Chapter 690: Grow Watermelons Together
"Our aunt has taken the wrong road in front of her, and she can get lost and know her way back, and now it can be regarded as complete." Mu Xiu sighed, when she knew that Kang Kang was Li Guowen's child, she really felt incredible.
"The night before our aunt left, she talked to me for half the night, saying that she would not go the wrong way again, she cherishes her current life very much, and the happiness on her face can't be hidden, and the uncle you found for us is good."
"That's what I'm looking for, and they've seen it right...... Sister, your words are a little sour, otherwise, I will also find you a brother-in-law. Mu Xiu quipped.
"Go and go, the more you talk, the more out of tune, aren't you going home? Hurry up, go early and come back early, don't delay your studies. "Mu Xiaoshu is also going to clean up and go to the hotel.
"Well, then I'll go first." Mu Xiu looked at the time, it was indeed not early, she went into the house to pick up her schoolbag and rushed to the station.
"Mu Xiu is coming back soon." Chen Xiangyang has come to the door for the third time.
"Village party secretary, she said that she would come back at the end of the month, it should be soon." Zhou Shuilian is also very anxious, these days, the villagers who grow watermelons come to her house one by one to see if Mu Xiu has come back, but in this era, communication is inconvenient, and Zhou Shuilian can't determine the specific time when Mu Xiu will come back.
"There are a few days before the end of the month, and everyone is a little anxious, so let's wait." Chen Xiangyang had no choice but to wait for now.
"Village party secretary, let's stay for dinner at noon, let's have a few drinks with the two of us." Mu Shui said enthusiastically, now, Mu Shui's character is not as wooden as before, to paraphrase a sentence, money is a man's guts, and he is indeed much bolder now.
"Okay, it's fine anyway." Chen Xiangyang responded happily, he had been hungry for Zhou Shuilian's cooking for a long time.
"Let's call my sister-in-law and children to eat together." Zhou Shuilian said.
"Miao Miao has had a fever recently, she can't sleep well, your sister-in-law is with me, I'm so tired that I don't want to go out, I have to be scolded by her when I go back, either the sound of opening the door is loud to wake up Miao Miao, or the sound of walking is loud, I'm at home, it's really like being a thief." Chen Xiangyang vomited bitterness.
"Haha, just like Shuilian back then, Xiaohua didn't sleep well, and I was scolded all day long." Mu Shui said with a smile, he also had a personal experience.
Zhou Shuilian didn't think there was anything wrong with scolding Mu Shui at that time, but time had passed, and hearing Chen Xiangyang say it at this time reminded her of what happened to Xiaohua at that time, and she couldn't help but laugh.
"In a moment, you can bring some food back for your sister-in-law."
"Okay, she likes to eat your fried dishes the most." Chen Xiangyang is now close to the Mu family, and the relationship is good, so he is no longer polite.
Just when Zhou Shuilian brought all the food to the hall, Mu Shui and Chen Xiangyang picked up the wine glasses, and Mu Xiu's voice came from the courtyard.
"Dad, mother, I'm back."
"It's Muxiu who is back, you eat first, I'll call her in." Although Zhou Shuilian had long known that Mu Xiu was coming back in the next few days, when she heard her voice, she still walked quickly towards the courtyard excitedly.
"Xiu, I'm back, wash my hands quickly, and go into the house to eat." Zhou Shuilian couldn't close her mouth when she saw her daughter, who was thinking about her for a long time.
"I'm so hungry." Mu Xiu hadn't eaten a good meal in the past few days, and when he smelled the smell of rice, his stomach rumbled.
"It's tiring on the road." Zhou Shuilian said distressedly.
"Fortunately, I came back last night and rested in the county for the night." Mu Xiu went to the sink and began to wash his hands.
"Chen Zhishu and your father are eating and drinking in the house, you should go quickly."
"Why did Chen Zhishu come to our house?" Mu Xiu asked strangely.
"It's not for the sake of planting watermelons, if you don't come back, this fence of our house is about to be flattened by the villagers, and people come to ask you every day if you haven't come back." Zhou Shuilian said exaggeratedly.
"It seems that everyone is very enthusiastic about making money, I will eat first and start work in the afternoon." Mu Xiu returned to Zhenping County yesterday, and felt that the temperature was warmer than the capital, and during the day today, the sun rose and the temperature was higher, and it was just a few days to plant watermelons.
"Uncle Chen, you're here." Mu Xiu walked into the hall and said hello to Chen Xiangyang.
"Mu Xiu, you can be regarded as back." When Chen Xiangyang saw Mu Xiu, a stone in his heart finally fell to the ground.
"Let's have dinner first, Uncle Chen, you gather the big guys at my house in the afternoon, and I'll demonstrate how to raise seedlings." Mu Xiu picked up the dishes and chopsticks and began to eat.
After Chen Xiangyang was full of wine and food, he went to the radio station and informed the villagers who had signed a contract to grow watermelons to go to Mushui's house at this time.
Mu Xiu, Mu Shui, and Uncle Chen are already making preparations in the house.
"Dad, you take out a pound of eggshells that you have recently saved, soak them in water, put them in the yard, take a few more pots, and prepare some boiling water bottles and cold water." Mu Xiu confessed to Mu Shui.
"Okay."
"Grandpa, you move a long table and place it in the middle of the yard, and then help me put the scales and watermelon seeds next to the table."
"Okay, I'll go." Uncle Chen went to move the table.
Mu Xiu went back to the room, took out the booklet from the last registration of planting watermelons, took a few pens and a stack of paper, and sat down in the courtyard.
There are about 40,000 watermelon seeds in one kilogram, so one acre of land can grow more than 4,000 catties of watermelons, according to the average of 15 catties of each watermelon, then each acre of land is 600 seeds, one cent of land is 60 grains, according to the consumption of 20 percent, that is, 72 seeds per cent of land.
One pound of seeds is 20,000 seeds, that is, one or two kinds of seeds are 2,000 seeds, that is, one cent of land is seventy-two seeds, about ten grams.
Generally, seeds are given according to double the price, but Mu Xiu is worried that if some villagers sell the extra seeds to others, it doesn't matter if there are more than a dozen seeds, then if there are hundreds more, the thousands of catties of watermelons are deliberately sold at a lower price, causing a bad impact, she will have to compensate for liquidated damages.
"Mu Xiu, it's been notified." Chen Xiangyang stepped into the courtyard and said loudly.
"Uncle Chen, you go into the hall to rest for a while, and when everyone arrives, I'll call you again." Mu Xiu knew that Chen Xiangyang must be sleepy after drinking, so he said thoughtfully.
"Okay. Remember to call me. Chen Xiangyang did not refuse, entered the hall, lay down on the recliner, and soon snored.
After hearing the notice, some hurried to Mu Xiu's house, some slept in a daze, and had to stay stunned for a while before getting up, and some were working in the field, and wanted to go home to put away the farm tools, so they rushed to Mu Xiu's house.
Mu Xiu's family is in the innermost part of the village, and it takes ten or twenty minutes to walk from the head of the village, just like that, by the time everyone arrives, it will be two hours later.