The Sweetness of the Seventies

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There were many people outside, and He Jingyu didn't want to talk about these things in front of people.

"Plant trees now, and let's talk about other things when we get home." He Jingyu whispered, not wanting his wife to lose her composure in front of so many people.

He Tiantian pulled her mother and whispered: "Mom, don't be excited or sad. The most important thing now is to find the best position for this tree."

With the encouragement of her husband and daughter, Wang Shuping calmed down and looked at the mother tree with complicated eyes.

"That's right." Wang Shuping couldn't care less about being sad, took the shovel, and followed him up the mountain.

Taking into account the terrain, sunshine, and creek, Wang Shuping found the best location.

He Tiantian was dumbfounded when he saw it, not far from the entrance of the cave.

Fortunately, there is still a few meters away, otherwise the entrance will be blocked and it will be inconvenient to enter the cave in the future.

He Jingyu and Wang Shuping dug the hole themselves and poured water into the hole to plant the mother tree!

Others followed the requirements of He Jingyu and Wang Shuping and put the remaining peach trees into the pit, poured water and filled it with soil. In order to prevent them from falling, bamboo poles or wooden sticks are used as supports to maintain the stability of newly planted trees.

One hundred peach trees are not many. Even if they are two years old, they are only as thick as a child's arm and are easy to plant.

He Jingyu and Village Chief Qi accompanied Niu Peng to look around, while Wang Shuping came to the mother tree and stroked it gently, as if stroking her own child.

"Mom, is this tree precious?" He Tiantian asked. The way her mother looked at the tree was just like the way her mother looked at her, so warm and loving!

"Yes, it is very precious." Wang Shuping said softly, "When your father and I were in college, we followed the professor in Dong County, the hometown of peaches. Your father and I discovered that there was a tree with peaches that were particularly sweet, but that tree The peaches on the tree were very small, and the farmers didn't like them, so they dug them up and threw them away. Your father and I felt sorry for them, so we took them back to the school and planted them in the orchard of the Academy of Agricultural Sciences directly under our school. Your father did it privately. After seven or eight years of cultivation, this peach tree was able to grow larger peaches than before, but they were still larger than those of other peach trees. Later, we tried to cut the peaches on this tree. The branches were cut into other larger peach trees, and the peaches produced were big and sweet. Your father and I saw hope. Peach trees are not easy to preserve. Your father continued to research and finally developed a good variety. , there was trouble in Nanshi.”

He Tiantian thought for a moment, stretched out her slender jade fingers, pinched her hands and said, "Mom, this tree is older than me!"

"Yes, he is three years older than you." Wang Shuping said, "In the hearts of your father and I, this is our love tree, and it is like our first child. But he is not young anymore. , the trunk is so big, if you move it rashly..."

Wang Shuping didn't finish her words, but He Tiantian heard it.

As the saying goes, if people move, they will live, but if they move, trees will die!

This tree is almost twenty years old. It is deeply rooted and difficult to survive if it is moved rashly!

You might die in other places, but not in Qijia Village. The soil here is good, the water is good, and there is aura.

"Mom, we take good care of it. If there is fate, this peach tree will continue to live." He Tiantian said, parents treat this tree like their own children, and He Tiantian also regards this tree as their own. family.

At noon, the workers left, but Wang Shuping still didn't want to leave.

"Mom, even if you want to look at these peach trees here, you have to wait until you build a wooden house here!" He Tiantian said, now it is just a garden.

Wang Shuping looked around, nodded and said, "It should be okay."

"No, don't worry. This is a task assigned by the leaders above. If an accident occurs, the leaders will not give up and want to find out who caused the trouble. So as long as they are not fools, they will not cause trouble at this juncture." He Tiantian said, "Besides, there are no peaches here. Even if they do sabotage, they have to wait until there are results before they do it."

Wang Shuping looked around and said, "There won't be any large beasts here, right?"

"No, there are very few wild animals in the mountains behind Qijia Village. Even the wild boars were killed last winter."

The mother and daughter went back to eat. After eating, Wang Shuping took He Tiantian to the back mountain immediately.

He Jingyu drank a lot of wine after seeing off County Magistrate Niu in the afternoon, but he was not in the mood to sleep, so he went directly to Taoyuan in the back mountain.

"Dad, why don't you go home and rest?" He Tiantian saw her father staggering up and quickly stepped forward to help He Jingyu.

Wang Shuping got up and asked her husband to sit on a clean stone.

He Jingyu's mouth was dry and his lips were a little chapped. He Tiantian picked a few big leaves and went to the mountain stream to get some spring water for his father to drink.

"Dad, you drink water." He Tiantian said. She still remembered that her father needed to drink a lot of water every time after drinking.

"Gulu gulu..." He Jingyu drank a few mouthfuls of water, and He Tiantian went to get some more. After going back and forth twice, He Jingyu felt no longer thirsty.

Seeing her husband finish drinking water, Wang Shuping asked, "Tell me what's going on over there in Nanshi?"

When He Jingyu heard this, he looked startled and said with a wry smile: "Hey, when I went back this time, I realized that the Agricultural Science Station had changed its leadership and it was in chaos again. Not only the Agricultural Science Station, but other places were also in chaos, almost the same as last year. , even more chaotic than before. When I went there, many projects of the Agricultural Science Station were cut down, and these saplings were being cut down! These are my efforts, and the mother tree is also our effort, how could I? Watching these things being wasted.”

Wang Shuping's eyes widened, and she was speechless for a long time. Her body was shaking a little, and she wanted to think about the worries and fears of last year.

"Mom, don't be afraid!" He Tiantian comforted the timid Wang Shuping softly, holding her mother's shoulders to give her strength.

It took Wang Shuping a while to calm down, and she said with emotion: "Fortunately, we came to Huai City. If we were in Nan City..."

"Yes, if it hadn't been for Lao Huo this time, the two of us would have suffered too." He Jingyu said with emotion, "I owe Lao Huo more favors."

Wang Shuping nodded and said: "Yes, no wonder before! Lifang told me to let us leave, but they were afraid that we would think too much. In fact, they came here for our own good. Although they left their hometown, at least they were at peace, and they could still be here. With my daughter.”

He Jingyu was also very pleased and said: "As long as the family is together, it doesn't matter where we work."

"Mom and Dad, it's actually quite nice here. There is also Grandpa's former colleague Professor Wang and Professor Gu in the Animal Husbandry Team. Because of his previous meritorious service, he can apply to go back to Nanshi, but they are not willing to go back. They said that the school in Nanshi is closed, and they There is no use for him if he goes back, so he might as well stay here and live a quiet life," He Tiantian explained, hoping that his parents would be considerate.