Chapter 18 The cantaloupe is ripe

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Zhao Xinyu waved his hand and said, "Everyone helps me while I can, so for the time being I will do it this way. If I earn more in the future, I will increase your wages."

After saying this, Zhao Xinyu thought of something else, "Han Li, didn't you say you know the engineering team? The weather is getting hot soon. Not only the smell, but also the mosquitoes are swarming over there in the stinky ditch. We have nothing to do with it, but What would customers think if they knew our vegetables were grown next to the smelly ditch? So the top priority is to find a construction team immediately to clean up the smelly ditch completely."

Han Li and the others were slightly stunned. They all looked at Han Tianliang and said, "Dad, the smelly ditch belongs to the village. The village should help with this matter."

Han Tianliang smiled bitterly and said, "You also know the situation in the village. How can you have the money to do these things? Besides, the smelly ditch no longer belongs to the village. Xinyu has contracted the smelly ditch."

"Xinyu, you are crazy. Why are you contracting a smelly ditch? Why do you still have to spend money to clean the smelly ditch every year?" Han Jun and others looked at Zhao Xinyu speechlessly.

Zhao Xinyu smiled lightly and said, "Han Li, just find the construction team, and you don't need to worry about anything else."

I originally thought that Caizui would calm down after a few days of busy work, but I didn't expect that more and more people would come here every day, and there would be customers queuing up before it even opened.

In just over ten days, not only residents in the north of the city, hotels, and preserved vegetables, but also people in the other three areas knew that the vegetables sold in preserved vegetables in Xihanling were not only delicious, but also had good nutritional value. Extremely high. Because business is so booming, TV stations have reported on it several times.

Many hotels and restaurants want to order vegetables from Caizui, but Caizui has made a statement that each customer can purchase up to ten kilograms of vegetables without one gold.

In the end, there was even a group of people here in Xihanling specifically to help people buy vegetables. They lined up to buy vegetables and then sold them to some hotels and restaurants.

Some people also inquired that the vegetables sold by Preserved Caizu come from Zhao Xinyu's compound. They also wanted to come to look for Zhao Xinyu, but every time they were greeted by Tie Qiangjun, who was guarding the door. Even if the door was opened, they did not dare to enter the yard. , because in front of the courtyard there was a big dog that looked like a calf waiting for them with bared teeth.

Because the preserved vegetable business was so booming, Han Jun, the six of them, and their parents were working overloaded every day. Zhao Xinyu simply discussed with them and asked Han Tianliang to find a few more honest people in the village. Go over and help.

While the vegetables were on fire, construction also started over the stinking ditch. In order to ensure the quality of the construction, Zhao Xinyu specially sent Lu Ming, a construction worker, to supervise.

Almost all the villagers were confused when Zhao Xinyu found someone to clean up the stinking ditch. The stinky ditch had been there for decades. Because of the smell and the mosquitoes all over the sky, people were reluctant to clean up the stinking ditch when the weather was hot. The ditch passes.

Now the construction is about to start over there in the smelly ditch, and there is news that the construction cost will exceed 200,000, which makes people feel that Zhao Xinyu, who started his career by growing vegetables, is crazy.

In their imagination, spending so much money to build a smelly ditch is worse than buying a building in the suburbs. . . . . .

"Zhao Xinyu, do you have any plans to spend more than 200,000 yuan to renovate a smelly ditch?" Under the grape trellis in the courtyard, Du Mengnan looked at Zhao Xinyu and asked.

While the vegetables were booming, the grapes planted in the vegetable garden were already blooming and bearing fruit. Although it was not yet the grape ripening season, it was very cool under the grape trellis. What surprised Han Tianliang and the others was that compared to other vegetable fields, there were There are no mosquitoes or anything else under the grape trellis. It is precisely because of this that people always choose to go under the grape trellis when they want to enjoy the cool air.

Zhao Xinyu chuckled, "Wait a moment, I'll get you some cantaloupe to try first."

Du Mengnan was slightly startled, "Cantaloupe?"

"It's what you call melon, but we call it cantaloupe over there."

"No, it won't take long for the melons to mature in the greenhouse. I'll go over and have a look." While talking, Du Mengnan also got up and followed Zhao Xinyu.

The place where watermelons and cantaloupes are planted is in the north of the yard, next to the simple house, with an area of ​​about one and a half acres. Since there is no space for planting cantaloupes and watermelons, Zhao Xinyu also gave it a try.

