Chapter 16 Lying
The high-speed rail passes by tall buildings and low houses; it passes through green farmlands and beautiful greenways; it passes through towering or low green mountains; it crosses turbulent or calm rivers, it sees bright high bridges, and it also enters dark tunnels...
After getting off the high-speed train, take a taxi all the way to the town where you get off. There are still many motorcycle taxis that can take you to the village below.
It had been a long time since I last rode a motorcycle taxi. Ye Zhen called one for himself in his hometown accent.
The motorcycle carefully passed through the farmland and started to go uphill. On both sides were citrus and orange trees planted by people. Now they were blooming with white millet flowers, and the unique fragrance of citrus flowers floated in the air.
Downhill, turning roads, increasingly winding and dense mountain forests and vegetation, uncultivated pine forests, small waterfalls, and verdant bamboo forests undulating in the wind...
This is her hometown, Yuncheng, Gaotang County, Qifeng Town, Shanbei Village.
Her village is located at the foot of many high mountains. Everyone in the same village is descended from the same ancestor and most of them have the same surname and origin.
Although it takes more than half an hour to drive to the town, the country has developed rapidly in recent years and their village is adjacent to another province, so transportation is relatively convenient.
In addition to the wide road at the foot of the mountain, a new inter-provincial national highway has been built not far outside the town.
The entire village is not far from the road, and vehicles pass by the entrance of their village. Although some residents live in scattered and remote areas, those who are knowledgeable have taken advantage of the location and opened small shops on the roadside early on.
Passing vehicles always stop to buy things and stay overnight.
In general, the village's income situation is much better than before. Their village has a small population, only dozens of households, but it is surrounded by mountains and rivers. A large river tributary that flows into the sea, the Wubai River, passes through the mountains and is about a few miles away from their village.
Except for the immigrants who have come here for a walk, the rest of the population are indigenous residents who are self-sufficient, so the village's ecological environment is very well preserved.
For young people who yearn for the city, the village is remote and backward, but for Ye Zhen, who is used to seclusion in the deep mountains and forests and exploring primitive secrets, this is not a problem!
The more remote the better; it’s quieter with fewer people.
By the time Ye Zhen got home after a bumpy ride, the pond was already hot from the scorching sun.
The mountains were foggy and the air was mixed with moisture from the forests. The breeze brought the fragrance of wild flowers and herbs. The spiritual roots in Ye Zhen's body became more active in absorbing and exhaling the spiritual energy of nature.
Although the spiritual energy is not as rich as hers in the cultivation world, she has the ability to cultivate spiritual plants. Her earth and wood spiritual roots are most suitable for cultivating spiritual plants. No matter where she is, nature will give her spiritual energy for cultivation. Through the combination of her body's spiritual roots and the operation of her skills, she will feed back the vitality of heaven and earth. Every sip and every bite is destined by heaven!
No matter where she is, as long as there are plants in nature, she has the opportunity to practice.
Hundreds of years of skills can be rebuilt from scratch, but her experience as a spiritual plant master will always be rooted in her spiritual sea of consciousness!
When I opened the door, I found that Dad Ye and his family were not at home. Only Grandma Ye was moving the shelves to dry things.
Ye Zhen said nothing, quietly put down the suitcase, leaned over and asked, "Grandma, are you drying bamboo shoots?"
Grandma Ye was startled by the sudden voice.
She turned her head quickly, and after seeing Ye Zhen, she touched her chest and laughed and scolded:
"Why didn't you tell me when you came back? Have you eaten?"
Ye Zhen smiled and pulled Grandma Ye aside, helping her spread out the bamboo shoots neatly, while saying:
"I ate it. Why are there so many wild bamboo shoots? Where did you pick them?"
Grandma Ye saw Ye Zhen dragging the big suitcase and helped pull it in without even turning her head:
"Your grandfather and his men picked them up in the mountains, just behind the mountain. There's been enough rain this year, so we picked a few sacks of bamboo shoots every few days. We can't even eat them all!"
"The sun is good, so I'll just peel it, boil it, and dry it."
After putting away the suitcase, Grandma Ye asked about Ye Zhen's health:
"You are in good health now, come back and take a good rest."
Ever since Grandma Ye heard from Father Ye that Ye Zhen had saved someone and was admitted to the hospital, she had already called him. She felt relieved to know that he was fine.
However, the old man thought that he must have been seriously injured in the hospital, so he went to the village to buy a lot of local eggs before Ye Zhen came back. He also raised a lot of chickens and ducks at home, and planned to kill one every other day to replenish his body.
Ye Zhen asked curiously: "What about my dad and his family? Why aren't they at home?"
Grandma Ye had something to say, "So many fruit trees arrived yesterday afternoon. Your dad and his family were planting them."
Ye Zhen smiled immediately, "Grandma, have my express deliveries arrived? How are these fruit trees? They are all good seedlings!"
"Well, why not? There are still unripe fruits on it. The seedlings you bought are valuable, right? Otherwise, your father wouldn't have planted them in such a hurry, fearing that they would die."
Grandma Ye thought that Ye Zhen liked to eat it, so she took out a can of bamboo shoots for foot soaking.
