The next day.

The second uncle and their fruit trees have finished planting grass, and they are fine today.

Lin Xiaomian finally got a good night's sleep, Ye Mo made breakfast downstairs, and called her several times, but she didn't come down.

It's up to her.

During this time, I was really tired, and if I wanted to rest, I would rest Ye Mo had breakfast and walked to the reservoir. The egg-hugging crayfish that were thrown into the reservoir yesterday don't know where to hide.

Usually from May to September, crayfish hold a lot of eggs.

Due to the local climate, last month, the crayfish all came out for activities. Now, the crayfish have begun to hold their eggs......

Ye Mo moved his arm, took Xiao Mu, and walked back along the dam: "Hey, okay...... Come straight to the melon fields, okay..."

Li Xuebin turned on the phone, the person had already arrived in Hongshan Town, and Ye Mo asked him to come directly to the melon field in Gaoshanping.

When he got home, Ye Mo shouted again: "Lin Xiaomian." ”

No response, this woman ...... Asleep again?

Forget it, don't bother to call her.

Ye Mo was about to go to the melon field, when Lin Xiaomian poked his head out of the window: "What? ”

"The rice is still hot in the pot, you come down to eat, and then go to sleep." Ye Mo said, Lin Xiaomian rubbed his eyes: "Oh, okay." You're going out?

"The watermelon collector will come over immediately, I'll go over and see the watermelon first." Ye Mo said.

When he came to the melon field, Ye Mo picked a watermelon and cut it with a knife, but it didn't burst.

You can feel that the melon skin is very crispy. The ripeness is not the same, and the state of the melon peel is also different. In general, the peels of these watermelons are a little capricious.

The melon pulp is all red, the color is very beautiful, it is the kind of red taste that is just right, very sweet, the green taste is gone, only the watermelon has a unique fragrance. Maturity, seven maturity.

Ripe watermelon, touch the melon surface with your hand to have a smooth feeling, play the melon with your fingers to make a 'bang bang' voiced sound, unripe melon sound is a solid sound. If it makes a 'poof' sound, it is an overripe melon. However, when there is a lot of rain during the fruiting period, the sound heard after playing the melon is a real sound, but the melon is ripe. In addition, some tight-skinned varieties should be treated differently when the fruit is ripe and the real sound of finger flicking is still 'oo'.

All kinds of watermelons, discerning the degree of ripeness, are different.

Also, if you press the stem of the watermelon with your fingers and feel elastic, and if you use a little force, you will feel that the flesh will crack, which means that the watermelon is ripe.

Picking watermelons is said to be seven ripe and eight ripe...... These watermelons are not unripe. How to explain it.

Watermelons are basically picked when they are ripe because they accumulate enough sugar. Seven or eight ripe refers to the control of the picking time, and the watermelon in this time period has a relatively firm skin.

Not so easy to crack. But watermelons are already ripe.

When the watermelon reaches this ripeness, it will ripen further after picking.

Seven or eight ripe watermelons are often said to be 'red', red and not white. If the watermelon is red and left for a few days, the ripeness of the melon will be higher.

Of course, watermelons are best picked when they are nine to ten ripe, when they are the sweetest and have a crisp texture.

Seven ripe, with a lot of moisture and a crisp taste, but compared to high-ripeness watermelon, it still feels a little worse. These watermelons are sold to other places, and they are just right to pick when they are ripe at seven or eight.

'Di Di Di", Li Xuebin's car drove over.

Li Xuebin also brought an assistant over.

"Mr. Ye."

"Mr. Li..."

The two smiled, and Ye Mo cut the melon he had just cut into small pieces and handed it to Li Xuebin: "This maturity, picked in the evening or tomorrow, should be just right." ”

Li Xuebin looked at the color of the watermelon, red, and the melon pulp did not have a sense of sand, and after tasting it, it was watery and sweet.

Assistant Li Xuebin took out a small instrument and inserted it into the melon: "9.7 sweetness? ”

Melon heart, 9.7 sweetness. Close to the melon peel, the sweetness is smaller·

Li Xuebin looked at the measured values and nodded with satisfaction.

