"Meaning, they are offering eight yuan per catty.
They buy them from me at eight yuan per catty, and then you ask them to buy them at two yuan? Has your brain been smashed?"
After listening to Liu Chunsheng's words, Liu Ju's eyes widened, and she couldn't react for a moment: "You said how much per catty?"
"Eight, eight, you heard that right!" Liu Chunsheng said loudly.
"Eight yuan per catty for a watermelon, and a watermelon is at least fifty catties. How much is that in total?" She couldn't calculate it clearly, but she knew it was definitely not a small amount.
She was still congratulating herself on selling them for two yuan per catty, only to find out that others were casually selling them for eight yuan per catty. This meant that for every watermelon she sold, others were selling four.
It was clear who was making money and who was losing.
Thinking of this, she regretfully slapped her thigh: "How could I be so foolish, selling them for only two yuan? How much money did I lose?"
"Is this about losing money? Your nephew kindly brought you watermelons, and you, his aunt, sold them in front of him. Don't you know how disheartened he would be?
And now you have the nerve to come back and ask for more watermelons." Liu Chunsheng was furious when he thought about this.
Liu Ju felt a bit embarrassed, but quickly regained her composure: "Didn't I get his consent before selling them!"
"If you ask him like that, he definitely won't refuse. But you are the elder, you shouldn't have done such a thing. Is money more important, or family ties?" Liu Chunsheng did not forgive her behavior just because of her few words.
"Look at you, I'm his second aunt. What's wrong with selling two watermelons? Will he hold a grudge against me?
Besides, didn't I sell watermelons to advertise yours!"
"Yes, you advertised them by selling them at two yuan per catty, while Yifeng bought them from Su Zong at eight yuan per catty, let alone the price they sell them for in their store.
Do you think they will accept it if you tell them now that it's eight yuan per catty?" Liu Chunsheng was angry.
"Can you blame me? Yifeng was there at the time, and he didn't remind me when I sold them for two yuan per catty. Otherwise, I wouldn't have sold them so cheaply." Liu Ju shifted the blame to Liu Yifeng.
"You're just crazy for money. You even thought of selling the watermelons your nephew gave you to make money.
Look at others, who else has done this?"
Liu Ju felt uncomfortable being lectured by him, but she had a thick skin: "Chunsheng, stop talking. I already know I did wrong. Don't worry, I promise I won't sell the watermelons I take back this time, no matter how much others offer!"
"Then you can take one. These watermelons have all been pre-ordered by Su Zong." Liu Chunsheng finally couldn't bear to refuse her entirely, as she was his sister.
As soon as Liu Ju heard that she could only take one, her expression immediately fell: "Isn't one a bit too little? I made a trip, and it's not even enough for my gas money!"
"How much gas money can you spend? Don't forget that each of my watermelons can sell for four hundred yuan, which is enough for your gas for a month," Liu Chunsheng said.
"Then two, so I don't have to come all the way here again after I eat them. It's troublesome!" Liu Ju was unwilling to take just one.
"Are you really planning to have us provide you with fruit all summer? You can have a taste, that's enough." Liu Chunsheng didn't want to spoil her.
"Chunsheng, don't be so stingy. You have so many watermelons, and your watermelons are selling so expensively, you're going to get rich.
In the future, can you ask Yifeng to teach me how to grow watermelons too? After all, we're family, we should make money together." Liu Ju's heart was already bursting with anticipation seeing how expensive the watermelons were selling for.
"Yifeng just planted them casually, there are no special techniques."
"How is that possible? Can casual planting produce such large watermelons? Look at those fruit farmers who have been planting for over ten or twenty years, and they still haven't grown watermelons this big.
Don't keep it a secret. With so many people across the country, your harvested watermelons alone are not enough to sell." Liu Ju was still persistent.
"Why would I lie to you? If you don't believe me, fine. Didn't you say you wanted to pick some watermelons to take back? Hurry up and pick them, I'm busy here!" Liu Chunsheng did not reveal the growth agent developed by Tongtong.
He knew what he should and shouldn't say.
"Alright, alright, I won't talk to you anymore. I'll talk to Yifeng later." With that, Liu Ju went to pick watermelons.
After a long time, she picked out two that looked the biggest to her.
However, just as she was about to pick them, she was stopped by Su Wanru: "Auntie, this watermelon is not ripe yet, it cannot be picked."
