Arrive at the construction site where Xiaomian’s parents are.
This is a two-story small bungalow with a brick-concrete structure. There are a total of twelve plasterers and handymen.
They do more work and earn more.
The price here is high, but the construction time is tight.
They also left work at about the same time as Ye Mo's parents before, but they came earlier. Basically they came at six o'clock in the morning and finished work at 11 o'clock. They came here around five o'clock in the afternoon...
There is no way, the sun in August is even more intense.
"Uncle." Ye Mo shouted as he drove by and saw Xiaomian's father picking out cement mortar.
"Hey." Lin Shan responded with a smile.
"Your son-in-law, come here, do you want to take a rest?" A dark-skinned woman next to him said with a smile.
"I'll pick the cement in and take a rest." Lin Shan laughed.
Ye Mo got out of the car, opened the trunk, carried more than thirty kilograms of watermelon in his arms, and went into the house.
Xiaomian's mother was laying bricks when she turned around and looked over: "Why are you here?"
"I brought a big watermelon here." Lin Xiaomian said: "Uncle Liu, Uncle Wang, Auntie... After everyone has finished the work at hand, take a rest and eat watermelon."
"Oh, such a big watermelon is not bad."
"You guys wait a minute, we have just used up the cement and we will take a break." Carpenter Liu said, "Where did you buy this watermelon? How much does it cost per catty."
Now is the season when watermelons are on the market in large quantities.
This year's watermelon is a bit expensive. They used to buy it in town for two yuan per catty. Large watermelons, that is, watermelons that weigh more than ten or twenty kilograms or even larger, cost 1.5 yuan per catty.
"Ye Mo grew his own watermelon." Lin Xiaomian said.
"You grew such a big watermelon?" Lin Shan put down the cement mortar, looked at Ye Mo, and said with a smile.
"This is the smallest one. There is a watermelon weighing more than 60 kilograms in the car." Ye Mo said with a smile.
"There are even bigger watermelons in the melon field. The largest watermelon is estimated to weigh more than 100 kilograms."
"A watermelon weighing more than 100 kilograms is very rare. What kind is it?"
"Extra large melon. The seedlings I bought at the flower market in Huacheng seem to be grafted melons. I don't know what kind of seedlings they are."
"The largest watermelon I ever grew weighed more than 100 kilograms and required two people to lift it." A short and thin man said with a smile: "That was more than ten years ago. There are not many varieties of large watermelons now."
When Ye Mo was a child, watermelons were grown in his hometown. The watermelons grown at first were all very large, weighing several dozen kilograms, which was very common. Occasionally, one weighing hundreds of kilograms would appear. But at that time, one would occasionally appear
,two……
Nowadays, there are farmers who specialize in growing large watermelons. A watermelon uses several vines to transport nutrients. One watermelon weighs more than 100 kilograms, which is of normal size. Several vines, that is, several melon seedlings, transport nutrients to one watermelon... using grafting.
Way.
A single vine at Ye Mo's side can grow more than a hundred kilograms, and even more than two hundred kilograms of watermelon. Although it is not beyond people's awareness, it is still very rare.
Ye Mo went over to help carry a few buckets of cement mortar, and when all the reconciled cement mortar was used up, everyone stopped working.
Lin Xiaomian took a knife and cut the watermelon.
This watermelon is too big. Cut it in from the middle and turn it in a circle, but the watermelon is still connected.
Ye Mo started to break open the watermelon, and everyone washed their hands and walked in.
"Okay, such a big watermelon has no hollow inside. Judging from the color, it must be very sweet." The short and thin man said with a smile.
"I know you've grown watermelons before, so stop yelling and taste them." Lin Shan took the knife and helped divide the watermelons.
One piece per person.
On this hot day, there is nothing more enjoyable than taking a bite of juicy and sweet watermelon.
Holding the watermelon in their arms, everyone ate it with big mouthfuls, and each one said with a smile: "It's sweet, and it's still watery."
"Hahaha……"
Each person got a big piece, and some were left.
For a dozen people, a piece of watermelon weighed about two kilograms, and there was still some left.
Zhou Yue, a short and thin man, quickly finished the watermelon in his hand and said, "Give me another piece."
"You don't know how to do it yourself." Lin Shan.
"I'll just do it myself, so you're welcome." Zhou Yue said with a smile.
"Eat it. Such a big watermelon can't hold you to death."
"After I finish eating, I still have some in the car," Ye Mo said.
"Hahaha, good..."
"This watermelon would be even more delicious if it had been chilled."
"When the next batch of watermelons is ripe, I will freeze them and bring them to you," Ye Mo said.
Zhou Yue chuckled and said: "Okay. Watermelon is still delicious when iced..."
"Hurry up and eat it, such a big watermelon can't stop your mouth." Zhou Yue's wife said angrily, and then looked at Ye Mo: "Uncle Zhou, you are usually not very good, don't mind.
"
"I still have a lot of watermelons over there. When they are ripe, I will send some to everyone every day to ensure that there are enough."
Zhou Yue said with a smile: "If you weren't Lin Shan's son-in-law, I would even want to sworn sworn brothers with you."
"You two are sworn brothers, I don't mind. At worst, you can call me Uncle Linshan from now on..."
Everyone who works together has a good relationship. They talk, laugh, and have fun...
"You guys eat too." Xiaomian's mother said as she watched Ye Mo and Lin Xiaomian share a piece and had already finished eating.
"I just sent one to my mother, and I've already eaten some," Ye Mo said.
After more than a dozen people finished eating a watermelon weighing more than thirty kilograms, Ye Mo cut another watermelon weighing more than thirty kilograms and carried half of it over.
After eating watermelon, everyone sat down to smoke cigarettes and rest for a while.
Ye Mo and the others also said goodbye and went to their father's place.
Dad and Ye Ran are using the excavator to dig the foundation of the house.
There are only three people on the homestead side, Ye Dad, Ye Ran, and a project supervisor. There are many people in the orchard not far away, and they are setting up drip irrigation.
"Dad, Ye Ran... Manager Xiang, let's take a break and eat watermelon." Ye Mo parked the car and took out the watermelon.
"Oh, such a big watermelon." Dad saw the more than 60 kilograms of watermelon and said with a smile: "Did it grow in the mountains?"
The watermelon is planted in the innermost part of the durian forest, which is very remote and you can't even walk there.
"This is a small watermelon." Ye Ran said: "Ye Mo doesn't know how to grow watermelons. The largest watermelon weighs more than one hundred or two hundred pounds."
Father Ye saw that Ye Mo and the others had brought a lot of watermelons. He washed his hands and cut the remaining watermelons into pieces. Seeing that the watermelons were not broken, he went out and shouted: "Chen Shan, Chen Laosan, Ye Laoer..."
One weighs more than 60 kilograms, the other weighs more than 30 kilograms, plus half.
"What are you doing?"
There are thirty or forty people laying drip irrigation in the orchard. Tang Xun, his father, and his father-in-law are all here...
"Tell everyone to put down what they are doing and come here quickly." Father Ye's anxious voice shouted: "Hurry up, hurry up, something happened."
"What happened?"
The second uncle was a little anxious when he heard Dad Ye's tone, so he put down his work and trotted over.
Everyone also put down their work and ran over.
"Hurry up." Father Ye smiled nervously.
Uncle Ye Mo ran over first, panting: "What happened?"
Dad Ye laughed and said, "I asked you to come over and eat watermelon."