Wei Jianming opened up watermelon sales channels and then decisively placed additional orders.
Li Xuebin also received an export order for watermelons. Xiao Jinfeng watermelon is 300 tons. Little Bee is 100 tons, and Golden Beauty is also 100 tons...
The Golden Beauty watermelon on Ye Mo's side is also ripe.
30 greenhouses were picking at the same time, so it was very busy.
"Hey, Mistress..." In the morning, as soon as Ye Mo arrived at the greenhouse, he received a call from Mistress Xiaomian: "Okay, I'll be there right away."
"Dad." Ye Mo looked at his father-in-law and shouted.
Xiaomian's dad responded: "What's the matter?"
"Miss Xiaomian, the watermelon over there is going to be graded. Call me over and take a look." Ye Mo said.
"Go ahead, I'll watch the work here." Lin Shan said.
Ye Mo went back to the car, started the car, and came to the gravel slope.
It was only eight o'clock when Li Xuebin came over. He still picked one watermelon from each greenhouse and had just placed the watermelons.
"Mr. Li." Ye Mo shouted.
Li Xuebin smiled and nodded.
"Second uncle, third uncle, Uncle Tang..."
"Why."
Ye Mo greeted the people and walked over.
Li Xuebin took out a watermelon knife and cut the watermelon.
The flesh of the melon is uniform in color, has no white veins, and the meat is delicate... The center sweetness is 12.7, and the edge sweetness is 8.9.
Melon rind thickness, 1.4 cm...
There are melon seeds and black and white seeds.
If we strictly follow the quality grading standards, a Kirin watermelon with an average weight of about 6.3 kilograms can only be considered a second-grade watermelon.
The two indicators that did not reach the target were the thickness of the melon skin and the defects on the surface of the melon.
Other indicators have reached the standard.
Opened thirteen times in a row, the thickness of the watermelon rind is 1.2 cm, 1.3 cm, and 1.4 cm...
There are only 5 watermelons that meet the standard of premium watermelon.
However, the flesh of watermelon is very good and the shape of the melon is also very beautiful.
Li Xuebin thought for a while and gave a price of 6.5 yuan.
Although the melon shape is very beautiful, there are many indicators that do not reach the special level. Although they are only unimportant indicators, according to strict standards, these watermelons can only be regarded as second level.
Li Xuebin gave the evaluation a first-level standard. After these watermelons are sent back, they must undergo strict screening to select out watermelons with defects on the surface...
Niu Youde and the others were a little regretful, but they were still very satisfied with the price of 6.5 yuan.
Niu Yougui gave it a level two rating.
The shape of the melon is good, but the surface... has many obvious flaws. The thickness of the watermelon rind is mostly about 1.4 cm.
The shape of the melon, the surface of the melon... we don’t look at the sample, but at the whole greenhouse.
After cutting it, you can check the sweetness, pulp, and skin thickness...
The price is 5 yuan.
Niu Yougui was a little depressed. In his opinion, his watermelon and Niu Youde's watermelon were not too bad... but the price difference was 1.5 yuan.
Don’t underestimate the difference in income of 1.5 yuan per mu of greenhouse by tens of thousands of yuan.
After looking at Ye Zhi's watermelons, he was given 5.3 yuan. After checking 17 of his watermelons, only 3 had black seeds. The rest had black and white seeds...
"Is it so strict?" Tang Xun felt unsure.
Ye Mo shrugged and whispered: "Didn't you add a greenhouse watermelon planting group? What did the group say?"
"Absolutely. The price depends mainly on the rating..."
Come to Tang Xun's side.
The greenhouses on the gravel slope are best managed by Tang Xun and his family.
Randomly picked samples and cut the watermelon...
The watermelon here in Tang Xun has obviously reached a new level in terms of color of pulp and fineness of cells. The first watermelon only had a few white seeds...
The center sweetness reaches 13, and the edge sweetness reaches 10.
Li Xuebin's eyes lit up when he saw this value. The thickness of the melon rind is also thinner than the previous three... The weight of the watermelon is about 6.4 pounds. This is the average weight of 17 watermelons...
