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As the initial asset—investors of watermelon seeds, Li Dadizhu’s family will take this opportunity to hold an unprecedented “Watermelon Appreciation Conference” in Beili Village, in addition to having the right to share half of the fruits of each household’s planting income.At that time, not only local respectable old people from Beili Village and other places will be invited to participate in the judging, but also celebrities from nearby towns will be invited, and villagers from various villages can also watch from the sidelines.

Speaking of the Watermelon Appreciation Conference, the original idea was Li Xinran's. The little girl was just playing around like a house, but the elder brother Li Hao found out that there was something big to do.

The only watermelon appreciation conference held by the Li family in Xia Kingdom, as long as it becomes bigger and famous, it will not only improve the prestige and status of the Li family, but also make many famous and powerful people After all, the introduction of new fruit varieties is also a matter of elegance.

In fact, in the final analysis, watermelon planting is just a gimmick for this appraisal conference, and whether the result of cultivation is successful is secondary.

After all, it is not a simple matter to successfully introduce crops from other countries. The growth of crops is adapted to the climatic conditions of the place of origin, and the growth of crops in a different living environment is likely to be restricted, and even greatly reduce the survival rate.Even watermelon, which is not difficult to grow in the Western Regions, may become fragile in the Central Plains because the growers cannot figure out its growth habits.

Therefore, even though Li Hao, who initiated the trend of watermelon planting, hopes that someone can plant it successfully, in fact, it is too unwise to place too many expectations on most of the initial farmers.

It's not that Li Hao destroyed his prestige, it's that the possibility of success with just this attempt is too low.It is completely reasonable and rational for Li Hao to have such an idea. Of course, the premise is that the bug of He Ning has not been implanted in this era.

Therefore, as a rational person, although Li Hao had distributed the seeds and promised a large reward, but other than that, he did not invest in other major items, and even asked less.

In order to show the uniqueness of this conference, and in order to allow more people to participate and expand the later publicity efforts, Li Nengfu, the head of the Li family, decided early on to put the venue of the conference outdoors, and invested in the construction of a circular outdoor venue , and even spent a lot of thought on arranging the judging seats.There are also a lot of private seats set up to accommodate famous people.The guest room at home is also cleaned cleanly, and it is decorated with precious and elegant ornaments stored in the warehouse to welcome and receive celebrities and people from afar.

Everyone in the Li family (except Her Majesty the Queen) is focused on arranging the venue, writing invitations, making connections, etc. Li Hao was assigned by his father to collect and purchase various supplies, and he couldn't be free to contact the farmers. How is it growing.On the contrary, the little girl Li Xinran, with her dedication and love for watermelons, often asks Li Daner and other young brothers who have two planting experiences to ask about the watermelon planting at home.

Compared with the bustling situation of each family, the He family seemed to be on a reef amidst huge waves, sitting quietly watching the waves rise and fall, enjoying the caress of the sun calmly.

As a family with a foreign surname in Beili Village, He Ning's ancestors did not choose a site close to the center of the village when they built their houses. Instead, they located the house on the edge of Beili Village, about [-] rings away but not to the [-]th ring.

His family's watermelon field is still on the inaccessible hill behind the house. In addition, it is known to everyone in the village that the He family is not good at farming, so that when the He family's watermelons are harvested, no one pays attention to the He family. Planted melons.Of course, no one will take the initiative to ask.

However, the fact that no one pays attention to the melons grown by the He family does not mean that the He family does not know the quality of other people's melons.Mrs. He and her second daughter-in-law Li Juan, as the information collection center of the He family, have already inquired about the planting conditions of other families.

Before this comparison, I didn't know the quality of my own melons. With the comparison, I can tell the difference immediately.

Mrs. He and Li Juan didn't know what expression to put on every time they heard someone talking about watermelons, but they both kept silent about the growth of their own watermelons.This has also led to a significant increase in the difficulty of information collection tasks. After all, not everyone can professionally maintain lamentation and silence when hearing the following dialogue.

A thin old woman in Beili Village said in a low voice: "Have you all heard that the biggest watermelon in Li Dashan's family is as big as two fists! I don't know if it's true or not."

Mrs. He: "..." Is the melon with two fists big?Why is the smallest one in my family as big as the Dahai Bowl?Has it grown? !

Another Gao Zhuang aunt also echoed mysteriously: "It's not true. My little nephew just sneaked over to see it today. His watermelon is not only big, but also a lot. It's not like my family's even a small gourd. smaller than that."

Li Juan: "..." A lot?How much is too much?The room where my house used to store sundries and farm tools can't fit, so is that too much or too little?

A short and fat lady next to her couldn't help crying: "Hmph, don't you think that Li Dashan's family is in the third year of planting. If the planting is not as good as ours, we will have no face in the future. If we can Planted two years earlier, it might be bigger than the watermelon Li Dashan and his family planted, so they don’t have to let their family take advantage of it!”

Mrs. He and Li Juan: "..." Li Dashan's family is going to hang their face in my watermelon field. Tell me, should we want it or not?If you want this, it’s all from the folks in the village, so you’re embarrassed; if you don’t want this, I feel very sorry for myself!Hey~ What do you want?Still want it?

Amidst the discussion among the crowd, Li Dashan's mother-in-law Ma Shi "just happened" to walk over with a basin filled with three or two pieces of clothes, and smiled "reservedly".

"Hey, everyone, this is to explain the watermelon appreciation conference tomorrow. Don't miss it at that time. When Dashan and the others get the reward, we will invite everyone to eat the watermelon grown by ourselves. Speaking of watermelon , Dashan opened two at noon today, and each of the [-] children in our family took a sip, and they all said it was sweeter than sugar water!"

Li Dashan has six brothers in his family, and the family has not yet been separated. There are fourteen grandchildren (that is, the same generation as Li Daner), four of which are relatively small, and their teeth are not fully grown, so they can lick. Chopsticks.The remaining ten little babies are still very effective in fighting. No one can say for sure how big this bite is.Let ten little ones have a taste, it seems that the rumors may be true, the watermelon in Li Dashan's family is really not small.

In He's yard, He Ning had just completed a small part and was about to fish a chilled watermelon from the well to quench his thirst when he sneezed twice.

It's summer, why sneeze, can't it be a cold from eating iced watermelon?He Ning pinched the bridge of his nose, but He Ning didn't care, and directly asked He An to bring the watermelon he had cut to the main room for everyone to share. share.

Since the He family transformed the small hill behind the house into a watermelon field, Uncle He reported it to the village head, and spent 30 taels of silver to officially belong to the He family on the small hill and the surrounding ground. the site.

Because that piece of land is really not suitable for growing crops, no one thought of buying it. After the village chief knew that Uncle He was going to use it to grow watermelons, he didn't dare to ask any more questions. No, I directly estimated the number and sold it to Uncle He.Even on the second day, the land deed was taken to the county for registration, which proved with practical actions that the bureaucratic class is not incapable of doing things quickly.

In this era of lack of entertainment, a watermelon appraisal conference with a large scale, a large judging lineup, and the first in the country has become the most popular, longest-lasting, and most talked about by local people in recent months. Big news.

Not only people in Beili Village and several nearby villages talked about it, but even people in several nearby towns knew a lot about it.

The night before the conference, I don’t know how many people in Beili Village were so excited that they couldn’t sleep.

This night, the main members of the He family once again gathered around the table and talked late at night.