Rebirth and the Beautiful Soaring

In fact, not only was the giant tree planted by the Fang family ancestors, but the entire orchard also used to belong to the Fang family.

However, after liberation, the land was redistributed from landlords to farmers, and the orchard became collectively owned. Then, in the 1990s, it was contracted out to individuals.

Everyone will have some people they don't get along with in their life, to varying degrees.

Yu Fei's maternal grandfather, Fang Jianguo, was always kind and good-tempered. He got along very well with the villagers and almost never argued with anyone, except for Li Linggen.

The feud between the two is actually quite simple: they were both suitors of Yu Fei's maternal grandmother, Chen Mei.

Speaking of Yu Fei's maternal grandmother, Chen Mei, she was the most beautiful girl in more than a dozen surrounding villages.

It was truly a case of "a family with a daughter, a hundred families seek her hand in marriage," with suitors practically wearing down the threshold of the Chen family's home.

Even though Chen Mei is now older, you can still tell how beautiful she was back then.

Back then, Chen Mei always liked Fang Jianguo, and the Chen family also valued his kindness, diligence, and musical talent. Li Lingeng had no chance at all.

Everyone has the right to pursue the person they love, and Fang Jianguo, as the victor, didn't take it seriously at first.

However, Li Lingeng's repeated slander and defamation angered Fang Jianguo, and the two became estranged and never spoke to each other again.

If Li Lingeng had simply gotten a good deal from the Big Tree King, Fang Jianguo wouldn't have regretted giving up the option he once had.

Fine, he's getting a bargain, but what's most infuriating is that Li Lingeng insists that this is something Fang Jianguo owes him because he stole his wife back then. So this giant tree is compensation from the Fang family, a blessing from heaven.

Anyone would get angry if they heard that.

Yu Fei's maternal grandfather was already in poor health at that time, and after being upset by Li Lingen, he became bedridden.

Yu Fei remembers that every time his mother talked about this, she would grit her teeth in hatred.

So in his previous life, Yu Fei directly had someone buy all the land at the foot of that mountain, including the orchard, and the King Tree naturally became Yu Fei's property.

However, the deceased are gone, and while such actions may seem satisfying, what use are they to Yu Fei's grandfather?

Now that he's been reborn, the orchard probably hasn't been contracted out yet, and the King Tree hasn't come back to life. For Yu Fei, it's still not too late.

He would never let his grandfather regret anything because of the Great Tree King.

As Yu Fei was making his decision, Fang Yi suddenly interjected, "Dad, I heard that the village is planning to contract out this orchard to someone. Is that true?"

Yu Fei's spirits lifted upon hearing this. The timing of his rebirth chosen by God was perfect, without the slightest error.

“It’s true.” Fang Jianguo nodded and sighed, “Alas, ever since this orchard came under the collective ownership, it has been poorly managed. In addition, in recent years, it has suffered from pests and diseases every year, and many fruit trees have died, resulting in a year-on-year decline in yield. The harvested fruit cannot even cover the labor costs. It would be better to contract it out to an individual, which might be able to revitalize the orchard.”

At this moment, Chen Mei looked at Fang Jianguo and said softly, "Old man, this orchard used to belong to our Fang family. Before Dad passed away, he was still talking about that big tree. If it's not too expensive, why don't we take over the lease?"

Fang Jianguo shook his head and said, "Times have changed. The King Tree has withered this year. It's better if we don't bother with this mess."

Actually, there was one more thing Fang Jianguo hadn't mentioned about the poor management of the orchard: because it belonged to the collective, the phenomenon of villagers stealing fruit was rampant.

If Yu Fei hadn't been reborn and knew that the Great Tree King could revive, he would have thought that his grandfather's words were actually correct. But now that he knew, the question he needed to consider was how to change his grandfather's mind.

Chen Mei sighed and nodded, "That's true. I really don't know how they've managed it all these years. The once magnificent tree has withered away."

Fang Yi had been teaching in the martial arts world and was unaware that the Great Tree King had withered. Upon hearing this, she couldn't help but lament, "The Great Tree King has withered? That's such a pity. I remember it used to produce hundreds of kilograms of walnuts every year!"

Yu Fei knew that the greater significance of the giant tree to the Fang family lay in the fact that it had witnessed the family's historical legacy.

……

After lunch, Fang Yi prepared for a nap, and Yu Fei went to the east wing room that his grandmother had prepared for him.

Lying on the straw mat, Yu Fei didn't sleep, but instead thought about how to persuade his grandfather to change his mind.

Although my grandfather was a kind man, he was always very principled, and it was difficult to change his mind without a sufficient reason or something to move him.

Yu Fei couldn't very well tell his grandfather, "I was reborn, and I know this giant tree will come back to life, so you should hurry up and take over the orchard."

If that's the case, Grandpa will definitely take him to the hospital.

Besides, the matter of being reborn is too shocking to be discussed with anyone.

So what exactly should we do to get Grandpa to change his mind?

Suddenly, Yu Fei thought of painting.

In fact, Yu Fei's maternal grandfather also liked to paint, in addition to playing musical instruments.

However, unlike his mastery of musical instruments, he only enjoyed appreciating paintings and never actually learned to play them himself.

Because of his love for paintings, he became good friends with Yu Fei's grandfather, Yu Hong, and even married his second daughter to Yu Hong's son, Yu Ming.

However, Yu Fei's parents later divorced, which made the two elderly people feel awkward with each other, and they have had less contact over the years.

Since he wanted to make his grandfather understand that he couldn't give up easily, Yu Fei naturally wanted to paint the King of Trees, and he had a theme in mind.

Yu Fei's personality is such that he does what he thinks of.

He quickly got up, and under the scorching sun, following the route he remembered, he arrived at the orchard and found the withered giant tree.

Unlike the lush and verdant tree I remember, the tree is now bare and lifeless, reminding one of the helplessness of an old man gradually approaching death.

However, Yu Fei knew that this was just an appearance; the Great Tree King was not on the verge of death, but rather was being rebuilt after destruction.

He quickly found evidence that his roots were still full of vitality and life.

Having memorized the appearance of the withered tree, Yu Fei bought a large sheet of Xuan paper on his way back to his grandmother's house, when he passed by a dealership.

Then he quickly ran back to his room, placed the paper on the octagonal table, and since there was no paperweight, he weighed it down with a weight.

The withered tree in his mind now and the miraculous tree that would flourish more than twenty years later were so vivid that Yu Fei gently put down his pen.

With the satisfying swishing sound of the pen tip gliding across the paper, a brand new artwork gradually begins to emerge.

After finishing the drawing in one go and making some minor adjustments, Yu Fei said to himself with satisfaction, "Done, all done."

The painting depicts two distinctly different trees: one is a withered tree, and the other is the subject of Yu Fei's painting, "The Tree of Miracles," with Fairy Peak in the background.

There are also eight elegant characters on the painting.

"Old age may bring forth vigor, and withered trees may bloom again."