Song Wufu's suggestion was exactly what the other members of the Song family thought: "Yes, the eighty acres of land in Zoujiazhuang will come in handy. We also have our own land. We can plant it with more fertilizer!"
Zhang Chunlan carefully calculated the benefits of growing melons: "These melons are easier to take care of than ordinary crops, and they are very big. Each vine can produce two. In this way, one acre of land can produce thousands or even thousands of fruits."
As for the pound, even if one pound is a penny, you can earn ten taels per acre of land, which is much better than growing rice. You can earn back the money you paid for the village in two years at most."
Huang Qiuyun said: "The calculation is like this, but all of them have to be sold to be worth so much money. Whether it can be consumed by just one Huai'an Mansion is still a question. If you want to sell it in other places, you have to wait and see if the melons can bear it.
Can you bear the bumps on the road?"
As soon as the blade of the knife touched the skin of the melon, the melon burst open, obviously it couldn't bear the torment.
After hearing this, others also felt that transportation was a problem, and discussed how to solve this problem.
Youdao said that the three cobblers were better than Zhuge Liang, and soon they came up with a solution. They were not familiar with the characteristics of watermelons, so they happened to be slowly figuring out the characteristics of the melons in the field.
Song Xixi listened with great interest. Compared with her family members, who were all experts in farming, what she knew was completely dregs, and there was no room for improvement in front of them.
In short, the watermelon has been planted and the seeds for next year are available. She can be a hands-off shopkeeper with confidence.
At this time, Zhang Xiaomei said: "Next year I will plant melons to sell. It's hard to have a name for this melon. Think about what to call it."
The name was very important, so everyone immediately started thinking about it.
Song Xixi didn't dare to say the name of the watermelon. After all, the seeds were exchanged from the system mall, not from Western countries. There was no way to explain the origin of the name.
Soon, Song Wufu thought of a name: "It's called melon, it's originally sweet."
Zhang Xiaomei shook her head: "We have melons. Last time I went to town, I saw someone selling them."
Zhang Chunlan then suggested: "Why don't you call me water melon? You will know that this melon has a lot of water."
Zhang Xiaomei is still dissatisfied: "The name is the same as Caigua. People think it's not delicious."
The appearance of the melon looks like a cucumber, but it is thicker than a cucumber and has a thinner skin. This melon can be eaten raw and cooked, but its taste is very bland and cannot be called delicious.
I picked a dozen names in a row, but still couldn't satisfy everyone.
Song Xixi felt that it was just a name and there was no need to go to so much trouble, so she suggested: "Let's call it Green Red. The skin is green and the flesh is red, so it fits the name."
At first glance, this name seemed very inconspicuous, but the Song family silently recited it several times, and as they continued to recite it, they actually pronounced it somewhat elegantly.
"Okay, let's call it Green Red, without even the word melon!"
Zhang Xiaomei liked this name very much and decided on it without asking other people's opinions: "Green and red are unique, there is no need to confuse it with melon, cantaloupe and vegetable melon."
The watermelon was grown in Song Xixi, and the name Lvhong fit well with the watermelon. Everyone had no objections, so the name was officially decided.
Not long after, Song Yin, the man who delivered the melons, came back, along with Niu Dahan and Zhu Sanyu.
Both of them had tasted watermelon, and like the Song family, they were conquered by the delicious taste of watermelon. They also came up with the idea of planting and selling, so they wanted to ask Song Wufu and Zhang Xiaomei to talk about it. Unexpectedly, the Song family had already reached an agreement on planting the melon.
The names are all decided.
Zhang Xiaomei reminded: "In-laws, you should save the melon seeds so that we can plant them together next year."
"No, no, no, you can just plant a few acres. Once you've planted it, you'll still be short of me."
Zhu Sanyu waved his hands repeatedly and rejected the proposal: "If there is not enough land, you can use the several acres of my thin farmland to plant it. The newly planted fields are not fertile enough, so the melons grown may not be good."
Zhang Xiaomei said angrily: "We are all members of our own family, why are you being polite to me? After all, you can sell them for money after they are planted. If they are not grown well, you can keep them for yourself to eat. After all, you cannot lose the good or bad."
Zhu Sanyu was moved and accepted her kindness: "Okay, I'll keep the seeds. Let me know when you plant them next year, and I'll plant a few to try."
If the crops are well grown and can be sold for money, they will save the money and give it to the good boy as a dowry.
The watermelon is so big that it is very conspicuous. People who pass by the land can see it. People often ask if this melon is edible. They want to hide the fact that the watermelon is edible. They cannot hide it, and the Song family does not.
I thought about hiding it.
When someone asked again later, the Song family told them all, and even cut some freshly picked melons and invited them to taste them.
There is no man, woman, or child who has ever tasted melons but doesn’t like them, and there are even more people who see the business opportunities in watermelons.
Fortunately, most people were sensible. When they learned that the Song family would grow watermelons to sell next year, they took the initiative to return the seeds from the melons to the Song family.
There are also some people who did not give it out of selfish motives, and the Song family would not ask them for it.
As long as the seeds of watermelon exist, there is no way to prevent others from planting them.
Besides, if the watermelons are sold next year, can the Song family prevent others from saving seeds?
Anyway, within a few years, all areas suitable for growing watermelons will be planted, and everyone can eat melons to relieve the heat in the hot summer. For the public, the popularity of watermelons is definitely a good thing.
Song Xixi's original intention of spending 8,000 points to exchange for watermelon seeds was because she missed the delicious taste of watermelon, and it was just a way to make money.
After a few days, the wound on Song Xixi's back was completely normal, so he decided to take some melons to Fucheng for Master Song Niannian and Du Wei to try. By the way, he asked if Bu Shiren's family fortune had been wiped out.
Even if the murderer died, she would still not be able to forget this revenge in a short period of time.
It happened that the weather was too hot and there was nothing to do at home. Song Jin and Zhang Chunlan wanted to go to Xiufang to visit Song Niannian, so the couple set off with Song Xixi.
Passing by Hongfeng Town, the three of them went to the shop specifically and left a few large watermelons behind. However, they heard Song Cai say: "There are still many green and red watermelons in the fields. Several customers have spent a lot of money to buy them in the past few days.
Offer a high price of five taels of silver."
The day after the Song family tasted watermelons, they sent two to the shop. When they were eating the melons, they happened to be seen by a regular customer who came to the door, so they invited the regular customer to taste them together.
As soon as this old customer tasted it, he couldn't forget the watermelon. He came to the shop every day to buy watermelon, and he raised the watermelon to a high price of five taels of silver.