Chen Hong decided to stay home for a couple more days. Spring plowing was approaching, but the fruit trees hadn't been pruned, the fields hadn't been cleared, the vegetable seedlings hadn't been planted, and the sweet potato seedbeds hadn't been prepared.

If we don't get this done soon, the temperature will rise and it will cause problems. This is the first year we've started marine aquaculture, and the fish rafts haven't been set up yet. We don't even know if the village chief and the others have ordered the net cages.

Thinking about how much work there is this year, Chen Hong observed that the village chief was struggling to keep up.

Chen Hong knew nothing about marine aquaculture and had no intention of getting involved. She was more skilled at farm work and planned to take over all the preparatory work before spring planting to lighten the burden on the village chief.

In the afternoon, Chen Hong called her father and asked him to look after the children for a few more days. She also reminded him not to forget to take Yu Yang to his extracurricular class on the weekend. She planned to stay in her hometown for a few more days and do some work in the fields.

Chen Hong's father knew his daughter was busy, so he told her not to worry. He assured her that he would take good care of the child, ensuring her studies and daily life, and that she could focus on farm work back home.

As a rural person, he knew all too well the importance of spring plowing.

In early spring, Chen Hong stayed at home for ten days. First, she cleaned up the greenhouse in the backyard and then replanted the seedlings in nutrient pots.

They dug a sweet potato seedling bed in a sunny corner of the orchard, planted the sweet potato seeds, and covered it with plastic film.

The most time-consuming task was pruning. Not only did she have to prune her own pear trees, but the fruit trees of the village chief and the other three families also needed pruning.

The village chief's family had a wider variety of fruit trees than Chen Hong's family, including plums, apples, apricots, and pears.

Chen Hong spent three whole days just pruning the branches, even though the fruit trees had already been roughly pruned in the fall.

Fortunately, the period after the Spring Festival is the off-season for tourism, so Xiaohao's mother and Wang Xin's mother were able to help her with farm work.