When they arrived at Mistress Xiaomian's melon field, everyone sat down to rest before Gao Yuan came over.
Niu Yougui picked a watermelon nearby. The smallest one weighed more than eighty pounds: "Eat the watermelon." Niu Yougui shouted with a smile.
Niu Youde went over and helped carry out the watermelons. Each one weighed more than eighty kilograms. It was so big that it was difficult for one person to carry it, so two people had to carry it.
Mistress Xiaomian took a knife and cut the watermelon into pieces.
The ripeness of these watermelons is just right, eight ripe, and they haven't been sanded yet.
Madam Xiaomian and the others already know the prices of these watermelons.
3 yuan, 2 yuan...
How should I put it? They had fantasized about selling these at sky-high prices. Ten yuan per catty, twenty yuan per catty...
After all, who doesn’t like the things they grow to sell for sky-high prices?
The current price is a little bit different in my mind, but I am still very happy.
There are sand watermelons for sale in the wholesale market, and the wholesale price is only 1 yuan per catty. Those watermelons are relatively large, weighing thirty to forty pounds each, which is very common. There are even forty or fifty catty pieces...
In the fruit wholesale market in Huacheng, there are no watermelons weighing hundreds of pounds each.
There are estimated to be 600 watermelons here that weigh hundreds of pounds each. If the quantity is small, they can be sold at a higher price.
But when the quantity is large, it is difficult to sell at a high price.
The super large watermelon that Ye Mo sold at a sky-high price before was due to a small quantity.
There are more than a thousand super large watermelons here...this amount is not bad. If there are more than ten thousand, tens of thousands, or more, even if they cost a few cents per catty, they may not be sold out.
3 yuan, 2 yuan, this price is also very good. All sold out, there are 2.78 million yuan. The net profit is almost 200,000 yuan.
These super-large watermelons require more fertilizer and are more laborious to manage. But in just a few months, they can earn 200,000... For ordinary rural families, this is a dream come true.
Mistress Xiaomian enthusiastically shared the watermelon with everyone.
The watermelon is super large, the pulp is full of water, and it tastes a little crispy. The center of the melon is particularly sweet...
Everyone took the watermelon and ate it. It was very enjoyable.
"This watermelon is so cool." Zhou Yue laughed.
"There's more left after eating." Niu Yougui said with a smile.
Gao Yuan came over and shouted: "Ye Mo."
"Hey." Ye Mo raised his hand and said, "Come here and eat watermelon."
Gao Yuan chuckled, trotted over and said, "These watermelons need to be transported in foam boxes. Go over and help unload the boxes."
"We'll go there after we eat the watermelon." Ye Mo said.
"Boss Gao, eat melon." Niu Yougui brought a piece of watermelon over.
"Thanks."
Gao Yuan came here alone, and Gao Yuan helped deliver the 50 watermelons Boss Liu asked for.
After eating the watermelon, four people rode over on an off-road dump truck to help unload the foam boxes, and then loaded some more foam boxes over.
The specially customized foam box is just for holding these big watermelons.
These boxes were custom-made by Li Xuebin. Otherwise, it would be difficult to send such a big watermelon to Guangzhou.
Start picking watermelons.
Li Xuebin selected and picked one by one...
"The appearance of this batch of watermelons is not as good-looking as the big watermelons you grew." Gao Yuan said.
"It's already pretty good." Ye Mo said.
In terms of appearance, it is indeed a little worse. But it is already very good...
It can be said that Madam Xiaomian and the others are very attentive to the management of these watermelons. They also built a "little house" and an awning for each watermelon.
These watermelons are too big. If they are exposed to direct sunlight for a long time, the ripening of the watermelons will be accelerated, thus shortening the expansion period of the watermelons. If the sun is shining all the time and the internal temperature of the watermelons is too high, it will easily lead to rotten melons, hollows, etc.
After all, the watermelons here don't often water the spiritual spring.
