It was almost mid-April. Zhao Fangyuan was wandering around the mountain trying to capture some inspiration. Now he was staring at the deep ditches surrounding Taoyuan and asked:
“Is this a gutter?”
It is true that she is a designer, but she usually goes in and out of construction sites and farmyards most of the time, and she rarely sees this rough farm orchard.
Song Tan was helpless: "We originally wanted to build a plant protection wall here, but we couldn't find the golden cherry we wanted, so it's temporarily put on hold."
"What does golden rosa look like?"
"There are some over there in the chestnut orchard. They are almost in bloom."
Zhao Fangyuan was so curious—what a beautiful name!
But before she could go over and take a look, she stared at the tightly tied wire fence in front of her and asked curiously, "You already have this, what else do you want to plant?"
In front of him was a row of green wire mesh protection fences. Zhao Fangyuan estimated that they were at least 1.8 meters high. The entire orchard was surrounded with only two gates left, and it looked very solid.
Song Tan was helpless: "Isn't this just to be prepared?"
She has things like barbed wire in the pigpen and chestnut orchard behind the mountain, but it can only protect against gentlemen, not villains.
When her business is booming, it is not certain that the pink eye will do anything stupid. Planting golden cherry, after all, has thorns inside and outside, if it really comes in...
Anyway, whether you can get in or not, you will have to pay a price.
It's a pity that the orchard's income this year will not be small, so they went to look for large golden cherries, but couldn't find a suitable one.
However, Zhao Fangyuan also reminded her that as the weather gradually warms up, it will no longer be the best time to plant.
Got to hurry.
But now...
Zhao Fangyuan had already rushed into the peach forest: "How beautiful!"
Twenty acres of hawk-billed peaches had already sprouted many leaves and flowers when they were planted. Now, after being nourished by spiritual energy, the roots are firmly rooted in the soil, and the trees are full of vitality!
From a distance, the scene is as beautiful as any internet celebrity base!
Zhao Fangyuan went into the peach forest and regretted that she didn’t wear Hanfu and didn’t bring a camera. The endless pink clouds were dotted with tender and lovely green leaves, and the branches were full of flowers.
“Ahh—”
She was speechless and could only grab the fence and scream excitedly.
That’s right, the fence.
Because she didn't go too deep in the end—the field was full of lush watermelon vines!
The flowers and leaves of the peach tree do not stretch out wantonly. The sunlight underneath is equally warm. It absorbs spiritual energy, and the watermelon also absorbs it. Now they are all growing strong and strong!
Those early melons, not long after being planted, are already showing signs of blooming!
"What a pity," Zhao Fangyuan sighed, "If you didn't grow watermelons, you could attract people to take pictures now, and then the whole village would be popular."
Song Tan shook his head: "After taking the photo, I don't know how much damage my peach tree will suffer. I won't do it."
And the peach blossoms are in bloom, and the village is prosperous. Are the peach blossoms gone
What’s the use of short-term prosperity? If the local hardware cannot keep up, it will easily leave a bad impression on people.
However, Zhao Fangyuan was right about one thing!
This place is so beautiful hahaha! And it belongs to her! There is nectar when it blooms, fruit when it bears fruit, and peach gum when there is nothing else...
The peach tree’s spiritual energy is not absorbed for nothing!
Zhao Fangyuan didn't want to leave Taolin at all, but when she looked at Song Tan, she felt a little guilty - after all, they were serving her delicious food and expecting her to produce the blueprints.
now…
"cough!"
She said seriously: "Actually, I'm not here to play. I mainly want to see the land of your house so that I can better combine it with the style of the house."
Song Tan smiled and said: Look, look at whatever you want! If you feel guilty about it, the price will be easy to negotiate!
She pointed to the opposite hill: "There is a chestnut forest over there. Black fungus and white fungus are planted in it. The golden cherry is also in bloom. It's very beautiful... Can I take you there now?"
Zhao Fangyuan: …
What should we do? How can we combine the design of the farmyard with peach trees, golden cherries, chestnuts and black fungus
She secretly condemned and comforted herself, her mental activities flowing smoothly: Can an artist's work be called lazy sightseeing
There is a road that connects all villages from the back mountain to the chestnut orchard.
The newly built road is not too wide, but there is absolutely no problem for a car to pass through. Because it is close to the mountain, there are not many people living here, and there are rarely cars passing by on this road.
Now it looks much newer and smoother than the main road.
Zhao Fangyuan already had the mindset of a master, and commented: "This road is good. When we get back to the mountain, there will be a good harvest, and we can drive directly to it."
Song Tan also nodded: "The policy is very good. When I was a child, the roads here were all small and it was impossible to ride a motorcycle. My father had to carry chestnuts back from the mountain on a pole."
Sometimes her mother also helps to choose.
After picking them home and piling them up in an empty room, she and her family would hold the old-fashioned heavy pair of scissors, step on the chestnut bag with one foot, and use the scissors in the other hand to reach directly into the four-petal mouth and break the chestnut bag open, revealing three or four large, juicy chestnuts inside.
Looks pretty relaxing and fun, right
But the big scissors are heavy and weigh down the hands. If you work for two more hours, your hands will be covered with bloody blisters.
Would it be better to wear gloves
There were no blisters, but the skin was still abraded and it hurt a lot.
Moreover, chestnuts are prone to worms. If they are taken out and left for a day or two, the inside will be eaten by worms, so everyone is racing against time. They peel the chestnut bags here, select them here, and wait until the early morning to send them to the town.
Because they cannot delay daytime work, many of their large purchases begin in the early morning.
It was fine when I used a motorcycle, because the chestnut bags were piled high, shaky, and looked very dangerous, so I rode my bike to the town to deliver them.
In the early years, people carried things over on a pole.
It takes two hours to get from home to town, crossing mountains and hills.
The pain involved is simply unimaginable to those who have not experienced it.
Song Tan now finds it incredible when he thinks back to when he was in junior high school in town, walking home and then walking to class every week.
Neither she nor Qiao Qiao were short, but Wulan and Song Sancheng... Song Sancheng was only about 1.6 meters tall.
Is it because of their congenital genes that they can't grow tall
It was simply because I didn’t have enough to eat when I was young, and I was also stressed by the hard farm work.
At that time, every household planted rice in their paddy fields, and just carrying the rice would make people exhausted.
Rice is not sold at a high price, and the price has not risen over the years. Chestnuts have grown, but when I was a child, the big, shiny brown chestnuts, at their freshest and best, were only sold for 80 cents when they were sent to the town.
This income is the family's income for the whole year, because after the National Day, there are no other crops to sell.
Grafting, fertilizing, harvesting and transporting...
Every penny a farmer earns is hard-earned.