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??Bai Ning was really worried about this matter. He took a branch to write and draw on the ground. It is necessary to build a reservoir in the mountains, but Wuji Mountain is so big that it is necessary to choose a good location.

??The spring eye is under the top of Wuji Mountain, the location is not very high, only half of the height of Wuji Mountain.

??Bai Ning gestured to see how this reservoir should be built so as to maximize its value.

??After imagining for a long time, Bai Ning couldn't come up with a good idea.He simply threw away the branch in his hand, intending to go and see for himself.

??When he arrived at the place, Bai Ning discovered that this spring should be regarded as an underground spring. The spring water flows out from the mountains, and the water output is not small.

??Observing the terrain and direction, Bai Ning quickly had an idea.I started to draw on the ground. This is the spring. There is a small mouth in the spring. The place next to it is quite messy. It can be used as the first water outlet...

??It was almost dark before he had a clue.

??He showed the drawing to Tan Ming, and Tan Ming thought it was okay, "Would it be too much trouble, you said that all of these are built with bricks, how much effort will it take?"

?? Bai Ning was not afraid of wasting time, but he just led the water from the west to the east. It would be much closer to carry the water, and it would be much more convenient to irrigate the trees.

?? The Qin family came over the next day. Although they felt that it was a bit complicated, it was indeed a little easier to cultivate.

??Tan Ming didn't decide to pay attention, and planned to clear out the forest.

?? Bai Ning also let him go. Anyway, there are only a hundred or so transplanted grapes in the mountain forest, and it would take less than two days to water them even if they carried water.

??Thinking of the mountain grape, Bai Ning began to think about it.It stands to reason that fruit trees would not bear fruit in the first year of transplanting, but this batch of wild grapes has survived, and more than half of them have produced fruit. Because of the short branches, each tree only has five or six clusters. , There are so many strings, when you want to harvest, you can still harvest.

??Because it was still early and the sun was still not hot, he went out for a stroll with Xiao Tuantuan in his arms.Starting from the pigsty, I saw the cabbage field where the pigs were fed, and then came the watermelon field. The watermelon field is next to the cabbage field. The two fields are connected together. It may be about six acres. The watermelon field occupies more than three acres.

??Bai Ning is more concerned about watermelons, even though the hillside is sandy.Bai Ning was still afraid of being flooded, so he asked someone to dig a ditch more than ten centimeters to let the water flow down.When the watermelons were growing, they asked someone to put Osmanthus grass under the watermelons to prevent the watermelons from spoiling due to too much water.

??Bai Ning remembered that when Xiao Tuantuan was not born, he came here to see that there were many bowl-sized watermelons. He didn't know how long the watermelons could be eaten, and he didn't know if the watermelons were ripe?

Looking around, Bai Ning found several varieties of watermelon, which he didn't find when he was young, but now that he has grown up, Bai Ning actually found many varieties.What kind of seedless, what Qilin melon, Huapihua, Ningxia melon, black skin melon, and even Xiaofeng melon. . .

?? But there are not many small phoenix melons. Bai Ning counted them, and with the crispy skin melons, there are only a dozen or so.

??The crispy melon is about the same size as the small phoenix melon, but the crispy melon is very sweet and has a crispy skin.The little phoenix melon is nutritious, but Bai Ning is unlucky. The varieties in this field are basically the ones used for collecting seeds.

??The largest and most watermelon is Ningxia melon, whose full name is Ningxia sun sand melon.It is said that there is a lot of sunlight and it tastes very sandy.

??Bai Ning has eaten it, but he doesn't know the specific reason, but it tastes very sweet.

?? Bai Ning swallowed his saliva, not to mention that he didn't feel it, but when he said it, he was a little greedy.

?? But is this watermelon ripe or not?

??He patted on the watermelon and heard the sound.He also didn't understand what the principle was, but his mother used to like to do this when she bought watermelon, pat it to hear the sound, then picked up the watermelon to see the pattern, and then looked at the little tail on the watermelon's buttocks.

??Bai Ning did some manipulations, but found nothing else, but felt that the watermelon was really big, at least three lumps were more than heavy.

"Brother Ning, are you guarding the melons? What kind of melons do you grow, why are they ripe at this time?" The person who asked the question came to help the people who picked the honeysuckle flowers. They came early, and they had already harvested them once. gone back.

