The Little Officials of the Song Dynasty Chapter 224: Melon extract

Mother Qiu hesitated for a long time, and after confirming that the "fat baby" would not open her eyes, she held it in the palm of her hand and looked at it carefully. She only felt that the melon was not only lifelike, but also natural, with no traces of carving, and it was born to grow. as such.

This is really a god, is it, like the children say, a melon essence?

Otherwise, it would be so rare if you naturally grow up like this.

Mother Qiu was amazed, and remembered that the other party had sent a total of three boxes, saying that there were melons and apples, she quickly opened the other two, and saw that one of them also contained a melon in the shape of an almost identical doll, and the other was a Apples, but not ordinary apples, have the word "Fu" on them!

Mother Qiu took a closer look, and the word "blessing" is also natural, and the color is much lighter than the color next to it.

It's no coincidence that this happens in succession, it must be a rare breed.

Didn't you say that the child who gave the gift was a Miao from Guizhou? Those Miao people are very mysterious, maybe they are the rare things they found in the deep mountains.

Thinking about this, Mother Qiu felt that the box of cakes that the children returned as gifts was a little light, and she was uneasy, wondering if she should make up some more next time.

Qiu Dafu was surprised and delighted to see that the apple had his own name on it, "Auntie, can I eat this?"

"Don't eat it for now, okay? You see, this melon and fruit looks so special, let's take it back to Aon to have a look at the freshness."

Mother Qiu coaxed the children gently, and didn't dare to let them eat for a while, so she went back and asked someone with knowledge.

When Qiu Dafu heard it, he was also inspired and decided to show it to his classmates when he went back. If he said empty-handedly that Shi Gaobi had given him a gift, no one would believe him, and he would have to show evidence.

Mother Qiu took it back and showed it to her family, but no one recognized it, and some neighbors also came to identify it, and she was equally shocked. Some timid people saw it and thought it was alive. Gotta get your back.

Qiu Dafu still wanted to take it to Guozi School, but now the Qiu family won't let him take it out, so as not to scare people again.

In a short while, rumors spread that the Qiu family really picked up a pair of melon essence.

The world is full of wonders. Hehua fish can become refined, and melon can naturally become refined.

Someone in Beijing joked, I don't know what the refined melon looks like, but I am more curious. Now that the melon is the number one melon, it has been beaten by the watermelon. Can the melon essence surpass the watermelon? If not, what is the use of becoming a fine!

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At this time, Yun Yanhui's family was still on vacation in Puguanze. A few days later, Xiaobao, who was on vacation, and Zheng Ling, who had finished his work, also came. Zheng Ling also brought some colleagues from the painting academy, all of whom were acquaintances, to study murals and draw comics with him.

Zheng Ling thought he could spend his days leisurely after he came, but he didn't want Yunyan to come back and wouldn't let him idle at all.

There are also many gourds in the manor, which are very valuable and can be sold for a lot of money in the market.

But Yun Yanhui didn't plan to compete for this market. He had asked Zhuang Tou to dry the gourd. This time, he asked Zheng Ling to make the gourd into a handicraft.

Craft gourds have flooded many tourist attractions in later generations, but at this time no one has made gourds into decorations. The homophonic gourd is Fulu, and it also symbolizes multiple characters, which has a very good meaning. After being carved and depicted, it is a very good decoration.

The key point is that it is in line with the positioning of Taozhiyao Fruit and Vegetable Store, which sells fruits and vegetables that are not popular.

Zheng Ling doesn't know how to carve, so Yunyan called him back to design the pattern. When it comes to carving, you can naturally find another craftsman.

There are small gourds, and they can be made into Wenwan gourds for people to play with, which is beneficial to health.

Because Yun Yanhui is not a professional, it also requires indigenous craftsmen to perfect the production method according to his ideas.

I was concentrating on the study of gourd carving and the production of Wenwan gourds. Yun Yan recovered a letter, which turned out to be from Zhao Youwu.

"Senior brother, I heard that melon essence has appeared in Beijing recently. I am very curious. It was passed that the owner of the melon essence entered the palace and learned that a pair of melon essence and apples with the character of blessing were given by Brother Tiger. Brother, may I ask me about melons Did you plant the essence?? I want it too!"

Yunyan took a brief look and fainted, "What the hell!"

Zheng Ling was working with the craftsmen to carve a hollow gourd according to the pattern. Hearing Yun Yanhui's voice, he turned his head and said, "Did your Highness say anything excessive?"

Yun Yan read the letter to him, and said with a dark face: "My ginseng fruit, who named the melon essence?"

Zheng Ling laughed out loud, "This name is rather playful, and it is much more down-to-earth than ginseng fruit. Don't you use a cheap name like ginseng fruit to make it more expensive? This melon essence is not Too bad, it's the same thing as looking for love fish!"

"Fuck you!" Yun Yan scolded back to the black line, "How can it be the same?"

And the name of ginseng fruit has an allusion... Although there is no big ip blessing from "Journey to the West", maybe it will give inspiration to "Journey to the West" in the future?

Now it's called Melon Essence, and it feels like it's down a lot in one fell swoop!

Yun Yanhui felt the crisis and said, "No, we have to go to market in advance, otherwise the melon essence will spread."

Fortunately, there were already quite a few ripe melons at this time, so Yun Yanhui hurriedly went to tell Shuangyi, adding fuel to the seriousness of the matter, and finally everyone agreed to open the fruit and vegetable shop ahead of schedule.