There are about an acre of watermelon. The green vines and leaves cover the vegetable field so that no trace of soil can be seen. The round watermelons between the leaves are covered with water mist, and there is a trace of halo flickering under the sunlight.

There are almost no vines visible on the half-acre muskmelon, and all you can see are lumpy muskmelons. The milky white muskmelons are not small, any one is about half a catty in size. When you get closer, you can smell the unique scent of cantaloupe. fragrance.

"It smells so good." Du Mengnan took a deep breath and walked into the melon field. She looked around, but she didn't dare to make a move. She had eaten a lot of cantaloupe, but this was the first time she entered the melon field. She didn't dare to make a move because if the cantaloupe It tastes more bitter than coptis when unripe.

Seeing Du Mengnan's look, Zhao Xinyu laughed and said, "Here, I'll teach you how to identify the rawness and ripeness of melons."

While speaking, he pointed to a cantaloupe with tiny cracks on it and condensed reddish-brown juice, "Here, touch it."

"Ripe cantaloupe is very smooth to the touch, while immature ones are a bit astringent to the touch. Ripe melons have thin stems and will fall off if touched lightly. The flower stems are also small and round, with tiny cracks like this. Although the cantaloupe doesn’t look good, it tastes the best.”

His white and tender fingers touched the cantaloupe a few times, and then looked at the melon base and flower base. Du Mengnan's eyes lit up, and he turned to look at Zhao Xinyu, "According to what you said, this melon should be ripe."

"Pick it off and taste it."

Du Mengnan exerted a little force, and the cantaloupe in his hand fell off the vine. He went back and washed it with water, and handed it to Zhao Xinyu, "I can't eat one by myself. You can help me open it, and it will be half for each person."

Zhao Xinyu smiled faintly and knocked lightly. After a crisp sound, a strong melon fragrance filled the air, and the orange-red melon juice overflowed. Du Mengnan couldn't help but swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva, and his pretty face turned slightly red.

Taking the half melon handed over by Zhao Xinyu, Du Mengnan didn't look like a lady and couldn't wait to take a bite. After one bite, Du Mengnan hummed and a hint of joy appeared in his eyes.

The cantaloupe is crisp and sweet. After chewing it for a few times, it turns into a stream of sweetness and enters the stomach. Instantly, there is a slight cooling feeling in the stomach, and the fragrance lingers on the lips and teeth.

Du Mengnan ate half of the cantaloupe within ten seconds. Then she saw Zhao Xinyu handing over the other half. He took it and ate it without even thinking about it. A half-catty cantaloupe was too much for Du Mengnan. I ate it all in one minute.

After eating, Du Mengnan let out a sigh of relief, and then she felt a sticky feeling on her hands. She saw that her hands were covered with orange-red melon juice that looked like honey.

"Do you want to eat or not?"

"Eat, this is my first time to eat such a fragrant melon."

A few minutes later, Du Mengnan got up and went to Zhao Xinyu's room to wash up. When he returned to the melon field, his jade hands kept rubbing his lower abdomen. When he saw Zhao Xinyu who was smiling but not smiling, Du Mengnan blushed and glared at Zhao Xinyu. One glance, "Why are you laughing?"

"Du Mengnan, you know how many cantaloupes you have eaten."

"Two, maybe."

The next moment, Du Mengnan was stunned, with a look of disbelief in her eyes. She saw four melon stems where she just ate the melon.

"It's impossible, I ate all these." Although she said this, she knew in her heart that she really ate four, because Zhao Xinyu didn't move when she was eating.

With a hint of embarrassment, Du Mengna said softly: "This cantaloupe is so delicious. Zhao Xinyu, please sell all these melons to me."

After saying this, she seemed to have thought of something else and pointed at the watermelon, "I want watermelon too."

Zhao Xinyu's eyes flickered a few times, "What is your relationship with that Shao Jiamin? Why are you more interested in her than her?"

Du Mengnan blushed. As Zhao Xinyu said, Shao Jiamin had never been here since the last time. On the contrary, she, the introducer, came here every now and then.

"Don't worry about it. Do you want to keep this melon?" Du Mengnan said with a hint of shyness. She didn't know what was wrong with her. She always spoke coldly in front of others, but in front of this guy, she had never been as cool as others. Said coldly.

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