Siheyuan: Bringing Warehouses to 1959

To be honest, Zeng Wangcai felt that the watermelons in the past were very delicious and had a natural sweetness.

But the only annoying thing is that watermelon seeds are very big and it is troublesome to spit them out. If you swallow them, they will look horrible when you poop the next day.

As for collecting watermelon seeds and frying them, he had no idea of ​​doing that.

The 8424 Kirin melon is different. It is sweet and has watermelon seeds, but they are white and not a problem.

He planted more than three acres of watermelon in the vegetable field at the army side as an experiment. Unexpectedly, it was successful and he harvested more than 10,000 kilograms of watermelon.

This time he brought back two thousand kilograms of watermelons. He didn't plan to sell them. He planned to keep some for himself and give the rest away as favors.

The watermelon-eating crowd has already expanded before people start eating it.

Director Zhang and Section Chief Chen were watching the fish outside accompanied by Zhang Xiuzhi. When they came in, Zeng Wangcai naturally invited them to join them.

Xie An and a soldier brought in two watermelons. Yan Bugui came out from the middle courtyard again, following Liu Haizhong who was going out to ask for money.

Zeng Wangcai had already learned from Zhang Xiuzhi that this uncle had been very well behaved recently, so he invited him, "Uncle, it's time to eat some melons. It's hot."

"Oh, thank you, you're so polite!" Yan Bugui immediately left Liu Haizhong and sat down.

The difference between inviting one and not inviting one is obvious.

Liu Haizhong snorted and urged the offending child to go out together.

The small courtyard has been clearly divided into three factions. One is the majority of people headed by the Zeng family, who live a quiet life. One is the minority group including Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong, who have their own ulterior motives but are not on good terms with the Zeng family. The other is the middle group including Sha Zhu and Qin Huairu.

However, Zeng Wangcai no longer cares about these things at the moment. His mind is on the future development.

For example, this time when he came back, he had to solve the problem of Zengzhuang experimental field. He did not expect that an official of Old Man Yang's status could not solve it.

He didn't know what the reason was and whether it was feasible for Maihe Commune to take the initiative to apply for a military order.

However, he was sure of one thing, that Secretary Wang had already directly rejected Zeng Lao San, so he planned to invite dinner at his home and bring together the three old men Yang, preferably all three, as well as Secretary Wang, to resolve the matter and avoid the trouble of running around on both sides.

"Well, Xie An, let the comrades arrange the sentry posts, and everyone else come in to take a break and eat some melons!" Zeng Wangcai ordered.

Xie An put down the watermelon and went out to call people in.

The soldiers will sleep on the floor in the yard these two days, and then go out for a walk during the day to fulfill their dream of the imperial capital.

Two watermelons were placed at Zeng Wangcai's feet. They were round and weighed more than ten pounds each. They were ripe and fresh. They were both picked by Zeng Wangcai that morning.

Zeng Wangcai was too lazy to go in and get a kitchen knife, so he just poked it lightly with the knife, and the watermelon cracked with a snap, proving that the watermelon was truly ripe.

"Come on, try it, don't be polite!" Zeng Wangcai picked up two pieces of watermelon that were not cut very neatly and handed them to Director Zhang and Section Chief Chen respectively, and then gave them to Director Qian and Zhao Hongqing.

Zeng Wangcai eats a lot of watermelons. He likes to cut the watermelon into pieces with a knife and eat them. He doesn't like cutting the watermelon in half and eating it with a spoon.

It’s just that in his previous life, he used a kitchen knife to cut watermelon, but he always forgot to wash the knife, which resulted in the watermelon always having a garlic taste when he ate it.

There will be no garlic this time, and a bayonet will be used.

"Hey, this melon is very sweet, why is there no watermelon seeds?" Yan Bugui took a bite and asked the question in his mind.

Zeng Wangcai knew without thinking that this guy probably wanted to save the watermelon seeds to fry and eat.

He laughed and said, "I mentioned a new variety. This is called Qilin Melon, and the seeds are castrated!"

"Pfft!" Section Chief Chen had just taken a bite of melon when he almost burst out laughing at Zeng Wangcai's words, "He's not even a human being, and he's been castrated. This is the first time I've heard of this."

Zeng Wangcai ate a piece of melon in a hurry. There was still some red on the rind. He threw the rind aside and said, "I'm not lying to you, Sister Chen. Really, this melon is from the seeds of the Academy of Agricultural Sciences. There's no seeds like that outside."

After saying that, he picked up another piece and ate it in no time. He left the last bit of red uneaten and threw the rind on the ground.

