Chapter 226: A certain universe country can't afford watermelon? The ancients thought this was nothing special
In the saliva of ancient people's expectations.

The marquee continues to play.

[Hello everyone, my country has now become the world's largest consumer of watermelons and the country that is best at eating watermelons. ]

【Our people have also become the best at eating melons in the world. 】

[In order to meet the various needs of the spectators. ]

[There are many varieties of watermelons appearing on the market. 】

[For example, mini watermelons are small in size and easy for people to eat in one go. ]

【For example, seedless watermelon. 】

【For example, the traditional green-skinned and red-hearted watermelon. 】

[A new variety of watermelon with green skin and yellow heart. ]

[There are also newer varieties of yellow-skinned and red-hearted watermelons. ]

[And the skin of these watermelons is getting thinner and thinner. ]

[If it weren’t for cleanliness, the watermelon would have wished that the rind wouldn’t even grow. ]

【While the watermelon rind is getting thinner and thinner. 】

【The watermelon flesh is getting sweeter and sweeter. 】

[The sizes and types of watermelons are also increasing. 】

【There is an extra-large watermelon that is suitable for friends to have a meal together. 】

[There are also small melons suitable for one person to whet their appetite. They can be eaten overnight, so you don’t have to worry about getting an upset stomach from eating melons left overnight. ]

[I believe that the Chinese consumers can see it with their naked eyes. ]

[There are more and more types of melons available on the market, the rinds are getting thinner and the taste is getting better. ]

[Watermelon is guaranteed to be sweet, if not, we will refund you! ]

[This is mainly due to the fact that after many years of hybridization and breeding, a new variety of watermelon with a sweet taste and thin skin was cultivated. ]

【While cultivating watermelons with excellent taste. 】

[Coupled with modern agricultural planting technology, many watermelons are no longer grown in watermelon fields. ]

【Instead, they live in a greenhouse. 】

[Watermelon vines hang from trees. ]

[It improves the watermelon planting efficiency and makes photosynthesis more efficient. 】

[In order to ensure the quality of watermelons, strict control is also required on the number of watermelons on each vine]

[For example, the new yellow-skinned watermelon developed by Qingdao Academy of Agricultural Sciences. ]

[On a watermelon seedling, only one yellow-skinned watermelon remains. ]

【Gather twenty leaves and offer them to a watermelon. 】

[This specially developed watermelon has a sugar content of over 13%! ]

【There is also a special aroma. 】

[Because the watermelons are grown in greenhouses, the time for picking is more comfortable. ]

[With the development of transportation and storage technologies, watermelon farmers can rest assured and wait until the watermelons are ripe before picking them.]

[It is no longer the case that watermelons are picked early to prevent them from being damaged during transportation and sales. ]

[It can be said that it is above the existing watermelon technology. ]

【There are more and more melons ripening all over the country. 】

【Huaqiang no longer needs Sarilang.】

[How much do Chinese people love eating melons? ]

[Data shows that my country produces and consumes about 60 percent of the world's watermelons.]

[It can be said that in terms of the amount of melons eaten per capita, my country is far ahead. ]

【Watermelon is delicious and has a sweet taste. 】

[Because the fructose content of watermelon is very high. ]

[However, compared to other fruits, the calorie content of watermelon is actually relatively low. ]

[A watermelon can contain more than 90 percent water. ]

[What bad intentions could watermelon have in making people fat? ]

【So you don’t have to worry about gaining weight. 】

[If you like to eat melons, then please eat this watermelon and continue to be a melon eater. ]

This concludes this short video.

The screen full of comments also proves the high popularity of watermelon as a fruit.

"My favorite summer dish, iced watermelon, so good!"

《Cheap and large in quantity, you can buy a big melon with the money of a meal.》

"But watermelons are getting more and more expensive."

"These are all greenhouse melons. If you think they're expensive, I think they're too expensive!"

"One yuan per pound, or even a few cents per pound, this is still expensive, is it the cheapest in the world?"

"In Henan, the melons sold on the roadside are only 50 cents a pound and are very sweet."

"I used to hear about people pouring sugar water into watermelons, and they talked about it in a very vivid and realistic way, but in the past few years, this kind of voice has disappeared."

"The most devastating episode in South Korea."

"Guess who is the largest consumer of watermelon rinds."

"The main reason is that the money you spend on one melon abroad can buy six in China."

"I heard that the purchase price of watermelons in Henan has dropped to 30 cents. Watermelon farmers are in tears. It's not easy."

"Huaqiang: A greenhorn."

"The color of watermelon is politically incorrect! A bill must be passed to ban watermelon!"

Wu Mingzhu is a watermelon and melon breeding expert, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and is known as the "melon grandma". She has cultivated more than 30 melon varieties and made great contributions to the realization of the freedom of 14 billion Chinese people to eat melons.

《Thank you, Grandma Wu! 》

……

From the story of the sky screen video.

Match the text in the barrage.

The ancients could also see that the watermelons of later generations not only had outstanding appearance, but also had excellent taste and a rich variety.

