Melon farmer writes calligraphy on watermelons, sells 6,000 jin in 11 days
Melon farmer writes calligraphy on watermelons, sells 6,000 jin in 11 days

Recently, 56-year-old teacher Gu Xinliang from Heimiao Village, Baimiao Township, Jiaxian County, Pingdingshan, Henan, accidentally "wrote" characters and drawings on watermelons with his fingernails, breaking the "hard-to-sell watermelons" situation. In 11 days, the 6,000 jin of early-maturing watermelons his family grew sold out, and along with them nearly 2,000 jin of melons from half a mu were almost sold out too. Although the drawing made his fingernails ache, Gu Xinliang said that selling the melons, practicing calligraphy, and sending out blessings made him very happy. Image source: CCTV News official Weibo