The old man was born in 1923 and is now 77 years old.
Mr. Huo was holding a hoe, with a slight sweat on his forehead. He breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "As we get older, we don't have the energy to do other things. On the contrary, it is interesting to be in the vegetable garden."
"Come, junior, come and talk."
Li Jin came to the old man's side, and at this time, the two had the opportunity to look at each other head-on.
The old man was very lean, not too tall, and he didn't have the aura of a hero in the novel, who would act like a domineering king when his body trembled.
Instead, he looks more like an ordinary old farmer, except that his eyes are very bright. Although he is nearly eighty years old, his eyes are not cloudy, but full of energy.
The old man looked Li Jin up and down and praised: "Not bad."
"Young man, come and see how my vegetable garden is doing?" the old man said proudly.
Li Jin looked around and saw that the vegetable garden was not big, but it was obviously taken care of carefully every day, and the growth of some vegetables was pretty good.
If this were to happen to ordinary people, they would have to think of words of praise and flattery no matter what.
But Li Jin shook his head, "Old man, you planted the wrong seed."
The old man was stunned and asked: "What's wrong?"
Li Jin pointed to a tomato seedling and the cucumber seedling next door and said: "Old man, tomatoes and cucumbers cannot be planted together. The root system of cucumbers is relatively shallow and requires frequent watering, but the opposite is true for tomatoes, which have very deep roots.
Water requirements are not high.”
"If you plant these two things together, either the cucumbers will die from drought or the tomatoes will die from waterlogging. Only a child born in a farmer's family like me knows this."
The old man slapped his forehead and said suddenly: "I wonder why these tomatoes always fail to grow. Alas, it turns out that the results on paper are shallow."
Not far away, Huo Zhenzhou was sweating.
No matter how many times he calculated, he couldn't count on the fact that the old man and Li Jin, two people with an age difference of more than fifty years, could actually have a good conversation on the issue of growing vegetables.
Huo Anlan, who came next to me at some point, did burst into laughter.
"Why are you laughing?" Huo Zhenzhou asked curiously.
Huo Anlan looked at the two people in the vegetable garden and said: "I didn't listen to my advice to grandpa before to get more rest. Now that I'm fine, I've been exposed. Grandpa probably won't be able to show off that hoe anymore."
At this moment, the old man smiled and said to Li Jin: "As a human being, you will understand this as you live for a long time. It is the same as growing vegetables."
“From loosening the soil, sowing, fertilizing and watering, to waiting for flowers and fruits to bloom, every process must be meticulous and done step by step.”
"There may be problems in every link. The soil quality is not good enough, the seeds cannot develop, there is too much fertilizer and it burns, there is too little fertilizer and there is dryness, there is too much water and there is waterlogging, and there is too little water and there is drought. It has to be just right."
Li Jinshen nodded in agreement: "The smallest land is only a few feet square, but it also has great wisdom."
The old man said happily: "I heard from the second brother that you promised to help the Huo family earn back the 9 billion?"
Li Jin said seriously: "I'm sure."
But the old man waved his hand and said, "There is no need to put any pressure on me. The Huo family likes to make friends, especially young talents like you."
"Money is just a bunch of numbers. With or without the 9 billion, the Huo family will still be the Huo family. You don't have to worry about the future generations."
Li Jin smiled and said: "The old man is open-minded, and I naturally admire him. However, I also plan to take this opportunity to consolidate my foundation, so I can't miss it."
"If you need anything, you can ask the second brother, and the Huo family will give you the greatest help." The old man said.