Farm Girl Turns Everything Around: Sly Husband, Let's Farm

Chapter 1278: Chapter 1077: Gone Mad_1 Chapter 1278: Chapter 1077: Gone Mad_1 Qiao Xiaomai “…”

Wasn’t this Xie Family member in too much of a hurry?

She had just received a letter from Shopkeeper Hong, and now someone had already arrived.

Seeing Qiao Xiaomai not speaking, Xie Shan couldn’t help but ask, “Is there any difficulty?”

“Um… Young Master Xie, this year I only grew ten thousand jin of watermelons, I sent a thousand jin to the Palace, four thousand jin to the Ultimate Flavor Residence, and now the Crown Prince resides here too, I need some for my own family to eat…” Qiao Xiaomai explained somewhat embarrassedly.

Upon hearing this, Xie Shan’s face immediately showed disappointment, but he still said, “Miss, I should be the first one to come here to inquire. There will be others following suit. Considering that I am the first, could you sell me a few? I am willing to pay a high price.”

“This is my first time handling a task for my father, and I do not want to disappoint him.”

Qiao Xiaomai, “…How about five, I can’t give any more.”

Such a small amount of watermelon was truly not enough.

If Yang Zheng was to really eat his fill, he could consume half of one in a single meal.

And then there was Yang Ye. Calculating the time, Yang Ye should have already returned to Capital City.

Yang Ye could eat even more than Yang Zheng; it’s hard to say whether the thousand jin of watermelons delivered to the Palace would last a month.

Five.

This number was far from what Xie Shan had originally hoped for.

But what Qiao Xiaomai said was also true, ten thousand jin, and many of those were watermelon rinds, indeed too little.

Nevertheless, five is better than none.

His face immediately lit up with a smile, “Thank you, miss!”

“No need to thank me.” Qiao Xiaomai waved her hand, signaling Xie Shan to dismount his carriage and enter the manor.

After Xie Shan entered the manor, he first went to pay respects to Yang Hao.

The Xie Family was considered a mid-to-upper Aristocratic Family, and he was familiar to Yang Hao.

Yang Hao was supervising Yang Zheng writing characters. Upon knowing that Xie Shan had requested to see him, he left the study to meet him.

But when he found out Xie Shan had come to buy watermelons, and wanted as many as five, he couldn’t help but mutter to himself in his heart.

A watermelon weighed over ten jin, so five was almost a hundred jin.

Not enough!

Qiao Xiaomai had her workers transport the five watermelons to Xie Shan’s carriage, then went to find him in the Guest House.

Xie Shan gave her ten thousand taels of silver. Ultimate Flavor Residence sold half a jin for one hundred and eight taels–that only included the flesh, and these five watermelons were calculated with the weight of the rinds included, ten thousand taels was definitely too much.

After completing the transfer of silver notes, Xie Shan added, “My father wishes to sign an agreement with miss.”

“What agreement?” Qiao Xiaomai asked.

“You’re planning to grow more watermelons next year, aren’t you?”

“Of course.”

“My father says he’s willing to pre-purchase two acres at a price of a hundred thousand taels per acre, what do you think, miss?”

“No, that won’t do. My watermelons yield two thousand jin per acre.”

At a hundred thousand taels per acre, that breaks down to only fifty silver per jin.

Shopkeeper Hong sells half a jin of watermelon flesh for more than a hundred taels.

Too much of a loss.

“Two thousand jin per acre?” Xie Shan was surprised for a moment, then he complimented Qiao Xiaomai a few times, and his face then showed an embarrassed expression. He had miscalculated.

A hundred thousand taels for one thousand jin, even by this year’s prices, it’s still a loss.

For a moment, he had a mental lapse and miscalculated by so much.

He immediately said, “Then, could my family pre-purchase the yield of an acre? Regardless of the price of watermelons next year, I hope my family can have two thousand jin.”

“One thousand jin.” Qiao Xiaomai halved the yield.

Next year’s watermelons would certainly not lack buyers, she had no need to sign any agreements with anyone.

The only reason she agreed now was for the sake of Fan Jia–Yang Ye had unearthed a bit of information, and she might need to interact with Fan Jia.

While the result was less than ideal for Xie Shan, he was able to accept it. Next year, no matter how popular and limited the supply of watermelons becomes, his family would still get a thousand jin.

And as for this watermelon… it was so pricey, he didn’t dare estimate the value anymore, lest he make another mistake.

Two hundred thousand taels should be enough to pre-purchase an acre of watermelons, right?

But who knows what next year’s watermelon prices will be.

Better not to say it.

Who would have thought such small watermelons could fetch astronomical prices, it’s maddening.

Even as a member of the Xie Family, he couldn’t bear the expense.