bookcurios Chapter 207
Chapter 207
After staying in the village for a few days, many people came to my house to ask if I had any watermelon seedlings or seeds, and if so, whether I could buy them.
They were also shocked by the prices that Zhong Ruyi mentioned that day. They thought that if they could grow these watermelons that cost hundreds of coins or even several taels of silver each, they would never have to worry about food for the rest of their lives.
"Auntie, no matter how valuable these watermelons are, you can't use all your land to grow watermelons. Aren't you going to grow food?"
Auntie Tian said confidently, "A watermelon is so valuable. I can sell the watermelons and use the money to buy food, right?"
Zhong Ruyi fears this the most. If everyone rushes to grow water melons, and all the food in the fields is replaced by water melons, if there is a famine in the future, will they still have to rely on water melons to fill their stomachs?
She said seriously, "There are only so many people in our town. If you grow so many, so many others will grow as well. Who will you sell them to? If you were in my shoes, would you buy a watermelon for 100 coins?"
This question left Aunt Tian speechless. Yes, even if she could take it to other places to sell, but if so many people were growing it and she couldn't sell it, wouldn't that be a waste of money?
Seeing that she had taken his words to heart, Zhong Ruyi said gently, "Aunt, you can plant a few acres of land next year. There may not be anyone to buy in the surrounding villages, but you can move it to the town. There are many wealthy masters in the town, so there is no need to use all the land to plant watermelons."
The other people who came to visit in the main hall also listened attentively for a few words and felt that what Zhong Ruyi said was correct. Everyone who came today was asking for seeds and seedlings. Everyone wanted to plant and make money.
"Scarcity makes things valuable. Auntie, you know this, right? If you use all your land to grow watermelons, then everyone will grow them. Wouldn't the watermelons be cheap? Maybe you can't even sell them for a hundred coins. Wouldn't that be a waste of time and energy? Wouldn't you have to spend money to buy food?"
Everyone nodded and gave up the idea of using all the land to grow watermelons.
They were also attracted by the high price of water melons for a while, but they didn't expect so much. They also wanted to plant more water melons and sell them at a good price.
As a result, a basin of cold water was poured over their heads, which made them wake up.
However, even if you only plant a few acres of land, if you can really sell one crop for a hundred coins, it would be a considerable income.
With this mentality in mind, everyone left after they finished talking, saying that they were going to the fields to watch over the water melons and make sure they were not destroyed by birds or mice.
After dinner, Zhong Ruyi took out a big watermelon from the space. She is now becoming more and more unconcealed.
The family was naturally shocked, and Mr. Zhong kept asking where it came from.
"Dad, just eat as much as you want! Don't worry about where it comes from." Zhong Ruyi said with a smile.
Liu Yu Niang looked at her worriedly, then smiled and said, "Yes, Dad, don't you like eating watermelons very much?"
Mr. Zhong knew that his daughter had grown up and had her own little secrets. Although he felt a little sad, he still asked Zhong Laosan to get a knife to cut the watermelon.
Each person took a piece of watermelon and took a bite. It was both refreshing and delicious, but also felt strange.
Li Guihua carefully looked at everyone's faces and said cautiously, "It seems that I used that knife to cut garlic just now."
Zhong Ruyi was wondering why the melon smells like garlic today!
There was still half a watermelon left, so Mr. Zhong specially washed the knife before bringing it back to cut it. Before cutting, he brought the knife under his nose and smelled it carefully several times before he dared to cut. He really didn't want to eat the watermelon with garlic flavor.
The four children were only allowed to have one piece each, for fear that they would have to get up to go to the toilet at night after eating too much, or that they would get stomach upset after eating too much at once.
Tiedan's face was sullen, "Mom, can I leave a piece for Shuisheng?"
Li Guihua looked at her younger sister and when she nodded, she said, "Then leave your piece for tomorrow to Shuisheng, and you won't have any to eat, okay?"
Tiedan thought about it, nodded with a painful look on his face and agreed, after all Shuisheng was his best friend!
Cuicui and Shitou Xiaohe also raised their hands to indicate that they wanted to save a piece for Shuisheng and they would not eat it tomorrow.
"Do you like Shuisheng so much?" Li Guihua pretended to be jealous.
Xiao He hesitated for a moment and said, "Then I will divide tomorrow's share into two halves, one half for Shui Sheng and the other half for my aunt."
He even gave the remaining half piece of cake to his second sister-in-law, "This is for mom."
Li Guihua and Liu Yu Niang were so happy that they couldn't stop smiling.
Zhong Ruyi didn't expect that Xiaohe already had the potential for central air conditioning at such a young age. That's really great.
The other children followed Xiaohe's example and wanted to divide half of tomorrow's money to Li Guihua and Liu Yu Niang.
Father Zhong snorted coldly, "Don't you think about who bought this watermelon? Everyone wanted to give it to Shuisheng, and no one thought of giving it to your aunt!"
Now the children were in a dilemma. Each of them would only have one piece of melon tomorrow, and they had to give one to Shuisheng, one to their aunt, one to their second aunt, and one to their youngest aunt. How would they divide it?
"Okay, your aunt doesn't want your melons, so you can keep them for yourselves. I'll buy you more tomorrow!" Zhong Ruyi said with a smile. She really didn't want to see those troubled little faces.
really.
When she said this, not only the children's eyes, but also her third brother, Zhong's father and others lit up.
Mr. Zhong even coughed twice on purpose and said, "This watermelon is so expensive, you'd better not buy it. Wait until the ones in the field grow back and eat as much as you want!"
"It doesn't matter. I can buy it. Eat it if you want. When the ones in the field grow back, we can keep them for ourselves or sell them!"
The result of eating too much watermelon at night is that the family members have to take turns getting up to go to the toilet. Tiedan, who is young at this age, even wet the bed, and the sheets fluttered in the wind the next day.
Zhong Ruyi teased him deliberately, "Tiedan, do you still want to eat melon?"
Tiedan was not embarrassed at all and said crisply, "Eat!"
Shitou and Xiaohe went to the private school. Tiedan wanted to go find Shuisheng, but when he got there, he found out that Shuisheng had also gone to the private school. He forgot about it and could only give the melon in his hand to Aunt Zhao. "Grandma, this is for Shuisheng. Can you keep it for me and give it to him when Shuisheng comes back in the evening?"
Aunt Zhao didn't disagree. She bent down with a smile and touched Tiedan's head. "Then grandma will thank Tiedan on behalf of Shuisheng! When Shuisheng comes back, grandma will let him come to play with you, okay?"
"it is good!"
When Shitou and his companion came back, they brought with them a child that Zhong Ruyi had never seen before. She thought that this must be Shuisheng, the child that Shitou and his companions talked about every day.
Shuisheng followed the two of them to see her and politely called her "sister". However, his second sister-in-law, who was enjoying the cool air in the yard, corrected him, "Shuisheng, you should call her aunt like Shitou and the others, but not sister."
"Hello, auntie!" Shuisheng changed his address from Liu Rushan.
Zhong Ruyi smiled and gave some dried pork and meat floss to the children, letting them eat while talking on the stone table in the yard.