Carry melon is difficult, opening tractor day not to shine to set out, it is only catch up with the tide selling melon midday; It is difficult to sell melon, nightly on the ground and sleep, the steamed bread is building syncretic of collect of plain boiled water to pause by day... pass more than 10 days again, the dry land watermelon of and other places of peaceful county of the name of a river in Shaanxi and Henan provinces, appropriate in relief county will be large-scale appear on the market. 12 days of early in the morning, the reporter comes to Luo Ning county east the Song Dynasty presses down Guan Xicun, with camera lens record melon farming Li Demin is in the pains of field business, listen to him to tell about go into town story selling melon.
Feel distressed children is outer dozen spell not easy even more watermelon of old ethnic group of 6 a period of ten days subsidizes family expensesGuan Xicun's watermelon, far and near is famed. Arid yellow land, what the oldest rate withheld watermelon is sweet degree. The watermelon here carry a skin on the head thin, flesh is thick, mouthfeel beautiful, mu produce can have 339 jins.
This year Li Demin of 67 years old is the village " kind melon hotshot " , his home was planted this year nearly 4 mus of watermelon, it is late-mature breed. Pass more than 10 days again, watermelon is about large area is mature.
Day of every Tiangang daybreak, the one certain in melon ground can see Li Demin's busy figure. The bad, melon that the surface has a scar should excise melon form, the fireweed in the ground wants to be dropped v hoe.
In the field of early morning, sunshine still calculates downy, now and then gentle breeze has been blown, but not a long time, sweat bead already was bestrewed on Li Demin's forehead, the dress of back also is soaked by sweat. There is a day however in his heart can reheat bit, he of most all one's life and watermelon contact with knows, be worth watermelon autumn, day hotter, melon sweeter.
Son daughter of Li Demin works outerly, nearly 4 mus of watermelon, from cultivate, management, picked to sale, rely on he and husband or wife completely. Look at old two hardship, the granddaughter that still reading elementary school also helps in classics haunt ground.
"Son daughter is outer dozen go all out not easy, there still are 4 children to want to raise in the home. Do not want to increase a burden to them, we often are returned twice so able that move, kind bit watermelon sells money to subsidize family expenses. " the speech of Li Demin guileless, spoke the state of mind of the world parents.
Before dawn sets out 9 hours tractor is only catch up with the tide selling melon middayBusied one day to return the home, li Demin discusses to rise with husband or wife go into town the thing that sells melon.
To sell melon, li Demin of in former years and husband or wife are opening a tractor to had arrived He Xinan county of city of division of county of district of our city city, goldenrain tree plain, fleabane county, cease, also had arrived the Mian pool of 3 gorge.
Every arrive season selling melon, li Demin and husband or wife always begin to pick watermelon from afternoon, to car of evening fashionable dress, sleep next on a few hours, before dawn set out more at 3 o'clock, begin to go into town sell watermelon.
"The tractor runs slow, go wading cease division, one-way have to drive 9 hours. If set out late, cannot catch up with the tide selling melon midday. " Li Demin says.
Successive 9 hours, li Demin and husband or wife dare not stop all the way almost.
Peaceful county of the name of a river in Shaanxi and Henan provinces east Liu Yaozhi of secretary of Guan Xicun Party branch tells Song Zhen the reporter, the watermelon that the village cultivates is on the west farming date and 8 abundant are fought, a lot of people remember medium dry land watermelon, it is this flavour.
"The blueness of these a few years of villages is strong labor goes out mostly worked, the village exceeds half the number 450 times is old person staying behind and child. The old person with nice body, meet oneself sell melon in the city mostly. Body situation is bad, can wait for melon dealer to close to the side of the ground only mostly, the melon that 45 wool money receives, to the market at least should break up time sell. " Liu Yaozhi says.
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