Volume 1 Chapter 51 The watermelon is ripe
Qiao Bai runs on both sides of the school hall at home every day, and Qiao Xi is left alone at home during the day, she is not idle, embroidering a pair of large embroideries with her hands, and now it is just spring, she simply chose a pair of spring pictures to embroider, which is considered to be for the occasion.
She now has her own plan, she embroiders in the morning, and in the afternoon she goes to the field after a rest, and her peppers and watermelons will be picked immediately.
She is not the only one staring at the watermelon, but also her brother Qiao Bai, watching it go from a small seedling to a flower, and now the fruit is strong, and it is almost a foot in the door.
After a while, it happened to be the day when Qiao Bai Xiumu was at home, and I heard my sister say that the watermelons could be picked in the next two days, so I pestered Qiao Xi to go to the field.
Qiao Xi looked at it, and there was already a small part that could indeed be picked, so he picked one first and went home to eat.
Qiao Bai really wanted to take the watermelon from his sister's hand to his hand, how could Qiao Xi not notice Qiao Bai's appearance, "This watermelon is too heavy, you can't hold it, wouldn't it be a pity if it fell?" "She felt hard to hold, let alone her own little brother.
"Alright then, can I eat two more pieces later." Qiao Bai made his own little calculations.
"Okay, why not, but don't eat too much." In terms of eating, since making money, Qiao Xi has never been stingy, they are still children, and it is the time to grow their bodies, and they must not be sloppy.
"Got it. Sister, how much do you think this can sell? "He is now being brought into the eyes of money by his sister, and he can think of anything about money.
"I don't know, it shouldn't be low." Watermelon should be considered a rarity here, and the price of rare items is generally not cheap. And this watermelon has been blessed by her ability, and the taste is definitely more sweet and delicious. "Taste it first, and then talk about it."
When she got home, Qiao Xi put the watermelon in the water and washed it, picked up the kitchen knife and cut it into several petals, and the two sisters and brothers sat in the hall and ate it.
There are only two of them, a watermelon is too big, they can't eat it at all, Qiao Xi took a wooden basin and put some of the remaining watermelons on it, and sent a little to the Hua family and the Li family, even Qiao Siye's house She didn't miss it, her younger brother was picked up by him every day when he went to and from school, although she paid for it, but a village, since the relationship is good, it's nothing to give them a taste, by the way, I will borrow his ox cart tomorrow to go to the town.
Fourth Master Qiao still has a lot of say in Qiaojia Village, but there is an elder in their family.
"Grandpa, this melon is so sweet." The youngest grandson of Qiao Siye's family nested beside Qiao Siye, eating watermelon and saying with a smile.
"Yes, grandpa also thinks it's sweet." Fourth Master Qiao has lived for most of his life, and this is the first time he has eaten such a sweet melon, this Qiao family brother and sister are really different.
"Grandpa, why don't you eat it." The little great-grandson Qiao Ye took a piece of watermelon and handed it to Old Lady Qiao.
"Xiao Ye is really good, grandpa will eat one piece, you can eat the rest." Although Old Lady Qiao is old, she is in good spirits.
"Ah Lin, I think the three brothers and sisters of the Qiao family will definitely not be bad in the future, let's help if we can." Old lady Qiao used to go to distant places when he was young, and he saw more than the village, his family is generally good, but compared with the three brothers and sisters of the Qiao family, three children, two of them went to school, reading is the most expensive, and the three brothers and sisters who were despised were silent, who didn't want to live a good life, they all wanted to have money in their hands.
"Dad, if you don't say that I will, I don't drive the ox cart to pick up Qiao Bai every day, there will be twenty wen, but it is much easier than those who work hard, they are only thirty wen a day at most. I know. "Who doesn't envy him now that he has found a good job, and he can easily get twenty wen a day, and he can take care of his family at other times. Qiao Xi was worried that it would rain on a rainy day, so he specially built a shed for his family's ox cart.
"If you know, it's good." His own son, he knew, was a measured man.
After sending her younger brother away, Qiao Xi went to the field to pick a full ten big watermelons, moved them to the gate and waited for Qiao Siye to come back, she was going to take these big watermelons to Juxian Building to sell, temporarily priced at 300 wen a catty, if the sale is good, it will be sold in the town.
This time it was just a test of the waters, and there were not many plants, but there were a lot of fruits, and there were a lot of them lying in the ground.
"Brother Su, is Uncle Yang here?" When he arrived in the town, Qiao Xi went straight to Juxian Tower. The vegetables are selling well, and Uncle Yang is well-informed, and it is very likely that he knows watermelons, so she will not worry about selling.
"Yes, in the back kitchen." Now the business of Juxian Lou is good every day, so that the other restaurants in the town stare dryly, and they have found nothing to inquire about the news, and they are very depressed. "Come, I'll take you there."
"Brother Su, you should go and invite Uncle Yang out, I have brought good things here." There are too many things and too heavy for me to handle. He pointed to the watermelons on the ox cart outside the door.
