“We haven’t fed the chickens, ducks and geese for so long, the pen is dilapidated. We’ll find some time to repair it first, otherwise the chickens, ducks and geese will grow up and we won’t be able to keep them in the pen,” Lu Chuan said.
"It really needs repairing. Look at that chicken coop, it's almost collapsed. If it's not fixed in time, it's sure to collapse when the rainy season comes. And if it crushes the chickens, that wouldn't be worth it," Grandpa Zhao said, pointing to the chicken coop beside him.
"Then let's wait a couple of days when we have some free time and take a break."
After tidying up the chickens, ducks, and geese in the backyard, the group went to the front yard together.
It was already completely dark, and Xu Han, having worked hard all day, had no appetite for cooking dinner.
So they took out some food from their spatial storage, and the group started eating.
"Let's start planting fruit trees tomorrow morning. Let's take out the saplings first to check the quantity and variety, so we'll know which trees should be planted where," Xu Han said.
"Okay, let's count the number tonight. After we get up tomorrow, while it's still not too hot, let's dig out the remaining holes and plant them in the afternoon. That way, we won't have to worry about the sun burning the saplings."
“The tree pits we dug before weren’t enough; we need to dig more,” Xu Han said, looking at the saplings in her spatial storage.
"I'll take Mu'er and Ze'er to play in the backyard later. After you finish eating, hurry up and finish taking care of everything. You've had a long day, so finish early and get some rest," Grandpa Zhao said.
"Okay, we'll get started after we finish eating." With that, the group sped up their eating.
After Lu Chuan finished washing the dishes, Xu Han had already taken out all the saplings from the space.
They were all neatly arranged in rows, with the same varieties grouped together. I counted them roughly, and there were quite a few.
"Here we have jujubes, pomegranates, peaches, apricots, pears, and persimmons. So many fruit trees, Yunhua bought almost every fruit tree that can be grown here."
There are also some fruit trees that weren't on the list I gave him last time, making a total of 80 fruit trees.
Some fruit trees are more numerous, and some are fewer. We will plant them in different places according to the different varieties of trees.
"Anyway, there's enough space on the hillside, and the holes we dug are spaced far apart, so there'll be enough room for them to grow in the future," Xu Han said while arranging the fruit tree seedlings.
"Okay, at this rate, we can dig a dozen more holes tomorrow. We can definitely finish them in one day."
"Tomorrow morning you and Grandpa Zhao go dig the holes, and in the afternoon I'll go with you to plant the fruit trees. That way it will be easier to transport the fruit trees or water them."
"The fruit trees were planted a bit late this year, and I don't know if they will bear fruit."
"It doesn't matter if there are no fruits. The main thing this year is to make the roots grow well, otherwise the fruits won't be good either."
Even if it bears fruit, we'll remove the fruit or leave only a few on top.
"Once the tree is stable, we'll let it bear a lot of fruit next year," Xu Han said.
Lu Chuan looked at the saplings on the ground and said, "These fruit trees don't look particularly big, so they probably haven't reached the stage of bearing a lot of fruit yet. Let's do as you said and let the trees get stable first, and then we'll talk about it next year."
"The most important thing now is to get the plants to survive; we can worry about everything else for now."
We have no experience in growing fruit trees, and we don't even know if they'll survive. If they do, then we'll have an endless supply of fruit to eat.”
Although Xu Han said that, based on her years of experience in growing flowers and vegetables, she was still very confident in growing fruit trees.
Moreover, there are many kinds of fruit trees in the vegetable garden in Xu Han's hometown. Every year, Xu Han helps her father take care of the fruit trees and knows some basic fruit tree pruning.
Although I'm not an expert, I can manage the basics.
Xu Han looked down at the many fruit trees in front of her and suddenly it seemed as if she could already see the freedom of fruit production many years from now.
In ancient times, achieving the freedom to enjoy fruit was no easy feat, as few families would be willing to plant so many different varieties of fruit trees at once.
Ordinary farmers, even those with fruit trees at home, would think about selling the fruit to supplement their household income, and would never be willing to eat it all.
Xu Han has already decided that if there are any fruits left over, she will use them to make canned fruit, dried fruit, or even jam.
Even before the fruit trees have been planted, Xu Han has already come up with all sorts of ways to eat the fruit.
Whether in the past or present, Xu Han has always been the type of person who particularly loves eating fruit.
I can skip meals every day, but I absolutely cannot skip fruit, and I often eat fruit as my main meal.
When I was stocking up on supplies before, I also stocked up on a lot of fruit, and there's still a lot of fruit in my storage space that I haven't finished eating.
Not only Xu Han likes to eat fruit, but Mu'er also loves it very much.
With that in mind, when Xu Han wrote the list for Yunhua, she included all the fruits she liked to eat and also specifically noted that she could buy more saplings.
As expected, Yunhua did not disappoint; the fruit trees that Xu Han had specially marked had more fruit than the other fruit trees.
“Now that the inventory is complete, you can put the fruit trees away first. I’ll go to the backyard to bring Ze’er back. You go wash up and rest first, I’ll help Ze’er wash up in a bit,” Lu Chuan said to Xu Han.
"I understand. Go pick up Ze'er." Xu Han said and began collecting the fruit tree seedlings.
After Lu Chuan finished washing Ze'er up, Xu Han was already asleep when he went back into the room.
Seeing this, Lu Chuan lowered his footsteps, first putting Ze'er on the small bed, then tucking Xu Han in the blankets, before quietly leaving the room to wash up.
Exhausted after a long day, Xu Han fell asleep as soon as she lay down on the bed. It had been a long time since she had walked such a long distance, and she was completely worn out after a day of running around.
I was planning to wait for Lu Chuan to come back before I went to sleep, but I fell asleep without realizing it.
A good night's sleep...
The next morning, as expected, Xu Han overslept again.
When Xu Han finished dressing and came out, no one was home.
After looking around, I found that Mu'er wasn't home either; she must have gone to the hillside with Lu Chuan.
Before she could even wash up or have breakfast, Xu Han went to the backyard to check on the chickens, ducks, and geese.
These are all future sources of eggs, so of course we have to take good care of them. Otherwise, we won't even be able to cook an egg for our son in the future, which would be too unfair.
"Looks like they've recovered," Xu Han murmured to herself.
Water had been added to the chicken coop, and there were some leftover coarse grain scraps, which must have been fed by Lu Chuan or Grandpa Zhao early in the morning.
The chickens, ducks, and geese looked much better than yesterday; they were no longer drooping and listless.
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