Planting fifteen watermelons does not require much land. Luo Hui is too lazy to wait for Gao Ge to take him to the wasteland of Gao Shou's family, and Luo Hui is not worried if the plants are far away. So Luo Hui carries a hoe and plants in a nearby pond.

I brought a bucket of water and started planting in the shade of two large locust trees.

Every time he dug a hole, Luo Hui put in a watermelon seed, then covered it with soil and poured water.

When the eighth seed was planted, Gao Ge came over. Old Man Gao saw Luo Hui at the door of his house, looking like a busy farmer, and he didn't know what kind of airplane that kid was doing. This made Gao Ge feel very strange.

I came over specifically to take a look. When I saw that what Luo Hui had planted were watermelon seeds, Old Man Gao almost fell down laughing.

"Xiaohui, what are you doing here?" Old Man Gao asked happily and knowingly.

"Old man, I am growing watermelons." Luo Hui raised his head and answered, stroking the sweat beads on his forehead.

"Are you growing watermelons?" Gao Ge looked surprised. Of course he was pretending to be surprised. The old man was teasing Luo Hui. He stared at the hole Luo Hui had just filled up and looked over and over again, his face shaking.

With a look of sudden realization on his face, he said, "Oh, is this how watermelons are grown?"

Luo Hui is so smart. When he heard the old man's words and looked at his expression, he immediately understood that he must have made a joke about experience. He thought that this was how he planted trees when he was in elementary school and junior high school, and how he planted watermelons.

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Luo Hui sweated, his young face turned red, and he said weakly, "Old man, is this not how watermelons are grown?"

"If you say you are planting this way, it is completely wrong, and you are right. If you say it is right, it is definitely wrong." Old Man Gao stroked a few sparse beards under his chin, and the old man said on the ground, "Generally

To plant watermelons, we must first cultivate seedlings..."

"After the watermelon seeds are cultivated, the watermelon seedlings are planted in the ground... And before cultivating the watermelon seedlings, there must be a process of screening and processing the watermelon seeds... By the way, Xiaohui, you guys

Have the watermelon seeds been processed?”

"How to deal with it?" Luo Huifuhan said, "How to deal with it?"

"For these watermelon seeds, we first need to select seeds. We don't want those deflated or deformed seeds, but want to choose plump ones. After selecting the seeds, we need to soak them. Soaking the seeds is to put the watermelon seeds into water between 20 and 30 degrees Celsius.

Soak it in for two to four hours, and after taking it out, use a towel or cloth to clean off the sticky substances on it..." Old Man Gao has been growing watermelons for most of his life, and he has rich experience. He knows the whole process very well.

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The old man shook his head, showing the virtue of a teacher, and continued to talk, "After soaking the seeds, we have to break the shells. This level of shell breaking is essential. The germination rate of watermelon seeds that have not been broken is only 3%.

About ten, but the germination rate of cracked watermelon seeds can reach 80%. Breaking the shell is simple, just use your teeth to crack the seeds open. Of course, you can also use pliers or something...

…”

"After the watermelon seeds have been thoroughly processed, the next step is germination. We have several methods for germination, and there are also many issues that need to be paid attention to..." The old man paused here, took out the cigarette bag, and was about to

When he was about to roll up a dry cigarette and take a few puffs, his eyes fell on a small paper bag next to him.

This small paper bag was used by Luo Hui to wrap the fifteen watermelon seeds, and there were still seven left in it.

At first, Old Man Gao didn't take it seriously. When he was about to move his eyes away, Old Man Gao thought of something. He took a closer look. When he saw clearly that these were watermelon seeds, Old Man Gao was immediately startled. He walked over and pinched them.

He picked up one, then another, and looked left and right at the seven watermelon seeds over and over again, pinching again and again. The more Old Man Gao looked at them, the more surprised he became, and the more he pinched them, the more delighted he became. He asked with joy, "

Xiaohui, where did your watermelon seeds come from?”

"A friend of mine knew that I was going to live in the country for a long time, so he specially gave it to me." Luo Hui knew at a glance that Old Man Gao must have been frightened by the plumpness and strength of the seeds. Of course, Luo Hui could not say that these watermelon seeds had passed by.

Regarding the systemic genetic improvement, I talked nonsense.

"A friend of yours?" Old Man Gao's expression became a little excited, "What does this friend of yours do? Where did his watermelon seeds come from?"

