Mr. Lin and his son happily reported that the watermelons from the eighty acres were thriving. Many watermelons had grown, with the largest weighing two or three jin (approximately 1-1.5 kg). They predicted that they would be able to harvest the first batch in about half a month.
While they were speaking, Chu Xiaoniu led a long-term worker over. This worker was called Wang Laowu. In his twenties, Wang had already lost most of his hair, a severe case of "local areas overcoming the central area", with strands of thin hair sticking up on top of his head like small horns.