HLnovel Chapter 121 Sell it to others like a greenhorn!
Chapter 121 Sell it to others like a greenhorn!
In modern watermelons, after cutting open, you can see the blood-red flesh inside.
But now, after cutting the watermelon, it looked completely different from what Zhou Yue had imagined.
After cutting it open, you can see thick white flesh everywhere, and only near the center are there some red spots.
This melon doesn't look like it's edible at all. If it were in modern times, Zhou Yue would return it immediately.
How can I sell this to a greenhorn?
Zhou Yue asked Wang Tiezhu next to her, "Brother Tiezhu, is this watermelon not ripe?"
Wang Tiezhu looked at the melon and shook his head in confusion.
"How could that be? This melon must be ripe!"
"Uh...okay."
Zhou Yue cut the watermelons with white flesh into small pieces and distributed them to the Red Army soldiers.
Zhou Yue also picked up a piece and tasted it.
To be honest, the taste is not very good. It tastes very bland and not sweet enough.
Nowadays, even unripe watermelons taste sweeter and more delicious than this one.
And these Red Army soldiers all ate with relish.
[Tongzi! What's wrong with this watermelon? Why does it taste like this? ]
Zhou Yue really couldn't understand why the quality of the watermelons here was so poor.
She used to live in the countryside, and her grandmother planted a small piece of watermelon. Although it was their own watermelon, it was also sweet.
[Sister Yueyue, this is what watermelon tasted like in the 30s! I have some information for you to look at~]
Then Zhou Yue understood why modern watermelons are so big, so sweet, and have such high yields.
However, the watermelons in the 30s were completely different from those today.
The reason why modern watermelons are of such good quality is due to the efforts of Wu Mingzhu, the mother of watermelon.
She devoted herself to the research and development of sweet watermelon varieties, and put in countless efforts and hard work, so that the Chinese people could achieve watermelon freedom.
If it weren't for her research and development, modern Chinese people would only be able to eat watermelons that taste bad and are not sweet.
Zhou Yue's heart was filled with emotion. Even a small watermelon was the embodiment of countless efforts of the predecessors.
Although the watermelon was not sweet, it was very thirst-quenching. After eating the watermelon, the soldiers continued on their journey.
After these Red Army soldiers left, a soldier in military uniform came to the old man's thatched cottage.
"Young man, why haven't you left yet?"
The old man clearly saw that the main force of the Red Army had left, and asked him curiously.
The warrior didn't say much, but smiled and took out a handful of seeds from his arms.
"Uncle, these are watermelon seeds. They can grow very sweet and delicious watermelons. You must try planting them next year."
After saying that, he stuffed the packet of seeds into the old man's arms and left.
The old man looked confused, but he still carefully collected the watermelon seeds.
Zhou Yue felt that if it could make the people of this era live a better life without drastically changing history, then why not do it?
Although this particularly sweet watermelon seed would not be developed until decades later.
But why is it impossible to let the Chinese people enjoy the sweetness of watermelon earlier?
The troops marched until the afternoon of the second day, when they saw large tracts of melon fields before their eyes.
This time the melon field is much larger than the last time. It stretches across several long fields, all planted with lush green watermelons.
The soldiers had already eaten watermelon yesterday, so there was no urgent need for it today.
After looking at the large melon field, we continued walking forward, preparing to find a place to set up camp.
When the soldiers were about to leave the melon fields, an old man and an old woman came out from a thatched hut in the fields.
"Hey guys, do you want to eat some melon?"
A soldier saw an old woman with white hair asking him a question.
I replied politely, "No thanks, ma'am!"
The old man had picked a watermelon from the field and held it in front of a soldier.
"You all should try our melons. If you don't eat them now, they will rot in the fields. What a pity!"
When the Quartermaster General saw something was happening ahead, he hurried over and asked the two old men.
"Old man, did you grow all these melons?"
The old man sighed and said, "These are all grown by us and our children. The children are out working, so we can't sell these melons, so they can only rot in the fields."
The old lady also agreed, "It's a waste of food in the rotten land. You can take it and eat it. It's free."
The Minister of Munitions thought about it and decided to buy all the melons.
It can not only help the two old men solve the problem of sales of these melons, but also quench the thirst of the soldiers.
"Auntie, buy all these melons!"
Not many melons were picked from the melon field yesterday. There were only enough for each soldier to have a small piece.
Today's melon fields not only have plenty of land, but also have high yields.
One watermelon weighs more than ten pounds and is almost twice as big as the ones from yesterday.
"There's a pond next to Dashan. Let's soak in it before eating!"
Wang Tiezhu, who had just returned from fetching water, suggested.
There was a large pond next to where the team camped, so the soldiers soaked the watermelons in the pond.
After dinner, I fished out the watermelon from the pond.
After Zhou Yue cut it open with a knife, several soldiers gathered nearby all exclaimed.
"Oh my god! Why is the inside of this watermelon so red!"
"It's different from the watermelons we ate before!"
“It’s bright red! It looks delicious!”
The rind of the cut watermelon is very thin, and inside is full of red flesh.
The red color looked so real under the illumination of the torches at night that the soldiers could not help but swallow their saliva.
There were a lot of watermelons distributed this time, and each soldier got a big piece.
The soldiers held the watermelon, took a bite, and felt completely amazed.
"This melon is so sweet! I've never eaten such a sweet melon!"
“It’s much more delicious than yesterday’s!”
The chilled watermelon is particularly refreshing. Take a small bite and the sweet feeling will make you intoxicated.
The soldiers ate it in small bites. This thing was sweeter than honey, and they really wanted to share it with their families.
It’s a pity that my family members are all in my hometown and I can’t see them.