Chapter Eighty-Eight: Picking Chrysanthemums Under the East Fence
Wang Bo noticed the large area of sweetgum trees under the hillside.
"This is the sweetgum tree, how many years?" Wang Bo asked.
"I just planted it a few years ago, and it's been two years," Li Yang said.
"After two years, all the trees will look better when they've grown," says Wang.
At this time, Wang Ziqi walked up to Xu Zhiwen, stretched out his hand and touched his stomach, looked at Xu Zhiwen and said, "Uncle, is your stomach very uncomfortable, Qi Qi will help you rub it."
"Thank you Qiqi, what a caring little padded jacket", Xu Zhiwen said movingly.
Wang Ziqi rubbed it for a while, and was called by Liu Jiahui to change clothes.
The little girl runs around all day and night, her clothes and pants are dirty, and she basically changes them every day.
"What's the afternoon arrangement?" Wang Bo asked.
Li Yang thought for a while and said, "Later, we will go into the mountains to dig trees, and I am going to get two yellow fruit trees to plant in front of the dam."
"How big?" Wang Bo asked.
"It's more than two meters and less than three meters, and it's already been found, so you can dig it," Li Yang said.
In the past two days, the uncle went inside to look for trees, and the yellow fruit trees he found were all small saplings, the big ones couldn't move, and the small ones were just right.
"Get up and take a walk, follow me to feed the chickens", Li Yang patted Xu Zhiwen on the shoulder, got up and said.
I came to the house, grabbed some japonica rice, and then went outside, put some spiritual water out, and soaked the rice.
"What are you doing?" Xu Zhiwen asked with some confusion.
"It's for chickens," Li Yang said.
"Then why soak it in water?" Xu Zhiwen asked.
"You don't understand", Li Yang smiled mysteriously.
"Tricky and deceitful", Xu Zhiwen happily expressed his disdain.
Holding the japonica rice soaked in spiritual water, Li Yang came to the chicken pen below and began to feed.
As soon as they saw Li Yang coming, all the chickens ran towards him, chirping.
"They know you," Mr. Xu said.
"If you feed you for two days, they will recognize you," Li Yang said, giving him a blank look.
After feeding the chickens, Li Yang and the others carried tools, because they also needed to go into the mountains, so they were still fully armed.
"What is this for?" Wang Bo asked.
"Into the mountains?" Li Yang said.
"Into the mountains? By the way, when are we going to jungle in the mountains", Xu Zhiwen suddenly became interested and said excitedly.
"If you want to eat game, you don't have to go up the mountain," Li Yang said.
"That's not what it means," Mr. Hui said.
Then the three of them went up the hill with hoes and machetes.
However, when passing by Liu Gang's house, Li Yang saw Yang Jin just coming out of there.
"Li Yang? What do you do? Yang Jin looked at Li Yang's three people's dress, and suddenly felt a little confused.
"Go into the mountains and dig two trees," Li Yang said with a smile.
"By the way, this is the file I made, do you want to take a look?" Yang Jin asked.
"No need, just get it right, just let Uncle Liu help me run," Li Yang said.
"Okay, tomorrow my uncle and I will go down the mountain, then you can send us down," Yang Jin said.
"Okay," Li Yang promised.
The three of them continued on their way.
"I said Yangzi, you kid is living in a happy nest, no matter how I look around, there are beautiful women around, which makes me a little envious of your kid's life", Xu Zhiwen held a machete in his hand, gesturing as if crazy.
"Then you just stay here, it just so happens that I still lack someone to help me with my errands," Li Yang said with a smile.
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Uncle Gong and Li Yang talked about the location of the Huangguo tree, and they were all together, and the two trees were the same size.
After walking in the mountains for about twenty minutes, Li Yang finally found two yellow fruit trees not far from the pond behind the commune.
This pond is said to be the property of the commune, but now it is deserted, and it is not small, Li Yang estimated it, and it is estimated that there are more than 100 acres, showing a long strip.
This pond was not dug up, but the middle of the two hills was blocked, and then the water was stored in the col in the middle, and this pond became a pond, so the area is very large.
However, because the pond was used for fish farming in the early years, the water quality in it was very poor, and now it still looks black, otherwise it could have become a small reservoir.
It is very close to the commune from the reservoir, and the road into the village only takes more than a minute, but it is only a small road, which is not very convenient.
Even if you go to Li Yang's house, it is only ten minutes away, which can be said to be very convenient.
But at present, Li Yang has no intention of contracting this pond, and recently he has been very busy with a farm alone, and he has to eat one bite at a time, and the road has to be walked step by step.
Li Yang looked at the two yellow fruit trees, the calf was thick, the big one was almost three meters, and the small one was also more than two meters.
"Let's do it", Li Yang scratched his sleeves and began to work.
First, use a hoe to dig up all the soil from the roots, but try not to touch the roots.
After digging, they began to loosen it with an iron drill, and finally used a rope to pass through the roots of the tree below, and the three of them pulled it up together.
It took almost an hour for the three of them to get the big yellow fruit tree up, but they were already sweating profusely.
"I'm going, I'm too tired", Xu Zhiwen leaned on the mountain on the side of the road and sighed.
"Just digest it," Li Yang said with a smile.
"You kid are here to treat us as coolies," Xu Zhiwen said.
The three of them rested for more than ten minutes, and then spent another half an hour digging up the remaining yellow fruit tree.
Then Xu Zhiwen and Wang Bo carried the larger one, and Li Yang carried the smaller one back home.
Putting down the tree, the three of them drank a sip of water and began to dig pits and plant trees non-stop.
When he was damming the dam before, Li Yang left three holes in front of him, which were used to plant trees, and he was going to plant these two yellow fruit trees on both sides.
As for the hole in the middle, Li Yang was ready to plant golden cinnamon.
There is a golden cinnamon in the mountain, and it is not small, Li Yang is thinking about when to dig it up, I heard that it is wild, but the golden cinnamon is seven or eight meters high, it is not a small sapling, if you want to go, you have to use large equipment.
To transplant a yellow fruit tree, I heard from experienced people that a large stone must be placed underneath, and no one knows why this was done.
Li Yang didn't want to experiment either, after all, it was not easy to transplant once, there were not many others on the mountain, and there were stones.
I found two large stones, dug 50 centimeters deep in the two holes, put the stones in, and then put the yellow fruit tree in it, and then backfilled the soil into it.
After the yellow fruit tree was transplanted, it needed a lot of water to irrigate, so Li Yang took a water pipe and watered it vigorously for a while.
After the two yellow fruit trees were transplanted, the sky also darkened.
Xu Zhiwen and Wang Bo are also tired, they haven't worked so hard for a long time, but they didn't expect to be so tired on the first day.
After bathing and getting dressed, the three of them sat on the dam, around the fire, eating snacks.
Wang Ziqi was sandwiched between Li Yang's legs, and Li Yang peeled nuts for her to eat.
"I felt good all day today, and I suddenly thought of a poem," Xu Zhiwen said.
"It's not easy for you to think of poetry," Li Yang said with a smile.
"Picking chrysanthemums under the east fence, leisurely see Nanshan", Xu Zhiwen sang.
"Although the time does not match, the artistic conception is still somewhat similar", Wang Bo nodded in agreement.
"I think so too, he picks chrysanthemums, we dig trees, it's all about the same," Xu Zhiwen said with a smile.