The best time of 8424 market is April and May every year, because the weather in Shanghai begins to get hot at this time, and people wait for a year to eat the first bite of watermelon, so the sales volume is particularly good and the price is rising.

And 8424 watermelon is a specialty of Shanghai, which is rich in water, sweet and especially delicious. The taste is different from other varieties of watermelon. There are watermelons in other parts of Shanghai, which are very big and look like wax gourd, but this kind of watermelon is not as delicious as 8424, and the price is also cheap. The cheapest time 1 yuan a catty.

The price of 8424 will start to decrease in July and August. The cheapest time is less than 3 yuan a catty, but it is still expensive on the whole. Now that Shanghai is closed, it is forbidden not only to sell melons, but also to go to Gua Tian.

The sales channels of melon farmers are mainly fruit shops and supermarkets. Sometimes they sell some melons that they haven't taken away.

In fact, I especially sympathize with those melon farmers. Almost all the melon farmers I know are from other places and are very kind. For example, I once skipped the fruit stand and went directly to the melon farmers' fields to sell melons. They always picked the freshest and most delicious melons for me on the spot. Never let me down, and the price is cheaper than that of the fruit shop.

And I have observed the life of melon farmers, which is really sad. Usually, husband and wife usually live in a broken house in the country. The house is dark and damp, and there is no air conditioning. The bedroom and kitchen are connected together, and the walls and concrete floor are gray and look dirty. A broken wooden bed leaned against the wall, the sheets faded, and some pots were scattered under the bed, with some luggage inside. Even in broad daylight, the light inside is very dark, giving people a sense of suffocation.

The slightly expensive price of watermelon has not improved their lives. What impressed me the most was on a hot day of 40 degrees, about noon 12. I passed a bridge, and there were few pedestrians on it. There is a tricycle with many melons on it. A middle-aged woman melon farmer with dark skin and short stature sat on the bridge and slept, with a tired face. I asked her why you don't sell melons in crowded places. She said that urban management in other places would arrest them, so she had to hide here.

Later, the person I was with said that she was going to Gua Tian to buy melons. She pointed out the direction and let us go first. She followed with a tricycle weighing several hundred kilograms.

These melon farmers are really cute. So many melons can't be sold in this epidemic, which is tantamount to living in vain for a year. It's pathetic

However, the current Shanghai market is controlled by a few people and the channels are firmly grasped. On the one hand, some people raise prices and make profits for themselves by creating the illusion that materials are scarce. On the other hand, hardworking farmers can't sell their crops in a year.