The rain in early spring didn't last long and stopped in the evening of that day.

The next day, Chen Ling took advantage of the fact that the soil was moist and took the ox to plow the fields early again.

After a busy morning like this, when I came home for dinner, I found that Wang Susu had added some fresh spring vegetables, scrambled eggs with Chinese toon.

The toona buds that emerged just after the rain are extremely fresh and tender. When fried with home-grown eggs, they taste crispy and leave a fragrant aroma on your lips and teeth.

After having breakfast with satisfaction, Chen Ling looked at the toona trees outside the courtyard and felt that there were a few trees outside the courtyard wall now.

This is mainly due to the fact that my yard is now larger, with two previous yards being merged into one. The trees in the previous backyard were completely cut down when the house was built, so it looks a bit empty, with only two or three toona trees left.

Outside the hospital.

"Plant a few more trees."

“We must also plant grapes in the courtyard and put up grape trellises.”

Chen Ling secretly planned, got up and hitched the bullock cart, told Wang Susu that he was going to transplant some trees on the mountain, and went out.

In and outside the village, there are many kinds of miscellaneous trees on the ravine slopes. Chen Ling transplanted many of them into the cave last year. There are hawthorn trees, mulberry trees, wild apple trees and other wild fruit trees, as well as various large green trees and ginkgo trees.

, camphor trees, and even locust trees and acacia trees.

However, there are few suitable for planting outside the yard.

He stopped the ox cart at the foot of the mountain and walked into the forest. After confirming that no one was around, he entered the cave with a flash of thought.

Chen Ling went back and forth in the cave to pick and choose. He didn't want to plant fruit trees outside the courtyard because it would attract too many people.

Finally, I chose three species: ginkgo tree, camphor tree, and locust tree.

There are two types of locust trees: locust trees and locust trees.

The so-called locust tree, also known as Sophora japonica, grows quickly, has beautiful flowers, and produces fruits that can also provide food for birds.

The acacia tree is planted outside the courtyard because its flowers are very fragrant and sweet. When they bloom in spring, the trees are full of flowers. When the spring breeze blows, they are as beautiful as falling snow.

There is another interesting saying about acacia trees.

It is said that this kind of tree was brought into the country by the little devils because their war horses liked to eat the sweet locust flowers on the acacia trees. So as early as more than a hundred years before the war of aggression, they had planted it in China one after another.

Prepare rations for the war horses.

He is really cunning and treacherous, full of bad intentions, and has very bad intentions.

I don’t know whether it is true or false.

…

Chen Ling entered the cave and with a slight movement of his mind, several half-grown trees in the forest were uprooted and suspended in the air. The branches and leaves of the trees soon became bare and could be taken out for planting.

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This is what he can do in the Sun and Moon Cave, just like a fairy.

Then they picked up the trees one by one from the forest, stacked them on oxcarts, and took them home.

Ginkgo and locust trees were planted outside the wall, while camphor trees were planted behind the house.

While digging a hole outside the courtyard, Second Aunt Wang came out, holding steamed buns with corn flour in one hand and pickle dumplings in the other. While eating, she walked to Chen Ling's side.

"Fugui, what are you fussing over again?" Second Aunt Wang asked.

When Chen Ling saw the old lady, he smiled and said, "I want to plant some trees outside the wall. They are all half-sized trees. When they grow fully, our neighbors can enjoy the shade in the summer."

"Oh, it's a shade tree." Second Aunt Wang nodded, but her face was hesitant to speak.

She deliberately came over to remind Chen Ling to be careful when planting trees and not to face the door of her house, but she thought that Chen Ling was quite capable now, and Wang Susu also respected her as an elder.

During the Chinese New Year, I was given two bowls of dumplings, so I was too embarrassed to open my mouth when I arrived.

Chen Ling didn't know this. He thought that the old lady had nothing to do and came over to watch the fun, so he continued to dig the hole. He didn't realize that the tree hole was actually a little edge, and it was faintly facing the door of Aunt Wang's house.

Already.

He doesn't know, but some people do.

What a coincidence, Chen Gannian, an old man from Hutu, passed by here driving sheep. When he saw it, he poked Chen Ling in the butt with the sheep whip and said, "Young man, don't plant trees at the door of other people's houses. Look carefully for others."

Come and beat you."

"ah?"

When Chen Ling heard this, he immediately came back to his senses, and felt a little enlightened in his heart, knowing why Mrs. Wang came over.