There are more than a dozen winter melon rootstocks in this melon field, and those dozen are obviously much larger, estimated to weigh around 150 kilograms.
The winter melon has a well-developed root system and can attract nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium below five meters high...
Five meters may be a bit exaggerated, but the root system of winter melon is indeed very developed. For example, sand watermelon uses winter melon rootstock.
The watermelon grafted from winter melon rootstock is bigger, but the shape of the watermelon... is close to the shape of sand watermelon, which is not good-looking. The skin of the melon is not smooth...
Gao Yuan knocked on the watermelons a few times and didn't want them.
Watermelons grafted on winter melon rootstocks are also particularly prone to becoming hollow. For the dozen or so particularly large watermelons, Gao Yuan was not sure whether they were hollow.
150 watermelons were selected, put into foam boxes and weighed...
Although as for 150 watermelons, there are 18,300 kilograms, and the price is 3 yuan per kilogram, which is 54,900 yuan.
After loading the car, Gao Yuan transferred money to Niu Yougui and looked at Ye Mo: "When will the big watermelon over there mature?"
"It's still early."
"Tell me when you're mature. I'll come over and pick some." Gao Yuan handed Ye Mo a cigarette, and then handed one to Lin Shan and Niu Yougui.
Ye Mo nodded...
"Then I'll go back first."
It’s getting late now that the watermelon is in the bag.
Ye Mo looked at Niu Yougui and said, "Sister-in-law, open a watermelon with pumpkin root stock and take a look."
"OK."
I picked the largest one and it weighed only 141 pounds.
"This watermelon feels hollow." Lin Shan said: "It's so big, only 141 pounds."
"possible……"
When I cut it open and took a look, it was indeed hollow.
"The same management, but it's hollow." Niu Yougui took his brother and brought another one over.
This one is obviously smaller, but weighs 162 pounds.
"This melon shouldn't be available," Ye Mo said.
"Let's cut it open and have a look." Lin Shan said with a smile: "After cutting it open, let's have a taste."
"Okay." Niu Yougui smiled and opened the watermelon.
Opening a watermelon is like opening a treasure chest.
The watermelons here are super big and they sell watermelons, attracting many people to come and watch.
Including Ye Mo's workers, there were more than thirty people on site.
Open the watermelon. The ripeness of this watermelon is not very good. It is about seven ripe...and it is ready to eat.
Use a one meter long machete to separate the watermelon and give each person a large piece.
More than thirty people ate one watermelon but didn't finish it.
I had opened a watermelon weighing more than 80 kilograms earlier, and I only ate half of it. The remaining cup was loaded into the car by Ye Mo and the others.
"Uncle, let's go back first." Ye Mo said.
"Okay." Niu Yougui said, "It's very late today and I'm too busy... I'll host a reception at my house tomorrow night and treat everyone to dinner."
"need."
There was half a watermelon left and more than 30 kilograms left. When they returned to Gaoshanping, Ye Mo gave the watermelon to Master Liu and asked them to take it back to the staff dormitory to eat.
The workers haven't gotten off work yet.
Ye Mo drove to the greenhouse area and told everyone to call it a day.
"How much did Madam's watermelon cost?" Lin Xiaomian asked.
"55,000." Ye Mo said.
54,900, just one hundred yuan short, 55,000.
"150?"
"Yeah." Ye Mo nodded and said, "It's okay."
Lin Xiaomian nodded: "Then all the remaining watermelons are sold out..."
"It should still sell for more than 200,000 yuan. The watermelons in the back are smaller and a dollar cheaper." Ye Mo said: "This is already very good. The total area is just over three acres..."
Lin Xiaomian said with a smile: "My eldest sister and my aunt are almost nervous because of those watermelons. After working hard for so long, I finally feel at ease."
Ye Mo shrugged: "My dear, their watermelons still don't look good enough. If they looked better, they would probably cost three or four yuan."
"It's already very good." Lin Xiaomian said: "My dear, they must be flying with joy now."