“Jinhua, give the watermelon to your mother right away when you get home today. Maybe you'll be scolded less.”
Qin Yao instructed as she covered most of the broken watermelon with gauze, put it in a bamboo basket, and helped carry it on the little girl's wrist.
Jinhua looked at her rounded belly and burped a watermelon-flavored burp. She nodded gratefully to her third aunt.
“Then I'm going?” Jinhua looked serious as if she wanted to die heroically.
Qin Yao nodded heavily, "Let's go, little girl!"
Jinhua carried the heavy bamboo basket and walked back three times. Awang, who was sitting on the doorstep eating melon, watched her smoothly enter the village and turn into the Liu family's old house. He turned to Qin Yao in the yard and said, "We're home safely. "
Qin Yao motioned to Awang to finish eating quickly, "We will go to town to pick up Dalang and the others later."
The carriage was hitched, and Qin Yao also prepared the high-leg table, gauze, chopping board, and kitchen knife needed to set up the stall.
When Awang took Lao Huang out and put him in the carriage, Lao Huang was in an excited mood and screamed loudly at the top of his lungs.
Qin Yao only cut half of the watermelon, not even a second.
Some bookboys and boys came to pick it up. I immediately asked them to pay for it and chose the one that looked the biggest and reddest. I was so satisfied with the meal.
Qin Yao handed over a bowl of cut watermelon cubes, "It's free to try. Try it. It's sweet and crispy. Keep it if you want it after you eat it!" , as soon as I heard it for free, I immediately reached for it.
“Fragrant and sweet cold melon, if it doesn't taste good, you don't have to pay for it!”
The first layer is ordinary soil, and the second layer should be sprinkled with something that can inhibit the growth of weeds, usually lime powder mixed with some other things.
Two quarters of an hour before the Ding family left for school, Qin Yao and his servant arrived at the school gate smoothly.
The door to Ethnic Studies was opened, and the students who had finished their studies ran out one after another. They smelled a special sweet smell coming from the roadside, and their eyes uncontrollably searched for the place where the fragrance came from.
The remaining watermelon was cut into pieces. The Ding student who was still hesitant just now ran home to get the money, and the full chopping board was soon empty.
The road surface has also been widened. The trail that was originally less than 1.5 meters is now widened to 2.23 meters. It is also widened at the corners to make it easier for cars to pass.
In the bucket, there was cold well water that Awang brought from the well of the farmhouse next to him. The watermelon that had been waiting on the carriage along the way was soaked in it for two quarters of an hour and then taken out and cracked. The watermelon was just cool enough.
Mrs. Qin just said that she should go home and let them eat enough!
“We are going home, you should go back quickly too.”
He just heard Awang hawking and said it was Lianggua.
The remaining three threw the book box away and followed immediately.
Qin Yao: "Shut up and eat your melon."
Soon, a group of students gathered around and stood in front of the stall, asking Qin Yao if it was not delicious and it didn't cost money.
After doing these things well, a solid and easy-to-travel path will be considered complete.
Si Niang was so happy that she jumped up on the spot, "Mom, the watermelon is delicious!"
Awang **** the carriage, came over with two heavy buckets, and placed the buckets under Qin Yao's table.
The paving materials on the road are also very particular. Several layers are required, and each layer is made of different materials.
After walking on a good road and then walking on the original bad road, even Lao Huang's horse became impatient, and his snorting snort made him a little irritable.
Looking at the four Dalang brothers and sisters, the envy in the eyes of several classmates who have a good relationship with them is almost overflowing.
Awang finished the watermelon in his hand in a few mouthfuls, threw the rind into the wooden basin that Qin Yao brought out, and took the basin to the livestock shed to feed Lao Huang and Lao Qing.
“Half a tablet for each person, let's quench our thirst first, and we'll eat enough when we get home.” Qin Yao smiled and winked at the four siblings.
Eating a piece of watermelon caused a "wow" sound.
After the stall was closed, the students reluctantly dispersed, hoping that Qin Yao would come again tomorrow, but also afraid that she would come.
“Isn't it a sweet potato?” Sanlang reluctantly gnawed on the remaining sweet potato skin and asked doubtfully.
The gravel produced by stone grinding in the Qinyao factory is now completely recycled and paved on the road.
Slices of evenly cut watermelon are spread out on white gauze, and the red flesh gives off an attractive watery glow under the setting sun.
Someone wanted to buy it, so Qin Yao took out the price tag. It cost ten cents for a small piece, which didn't look expensive at first glance. But after careful calculation, it cost ten cents for a big mouth to eat in three or four bites.
Even though I was very greedy, I didn't know how I could resist it. I helped sell the melons but didn't taste any of them.
One piece is not enough, you need another piece.
After asking Awang to carry things into the car, Qin Yao went to the melon field and picked two melons that were a little crooked.
There was someone who wanted to buy another piece after tasting it. He reached out to take the last two pieces, but Qin Yao quickly stopped him with quick eyes and hands, "I'm sorry, these two pieces are not for sale."
Qin Yao found a clean and cool place under the old elm tree by the roadside, set out the high table and put the chopping board and kitchen knife on it.
Saburo was confused, but obedient, "Oh."
By the way, I went to the field to pick two more melons to see if they were good for sale.
The four Dalang brothers and sisters who came out late saw A Niang and A Wang surrounded by students from a distance. They quickly ran over to see what was going on. When they saw the bright red and attractive watermelon, the four brothers and sisters couldn't help but swallow it hard. Take a sip of saliva.
The whole melon is too expensive, and most people would be reluctant to part with it, so Qin Yao plans to slice it into pieces and sell them by the slice, which makes the price sound more acceptable.
Qin Yao patted Awang, and Awang started selling with an expressionless face—
Although there was only the rind of the melon, the horse and the cow were quite happy to eat it.
As soon as he entered the yard, Erlang saw the bucket under the eaves of the kitchen. He rushed over to take a look and saw that there was indeed a melon. He looked back at Qin Yao and received approval. He picked it up and rushed to the kitchen chopping board.
But how can the students who have tried it still be able to endure it?
The outer roadbed is all built with stones, and the foundation is half a meter deep, so it will not collapse easily.
Keep the good-looking ones and sell them whole, and cut the unsightly ones!
A long section of the road out of the village has been built, the roadside has been widened, and the roadbed has been reinforced.
On this layer of gravel, a layer of fine sand sieved from the river is also spread to serve as a buffer to reduce the friction of the wheels when walking.
Dalang waved to his envious friends, licked the watermelon juice off his fingers, and helped his stepmother put away the stall. The four brothers and sisters took the car home with great expectations.
Saburo still didn't understand, “Then why don't we call it east melon, north melon and pumpkin, but watermelon?”
Ten cents a piece of melon, which is not expensive, but it is not really cheap. I am afraid that if I want to eat it, the adults will not buy it, so I can only watch other students eat it.
Qin Yao: “It's both a cold melon and a watermelon. You can call it whatever you want.”
He changed hands and handed it to the four Dalang brothers and sisters who came forward unconsciously at some point and were helping to sell and collect money.
The child is too sensible and looks a little sad.
I cut the other half, but it was sold out after cutting.
“Gulu~” Some students couldn't control their dry throats and swallowed.
The third layer is made of gravel, which is first beaten flat and then rolled over with heavy stones to make it very strong.
Qin Yao smiled as she watched the children burst into screams of surprise, and asked Awang to prepare dinner while she sat down calmly in the main room and counted the money.
Sold two watermelons in the afternoon and earned 390 cash.
By the way, there is also a buy-one-get-one-free offer from Liu Dafu's family, which adds up to a total of 590 cash. (End of chapter)
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