?? It's no wonder they asked this question, Bai Ning has never heard of watermelon here.There is only one kind of melon here, which is the long winter melon.Although the leaf patterns of the two are not the same, the shape of Ningxia melon is still similar.

?? "Watermelon, it's almost ripe, please eat watermelon later!"

"Hey, Brother Ning, don't fool me, you think he looks like a winter melon, so you name him Watermelon. Could it be that they are really two brothers?"

?? Bai Ning himself didn't feel that, after hearing what the sister-in-law called, it seemed that there was indeed such a coincidence.

??Bai Ning picked the largest Ningxia melon back, and he planned to open a melon to try.

?? With one cut, the flower skin burst open a long hole, the red flesh came out, and a scent of watermelon rushed into Bai Ning's nasal cavity.

??Bai Ning took a deep breath of the aroma, ah, this familiar smell of watermelon.

?? When Granny Li saw it, she couldn't help but burst out laughing, "Boss, why are you so greedy?"

??Bai Ning didn't feel embarrassed at first, but when he made such a joke to Granny Li, he immediately became embarrassed, "I haven't eaten watermelon for a long time, haven't I?"

?? "Daddy, I haven't eaten for a long time." Xiaobao also said.

??Speaking of which, these watermelon seeds were contributed by Xiaobao.

?? "Speaking of which, Xiaobao is still a great hero. These watermelon seeds were contributed by our Xiaobao. Tell me, what reward do you want?"

?? "I want the biggest watermelon."

"Okay, I'll go to the field and find you the biggest one later." Bai Ning coaxed.

?? "Daddy lied to others, you are the biggest." Xiaobao cast a fixed glance at Bai Ning, "Liar."

??Bai Ning is a little worried. Ever since Xiao Tuantuan was born, Bai Ning has become a little cocooned after hearing the word "liar".Xiaobao doesn't have any bad thoughts about Xiao Tuantuan, and he likes Xiao Tuantuan very much, so he has to come and see him every morning.

??The problem is, you can only look at your brother when you look at your brother. Why do you still point at him and call him a liar?

?? Bai Ning was puzzled, "That's fine, I'll reward you with this watermelon."

??Xiao Bao was happy, "The watermelon is mine."

?? "Ah, yours, yours." Bai Ning thought to himself, at worst, he will pick another one later.

?? Bai Ning saw that Xiaobao was about to cut it, and suddenly had an idea, "Wait a minute, Mrs. Li, bring me the scale, let me see how many catties this watermelon weighs? This is the biggest one in our field .”

??Little Treasure also obediently stopped, Granny Li responded, and turned around to get the scale. One scale weighed 24 catties and three taels.

?? "24 catties and three taels."

?? "That's big enough."

??The watermelon is indeed red, the seeds inside are not completely black, and some are only half black.

?? "This watermelon has not reached the heat, and the seeds are not black. If it is black, I will save it for seeding."

?? Contrary to Bai Ning's expectation, Xiaobao didn't eat the first piece of watermelon himself, nor was it someone else, it was directly brought to him.

?? "Daddy, Xiaobao gave this to Daddy."

??Bai Ning felt that he was a little disappointed, and couldn't control the tears and joy.Cursing herself for being worthless, she kissed Xiaobao hard on the face, "Tsk, Xiaobao really loves my cub the most."

"No, Master Xiaobao must be a filial child when he grows up."

??Little Treasure was praised, blushed in embarrassment, took a piece of watermelon and left, "Daddy, I'll send the watermelon to Master."

??Bai Ning opened the remaining watermelon two or three times, and then took a piece to Grandpa Xu, who weaves the bamboo plaque, "Grandpa, come and eat the melon, and work after eating."

??Grandpa Xu remembered the melon rind when he saw it, "Hey, isn't this the melon you planted next to the cabbage field? How did it become popular?"

?? "It's that melon. I picked one back. Would you like it sweet?"

??Grandpa Xu was not polite at all, put down the bamboo plaque in his hand, picked up the watermelon and gnawed it, "Sweet, delicious."

??Bai Ning's cuts were not big, and it looked like he could finish them in three or four bites. Seeing that Grandpa Xu ate one piece, he went to get two more pieces. This time, when he finished eating, Bai Ning Don't feed him.

?? "Eat less on this one, wait until I pick a water well..." Bai Ning remembered that the well they beat was pressed, and the watermelon could not be placed in the sealed well.