In just a few minutes, Zeng Wangcai ate four or five pieces of watermelon by himself. He didn't even finish the rind and threw it on the ground at his feet.

When he was about to continue, he suddenly realized that there was silence at the scene. Everyone was looking at him, and Yan Bugui was staring at the watermelon rind on the ground with heartache.

"What's wrong?" Zeng Wangcai wiped his face and asked in surprise, "Is there something on my face? Why are you looking at me like that?"

"You are committing a sin!" Yan Bugui finally couldn't help it, "How can you eat watermelon like this? You didn't even eat the rind cleanly..."

"Uh..." Zeng Wangcai was stunned.

It's not that he intends to waste, but it's just a habit.

In my previous life, when I was a social animal, 8424 Qilin melons were often five or six yuan per pound, which was very expensive.

He likes to eat watermelons in summer and can eat one a day, and that's when he's saving them. If he doesn't save them, he can eat two a day. He thinks eating watermelons is more enjoyable than drinking cold beer.

Later, when he found that he couldn't afford the Qilin melon, he switched to eating Ningxia stone melon. The stone melon is very big, weighing 40 to 50 kilograms each. It tastes good and is cheap. At its cheapest, you can buy it for one dollar per kilogram.

However, there is one bad thing about the stone melon: the rind is thick, and the flesh near the rind is red, but not sweet, and some are even sour.

So later on he developed the habit of not eating the last bit.

“I didn’t notice, I didn’t notice…” Zeng Wangcai laughed. People reminded you not to waste food out of kindness, but it was hard to say anything. “I’ll eat it all before throwing it away…”

"Eat it all, you can't throw it away!" Yan Bugui said with great sorrow, "You don't know how expensive firewood, rice, oil and salt are, because you are not a householder. Watermelon rind is a good thing, it can be eaten as a vegetable!"

Yan Bugui said that Zeng Wangcai committed sins, but in fact he had restrained himself. In his heart he was talking about a prodigal son.

"Uh..." Zeng Wangcai was stunned again.

I know that watermelon rind is edible, but I... really don't like eating it.

Zeng Wangcai looked at the watermelon rind, thought for a moment and said, "What a pity, the pigs are not here, otherwise it would be great for feeding the pigs."

It's not a waste to feed the pigs.

Yan Bugui coveted the watermelon rind but was too embarrassed to ask for it in front of so many people, so he ate the watermelon quickly, only eating a piece until there was no red left before putting it at his feet. It was obvious that he was ready to take it back.

After finishing one watermelon, Zeng Wangcai went to see the second one. At the same time, he changed the topic and talked about fish with Director Zhang and Section Chief Chen.

It's easier for Section Chief Chen, as she only has her own family and doesn't want much. Director Qian has more, as everyone in the street office will want some.

After the amount was agreed upon, the formalities were handed over to Director Qian.

"By the way, my family is slaughtering a pig on Sunday. If you want the meat, you guys can come over and get some." Zeng Wangcai said when Director Zhang was about to leave.

Killing a pig was part of his plan, as he also wanted to cook it. However, a pig weighing more than 400 pounds seemed a lot, and in reality he couldn't distribute it to everyone in the street office as he had done before.

Before he knew it, Zeng Wangcai's network of contacts had become very extensive.

"That's great, you're welcome, auntie." Director Zhang said with a smile, "To be honest, my family hasn't eaten meat for more than a month."

It's pitiful that a street office director with such great power hasn't had meat for a month at home. Ordinary people can imagine what's going on.

After Director Zhang left, Zhao Hongqing and the other two felt embarrassed to stay any longer, so they stood up and said goodbye.

After all the outsiders had left, Yan Bugui shamelessly asked for the watermelon rind.

Honestly speaking, Zeng Wangcai did not laugh at Yan Bugui who asked for watermelon rinds. For the first time, he felt that Yan Bugui was good at supporting his family. He could support a whole family with just one person's salary, and it was not shameful to ask for watermelon rinds in order to support his family.

"Uncle, I didn't eat well. Open another one. I didn't eat well either!" Zeng Wangcai gave all the watermelon rind to Yan Bugui and took the initiative to invite Yan Bugui to eat watermelon again as a way to thank him for taking the trouble to look for Zhang Xiuzhi today.

"Brother, let's go move the watermelons!" Xiaoqiang and Laifu volunteered. They both didn't eat well either.

After a while, another watermelon was brought in, but when the watermelon was half cut, Sha Zhu came back from get off work.