"God is still very appreciative, it didn't rain heavily so we built the house." Xu Quan held a large porcelain jar and swallowed the cow to drink, and spit out the tea leaves from time to time, "But as the old saying goes, there is a big drought and a small drought, but on May 13, since it rained on the thirteenth, I am afraid that there will be no less raindrops in the future, and it is nothing to delay our work, but we can't do the work, and the owner is worried." ”

Luo Xueyun handed him a cigarette and said: "I met Uncle Yunjiang on the road, and I chose a date, and it should be on the beam on the twenty-third day, and it will probably not rain yet." ”

Xu Quan nodded: "Let's follow the date, twenty-two years ago, I asked people to send the prefabricated panels over, the shelves were erected, and the owner also prepared the preparations, and completed the house as soon as possible, so that we can all rest assured." ”

Luo Xueyun looked at the busy workers who had already built the wall, as long as it was topped, the rest of the floor painting would be very fast, and the key rain would not be delayed.

Having said that, Xu Quan is a very interesting person, he calls him a very familiar brother, but he insists on calling himself the owner, thinking that it is used at this time, when it comes to settling accounts and dunning, there is no need to be merciful.

Although he didn't say it explicitly, the implication was very clear, what he asked Luo Xueyun to prepare was not only the meal for the guests when he was on the beam, the process of swaying peanuts and coins and buns, but more importantly, the final payment.

More than 3,000 pieces is not a small amount, not only the wages of their brothers who have been busy for more than a month, but also a large number of cement reinforcements, lime sand, and now at this time, cement reinforcements can be divided into plans and plans, and it is difficult to get money without money.

May 23 is already the seventh month of the Gregorian calendar, at that time, the payment for the cabbage is collected, which is enough to pay for a series of expenses to build a house, but it is inevitable that he will have to live a hard life.

He thought that he was going to the area to buy water tanks and bathroom products anyway, so why not make some money along the way.

Luo Xueyun entrusted the affairs of the family to the second sister in the lobby, and he went out in an ox cart.

Now that the early watermelons planted by a farmer are ripe and ready to go to market, he plans to go around a few nearby villages, go directly to the land to buy, use the storage space to bring to the area, and sell them along the way when he buys household goods.

To tell the truth, the farmers who dared to plant watermelons this year near Tianji were very bold because they dared to gamble.

A very important feature of the Commune era was that grain was the key link, with the goal of feeding the people of the whole country, and under the unified plan, the cultivation of cash crops was restricted.

Luo Xueyun, who came back from the Agricultural Science Station, learned from the pain and decided to keep up with the times, subscribing to mainstream newspapers every day, including local daily newspapers, evening newspapers, provincial newspapers and a well-known second-rate newspaper.

He saw a very interesting piece of news in it, for the sake of the freedom of watermelons of the people in the capital, it is stipulated that the minimum protected purchase price of watermelons this year is 0.07 yuan per catty, and the maximum retail price shall not exceed 0.25 yuan per catty.

With a full four-fold price fluctuation, it is possible to predict the room for profit, even if the citizens of the region do not have the consumption potential of the capital, it is not too much to earn a difference of more than a dime per catty from the countryside to the regional streets.

"Uncle, how do you sell this watermelon?"

The ox cart stopped on the ground, and Luo Xueyun saw the melon farmer and got straight to the point.

The melon farmer is forty or fifty years old, wearing a straw hat and carrying a hoe and walking around the melon field, and it is estimated that he should have planted two acres of land, divided into morning and evening seasons, one is ripe, and the other is generally the size of a fist.

"Baby, do you want to buy one or two to taste, or pull a car?"

"Hehe, it depends on the price of my uncle, if it is in place, I will cover all your land."

Luo Xueyun handed the cigarette to the melon farmer, and thoughtfully struck a match to help him light it.

"What are you doing, such a big breath?" The melon farmer was holding a hoe, comfortably swallowing clouds and exhaling mist, squinting at Luo Xueyun and said, "The nose is so smart, the watermelon will touch the ground when it grows well." ”

Luo Xueyun said with a smile: "We are all folks in the township, what do you have to say not to hide from your uncle, to be honest with you, it is the city (thumbs up) who wants to taste fresh, if the melon planted by the uncle is sweet and juicy, you don't have to worry about the watermelon being difficult to sell in the future, I will drive a tractor to your land, how much you will collect." ”

"Really?" The melon farmer's eyes widened, he ran to the melon shed, his hand was up and down, and Ma Li cut a big tooth for Luo Xueyun.

"The fertilizer is enough, it's red, fragrant and sweet, can you taste it?"

Luo Xueyun took it.

The watermelon is indeed very red, the aroma is fragrant, the juice flows down from the section, and the bite of a petal is full of teeth, and it actually eats the feeling in memory.

Sure enough, people are like this, when they can't eat it, they feel delicious.

"It's a bit of a lot."

He was telling the truth, after all, he had eaten seedless watermelon, and he remembered the taste of chewing on it in large gulps.

The melon farmer was not embarrassed, and said with a smile: "Just this variety, which one is the same." ”

Luo Xueyun said with a smile: "But the people in the city are delicate, and they always like to pick, uncle, seven cents and one catty, I will take everything in your field." ”

The melon farmer's face suddenly darkened: "The white radish is six cents a pound, dare to love me, this watermelon is a little more expensive than the radish gold, don't do it!" ”

"Uncle, that's not what I said, the radish has to be transported to the street for six cents a pound, and the bench sits for a long time, and it has to be picked and picked by others, and the bad ones have to be pulled home, how much time does it take to delay back and forth?

I went directly to the ground to collect this watermelon, picked it off and counted the money on the spot on a scale, what work is not done and what is not done, it is broken on the road, there is not sweet in it, I don't look for you to buy melons, how many things are saved! ”

Luo Xueyun looked at the melon farmer's eyes and continued: "Uncle, I promise you that as long as you plant melons in the future, I will come to harvest them when I give an order, even if other people's ones can't sell them." ”

The melon farmer shouted: "Watermelon is a fruit, how can it not be sold?" ”

"Uncle, it's because it's a fruit, not a grain or a vegetable, and the family has no money to spare, who is willing to pay real money to make a quick move, I'm afraid it will be difficult for a few families to buy it in the brigade, and it will be sold for a few hundred catties a day when it is transported to the commune, and I am afraid that it will rot in the ground after a few rains."

"Seven cents is too low, at least nine cents."

"Since Uncle has spoken, I'll grit my teeth and give Uncle nine cents, but Uncle has to do me a favor."

"What's the busy?"

"Help me introduce other people who grow melons in your team, set an example, say good things for me, when the time comes, your family will be nine points, and everyone else will be eight points, if this business is properly negotiated, I will be the first to come to you to buy melons in the future."

The melon farmer was thinking in his heart, but he didn't let go: "Look at your promise, I'm afraid that even nine points will make a profit." ”

"I don't have to make money, uncle, the tractor asks for money, the labor asks for money, I still have to post the book if it's broken, I still have to be scolded if it's not sweet, if it weren't for the relationship, to please this (Brother Thumb), I wouldn't do this thankless thing."

The melon farmer thought about it for a long time and agreed to Luo Xueyun's request, but he refused to sell all the melons, and only sold 2,000 catties.

Luo Xueyun gritted his teeth and the horse bones of Qianjin City, and then with the help of melon farmers, a brigade collected more than 10,000 catties of melons.

According to the gourd to draw the scoop, Luo Xueyun only ran three brigades with melons, and collected more than 20,000 catties of watermelons, if it weren't for the urgency of the principal, he could eat more.

After arranging his family's affairs, he packed his bags and set off for the region.