Chapter 10: Selling Melons

The official road, made of stone slabs and granite, was crowded with merchants, allowing three carriages to travel side by side.

On either side, ordinary people toiled under the scorching sun, and occasionally people squatted in the shade of trees to set up stalls for passers-by to buy.

Su Cheng tilted his head and sniffed the air, his nose was sensitive enough to distinguish tens of thousands of different smells.

The smell of all kinds of horse dung, cow dung, and donkey dung on the official road is very strong, even if there are farmers rushing to collect these and use them as fertilizer every day, the residual smell is enough to make Su Cheng nauseous!

After recognizing the aura of his convoy, Su Cheng hurriedly took action and ran wildly outside the bushes next to the road.

Agile and fast, no less than the galloping horses on the official road.

Half an hour later, Su Cheng finally saw the post station, where the officials could rest and stay temporarily, and the civilians could only go to an inn or a small teahouse not far away to sit and take a breath.

Before I even went in, I heard the little girl echoing beside the stable in a soft voice, "Xiaomo, Xiaomo, where are you?" ”

Su Cheng hurriedly hid in a cart full of miscellaneous items, and then pretended to hear her shout, poked his head out from between the boxes, and called softly twice.

Su Ci turned his head with a happy face, then reached out and dragged Su Cheng out of the cart, flicked his forehead with his fingers, and his little face suddenly tensed: "I thought you were lost, don't run around next time, or I'll put you in a cage!" ”

Just now he ate a whole deer raw, and now Su Cheng meowed and meowed, disguised to the extreme.

Just after eating and drinking, coupled with strenuous exercise, it was good to lie in the little girl's arms and sleep well, Su Cheng yawned and prepared to sleep.

Who would have thought that Su Ci didn't mean to sit down quietly, she usually stayed in Pei's mansion, where did she have the opportunity to see so many people from all over the world, looking around outside the post station like a little sparrow, and she was not afraid of being abducted.

I saw a group of people gathered around a large willow tree beside the road.

"Entertainer?"

Su Porcelain's eyes lit up, and she immediately squeezed towards the crowd, she remembered that she had only seen the performance of performing arts during the Chinese New Year, what chest crushed boulder and what swallowed sword.

Su Cheng originally closed his eyes and pretended to sleep, but at this time, he couldn't help but look curiously, wanting to see the excitement.

Pushing aside the crowd, plain porcelain stood aside.

I saw an old man dressed in linen under the willow tree, his gray beard was a little messy, holding a cane in one hand and spreading out the other hand to the audience.

It looked like he was selling something, but there was nothing around the old man, and there was a deep wooden barrel next to it, and a wooden spoon was placed next to the barrel, perhaps with water in it.

"Folks, do you want to buy watermelons?"

"Sweet and crispy big watermelon~"

"This big brother, do you eat watermelon?"

The man was rickety, and after asking around, he finally came to the front of Su Porcelain.

Su Cheng squinted his eyes and was a little puzzled, the surroundings were empty, could he hide the watermelon in that wooden barrel?

It's just that at this time, he finally saw the thing in the palm of the middle-aged man's hand, and it was a few watermelon seeds!

In the scorching sun, if there is a cold big watermelon to relieve the heat, it must be a fairy treatment.

After looking around, the old man said in surprise: "None of you buy watermelons?" ”

"I'm dying of thirst, my husband will bring me two!"

A middle-aged man in linen clothes sweated profusely and squeezed in, presumably tortured by the scorching sun.

"Okay, wait a minute."

The old man used the cane in his right hand to cut a mark on the ground, and he exaggerated to the people around him: "As long as I scatter watermelon seeds here, it will immediately bear melon fruits, do you believe it or not?" ”

The crowd of onlookers immediately coaxed, "Don't believe it! ”

The little porcelain girl looked forward to it, she had never seen this form of trick before.

Su Cheng in her arms had the same expression, wanting to see how this old man could conjure a watermelon in front of everyone.

There were more and more people watching the excitement, and those vendors and pickers all heard the news, and a large circle of people surrounded them.

The old man handed the cane to his left hand, then scooped a spoonful of water from the barrel with a spoon and poured it on the soil covered with watermelon seeds.

"Sprouts, sprouts......"

Caught off guard, a small, verdant thing popped up in the damp earth!

A sprout indeed.

There is no need to look at the lively people's reminders, Su Cheng also knows that the exclamations continue to come out.

"It's really growing!"

"What kind of trick is this?"

"Interesting, interesting."

The onlookers began to heckle like this.

"Grow taller, grow taller!"

The melon seller ordered to the ground, and the sprout grew higher and higher, and it looked exactly like the real thing.

The watermelon sprouts continued to grow with the old man's voice, and even climbed along the willow tree next to it, and the leaves became much more luxuriant.

Bright flowers bloom between the leaves.

The cheers of the people around them came and went, and they were almost stunned by the scene in front of them!

"How could it be..."

"Is this a trick or a spell?"

"Can you eat melons?"

Su Cheng watched the flowers wither, and the old man was still chanting - "Bear melons, bear melons, bear melons!" ”

As soon as the melon seller spoke, the place where the flower had just bloomed immediately swelled with fruit.

The fruit is getting bigger and bigger, and there are big round watermelons hanging between the watermelon vines and leaves!

"Is it a spell?"

Su Cheng's eyes flickered a little, if it was really a spell, then he had to be careful, so that the righteous people could get rid of him as a monster.

The old man picked two watermelons from the melon vine and handed them to the merchant before.

The merchant's hands trembled, and he took a few copper coins from his pocket and handed them over.

In an instant, the melon vines and melon leaves immediately disappeared without a trace, except for the two large watermelons held by the merchant!

"Wow!"

"What a god!"

Instantaneous exclamations rang out, and the sound of gasping continued to be heard.

"Is it an illusion? Can you eat this watermelon? The questions in Su Cheng's head kept popping up, a random melon seller on the side of the road actually had a feeling of being a master in the world, and the water was a little deep.

"Does anyone else want to buy melons? Fresh big watermelon, fragrant and sweet! ”

The melon seller counted the copper coins in his hand and continued to sell.

At this moment, the people around who were watching the excitement suddenly became calm, and shouted one by one: "I want one!" ”

"Give me one!"

"Is this melon sweet?"

"No sweet, no money!"

People who buy melons keep appearing, and the melon sellers are repeating the actions just now and continuing to grow melons.

But this time, the melon vine is covered with large watermelons.

The melon seller used the knife in his hand to cut off the melons on the vine one by one, "Don't panic, everyone, the quantity is definitely enough to eat!" ”

Su Cheng felt that things couldn't be so simple, if there was such a magical spell, he would have been famous all over the world for a long time, and it was impossible to sell melons on the roadside outside the post station.