The key is that it’s cheap!
Originally, many ancient people believed that high-quality fruits like watermelon would be luxury goods in later generations.

Li Longji even thought.

Like the big, red, and juicy watermelons in later generations.

The price is more expensive than the lychees that are shipped to Chang'an via an express route of 800 miles.

But now I've seen behind the scenes.

Li Longji was surprised to find out.

Such a good watermelon is only worth the price of an ordinary meal in later generations.

Surprise and envy welled up in my heart. This feeling was the same in the hearts of many ancient people in all dynasties.

"Such good watermelon, and so cheap."

“It’s simply unreasonable!”

Next, a simple short video appeared on the screen.

The video features a Korean blogger who looks distinctly Goryeo-style.

He seemed very excited as he walked on the streets of China.

[Hello everyone, I am Park De-Yin. Today is my first time in China. I heard that this street is a famous local snack street with many delicious snacks. Let's take a look. ]

It can be seen that this is a foreign tourist from the Goryeo region.

The purpose of coming here is to see if there are any delicious snacks.

As a result, I just walked a few steps and didn’t see the snacks.

I saw a tricycle selling watermelons.

Next to the tricycle, there was a little kid who was a few years old and was wolfing down a watermelon.

Park Deok-yoon looked over with envy.

He swallowed, but said nothing.

But the next scene.

Park De-yoon's eyes widened and he stood there in a daze.

Because Park Deok-yoon saw the child eating a small watermelon whole.

He also took away the watermelon that still had a lot of pulp left, along with the clean, green rind.

Thrown into the trash!
Park De-Yun frowned and said to the camera: [What a waste.]

[The precious watermelon was eaten so uncleanly. 】

[And such clean and green watermelon rinds were thrown directly into the trash can! ]

【Isn't it delicious if you use it to make kimchi? 】

Park Deok-yoon shook his head and sighed as he complained.

And they use this as an excuse to accuse the Chinese of not having the virtue of diligence and thrift.

In the sky screen.

The little boy who is full of watermelon.

He wiped his mouth, took out another twenty yuan, and picked a watermelon that was neither too big nor too small.

The store even gave me two dollars in change.

The little boy went home happily holding the watermelon.

Park Deok-yoon who was standing by watched.

Instantly dumbfounded!

Although he still doesn't understand many aspects of China.

But after all, I came to China for tourism, so I also exchanged some money.

He could see with his own eyes that the money the kid had just taken out was two ten-dollar bills.

twenty dollars!
Can you buy a big watermelon?

Even got a few bucks in change?
Park De-Yun was a little bit broken in his confusion.

He hurried to the watermelon shop.

After typing a paragraph on the mobile phone and showing it to the boss using translation software.

The boss confirmed that watermelon is 1.2 yuan per pound.

Park Deok-yoon was petrified on the spot.

They kept exclaiming: [Cheap! This watermelon is really cheap! ]

【The key is that it looks delicious. 】

[It’s delicious and cheap, what’s going on? 】

[What is going on? Isn't China a backward country? Why are their watermelons so cheap? ]

The scene changes.

Coming to another video.

They were a group of Korean students who had just arrived in China and they visited a local pig farm.

It was discovered that the owner of the pig farm actually poured all the watermelon rinds and a small amount of watermelon pulp attached to the rinds into the pigpen to feed the pigs!

The precious watermelons are used to feed pigs!
This immediately broke down the defenses of these Korean students.

They made exaggerated expressions and exclaimed in amazement.

[How come pigs eat so well? ]

[Watermelon rind is so precious, it’s a pity to use it to feed pigs instead of making kimchi! ]

[We noble Koreans are actually worse than pigs? ]

[Wow, there are so many watermelons next to it. 】

[Boss, please treat me like a pig. I only need one watermelon a day...]

[When I return to China, I will tell them that a pound of watermelon in China only costs one yuan or even a few cents. People here don’t eat the watermelon rinds, but feed them to pigs or even throw them away.]

[They will definitely think I'm talking about science fiction! ]

[Don’t underestimate yourself! Although Chinese watermelons are cheap and delicious! But our Mudeungsan watermelons in Korea are specially selected by the president. ]

【The thicker the skin, the more hygienic it is. 】

[The pulp of melon has low sugar content and is very healthy...]

After two consecutive short videos about Koreans and watermelons.

The ancients also discovered a fact.

That is.

In fact, watermelons in later generations are not cheap.

But in later China, watermelons were cheap.

Perhaps in later China, ordinary people have achieved the freedom to eat melons.

But in the vassal state of Goryeo, watermelon was still a very expensive fruit.

……

However, there are cases where certain products are cheap in China but expensive in small foreign vassal states.

To ancient people, this seemed very normal.

There are many good things like watermelon in the Celestial Empire, which are too abundant to use up.

The foreign barbarians and small countries were eagerly looking forward to it.

Isn't this only natural?
The ancient people had nothing to say about these two videos.

Only modern netizens are making a fuss about it.

(End of this chapter)