Uncle Er's family has finished planting their fruit trees, so they'll be fine today.
Lin Xiaomian was finally able to sleep in. Ye Mo made breakfast downstairs and called her several times but didn't come down.
Just let her go.
This period of time is indeed quite tiring. If you want to rest, just rest.
Ye Mo had breakfast and walked to the reservoir. I don't know where the egg-bearing crayfish that was thrown into the reservoir yesterday was hidden.
Usually from May to September, there are particularly many crayfish laying eggs.
Due to the local climate, the crayfish came out last month. Now, the crayfish have begun to lay eggs...
Ye Mo moved his arms and took Xiao Mu back along the dam: "Hey, okay... just come to the melon field, okay..."
Li Xuebin turned on the phone and found that he had already arrived in Hongshan Town. Ye Mo asked him to come directly to the melon field in Gaoshanping.
When he got home, Ye Mo called out again: "Lin Xiaomian."
No response, this woman... fell asleep again?
Forget it, I'm too lazy to call her.
Ye Mo was about to go to the melon field when Lin Xiaomian stuck his head out of the window: "What are you doing?"
"The rice in the pot is still hot. Come down and eat before going to bed." Ye Mo said.
Lin Xiaomian rubbed her eyes: "Oh, okay. Are you going out?"
"The watermelon harvester will be here soon. I'll go over and take a look at the watermelons first," Ye Mo said.
When he came to the melon field, Ye Mo picked a watermelon and cut it into pieces without exploding.
You can feel that the rind of the melon is very crisp. The ripeness is different, and the condition of the rind is also different. Generally speaking, the rinds of Ye Mo's watermelons are a bit willful.
The flesh of the melon is all red, the color is very beautiful, the right kind of red.
The taste is very sweet, with no green flavor anymore, only the unique fragrance of watermelon. The maturity level is about seven ripe.
When a ripe watermelon is touched with your hands, the surface of the melon will feel smooth. If you play the melon with your fingers, it will make a dull sound of "pop bang". The sound produced by an immature watermelon will be a solid sound of "pop pop". If it makes a "pop pop" sound, then
It means that the melon is overripe. However, when there is a lot of rain during the fruiting period, although the sound you hear after picking the melon is solid, the melon is still ripe. In addition, for some tight-skinned varieties, the fruit will still sound 'thumping' when you pick it with your fingers after it is ripe.
The solid sound of ' should be treated differently.
Different types of watermelons differ in their ripeness.
Also, if you press the pedicle of the watermelon with your fingers and you feel elasticity, and if you feel the pulp cracking with a little force, it means the watermelon is mature.
When picking watermelons, they are said to be seven or eight ripe...these watermelons are not immature. How to explain it?
Watermelons are basically picked when they are ripe, because they have accumulated enough sugar. Seventy-eight years of maturity refers to the control of picking time. Watermelons in this period have a stronger skin and are less likely to crack. But watermelons
, is already mature.
When the watermelon reaches this maturity level, the pulp will further mature after being picked.
Watermelons that are seven or eight ripe are often referred to as 'red', which means they are very red without white flesh. If a watermelon that is very red has been stored for a few days, the pulp will become more mature.
Of course, it is best to pick watermelon when it is nine to ten ripe. At that time, the watermelon is the sweetest and has a crisp texture.
Seven-year-old watermelon has a lot of moisture and a crisp taste, but compared to highly mature watermelons, it still tastes a little bit different. These watermelons are sold to other places, and they are just right to pick when they are seven or eight-year-old.
‘Beep beep beep’, Li Xuebin’s car drove over.
Li Xuebin also brought an assistant over.
"Mr. Ye."
"Mr. Li..."
The two of them smiled. Ye Mo cut the melon he had just cut into small pieces and handed it to Li Xuebin: "This ripeness should be just right for picking in the evening or tomorrow."
Li Xuebin looked at the color of the watermelon. It was red, and the pulp had no sandy texture. He took a bite and found that it had a lot of water and a sweet taste.
Assistant Li Xuebin took out a small instrument and inserted it into the melon pulp: "9.7 sweetness?"
The center of the melon has a sweetness of 9.7. The area closer to the skin has less sweetness...