?? "I put it at the spring on the mountain, and it will be good to eat in the afternoon."

?? "I think this is delicious."

?? They haven't finished dividing the watermelons here, so they heard from Qin that someone has come to find them.

??Bai Ning guessed that Brother He and his wife came here.

??Go out and have a look, it really is them.

??Bai Ning let them in, and said a request, which generally meant what Boss Xu wanted to do here.The thing is also simple, that is, go to the county to get food every day, and then take it back to cook, only need to cook one meal at noon every day, twenty Wen a day, ask them what they mean.

??Boss Xu and the two here are not unhappy, half a day is only [-] Wen, and this condition is preferential treatment wherever it is placed.This is also the cook who the villagers don't know that he needs to cook big pots of rice here. If they knew, it would not be Boss Xu's turn to do this job.

?? Boss Xu stayed, and Brother He didn't have any arrangements.

??Currently, Bai Ning's jobs are all arranged and basically saturated.Brother He originally came here with Boss Xu, but when he saw that his husband was staying, he went back.

??Bai Ning picked a watermelon for him. Qilin melon is not that big, only a few kilograms. The weather is hot and there is no refrigerator. If there is too much, he can't finish it.

??The honeysuckle and wolfberry were all picked in less than five days.The honeysuckle can be dried after two days in the sun, but the goji berry cannot be directly exposed to the sun, it must be dried, so it will take a few more days.Bai Ning prayed for two more sunny days so that he could dry the goji berries.

??Simply, God still let Bai Ning get his wish.

?? Logically speaking, wolfberries were not planted back then to get married, but Bai Ning paid for it when he planted them. At that time, Xiao Tuantuan didn't have the ability to squeeze him dry, so the wolfberries grew well.It's just that the fruit hanging is a bit late, this is the first time fruit hanging, and there are still a lot of fruit. The young seedlings that are less than a year old have harvested a total of [-] catties of dried goji berries.Counting it down, one tree is about eleven or two.

??Bai Ning left one catty for Uncle Tan, one catty for Mrs. Xu, one catty for Grandpa Xu, one catty for himself, and the rest were sold to the pharmacy.

??The old doctor waited anxiously for Bai Ning's goji berries, so he picked up two and ate them, and nodded repeatedly, "It's good goji berries."

?? Good thing, the old doctor directly gave Bai Ning a price of [-] Wen per catty. The goji berries here are usually [-] Wen per catty. This price has already mentioned [-] Wen.

?? Hard work, but did not sell for a tael of silver.

??Calculate, he invited six people to pick honeysuckle and wolfberry, ten cents a day in the morning, and five days of hiring, the labor alone is 300 cents.Not to mention, the pot that Qin worked so hard to dry.

??The watermelon is ripe, and Bai Ning is not a stingy person.People in the village gave one to each person, and those who were close to each other gave Ningxia melons. This one is big, and it is also the biggest.If the relationship is relatively distant, it is a smaller one, that is, Qilin melon.

??In this era, there is no saying that Qilin melon is better than Ningxia melon.Anyway, Bai Ning's products are high-quality products, and in the eyes of ancient people, they are all sweet.

?? Because of this, Bai Ning and the others almost got robbed in their watermelon field.

?? It was a hot afternoon, and the weather was extremely hot.The whole family was taking a nap, even Bai Ning lay drowsy on the bed, and only woke up when he heard a dog barking.

?? Go out and have a look, a half-sized boy is being chased by the second black and the third, and the slowest one even has a piece of his clothes bitten off.

??Bai Ning's face turned dark at that time, and Tan Ming was a little surprised. He has been married to his little brother for so long, and he has never seen his face so ugly.Even when Lin Changgui and his wife regretted not selling the yard, their faces were not so ugly.

?? "Brother Ning, what's the matter, there are only two watermelons."

?? "Who said there are only two watermelons? This is my favorite, and no one can touch it." Bai Ning's favorite food is not many, and watermelon is one of them.

??Tan Ming discovered that his little brother really likes to eat watermelon. Basically, he would open half a watermelon every day. No one would eat it. He would eat it alone, and the eldest would eat one. There would be no leftovers in one afternoon.

??The children who were being chased saw Tan Ming and Bai Ning coming out, as if seeing a savior, they ran over quickly, "Third Uncle, Third Uncle, help, your dog is going to bite me."