Sampling does not mean going in and looking at the watermelons before deciding to pick them.
Instead, before entering the greenhouse, you decide which row of watermelons to pick...
17 watermelons. The sweetest watermelon has a center sweetness of 13.4 and an edge sweetness of 11.
Kirin watermelon is originally a watermelon with high sweetness. Even without the blessing of spiritual spring, the center sweetness can reach 13.4. However, it is not easy for greenhouse melons in winter to achieve this sweetness.
The thickness of the watermelon rind is about 1.2 cm, which is very good.
Of the 17 watermelons, 6 have all black seeds. The remaining watermelons also have more black seeds and fewer white seeds.
As for the watermelons from the previous three stores, many watermelons have black seeds and half white seeds, or even more white seeds and less black seeds.
After the inspection, Li Xuebin did not rush to quote, but went around the greenhouse again, and then went to the side with Tang Xun alone and said: "These watermelons of yours are good, they are about to catch up with the watermelons of Gaoshanping, how about 10 yuan."
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Tang Xun was a little excited and said, "Okay."
"In the double watermelon greenhouse, the watermelon rind is a little thicker and the sweetness is much lower. It can only be given for 6 yuan... In the No. 13 greenhouse, it is 4 yuan per catty."
Greenhouses 1-10, one plant and one melon.
No. 11, No. 12, one plant and two melons.
In greenhouse No. 13, there were four melons per plant, but in the end only one with three melons was retained. Many watermelons were picked and thrown away during the expansion period.
"I'll check out the next batch tomorrow." Li Xuebin said, "As long as the sweetness is about the same, the price will be the same."
Tang Xun nodded: "I'll arrange the picking later. Come and load the truck in the evening?"
Li Xuebin said: "Arrange the loading earlier."
Large trucks cannot come to this side of the gravel slope, so the watermelons have to be sent to the roadside for loading.
Ye Mo stopped looking at the watermelons at Chen Chen's side. He talked to Tang Xun and the others and drove back to Gaoshanping.
There is a dirt road on the gravel slope, the road is not wide, and there is a big steep slope.
Not to mention big trucks...
If it rains, even a pickup truck won't be able to drive in.
After Ye Mo left, Li Xuebin went to Chen Chen...
Tang Xun took out his phone to contact the pickers, and Ye Zhi came over: "How much do these watermelons cost?"
Tang Xun smiled and said, "A little taller than you."
"How much."
"10 yuan."
"So high..." Ye Zhi's eyes widened.
The watermelon he sells only costs 5.3 yuan, which is nearly double the price.
"I told you a long time ago that when heating the greenhouse, the heating must be even." Tang Xun couldn't help but get excited and said: "You don't listen..."
"I can't get up at night."
"Like the greenhouse over at Ye Mo, the heater is outside the greenhouse, and there are heating pipes connected to everywhere in the greenhouse..."
Ye Zhi scratched his head, feeling very depressed.
Regarding the problem of heating the greenhouse, Ye Mo also told him... Tang Xun also told him... But when he gets up at night and turns on the exhaust fan to heat the greenhouse, it's okay occasionally... It's really unbearable to do this every day.
Ye Zhi sleeps very deeply at night and often sleeps until dawn. He doesn't even know if the heater is turned on at night.
At 5.3 yuan per catty, this price is quite good, and you can make a lot of money.
They followed the standards set by Ye Mo and followed them...but the results were indeed different.
Tang Xun's father, father-in-law, mother, mother-in-law... and Wang Yue, who was holding the baby, all surrounded Tang Xun.
"How much does it cost per pound?"
"10 yuan." Tang Xun said with a smile: "Boss Li said that the watermelon here is closest to Gaoshanping, so he gave me 10 yuan."
"Ye Mo's golden beauty seems to cost 10 yuan per catty?" Wang Yue said.
"I don't know about this," Tang Xun said.
"What Lin Xiaomian said... 9 yuan per catty, plus 1 yuan for black seeds, 10 yuan." Wang Yue said: "11 yuan for little golden phoenix and little bee, 1 yuan for black seeds, 12 yuan per catty. But little bee and little gold