don't go near that tree

Wu Chun had just finished picking up the tools and was about to go to Shili Mountain when he saw his grandfather hurrying home.

"What are you doing here?"

"Grandpa, what's the matter with you?"

The two of them spoke almost at the same time. Seeing this, Wu Chun put down the shoulder pole for the time being. After carrying it for a while, his shoulders felt a little numb and slightly painful. This was even when both buckets were empty. .

"My one, go plant trees." Wu Chun said, rubbing his shoulders, "Isn't Shili Mountain bald, I think it's ugly, and it's two trees."

Grandpa laughed loudly after hearing this, and the laughter lasted for a long time.

"Chun Chun, Chun Chun, what kind of trees do you plant in the weather in July now?"

"Pine trees." Wu Chun blurted out, that mountain is full of pine trees, wouldn't it be awkward to plant other trees.

"The most suitable season for planting pine trees is from February to April. The survival rate in this season is not very high."

Wu Chun's head drooped immediately, only thinking about how to help Xu Shiyao with something, and then he saw the bare land. At that time, the first thought in his mind was to plant trees, but he ignored some basic common sense.

Grandpa picked up the pole and bucket that Wu Chun had left on the ground, and continued to say earnestly, "Also, Chun Chun, planting trees is not such an easy task, you pick two empty buckets and stand still for 10 minutes If you want to plant a tree, you need even [-] barrels of water, and the height of the ten-mile mountain is so high, how do you get it up, not to mention the need to fertilize, it is difficult."

"Then let that place be empty?" Wu Chun asked unwillingly.

Grandpa patted Wu Chun on the shoulder, stared at Wu Chun for a while, and asked, "Chun Chun, tell Grandpa why you want to plant trees there."

This really stumped Wu Chun.

It is impossible to expose Xu Shiyao's existence. Everyone in the world hates and fears ghosts. They wish they could be wiped out from the world. In their eyes, ghosts do all kinds of evil. If you tell them that there is a ghost living in the pine tree on Shili Mountain, but he is a hero. , It is estimated that no one will believe him.

Maybe even some masters will be invited to set up some strange formations.

Wu Chun didn't know what ghosts were afraid of at all, and some of the sayings circulating in the world were not entirely correct, and Xu Shiyao seemed to be gradually groping around.

"Grandpa, you don't know." Wu Chun said as he took out two small benches from the yard, handed one to grandpa, and sat down beside him, "Didn't you say that a few years ago, a flood in this village caused landslides?" Oh, and Granny Wang’s grandson didn’t die to save people, I’ve been thinking about why you said it caused landslides these days, and suddenly I remembered what our teacher said, mountains also need vegetation protection!”

While talking, Wu Chun watched his grandfather's face. He pretended to cough twice, got up and turned around twice with his hands behind his back, and continued, "Look, you didn't care about it a few years ago, this tree was cut naturally. It's terrible. When it rains, the mountain has nothing to protect it, and the soil on it will naturally slide down. You see, it has rained heavily in recent years, but this time there are trees, so it's different. And this is what our teacher said !"

Wu Chun emphatically emphasized the last sentence, others don't know, but his grandfather Wu Chun still understands, and he firmly believes in what the teacher said, because in the eyes of his grandfather, teachers are highly educated people who know a lot that they don't know matter.

Seeing his grandfather gradually sinking into deep thought, Wu Chun felt that the other party must have listened to his words.

"Chunchun said that these grandpas also understand that after the landslide, logging was banned from above, but what can be done, people in the village always have to boil water for cooking, and they can't do without firewood."

This is also...

"What's the matter?" Wu Chun sat on the small bench again, with his knees tightly together, holding his face in his hands, with a sad expression on his face.

The existence of Xu Shiyao only slowed down the cutting speed of the pine trees on the mountain, but no matter how slow it was, there were only a few trees, and there would always be a few days for them to be cut clean.

And according to Wu Chun's observation, according to the growth rate of the pine trees, these trees were probably planted three or four years ago.

"How can I help him?" Wu Chun sighed slowly.

"Tomorrow there will be a market in the village next door. Do you want to go and see it with grandpa?"

"What are you going to do?" Wu Chun raised his eyelids, obviously not very interested.

"Buy vegetable seeds! Think about it, Chunchun, the trees over there just won't be able to be planted this year. From February to April next year, you come to grandpa's house, and grandpa will accompany you to plant trees. Don't look at grandpa's old age, his body is strong. , It’s no problem to pick up twenty loads of water, but if you want to grow something there now, you can either plant flowers or trees, grandpa thinks about it or plant vegetables, at least you can eat it.”