??Tan Ming went to drive the dog away. Those boys didn't expect to be caught by the owner who came to steal the watermelon. They didn't dare to stay longer, so they went down the mountain in desperation.

?? After they left, Bai Ning went down to look at the watermelons on purpose. After counting them, there were still 410 and six, which was similar to the number last night.

?? Bai Ning was still very angry, and planned to drive the dog out to show him watermelon every day, and directly built a nest for the dog in the watermelon field, and let them live here.

?? "Brother Ning, as for, it's just two melons."

?? "As for the second and third child, you two should take good care of my melons and give you meat and bones later."

?? I don't know if the fleshy bones stimulated the dog. In the middle of the night, Bai Ning woke up the dog again.

??The person who stole the melons did not expect that the family would put the dog in the melon field. He was unprepared and was chased by the second and third children for two miles.

?? Bai Ning didn't know the people who came here. He had never seen these two people in the village.

?? Bai Ning described the looks of these two people, but Tan Ming didn't know him either.

?? "Maybe they are relatives with the people in the village, and they sent all the melons back to their natal family or married aunt's house."

??The matter was indeed as Tan Ming said. The two people who came were the husband of a married girl in the village and his second-rate brother. They were chased two miles away by the dog, and finally got rid of the dog. He sat down and began to pant.

??"I……"

?? "This family is crazy, there are only two melons, and the good dogs don't leave the house, and they are driven out to watch the melons."

?? "Brother, let's go back like this?"

?? "Otherwise you have to go back? Are you not afraid of that dog?"

??Thinking of the ferocity of Gouzi chasing them, I knew that no matter how much I thought about it, I never went again.As for what to say about buying some medicine to treat Gouzi, the two brothers never thought about it.As they said before, isn't it just two melons?They are just greedy, so why spend that money to buy medicine.

??Grandpa Xu stayed for a few more days, and then said he was going back.Bai Ning left a few sentences, but seeing that he couldn't keep anyone, he packed up his things and let the old man go back.

??I picked a few big watermelons for him and asked him to take them back to eat, as well as the goji berries and honeysuckle that I collected last time, and then gave him ten taels of silver as pocket money. Yes, it's not that you don't have a lot of money.

??Grandpa Xu harvested the watermelon happily, but the money was never confiscated. Bai Ning didn't insist. The life of Uncle Xu's family is not too difficult. Although it is not a meal of white rice, it is still full.

??Tan Ming sent Grandpa Xu back, and Bai Ning did breeding in the back vegetable garden.I deliberately went to the river to dig the river bottom mud, then mixed it with other mud, kneaded it into a mud ball the size of a small doll's fist, and then pressed a hole with my hand, put two broken watermelon seeds in it, and sprinkled it with Fine sand is enough.

?? Qin is here to help, "I also plan to plant a babysitter, Brother Ning, do you think the seeds left by my family will be successful?"

?? "It's okay, but I heard that the second half of this year will be colder faster, and the temperature will drop completely in September."

"That's right, usually at the beginning of September, you have to wear two clothes." Qin said.

?? "If this is the case, the time is too late. I remember that I started planting in February in the first half of the year. It will be June before I can eat it. It will take more than 100 days. I can hit it because my seeds are The ones that have been pre-germinated can also be exposed to the sun." In fact, the main reason is because it relies on supernatural powers.

?? Qin also believed, "Then I'll grow cabbage!"

??Speaking of cabbage, Bai Ning only sold a hundred catties of sauerkraut accumulated in two months last year, and he dragged the rest to the street to sell. He sold them as pickles, mixed with peppers and shallots, and sold them for five pounds per catty. Wen, don't say that business is doing well.The main reason is that the sauerkraut is salty, and eating this can save a lot of salt and money for vegetables.

??As soon as this sauerkraut sells, the sauerkraut pot in the store will sell a little better.

"I will plant a little more this year, Auntie, when you sow more seeds, I will plant another acre."

?? "You still want to make sauerkraut this year?" Qin frowned, this year's sauerkraut was not easy to sell, but Qin saw it, even though he didn't lose money in the end.

?? "Do a little, this time only a little, not so much, one mu is enough."

??The Qin family didn't say anything when they heard about Yimu, "That's fine, I'll sow seeds here tomorrow and the day after tomorrow."

?? "Okay, if it's earlier, you can accumulate it earlier."

??Watermelon is delicious, but it can't be eaten for a while.As soon as they mature, they all mature together, Bai Ning can only choose the mature ones and collect some.