Li Xuebin looked at the measured values and nodded with satisfaction.
Watermelon is a common fruit in summer. Its sugar content is generally between 5% and 12%. Different varieties of watermelon have different sweetness. Among them, the more common unicorn melon has a sugar content of 9.4%.
Kirin watermelon with 9.7 sweetness is already very good.
The sweeter the watermelon, the better. It also has to have a good taste.
While eating watermelon, Gao Yuan called and said they had arrived in Hongshan Town.
Waiting for Gao Yuan to come over, Ye Mo introduced them to them and then opened some more watermelons.
The ripeness is basically the same, and the sweetness is also about the same.
It can be seen that both of them are very satisfied with these watermelons.
Regardless of appearance, taste, and texture, they are all top-notch. Top-grade watermelons, that is, relatively small quantities, can be sold separately from ordinary watermelons.
"It's 45 tons. We'll load one truck tonight, which looks like 23 tons. Tomorrow morning, we'll load another truck. The picking time for watermelons is after four o'clock in the afternoon... One truck tomorrow morning will be picked overnight, and we'll load it directly here tomorrow morning.
"Li Xuebin said: "5.5 yuan per catty. After loading the car, I will transfer the money to you. Time is a bit tight, can it be done?"
"No problem." Ye Mo said.
After Li Xuebin left, Gao Yuan came over and asked, "What is the quotation given by Mr. Li?"
"5.5 yuan."
"It's so expensive..." Gao Yuan hesitated for a few seconds and said: "I will also give you this quotation. I will send a car to load the goods after six o'clock tomorrow afternoon. The watermelons will be picked after four o'clock tomorrow afternoon... The watermelons picked at noon,
It is prone to cracking during transportation.”
"good."
Ye Mo started contacting people to pick watermelons.
Picking starts at four o'clock in the afternoon and loading is completed at eight o'clock in the evening...
Li Xuebin used a large truck, an extended freight truck with a load capacity of 23.6 tons.
Fortunately, the roads in the village are wide, and the road to Gaoshanping is also very wide. The car can drive directly there, and then reverse in the spacious area to reach the melon field.
The average weight of a watermelon is about 5.5 pounds.
23 tons, that’s more than 8,000.
Ye Mo contacted his second uncle, third uncle, Tang Xun and his family...
There are four people in the second uncle's family, three in the third uncle's family, and Tang Xun's family can have five people. There are also Xiaomian's eldest maid and eldest uncle... plus Ye Mo's side... a total of 19 people.
Li Xuebin will also arrange for a few people to come over to help load the truck. The manpower should be enough.
After two o'clock in the afternoon, everyone came to Gaoshanping one after another and entered the melon field to sort out the melon vines.
There are reserved aisles in the melon fields, with a width of 1.5 meters. A four-wheel drive orchard transport vehicle with a dump truck has a width of 1.25 meters. After combing the melon vines, the vehicle can drive into the melon fields...
Using a transport truck is definitely much faster than carrying it on a carrying pole.
There are four transport vehicles. The transport vehicles mainly transport watermelons over longer distances. For watermelons at short distances, shoulder poles and baskets are still used.
"Hey, Mr. Ye." Ye Mo and the others were having sex in full swing when Li Xuebin called.
"ah?"
"Are you picking?" Li Xuebin said.
"Not yet." Ye Mo said.
"The transport truck has already set off. We will pick it after it arrives." Li Xuebin said, "My assistant will go over to load the truck. After weighing it, I will transfer the money to you."
"OK."
Ye Mo continued the preparatory work before picking and waited for the car to arrive. The assistant explained to Ye Mo the precautions for picking and then started picking.
Two vehicles came over, a large truck and a small truck.
There are three loading conveyors on the small truck. This conveyor can transfer watermelons to the vehicle. Of course... there must be someone on the vehicle to take it.
The people on Ye Mo's side are responsible for picking, weighing and putting them on the conveyor. The people on Li Xuebin's side are responsible for placing the watermelons on the car.
The large truck is a semi-trailer, and the inside of the truck has been laid with straw. The watermelons must be stacked neatly. If the watermelons are not placed in a good position, many watermelons will crack during transportation.