But seeing that Fourth Grandpa mistakenly thought he was his father again, Chen Ling felt helpless, "It just rained and there is mud everywhere outside the village. Fourth Grandpa, you should wait until the ground dries a little before going to herd the sheep."

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"It's okay, there's nothing to worry about if it's muddy. I'm just wandering around." Chen Gannian was nonchalant and flicked his whip coolly, "Don't remember to plant trees at the entrance of other people's courtyards."

Then he stalked away with the sheep.

Second Aunt Wang felt that her thoughts had been revealed, and she felt a little embarrassed.

But Chen Gannian was an old man, so she couldn't say anything, so she just smiled at Chen Ling and said, "You can grow wealth as you wish. It doesn't bother you. I just came over to see what you are doing."

Chen Ling already understood what was going on and quickly explained that it was not intentional.

In fact, he really didn't expect this.

However, country people are very particular about this. Trees cannot be planted randomly. There are rules for planting in various locations, so you really can’t do it randomly.

For example, in various local villages, there are various trees growing in front and behind every house, in the fields, and at the foot of river slopes. Most of them are naturally occurring and no one deliberately planted them.

However, there are some trees that cannot be planted at home or in front of the house.

The old people in the village often say: peaches nourish people, apricots hurt people, and plum trees carry people to death, so apricot trees and plum trees are not allowed to be planted at home.

Of course, there is also a saying that if you don’t plant mulberries in the front and willows in the back, you don’t plant ghost clapping hands in the yard. The ghost clapping hands are poplar trees. It is said that the leaves of the poplar trees are like the hands of ghosts, and they snap when the wind blows.

, it looks like someone is clapping their hands. It is unlucky to plant such a tree in the yard.

These two statements are quite recognized here.

In addition, no matter what kind of tree it is, it cannot be planted in front of other people's homes. It is said that the tree is an annoyance. It is fine to plant your own tree in front of your home. If you let other people's trees be planted in front of your home, it will absorb the wealth and blessings of your own home.

Walk.

It doesn’t matter whether such a statement is superstitious or not. It cannot stop people from believing it.

So Chen Ling quickly filled in the tree hole that was facing the door of Aunt Wang's house, moved it a little further, and then dug the hole again to plant trees.

After planting the trees outside the courtyard, he went out to find an opportunity to dig out two or three wild grapes from the cave. After half a year of cultivation and improvement in the cave, these wild grapes had an excellent taste and were pleasant to bear fruit.

But Chen Ling is still just a transplanted grapevine root.

Grape tree roots were planted on the west side of the yard, and a grape trellis was built against the wall.

It took a whole day of work before it was all finished. When summer came, the trees grew up and the grape trellis was completed.

Thinking about it makes you feel happy.

But when he went to bed at night, Chen Ling found that the sun and moon cave sky was shaking slightly, and for the first time, he took the initiative to send him a signal from Mohu.

【joy】

This emotion is very indifferent, very immature, yet very direct.

It's like the pure joy of a hungry baby after drinking its mother's milk.

After drinking, I still want to drink.

"What's happening here?"

Chen Ling was surprised. The last time the Sun and Moon Cave reacted, it expanded outwards and opened up a small area in the white mist to him, revealing a magical tree planted in the pool.

Why are there still emotional exchanges this time? It's like a little doll living in the cave.

Asking him for milk.

After looking at Wang Susu beside him, who was already asleep, Chen Ling used his consciousness to enter the cave.

In an instant, the sky brightened before my eyes, and the world changed. I could only feel the fragrance of flowers, the chirping of birds, and the gurgling water. What I saw was a field of flowers and fruits. In front of the thatched house, bunches of purple grapes were already hanging down, and there were also beautiful birds on them.

It was pecking at food, and when it saw him coming in, it flew away.

This is a wild bird that was brought in before. Like the golden pheasant, it breeds in flocks in half a year and its number increases sharply.

Chen Ling didn't care about them and allowed them to multiply and grow.

Once there are enough, they will be released.

Especially rare species like Golden Pheasant, which are raised in large numbers just to be released outside.

But these are secondary.

It has nothing to do with this change in Sun Moon Cave Sky.

The blooming flowers and fragrant fruits in front of him were also grown from what he planted last year.

It has nothing to do with change either.

So he walked around the huts, canals, lotus ponds, and walked back and forth along the creek. After observing carefully, he finally found that the Sun and Moon Cave had not expanded again, and it was still the same range as it was last opened.
To be continued...