I was afraid that it would be too spicy and bad for Ye Zhen's health after he was discharged from the hospital, so I hesitated and asked:
"Can your body handle spicy food?"
Ye Zhen has already taken it, "You can eat it! I've been out of the hospital for so long, I've recovered a long time ago."
Everyone in her family loves spicy food. When she went to Jincheng for an internship, the dishes there were relatively light. Every time she went home from school, she would bring a can of pickled peppers or chopped peppers with garlic, otherwise the food would not taste the same.
Bamboo shoots grow a lot around the Qingming Festival every year. The bamboo forest here is lush. At this time every year, Mr. and Mrs. Ye, and even Grandpa and Grandma Ye, will go into the mountains to pick bamboo shoots, and they will dry a lot of them every year.
Locals like to use bamboo shoots to cook, and Ye Zhen misses them very much while living in another province.
In April and May, the temperature in the mountains is a few degrees cooler than outside.
Ye Zhen listened to his grandmother's muttering while looking at the big yard of his home with nostalgia.
The climate in their province is hot and humid all year round, which is just right now. The Ye family's yard is quite large. In addition to the fruit trees that Ye Zhen mailed back last time, there was already a loquat tree and a pomelo tree planted in the corner of the wall.
There is a local grape tree planted near the gate of the courtyard and the door of the house. It is an old variety. It was planted by Ye’s father when he was a child. It has been almost 30 years. It has been well maintained and bears a lot of fruit every year.
The grape vines are lush and green. Below is a small long table placed by Ye's father, and the family eats under the grape vines.
In addition to the layer of blue bricks paved on the ground for walking, the front yard is also surrounded by a circle by the clever Mother Ye, where some flowers, plants, sunflowers, etc. are planted. The backyard is Grandma Ye's world, where she raises some chickens, ducks and rabbits.
Ye Zhen stared at the morning glories still covered with dew on the fence. He didn't know if it was because of the change in environment, but everything he saw seemed strange to him.
Not long after, the family returned.
"Leaf is back!"
Dad Ye put the hoe into the house, pumped some water from the well, and washed his hands.
"Why don't you call me in advance so I can pick you up."
Ye Zhen sat on a small stool and ate pickled bamboo shoots. "Well, I can just take a taxi back home for that short distance. It will save me the trouble."
Mother Ye looked at Ye Zhen lovingly. Since she started college, her daughter was often not at home. This was the disadvantage of studying in a big city. The journey was too far, and the short vacation days were not enough to make up for the travel.
The family was poor at that time. Ye Zhen was her first child. She had been sensible since she was young. Since she knew that tuition fees were expensive when she went to college, she worked part-time outside during the summer vacation to earn tuition fees in order to reduce the burden on her family. She only went home a few times throughout the year.
Besides, my daughter is very hardworking. After she gets into university, she can leave here and everything will go smoothly for her.
Mother Ye took a sip of water and sat next to Ye Zhen. "Why did you think of buying so many fruit trees?"
At this point, Ye Zhen had something to talk about. He excitedly and proudly told others about how he made money outside, but he did not tell anyone about his cultivation of fruit trees. He only said that he cooperated with local fruit farmers, helping them sell fruits and making a profit from the difference.
After you have the capital and customer resources, you can set up your own group and then sell the fruits wholesale from fruit farmers.
She took out her cell phone and showed her savings to the whole family, looking quite proud:
"Mom, you don't know, those fruits can make a lot of money, and the wholesale price is not expensive, it's just troublesome to haul them by yourself, but I rent a car, make money and call people, and I have many regular customers, so I make a lot of money."
"Hey, your body is fine, why are you so tired?"
Although Ye's mother complained, there was joy in her eyes and eyebrows. Looking at the savings beating rapidly, she had never seen so much money in her life!
Not to mention Ye's mother, even Ye's father and grandfather have never seen him. From the moment he started hanging out the deposits, his soul flew away, and he is still in a trance state.
"Wow, I made money just like that!" Dad Ye muttered to himself.
Of course not, Ye Zhenxin thought, if the orchard makes so much money, why don’t he earn some money himself?
However, the loopholes in it did not stand up to scrutiny. Ye's father and the others were shocked by the deposit at first, but after Ye Zhen's explanation, they did not think too much about it.
Ye Zhen continued to work hard, "So I bought a lot of fruit trees from the orchard when I made money and took them home. Maybe the fruit trees with good varieties can sell the fruits at a good price. These fruit trees can all bear fruit. I thought it would be a pity not to plant some with so much space at home, so I spent money to buy a lot of them."
"When the time comes, we can sell them outside and make a lot of money. I have a lot of people waiting in my group."
Grandpa Ye agreed with what he heard, and even blushed:
"That's a good idea. Ye Zi's personality is just like mine. He thinks ahead. Good fruit trees and good seedlings are not that easy to buy. It's not that ordinary people can't find them at all. It's good enough that the seedlings we bought match the ones we bought."
Ye Zhen raised his head proudly: "That's right, I heard from the orchard owner that these are new varieties from the Academy of Agricultural Sciences. Not many people know about them, and the fruits have just been put on the market, so they are sold at a high price."
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