Fruity Manhua Ting

Chapter 3 Orchard
Early the next morning, Jia took Caiwei and Chunni to the orchard in the suburbs.

This orchard covers an area of ​​more than ten acres, with apples, pears, hawthorns, persimmons and other common fruit trees in the north.

At this time, these fruit trees are blooming and bearing fruit, and the sweet and sour fruits are the favorite to attract bugs and birds.

For the past few days, Jia and her servants have been busy catching insects and hunting birds. After one day, their arms ached from exhaustion, but on the second day, the insects and birds still appeared one after another.

After getting out of the car and following Jia Shi into the orchard, Mu Caiwei looked carefully.

She was originally a student of agriculture, and when she saw these trees, she naturally became interested.

It's just that according to her observation, although the fruit at this time has not grown, it is really too small.The apples are green and green, and it seems that even if they are ripe, they may not be delicious.

The pears are even smaller, and they are still those old varieties of thick-skinned pears. They are not very watery and not very sweet, and they make my throat uncomfortable.

It seems that she has to renovate her fruit trees.It's just that the fruit has already hung, and it's too late for grafting, so we can only start with the shape.

Just as he was thinking about it, he heard Jia and the servants sigh, "Finally, the weather is good this year. Who knows that there are many insects, and the fruits are full of scars after biting, so they don't look good."

"Who said it wasn't? But there's nothing you can do about it. Isn't that how the older generation grows?" An old servant woman also stared at the fruit on the tree with a bitter face.

Caiwei heard her heart move, and said loudly: "What's there to worry about? Put a small gauze bag on the fruit? It can prevent insects from biting, and it can also be exposed to the sun. It kills two birds with one stone!"

After finishing speaking, I saw Mrs. Jia and the servants standing there in a daze.

Her heart skipped a beat, could it be that her method is too advanced for these ancients to accept?

Before she came back to her senses, Jia Shi slapped her thigh, "Oh, what a great idea, why didn't we think of it?"

There was a servant woman joking around, "We have never read or read, so how can we compare to the intelligence of the girl? My wife said a few days ago that the girl is naughty. Look, the girl is better than anyone else!"

Although there was an obvious compliment, Jia Shi couldn't help but look at Caiwei happily, which made Caiwei heave a sigh of relief.

Jia Shi ordered one of the servants who followed, "I remember that there are still a few bolts of white gauze and soft cloth in the library, and they are rotten if they are left there for nothing. Go find them and bring some needles and threads. We will do this today. "

The servant girl promised to go, and here, everyone gathered around Caiwei and praised her like a flower.

The maid brought the white gauze and needles, and Jia distributed them, and all the people sat in the hut deep in the orchard and started sewing.

There are many people and quick hands. By noon, no less than 100 people have been done.Jia Shi instructed everyone to cover the fruit again.

She looked at it and said with a smile: "In a few days, we won't have to catch bugs and chase birds every day, and I should enjoy my laziness."

The servants all laughed, and Jia asked someone to take the dry food and water from home from the car. They chatted, laughed, ate and drank, and felt extremely comfortable.

Everyone was enjoying their meal, when Xiao Zhuizi suddenly stood up and looked outside, "Madam, girl, listen, why does it seem like there is some noise?"

Everyone was taken aback by her words, and the servants complained, "You damn girl, everyone is eating well, don't pretend to be a fool, who are you scaring?"

"That's right, it's noon and it's such a hot day, who is willing to come here?"

"The fruit is still young, even a thief doesn't bother to steal it! Didn't you look at your wife and let the old man of our family look at it?"

Everyone said what you said to me, so that Xiao Zhuizi's face turned pale. She sat down with her mouth pouted in grievance, "I just heard the sound, why don't you let me say it?"

Caiwei smiled and comforted, "Everyone is also kind, don't take it to heart."

Before they finished speaking, they heard the sound of brushing from the front, and everyone stopped talking immediately and listened attentively.

