The big boss is going to go down into the river to cut bamboo.
The river is shallow, less than a meter deep, and crystal clear. But when you step in, the silt at the bottom is quite deep, reaching above your knees, and the water level goes up to your long, strong thighs.
As the mud sinks deeper, just a finger's width away, the black pants rolled up to the crotch will be soaked.
Xiao Cheng remained calm and composed, his mind as still as water. He walked upstream at a leisurely pace, the water flowing against his current parting around his legs and slowly spreading to both sides, utterly still and undisturbed.
Bai Lu breathed a sigh of relief, hugged the black coat he had taken off, and hung it on the fence by the vegetable garden.
Then, using the wood-chopping knife that Xiao Wei had brought back from the kitchen, he split open the small bamboo whips that were tied together on the ground.
They picked up five or six bamboo stalks and went upstream.
Xiao Wei also dragged three bamboo poles and followed behind.
Naturally air-dried long bamboo and flowering bamboo are heavier than dried bamboo damaged by disease or ants, and are thicker inside and out, making them less likely to rot from being soaked in water.
Xiao Cheng took the dried bamboo shoots Bai Lu handed him, raising an eyebrow in surprise. She actually knew how to choose bamboo shoots...
As bamboo poles were inserted into the water, the flow noticeably slowed down, but it didn't stop. There were tiny gaps between the bamboo poles, so even as the flow slowed, the water never became stagnant.
Half of the bamboo was used just to intercept the upstream.
When they reached the downstream area, Xiao Cheng continued to walk downstream without stopping, even after passing the center of the vegetable garden for more than 20 meters.
It seemed they wanted to block them for a longer distance, but if you walk a little further down, you'll reach Wang Cuihua's backyard.
This small river also flows out from Wang Cuihua's backyard.
"We can stop here. If we go any further, it'll be someone else's backyard." Bai Lu was too lazy to keep staring at Wang Cuihua and putting on an act. It was too much trouble.
Xiao Wei thought she had misunderstood something and explained, "The river belongs to the public, not anyone's territory. We can enclose it a little longer, and it won't stop you, brother."
Of course, she wouldn't stop "Brother Xiao Cheng".
She couldn't wait for "Brother Xiao Cheng" to surround her.
Bai Lu rolled her eyes inwardly.
Seeing the slight displeasure on her face, Xiao Cheng took a few steps back and said to Xiao Wei, "Bring the bamboo."
Xiao Wei was completely dumbfounded.
She looked at Bai Lu, who was standing by the river holding a bamboo pole, and then at her own empty hands.
Why didn't the eldest brother ask Bailu for bamboo?
Just now, Bailu said the bamboo was too heavy and he didn't need to move it. He had just picked it up when Bailu snatched it away.
Now, his older brother suddenly asked him for bamboo?
Xiao Wei ran back with a head full of questions, struggling with all his might, and dragged five bamboo poles back.
When they arrived, they found that the elder brother had already taken the bamboo from Bailu's hand and was steadily planting it into the river.
Xiao Wei: "..."
So, the bamboo in his hand...
"Give it to me." Bai Lu took it with a smile and said softly, "You rest for a while. There aren't many bamboos left. I'll go get some more."
Xiao Wei glanced at his older brother's cold face and thought it would be better to be more diligent.
"It's okay, I can still take it."
After saying that, he sped back.
When they came back, they dragged five more large bamboo poles with them.
Bai Lu took the bamboo in a daze, and her small figure "whooshed" back, her speed as fast as lightning.
However, the little lightning bolt tripped over some weeds by the fence halfway there and almost fell.
His left and right feet walked in a drunken stupor, bumping into each other and swaying a few times before returning to normal and continuing to run to move bamboo.
A lively smile flashed in Bai Lu's eyes as she turned and handed the bamboo to Xiao Cheng: "Xiao Wei is so well-behaved and diligent. He's only seven years old and he already knows how to help us with so many things."
Xiao Cheng paused as he took the bamboo.
She slightly raised her eyes, and her clear, clean eyes remained pure, without the slightest turbidity or impurity, as if it were just a casual compliment with no other intention.
Xiao Cheng lowered his gaze, took the bamboo, remained silent, and continued to plant bamboo in the river.
The water in the river was stirred up by the bamboo poles, which were used too forcefully, creating ripples that splashed onto the riverbank.
It's like a relationship that's stuck in a rut; you think a few bamboo poles can fix it? Not so easy.
Bai Lu sighed silently.
He turned around and went back with Xiao Wei to move bamboo.
After planting bamboo upstream and downstream, the enclosure is about several tens of meters long. This provides not only enough living space for snails, but also enough space to raise fish.
Bai Lu happily washed her hands, but when she looked up, she saw the big boss cruelly destroying the flower.
"Wait, that looks like a pink rose."
Across the river, there are several lush wild rose bushes that haven't bloomed yet, but they already have many buds. If all goes well, they will bloom next month along with the chestnuts.
At this moment, Xiao Cheng, who was still standing in the water on the riverbank, had somehow picked up a wood-chopping knife. His well-defined forearm was about to exert force to cut the roots of the wild rose.
He paused for a moment upon hearing Bai Lu's words.
Turning around, his indifferent eyes, devoid of any emotion, looked at her and he asked calmly, "You like it?"
Bai Lu hesitated for a moment, then nodded: "Pink roses are very beautiful when they bloom. They are already budding now, and will bloom at the latest next month, or at the latest the month after next. When the pink roses bloom, cut some and put them in a vase in the house. This will make the air fresher and the faint fragrance will fill the whole yard."
Xiao Cheng looked at her without saying anything.
After the bamboo incident, Xiao Wei didn't want to say anything more, but thinking about how Bai Lu had been so frightened last time, he hesitated for a moment and then reminded her, "The flower bushes there are too dense, making it easy for snakes and insects to hide."
"It's fine that the flowers are growing on the other side, but now that bamboo has been planted in the river, the flower stalks will soon climb up the bamboo and grow into the vegetable garden..."
Snakes can hide in vegetable gardens.
Before Xiao Wei could finish speaking, Bai Lu's feet began to feel cold, and the hairs on her body stood on end.
She shook her head instinctively: "No, no."
"There are plenty of beautiful and fragrant flowers in the world. The rapeseed flowers in the vegetable garden are also very beautiful and fragrant when they bloom. Soon the broccoli and chestnut flowers will bloom and be even more beautiful. You can see them as soon as you open the window. No need for roses."
"After I cut the snails, I added some salt. Now they should have expelled all the mud and sand. I need to go back and clean the snails. Let's go back quickly."
Bai Lu didn't want to stay a moment longer. She rubbed her arms, which were covered in goosebumps, and turned to leave.
They showed no attachment to the pink roses.
Actually, she was just thinking about home when she saw the objects.
I just remember the entire wall of pink roses in my grandmother's vegetable garden.
I remember when I was little, my mother had me stand in front of a wall of roses, and we took many happy photos together.
My grandmother's rose wall was free of snakes and pests, which must have meant that she had always taken measures to repel snakes and insects.
The river here is so long that it flows through the entire town, driving away the houses upstream but not the houses downstream.
Oh well... there's no going back anyway.
Flowers, it's better not to look at them.
Xiao Cheng watched the girl's hurried departure, a thoughtful look flashing in his eyes, before putting away the wood-chopping knife beside the flower roots.
"Go to the storeroom and get the snake repellent powder."
Xiao Wei was assigned another task.
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