——Of course, before that, we still have to send a batch to the palace to honor the officials.

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When Taozhiyao's fruit and vegetable branch opened, it received a lot of attention because it was based on the popularity of the previous store.

——In fact, there is no such thing. With these two fruits, it will be a matter of time to become famous.

A few days ago there was a legend about the Qiu family's melon essence, and everyone said it vividly, as if they really saw it. This time, "melon essence" really appeared in Taozhiyao, which immediately attracted the crowd of citizens one after another.

It's really melon essence, and it's not just a pair, it's a row! All of them are naive, with chubby faces, chubby bodies, and even the corners of the lips with a smile.

There are also those apples with long characters, with all kinds of auspicious words, and the natural color is slightly lighter, which is really amazing!

If anyone comes to see it, whether they buy it or not, the shopkeeper will eloquently promote their "ginseng fruit" here, boasting of various magical origins. There is also a pictorial posted in the store, if you can read it, you can read it yourself.

Don't say it, many people believe it, because I have never seen a fruit that grows like this. Whether it is a local native or a foreign national, no one can tell the story, so naturally they can only believe the shopkeeper's words.

However, after the citizens of Bianjing accepted this, another trouble followed...

Seeing someone looking at the ginseng fruit on the shelf, the shopkeeper walked over and introduced it kindly: "Look, our ginseng fruit..."

Interrupted by the guest, "Isn't this melon essence?"

The shopkeeper: "It's ginseng fruit! This ginseng fruit is full of the essence of the sun and the moon, so it looks like this!"

"Uh, does it still taste like melon? Not too old?"

Treasurer: "Absolutely not!"

"Then give me a melon essence!"

The shopkeeper: "... ginseng fruit."

The shopkeeper was very depressed. He found that no matter how he explained and recommended it to customers, the brand that said ginseng fruit was very large, and people still called it melon essence.

When many merchants came here, they all named me to buy "melon essence". When everyone was talking about business, it was inevitable that they would be affected. In the end, the shopkeeper himself couldn't help calling melon essence.

The name melon essence is too brainwashed. It is much easier to spread than ginseng fruit.

——This is the case, no one really thinks that this is a spirit monster. After all, it is not particularly expensive to sell in such a large number (emphasis).

More people believe that this is a unique variety, and some people think that it does absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. No matter what kind, it is not wrong to scream melon essence for this appearance, right?

Seeing that the whole city was calling melon essence, the shopkeeper had to go to the owner with a bitter face to apologize for failing to promote the official name of ginseng fruit.

Shuang Yi was quite open, comforting the frustrated Yun Yan back: "Brother Yan, everyone is screaming melons and melons. In fact, many people have the urge to eat it instead of offering it there."

There is no basis for saying this. After all, the name "ginseng fruit" has never been popular, but Yun Yanhui can only accept this comfort, "Okay... ah! I don't know who spread it out. The name!"

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Compared to "Wangqingyu", Hehuayu first has opera before it is nicknamed, but this melon essence is reversed.

When melon essence appeared on the market and quickly became famous, some people incorporated melon essence into the story soon after, which was very advanced with the times. The story that Yun Yanhui was too embarrassed to make up was made up.

These book clubs imitated the structure of "Looking for Love Fish" and compiled a book: Someone received a melon as a gift, but he didn't eat it because his family was poor. Unexpectedly, there is a little monster in the melon, who often accompanies the little master to play, and also makes the fruits and vegetables grown in their home delicious.

The host's family gradually found out that something was wrong, so they secretly hid outside the door, only to find the melon jumping out of the fruit bowl, playing with the little host, and cleaning up after playing. Seeing this, the owner thought Melon was a good fairy, so they didn't find anyone to catch the monster.

When the family was in danger, it was the melon spirit who helped. Someone wanted to take possession of the melon spirit, and the host family also desperately protected each other. Later, the melon essence settled in the yard, and the host family gradually made money selling fruit, and the two families were friendly for generations.

This is not a love story, but an interesting age-oriented story, which should be more about friendship, loyalty and other elements.

It can't be said that the charm of the story itself, or the popularity of melon essence, this story has also become popular in the market.

As another major brand of Taozhiyao at present, those apples with the character are collectively referred to as "Fuzi apples" because the apples with the character "Fu" are sold the most. It doesn't seem so magical anymore.

This is only relative. In fact, it is also loved by the majority of people, but it is relatively late.

Randomly select the last apple with blessings and give it as one of the gifts when visiting or visiting relatives. It seems very unconventional.

Because there are many choices of words, no matter what kind of gift object, you can find the corresponding. After the listing, a customized service was launched.

At this time, people are not afraid to wait, and many products need to wait. They customized the words, and then Taozhiyao specially made models and cultivated apples until they were mature. This service was very popular and gradually formed a knowledge.

Compared to the first fire of melon essence, it was sold out every time it went on the market at the beginning, and the supply was in short supply. The business of Fuzi apples has a long flow and a long stamina. In addition, the output of apples is large, so the sales volume and customer base are are very stable.

Yun Yanhui struggled at the beginning, but as time went on, he found that he was basically the only one who still called it ginseng fruit, so he could only say to Shuang Yi in a sullen voice: "Forget it, you take the goods. Also change the card to Melon Essence...╥﹏╥”