Su Yonghe looked at her with an extremely serious expression and a firm gaze. "You bought the seeds with your own money, and you asked someone to bring these things back. You also figured out how to plant and eat them by yourself."

"Why should we just sit back and enjoy the fruits of his labor? Why should he ask you to hand it over? Why should he force you to bring everyone with you?"

Su Ziling raised the corners of his lips slightly, and said softly, so soft that it would be blown away by the wind, "Because my last name is Su."

"Bullshit, there are so many people with the surname Su, why doesn't he go out and force those people?" Su Yonghe curled his lips, "Do whatever you want, no matter what, we won't blame you, because of you, we have the life we ​​have today."

"If you bring it, it's a favor. If you don't, it's your duty and it's only natural. No one can force you to do it."

The two walked side by side. Su Ziling turned his head and looked at him for a long time, so long that Su Yonghe thought he had said something wrong.

Su Ziling suddenly smiled and looked forward. "You can't force them. Originally, these were to be handed over to everyone. Not only our village, but other villages should also be mobilized. It's just that the ancestor's way is a little unacceptable to me."

At this moment, Su Yonghe seemed to truly know her and realize how powerful her vision was.

When they returned to the Su family's yard, Su's mother and the others were sitting in the yard chatting, with the backpacks and sickles they had already prepared beside them.

Hearing the door open, Su's mother just turned her head and took a look, "Are you back? Are you leaving now or taking a break?"

"Let's go now. The journey is a bit long. Let's harvest first and then rest."

Su Ziling changed his clothes, put on his hat, carried a backpack, and grabbed a sack, and the few of them headed towards the tea forest.

Su Ziling wanted to take them to cut down some old tea trees, but one was at the junction of Tianmen Mountain and the other was at a small slope. There were not many trees there and they couldn't cut much, so they had to go to the tea forest.

The few of them had just walked a short distance when they were caught up by Lu Yan and his friends. The two people who came with him yesterday had gone somewhere unknown, and now there were only him and Twenty.

"You're so free?"

Lu Yan was stunned, obviously not reacting.

Su Ziling added: "Don't you need to take care of your own business?"

"No problem, I'm free recently." He seemed not to hear her intention to drive him away. "What are you doing? Picking mushrooms?"

"Go to the tea forest, cut the tea trees and transplant them, and check if the tea leaves have sprouted."

Lu Yan nodded and followed her closely. Perhaps because of the presence of Father Su and his uncle, Lu Yan rarely spoke badly.

The group moved very quickly and reached the tea forest in half an hour. They also picked up a lot of mushrooms along the way.

We have come here to pick tea leaves for two consecutive years, last year and this year. A shallow path has been trampled out here, and the tea leaves that were overgrown with weeds have been cleared away.

The tea leaves were sprouting again. The buds were just the right size, but a little too few. Su Ziling simply taught Li Dazhui and the others how to pick tea leaves, while she and Lu Yan went to cut tea tree branches.

I thought of cutting it down first, taking it home and practicing on it.

Although it was their first time to harvest, they were all good at the job and they were able to get the hang of it after two lessons.

Su Ziling picked and chose a bundle, cut some grass and tied it up, patted the dust off his hands, turned his head and looked at Lu Yan, "Have you picked mushrooms?"

Lu Yan shook his head.

"It's just right. Today I'll take you to experience picking mushrooms." He curled the corners of his lips, put the tea tree aside, took a backpack and threw it to Lu Yan.

Lu Yan loaded the backpack and followed her, "Have you cut enough tea trees?"

"Well, it's almost done." Su Ziling nodded.

"Aren't we going to do cuttings? You can't plant many from this bundle, right?" He had just asked about the so-called cuttings, so he probably had a vague idea in his mind at this point.

"I plan to use short cuttings, which means one to three leaves. This bundle is enough." Su Ziling stopped and raised his chin to the front. "Hey, let me test your eyesight. There is a nest of mushrooms here. See if you can find it."

After Su Ziling finished speaking, he stood aside and looked at him.

Lu Yan tilted his head and looked in the direction she was looking. He looked back and forth at the area right under his eyelids three times, but couldn't figure out where the mushroom was.

"Are you kidding me? Where are the mushrooms here?"

Su Ziling took two steps forward, then squatted down and grabbed a handful of pine needles on the ground. She saw a nest of agarwood mushrooms under the thick pine needles. She counted them and found there were six.

It's plump and still a bud, probably weighing more than one or two kilograms.

"Mr. Lu, your eyesight is not good."

The cap of the agarwood mushroom is brown in color, and the pine needles are particularly thick, and the mushroom is not bulging at all, so he didn't see it.

"How did you tell?"

Su Ziling didn't reply. Instead, he cleaned the pine needles off the mushrooms and said, "Turn right and take two steps. There is another nest under the tea tree."

Lu Yan was half-believing and half-doubting, but still did as she was told. When she pulled aside the pine needles, she found a nest of agarwood mushrooms underneath, which were actually slightly larger than the one she had picked up.

This feeling was so wonderful, it was something Lu Yan had never experienced before, and the more he picked up, the more excited he became.

Just like that, the two of them searched around the tea forest and actually picked up a basket of agarwood mushrooms. "Not bad, not bad. I'll go back and fry you a bowl of dried peppers tonight and use it as a rice bowl."

After picking the mushrooms, the two looked around and saw that there were no more, so they went back to pick tea leaves.

With so many people around, the speed was fast, and since it had not been long since they last started picking, the seven of them finished picking all the fruits in a short time.

When they got home, the sun was already half set. Su's mother went to prepare dinner. Su Ziling poured out the tea leaves and set them aside to dry. He first taught Li Dazhui and the others how to make short-ear cuttings.

Su Ziling took out a sickle and taught everyone how to cut the ears short, telling her the precautions while cutting.

"Can this survive if planted?" Li Dazhu was puzzled. "Don't we use seeds to grow seedlings?"

Su Ziling lowered his head and cut the tea trees. He had experience in cutting oil tea trees before, so he was much faster.

Afraid that they wouldn't understand, she explained very carefully, "It can survive, and not only can it survive, it's much better than those grown from seeds."

"The tea seedlings grown by cuttings are not only of pure variety and grow in an even manner, but most importantly, they are easy to obtain, take root and grow quickly, reproduce very quickly, and are easy to cultivate in a centralized manner. Compared with seeds, cuttings greatly shorten the breeding process."

"It grows much faster, and even the harvest can be advanced by one to two years."

"So amazing?" Li Dazhu was stunned. He showed the short ears of corn he had cut to Su Ziling, "Do you think mine is good?"

Su Ziling glanced at it and said, "Just keep one to three leaves, no need to have more, or one section or one ear will do, but discard the branches that are too tender."

After cutting, she took the tea tree spikes to the backyard and pointed to the nursery bed, saying, "This is what I used to cultivate oil tea trees some time ago. I haven't grown vegetables since I planted it. I was thinking of cultivating another bed of oil tea trees. It's just right to plant the tea cuttings here. After the Chinese New Year, you can come and pick them in late January or early February."

"I can help you keep an eye on some of them during this period of time."

In addition to the initial batch of tea oil trees planted, Su Ziling cultivated some more later, which were much more than the first time. After they finished planting on their own barren hill, they planted them on the nearby official hill.

"That's great, but we have to cultivate it at home. Please tell us more about the details of watering. Your uncle and I don't have a good memory and always forget it."

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