Be a little landlord

Chapter 58

  Among the five-acre watermelons, dozens of the first ones to be successfully grafted have already blossomed and bear fruit. Under the yellow female flowers that are gradually withering, there are pocket watermelons with small fluff, green and green patterns, and a bulging belly. People like it, Zhao Liniang is waiting for the summer to produce big and round watermelons.

In the past few months of cultivating watermelons, Lin Lixuan has learned a lot of knowledge about growing watermelons, some from Uncle Xu, some from agricultural books, and some summed up during the cultivation process. He is good at Observing and carefully recording the growth of watermelon vines, seeing that the survival rate of watermelon grafting is getting higher and higher, he summed up his own experience.

The vitality of plants is already strong, and the more careful you are with them, the easier it will be to kill them. There is a text in Chinese textbooks, "Planting Trees by Guo Lutuo", follow the nature of plants, let them grow freely, don't move or worry, grafting is good Afterwards, if you don't turn it wantonly, and don't check it every day, the stems and leaves that were thought to be unsuccessful in grafting gradually grow together.

——Of course, Lin Lixuan who was holding small scissors chuckled, the vines that shouldn't be allowed to grow must be trimmed off in time.

Pinch off the side vines that grow on the side of the main vine; for the two female melons side by side, leave the healthiest and largest one according to the situation. Although this will reduce the yield, it will improve the quality. The principle is very simple, it is willing Harvest one big healthy and sweet watermelon that absorbs all the nutrients to grow, or harvest two small watermelons that are undernourished?

He chooses the former.

The watermelons growing on the vines grew bigger and bigger like a blown ball. Seeing each small watermelon grow from the size of a finger to a fist, and finally to a big lantern hugged by one person, fruit farmer Lin Lixuan was extremely pleased. He stood in the melon field, wearing an orange-yellow straw hat, with bright sunlight above his head, and his slender fingers arched and tapped on the melon rind.

At the beginning of June, the first batch of watermelons finally ushered in the harvest period, forming 36 melons, with a total of 380 catties.

Lin Lixuan returned to the Lin family with the first ripe watermelon in his arms. On the way home, the two dogs at his feet arched to show his strong celebration. After returning home, the three members of the family applauded and welcomed him. In this regard, the Lin family held the first watermelon summary meeting. The first item of the meeting was Lin Lixuan, who cut the watermelon while revealing his inner journey and experience in growing watermelon. He also strongly condemned some small watermelons that died in the middle.

"Some watermelons this small are too pretentious. If you move them a little bit, they will lose their temper and never grow up again, as if they have been given a time stop technique..."

Lin Lixuan described the watermelons vividly while dancing. At the same time, he handed the cut watermelon to the three people in the family; Zhao Liniang, Yan Geer and Yu Geer, while receiving the watermelon handed over, they listened reverently to his vivid speech.

Light green and dark green are intertwined like aquatic plants to form an oval watermelon. There is a deep pattern on the belly of the melon, which is layered like egg yolk. It is the piece facing the land. The watermelon is placed firmly on the table. With the sound of the knife falling, as soon as the crisp skin of the melon was cut open, a fresh aroma burst out. The watermelon juice flowed on the wooden table, and the aroma came straight to the nose. His eyes were occupied by the bright red pulp, and he couldn't care about anything else.

Zhao Liniang, Brother Yan and Brother Yu all swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

Lin Lixuan continued to give his speech, and after Brother Yan finished eating a piece of melon, he dropped a conclusion and ended his speech: "Next year, we will continue to grow watermelons."

Zhao Liniang nodded heavily, and praised: "The melons I grow are delicious. "

Yan Geer nodded his head heavily, picked up another piece of watermelon and smacked it.

Brother Yu nodded heavily, hiccupped, and said in surprise, "Brother, you eat so fast."

Lin Lixuan wiped away the watermelon juice from his mouth for Brother Yan, and took a bite of the watermelon in his hand. The gorgeous flesh tasted sweet and warm. He frowned and commented: "It doesn't taste like iced watermelon."

Brother Yu was puzzled, "Obviously it's delicious."

He has never eaten such a sweet fruit before, so he is so happy today. The guess in his mouth is yellow, its red flesh is more bright red and beautiful than the candied haws sold on the street, and it doesn't taste like pumpkin. Brother Yu can't tell the taste, but it is delicious.

Watermelon juice is sweeter than the honey water you drink in the morning!

Uncle Xu raised bees on the mountain, and gave Lin Lixuan a large jar of honey after producing honey. My brother-in-law asked the whole family to drink a glass of honey water every morning. It was so sweet...

Lin Lixuan rubbed Brother Yu's head , smiled and said to him: "It will taste better if it is chilled in ice like a snowskin mooncake." After finishing speaking, he turned his head to look at Brother Yan who was eating non-stop, "Brother Yan, eat less , watermelon is cold in nature, if you eat too much, you will have a stomachache."

Even with such instructions, the four of them still ate too much. If the weather is not hot and people don't sweat, then you can only rely on...

Take off the heavy winter clothes, put on thin spring clothes, and then put on cool summer clothes, the weather is getting hotter, and the hot and humid summer is finally coming. After Lin Lixuan harvested the first batch of watermelons, he did not rush to take them to the store for a trial sale. Most of them were sent to people who knew him for a taste. Hang, Brother Qiu, and Mr. Shen from Songyun Bookstore, who had a good relationship with his family more or less gave away some.

Speaking of Mr. Shen, I have to mention that the second volume of "Feng Shen Yan Yi" created by Lin Lixuan has been published. The market response is good, and many scholars and bachelors like it. The boring work "Records of Yongyi Scholar" also began to be circulated in the market while raising melons. This book is full of Lin Lixuan's bad taste, and it is written about a funny story that happened to a scholar named Yongyi. The content of the story The mind is wide open, full of all kinds of reversals and reversals and unexpected developments, anyway, it is the ultimate nonsensical and hilarious work.

Lin Lixuan also took charcoal pencils and arranged countless small cartoons in the book, which added infinite fun to the hilarious laughter.

Lin Lixuan himself did not expect that the illogical little book he wrote randomly would spread like a plague among merchants.