Yue Jiuyue also slept well that night, because she had participated in the fruit tree planting activity and was exhausted from running back and forth.
The next day, the two brothers set off in an oxcart.
Yue Jiuyue was also busy. She ran around the three hills to check if the fruit trees were too close together or if any of them were wilted. Even if they had just been planted, they should be full of energy in the early morning.
More importantly, she wanted to secretly water them with water containing plant nutrients to make them more likely to survive.
As for secretly planting a few fruit tree saplings, she had thought about it, but now was not the time. There were too few fruit trees, and adding one more would be too obvious. Besides, she didn't want to pull them up and plant new ones. Anyway, it was not a matter of urgency, so why rush it? She didn't lack fruit to eat; she just couldn't eat it openly.
To be honest, she was so tired last night that she forgot to eat canned food to satisfy her craving.
Furthermore, she forgot to tell Lin Chaonan and Lin Chaobei about the water snakes in the lotus pond.
Originally, she was just afraid of water snakes, so she wanted to get rid of them. Now that a group of young men and women are coming, the water snakes must be removed, and not a single one should be left. It doesn't matter if they scare those people, since there are snakes, insects, and rodents everywhere in the countryside, that's easy to explain. But if one of them bites someone, it will be hard to explain.
"Grandma, what kind of fruit trees are these?"
Xiaoman was also exceptionally happy today, following behind Yue Jiuyue to water the fruit trees. When she saw small fruits hanging on some of the trees, she couldn't help but ask curiously.
"This mountain is full of peach trees, that mountain is full of apple trees, and that mountain is full of plum trees."
Yue Jiuyue pointed to the other two mountains and spoke about them one by one.
"Wow! So many fruit trees! Grandma, what do apples look like? And plums? Do they look like peaches?"
Little Man'er currently only knows some wild fruits, such as jujubes, black nightshade, wild strawberries, and raspberries. She has never even heard of any real fruit, only peaches, so she is very curious.
"Ah, well, how should I put it? It's like this peach. When it grows up, it will still be this shape, just the color will be different. Apples and plums are the same. When you go over there to water them, you'll see."
Yue Jiuyue had a headache. She was most troubled by children's questions. She didn't know how to answer them. She couldn't very well say that peaches are peach-shaped and apples are apple-shaped, could she?
"oh."
The little girl responded, seemingly confused.
Yue Jiuyue couldn't help but feel relieved. Fortunately, Xiaoman'er didn't keep pestering her about one question until she got a clear answer. Otherwise, she probably would have had to make a hasty escape to pee or poop.
"So this is what plums look like!"
"The apple is so cute!"
Upon seeing the plums and apples, Xiaoman was overjoyed and immediately shared them with Liu Shi when she got home.
"Grandma Liu, have you ever seen plums and apples? Let me tell you, plums look like this, and apples look like this."
As Xiaoman spoke, she gestured with her hands. Yue Jiuyue couldn't guess what she was gesturing, but she herself seemed very happy with it, especially after receiving a response from Liu Shi, which made her even happier.
"Oh! So this is what plums look like! I didn't know that. Thank you for telling me, Miss!"
Little Man'er squinted her eyes and happily accepted Liu's thanks, then went to share it with Erhu.
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