Chapter 367 - Small Fruit Trees
Chapter 367: Small Fruit Trees
Translator: Lonelytree
“No, that is not how you dig a plum tree hole!” The two professors were in straw hats on the mountain top, commanding, “Yes, I’m talking about you!” Professor Yu pointed at Third Uncle Xiao and shouted, “You’re wrong! The pit is too wide! The tree won’t absorb the fertilizers!”
Third Uncle Xiao wasn’t angry. On the contrary, he respected the two fierce experts very much. He was born and raised in the countryside, so he respected the intellectuals from the bottom of his heart. Plus, these two experts were specially flown over to teach them. Therefore, they had to be humble and
learn.
“Yes, you get it right now, Next to the big hole, you have to dig a small hole half a meter long and 20 centimeters deep to store fertilizer.” Professor Yu explained, “These saplings have just been planted, so they can’t absorb too much fertilizer. Otherwise, they’ll become overnourished. If the sun shines on
them, they’ll burn to death.”
About this, the rural people who worked the land understood it too. Similarly, they wouldn’t use too many fertilizers when planting peanuts and soybeans. Otherwise, they wouldn’t be able to sprout.
While Professor Yu was instructing the group, Ji Nianhua was staring at the saplings placed under the shade of the tree. There were two big saplings.
One of the big saplings was a plum tree. It was thick and had luxuriant leaves. According to Ji Nianhua’s estimation, this sapling had been cultivated for two years already.
It would be able to blossom and bear fruit next year.
The other one was an apricot tree. It also had luscious leaves.
But that was not the reason why Professor Ji was so interested in them. The thing that caught his attention was that these trees were thicker and stronger than the average plum tree and apricot tree. When he touched the branches, he could feel that the bark was more delicate and had a cool feeling.
Moreover, they pulsed with vitality. They felt very alive.
“Ol Ji, why do you keep staring at these two fruit trees?” Professor Yu noticed Ji Nianhua’s absent-mindedness and asked.
Ji Nianhua smiled and said, “I found that these two fruit trees are somewhat different, so I was studying them.”
“Oh?” Professor Yu was intrigued. He walked over to take a look at the two fruit trees and asked with a smile, “What’s so special about them?”
Professor Ji didn’t answer directly but said, “Ol Yu, touch them with your hand!”
Professor Yu reached out to touch them. His eyes lit up, and he looked a little surprised. “What… What’s going on?” The bark of these two trees was obviously more tender and smoother than that of other fruit trees. It sounded comical to use tender and smooth to describe a tree bark, but that was a fact.
Professor Yu was as surprised as Professor Ji.
Ji Nianhua shook his head and said, “I don’t know either. I felt they were different, so I touched them. I was not expecting the feeling of a child’s skin.”
Professor Yu looked at the two fruit trees and said with certainty, “But these two saplings should be very ordinary fruit trees!”
“That’s right. They are very ordinary plum and apricot trees,” Professor Ji nodded and said.
Then, he said with a smile, “Ol Yu, it seems that there is indeed something worth studying here.”
Since he was an expert in this field, he was naturally interested in this unique variance.
Professor Yu nodded in agreement and said, “That’s true. I’ll go and ask where these two fruit trees came from.”
Professor Yu walked to Xiao Leyang and pointed at the two saplings. He asked, “Hey, young man, where did these two saplings come from?”
Xiao Leyang looked in the direction and said, “My niece dug them out from the backyard.”
“Niece? Backyard?” Professor Yu frowned. He was obviously not satisfied with this answer.
Xiao Leyang touched his head and said with a simple smile, “Hehe, these two saplings were cultivated by my niece. She has been planting them in the backyard. She just dug them up and wanted to plant them in the mountain.” Then, he asked with puzzlement, “Professor Yu, is there anything wrong with
these two saplings?”
Hearing Xiao Leyang’s answer, the two professors were obviously disappointed.
Professor Ji then asked, “Young man, are you sure that these two small fruit trees were planted in your niece’s backyard?”
Xiao Leyang nodded and said, “Yes, I’m very sure. Because I dug them up myself from the backyard.” He was very puzzled why the two professors were so interested in the two ordinary saplings.
At this time, Professor Yu asked again, “Then who was in charge of them before?”
“I don’t know.” Xiao Leyang shook his head.
He had just returned to Taoyuan Village, so he was not very clear about what had happened to his second brother’s family. Besides, these were just two ordinary saplings. Who would pay attention to them normally?
Professor Yu sighed, “Well, I guess we’ll have to ask your eldest niece.”
Both he and 01 Ji felt that the two saplings were somewhat different.
Well, of course, they were different. It was because they grew up in the farming space.
Xiao Lingyu had planted many fruit seedlings in the farming space. They sprouted from seeds in the farming space.
At the same time, Xiao Lingyu had also transplanted small saplings, which she had brought, into her farming space. She saw clearly the difference between these two kinds of fruit trees.
The fruit trees that were grown from seeds had a natural vitality about them.
The fruit trees that were transplanted as saplings were stronger and sturdier than normal fruit trees.
The fruits they produced would be different. Clearly, the fruits of the trees grown native in the farming space would be more delicious.
To compare, Xiao Lingyu planted all the vegetables from seeds in the farming space at first.
Later, to avoid detection, Xiao Lingyu transplanted the vegetable seedlings from the farming space to the normal field. The results of the experiment were good.
There were some differences between the vegetables grown fully in the farming space and the ones transplanted out of the farming space when they were seedlings.
This allowed Xiao Lingyu to know what to do in the future. She could control the effect of the vegetables.
Xiao Lingyu cultivated the high-end vegetables in the farming space and used the transplanted seedlings for the normal-priced vegetables.
Now, Xiao Lingyu wanted to test if this affected the fruit trees as well. However, the growth cycle of vegetables and fruit trees was different.
It only took two to three days for vegetables to grow from seeds to mature crops.
However, the growth cycle of fruit trees was slower.
The shortest cycle required two months. The longest cycle required at least half a year.
Xiao Lingyu discovered that the more precious the fruit, the longer its growth cycle. For example, the durians.
Its growth cycle in the space was longer than other fruit trees, It had been almost half a year since she planted the seed in the farming space, but it was only blooming.
However, she believed it would bear fruits soon.
Xiao Lingyu was looking forward to the taste of this durian.
People who did not like to eat durian found it smelly, but those who liked to eat it felt that it was especially fragrant.
Xiao Lingyu was the kind who liked to eat durian. Ever since she gained the farming space, Xiao Lingyu only ate the produce from her space.
She stopped going to the market altogether. She realized how much she had spoiled herself, but she couldn’t help it.
At this moment, Xiao Lingyu was sitting in the courtyard eating fruits.
Gong Tianhao was peeling fruits for her.
Suddenly, Xiao Lingyu said, “I want to go to the mountain and take a look!”
Gong Tianhao’s hand that was peeling the fruits paused.. Then, he replied softly, “Okay!”