?? There are about 50 of them.

?? Someone sent some to Mr. Dong's family, and some to Mr. Liu's family.Because of the little fat man's matter, the two families still had some contacts, and the Liu family would send gifts when Xiao Tuantuan was full moon.Then Ms. Xu sent a few, and the rest went to the restaurant.

?? Bai Ning didn't sell it either, he just gave it away.

??Each table will give a plate of watermelon no matter how much it consumes. If the customer buys it from the yard, it is also okay. A plate is only ten yuan, which is not expensive.

?? It is not that no one has eaten watermelon, but those who have eaten watermelon look at the watermelon sent by the restaurant and do not believe that it is watermelon.Because in their impression, watermelon is not like this, the color is not so red, the taste is not as sweet as this melon, and this watermelon doesn't even have seeds.

?? Many people do not believe that this is the watermelon.

?? But this melon tastes sweet, bite it down, sweet and delicate, full of juice, it really makes people want to eat it.

?? Eating watermelon quickly became popular in Fuyun County. This thing can't be eaten elsewhere, only in Changliu Restaurant.

??Changjiu Restaurant is the name of Bai Ning's hotpot restaurant.

??For a while, it became popular to bring relatives and friends to Changliu Restaurant for dinner.

?? Shopkeeper Li is very busy. Originally, the business of Changliu Restaurant was still good, but the peppers were acquired by rich households in the city. After they were planted, his family's business had some impact.It's just that the bottom of the pot is still there, and half of the guests are still left.

?? But watermelon became popular, and the business of Changliu Restaurant suddenly felt like flying, with the venues full.

?? There were also a few families who went to Bai Ning to buy watermelons in person, and Bai Ning sold them after seeing it.Anyway, those people gave a lot of money, and the left and right were sold.

??More than 400 watermelons, all of which were gone in less than a week.

??The people in the village watched someone come to Bai Ning's place to buy watermelons in a gorgeous carriage, and secretly kept a few thoughts in their hearts. Seeing that Bai Ning was planting watermelons again, they secretly followed him to plant them.

?? Bai Ning didn't feel unhappy, just like he was growing peppers before.No matter how good a thing is in the hands of one person, it is not a good thing, but will become a disaster. If it is in the hands of many people, it will become commonplace.

??Qin saw several companies secretly growing watermelons, and she was not happy. She turned to tell Bai Ning, and found that his attitude was the same as usual, so she had to say a word of determination.

??Just two days after the second batch of watermelons were planted, Ms. Xu came up the mountain.I gave Bai Ning a few jars of chicken fir paste and fungus oil, and told him a piece of good news by the way.

??Liu Laosan also bought a mule, and Mrs. Xu sent Bai Ning's mule to him up the mountain.

?? Bai Ning looked at the little donkey and led it into the cowshed, "Second Aunt, come and eat watermelon."

??Xu Niangzi started directly without any hesitation, "You still have watermelon here, didn't your watermelon be divided up long ago!"

?? "How is it possible, if I don't keep some for myself, I will sell it?"

?? Miss Xu didn't believe it either. She knew a little about this nephew.Good things are eaten first before they are sold, and if they are particularly good, they are kept for their family members.

?? Miss Xu hasn't been up the mountain for a long time, so she just wandered around, and when she saw that the pigsty was empty, she gave him some advice.

?? "Your pigsty is empty. How about I ask your uncle to go back and dig some plantains to plant, so that next year there will be plantains to eat."

?? Bai Ning couldn't wait, and nodded his head like a pounding garlic, "This is fine. Look at what fruit trees you have in your house, and you can get me some. I lack these things in the mountains."

??Xu Niangzi went to the back mountain for a stroll, "You guys are very fast, this mountain is almost there!"

?? "How many people do you not look at?"

?? "Yes, how much money did you spend on this mountain? Tell aunt the truth."

?? Bai Ning didn't hide it either, "It's almost 500 taels for labor alone, and then we didn't dig a spring, we plan to drain it, and we need to spend some money."

??Mistress Xu couldn't help being speechless, she had never heard of so much money in her life, "You guys really spent a lot of money."

?? "If you pay, you will reap. In the future, our family will rely on this mountain for food."

?? Not to mention, the wood from land reclamation is all firewood.At present, they have stored a lot of firewood, in piles, which cannot be used up after several years of burning.