At this time, they didn't dare to trouble Hua Zhao anymore. If they failed again, it wouldn't be 15 years. They were committing a crime against the odds, and if they refused to repent, they might be shot!
Huashan's intuition about danger is very accurate.
The villagers are very satisfied with this result. At least within 15 years, they will not have to face Huazhenniu again! If you have more contact with them, you will know that among the sons of Huashan, the eldest and fourth are the worst!
Now that the eldest and fourth eldest brother are dead, it’s great!
The even happier thing is that the day before the snow fell, everyone harvested their melon seeds!
The big ones harvested 300 to 400 jins, and the small ones also gained about 200 jins. This is real food. Not only can you eat it, but you can also sell it for money!
People in the city have no land and are short of everything! They just don’t lack money! Especially during the Chinese New Year, who wouldn’t buy two kilograms of melon seeds? Otherwise, the neighbors will laugh to death!
But what makes me a little worried is that these melon seeds are so fragrant that I can’t bear to sell them. As soon as I said they were all sold, the children at home started to cry and couldn’t be coaxed, so I had to leave some for them, and not enough!
It’s all money~~I feel so sad~
Aunt Ma approached Hua Zhao again: "How do you think we can sell these melon seeds? How much should we sell them for?"
"I suggest you fry and sell them. The cooked ones are more valuable than the raw ones," Hua Zhao said.
Aunt Ma nodded repeatedly: "It's easy to say, everyone knows how to stir-fry melon seeds, some with a strong fire and some with a light fire, but you will become proficient after frying in a few more pots."
"How much do you plan to sell it for?" Hua Zhao asked.
Aunt Ma was worried: "No one in our village sold melon seeds in the past. I planted a few melon seeds in front of and behind the house, which was enough for my children to eat. How could I sell any extra? But I asked around and the supply and marketing cooperative sold 2 melon seeds.
It’s 5 cents per catty. Let’s sell it for 3 cents!”
Some people even went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some and came back to taste it. They said it was incomparable to the melon seeds in their village! They couldn't sell them for 25 cents in the sky or on the ground, otherwise they would lose money.
"Three cents is a big loss, let's sell it for five cents," Hua Zhao said. In fact, she wanted to sell it for three cents, but she knew that was impossible.
In Beijing or Shanghai, it might be OK, after all, the melon seeds are worth the price. But not in this small county, if you ask for 3 yuan, you will get slapped with a price.
Aunt Ma suddenly felt a little embarrassed. She wanted to say something but didn't dare.
"Aunt Ma, when I said you are like my own aunt, I was scolding you. You also know what my aunts are like, but you must understand what I mean. Regarding our relationship, you can't say anything directly if you have anything to say.
?" Hua Zhao said.
Aunt Ma smiled: "Why don't you? I really want to be a city dweller. I'm embarrassed to speak so politely. Then I'll tell you straight, I don't want to sell melon seeds by myself. Although the autumn harvest is here,
But the work in the fields is not over yet. If you don’t work for a day, you will earn less work points for a day. Now every family has melon seeds and wants to sell melon seeds. Everyone is asking for leave, and the captain will not agree!"
At this time, there is no distribution of crops to each household, so people have no leisure time. There is always work in the production team to keep people busy. After the autumn harvest, the land must be prepared, manure must be dug, fertilizers must be applied, and people must be pumped to the distant reservoir.
Dig, but the ground is not even three feet deep. It’s almost Chinese New Year and there will be no holiday.
They can't be left alone for more than a few days. It's not like cats and dogs will be left alone for several months after they are divided into households.
Of course Aunt Ma doesn’t have any spare time to sell melon seeds. But her family has 400 kilograms of melon seeds!
When will she be sold?
Their entire village has 10,000 kilograms of melon seeds in total, and they all go to the same place to sell them. How long will they last?
If there are too many things, they become less valuable. Maybe by then they won’t be worth even 2.5 cents, but only 1 cent!
"Auntie, you can see clearly." Hua Zhao praised.
"So, look, can you talk to the supply and marketing cooperative where you bought bean sprouts from before and ask them if they accept melon seeds?" Aunt Ma asked.