Cooking also takes time, so it's time to go for a walk in the orchard.

Huzi's father explained to Huziniang, and took a few people to watch the orchard.

The orchard was not far from their house, and there was a path behind their house.

Xiao'er saw that in addition to planting vegetables in the backyard, chickens were raised, and a yellow bark, a star fruit tree, and a pestle tree were planted on the corner of the fence.

After walking for about a quarter of an hour, you can see a small hill with many lychee trees planted on it, and you can vaguely see some red fruit on the trees.

Now the fruiting period of lychees is almost over, and there are only a few scattered lychees left on the lychee tree.

As soon as they approached the orchard, many dogs barked and rushed at them.

Tiger Daddy shouted a few words, and the dogs stopped moving forward, and each turned around and went back to his post.

"I raised the dogs to guard the orchard. In the past, when I didn't have a dog, there were always people stealing fruit at night, throwing the unripe fruit all over the ground, so I thought of this way to prevent someone from stealing the fruit. ”

Since having a few dogs, no one dares to steal the fruit.

A few people walked on the path, this path should be Tiger Father took care of the orchard and walked out.

Xiao'er also saw a small pineapple sapling on the side of the path.

"Uncle also planted aloe vera on the mountain, but why are the leaves of aloe vera so thin?" Zhao Yong bent down and glanced at the aloe vera on the side of the road, and found that a green fruit grew on it: "Huh, will aloe vera still bear fruit?"

Xiao'er laughed when she heard Zhao Yong's words: "That's not aloe vera, it's pineapple, it's pineapple." ”

"Pineapple! I thought it was aloe vera. Zhao Yong said embarrassedly.

His children were in the flower field, and he went to the flower field when he had time, and when he saw aloe vera there, he thought that these pineapples were aloe vera.

"Yes, this is a pineapple, the children in the family are small, there is nothing for them to eat, so I will plant some fruit for the children to eat. Unexpectedly, the young lady also recognized it as a pineapple. ”

This orchard is mainly planted with lychees, but for the sake of the two children in the family, Huzi's father also planted some other kinds of fruits in some corners, including watermelon, melon, loquat, yellow peel, plum, guava, star fruit, mango, etc., not much, are one or two (plants), but this is enough for children to relieve their hunger and human affection, and the year is a good harvest, and when you can't finish eating, you can sell a little more silver.

"I also come from a farming family, and I have an orchard at home, but the climate there doesn't allow pineapples to grow. But I've seen it in books. Uncle, this orchard is very well maintained, what are your plans for the future?"

"It's good to read, I can know everything, I plan to slowly open that mountain, plant some longan trees, earn more silver, and send Huzi to school. While walking around with a few people, Father Hu pointed to the mountain in the distance.

Xiao'er looked over, only to see that the mountain, the tree at the foot of the mountain has been cut down, reclaimed two levels of terraces, a little yellow soil can be seen faintly, every fifty meters or so, there is also planted a one-meter-high longan tree, the longan tree has grown very spiritually, obviously has survived.

In the open space under the longan tree, it is also arranged into a bunch, on which some vegetables and sweet potatoes are planted.

It was too far away for Xiao'er to see what it was, but these alone were enough for Xiao'er to be shocked.

"Did you grow this orchard yourself?" Jing Rui was also shocked in his heart.

Their hometown in Shengping County also has two barren mountains, so he knows how difficult it is to open up the barren mountains!

And Tiger Daddy's legs are obviously inconvenient.

"Yes, this mountain, which used to be a barren mountain, was opened by me and the child's mother with plums, and it took three years to finish, and it took five years to get to where it is now. Father Hu Zi looked at the current orchard, and his heart was full of pride.

In another three years, another hill will be opened, and their family will really have a good life.

Three years later, Meizi will be able to have a dowry when she marries, and in another ten years, Huzi will be able to have a new house when she marries a daughter-in-law!

"Why do you want to grow longan?" Shangguan Xuanyi looked at this orchard, such a diligent person, he decided to help.

"If the longan is not sold, it can be dried in the sun, made into longan meat, and sold to the medicinal herb shop.

Of course, lychees can also be dried, some time ago Hu Ziniang and I got up every morning, picked three or four hundred catties of fruit and sent them to the county to sell, sometimes will sell leftovers, sell leftover lychees, and when I get home in the evening, I will put them on the kang to dry, make dried lychees, and leave them for children to make snacks. ”

"It's good to be your child!" Zhao Yong suddenly felt that he was derelict in his duties.

"If my child can't eat enough and can't wear warm clothes, where is it!" Huzi's father smiled bitterly when he heard this.

"If you are so diligent, you will definitely live a good life in the future, and it is the truth that God rewards hard work! My family used to be very poor, but now we are living a good life, as long as the family works together, we will definitely be able to live a good life." Jing Rui sincerely comforted.

"Yes, as long as you are diligent, everyone can live a good life, our court is good, the emperor is good, and the methods of planting fruit trees will be announced, otherwise I will not plant so many fruit trees, so as long as you are diligent, you will not starve to death!"

"The imperial court is good, but the method announced by the imperial court, you have to work hard to explore and study, and adapt measures to local conditions. Xiao'er said.

She knows the method announced by the imperial court best, from seedling selection to grafting methods, fertilization, and pruning, although the imperial court has posted many cultivation methods and yield increase methods for fruit trees, there are not many truly successful fruit farmers in various states and counties.

Many people give up halfway, and success often belongs to people who are more persistent than others and do not get discouraged when they fail several times.

It can be said that most of the success in the world is piled up by countless failures, and there are not many people who can use those failures as stepping stones to pave a road to the building of success.

However, the policies of the imperial court have made many people rich, and in recent years, the fruits have really become more and more year by year, and they are getting better and better year by year.

"I have no choice but to cultivate fruit trees. "If he has a paddy field, he also wants to grow rice! Two seasons a year, one mu can harvest nearly 1,000 catties, even if there is only one acre of paddy field, he can harvest 2,000 catties of grain a year, and after paying 100 catties of taxes, there are nearly 1,900 catties, and the whole family can have enough to eat!

Fortunately, his father-in-law lent him two taels of silver, otherwise he really didn't have any money to buy fruit seedlings, so he wouldn't even have to eat the fruit.

"You also planted peanuts among these fruit trees!" Jing Rui pointed to the peanut seedlings with small yellow flowers.

"Yes, we planted some peanuts to squeeze oil, and the children also loved to eat them, and we also planted some sweet potatoes, soybeans, and greens. ”

"Good. Jing Rui responded with a smile.