Selling Watermelons

Actually, Su Ye had never intended to sell all the watermelons to the fruit shop owner. But since Su Ye had approached him first to pitch his watermelons, he ought to sell them to him first, which was why he had called him.

Now it had worked out nicely. The owner had transferred the fruit shop to someone else, so Su Ye could sell the watermelons to the Xiao Family with a clear conscience.

After a moment of silence, Su Ye called Xiao Xiao.

Xiao Qiujun had given Su Ye Xiao Xiao's number when he called last time, and had told Su Ye that Xiao Xiao would be his point of contact.

"Ring~"

"Hello? Who is this?"

Xiao Xiao's voice came from the other end of the line.

Inside her large villa, Xiao Xiao was puzzled. Ordinarily, the people who knew her number were people she knew, so why was a stranger calling today?

"Oh, it's Su Ye."

"Su Ye? Grandmaster Su? What can I do for you?"

"Stop calling me Grandmaster all the time. Just call me Su Ye!" Su Ye said, at a loss for words.

"All right, then I'll call you Su Ye. I'm a few years older than you, so how about you call me Sister Xiao? You wouldn't mind, would you?" Xiao Xiao said cautiously.

"No, why would I mind? Sister Xiao!"

"Okay ヾ ^_^♪ What can I do for you, Younger Brother Su Ye?" Xiao Xiao seemed to be in a very good mood as she spoke on the other end of the line.

"Sister Xiao, my watermelons are all ripe now. See if you have time in the next few days to come and haul them away!" Su Ye said to Xiao Xiao as he looked at the round watermelons in the field.

"What? All right, all right, I'll make arrangements right now. I'll come pick them up tomorrow morning."

"All right, I'll find some people to pick them first!" Su Ye said.

"Okay, sorry for the trouble. I'll be sure to come early tomorrow morning!"

"All right! Then I'll await your good news, Sister Xiao!" Su Ye joked.

After hanging up, Su Ye went to find Zhang Erhu and asked him to find a few helpers to pick the watermelons, with wages calculated by the day.

After lunch, seven or eight people, including Zhang Erhu, arrived one after another.

As soon as they arrived, they began warmly greeting Su Ye.

"Little Ye, you're really capable! You only sold your vegetables not long ago, and now your watermelons are ripe too. You can make another fortune!" everyone said with a smile.

After joking around with Su Ye for a while, everyone headed into the watermelon field to pick the watermelons.

Looking at watermelons as big as three or four basketballs, everyone marveled again and again, praising Su Ye for his abilities.

Each watermelon weighed over eighty jin, and a grown man could carry only two at a time, and even that was a huge struggle.

As a result, progress was rather poor. Su Ye joined the watermelon carriers, and everyone couldn't help giving him a thumbs-up when they saw him running along with three watermelons in a large basket.

In fact, Su Ye thought carrying three watermelons was a little too easy. Three watermelons weighed only about two hundred jin, while Su Ye could now lift things weighing over a thousand jin.

Since carrying watermelons was physical labor, everyone had to stop and rest for a while after two or three trips. During a break, Su Ye cut open two large watermelons to share with them. Everyone's eyes widened when they tasted the watermelons, and they wolfed them down as if they regretted not having an extra mouth.

"There's no need to fight over them. Once you've finished, we can just cut open another one. When we're done carrying them, I'll give everyone a watermelon to take home!"

With the benefit Su Ye had offered, everyone worked even harder, as if they had been pumped full of chicken blood.

It was not until the sun was nearly down that everyone finished carrying the watermelons.

Everyone sat resting under the shade shelter, while some lay down!

"Erhu, pay them double wages!"

Su Ye said to Zhang Erhu. They had done physical labor all day, and everyone was too tired to walk. Su Ye couldn't bear to see them like that.

"Okay, Brother Ye!" Zhang Erhu was exhausted too, and even his voice sounded weak.

After resting for a while, everyone headed home carrying a watermelon from Su Ye.

Early the next morning, just as the sky was beginning to lighten, Xiao Xiao called to say she had arrived and asked Su Ye to come out to Nanping Town to meet them.

By the time Xiao Xiao and her group arrived at Su Ye's vegetable garden, it was broad daylight.

"These are the watermelons you grew? They're enormous!" Xiao Xiao exclaimed as she stepped out of the luxury car and saw the huge watermelons.

"These watermelons are also helpful to martial artists. Here, try a piece!" Su Ye said to Xiao Xiao, handing her a slice.

"It's already autumn, and you can still grow watermelons. You really are capable!" Xiao Xiao said.

Then she took the watermelon and started eating.

As soon as the watermelon entered her mouth, Xiao Xiao felt a refreshing coolness. In summer, it would definitely be a divine tool for beating the heat.

Before long, Xiao Xiao had finished the watermelon and wiped her mouth.

Xiao Xiao was not a martial artist, but she could still feel a warm current flowing from her lower abdomen into her limbs and bones.

She couldn't help marveling. Just who was Su Ye? He was a Grandmaster, and he could grow such strange things too!

Gradually, Su Ye's figure grew somewhat indistinct in Xiao Xiao's heart. He was too mysterious!

Su Ye had arranged with Zhang Erhu yesterday for the people who had helped out to come back today and help load the truck, with the same wages as yesterday!

When they heard that, everyone came again. Today's work was easier and the pay was high-only a fool wouldn't come!

After a little over an hour, the approximately one thousand watermelons were all loaded onto the large truck!

Xiao Xiao came over to Su Ye and said, "Su Ye, how much are you planning to charge per jin for watermelons this delicious?"

Su Ye was taken aback, then said, "How would I know? You're the expert in this area. You decide!"

Su Ye's words made it sound as though he regarded her as the wife who managed the household accounts. Xiao Xiao's face immediately turned red, and she stammered, "I... how would I know? Let me go back and do some market research first!"

Su Ye had Zhang Erhu pay the villagers their wages, while he personally escorted Xiao Xiao out of Nanping Town!

By the time Su Ye returned to the vegetable garden, everyone had gone home.

The next day, Su Ye got up early to tend the vegetable garden. Zhang Erhu asked Su Ye for leave, saying he had something to do and couldn't come for the next few days. Su Ye agreed on the spot.

The wild boars in the pigpen had completely settled into their new surroundings, as if they had forgotten they were wild boars. Was it because the food here was so good?

Su Ye had settled the little black dogs under a shade shelter next to the pigpen. The puppies had only just been weaned and were no damn use, sleeping all day...

Three more days passed like that. That day, Su Ye received a call from Xiao Xiao. She said she was going to Myanmar to purchase a batch of goods and asked Su Ye, a Grandmaster expert, to be her bodyguard. Seeing that he had nothing much to do, Su Ye agreed, simply asking his mother to come feed the little wild boars and black dogs every day.