Female-to-male: I live on farming

Chapter 27 Selling Watermelon

The next day, before dawn, Qin Ke took them to the melon field to pick melons while the weather was cool. Lu Youqing changed into old clothes and followed them.

Qin Ke instructed them to pick the big and round ones first, and to be careful, for fear that they would be damaged on the way to the town. Qin Ke also spread a layer of straw and worn-out bedding on the car, as the country roads were full of potholes and the journey was bumpy.

Qin Ke chose a place far away from them and picked a lot of things while no one was paying attention and put them in his system space. His system space was a regular cube with three meters long, and usually he put some valuable things in it. Later, when Lu Youqing became the housekeeper, he gave the silver, money, house deeds and the like to her.

He did an experiment when he had nothing to do. There was no air flow in the space, and no time flow. This meant that the things he put in would remain the same as they were at the beginning and would not go bad. This was a good thing for storing food.

Of course, there are disadvantages. Without air, he cannot store living things in it.

After filling the donkey cart, they headed straight to the town. The cart was full of watermelons and there was no room for so many people, so Li Nanqiao and Han Qi walked behind. Anyway, because of the watermelons, the speed was very slow.

Today, it took twice as long as usual to reach the town. The town's market is divided into the East Market and the West Market. When they came before, they mostly went to the East Market. The things sold in the East Market were mostly daily necessities, with low prices, suitable for ordinary people. The things sold in the West Market were mostly expensive, which ordinary people could not afford, such as cakes and rice wine.

Lu Youqing suggested that they set up a stall in the West Market, otherwise, with their pricing, many families in the East Market who could barely make ends meet would not be willing to buy from them.

Qin Ke nodded. It was all right. It was normal to target the target customers. Although the booth fee in Xishi was a little expensive, as long as the products could be sold, the booth fee was nothing.

Fortunately, they arrived not too late and there were still some empty stalls. After paying a stall fee of 500 wen, Qin Ke parked the car behind him and moved a few watermelons onto the board.

He stood up, looked at the passers-by, cleared his throat, and shouted, "Come and have a look, refreshing and delicious watermelon, sweet and juicy, if it doesn't taste good, I won't charge you!"

There were already people looking at the green round thing they moved out. They had never seen anything like it before and it looked like something edible, so they stopped and looked at them curiously.

So when they heard Qin Ke shouting, someone came forward and asked, "What are you selling?"

"This is a watermelon. I grew the fruit from seeds I bought from foreign merchants. It costs five hundred coins each." Qin Ke smiled.

When the onlookers heard the price, they couldn't help but be shocked. Although some of them had wealthy families, the price was still a bit expensive, especially since they had never seen this thing before.

Qin Ke saw them whispering and knew that they couldn't accept it for a while, so he smiled and explained: "This watermelon is definitely worth the price. Of course, if you have any doubts, you can taste it first. If it doesn't taste good, you don't have to pay."

Qin Ke lowered his head and gave Li Nanqiao a look. Li Nanqiao understood and took out a watermelon and cut it into more than 20 small pieces on the spot, just the right size for people to taste.

“Are you sure it’s a free tasting?”

"Sure," Qin Ke nodded and invited the onlookers, "Everyone can come and try it. I guarantee that I'm the only one in the entire Great Yan Dynasty that has watermelons. You can't buy them from anyone else."

A brave man took the lead and took a bite of it. The people around him saw red juice flowing from the corners of his mouth and stared at him leisurely to see his reaction.

"Delicious! I've never tasted such sweet and juicy fruit!"

The first person who tasted it was amazed by the sweet and refreshing feeling in his mouth. He couldn't help but close his eyes, intoxicated by it, and couldn't help but want to reach out and take another piece.

Qin Ke stopped him with a smile and said to everyone, "Everyone, each person can only taste one piece for free. If you think it tastes good, you can buy one to take home. If you have ice at home, you can freeze it for a while. It will be more delicious and can also cool you down."

Qin Ke was not surprised by his reaction. Qin Ke had investigated and found that there were very few fruits in the Great Yan Dynasty nowadays. Including red dates, there were only three or four common fruits. Among them, the ones that ordinary people were most exposed to were red dates, pears and citrus.

As for lychees, due to their short shelf life, they were basically exclusive to royalty and nobles.

According to Lu Youqing, no fruit she had ever tasted was as sweet and juicy as watermelon.

"Then give me one!"

Li Nanqiao and Han Qi cooperated with each other, one of them moved the watermelons from the car, and the other was responsible for collecting the debts.

Seeing that the man was so happy after tasting the food, the onlookers paid for it and followed him. For a while, Qin Ke and his stall were surrounded by people.

The dozens of cut watermelon strips were quickly snatched away, so Qin Ke had to open another one.

Five hundred coins might be a considerable sum of money for farmers, but there were many wealthy people in the town, especially those who chose to visit the West Market, who were already from well-off families. After tasting the rice cakes, they thought the taste was good, so most of them chose to buy one to take home for their family to try.

It was not even noon yet, and the watermelons that Qin Ke and his friends had brought were almost sold out. While they were busy, Qin Ke secretly took some out of the space and put them back in.

Seeing that there were only a few left, and thinking that he had never been to the West Market before, he pulled Lu Youqing and said to Li Nanqiao, "My wife and I will go shopping, you guys keep an eye on the stalls."

"Boss, you guys go and have a good look. Don't worry, I'm here to take care of you." Li Nanqiao waved his hand with a smile on his face.

No matter who collects the money, he can't control his smile.

Qin Ke remembered that she had not bought any jewelry for Lu Youqing since she came here, and her usual dress was always very plain, but what woman doesn't love beauty?

When they saw a nice jewelry shop, Qin Ke pulled her in directly.

The watermelon sales were very good today, and Qin Ke was very happy. In his excitement, he wanted to buy some gifts for Lu Youqing. Although his ability was still limited, it was also a token of his thoughtfulness.

Qin Ke's gaze slowly fell on a silver hairpin. Its surface was as smooth as a mirror, without the slightest flaw. Moreover, the pattern on the hairpin was very simple, without too many complicated decorations, but it gave people a simple and elegant feeling.

"Let me see this hairpin."

The waiter in the jewelry store was very cold when he saw that the two of them were dressed simply.

Qin Ke didn't bother to deal with this self-righteous guy who judged people by their appearance. He took the hairpin directly and carefully held it in front of Lu Youqing. He gently and attentively used the hairpin to gently stroke Lu Youqing's hair.

"how much is this?"

"Two taels."

Qin Ke took out a piece of silver from his pocket and threw it in front of him.