Chapter 84
84 Other Uses
‘Farming? Bamboo weaving?’
When Li Xiaoran heard her sister’s words, she suddenly had an idea.
“Then let Father farm and weave bamboos!”
Li Xiaoqing didn’t understand what her sister was talking about and looked at Li Xiaoran blankly.
“Don’t worry! I know what to do. I’ll definitely stop Father from continuing to feel dejected!” Li Xiaoran said confidently.
Although Li Xiaoqing didn’t know what her sister was thinking, since her sister had said so, she must have found a solution!
Therefore, Li Xiaoqing didn’t take this matter to heart and continued to burn the fire.
The water quickly boiled. Li Xiaoran brought the teapot over and grabbed a handful of dried chrysanthemums to steep.
The people who had been busy all morning were much more energetic when they smelled the fragrance of chrysanthemum tea.
“Husband, I see a forest of fruit trees beside our house. What are these fruit trees?” Li Xiaoran asked as she sewed the blanket.
When Luo Cheng heard Li Xiaoran’s words, he thought for a moment and said, “They seem to be some peach trees and apple trees! I don’t know why, but the fruits produced in this orchard forest are bitter and astringent. When I bought this piece of land back then, I saw that the land here was cheap, so I bought it and built a house. As for that orchard forest, it looked pretty good when it bloomed, and I was too lazy to cut it down, so I kept it until now!”
When Li Xiaoran heard this, she thought for a moment and decided to go to the orchard forest to take a look when it wasn’t raining.
If there was still hope for this orchard forest, he would use it directly.
If this orchard forest was useless, she would cut it down, dig out the roots, and use them to farm!
When Li Shun heard his daughter and son-in-law’s words, he had an idea.
If they didn’t want that orchard forest, it would be good to use it to farm!
Suddenly, Li Shun felt that he was useful again. He finally energetic and was no longer dejected.
Li Xiaoran sensed the change in her father and felt that her previous thoughts were right, so she paid more attention to the orchard forest.
Outside, the rain gradually stopped and the sun came out.
However, the ground was already wet from the rain.
After lunch, the family, who had been working all morning, was a little tired, so everyone went for an afternoon nap.
Li Xiaoran woke up after sleeping for 15 minutes. Seeing that everyone was still asleep, she simply put on a raincoat and a bamboo hat and planned to take a look in the forest outside.
As soon as she got dressed, Luo Cheng walked out.
Seeing Li Xiaoran’s outfit, Luo Cheng guessed her plan.
“Are you going to see the orchard forest?”
“Yes! I want to take a look now! I sat on the stool for too long previously and felt like my entire body was restrained. Now, I’m going out to walk around and stretch my muscles.” Li Xiaoran nodded and replied.
“Then wait for me for a while. I’ll go with you!” Luo Cheng said as he put on another raincoat and bamboo hat.
Soon, they were out the door together.
“Fortunately, we didn’t forget to buy raincoats and bamboo hats previously. Otherwise, it wouldn’t be convenient to go out on a rainy day!” Li Xiaoran looked at the wet surroundings and said with a smile.
“We went to town on a rainy day, so of course we didn’t forget!” Luo Cheng said directly.
Li Xiaoran glanced at Luo Cheng and shook her head with a smile.
“Why? Am I wrong?”
“No, you make sense! However, husband, if everyone is like you and only tells the truth, there will be a lot of people who won’t be able to get a wife!” Li Xiaoran teased.
Luo Cheng was even more confused when he heard this.
“Didn’t I already get a wife? Aren’t you my wife?”
“Forget it, why am I telling you this?! Hubby, you don’t understand women!” After saying this, Li Xiaoran shook her head and walked in front.
At this moment, Li Xiaoran was already very sure that Luo Cheng didn’t know how to please girls at all.
Fortunately, she didn’t actually date him. Otherwise, she really would have been angered to death by him!
Thinking of this, Li Xiaoran was stunned.
Why did she think of this?!
Shaking her head, Li Xiaoran decided not to think about this problem. She should solve the problem of the fruit tree first!
Luo Cheng stared at Li Xiaoran’s back and felt that she seemed to be ignoring him. He was immediately a little dejected.
What didn’t he understand?
If he didn’t understand, she could explain!
If she said it clearly, he would definitely understand!
Just as he was wondering if he should continue asking, he saw Li Xiaoran standing in the forest with one hand on a fruit tree.
At this moment, Li Xiaoran was in a state of shock.
Just now, she felt like holding on to a fruit tree to catch her breath.
Unexpectedly, after she placed her hand on the fruit tree, she immediately felt its weak emotions.
Li Xiaoran was shocked and quickly took her hand away from the tree trunk.
As soon as she took her hand away, Li Xiaoran didn’t feel anything anymore.
Li Xiaoran, who didn’t believe it, tried to place her hand on the fruit tree again.
As expected, when her hand touched the trunk of the fruit tree, she immediately felt its emotions again.
After that, Li Xiaoran didn’t say a word and touched every tree in the orchard forest with her hand.
After she touched the last tree, Li Xiaoran’s expression turned very ugly.
“What’s wrong?” Luo Cheng could tell that something was wrong with Li Xiaoran and asked with concern, “Don’t tell me you can also sense the emotions of these fruit trees.”
His casual words actually hit the nail on the head.
“How did you know?” Li Xiaoran looked at Luo Cheng in shock.
“Huh? It’s true? I was just spouting nonsense. I guessed correctly?” Luo Cheng was also a little dazed. He didn’t expect himself to be right.
“Then what’s with these fruit trees?” Luo Cheng asked, thinking of something.
“They’re not used to the environment!” Li Xiaoran explained the reason concisely.
Luo Cheng was speechless.
Okay! This was indeed a very important factor. No wonder these fruit trees never produced good fruits.
“According to you, we can’t keep any of these fruit trees?” Luo Cheng asked after a moment.
“If they can’t get used to the environment, we can’t keep them! As the saying goes, the environment nurtures the flora and fauna. It’s the same for fruit trees. Now that these fruit trees aren’t used to the environment, they won’t bear good fruits even if we continue to plant them.” Li Xiaoran thought for a moment and said, “Besides, most of these fruit trees are already infested and can’t be saved!”
If it were in the early stages of the aphid, these fruit trees would still be saved after some management and medicine.
In the current situation, there was no way to reverse the situation. It was better to cut them off and plan again.