northernbook Chapter 222 Planting Trees
Chapter 222 Planting Trees
Normally, compared to other places, being able to eat sweet potatoes, rice, and fish here should be enough to make people feel satisfied and happy. However, most people still have a special fondness for pork, believing that being able to eat fragrant pork is the ultimate enjoyment in the culinary world.
If I could eat meat twice a week from now on, how wonderful would that be?
That year, with two young children, Su Jinru didn't plan to return to Beijing for the Spring Festival, as the weather there was cold and she was afraid the children wouldn't be able to adapt.
My mother wrote a letter saying that my younger sister Su Jinyu's family and my younger brother came home for the Chinese New Year, and asked Su Jinru to bring the children back as well.
Su Jinru was afraid that her child would get sick on the way, so she didn't go back.
The family of six spent the Lunar New Year on Qiongzhou Island.
Although Sister Lan took leave to go home, An Xin and An Ran were also on vacation. They stayed home to help cook and take care of their younger siblings, so Su Jinru didn't have to work too hard.
Moreover, Yuan Wenjie not only dotes on his wife but also on his children. It's rare for men in this era to take care of children, but Yuan Wenjie is an exception.
Especially his daughter Ruoxi, she's practically an accessory to Yuan Wenjie.
If Su Jinru hadn't been worried about the child's skin getting sunburned, he probably would have carried this pendant with him all the time.
A tall, handsome man in military uniform often has a beautifully sculpted little girl hanging from his waist; the scene is quite comical and heartwarming. It doesn't feel out of place at all.
Su Jinru was worried, though. If she wasn't careful, her daughter would get lost, probably because Yuan Wenjie had taken her out as a plaything again.
Su Jinru searched all the way and found that the child had indeed been abducted by the child's father.
Many people were gathered around him, making the child giggle, and others laughed along with him.
Su Jinru pushed through the crowd, glared at Yuan Wenjie, and pointed to her daughter's ears with concern, saying, "The sun on this island is very strong. Look, your daughter's ears are all sunburned and chafed."
Upon closer inspection, Yuan Wenjie realized it was true; his daughter's pink ears had already peeled.
Yuan Wenjie was extremely annoyed.
"I've always protected her well, making sure the sunlight doesn't shine directly on her."
"If she didn't get any sun, what are those things on her ears?"
Yuan Wenjie touched his daughter's ear with his large hand, and the skin on it peeled off layer by layer.
Ruoxi also felt itchy and kept scratching her ears with her little hands.
Yuan Wenjie said with heartache, "Oh! My daughter! Your skin is so delicate. It was my fault. I shouldn't have let you come out in the sun."
As he spoke, he protected his daughter and followed Su Jinru home.
From then on, Yuan Wenjie dared not easily take his daughter out to show off like a pendant.
Because of the Chinese New Year, everyone except the soldiers on regular patrols got four days off.
Su Jinru and Yuan Wenjie had already discussed it. On the night of the third day of the Lunar New Year, they secretly moved all the fruit trees out of the space and placed them next to the dug holes. The next morning, they would organize people to plant the trees.
After more than a year of planning and construction, Yuan Wenjie has made full use of the land on Qiongzhou Island.
There are still some vacant lots and roadsides where fruit trees can be planted.
The fruit trees in Su Jinru's space have grown for a year, which is equivalent to three years of fruit trees in real life.
Therefore, many fruit trees have grown very large and lush.
If the plants survive, you can eat the fruit that same year.
Yuan Wenjie drove Su Jinru to move the fruit trees out of the space and placed them next to the dug pit.
When everyone woke up in the morning, they were surprised to find that overnight, many fruit trees had been planted along the roadside and in open spaces.
Yuan Wenjie notified everyone early in the morning to mobilize the entire population to plant fruit trees.
Many people have a question in their minds: how did these fruit trees suddenly appear?
But Yuan Wenjie, with a stern face, only said one sentence.
"It was delivered from outside last night."
This explanation did not dispel the doubts in everyone's minds.
They delivered so many trees last night; it must have made quite a commotion. Why didn't they notice anything?
How was it delivered? Who delivered it? Why was it delivered at night? Why did no one see it?
No matter how many "whys" they asked, they dared not delve into the details.
Yuan Wenjie offered an explanation, but his expression and demeanor remained unchanged, and no one dared to ask a second question.
If you want to ask ten or a hundred more questions, they'll have to be willing to explain.
If they're unwilling or don't want to explain, you can only keep all your questions to yourself.
Obedience is a soldier's duty; there are many things you can't ask unless told what to do.
Moreover, having fruit trees means that we will have fruit to eat in the future.
This is a good thing!
We have rice to eat, pork to eat, and fruit to eat in the future. Life couldn't be better.
Hearing that these fruit trees will bear fruit this year, everyone is even more excited and more motivated.
However, these fruit trees are very large and not easy to plant; it takes several people to lift them. So they are not as easy to plant as one might imagine.
Many hands make light work, and before dark, all the fruit trees were planted.
As soon as the fruit trees were planted, people started carrying water to irrigate them.
However, in the following days, Su Jinru still watered it with spiritual water every day.
Fortunately, Yuan Wenjie drove her the whole way; otherwise, she would have been exhausted just walking.
These fruit trees were planted according to the temperature and humidity of this Qiongzhou Island.
There are ten kinds of fruits: peach trees, pear trees, apple trees, banana trees, pineapple trees, coconut trees, durian trees, pomegranate trees, and persimmon trees.
These are ten fruit orchards: peach orchard, pear orchard, apple orchard, banana orchard, coconut orchard, durian orchard, pomegranate orchard, and persimmon orchard.
There are also two kinds of dried fruit, chestnuts and walnuts.
They are a chestnut orchard and a walnut orchard, respectively.
Thanks to Su Jinru's daily watering with spiritual water, all the fruit trees have survived.
A month later, a spring breeze blew, and tender buds sprouted from the branches.
The peach trees, in particular, seemed to have turned crimson overnight.
There is also a pear orchard, where pear blossoms are densely packed, layer upon layer, which is very beautiful and attracts many people to admire them every day.
Previously, many people would go for a walk on the beach every evening to enjoy the spectacular sunset. Now, they have changed their plans and go to the peach or pear orchards to admire the flowers.
Soon after, the apple blossoms also appeared. Compared to the pink peach blossoms, the apple blossoms were similar in shape to the peach blossoms, but the petals were more delicate and the color was deeper and redder.
In April, after the peach and pear blossoms faded, small fruits began to appear, hanging on the branches and swaying in the wind.
Tender green leaves sprouted out in dense clusters.
In June, the peaches ripened, each one big and red.
Everyone was very surprised. Normally, fruit trees take two to three years to bear fruit, but the fruit trees they planted bore fruit in just a few months, and the fruit was red, big, crisp and sweet.
Yuan Wenjie proudly said, "We grow the highest-yielding grains, and the best-tasting varieties. Naturally, the fruits we grow are also the best and sweetest!"