Dressed As An Ancient Heroine Control Group

Niu Da and Niu Da Niu stepped forward: "The wife is here."

Madam Niu said: "Don't worry, the head of the family sprinkled snake repellent powder in the manor early in the morning, and also took the children to check on the side, there will be no more snakes."

Hearing this, Yang Haiyan was relieved: "That's great, let's go, let's go and see the watermelon." If there is a ripe watermelon, it is best to cut it and eat it on the spot.

Madam Niu said: "You came all the way, do you want to rest for a while?"

Yang Haiyan said, "No need."

About 250 watermelons were planted on half an acre of land, but only 180 survived.

Yang Haiyan looked at the green watermelon field, her saliva was overflowing, and it almost didn't flow out. Not to mention, looking at the watermelons one by one, she was so excited that she wanted to cry. The old days were really hard.

Niu Dao: "These watermelons seem to be very big, but how can they be considered mature, does the wife have a way?"

Yang Haiyan doesn't know how to look at watermelons, or rather, she doesn't know how to tell whether a watermelon is ripe, but she can talk about it on paper. "When I first bought seeds, I heard from a traveler that there are several ways to tell whether a watermelon is ripe or not.

First: weigh the weight. The riper the watermelon, the lighter the portion. Generally, the same size watermelon, the light one is better, and the heavy one is the raw melon.

Second: listen to the sound. Hold the watermelon in your hand, tap lightly with your fingers, and make a crisp sound of "dong, dong", the hand of holding the watermelon feels a little trembling, it is a ripe melon; the sound of "sudden, sudden" is a reflection of high maturity ; The sound of "pop, pop" is an overripe melon; the one that emits a "click, click" sound is a raw melon.

Third: look at the appearance. The rind of raw melons is green and bright. The skin of the melon will darken when it is ripe.

Fourth: look at the navel. When the melon navel is ripe, it will sag. If you look at the ripe watermelon, you will understand the degree of sag. Combined with the comprehensive judgment mentioned above, it is not difficult to know the rawness of the melon. "Actually, there are several identification methods, but Yang Haiyan can't remember." Niu Da, you can choose according to these four methods, don't worry, even if you choose raw, it's fine, just accumulate experience. "

Hearing what Yang Haiyan said, Niu Da was relieved. According to what Yang Haiyan said, he chose four watermelons based on weighing the weight, listening to the sound, looking at the appearance, and looking at the navel. "Madam, how about these four?"

Yang Haiyan said: "Bring a knife and cut it open to see."

The private guard brought the knife: "Are all four cut?"

Yang Haiyan said, "Cut it open."

After four cuts, two were found to be cooked and two of them were half-baked.

Yang Haiyan said, "Cut the watermelon into slices, everyone can taste it." She took out a spoon and ate half of it herself. In one bite, the sweet taste of watermelon is so refreshing, so you have to eat watermelon like this. "Eat all of you, Niu Da, cut it for everyone."

Niu Da: "Yes. Is this half-cooked edible?"

Yang Haiyan said: "You can eat it, but it's not as sweet as the cooked one."

Naturally, cows are reluctant to waste, so they cut the half-cooked ones for the family to eat, and cut the cooked ones for Uncle Hong and others to eat.

Madam Niu: "Ah, this is so sweet, and the raw melon won't be wasted." The sweetness is different from sugar, but the sweet taste is the same as sugar water.

Yang Haiyan smiled and said, "It's not. Niu Da, take out fifty melons that you think are ripe later, and I'll take them away."

Niu Da: "Yes."

Based on the experience just now, Niu Da also has some judgments about whether the watermelon is ripe. Of the 180 watermelon vines, he chose 50 watermelons.

These watermelons are of a small variety, each weighing about eight pounds. Fifty watermelons are quite heavy on a carriage. In addition to watermelon, cauliflower and corn can also be harvested, so Yang Haiyan asked Niu Da to pick 50 cauliflower and 50 corn.

Cauliflower and broccoli are different. A broccoli can basically bear two or three fruits, but a cauliflower can only bear one fruit. Therefore, it is also half an mu of land, and there are about 800 cauliflower plants, but the output is one third of that of broccoli.

On the way back, Yang Haiyan kept thinking, how to sell watermelon? She thought of two sales channels, one is to slice, and the other is to sell the whole.

If you slice it, it costs two cents a piece, and a watermelon can be cut into forty slices. If the whole thing is sold, it will cost 70 yuan each. After deciding on the sales method, as soon as he arrived at the family room, Yang Haiyan asked Sister Lian to go to the county seat, bringing 24 cauliflowers and 24 watermelons with her. Two cauliflowers and two watermelons each from Hou's Mansion and General's Mansion, and the rest were sent to the restaurant.

The restaurant and Yang Haiyan knew each other because of broccoli, so after Mother Lian arrived, she went directly to the shopkeeper.

The little shopkeeper was polite when he saw Madam Lian: "Mother is here?" The little shopkeeper went to Qianfu's house that day to see Madam Lian, who was by Mrs. Qin's side.