"This friend of mine is engaged in research and development of agricultural products." Luo Hui continued, "He didn't tell me where this seed came from, and he couldn't tell me because the department he works in is very confidential.

...Maybe these seeds are the results of their research and development."

"Agricultural product research? Confidential department? Research and development results?" Old Man Gao was slightly surprised, and then nodded in agreement, "Yes, yes, this watermelon has such full seeds and strong vitality. I have been growing it for decades, old man."

This is the first time I have seen a watermelon... Needless to say, these watermelon seeds must have been specially bred."

Speaking of rural people, they still believe in technology very much. I didn’t realize that mobile phones can make the world become a short distance away, airplanes can bring the world closer, and Chinese people have gone to space... and there is hybrid rice that produces more than a thousand kilograms per acre.

, loofahs that are more than one meter long, etc., there are too many.

Old Man Gao looked at the watermelon seeds in his hand, like a wretched uncle looking at a young girl, or an old scalper looking at tender green grass. The more he looked at it, the more he liked it, and the more he looked at it, the more his mouth watered. The old man was full of yearning and said, "Little

Hui, ask your friend if he still has these watermelon seeds? Can he give you some more?"

Give it to me? I think it’s for you!

Luo Hui couldn't help but want to laugh when he saw Old Man Gao's salivating virtue, but he pretended to be serious, shook his head seriously and firmly and said, "My friend had already given me watermelon seeds,

He told me seriously that this matter must not be revealed casually..."

"Xiao Hui, I understand, I understand... the secret department, the research and development results." Old Man Gao was a little disappointed when his request was unsuccessful, so he interrupted Luo Hui.

"I'm really sorry, old man, that's how it is." Luo Hui spread his hands helplessly, but his heart was filled with joy. Hey, he will have an excuse for the plants that will be genetically improved in the future. The secret department,

The research and development results are wonderful, really wonderful!

"It doesn't matter." Old Man Gao stared at the watermelon seeds in his hand, his eyes becoming more and more fiery. Luo Hui took a look and realized that something was wrong, Old Man Gao had his mind set on these watermelon seeds. Sure enough, Old Man Gao took these watermelon seeds.

He repackaged the watermelon seeds with paper and said with a smile, "Xiao Hui, please stop working so hard... The snail meat at noon is delicious, I will take you to touch the snails."

As the old man spoke, he actually wanted to put the small paper bag into his pocket.

Damn, that's so shameless! I never imagined that the honest and honest Comrade Gao could be so shameless. Old Man Gao's behavior left Luo Hui speechless, and there were just a few black lines on his forehead.

Luo Hui's reaction was quite quick. He quickly grabbed the small paper bag in Gao's singer's pocket and put it into his trouser pocket. He said with a smile, "Touch the snails, right? That's great... But wait until I plant the watermelons."

Let’s go again.”

"Your watermelon seeds are white even if you plant them." After being robbed of the watermelon seeds, Old Man Gao rolled his eyes at Luo Hui.

"Why is he Caucasian?" Luo Hui said disapprovingly.

"It's already harvesting season for watermelons, and you're still sowing them. Isn't this a white seed? And have your watermelon seeds gone through the processes I just told you?" Old Man Gao said.

"Hehe." Luo Hui already had something to say in his mind, and said with a sly smile, "My friend said that this watermelon seed is special. Firstly, it does not have to go through the process you mentioned, and secondly, it does not matter whether it is spring, summer, autumn or winter.

You can sow seeds and plant them... By the way, my friend said, what is the name of this watermelon variety? Yes, it has the same name as the green beans, it is called green melon."

Luo Hui's call was of course nonsense and baseless, but he still had confidence in the system.

"Four-season melons? Watermelons that can be grown all year round?" With the secret department and the research and development results in front, Old Man Gao believed Luo Hui's super nonsense. The old man curled his lips and snatched it from Luo Hui's hands.

The hoe said, "Even if the seeds of these four-season melons are good, there is no way you can dig holes and plant them in random holes... You need to dig bigger and deeper holes. Now that the weather is dry, you need to water more. I can't bear to give up."

If you don't have the strength to shed sweat, how can you have a good harvest? You young people..."

While the old man was preaching, he rolled up his sleeves and personally helped Luo Hui grow watermelons.

Luo Hui looked at Le Ah and thought to himself, Comrade Gao, you are too easy to fool me. Hehe, if I fool you like this next time, if you wake up one day, don't blame me for being unkind.
Chapter completed!