The Story of Ancient Farming through Time Traveling

Chen Xingzhou talked about this matter with Bai Gan on the second day, and finally said: "Brother Bai, we will not be as bold as yesterday, if we are seen by others again, it will really be over."

Baigan scratched Chen Xingzhou's nose pamperingly, "Okay, how about this, let's meet in Baifu later, how about it? There are few people in Baifu, so it's safe."

Chen Xingzhou didn't want to have a relationship like an underground party exchanging information. He didn't like other kinds of excitement.

"That's not necessary, as long as we try to do as few intimate things as possible in the future, besides, everyone thinks that you are engaged, let alone suspect that. Also, you must not let Yuan Bao go home, or you will be in trouble." .”

"Okay, listen to you, as long as I don't go back, Yuan Bao will naturally not go back, don't worry."

"Okay, Brother Bai, are you free? Come with me to Qiren to order and see the plaque. It has been three days, and I don't know if the plaque and the fruit stand are ready?"

"I'm free, and I don't have anything to do recently. The vegetables in your field were harvested a while ago, and I have nothing to do. I don't worry about leaving it to Zhengjie."

The watermelons in the field are still ripe, and the vegetables are already ripe, and even the second batch has already been planted. The vegetables ripen faster than the watermelons, about a month and a half earlier. Once the vegetables are ripe, Baigan will come to collect them Well, the price of vegetables is still the same as last year, five cents per catty, but this year’s output is not as much as last year’s. On seven and a half acres of land, a total of 1 catties of vegetables were harvested and sold for 600 taels of silver. Make up for the land money.

When the second batch of vegetables is cooked next time, Chen Xingzhou plans to switch to other vegetables. They will always be the same. If the customers are tired of eating them, they will not buy it. The catering needs to be updated so that they can survive for a long time.

The two came to the strange person's order, and the inside was the same as before, still in a mess. The shopkeeper looked at Chen Xingzhou and hurriedly said, "My lord, the plaque is ready, but the shelf still needs some time."

Chen Xingzhou was not in a hurry, "Then trouble the shopkeeper, and send the plaque to the diagonally opposite first."

"No trouble, no trouble."

The goatee beckoned a carpenter casually, and ordered: "Take out the plaque of Qianzhou, and send it to the diagonally opposite side with this young master."

This carpenter is young, but he is a big man with a strong face and looks like a good hand. He quickly went to the back hall and took out a plaque, about [-] centimeters square, with a black background, and the Qianzhou fruit shop in the middle Chen Xingzhou was very satisfied with just one glance at the five big characters.

"Shopkeeper, I'm very satisfied with the plaque. Do the math, how much silver do you need in total? I'll give it together today."

The goatee promised to go to the counter quickly, fingering the abacus quickly, counting for a while, and finally said: "A total of 33 taels."

Chen Xingzhou paid the money without hesitation.

Chen Xingzhou planned to hang the plaque on the opening day. The carpenter delivered the plaque to the store and left. He didn’t have any cloth to cover the plaque, so he had to go to the first clothing store, bought a large piece of red cloth, covered the plaque, and waited for the opening. On that day, the red cloth was lifted and the signboard was hung up, which indicated that it was booming.

As soon as the plaque was built, Baigan murmured in a low voice, "Qianzhou, Qianzhou, take the last word of our name and make it Qianzhou. It's very good. I like this name very much."

Chen Xingzhou looked a little smug, "Of course, I don't want to see who came up with the name?"

"Yes, yes, my boating is amazing, and even the name of the store is so interesting."

Chen Xingzhou was even happier, Baigan was really good at talking, and what he said warmed his heart, especially his boating.

Baigan looked at the store again and said, "The location is not bad, it's next to the street, and there are people coming and going on the street, so it should be easy to sell."

"The location is good, but something new still needs a gimmick so that people will buy it, and the price can't be too high, otherwise no one will buy it."

"Then how do you plan to sell the boat? How much will it cost?"

"One catty of watermelon costs four pennies. Brother Bai, do you think the price is right?"

Chen Xingzhou did a rough calculation. The output of watermelon is about 1 catties, which is only 480 taels. The selling price of fruit is not as high as the purchase price of vegetables. They are purely sold at a loss. The main purpose is to open up the market. The output of cantaloupe is not as high as that of watermelon. If it’s still four cents a catty, and you don’t even have 480 taels, you will lose money if you continue like this. Let’s see how the watermelons are selling. When the sales are good, you can raise the price of the cantaloupe. After all, there must be a profit .

Baigan has never heard of fruit, let alone what watermelon is, and he doesn't know whether it is expensive or cheap at such a price, so he can't give a clear answer.

"Let's try it first. Not only do I not know what a fruit and watermelon are, but I probably don't know the whole week, so I don't know the market for fruits. But fresh things should be easy to sell. Why don't we hold an auction like last year?"

"Auctioning watermelons won't work. I already have an idea. When the time comes, I will cut a few watermelons outside and let people taste a piece for free, so as to arouse their appetite. If they think it is delicious, they will definitely buy it. I have confidence in watermelons, absolutely Make people eat and want to eat.”

