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Chapter 164 Watermelon with Words

The conflict between Lin Guoxiang and the scholar was reconciled inexplicably with the joint efforts of several juniors and the scholar, at least Lin Guoxiang thought so.I always feel that I was angry for nothing before, but now that I think about it, I feel that my previous series of actions are very funny.

But now Lin Guoxiang doesn't have time to worry about this. The second crop of watermelon in the orchard has grown to the size of a fist. She thinks it's the best time to shape the watermelon at this time, and it may be too late when it grows bigger.So she spent the past two days in the study racking her brains trying to figure out what material to use as a model, so as not to block the photosynthesis of the watermelon and successfully make the watermelon grow into the shape she expected.

But this is really quite difficult, Ren she thought about it for two days in a row, but she didn't think of any suitable material to make the mold.Those modern molds seem to be made of plastic, but where is there plastic in this era?So Lin Guoxiang has lost a lot of hair in the past two days.

"What should I use to make the model?" Lin Guoxiang held her chin in one hand and a piece of charcoal wrapped in paper in the other, unconsciously drawing on the white paper.Anyway, the mold made of wood is definitely unusable, that can't make the watermelon photosynthesize at all, God knows if the watermelon will become bland and tasteless when it grows out of sunlight?Moreover, the color of the watermelon will also become lighter. If the ancient people don't recognize it, she will only lose money.

"It's really annoying... It's just a muddy head..." Lin Guoxiang irritatedly crumpled up the messy paper on the desk and threw it into the self-made wastebasket next to it.

When throwing the paper ball, as the paper ball fell into the wastebasket with a "plop", Lin Guoxiang's eyes also fixed on the wastebasket, and a flash of inspiration suddenly appeared in her mind, as if something had disappeared in a flash.I just thought about it carefully, but I couldn't think of anything.Taking a deep breath, Lin Guoxiang forced herself to suppress the irritability in her heart, squinted her eyes and stared at the wastebasket seriously, which was exactly the wooden circle carved with cartoon animals on the wastebasket.

Wooden circles...circles...circles...wooden circles...wooden circles...

Lin Guoxiang stretched out a hand and pinched her chin subconsciously, muttering repeatedly in her heart, the thought that just flashed in her mind became clearer and clearer, suddenly she clapped her hands with a "slap", and couldn't help but Excitedly shouted: "Yes, circle!" Make a few more circles out of wood and put them on the watermelon like a wastebasket, so as long as you handle it properly, can you change the shape of the watermelon?At least a simple gourd shape can still be made, right?

Then try to make some festive and auspicious characters on the watermelon... Isn't it rare to have a watermelon that grows in the shape of a gourd and has auspicious characters?Such auspicious watermelon is good even if you don’t eat it and buy it back for auspiciousness, right?
Thinking of this, Lin Guoxiang became excited. She even foresees that such auspicious and peculiarly shaped watermelons will be sold in the future, and most importantly, this watermelon will be on the market a month earlier than other watermelons. She didn't believe that no one would buy the watermelon she sold this morning.

Lin Guoxiang was finally able to solve the problem that had troubled her for two days. She was so happy, and now she was sitting in the study looking at the wastebasket, laughing silly.At this time, Xiucai came in from the outside, seeing Lin Guoxiang's appearance, her first reaction was - this girl is stupid.He exited the study almost subconsciously, and after a while finally walked in cautiously and gently, stared at her carefully for a long time, and finally heaved a sigh of relief after confirming that Lin Guoxiang was normal.

Waking up from her beautiful fantasy, Lin Guoxiang saw that Xiucai had walked in at some point, staring at herself with a probing expression, as if she was a strange-looking prehistoric animal, And he was the visitor to the zoo to see her prehistoric animal.

When this idea came out of his head, Lin Guo sweated a lot. Instinctively, he looked at the scholar again with a somewhat unkind gaze.Ah, is this the eyes of the gods?And that expression, no matter how you look at it, it feels like a beating.

But at this time, Xiucai obviously didn't realize that the danger was slowly approaching, and he didn't see the danger and evil in Lin Guoxiang's eyes.He stretched out his slender and beautiful hand to gently cover Lin Guoxiang's forehead, and then stretched out the other hand to cover his own forehead. After comparing the two sides, he muttered softly: "No Fever, why is this girl laughing like a fool?"

As soon as the words fell, Xiucai successfully heard Lin Guoxiang's teeth grinding.She squeezed her phalanges, stared at Xiucai who didn't know the danger was coming, and gritted her teeth, saying: "Xiucai, do you think you are impatient with your life?" If so, I can help you.

"Uh...cough cough..." Xiucai coughed twice, and quickly changed the subject, "What were you thinking just now, laughing like that?" It looks really silly like that.

"Oh, it's like this." Lin Guoxiang briefly told Xiucai her thoughts, "Although I haven't found the material to make a mold yet, using this simple method to slightly change the shape of the watermelon should Enough. As for those auspicious characters, I think I can try cutting some paper-cuts and pasting them on the watermelon, maybe it will work.”

In fact, this method is the simplest, which is to use the photosynthesis of watermelon to paste the paper-cut on the watermelon. Since the paper-cut is blocked by the sun, the color of this piece will be better than other places that can be exposed to sunlight after a long time. It is much shallower, and when the hatchback is compared, those handwritings will naturally be revealed.

"Well, I think the circles fixed on the watermelon don't have to be made of wood. You can also use some cheap bamboo, and the bamboo is easier to disassemble if it is wood, so that the skin of the watermelon can be preserved as much as possible." Xiucai thought for a while. After a while, he expressed his thoughts.Just imagine, it would be a pity if a watermelon that originally sold well was found to have "broken skin" in some places.

And at the beginning they planned to sell these watermelons to those rich and noble families, so naturally they had to be more careful. After all, the price set for this kind of "rare" watermelon is not affordable by ordinary people, and it is estimated that they will not buy it. The family's ration money for several days is used to buy a watermelon to go home.

"Yeah." Lin Guoxiang nodded, agreeing, "As for the paper-cutting, we can use that kind of straw paper with a rough texture, at most we can paste a few more layers on it." Anyway, that kind of rough straw paper doesn't cost much, just It doesn't hurt to use more.

Speaking of this, Lin Guoxiang immediately took out a stack of papers from the bookcase, and for the first time helped the scholar sharpen the ink, dipped the brush full of ink and handed it to the scholar: "Help me write more auspicious characters like Fu Lu Shou, I'll ask Fifth Brother to go to the town to help buy some toilet paper, and we'll cut out these words today and keep them for later use."

After finishing speaking, Lin Guoxiang ran out of the study like a gust of wind without waiting for the scholar to answer, probably looking for Lin Situ.

The scholar shook his head helplessly, this girl is such a big person, why is she still doing things in such a hurry?But even though he thought so in his heart, his hand didn't stop at all. He carefully flattened the paper and began to write stroke by stroke seriously.

(End of this chapter)