Offering melons to the palace is a big event every year.
For the four places to escort the car, the boys in the village guessed for half an hour before deciding on the four winners.
For this matter, the four winners had their tails raised to the sky in the past few days, which made the other losers itchy in their teeth and rattled their fists, wishing they could be taught the rules of entering the palace first.
It's a pity that the village chief had already told him not to use his fists, otherwise he would be beaten until his nose was bruised and his face was swollen, and he would be embarrassed by the whole village when he walked out!
In the hot summer, even if the sun has just risen, the earth is so hot that your feet are burning.
The cicadas were all a bit listless, but the number of idlers in the teahouse continued unabated.
Humans are social animals, so they can eat and drink poorly, and wear simple clothes, but if they close their mouths and confine themselves for a few days, that is absolutely not allowed!
After all, the little widow at the end of the street has yet to hear the name of the new husband she has found and what he does for a living!
A certain third-grade official married a concubine in the sixth house. I don't know whether the mistress is suffering from qi or a real illness.
Not to mention that the court was quarreling over tax exemptions and silver, and they had not even given a few words of advice or expressed their opinions.
In short, you can live a good life, but you must eat it!
And just when the sun was approaching three poles, the real melon also entered Beijing.
This cart is green and golden, and it is placed on the cart board. There are many melon vines decorated around it, which looks fresh.
In order that the emperor could eat it immediately after it was delivered to the palace, there were two buckets of ice in the car, containing a jade melon and a dozen golden fruits.
When the sun shines, there is a faint chill. It looks so cool, which makes people extremely envious.
The street leading to the palace was originally the busiest, but because of this car, it suddenly became even busier!
First, a little boy was sleepy. In order to wake up, he ran to the door to blow in the air.
When he saw the Li family's carriage and mule carriage from a distance, he became excited and shouted loudly, "Oh, Suijintan has come to the palace to offer melons!"
"What? Suijintan has come to the palace to offer melons! Oh, that melon garden It's open, you can go buy melons!" A customer sitting by the window heard the movement, turned around and shouted in surprise.
The guests in the teahouse rushed to the door, took a closer look, and became happy.
"What a golden melon!"
"The garden has finally opened, my eyes are red with anticipation!"
"Hurry up and buy a few, I've been waiting to give you gifts!"
"Don't panic, wait for me."
Everyone was talking and laughing . , gearing up again, finally waiting for this moment, wanting to rush to buy a few to take home.
In fact, ten days ago, jade melons and golden fruits were sold on the market.
But how can I put it, the taste is not bad, but it is much different from the taste in memory.
The taste in my memory is the clear and sweet taste produced by Ruijintan.
If someone says to do it, he will do it, and he has already sent the head servant to line up at Ruijintan.
Those who did not have any entourage with them, or who were living a normal life at home, also hurried out of the city and went to line up in person.
Broken Gold Beach has been selling jade melons and golden fruits for two years, and everyone has figured out how to get there.
Neither the Li family of Suijintan nor the common people of New Village care about the identity and background of the buyers, let alone sell jade melons and golden fruits in bulk.
They only sell by head, and one person can buy up to two jade melons or ten golden fruits.
This amount is enough to give as a favor as a gift, or to feed the whole family a fresh meal. If you want to buy and sell, you can do that, but just a few in a day will definitely not allow anyone to make a fortune.
By doing this, Ruijintan naturally hopes that more people can eat the fruits they grow and enjoy the blessings of Ruijintan's feng shui treasure land,
instead of letting those who resell in the middle to drive up the price of melons and make a lot of money!
The village sent off the team that went to the palace to offer melons, and had already made plans.
Almost all men, women, and children came out to surround the melon fields, and no customers who came to buy were allowed to enter the melon fields at will.
Outside the melon field, there were two stalls, one selling jade melons and the other selling golden fruits.
The prices of jade melons and golden fruits are the same as in previous years, but this year extra wicker baskets will be given.
The basket was lined with hay to ensure that the jade melons and golden fruits would not be damaged even if they were bumped or bumped.
Li Zheng from Dahuaishu Village, Dawangzhuang and Xiaowangzhuang also brought villagers over, and set up three stalls under the shade of trees not far away, selling jade melons and golden fruits from their own villages.
Things in this world are always hard and rewarding.
Especially in matters in the fields, there is no possibility of deception.
People in the new village carried water and watered the fields three times under the scorching sun, taking care of every melon vine.
Although this year's jasper melons are smaller, they are green and round in color; the golden fruits were originally golden, but now they are darker, with a little orange color.
Both kinds of melons look so good that people can't help but salivate when they see them.
But the jade melons and golden fruits in Dahuaishu Village, Dawangzhuang and Xiaowangzhuang vividly explain what crooked melons and cracked fruits are.
The shapes of the jade melons include some long, some square, and some half-way, and the golden ones are as big as a fist with a navel.
Even without tasting it, everyone knew that it was definitely not satisfactory.
Therefore, these three stalls must wait until the new village is sold out before they can open, and the prices must be reduced by half...
Jingli of Dahuaishu Village is waving a pipe and pot, wishing to blow the heads of several villagers nearby Knocked into the same hairstyle as Gautama Buddha.
He really hates that iron cannot become steel, complaining and cursing: "I asked you to carry water to water the ground, and you are all lazy. Either you have a headache or a pain in the buttocks. The pole feels like burning your shoulders. You are not willing to carry water at all. I am an old man and almost You yelled till your throat was broken, and you barely finished watering the ground!
"Last year you said that the new village was hiding something private, and the melon vines given to us were not good. This year you have seen with your own eyes that the melon vines planted by others are the same as ours, but this is the result in autumn. Does it hurt your face?
"The folks in my new village are more diligent than you and are never lazy. Even if they plant dog shit, flowers will bloom. If you plant a gold ingot, it will turn into pig shit!"
Li Zheng from Dawangzhuang and Xiaowangzhuang is also honest. sigh.
Dawangzhuang Lizheng said: "If you don't work hard, how can good things grow in this land... It will be too late this year. Anyone who dares to be lazy next year will be kicked out of the village."
All the villagers were scolded. His head was slumped and he didn't dare to refute a single word.
They saw silver coins clanking and being thrown into money boxes in the Xincun area, and a long queue in front of the stalls, but no one cared about them here, and no one felt good.
If they had known this, they would have worked hard in the spring... Unfortunately, there is no regret medicine in the world!
Mrs. Li had nothing to do at home, so she brought Shuiyun to deliver a large bucket of honey and passion fruit drink to Guadi, with ice cubes of course.
The weather was hot, so Jiayin also taught Shuiyun how to make ice. This summer at home, there was no shortage of ice and it was very cool.
The villagers were sweating profusely from the heat, but all of them had smiles on their faces.
They took a big pottery bowl, scooped up ice water and drank it all. One of the villagers quietly motioned to Mrs. Li to look at the money box, and said in a low voice: "Aunt Li, look, there is a lot of money!"