Chapter 449: Greenhouses Surrounding the Fish Pond
The children were taken care of by others. Although Shang Ruoting and Tan Chen were reluctant, they knew they had to do it.
After all, they will go to school in the future and will spend less time at home, and the children will need temporary care from others sooner or later.
Anyway, with Jiang Ping around, they don’t have to worry about the aunt mistreating their child.
"Thank you for your hard work, Mom. Sanbao and Sibao are easy to take care of. They only wake up for a short while at night and go back to sleep after eating."
Jiang Ping looked at the smiling Sanbao in her arms and kissed her gently on the cheek: "Don't worry! Mom will take good care of the children."
After a tiring day of traveling, the family went to bed early.
The next morning, Shang Ruoting was awakened by Mr. Tan's voice.
"Listen to me, pull out all these flowers and plants, and throw away the grape trellis and fish soup in the backyard."
"Mr. Tan, these flowers are in full bloom. Wouldn't it be a shame to pull them out?"
"What a pity! Just listen to me and get started!"
Shang Ruoting stretched lazily and sat up, then glanced at Dabao and Erbao who were still sleeping soundly.
"Why did Grandpa pull out such beautiful flowers and grape trellises?"
Tan Chen also sat up, with a barely noticeable gleam in his eyes.
"Hehe... I guess he wants to learn how to build a greenhouse like you."
Shang Ruoting couldn't help but laugh: "No way?"
Tan Chen rubbed her messy hair lovingly and said, "Just watch!"
The couple got up and washed up in the bathroom in the room, and then Dabao and Erbao woke up.
After feeding their two sons, Shang Ruoting and Tan Chen carried them downstairs.
I saw several soldiers in the front and back yards scooping the koi from the fish pond into a bucket and preparing to fill it with soil.
Shang Ruoting quickly stopped him: "Wait a minute."
After saying that, she looked at Mr. Tan who was watching the soldiers work.
"Grandpa, it would be a shame to fill up this nice fish pond."
Mr. Tan's face, which was originally very serious, instantly became kind when he saw his granddaughter-in-law speaking.
"Ruoting, this fish pond is nice, but it can't grow big strawberries or oyster mushrooms. Just fill it up!"
Shang Ruoting could see that the old man felt a little painful when he said this. He probably weighed the pros and cons and decided that greenhouse farming was still more preferable.
Tan Chen also noticed his grandfather's reluctance, and his brain worked quickly, and suddenly he came up with a solution that would satisfy both parties.
"Grandpa, we can build a greenhouse without filling the fish pond."
Mr. Tan was puzzled: "How can we build a greenhouse with the fish pond in the middle?"
Tan Chen pointed to the fish pond and said, "Grandpa, it would be nice to build a greenhouse around the pond."
Shang Ruoting also felt that what Tan Chen said made sense. The fish pond was not big to begin with, about the same size as the small swimming pools in later villas. There was a circle of open space around it, so it would be no problem to build a small greenhouse.
She now admires Tan Chen more and more, as he could actually think of building a greenhouse in this way.
Although she understood the principles of greenhouses, Tan Chen still had to design the construction. After all, she had never seen a greenhouse surrounding a fish pond before.
Seeing that his grandson's words made sense, Mr. Tan waved his hand at the young soldier who was about to fill the fish pond with soil: "Stop it for now! Let me think about it."
Then he asked Tan Chen: "Tan Chen, please don't tease Grandpa. Can you really build a greenhouse around the fish pond?"
Tan Chen nodded, already having an idea in mind: "It's no problem to build a greenhouse around the fish pond, just remove the grape trellis."
Mr. Tan doesn't seem to be reluctant to part with his grape trellis.
"In that case, I'll leave this matter to you. Just ask for the necessary preparations and manpower."
Today is the weekend, and Tan Shaowen is taking a rest. He originally wanted to spend some time with his grandchildren, but he didn't expect that his father would ask him to find someone to come to the house to do work before dawn.
The old man has been in the northwest for so many years, and all he does is tend to the crops day and night. I thought he was tired of such a life, but who would have thought that after living at his grandson's house for a year, he still wanted to grow crops when he came back.
Seeing that such a good fish pond was about to be filled up, Tan Shaowen’s reluctance was self-evident.
Fortunately, my son had a solution.
"Since there is no need to fill the fish pond, you guys should put the fish back!" Tan Shaowen immediately ordered the soldiers he had called over.
The soldiers were all in a mess...
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Although they were complaining in their hearts, the soldiers still quickly put the fish back into the pond.
School was about to start in a few days, and Tan Chen didn't dare to waste time. After breakfast, he went into the study to draw blueprints.
By the afternoon, he had finally drawn a satisfactory drawing.
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