"Mom, godmother, the beehives have arrived. Please have a few people come with me to set them up."
Wang Shuo shouted, as the car behind him was loaded with beehives.
"Okay, okay, coming right away."
Yang Yufen went to call someone.
The beehives that provide shelter from the rain have been set up, and the smoked beehives have been arranged at varying heights, just waiting for the beekeeper to help guide the bees into the hives.
"The professor asked me to help out. This is the first year, so the beekeeping density needs to be controlled. In the first year of fruiting, there shouldn't be too many fruits. If the trees are well cared for, they can produce more fruit in the future."
The student brought by Wang Shuo was Wu Li, the bright and quick-witted student he valued.
"His new project this year involves beekeeping, which he has experience with and is quite good at. He also has a good understanding of fruit tree growth, so we asked him to help out this year."
Instead of applying for land within the college, Wang Shuo used his limited connections to bring people to his family's contracted orchard, which provided students with broader opportunities for hands-on experiments in their new research projects.
In fact, every year Deputy Director Zhao and Director Zhou would send in quite a few students. Young people have ideas and dare to take action, and Yang Yufen and Aunt Wang do not refuse them.
If losses are incurred, the school will compensate for half, reducing the students' financial burden, and Yang Yufen and Aunt Wang will also be able to recover some of their losses.
It's a win-win situation.
"When the fruit trees all over the mountains bloom, the pink and white blossoms will attract many people to come and see them."
Looking at the mountain covered in flower buds, Aunt Wang knew they would be in full bloom in just a few days.
"We need to keep an eye on them. There are many students' research projects in the fields down the mountain. If they get damaged, it will be a big problem. Just leave a separate path for people to watch over."
Yang Yufen thought of a student who cried loudly last year after someone picked the melons he had planted. She felt sorry for him but also wanted to laugh. This year, the student replanted the melons, choosing a new spot and even putting up a sign around the area.
"The students in the college know each other, and the nearby villagers can just remind them. There is more than one way to get up the mountain, and it won't be easy unless they are all fenced off."
Aunt Wang looked at the mountain they had leased; it wasn't just a small area, it was quite spacious.
"It is indeed a difficult problem, but we still have to fence it off. Once the fruit has ripened, it's inevitable that some people will have bad intentions. Stealing a little is fine, but the real problem is that someone might damage the fruit trees."
One should not have the intention to harm others, but one must be wary of others.
"That's true. Let's see how to enclose it properly. These mountains of ours are connected in one big area. Enclosing them one by one would be too wasteful of materials. It would be better to just put them in a circle."
"That works, but should we use bricks to enclose it or a fence?"
The two old ladies had a long discussion.
"It costs so much to fence this off. Why not build a few more houses to guard it and store things there? Fences are easy to damage, so we can plant some thorny plants instead."
"That's fine. No matter how well it's repaired, it's only good for keeping honest people away from scoundrels. It's better to just do a simple sign and put up a few more signs after spraying the pesticide to prevent some kids from picking them without knowing what's going on."
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With bee pollination, the fruit set rate is very high, but in order not to affect the quality of the fruit and the growth of the fruit tree, fruit thinning is necessary.
When the fruit trees blossomed, the pink and white blossoms covering the mountains attracted many people to come and see them. Word spread, and everyone learned that there was a large orchard in the suburbs.
As the fruit grew bigger day by day, more and more people started loitering around the orchard.
"These fruits are really good. They're already this big even before they're ripe. They're still green now, but when they're ripe, each one will weigh almost a pound."
The fruit trees that Yang Yufen had been looking forward to for so long finally bore fruit, and she couldn't help but take a stroll around the orchard every day.
“We’ve chased away several groups of children recently, but there are still some idle ones who pick fruit before it’s ripe. They’re shameless and won’t listen to us.”
"The fruit isn't ripe, so picking it would be a waste. Lately, the pest infestation seems quite serious, so we need to take preventative measures. I'll put up signs later to prevent children from accidentally eating them."
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