Chapter 1377 Chapter 1377 - Over the Limits (1/2)
The manager, a cautious man who was not prone to ridicule, said to Li Du, ”If you pick your watermelons, you have to choose ten and arrange them in order of ripeness!”
Li Du laughed and said, ”Didn't you just say all your watermelons have similar ripeness? How can there be ten grades?”
”Yes, do you know what the ten levels of ripeness stand for? Do you have raw melons here?” A Chinese girl put in.Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click for visiting.
The manager was flustered. ”Of course we don't have raw melons, but there are still some subtle differences…”
Li Du shook his head and said, ”Ten is too much. How about this, let's make it seven. I pick out seven watermelons and rank them in order of ripeness.”
The manager thought about it and said, ”Okay, seven, it's a deal.”
Li Du smiled. ”No problem. I'll let you see our Chinese ability to evaluate watermelons by tapping them.”
”Bad luck for the fool,” Brother Wolf said, shaking his head.
”He's going to embarrass himself. The boss is going to show him,” Big Ivan added.
Li Du walked over to the watermelon stand and released the space-time bug into one watermelon to see how ripe the flesh was.
The flesh was bright red and the texture has become slightly grainy. This was a good ripe watermelon.
Tap! Tap! Tap! He picked the watermelon up and patted it, listening with a serious expression.
People were whispering all around. Two Chinese girls pressed their fingers to their lips and made hissing noises. ”Shh, please be quiet!”
A supermarket employee in a yellow vest snorted. ”This is ridiculous!”
Li Du knocked on the watermelon a few times and then put it down and went to choose another. He tapped and listened again.
The little bug flew freely through the watermelon, and Li Du worked in sync with it, arranging the watermelons and putting the ones he didn't want back on the shelf.
Seeing this, the manager was a little uncertain. ”Damn, can he truly tell the ripeness of the watermelon by tapping?”
”It's not that difficult, Sanders,” another employee whispered. ”You really can tell if a watermelon is ripe by tapping it.”
The manager said, ”I know that much. But how can I tell which melon is riper? There shouldn't be that much difference between them, right?”
The employee quickly nodded. ”Yes, we selected them, and all these watermelons are almost equally ripe!”
Soon, five watermelons were selected. Li Du picked up another watermelon and patted it, a meaningful smile on his face.
Seeing this smile, even the manager and the staff felt things were bad. This Chinese man was not an easy target!
After selecting two more watermelons, Li Du had his seven. He patted the watermelon that was first in the row and said, ”Come on! Cut it open!”
”This is the moment of truth,” said the tall Chinese girl in a classic mystery style. ”It's time to find out! Open the melon!”
Li Du smiled and shook his head. The girl was a real gem.
The manager nodded and one of the employees took out a watermelon knife and cut the watermelon open.
There were now more onlookers around. They were surrounded by people, some of whom had just come to see what had happened and remained to wait with bated breath for the result.
When the watermelon was cut open, everyone saw it was yellowish-white with pale red inside. It clearly wasn't ripe enough.
The supermarket employee went on to cut the second melon. The flesh was also pink, but there was no sign of yellowish-white around it, so it was slightly riper than the first one.