Jia Shi clearly heard it too, she hastily stopped everyone's joking, pricked up her ears to listen nervously, and then quietly asked the maid to wake up the coachman who was resting on the carriage.

They are a large group of old women, if a thief really comes, they can't deal with it.

"I heard that these days are not peaceful. The Yuanmeng people came to fight, and many soldiers from the north were defeated. It would be bad if they were left here." A servant woman blinked her eyes in fright.

"You'd better say a few words less. Are you scaring us?" Another servant woman gave her a dissatisfied look, but her face turned pale.

Everyone stood up nervously, holding all the agricultural tools that could be touched around them, and those who hadn't picked up the needles and threads, so that if there was a fight, it would be better than nothing.

Jia's face turned pale with fright, and she pushed Caiwei, Chunni, and Yanhong to hide in the thatched shed, "You are all little girls, if the thieves see it, you will be in trouble."

Chunni and Yanhong were not afraid, and the two grinned and rubbed their fists together, "It's just a good time to try our skills and see how father teaches us."

Jiashi was so anxious that he jumped up and scolded the two people for being ignorant.

Just when everyone was worried, the "thieves" really showed up. They were just two handsome boys of seventeen or eighteen years old, with fruits that they had just picked in their pockets. They didn't even notice that there were a few old women standing there. .

Seeing that there were only two people, Mrs. Jia immediately became more courageous, raised her eyebrows and shouted: "Where did the thief come from, dare to steal my fruit?"

The two teenagers were stunned by the cessation of drinking, and they laughed awkwardly for a long time, "We were also passing by, and we were very thirsty, so we picked some fruits to quench our thirst."

"What? These fruits that my mother worked so hard to collect, but you are using them to quench your thirst?" Jia Shi was already aggressive, and even more unforgiving, he put his hands on his hips and yelled and cursed.

"It's our fault." A young man was busy apologizing, "I offended my wife, so I'll exchange it for silver for you..."

Caiwei looked at the fruits that had just been hung in gauze bags one by one, and couldn't help but frowned, she couldn't feel distressed anymore.

She tugged on Jia Shi's sleeve, Jia Shi was scolding, so she couldn't care less, she just turned her head and stared at her, "What are you doing? I didn't see that I was busy."

"Mother, if you have to step back, then step back, don't force them too much." Isn't it just a few fruits, and they also kept saying that they should be converted into silver, so why bother.

But Jia shook off her hand reluctantly, and cursed in a low voice, "Damn girl, turn your elbows outward, your old lady, I have my own measure!"

Caiwei could only smile wryly, this mother is really... really unreasonable sometimes!

The two teenagers fumbled all over their bodies, and their faces turned red when they looked at Jia Shi again.

Seeing the clue, Mrs. Jia smiled with her hands on her hips, "Why? Don't say you didn't bring any money. If you steal, you steal. Don't dare to do it or not, let my mother look down on you!"

Caiwei curled her lips, her mother was right!

The two teenagers were really helpless, they looked at each other, suddenly pocketed the fruit in their skirts, turned around and ran away.

Unexpectedly, Mrs. Jia stomped her feet angrily, ordering several servants to chase after them, "Stop, you thieves, if I send you to the yamen today, I won't let you go!" My surname is Jia!"

Seeing several servants rushing up aggressively, Caiwei shook her head helplessly, what happened to their house?Is this necessary?
Busy brought Xiao Zhuizi, Chunni, and Yanhong to follow. Although they were two men, there were so many people here that even a tiger couldn't stand a pack of wolves.

There was a small path facing the edge of the orchard, and few people passed by at this time.

Jia Shi led a group of servants over, and the two teenagers were already standing by the side of the road. She made a gesture to go up and give them a stick, but she was stunned when she saw the crowd standing behind them.

Good guy, there are more than [-] people in their group, all of them are tall and sturdy, except for the boy in white in the middle!
(End of this chapter)