"It's just that you have a lot of ghost ideas, and I don't know where you got so many ideas?"

"I guess I'm smart."

"Haha, it's true when you say that."

The two started a business relationship.

"Let's go, brother Bai, don't bother to compliment each other, let's go to the field to have a look."

"it is good."

Chen Xingzhou locked the store and went to the field. He didn't go there for several days, and he didn't know what was going on in the field.

Time passed, and the watermelon was ripe. Seeing a large piece of green, plump watermelon, Chen Xingzhou was satisfied, and tapped a watermelon casually. The sound was clear and crisp, a good melon.

Watermelon and cantaloupe have been planted with a total of seven and a half acres. Watermelon is one acre more than cantaloupe. He has roughly estimated the yield in advance, and it can be about 1 catties. Now that the weather is hot, watermelon is not suitable for preservation. Half of the watermelon is sold, and the rest Half of it needs to be put in the freezer to refrigerate, but he forgot to tell Baigan about it, and he happened to be able to let him come over to eat watermelon, so Chen Xingzhou called Li Zhu, "Li Zhu, you run, and call Big Brother Bai, I have something to say to him, but I can't leave now."

"Okay, I'll go right away." Li Zhu agreed, and ran away as soon as he smoked.

After instructing Li Zhu, Chen Xingzhou called Liu Fei over again, "Brother Liu, everyone has been working very seriously recently, and I can see it. Go pick five big watermelons and share them with everyone. It's just to relieve the heat."

"okay."

Liu Fei picked five pleasing watermelons and put them all in front of Chen Xingzhou. He felt a little troubled. It is so heavy and slippery that there is nowhere to start. If Liu Fei didn't know that it was for food, Liu Fei would not have dared to pick it off at first.

Chen Xingzhou laughed a lot at first, and then said, "Give me the knife, and I'll show you how to cut a watermelon."

A big man with a round face next to him handed over a kitchen knife. Chen Xingzhou took it and pointed it directly at the middle of the watermelon. A big watermelon was split into two, with red flesh and black seeds inside, full of moisture, and looked delicious. Then he He cut the half piece a few more times, and cut it into pieces, "Okay, you can eat it, but only eat the red one, and the green one is the skin, so you can't eat it."

At this time, there was a circle of workers around, and everyone looked at me and I looked at you, but none of them dared to make a move.

Chen Xingzhou thought this scene was quite funny, so he took the initiative to pick up a piece of watermelon and gnawed it. It was so sweet, delicious, and full of water. Seeing that Chen Xingzhou picked it up and ate it directly, everyone imitated the watermelon and ate it.

Then it was out of control, and the remaining four big watermelons did not escape the fate of being eaten. After eating, everyone was full of praise, and they still had something to say.

Just after eating five watermelons, Baigan came, and Chen Xingzhou hurriedly asked someone to pick five big watermelons, "Brother Bai, take these back and give them to the people in Tianxianglou to taste, Brother Liu, go and cut them up again." Give Li Zhu and Brother Bai a taste of a watermelon, or let Brother Bai see how to cut it."

"Okay." After that time, Liu Fei discovered that the relationship between Xingzhou and Boss Bai had become the very beginning, not as close as it was some time ago, and Liu Cui also told him that Boss Bai had already engaged, so then It's even more unlikely to be a broken sleeve. It seems that I guessed wrong and almost ruined the big event. I'd better find a day to apologize to Xingzhou, after all, he was also involved.

Liu Fei imitated Chen Xingzhou's method of cutting watermelon, first divided it into two parts, and then cut it into several pieces, while Baigan watched carefully.

Li Zhu didn't dare to eat it at first, it looked as red as blood, and he didn't dare to eat it. In the end, Baigan ate a piece first and said: "Yes, it turns out that watermelon tastes like this, and I have never eaten it like this before." Something sweet."

Baigan gave Watermelon the highest rating.

Seeing that Baigan had been eaten, Li Zhu dared to eat it. After eating one piece, he nodded again and again, and finally ate the rest. It was delicious, sweet, cold, and especially thirst-quenching.

"Brother Bai, there is one more thing I forgot to tell you."

"what's up?"

"Watermelons are not easy to store in summer, and they can't be sold out all of a sudden, so I want to borrow your freezer."

Baigan didn't even think about it, and directly agreed, "No problem, when will I pull it? I'll let Yuanbao take you there. The icehouse is outside the town."

"The next morning, I will send some to Qianzhou today, and it will open tomorrow. Brother Bai, remember to come and join us."

"Okay, I'll take these five watermelons away first, but it's a bit difficult to take."

"I'll get someone to deliver it for you, and I still have to pick watermelons, so I can't leave."

"Okay, I'll go first."

"Ah."

Chen Xingzhou casually ordered two workers and Baigan to deliver watermelons, while he was busy picking watermelons in the field, and would send half of them to Qianzhou later, and the rest would be taken to the freezer for storage in the future , but I can’t leave one person to watch the night, and need to send more people. If I lose the melon, it’s not a very profitable business. If I lose the melon and lose money, there’s no place to cry.

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