Lao Jiang soaked his feet, and the three of them felt warm all over. But what was even hotter was the hearts of Song Youde and Song Sancheng.
Nothing but the fact that two new tricycles were in the yard, it was really hard for them not to be excited!
Even old man Li didn't leave, but sat aside and waited with relish.
Only the seventh cousin, who was preparing to prepare dinner, snorted coldly:
"There are no leftover buns in the kennel! It's not dark yet. It would be great to do some more work. You have to show off that you have a car."
They are all brothers in the same family, and the seventh cousin has always had this character, so everyone is used to it.
Song Youde’s beard curled up:
"What do you know? This is my granddaughter's tribute to me! Besides, I haven't had much work lately..."
"Ah!"
The seventh cousin also sneered: "I heard last night that you were going to plant watermelons in Taolin. Where are the watermelon seedlings?"
"They also said that golden cherry trees should be planted on the edge. Where are the golden cherry trees?"
"They also said that they would plant some more loofah pumpkins in the corners over there. Have they been planted?"
"Didn't I say that we will pick white fungus today? Where is the white fungus?"
He had prepared rock sugar lily, dried lotus seeds, and even after waiting for a whole day, he didn’t see a piece of white fungus!
Song Sancheng was a little unconvinced by what he said: "Cousin, we have farm work every day, why don't you want us to take a break? Right, my dear?"
What can Song Tan say?
On one side is the arrogant chef, and on the other side is his biological father and grandfather.
She simply got in the car again:
"What's that, Brother Yanping, you watch them practice driving, don't go through the bumpy roads. I'll go to the town to take a look at the watermelon seedlings. I just heard from the courier guy this morning that someone is selling them."
Zhang Yanping quickly yelled: "Don't look at it in the town! I know a seedling seller who sells watermelons grafted with pumpkin seedlings, unicorn melons, stone seam melons, seedless melons, etc. They all grow big and sweet!"
"no, I'm fine."
Song Tan also started the car: "I just like the old variety of flower-skin watermelon. I grow it myself and don't choose these."
It’s not that the grafted one is not good, the grafted one must have advantages in terms of nutrient delivery and growth, but the problem is that her aura is thin and her agricultural experience is all about native species, so it’s better to be conservative at the moment.
Zhang Yanping is not as good at farm work as she is!
At this moment, he just nodded pretendingly: "Jin Yingzi has also heard the news, maybe it will be shipped in two days, don't worry."
Song Tan is not in a hurry.
It is also good to have an alternating period of planting, so that the flowers can continue to bloom and the bees will be full.
She said she wanted to see the watermelon seedlings and it was true.
People who are more diligent start sowing early melons in March. She waits until early April and wants to catch early melons on the market, so she has to choose other people's finished seedlings.
Fortunately, it is not far from the town. In recent years, greenhouses and seedling breeding bases have been built in large areas of farmland. Now it is easy to choose some popular seedlings.
It was only around two o'clock in the afternoon, and by the time she came back after picking out the seeds, her father and her grandfather would probably be almost done driving.
It happened that everyone was going up the mountain to plant watermelon seedlings when the sun was not so hot.
The land was plowed when peach trees were planted. Now all you need to do is dig holes for planting. After all, it has spiritual energy, extensive management, and is simple.
Driving from home to the town, it was much closer than the city. In just over 20 minutes, the car arrived at the greenhouse agreed upon in advance.
Now that the weather is perfect, several greenhouses have rolled up plastic films to allow the plants to ventilate and maintain light.
When I entered the shed, I saw that everything was green and green, which was very pleasant.
"You want to buy watermelon seedlings?"
The uncle who came in had a dark skin. When he saw Song Tan, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then glanced behind her. Finally, he dared to believe that the person in front of him was the beautiful girl with snow-white skin who was going to farm.
Song Tan nodded:
"Yes, I am from Yunqiao Village. My family has an orchard this year and I want to plant some watermelons in the orchard."
"Oh," the boss then came back to his senses: "I know about Yunqiao Village. Do you want interplanting in the orchard? Then the seedlings you use for this acre of land will be much less than usual. You can pick them first.
, come, take a look at the seedlings first."
The boss knew the way well and took her into the greenhouse next door: "We are all fellow villagers, and I won't cheat you. If anything happens, just come here to see me. I can run away, but my greenhouse can't run away. Once the planting is done,
You will come again next year.”
Song Tan nodded.
She knew what the boss meant, so she wanted to buy with confidence and give her a verbal guarantee.
For folks in the countryside, although some people choose to cheat others, most of the time, if you want to do local business for a long time, you care about reputation.
"Why does this seedling look a little weak?"
Word of mouth is word of mouth, reality is reality, and Song Tan doesn't hesitate to ask questions.
The boss was sincere: "This is an early-maturing seedling, and the melons will be small. They can be sold at the end of May or early June."
"Don't look at the seedlings as they are a bit weak. That's just how they are. It's not a matter of planting. If you go back and plant them, try them. Keep a vine on each plant. The melons will definitely be sweet. I won't let you down."
"Normally, a thousand seedlings like this can be planted in one acre of land. But if you want to interplant, then eight hundred, it depends on you."
"But if you want to plant more sparsely, you can't choose such small seedlings. You need another variety with stronger seedlings."
He turned right along the way and entered another greenhouse: "Look, this kind of medium-ripening one will take a month later than the previous one, but you can keep two vines of this kind of melon, and one plant will produce two or three melons."
"If you want to interplant this with fruit trees, you can have 300 to 500 trees per acre. No more. The vines are too strong and take up space."
"There are better ones, but this one, I tell you the truth, girl, not many people buy this seedling now."
why?
The watermelons it bears are too big.
"Nowadays, there are only two, three or four people in a family, and melons that are too big can't be eaten in one go. They can't be stored in the refrigerator. Generally, the ones that are sold are not as good as small watermelons."
This is true. When Song Tan saw such a big melon, he would not thank him. Because it was really too big, and they all looked like big winter melons.
If you put winter melon in the supermarket and only buy one ring at a time for cooking, you can imagine how many people need to eat this watermelon?
It can be digested in his current big family, but the problem is that it is really inconvenient to take out.
She turned her head without hesitation: "Is the melon produced by your smallest seedling a little smaller?"
"Yes," the boss said truthfully.
"If you sell early melons, you choose small seedlings. I'm not trying to fool you. Look at how expensive watermelons were when they first came on the market! It's hard to sell a big one, so they have to be this small."
"When the weather gets hotter, we can sell these later-ripening varieties, which are larger, cheaper, and don't taste painful."
What he talked about was his own experience, and Song Tan listened carefully.
Look at these days, everyone who sells melon seedlings must first understand the market clearly. They are really gaining knowledge every day.