Chapter 22 The poor guy in Xizhong Village is causing trouble
The good news in the sweet potato fields spread quickly.
The whole Taoxi Village was filled with joy and excitement.
The villagers originally thought that this was an extraordinary blessing, but they did not expect that there was a second wave of surprises waiting for them.
Most of the watermelons in Taoxi Village are grown in the mountains, concentrated on the hillside behind the village.
Picking melons is a delicate job. You have to pick and handle them gently, and you also need to be strong enough to lift the melons. Therefore, all the people working in the watermelon field are adults, and children are rarely brought along.
I'm afraid that the children will be careless and accidentally knock the melon and crack it.
That was a melon that could be sold for fifty cents, and no one was willing to waste it.
After working all morning, the old men got tired and sat on the edge of the field to take a rest without going home. After resting, they continued working. As for lunch, the ladies at home brought them to them.
This saves you some time and allows you to do more work.
"I saw that this year's watermelons are growing well. They usually weigh two to three pounds each. The melon patterns are also beautiful. After a long time of work, I haven't seen any crooked buttocks."
The old village chief sat with a few old brothers, smoking cigarettes, the wrinkles on his old face smoothed out.
"I just said that I have been picking melons all morning, and I always feel something weird! There used to be at least dozens of crooked melons in an acre of land, but this morning I didn't see any!" The old man next to him clapped his hands and suddenly realized.
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Another person said, "Have you noticed that the melons this time have uniform and clear patterns, and the color is not the same as in previous years. The melons are green and transparent, and they look like jade!"
"What jade? People call it jade, green jade!"
"Aren't jade and jade the same thing? Hey, why are you so serious with me? What I want to say is that our melons this year are beautiful! Beautiful!"
The old village chief was overjoyed, "What's there to argue about? It's a good thing anyway. There's a bumper harvest over there with sweet potatoes, so we can't miss out on watermelons!"
The old man next to him said, "Looking at what you said, they are all grown by yourself. How can you win or lose in a fight between sweet potatoes and watermelons?"
The whole hillside suddenly burst into laughter, which spread far and wide.
In the watermelon field in the middle of the hillside, the young girl braiding her braids smiled and said, "The melons look good, but I don't know how they taste. Dad, why don't we open one and try it? I have been working for a long time and I am very thirsty."
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This is Chen Jian and his daughter Taohua.
Chen Jianhe was picking up watermelons from the basket when he heard this and cursed, "You're just greedy."
After a pause, he said, "Open two and give them to the old village chief and your uncles to try."
"Okay!"
Taohua responded, took off the portable knife from the waistband of her trousers, fished out a watermelon and opened it directly.
With a slight stroke of the knife, the watermelon split open easily, and with a crunching sound, a delicious sweet fragrance wafted out from the crack.
When the watermelon is cut open, the melon capsule inside is exposed. The color is beautiful red and the melon juice is full and overflowing.
The melon rind is only a thin layer!
I have been growing watermelons for many years, and I know they are good melons at a glance!
Chen Jianhe ran over almost immediately, staring at the watermelon.
Not only him, the old farmers on the edge of the field were also attracted, making bursts of uproar.
"Is this really the watermelon we grew? Why is it different from previous years?"
Their fields have never produced watermelons with such thin skins! There is also the color of the melon pods, and the fragrance of melons fills the air!
It’s different, completely different from before!
"Quick, have a taste!" the old village chief urged, and after everyone regained their senses, they picked up the melon segments and couldn't wait to put them into their mouths.
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After a while, each family in the watermelon field started a melon opening competition.
After a while, Taoxi Village ushered in the second round of explosive cheers.
"Amazing! The taste is amazing! After eating it, all the heat in your body is gone!"
“Exceptionally sweet! Once you take one bite, you won’t be able to stop!”
"I can't describe it! There is a word for it, by the way, aftertaste! Endless aftertaste! And I will never forget it!"
"Let me just say this, we are worthy of the price of 50 cents each!!"
"Ha ha ha ha!"
On this day, Taoxi Village was full of laughter.
In the memory of Taoxi Village people, this is unprecedented.
How could there be such a scene in Taoxi Village in the past?
As the oldest man in the village, his impression of Taoxi Village is also one of depression, silence and bitterness.
Like an old tree that is rotten inside, full of gray and decay, no matter how hard it struggles over time, it can only watch its leaves fall off piece by piece, and eventually die slowly.
But on this day, what I saw along the way was that the eyes of the people in Taoxi Village were shining with light, so bright that it hurt people.
That's hope.
The hope that grows from the hearts of people in Taoxi Village.
This rotten old tree in Taoxi Village finally sprouted new green branches.
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Xizhong Village.
It is adjacent to Taoxi Village, seven miles away, but the situation in the village is completely different.
It lies surrounded by water, and the village is surrounded by large tracts of rice fields.
In addition, the village chief has a way to make the villagers grow other agricultural and sideline products for sale in addition to farming, and they can earn a lot of extra money every year.
My life is not about being rich and powerful, but I am also self-sufficient.
Compared with Taoxi Village, which is so poor that a mouse would move away, Xizhong Village has a sense of superiority.
In the most magnificent brick house in the village, village chief Wang Jianzhong was sitting on a deck chair, serving a plate of fried peanuts and drinking wine, humming a tune in a good mood.
In the past few years, he has made a lot of money, and he has also accumulated a lot of prestige by helping the villagers get rich. Wang Jianzhong's life was extremely comfortable.
Then I thought that another sum of money would be delivered to me in Taoxi Village soon, and I felt even better.
The sound of the motorcycle braking and stalling sounded in the courtyard. Wang Jianzhong asked without raising an eyebrow, "Are the goods from Taoxi Village ready?"
"Uncle, there's something going on in Taoxi Village! A bunch of damn poor people dare to rebel!" The young man in the flowered shirt walked into the main room with an ugly face.
Wang Jianzhong frowned and put down his chopsticks, "What's going on? What's the matter?"
"Their goods are ready, but they are not selling them to us, but to another buyer!"
"Who will accept their goods except us? Someone wants to break the rules?"
"I've asked, but he's not from our circle! I don't know where the person they're looking for comes from!"
Wang Jianzhong's face darkened.
Because the land in Taoxi Village is not good, the maturity period of things grown in Taoxi Village is ten days and a half months later than in other areas, so he was not in a hurry after the initial quotation and waited patiently until now.
Just waiting for Taoxi Village to deliver it to my door.
As a result, he was intercepted?
"Uncle, what should we do now?" The young man in the flowered shirt said in a deep voice, "How about we just watch a large amount of money fly away?"
Yes, it's a lot of money.
Things in Taoxi Village don't look good, but when the goods are shipped to the county, they are actually only one and a half cents cheaper than others.
And their purchasing price is kept low, so the price difference they can earn from selling it is actually much more than selling other products!
It's almost like picking it up for free.
"Let's go to Taoxi Village. I want to see where those crooked melons and cracked jujubes can be sold!" Wang Jianzhong said in a gloomy tone.
Taoxi Village is the native duck that got its neck stuck in his hand and plucked its feathers at will.