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Chapter 1279: Chapter 1078: Crazy Watermelon_1 Chapter 1279: Chapter 1078: Crazy Watermelon_1 After seeing off Xie Shan, Qiao Xiaomai returned to the Guest House.

Yang Hao’s family of three were eating watermelons. Just now, five of their watermelons had been bought by Xie Shan, and the whole family felt a pang of loss, as if a part of themselves had been taken away. So, they asked the palace maid to cut open another one to eat.

Upon seeing Qiao Xiaomai, Yang Hao nodded towards the watermelon on the table, signaling for Qiao Xiaomai to join in.

The watermelon had just been brought out from the ice cellar and was very cool. One bite and the sweet, chilling sensation immediately filled the mouth. Eating it on a hot day was truly a supreme delight.

Qiao Xiaomai, satisfied, spat out the watermelon seeds and carefully placed them on a plate to the side.

The watermelon seeds should not be wasted; they needed to be planted next year.

“Each bite feels like I’m eating gold,” Yang Hao said while holding a piece of melon in one hand and a cloth in the other, wiping away any watermelon juice that might have stained his mouth.

In contrast to Yang Hao’s refinement, Yang Zheng ate with gusto, his lower half face covered in watermelon juice, hungrily enjoying a large chunk of the sweet fruit.

Yang Hao glanced at him and made up his mind in secret.

This watermelon was even more expensive than gold. He had originally thought that two hundred thousand taels for living expenses would be more than enough, but looking at the current situation, that amount seemed barely sufficient to cover the watermelon consumption for his family of three.

Too extravagant!

For his personal treasury, these watermelons were too much of a luxury!

He had prepared tomorrow’s teacher’s ceremony gift based on the standard set when Emperor Yongan paid homage to the Academy’s Head. Now, it seemed that the gift had to be increased manifold!

Qiao Xiaomai was unaware of Yang Hao’s thoughts. She smiled upon hearing his words, “It’s just watermelon. The price is jacked up by others. If you consider its real value, it’s not even worth solid wheat or rice.”

“That might apply to the villagers in Anping Village who cherish wheat and rice. But in the Capital City, it doesn’t. There’s a reason why watermelons can be sold at such a high price.”

“In my view, relying on watermelons alone, you could empty out everyone’s coffers,” Qiao Xiaomai said, her smile widening.

To tell the truth, she had originally planned to sell the watermelon for one tael per catty. But after hearing what Yang Hao said, she steeled her heart and raised the price to eighteen taels for three catties. Shopkeeper Hong was even more ruthless, directly raising it to one hundred taels for half a catty.

One hundred taels for half a catty of watermelon, even she was shocked.

Calculating based on an average watermelon weighing ten catties, discounting the weight of the rind, there would be about eight catties of flesh. This meant that one watermelon could cost over a thousand taels.

Expanding that to an acre of land, with two hundred watermelons per acre, that would amount to two hundred thousand taels.

Scary.

Truly terrifying.

Without crunching the numbers, it seemed inconsequential, but upon careful calculation, the figure was maddening.

The awkwardness Xie Shan inadvertently showed earlier wasn’t intentional, as she too couldn’t imagine an acre of watermelons being worth so much silver.

Looking at half a catty didn’t seem problematic, but when the figure is expanded to acres, it’s frightening enough to make one’s heart tremble.

Next year’s watermelons, she definitely would not sell them whole; otherwise, once word got out, the nobles might not buy them anymore.

A thousand taels for one watermelon?

Only a fool would buy that!

One hundred and eight taels for half a catty at Exquisite Residence?

Well, that was an acceptable figure.

These two scenarios would definitely be the reaction of the majority.

So, she must sell by the half catty, turning that insane large figure into smaller, reasonable numbers like a hundred taels–quietly taking the silver from those people’s pockets and making a fortune without a sound.

[I love watermelon… I want to hold it up to the sky…]

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