Watermelon is a common fruit in summer, the sugar content is generally between 5%-12%, and the sweetness of different varieties of watermelon is different, among which the sugar content of the more common unicorn melon is 9.4%.

The Kirin watermelon with a sweetness of 9.7 is already very good.

Watermelon is not always sweeter, it also has to have a taste.

While eating watermelon, Gao Yuan called, and they arrived in Hongshan Town.

Waiting for Gao Yuan to come over, Ye Mo introduced them, and then opened a few watermelons.

The ripeness is basically the same, the sweetness is about the same, and it can be seen that the two are very satisfied with these watermelons, regardless of the appearance, taste, and texture, they are the top. The top-notch, that is, the relatively small number of watermelons, these watermelons can be sold separately from ordinary watermelons.

"45 tons, load a car tonight, 23 tons. Tomorrow morning, another truck will be loaded. The watermelon picking time is after 4 p.m....... A car tomorrow morning, picked overnight at night, and come directly to load the car tomorrow morning. Li Xuebin said: "5.5 yuan per catty, after loading the car, I will transfer money to you." Time is a bit tight, can you do it?

"No problem." Ye Mo said.

After Li Xuebin left, Gao Yuan walked over: "What is the offer given by Mr. Li?" ”

"$5.5."

"It's so expensive..."Gao Yuan hesitated for a few seconds and said, "I will also give this offer, tomorrow after six o'clock in the afternoon, I will send a car to come and load the goods." Watermelons will be picked tomorrow after 4 p.m....... Watermelons picked at noon are prone to cracking during transportation

"Okay."

Ye Mo began to contact people to pick watermelons.

The harvest began at 4 p.m. and the loading was completed at 8 p.m......

Li Xuebin uses a large truck, a 23.6-ton extended freight truck.

Fortunately, the road in the village is wide, and the road to Gaoshanping is also very wide, so the car can drive directly over and then reverse in a spacious place to the melon field.

The average weight of a watermelon is about 5.5 catties.

23 tons, that is more than 8,000 Ye Mo contact the second uncle, the third uncle, and Tang Sui's family......

There are four people in the second uncle's family, three people in the third uncle's family, and five people in Tang Sui's family. There are also Xiaomian's eldest concubine and eldest aunt... Plus Ye Mo's side...... A total of 19 people.

Li Xuebin will also arrange a few people to come over to help load the car, and the manpower should be enough.

After two o'clock in the afternoon, everyone came to Gaoshanping one after another and entered the melon field to sort out the melon vines.

The melon fields have reserved aisles with a width of 1.5 meters. A 4x4 orchard transporter with a tipping bucket with a width of 1.25 m. After combing the melon vines, the car can drive into the melon field......

With a transporter, certainly much faster than carrying it with a flat pole with four transporters. Trucks mainly transport watermelons over long distances. Watermelons at close range are still carried with flat poles and baskets.

"Hey, Mr. Ye." Ye Mo and they were in full swing, and Li Xuebin called.

"Huh?

"Are you picking?" Li Xuebin said.

"Not yet." Ye Mo said.

"The transporter has departed. When the car arrives, pick again. Li Xuebin said: "My assistant will go over to load the car, and after weighing the weight, I will transfer it to you." ”

"Okay."

Ye Mo continued the preparations before picking, waiting for the car to come, and the assistant explained to Ye Mo the matters to pay attention to in picking, and then began to pick.

There were two cars, a big truck and a small truck.

The pickup truck has three loading conveyors on it. This teleporter can teleport watermelons to the car, of course...... Someone in the car had to pick it up.

The people on Ye Mo's side were responsible for picking, weighing and putting them on the conveyor. The people on Li Xuebin's side were responsible for placing watermelons in the car.

The big truck is a semi-trailer, and the straw has been laid in the compartment, and the watermelons must be stacked neatly. If the watermelon is not placed in a good position, it will cause a lot of watermelons to crack during transportation.