Today is Arbor Day, and it's my birthday.

Since I was a child, my mother has always celebrated my lunar birthday.

However, fortunately, today is Friday, and I was worried that I would not be able to go home for my birthday, but I was very happy at the thought of being able to eat my mother's cooking tonight.

Didn't tell anyone that I had a birthday today.

I heard the elders say that the birthday is actually a disaster day for the mother, this day can not be celebrated, you should be hungry, if you can, it is better to be hungry for a day, this is the respect for the mother.

I don't know where I heard this, and I don't pursue right or wrong, but I did it today.

I drank a bowl of porridge for breakfast, but I didn't eat lunch.

I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to stand the temptation of food, so at lunchtime, when everyone was eating a delicious lunch in the classroom, I went out for a walk alone.

The weather in early spring is not very cold, and it is not warm.

This week's wind is not as windy as last week's, after all, the noonday sun is still the starting point.

The warm spring breeze is blowing on my face, the flowers and trees that wither in winter have sprouted new shoots, and the dots of greenery are covered with grass and climbed up the branches......

Spring, it's so good.

Why don't I find a place to dig up a small tree and take it home and plant it?

It's a good idea, just do it.

But where to find the little saplings?

I ran to the camphor tree and carefully searched for the small saplings, and in my understanding, there were small saplings on the side of the road next to the field at home, wherever there were big trees, especially in spring.

However, miscalculated.

Next to the camphor trees in the school, there are very flat flower beds, and the bricks are pressed to death.

Even the dirt road next to it, because there are many people coming and going, is also trampled tightly, and there is not even a small grass seedling in sight.

Don't be discouraged, even though elementary school students have only celebrated Arbor Day, I really want to plant a tree today.

Move to the pond, where there is plenty of water, the soil is moist, and there are few people to set foot on, and there will definitely be small saplings.

And so it was.

I found three small saplings underneath a osmanthus tree, just next to its thick roots.

Which one should I choose?

A question my father asked me when he was planting osmanthus trees at home echoed in my mind.

It was also early spring, and my father transplanted an osmanthus tree from the old house.

Trees are uprooted.

Dad took the hoe and dug it deep and deep, and after the taproot was exposed, he cut off the remaining roots, and put the tree on the cart with his mother and transported it back to the new house.

On the way home, my father dragged the cart and asked with a smile, "Girl, I'll test you." ”

I was curious and asked, "What is the test?"

Dad picked up the towel hanging on his shoulder, wiped the sweat from his face, and continued: "When planting trees, do you think it is a small tree that is easy to live or a big tree?"

I didn't think about it, and said with a smile: "Of course it's a big tree, such a big tree must be more resistant to wind and rain than a small tree." ”

Dad shook his head and said, "No, it's actually a small tree." ”

I couldn't believe it, and said forcefully: "I don't believe it, you must have bluffed me." Then why are you bothering to dig this osmanthus tree?"

My mother held the cart with her left hand, touched my head with her right hand, and said with a smile: "Silly child, think about it, compared with small trees, the root system of small trees is weaker, and when transplanted, the damage to the root system is less, the recovery is faster, and it is easier to survive."

As for big trees, many roots are developed, if transplanted, the root system is extremely damaged, and it needs good and careful maintenance to recover, and some of the roots are too serious and even die. ”

Dad nodded and said, "What your mother said is not wrong. However, this osmanthus tree is not particularly big, and it has only been more than a year before your mother asked me to transplant it. ”

I didn't seem to understand, so I just nodded and said, "So that's the case, so is this the truth similar to people." The sooner a bad habit is broken, the less harm it will do to the person. When I was a kid, I was more able to heal?"

My mother smiled and said, "Yes, so education should start from the baby, and when it is finalized, it will be difficult to correct it." If the small tree is crooked, the tough one can tie a board to straighten it, but the big tree will not work, and if it is forcibly straightened, it will break or even die. ”

……

Then choose the smallest tree!

I picked up a small hard stone and hit the smallest osmanthus tree.

Pulling along its rhizome little by little, a small deep pit was dug out, and then it was all dug up.

Little one, you can't escape my clutches, come, come to the bag, and I'll take you home.

Taking out the handy bag in my pocket, I took several handfuls of moist soil, carefully wrapped its rhizomes, and wrapped them in the handy bag.

This way, it will not lose its soil and water, at least for the few hours before I get home.

After throwing away the murder weapon and washing my hands by the pond, I happily returned to the classroom with a small sapling.

Everyone is asleep, but the one next to me is not asleep, and is reading a novel next to me.

Seeing that I was back, she whispered, "Where have you been?" I didn't see you all day long. ”

I whispered, "You let me in first." ”

I picked up the sapling and smiled at her.

She looked at me in surprise and said, "You're actually going to buy a tree?" ”

I put the sapling in a drawer and wrote in my sketchbook: "Today is Arbor Day, I'm going to dig a tree, it's right on the edge of the pond, but I'm exhausted." ”

After reading what I wrote, she was a little unhappy, picked up a pen and wrote on the paper: "Wow you, don't take me for such a fun thing?" Not righteous enough. ”

I replied on the paper: "Hehe, when I went out, I didn't think of digging trees, I walked by myself, I felt the spring, and I wanted to plant trees before I knew it." When I was in elementary school, my parents would plant saplings in the spring, which I thought was fun......

Wang Qin said: "There are trees in front of and behind my house, I don't think there is any fun in planting trees, and wow, didn't you have lunch?" ”

I shook my head honestly.

She nervously wrote, "Why don't you eat lunch?" Weight loss? ”

I laughed and wrote, "I'm doing a good deed." ”

Puzzled, she wrote, "What's good? Isn't your stomach not very good, and something won't happen if you don't eat? I've heard that stomach bleeding is very bad......"

I confessed: "Today is my birthday, and it's also my mother's disaster day. I didn't think it before, but since this year, I don't eat lunch on this day every year, so that I can be worthy of her risking her life to give birth to me. ”

She gave me a blank look with her retarded eyes and wrote, "This is really unnecessary, you are hungry and have an accident, and your mother will die of distress." And wow, why didn't you tell me in advance for your birthday? ”

I think she made a lot of sense, and I was a little ashamed, and wrote, "I didn't think about it that much, and it shouldn't be okay to be hungry, right?" And it's just a birthday, it's not a big deal. I slept first, and there was still class in the afternoon, and I was a little dizzy. ”

She wrote: "Well, go to sleep. ”

I lay on my stomach and fell asleep in less than five minutes.

Unaware of her creeping out of the classroom.