Madam Lian said politely: "Hello, little shopkeeper, another batch of fresh vegetables is ripe for my wife's manor, and I specially sent it here. In addition, I received a batch of fruit, which is called watermelon. I wonder if the restaurant is interested in receiving it. , but the price of this fruit is slightly more expensive, one fruit costs seventy pennies."

The little shopkeeper was taken aback: "So expensive fruit? What kind of fruit is this?" Apple pears don't need to be so expensive.

Mother Lian said: "This fruit is called watermelon, and I have already asked someone to move in."

The private guard carried a basket with twenty watermelons in the basket.

The little shopkeeper and the shopkeeper can be considered a knowledgeable person in the county town, but this is the first time I have seen this kind of fruit called watermelon, and it is so big. "This... how do you eat this?"

Madam Lian is very confident in watermelons. After eating watermelons with her wife, she likes this slightly sweet watermelon, so when the little shopkeeper asked, she confidently said: "Do you have a knife? ?"

The little shopkeeper called someone to bring the knife.

Sister Lian cut the watermelon with one knife. Speaking of which, when the watermelon was cut, even if she hadn't eaten it, the shopkeeper felt that her mouth was a little dry, and the red fruit inside made people drool.

Then, Nanny Lian cut it one by one. According to Yang Haiyan's instructions, a quarter of a watermelon can be cut into ten slices, so she cut a quarter of a watermelon: "Little shopkeeper, please taste it."

The little shopkeeper picked up a slice and took a bite: "Delicious." The sweetness is just right. He has never eaten such a delicious big fruit, oh, this big fruit is called watermelon.

Looking at the attitude of the shopkeeper, Nanny Lian knew, "The price of this watermelon is 70 cents a piece. Like cauliflower and broccoli, you can provide 20 pieces a day. Does the shopkeeper want to order it?"

The little shopkeeper said, "I have to discuss this with my uncle." It must be decided, but the price is a bit expensive, so he did not dare to call the shots, "Please wait a moment, mama, I will call my uncle."

After a while, the little shopkeeper called the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper was a middle-aged man. I heard the little shopkeeper describe this fruit called watermelon just now, and the description was hysterical. Now that I saw the watermelon and looked at the red fruit, I was indeed a little surprised.

The little shopkeeper: "Uncle, this is the watermelon I said. The fruit in Mrs. Qin's Zhuangzi is also cultivated from the seeds bought from the travel merchants. You can taste it."

The shopkeeper glared at the little shopkeeper, first said hello to Mother Lian, then picked up a piece of watermelon and took a bite, and then... no more. The shopkeeper said, "Mammy, is this price too expensive? We don't have any opinion on broccoli and four cents a piece, but this fruit... seventy cents is not something that ordinary people can afford."

Mother Lian smiled: "This watermelon is only for a month, and it will be gone after a month. If you want to eat it again, it will be until next year. And the shopkeeper is too modest, and the guests who will come to your restaurant to eat are not ordinary people. What's more, for this month, the nobles in the county town set one a day, I'm afraid that twenty is not enough."

When the shopkeeper heard it, it also made some sense. Twenty pieces a day can be delivered directly to the noble family, so why bother to sell it to others? "That's still the same as broccoli and cauliflower. We are the only household in the county?"

Mother Lotus: "Naturally."

After leaving the restaurant, Nanny Lian went to Hou's Mansion and General's Mansion. After delivering the cauliflower and watermelon to Hou's Mansion and General's Mansion, Nanny Lian returned to town.

It's just that even the grandmother left on the front foot, and the restaurant on the back foot also sent two watermelons to the Hou residence.

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Yang Haiyan is not surprised that watermelons can make money. In ancient times, fruits were rare and precious, so they made money. Half an acre of watermelon can earn about 22 taels of silver, plus broccoli and cauliflower, vegetables alone can earn 30 taels, not to mention tomatoes.

"Madam..." Madam Lian called from the yard before she entered the house.

Yang Haiyan got up and came to the door: "Seeing how happy you are, it can be seen that the conversation was very successful."

Mother Lian said: "That's right, the shopkeeper still wants to bargain, this is the money collected by cauliflower and watermelon."

Yang Haiyan nodded, but didn't pick it up. The family's money was in charge of the lotus mama. Usually, the store's harvest was handled by the lotus mama, so she calculated the profit every month.

Mother Lian said again: "Then the watermelons we have here are probably not easy to sell. The town is no better than the county, and a watermelon is 70 yuan. Most of you are reluctant to bear it."

Yang Haiyan said: "The watermelon will not spoil if it is left uncut for two days, so the rest can also be delivered tomorrow. Moreover, the townspeople are not richer than the county, but those who are well-off will buy them. There are still twenty remaining. Six, 1/4 for each household's private guards, 1/4 for Uncle Hong and Aunt Hong, 1/4 for you, Aunt Fan and Aunt Yu, and the remaining 1/4 for Si Ya and Shoucheng ." Exactly two.

Sister Lian: "Yes, the old slave will thank the wife on behalf of everyone."

Yang Haiyan said again: "Take out another and sink it in the well water, and you can eat it when the adults come back."

Sister Lian: "Yes."