Chapter 237 Dogs Gnawing on the Yard
Looking at the yard, which looked like it had been chewed up by a dog, Lu's mother said with a sigh, "Right? You can't believe it, can you? You didn't expect your second brother and sister-in-law's yard to be like this, did you?"
Lu's mother loves growing flowers.
She kept the small courtyard of the retirement home beautifully maintained.
Flowers bloom all year round, from spring to autumn.
Even in winter when there are no flowers, there are still lush evergreen trees.
Although I didn't plant many scallions, green vegetables, or garlic sprouts, I arranged them neatly.
Every time Jiang Jianni saw it, she was eager to learn from Lu's mother how to grow grass and flowers.
Unfortunately, she was a plant killer.
If you can't keep up with the potted plants, then so be it; after all, not everyone can keep cacti alive.
However, even though cut flowers are plants that can last a long time as long as you trim their roots, put them in water, and add some preservatives every day, no matter how carefully she takes care of them, they start to wither on the third day and don't even last seven days before they completely die.
Jiang Jiani was unwilling to accept this situation and even tried growing pothos plants.
At a rate of one pot per month, six pots of pothos died in six months.
She didn't understand at all.
She followed the tutorial exactly, so why can't anything she spends last more than a month?
Oh, that's not right either.
Some can still last for two years.
When she moved into her newly renovated house, her cousin gave her a jade plant and told her to water it once a month and not to worry about it at all, and it would live forever.
She diligently watered the plants for two years.
A writer friend of theirs came to visit and stayed at her house. Hearing that the jade plant hadn't grown at all in two years, he wondered if it was because he hadn't watered it enough or fertilized it or repotted it. His friend was curious, so he touched it and discovered that the jade plant was fake.
Jiang Jianni cried right then and there.
I later checked online and found that these lifelike bonsai are very expensive.
Jiang Jianni couldn't bear to throw away the fake jade tree and kept it until before she transmigrated.
But she eventually came to her senses and actually only grew fake flowers.
I also learned how to make flowers using heat shrink sheets, and they actually look quite nice.
Before she traveled through time, a writer she was on good terms with had ordered a miniature bouquet from her.
Let's not talk about that.
Along the way, Jiang Jianni saw that the yards were either full of flowers, or full of vegetables, or both. Even if there were no flowers, vegetables, or fruits, the yards were kept very clean and there were no weeds.
Alternatively, you could plant banana trees or jackfruit trees in the yard.
In short, it's either beautiful or clean, and you can tell the owner of this house is very diligent.
But what about Lu Xiangnan and Tang Tian's courtyard?
The weeds grew in patches, like they were chewed by dogs. Only upon closer inspection could one discover vegetables growing among the weeds, though they were very thin and weak, barely noticeable unless one looked closely.
Jiang Jianni asked incredulously, "Don't they pull weeds?"
Aunt Lu shrugged: "I don't know. Your second brother and sister-in-law eat all three meals in the cafeteria. This house is just a place to sleep."
The last time I came here, the yard was like a wasteland, with only a path leading to the house and the toilet in the middle, and the rest of the yard was overgrown with weeds.
Unable to bear the sight, Lu's mother urged Lu's father to tidy up the yard together.
Not only did they plant some vegetables suitable for this area, but they also planted flowers commonly found here.
In places with consistently high temperatures, these plants grow exceptionally fast.
Those two months were the most beautiful time in Lu Xiangnan and Tang Tian's yard, with flowers, vegetables, butterflies, and bees.
Unexpectedly, once they left, the courtyard returned to its original state.
It's clear that Lu Xiangnan and Tang Tian have worked very hard to tidy up.
But both of them are soldiers who often go to sea and have other missions, so working overtime is also an option.
This place is called a home, but it's really just a place to sleep.
Neither of them were particularly particular or put much effort into tidying up, so the result was worse than not tidying up at all.
At least it still has some wild charm when it's left untied; once it's cleaned up, it becomes a complete disaster.
Jiang Jianni was both speechless and amused: "Why don't my second brother and sister-in-law just do what other families do and pull up all the weeds to leave a bare yard?"
"If all else fails, you could plant a banana tree or a jackfruit tree. It's both beautiful to look at and edible, killing two birds with one stone."
When Jiang Jiani passed by the family that grew jackfruit, she stared wide-eyed at the tree full of jackfruit.
She likes to eat fruit.
In my past life, when circumstances allowed, I even tasted exorbitantly priced fruit.
After arriving here, supplies were scarce, but we never ran out of common fruits like apples, pears, oranges, and hawthorns.
I ate plenty of seasonal apricots, plums, watermelons, sugarcane, and other fruits.
When there's really nothing else to eat, there are cucumbers and tomatoes.
Seeing a tree full of jackfruit now feels like seeing my maternal uncle, if not my own mother.
I simply cannot understand why Lu Xiangnan and Tang Tian cannot grow such an easy-to-care-for plant.
"Furthermore, if you don't have time, you can find some pebbles or flagstones to pave the yard, which will effectively reduce the growth of weeds."
"If all else fails, you can lay a layer of lime on the ground."
"Lying down lime not only prevents grass from growing, but also prevents mud from forming."
Lu's mother sighed: "Your brother and sister-in-law think they can do it."
Jiang Jianni: "..."
Jiang Jiani suddenly realized.
Isn't this just like her?
He has no talent for planting, but he has a heart for planting.
However, she had long been so hard-pressed that her heart was sealed shut, while Lu Xiangnan and Tang Tian were still making continuous efforts.
Perhaps they think that the yard is so messy because they don't have time to take care of it?
She sighed softly.
never mind.
In that case, she'd better not say anything.
Mr. Lu said impatiently, "Nonsense, nagging, nagging, you never stop! There's so much stuff here, why don't you hurry up and organize it?"
The weather here is hot, and it's summer vacation now, so the adults didn't have much stuff, just some changes of clothes. Jiang Jianni brought an extra camera and some film.
It's mainly children's clothes.
Aunt Lu said unhappily, "Nurse me, urge me, urge me. What else can you do besides urge me?"
"These are all things belonging to your Lu family descendants. Shouldn't you, the grandfather of the Lu family, be the one to clean them up?"
Lu's father was speechless after being rebuked, and angrily dragged his things into the room.
Seeing that Jiang Jianni was also going to help, she quickly said, "Don't bother, you take the child to play in the yard, okay?"
Jiang Jianni hesitated for a moment, and Lu Ma said, "Go ahead, it's just a little bit, we'll be done packing in no time."
Jiang Jiani had no choice but to take the four children to the yard with Aunt Liu.
Jiang Jiani's home is not this big, nor does it have such good sunlight.
The four children started running around happily in the yard, yelling and crawling everywhere, sometimes disappearing into the bushes, sometimes climbing up the doorway.
Fortunately, there was nothing dangerous in the yard, otherwise Jiang Jianni would have really broken down.
Even so, it wasn't long before Jiang Jianni couldn't take it anymore: "Ughhhh, you shouldn't bring kids when you go out to play!"
Bringing such a young child out isn't fun; it's just adding to your burden.
The woman next door was tidying up her things in the yard when she heard her words and chuckled: "Kids are all like that, they'll be fine after they leave."
Jiang Jianni looked at her sister-in-law and said, "Sister-in-law, I may be young, but you can't treat me like a child."
“I’ve taken care of my younger siblings, so I know what kids are like.”
The idea that everything will be fine once the child can walk is a lie.
The hardest time to raise a child is from when they can walk until they start school!
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