"How is that possible? This watermelon is so big, it must be ripe." Liu Ju said.
"I sell fruits, and I understand whether a watermelon is ripe better than anyone else. The watermelon in your hand is large, but the stem is still green. It will take at least another week to grow." Su Wanru explained.
"I don't believe you. Such a big watermelon isn't ripe yet? I think you want to pick it yourself to sell. After all, the bigger the watermelon, the more money it sells for."
"Second sister, you are already so old, and you don't even know if a watermelon is ripe. This watermelon is indeed not ripe, and it won't be edible if you pick it. Can't you choose a ripe one among so many watermelons?" Liu Chunsheng was somewhat helpless.
Seeing that Chunsheng said so, Liu Ju had to give up and chose a relatively smaller one: "This one is ripe, right?"
Su Wanru nodded: "This one is fine."
Then, Liu Ju picked another one. The two watermelons she picked together weighed at least 110 catties.
"Chunsheng, let's each carry one down. My car is parked below!" Liu Ju struggled to lift one.
Liu Chunsheng said nothing and immediately helped her carry one.
"Su Zong, please sit down. I'll be right back!"
"Okay, Uncle Liu, be careful." Su Wanru replied.
When they reached the foot of the mountain, Liu Chunsheng saw the three-wheeled vehicle his second sister had driven, and he knew she had come prepared.
"Second sister, drive slowly on the road, be careful not to shake the watermelons and crack them." He reminded her.
"Don't worry, didn't you see I put a blanket underneath!" Liu Ju placed the watermelon on the three-wheeled vehicle and wiped the sweat from her forehead.
Originally, she wanted to take some vegetables back, but she was afraid that Chunsheng would know that she had sold almost all the vegetables too, and he would get angry and refuse to give her more vegetables.
So she planned to come back in a few days to pick some fresh vegetables, so as not to arouse his suspicion.
Last night, she cooked two vegetables, and her two grandsons, who never ate vegetables, fought over them.
She didn't know when Liu Yifeng had become so capable, growing everything better than others.
However, in order to have his family's vegetables in the future, she couldn't ask for any more vegetables for now.
"Chunsheng, I won't bother you anymore, I'll be leaving now. You and Yifeng should come over for dinner another day!"
"Okay, I got it." Liu Chunsheng watched his second sister drive away in the electric scooter before going back to the watermelon field.
In just this short while, Su Wanru's people had already picked over two hundred watermelons.
She planned to pick a thousand today and had specially arranged for a large truck to transport the goods.
Time passed unconsciously for more than an hour, and Liu Yifeng and Tongtong walked deeper and deeper.
Inside, there were many wild mushrooms that Liu Yifeng had never seen before. He didn't know if they were poisonous.
But he knew that many wild mushrooms were sold at very high prices, some even reaching one or two hundred yuan per catty.
However, if one ate a poisonous mushroom, it could cause vomiting and diarrhea at best, or require stomach pumping at the hospital, or even be fatal.
Therefore, there was a saying that one should eat wild mushrooms at the entrance of the hospital, otherwise, it might be too late to get to the hospital.
But seeing so many wild mushrooms, it would be a shame not to pick them and sell them.
"Tongtong, do you recognize these wild mushrooms?" Liu Yifeng knew that his question was a bit silly; how could a child like Tongtong recognize something that he, an adult, didn't know?
But thinking of how Tongtong knew so many things that even adults didn't understand, he thought Tongtong might recognize them, after all, his son was not an ordinary child, but a genius.
To his surprise, Tongtong pointed at these wild mushrooms and named them one by one, without any hesitation.
This was the chicken foot mushroom, that was the white mushroom, this umbrella-like one was the matsutake mushroom, and all of them were highly nutritious and delicious.
But that red-capped, white-stemmed Amanita muscaria was highly poisonous and would cause death if eaten.
That yellow one was also poisonous, and one must go to the hospital if eaten.
Looking at the little figure earnestly explaining to him, Liu Yifeng felt extremely ashamed.
It seemed that in terms of knowledge, he was inferior to a three-year-old child in many aspects.
However, with Tongtong, he knew which wild mushrooms could be picked and which could not.
Especially the matsutake mushroom, which was already selling for over a thousand yuan per catty on the market, its rarity made it precious.