Female-to-male: I live on farming

On the way back, Qin Ke suddenly heard some noise in the field and asked Lu Youqing to wait for him on the road. He went in and saw that it turned out to be a few puppies crying.

Qin Ke smiled when he saw it, because his family just needed a few people to look after the house.

When Lu Youqing saw the puppies in Qin Ke's arms, the little baby voices of the puppies instantly aroused her love.

Regardless of the mud on their bodies, he carefully took them from Qin Ke's arms and said softly, "They are so cute, should we keep them?"

"Well, do you think it's okay?"

"Sure, but they are so small, I don't know if I can keep them alive?" Lu Youqing lowered his head and stroked their soft fur without raising his head.

Qin Ke went home and boiled a pot of hot water, helped Lu Youqing wash them, and fed them some rice porridge. The puppies were very timid in a strange place, and they didn't dare to run around even in the nest that Lu Youqing prepared for them.

“We have to give them names.”

Qin Ke glanced at the little ones who were scrambling to get into Lu Youqing's hands, snorted and said, "Just call them the eldest, the second, and the third."

Lu Youqing didn't take his sour words seriously and even rolled his eyes at him.

Qin Ke had no choice but to move closer with a shameless face and poked the yellow puppy that was licking Lu Youqing with its pink tongue, poking it upside down as it was scratching the edge of the nest with its front paws.

"Today happens to be the first day of the new year, so let's call it the first day of the new year. The colorful one will be called the fifteenth day, and the biggest black one will be called the sixth month."

Seeing that he was not talking nonsense this time, Lu Youqing did not object.

So the three puppies made their home here.

Within two days, Li Nanqiao returned with a cart of saltpeter. Saltpeter is also the raw material for making gunpowder and fireworks, so they could easily buy saltpeter in Jincheng without much effort.

Looking at the two exhausted people, Qin Ke asked them to go back and rest first, while he moved the saltpeter into the warehouse for storage.

After a week, the puppies, who were timid at first and kept their tails between their legs, started running around the yard every day, and Lu Youqing and his puppies often had a few little tails following behind them.

Han Qi, who was originally skinny, gradually gained some weight. He no longer looked as thin as he did at the beginning, and his complexion also looked much better.

Qin Ke took Han Qi and Li Nanqiao to the watermelon field to pick some ripe watermelons to take home. Except for Qin Ke, the others were already extremely curious about the green and round things that Qin Ke planted.

Today it is finally ripe, and they are all very excited and can't wait to taste it.

Qin Ke specially made some ice today and put it in an ice jar. The ice jar was a container used to hold ice and place food in it during the summer in ancient times.

There are handles on both sides of the ice box, and a cover on the top with double coin holes, which can be used to pick up hands and also as an outlet for cold air. The specific method is to put ice cubes in a wooden or bronze box.

It can both emit cold air and preserve food, and can be roughly understood as an ancient refrigerator.

I picked a watermelon that looked the ripest and put it in an ice bowl to eat after dinner.

In fact, Qin Ke was also quite curious. Although he had eaten a lot of watermelons in his previous life, the system swore that the seeds produced by the system were definitely of excellent varieties, and Qin Ke also wanted to see what was so special about it.

Han Qi and Li Nanqiao were a little absent-minded while eating, which Qin Ke found funny. He estimated that it was about time, so he took the watermelon out of the ice jar.

The cool watermelon was placed in the middle of the table, and Li Nanqiao stared at it without blinking.

Qin Ke had previously gone to a blacksmith to make a watermelon knife specifically for watermelons. It was narrower and longer than an ordinary kitchen knife.

As soon as Qin Ke cut the knife in, he heard a crisp "crack" sound, and the round watermelon was split into two halves along the crack.

The two halves of the watermelon were like two open shells, slightly tilted outward, revealing the bright red flesh inside. The flesh was bright red, and you could smell the sweetness and fragrance of the watermelon.

The sweet juice flowed down the cut onto the table.

It was the first time that Li Nanqiao and his companions saw this bright red fruit and they were all very surprised. Even Lu Youqing, who had been sitting far away at the beginning, came over.

What surprised Qin Ke the most was that there were very few and very small seeds in the watermelon. He didn't expect that the seeds given by the system would grow seedless watermelons.

Qin Ke's hands were not idle either. He cut one half into strips and raised his chin towards Han Qi and Li Nanqiao.

He peeled the remaining half, cut it into pieces, put it on a plate, and brought it to Lu Youqing.

Lu Youqing looked at him in surprise, then lowered her eyes to look at the neatly cut, appropriately sized pieces of watermelon in front of her, revealed a faint smile, picked up one of the pieces and put it in her mouth.

After seeing the two of them eating, Li Nanqiao and Han Qi finally reached out for the watermelon they had been staring at for a long time.

The watermelon has a delicate texture, full flesh, and is sweet and delicious. When you take a bite, the sweet juice flows down your throat. In addition, it has been chilled in advance, and the cool flesh gives people an extremely refreshing taste, like a sweet rain that moistens the dry land.

"Delicious! I have never tasted such sweet fruit."

Li Nanqiao had been conquered by the sweetness of the watermelon. He ate one piece after another. If Qin Ke had not reminded him in advance not to eat the watermelon rind, he would have swallowed the rind whole.

"It's really delicious. I think these watermelons will be easy to sell." Lu Youqing had to admit that what Qin Ke said was true. This kind of chilled watermelon was indeed a great choice for cooling off.

Qin Ke was not as exaggerated as they were. He tasted a piece and found it was indeed a top-quality variety. Even in his previous life, it was difficult to buy this kind of watermelon.

Soon, the whole watermelon was eaten up by several people. In order to verify whether all the watermelons were of the same quality, Qin Ke picked one and cut it open.

The saying that products produced by the system must be high-quality is indeed true.

Let Li Nanqiao take the remaining piece of melon home for her mother to taste, but the matter of the watermelon is still confidential, so they are asked not to spread it for the time being.

Han Qi and Qin Ke were not worried because they were unfamiliar with the place.

Li Nanqiao nodded happily, blinked his eyes and asked, "Boss, this melon is so good, should we sell it?"

"Tomorrow morning we will go to the melon fields to pick melons, and then take a cart to the town to sell them."

"Then how much silver should this be sold for?"

Qin Ke was also a little unsure, so he looked to Lu Youqing for help.

Lu Youqing lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, then said, "Since these fruits have never appeared in the Great Yan Dynasty, it is not appropriate to set the price too high at the beginning, otherwise it will be difficult to accept. Let's set the price at 500 coins first."

If the price is too low, it will appear cheap, but if it is too high, it will be difficult for ordinary people to accept.

"Okay, let's let customers taste our watermelons for free tomorrow. Once they have tasted our watermelons, they will definitely want to buy them. If the supply cannot meet the demand, we can raise the price." Qin Ke touched his chin. Since ancient times, things have been valuable because they are scarce. There is no need to worry about not being able to sell them at a good price.