"That's right!" Wu Chun patted his thigh, "As long as there is vegetation, the soil can be solidified! Then it's a deal, grandpa, you must take me there tomorrow, and I'll clean up the land first."

As Wu Chun spoke, he picked up the hoe he had thrown on the ground just now, and ran away.

"No more lunch!"

"Not hungry! Grandpa, eat first!"

Now Wu Chun feels that his whole body is full of strength, and before the vegetables are planted, Wu Chun starts to plan to send some to Granny Wang when the harvest is ready.

When he came back here, Wu Chun was already out of breath.

"No, I'll rest for a while."

Wu Chun threw the hoe aside for the time being, and sat down against the pine tree, the refreshing coolness spreading from his back to his whole body.

"so comfy."

Wu Chun closed his eyes contentedly, and leaned against the pine tree tightly, the sunlight was getting stronger and stronger, but Wu Chun didn't know it at all.

The branches of the whole pine tree seemed to be leaning in his direction, blocking out a large shade.

Wu Chun opened his eyes slightly, and after seeing the scene in front of him, he patted the tree trunk behind him happily, "Not bad, not bad, I don't care about the thing you made me dizzy last night." The body adjusted in one direction, just enough to see the open space.

The area is not small, and Wu Chun intends to set aside an area for a while. Even though his grandfather said that the value of growing vegetables is higher, Wu Chun still wants to plant some.

In this season, there are not many choices, but Wu Chun still knows a kind of flower that can be planted in this season - sunflower.

"Do you like flowers?" Wu Chun asked behind him, "How about I plan out a small piece of land in front of you to plant some flowers for you?"

Wu Chun knew that he couldn't get an answer from the other party during the day, but Wu Chun still wanted to ask and speak out.

And he believed that Xu Shiyao would definitely hear it.

"Actually, the land above is not bad. It's a relatively flat place on the mountain. Unlike here, it's full of stones, and it won't survive even if you want to grow it." Wu Chun continued to himself, "My grandfather said that pine trees It will only be available from February to April. I will definitely come over next year. Now my grandfather said that we can plant vegetables first. I think it’s okay. When the harvest is over, I can send some to your grandma. I don’t know if she likes it. What to eat."

Wu Chun rested for a while, feeling that the strength in his body had almost slowed down, so he got up, picked up the hoe and started to work.

Wu Chun thought it would be difficult, but he didn't expect it to be so difficult.

It looks like there is soil here, but the soil is only a thin layer, and the stones can be lifted with a hoe, and the stones are not firm and rustling. This kind of terrain is most prone to landslides without the protection of vegetation. .

The weather should be at noon now. Wu Chun didn't feel the heat at all when he was leaning against the pine tree. In less than 3 minutes, a dense layer of sweat appeared on his forehead. Wu Chun straightened his waist and looked away from him The pine tree far away, after thinking about it, picked up the hoe.

Goodbye hold on for a while.

Wu Chun kept encouraging himself in his heart, don't let the thunder be too loud, and there were not a few raindrops in the end, wouldn't it be a joke.

"Come on, Wu Chun, you can do it."

After Wu Chun swung a few more hoes, his back was already soaked in sweat.

It was the first time to do this kind of thing, and Wu Chun would also help with housework at home, but it was the first time to do farm work.

This feeling, tired and hot, is really uncomfortable.

Thinking of the farmers who worked hard in the fields every day regardless of time, Wu Chun felt that he would be in awe of food in the future.

Before, the teacher always said that if you don't study hard, you have to go back to plant the land. Now it seems that this kind of land can't be planted just because you can plant it. At least you have to have a good physique first.

"No way."

After only tidying up a small area, Wu Chun was sweating profusely and out of breath.

Regardless of his face, he threw the hoe and ran towards the pine tree where Xu Shiyao was.

Wu Chun ran over at a faster speed, and when he came up, he hugged the tree trunk forcefully. He pressed his face against the tree trunk, rubbing back and forth.

"I'm really tired, no, no, let me rest for a while."

Wu Chun was curled up on the pine tree. He still wondered why the pine tree was so smooth, why he couldn't slide down, but at this moment, his whole body was actually hooked around Xu Shiyao's knees with his legs, and his hands were tightly wrapped around Xu Shiyao's waist. His face was pressed against Xu Shiyao's chest, and a pair of invisible hands also firmly clasped Wu Chun's waist to prevent him from falling.

In this way, Wu Chun digs the ground for a while, hugs the trees for a while, until the sun goes down in the west, and Wu Chun only has one-third of the land after tidying up.

