Opening her eyes, Chen Hong was reborn. She was reborn just before she was about to take her children back to her parents' home. Not wanting to live a life of looking at others' faces for a...
Are you kidding me? How can you use a house that's been renovated like this to raise chickens and ducks?
Chen Hong recalls that some cities do not allow residents to raise poultry in urban areas.
This is the capital city. Chen Hong doesn't know if the government has issued any explicit regulations, but she doesn't want to support anyone.
No matter how clean you clean the chickens and ducks, you can't avoid having too much of an odor.
She has more chickens, ducks, and eggs in her space than she can eat. If she forgets to collect the eggs for a while, they will hatch into a batch of chicks and ducklings for her.
She now slaughters a batch of chickens and ducks every few days to store them and make room.
Who has the time or inclination to raise poultry at home? Growing some vegetables to keep it a secret is already a lot of work; raising chickens and ducks? Forget about it!
She goes to the supermarket once a week, and each time she brings home a box of eggs and ducks produced in her space, as well as slaughtered chickens and ducks. She has plenty of food, so she doesn't want to cause any trouble.
She is very comfortable living in the courtyard house now. Not only does she grow some vegetables in the backyard, but she has also planted a lot of flowers and plants in the front yard since she has nothing to do lately.
Many of the flowers and plants she found in the space before had mutated, so she transplanted quite a few of the more common varieties.
Not having enough flowerpots at home, she also went to several nearby flower markets to collect a lot of old flowerpots. Of course, when she encountered flower and plant varieties that she didn't have in her space, she would collect them into her space to cultivate, regardless of whether they were broken or not.
Now, most of the aquaculture tanks used for raising seafood in her space have been stacked up, freeing up a lot of space to plant rare flowers and plants.
Upon entering the space, the air is filled with the scents of fruit, herbs, and flowers.
The space is filled with blooming flowers, like a beautiful fairyland. Entering the space is like stepping into a stunning painting, which is refreshing and delightful!
Chen Hong felt that the current space was truly a blessed land, worthy of its name.
She ruined the space, turning it into a small rural farm where she raised fish and shrimp and grew crops, completely wasting the space's high-end functions!
Although the seafood and crops are still being raised in the space, Chen Hong has carefully planned and moved the aquaculture area to a corner of the space, so it is finally not so messy now!
Now, Chen Hong's space is filled with perennial woody plants such as plum blossoms, orchids, chrysanthemums, tea, azaleas, peonies, herbaceous peonies, roses, jasmine, tulips, osmanthus, and gardenias.
There are also many annual herbaceous flowers and plants, such as marigolds, spider flowers, crabapple blossoms, daffodils, and hydrangeas, which grow in patches all over the ground.
There are also some plants suitable for indoor cultivation, such as asparagus fern, lucky bamboo, money tree, podocarpus, five-needle pine, happiness tree, Brazilian wood, bodhi tree, Buddha's hand, fragrant wood, and golden pothos.
Once, Zhou Yi's father came to call Chen Hong and her son home for dumplings. He was dazzled by the flowers and plants she had arranged in the yard.
He brought home ten potted plants at once, including Brazilian wood, Bodhi seed, Podocarpus macrophyllus, Buddha's hand, orchid, and camellia—none of them escaped his discerning eye.
He even snatched home several rare orchids and camellias, some of which had mutated to the point that Chen Hong didn't even know what the varieties were called.
The old man was excited for a whole month after returning home, until a fellow flower enthusiast offered to buy one of his mutated green orchids for 300,000 yuan, and that's when he finally understood.
He wasn't just moving his daughter-in-law's flowers and plants; he was bringing home pots of cash.
The old man was in a dilemma for several days. He wanted to give his daughter-in-law money, but he didn't have that much savings.
Let's send it back to his daughter-in-law; he really can't bear to part with it!
The old lady noticed that he hadn't been sleeping well for several days and had lost his appetite, and that's when she found out what was wrong.
There was no other way; she couldn't take away her husband's favorite thing, nor could she let her daughter-in-law suffer a loss.
Finally, the old lady secretly went to Houhai and gave Chen Hong a complete set of mutton fat jade jewelry.
These include a jade Buddha pendant, a "no worries" plaque, two white jade bracelets, and a pair of teardrop-shaped white jade earrings.
Putting aside the masterful craftsmanship, the jade itself is exquisitely textured, smooth, and has an excellent oily quality, resembling solidified fat.
Moreover, it has been passed down for countless generations, and the jewelry has been polished to a patina, clearly indicating that it is an ancient family heirloom that has been passed down for many years.
Jade of this quality is extremely rare and can hardly be found on the market; it is no exaggeration to call it a priceless treasure.
Chen Hong was startled by the old lady, thinking that she had been diagnosed with some serious illness and that she was going to pass on her most precious dowry to her.
It took her a while to find out that it was because the old man felt bad about taking the flowers and plants from her place, and this was his way of compensating her.
Others, unaware of the truth, simply perceived each of those potted plants as a rare and priceless treasure.
Chen Hong didn't care at all. The old man had only taken away replicas of the flowers and plants in the space, not unique pieces.
Chen Hong felt there was no point in refusing the mutton-fat jade jewelry the old lady had brought out; to be honest, she was also captivated by it.
She thought that it would be passed down to the next generation sooner or later anyway, and if the old lady didn't give it to her now, she would give it to her sister-in-law.
Since the old lady had already taken it out, Chen Hong had no choice but to reluctantly accept it. She knew her mother-in-law would definitely regret it if she let her take it back!
When Zhou Yi's mother saw her daughter-in-law accept the jewelry, she felt both disappointed and relieved.
Since he didn't have a daughter of his own, he figured he would pass on the good things to his two daughters-in-law sooner or later.
According to his wife and his fellow flower enthusiasts, the total value of the flowers and plants Chen Hong gave to his wife may be higher than this set of mutton fat jade jewelry.
It's worth exchanging your favorite piece for your spouse's. No matter how good this jewelry is, if you're too old to wear it, it'll just sit at the bottom of a drawer.
And those flowers and plants weren't just something my husband liked; she liked them too. Having them around every day was not only pleasing to the eye, but some varieties were even said to be good for the air and health when placed indoors.
As they grow old, they take these material possessions less seriously. All they ask for is a good mood, good health, and to live a few more healthy years to spend time with their children!
The old lady spent the afternoon at Chen Hong's house, enthusiastically learning how to grow vegetables and flowers from her daughter-in-law. When she went home in the evening, she even brought back half a pound of Cloud Mist Tea from her spatial storage.
The elderly couple couldn't sleep at night and couldn't resist the temptation, so they got up at nine o'clock to secretly boil water and make tea.
After drinking the tea, the elderly couple felt more energetic. They hadn't slept all night, but slept for a whole day the next day, which terrified Mr. and Mrs. Zhou.
The incident also alerted Uncle Zhou's family. When Uncle Zhou arrived at their home with the doctor, they found out that the elderly couple had simply fallen asleep.
They not only have no diseases, but are also in excellent health, much healthier than other elderly people of the same age.
Mr. and Mrs. Zhou were woken up by the noise and were extremely annoyed. As the saying goes, it's better to provoke a drunkard than a sleeping man!
The elderly couple rarely slept so soundly, but their sweet dreams were disturbed, and they became incredibly grumpy upon waking.
Unexpectedly, Uncle Zhou was invited home by his eldest son, and the two of them were given a good scolding by Uncle Zhou, without even caring that the younger generation was present.
Chen Hong brought her child to the old house. Knowing that it was all caused by Yunwu tea, she was so frightened that she hid in the kitchen to help her sister-in-law cook, and didn't even dare to show her face.