Chapter 690 Planting Watermelons Together
"My aunt took the wrong path ahead and could be lost and return. Now it is a perfect ending." Mu Xiu sighed. When she knew Kang Kang was Li Guowen's child, she felt it was incredible.
"The night before our aunt left, we talked to me in the middle of the night and said that she would not go the wrong way again. She cherishes her current life very much. Her face is unstoppable. The uncle you have found for us is good."
"I didn't look for this. They looked at her by themselves. Your words were a bit sour. Otherwise, I'll find you a brother-in-law, too." Mu Xiu joked.
"Go and go, the more you say, the less you can't adjust it. Aren't you going home? Go quickly, go early and go back early, don't delay your studies." Mu Xiaoshu also had to clean up and go to the hotel.
"Well, then I'll leave first." Mu Xiu looked at the time. It was indeed getting late. She went into the house to get her schoolbag and rushed to the station.
"Mu Xiu is coming back soon." This is Chen Xiangyang's third time.
"Village Party Secretary, she said she would be back at the end of the month, it should be soon." Zhou Shuilian was also very anxious. These days, the villagers who planted watermelons came to her house one by one to see if Mu Xiu had returned. However, in this era, communication was inconvenient, and Zhou Shuilian could not determine the specific time for Mu Xiu to come back.
"It's the end of the month in a few days. Everyone is a little anxious, so wait a little longer." Chen Xiangyang had no choice but to wait for now.
"Village Party Secretary, let's stay for lunch. Let's have a few drinks for us brothers." Mushui said enthusiastically. Now, Mushui's personality is not as dull as before. To put it in a word, money is the courage of a man, and he is indeed much more courageous now.
"Okay, it's okay anyway." Chen Xiangyang responded readily. He had been greedy for the dishes that Zhou Shuilian had cooked for a long time.
"Call my sister-in-law and the child together, and eat together." Zhou Shuilian said.
"Miaomiao has a fever recently and is sleeping uneasy. Your sister-in-law is accompanying you. She is so tired that she doesn't want to go out. When I go back, she will scold me. Either the sound of opening the door wakes up Miaomiao or walks loudly. I'm at home, I'm really like a thief." Chen Xiangyang complained loudly.
"Haha, just like Shui Lian at that time, Xiaohua had a bad sleep and I was scolded all day long." Mushui said with a smile, and he also had personal experience.
Zhou Shuilian didn't think anything was wrong when she scolded Mushui at that time, but as time went by, she heard Chen Xiangyang say that reminding her of what happened to Xiaohua at that time, and she couldn't help laughing.
"In a while, you can bring some food to your sister-in-law."
"Okay, she likes to eat the dishes you cook the most." Chen Xiangyang is close to the Mu family now and has a good relationship, so he is no longer polite.
Just as Zhou Shuilian brought all the food to the main hall, Mu Shui and Chen Xiangyang picked up the wine glass, and Mu Xiu's voice came from the yard.
"Dad, mom, I'm back."
"It's Mu Xiu that's back. You eat first. I'll call her in." Although Zhou Shuilian had known that Mu Xiu would be back in the past few days, she still walked quickly into the yard excitedly when she heard her voice.
"Xiu, I'm back. Wash your hands and go into the house for dinner." Zhou Shuilian couldn't even close her mouth when she saw her daughter who was thinking about day and night.
"So hungry." Mu Xiu hadn't had a good meal these days. Now that he smelled the fragrance of the rice, his stomach started to roar.
"You're very tired on the road." Zhou Shuilian said with heartache.
"Fortunately, I came back last night and rested in the county town for a night." Mu Xiu went to the pool and began to wash his hands.
"Secretary Chen and your father are eating and drinking in the house. You can go quickly."
"Why did Secretary Chen come to our house?" Mu Xiu asked strangely.
"It's not just for the purpose of growing watermelons. If you don't come back, the doorbar of our house has been almost flattened by the villagers. Every day, people come to ask you if you don't come back." Zhou Shuilian said exaggeratedly.
"It seems that everyone is very enthusiastic about making money. I'll have a meal first and start work in the afternoon." Mu Xiu returned to Zhenping County yesterday and felt that the temperature was warmer than the capital. Today, during the day, the sun rises and the temperature is even higher. It's just a few days before planting watermelons.
"Uncle Chen, you are here." Mu Xiu walked into the main hall and greeted Chen Xiangyang.
"Mu Xiu, you are back." Chen Xiangyang finally fell to the ground when he saw Mu Xiu.
"Let's have dinner first. Uncle Chen, gather everyone at my house in the afternoon. I'll demonstrate how to raise seedlings." Mu Xiu picked up the bowls and chopsticks and started eating.
After Chen Xiangyang had enough wine and meals, he went to the radio station and notified the villagers who had signed a contract to grow watermelons to go to Mushui's house now.
Mu Xiu, Mushui and Uncle Chen are already doing preparations in the house.
"Dad, take out a pound of egg shells you saved recently, soak them in water, put them in the yard, and then take a few basins, prepare some boiled water bottles and cold water." Mu Xiu explained to Mu Shui.
"OK."
"Grandpa, you move a long table and place it in the middle of the yard, and then help me put the scales and watermelon seeds next to the table."
"Okay, I'll go now." Mr. Chen went to move the table.
Mu Xiu went back to the room, took out the booklet for registering watermelon planting last time, took a few pens and a stack of paper, and sat in the yard.
There are about 40,000 seeds per kilogram of watermelon seeds, so acre of more than 4,000 kilograms of watermelon can be planted on an average of fifteen kilograms per watermelon, then each acre of land is six hundred seeds, and a cent of land is sixty-tenths. According to the loss of 20%, it is seventy-two seeds per kilogram.
A catty of seeds is 20,000 seeds, that is, one or two seeds are 2,000, that is, one cent of the earth is 72, about ten grams.
Usually, the seeds are given twice as much, but Mu Xiu is worried that if a fellow villagers sell the extra seeds to others, it doesn’t matter if there are more than a dozen seeds. If hundreds of extra seeds are added, the thousands of kilograms of watermelon will deliberately lower the price and cause bad effects, she will have to compensate for the liquidated damages.
"Mu Xiu, you have already notified me." Chen Xiangyang stepped into the yard and said loudly.
"Uncle Chen, please go to the main hall to rest for a while. When everyone arrives, I will call you again." Mu Xiu knew that Chen Xiangyang had drunk, and must have been sleepy and said considerately.
"Okay. Remember to call me." Chen Xiangyang did not refuse, and entered the main hall, lay on the recliner, and soon started snoring.
It was over one o'clock now, and many villagers were taking naps. After hearing the notice, some rushed to Muxiu's house, some were sleeping in a daze, and had to wait a while before getting up. Some were working in the field and had to go home to put the farm tools in place, so they rushed to Muxiu's house.
Chapter completed!