It was still a while before it got dark, Wu Chun touched his somewhat flat stomach, he was still a little hungry after a busy afternoon.

"Wait until I come over at night!" Wu Chun said as he patted the tree trunk, picked up the hoe, and walked down the mountain.

I'm really tired.

Wu Chun picked up some dry firewood along the road, all of which were very small sticks. When he reached the door of Grandma Wang, Wu Chun put the dry firewood in his arms into the pile of firewood.

At this time, Grandma Wang came out with a bucket.

"Grandma." Wu Chun put down the hoe in his hand and greeted her with a smile.

The grandma yelled more and more fluently. When she started yelling, Wu Chun still felt a little awkward. He took the bucket from Granny Wang's hand and asked, "Are you going to fetch water?"

"Yaoyao is here?"

"It's me, grandma." Wu Chun's hand was tightly held by Grandma Wang, the old woman was not weak at all, and Wu Chun's hand hurt a little.

"Put this here, someone will fetch water for grandma later."

Granny Wang snatched the bucket out of Wu Chun's hand, put it on the stone at the door, took Wu Chun's hand, and entered the house.

As soon as she entered the room, Granny Wang took out a package from the cabinet, which was wrapped in two layers of cloth, Granny Wang stuffed it into Wu Chun's hands, and said, "Others gave it to grandma, but grandma left it for Yaoyao. "

Wu Chun probably knew what was in it, and his grandfather was like this before, no matter what it was, he was reluctant to eat it, and hid it for Wu Chun to keep.

"Grandma, you can eat, I won't eat." Wu Chun evaded, how could he want something from the old man.

It is said that Grandma Wang has only one son and one daughter, and the son is Xu Shiyao's father, who works outside to buy a house and comes here once every two weeks.

It's not easy. Every time I come, the old woman will ask me where my son is, so I have to think of an excuse every time I come.

Wu Chun inquired about it, and there were twelve or three days before the other party's next visit. Wu Chun wondered whether he should take the other party to meet Xu Shiyao.

Even if he never sees his son standing in front of him again...

"Yaoyao, Yaoyao."

Grandma Wang's shout brought Wu Chun back from his thoughts, and Wu Chun realized that the thing had been stuffed into his pocket by Grandma Wang.

There was really no way to evade it, so Wu Chun put it away for the time being, and chatted with Wang Po for a while, before Wu Chun rushed home.

After returning home and eating two quick bites of rice, Wu Chun immediately ran to Shili Mountain again.

It was just getting dark.

Wu Chun originally wanted to come back later, but when he saw that bed, all the cells in Wu Chun's body were clamoring.

He was so tired that he just wanted to lie on the bed and sleep.

Wu Chun was well aware of the fact that it would be very difficult for him to lie down and get up again, so he ran out immediately after eating.

He climbed up the pine tree with his legs drooping and his head resting on the trunk. In this position, Wu Chun actually fell asleep.

When he woke up again, Wu Chun only felt that the surroundings were a little cold. He opened his eyes, and it was completely dark, and he was being hugged by Xu Shiyao.

"Why are you holding me!" Wu Chun hurriedly moved aside. What he didn't know was that throughout the whole day, he sometimes jumped into Xu Shiyao's arms, sometimes ran out, rubbing back and forth in Xu Shiyao's arms from time to time Xu Shiyao couldn't get out of the pine tree during the day, but he was able to break through the barrier of the pine tree and come into direct contact with Wu Chun, not to mention that when Wu Chun came back at night, he fell asleep directly in the other's arms.

Xu Shiyao's lips moved slightly, remembering how the other party was sweating profusely during the day, but he still didn't say it.

He looked around at Wu Chun, who was like a frightened rabbit, with his arms tightly wrapped around the tree trunk.

Xu Shiyao stretched out his hand, and as soon as he touched the opponent's arm, he heard the opponent shout, "What are you doing!"

Xu Shiyao didn't speak, and put his hand on Wu Chun's fair arm, and gently kneaded it.

So comfortable, the coolness swept over the whole arm, dispelling the fatigue of the whole day.

Wu Chun let go of the tree trunk with his hands, and sat down next to Xu Shiyao without saying a word, begging in a weak voice, "Shoulders, shoulders hurt so much."

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One edamame:

Let me tell you about what I am busy with recently: graduation and postgraduate courses.

Every day I will be assigned lessons by my tutor, but there are not many of them now, most of them are summer vacation, and I have to learn six books in summer vacation, so I am currently saving manuscripts in my free time. So the update may be slower in the early stage, and I apologize to everyone here.