Su Cheng looked along Qiao Xi's hand, and saw round and green things lying on the ox cart, seeing that this head was really big, no wonder she would say heavy, her body was indeed quite tiring, "Okay, you wait." ”
"Grandpa Lin, you take the ox cart to the side and sit inside for a while."
"No...... No. It's good, it's good. Fourth Master Qiao hurriedly shook his hand, he was completely out of place with this Juxian Building, and it was better to be outside.
"It's cold outside, come in and sit for a while." It's still a little cold, and I don't know how long I'll have to wait, but I can't make people sick.
"That'...... All right. Qiao Siye got out of the car, patted his body with his hand, and then walked into the Juxian Building and sat down.
"Xi girl, what kind of wind is blowing you here?" As soon as Yang Guang came out, he teased Qiao Xi.
"I've brought you something good, do you want to go and see it?" Qiao Xi ignored the ridicule in Yang Guang's words and made it clear.
"Good things, what good things need you to run for yourself, I have to take a good look."
"Well, it's all on the ox cart." Nu Nu said.
Yang Guang looked towards the ox cart, startled him, rubbed his eyes vigorously, and looked at Qiao Xi with unbelievable eyes, "Miss Xi, do you know what this is?" ”
"Watermelon, Uncle Yang knows it." The disbelief in Yang Guang's eyes couldn't escape her eyes.
"To know, to know." It was because I knew that I was surprised, this watermelon is a tribute, it is a product of Luo Suo, he has also seen it because of the master, but he never knows what it tastes like?
He actually saw the tribute in such a small place in their Daqian now, this watermelon can only be eaten by people in the palace, he is going to faint, no, he is really going to faint, "Su boy didn't hurry over and help me." ”
Su Cheng immediately stepped forward and helped the shopkeeper Yang, "Shopkeeper, are you okay?" ”
"Xi girl, your movement is not small." Either no one has planted them, or they can't grow them.
"Uncle Yang wants it?" Qiao Xi said with a grin.
I already laughed in my heart, this Uncle Yang is so funny, isn't it just a little watermelon, but he was actually hit, it's too exaggerated.
"Yes, yes, how could it not be." No matter how expensive it is, it's going to be.
"Three hundred wen is not worth two pounds." Qiao Xi said.
"Okay, Su boy let people get on the scale."
"Girl, how many are you?" If there were more, he would still be able to go to the county seat and knock a stroke hard. After the shopkeeper Liu of the county town came to taste the vegetables last time, he kept shouting that he wanted to eat such vegetables, and he had to force him to say who was offering the vegetables, or he explained many times before he gave up the idea, but this time let him taste some sweetness.
"It's okay, how much does Uncle Yang want?" There should be a few hundred catties, Uncle Yang won't ask for them all.
"I want as many as you want. I'll give Sioux City a trip tomorrow. Shopkeeper Yang said arrogantly.
"Okay, so I don't have to sell it myself." She originally thought that Uncle Yang couldn't eat it all, so she went to the county seat to sell it herself.
"Just give it to me, you don't know, if your vegetables can only supply me here, the county will come and rob me." Uncle Yang looked helpless.
"Juxian Tower in the county seat?"
"Yes, I can't give him vegetables, I can only give him some watermelon." If he pulls the watermelon over, he'll probably scare him out of half his life, which he just did.
"That's the case, I can't expand the cultivation of vegetables now, and not necessarily in the future." Now the family is too small, and there is no land to live in after buying a slave, so this is the only way for the time being.
"I'm just talking about it, I'm just talking about it, I don't know." The people who can provide him with this place are all he asked to come to the door later, and he also knows a little about the situation in her family.
"Shopkeeper, the watermelon is weighed, a total of fifty catties." Su Cheng reported the weight of the watermelon to Shopkeeper Yang.
"Wait, girl, I'll get you the money." Shopkeeper Yang walked to the counter and took the silver and walked back, handing the silver in his hand to Qiao Xi's hand.
"Thank you, Uncle Yang." After thanking the shopkeeper Yang, he put the silver into his money bag.
"Deserved." Not only does she earn, but he can also make a lot of money.
Fourth Master Qiao was already dumbfounded, and he didn't know what time it was.
This thing that their family ate yesterday is called watermelon, and it costs 300 wen for a catty, which means that a watermelon can be sold for more than one or two silver, obediently, this is silver, which is watermelon.
Qiao Xi sold it for 300 wen a catty, and if Juxian Lou wanted to sell it, it was possible to sell it for 500 wen, which was too expensive.
No wonder the boss Qiao Song and the old Qiao Bai can go to the school, they don't worry about money at all.
"Grandpa Lin, let's go." Qiao Xi called out to Qiao Siye, who was still in a daze.
"Hey, here we are." Fourth Master Qiao didn't dare to think about it anymore, for fear that he would scare himself.
"Grandpa Lin, I still have to go buy something." This time I may not be able to come out for a while, even if I go out, I will go to the county seat.
"Go, go, I'll be with you."