together, "Understood, Teacher Shuyun." ”

Early the next morning, the watermelon harvest began. Under the leadership of the farmers, the children were busy in the melon field one by one. The morning dew drops hit the big round watermelons. Lining those big watermelons is so fresh that you quench your thirst just by looking at them.

These melons are interplanted under fruit trees and at the edge of the field, and do not occupy fertile land. But production is still huge.

The watermelons were all harvested in the evening, and a total of 3,266 were harvested, and the smallest ones were more than 20 catties. Shuyun organized everyone to transport most of them to the cellar. Watermelon is a fruit that is easier to keep, and it will not spoil in 2 or 3 months when it is placed in the cellar. Now the weather is hot, and Zhuangzi has a large population, and he has to consume twenty or thirty watermelons a day, so Shuyun is not going to sell them, but plans to stay and eat them himself.

In addition, for those who often come to buy fish, Shuyun is also ready to give two for each person, and customers who often patronize the Happy Inn, or have a relatively large total number of things to buy, will also give one per person. I would like to thank you for your continued patronage.

In the evening, the women of the Zhuangzi prepared a sumptuous dinner. Treat the children and their men after a hard day's work. After the meal, after everyone took a bath in the bathhouse, Shuyun asked people to cut the watermelon again, and everyone ate it together. What is given to the children is at their own disposal, not with what everyone eats now.

No one had ever eaten such a delicious watermelon before. Now, after taking a bite, I can't stop. Despite having eaten a lot. But one by one, they are still gobbling up. Especially the children, the juice rubbed all over their faces. The skin of the melon was gnawed clean, and it was not until there was no red meat left, and then I began to eat the next piece.

Seeing this situation, Shuyun was afraid that they would eat too much and accumulate food, which would not be good for the stomach, so she had to give them a limited amount.

The next day, melon picking begins. Picking melons is also learned. Generally, the melon is held upright, with the guati facing downwards and rotating clockwise. In this way, the melon picked will not be bitter when eaten to the last part.

The melons picked were roughly counted, and there were more than 40,000 catties. Except for a small part to eat by himself, Shuyun asked Qian Afu to take someone to sell the rest.

Since these two kinds of melons were planted relatively late this year, there is no such thing as multiple cultivation.

Therefore, all the watermelon seedlings were immediately cleaned up. Most of the melon seedlings were also cleaned, and there were a few of them, and some of them were left unripe, so they were retained. You can pick it up and eat it at any time when it's cooked.

Shuyun is also thinking about whether to let Bai Li bring someone to send some to Lao Kang. Don't send it, Shuyun is afraid that he will come to question him again, and he will say that there are good things that don't want him, and he is so good to himself. At that time, he had to apologize and apologize, and he had to entertain him before and after, and he had to rack his brains to answer all kinds of questions he raised.

If you give it away, I am afraid that he will feel that he is currying favor with him and showing weakness to him, and then he will arouse those bad thoughts in his heart, so he will be sad. Tangled!

After gritting his teeth, he decided not to send it, so why do you love it. Unexpectedly, Bai Li and Bayan took the initiative to find Shuyun. Ask Shuyun to send some watermelons and melons to the emperor. Otherwise, let the emperor know that there are good things that don't want him, and the two of them will definitely be scolded by the emperor again.

Shuyun realized that because of the last big cherry incident, these two unlucky children had already been criticized.

In the end, under the pitiful eyes of two big men who were more than 1.8 meters tall, and the little daughter-in-law, Shuyun had no choice but to compromise. Let them bring 100 watermelons and 10 baskets of various melons into the palace to marry Lao Kang.

Then the children resumed their normal classes, and Shuyun may have been born with hard work and still couldn't be idle. The five acres of fruit groves in the space were moved to the mountains, and the vacated land has not been cultivated.

So Shuyun finishes teaching the children during the day and has to farm at night, so she can't always let these five acres of land be idle, it's too wasteful. With the remaining 4 acres, there are now a total of nine acres of land, and since they are connected together, Shuyun plans to re-plan it, which will be easier to manage.

Two acres are planted with all kinds of chili peppers, and he and Chen Ce, as well as Xu and Lu's families, all love spicy food, and the shop is also selling chili noodles and dried chili peppers. Now I don't have many peppers in my hand, so I can just replenish them.

Two acres of spices do not move.

Expand one acre of olives to two acres, and now Zhuangzi eats all the olives squeezed oil produced in space, everyone says that it is delicious, and there are many people, the demand is large, and the existing oil is about to bottom out. When the time comes, the production will be expanded, and it will be possible to give some to Mr. Xu and Sister-in-law Osmanthus.

The remaining three acres of land are planted with soybeans and peanuts on one acre. One acre can plant bananas, pineapples, strawberries, watermelons, and various vegetables that are not available in the space orchard, and eat them slowly in the space by yourself.

Around the land, the bamboos that served as walls, Shuyun also adjusted, and used them to re-enclose the nine acres of land into a whole. The medicine garden was also cleaned up. The surplus bamboo, which had grown during this time, was moved to the hill, where there was still a small clearing, so that there was a small bamboo forest on the mountain.

When Shuyun was half busy and tired. Shuyun sadly discovered that Lao Kang, the plague god, is here again!

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