"At the beginning of last year, your second sister-in-law bought a fruit forest. The fruits grew very well. When we ate peaches in the summer, the big and red peaches were all rotten when cut into them. Later, the pears, dates, and apples were also rotten.
It's the same situation. Some people said it was a poisonous mountain. We asked about it and found that it was normal last year, but the fruit was much less. In fact, it wasn't just last year, the number of fruit trees started to decrease in the past two years.
, the fruit farmers sold it because they couldn’t support it any longer.”
Su Hua talked about the strange things he encountered. He also asked doctors to study it, but he didn't come to any conclusion. The land could not be moved now. When Su Xiaolu came back, Su Hua wondered if Su Xiaolu could go and have a look.
See if you can find out the reason.
"I found several doctors. After research, they said that the soil is non-toxic, but they don't know the reason for the rotten fruit. The fruit trees are all lush and leafy, which is normal. At first, I suspected that there was a monster, but I was convinced.
I checked, and there are no monsters there."
Su Hua was also depressed in his heart. His family was very wealthy now, and it would not affect the fruit grove if it did not generate income. But from now on, it would be a family business and would be passed down.
What can be done with this land? There is such a thing now, and it cannot be sold. Of course he wants to solve it if it can be solved.
"It's okay, I'll take some time in the next two days to take a look."
Su Xiaolu smiled and agreed.
Su Hua smiled and said, "Thank you, Xiaolu, then my second brother won't disturb your rest."
Su Xiaolu nodded, and Su Hua stood up and went back.
After Su Hua left, Zhao came.
Mrs. Zhao smiled gently and said, "Xiaolu, is it okay for me to sleep with you?"
Su Xiaolu stepped forward and hugged Mrs. Zhao. She took a deep breath: "Of course, I miss you so much. She smells so good."
Zhao's heart felt warm, and all her nervousness disappeared.
The two of them slept together, and Mrs. Zhao asked some gentle questions about the household affairs. Su Xiaolu answered in detail, because this made Mrs. Zhao feel more at ease.
When Su Sanlang and Zhao reached their old age, Su Xiaolu hoped that they could spend their old age peacefully and stop worrying about them.
Su Kuo said that the road to cultivation will be very long. Ordinary people like Zhao and Su Sanlang who cannot practice will get better and less tortured by illness, and they will die peacefully when their lifespan is over.
She is already a cultivator. When she reaches the golden elixir stage, she can live for at least two hundred years. She can spend these decades spending good time with her parents.
This is why Su Xiaolu chose to settle down and cultivate her mind.
Su Xiaolu leaned on Zhao's arms, and unknowingly, it had been thirty years since she came to this world. She didn't know how long her mother-daughter bond with Zhao would last.
Although she said she had settled down, she actually did not stay with Zhao, she just stopped taking risks.
Early the next morning, Ms. Zhao got up gently.
As in previous years, she cooked Su Xiaolu her favorite meals.
Su Xiaolu woke up when Mrs. Zhao got up, but she smiled and didn't get up because she was too lazy to go to bed.
When the meal was ready, Su Hanzhen came to wake Su Xiaolu up.
"Sister-in-law, I made a lot of dishes you like."
Su Hanzhen counted on her fingers, her eyes shining brightly.
Su Xiaolu couldn't help but swallow her saliva and got up immediately.
After dinner, Su Xiaolu went to find Chen Shi and asked him to take her to see the orchard.
Su Xiaolu looked at the sullen Chen Shi and asked, "Xiao Shi, have your uncle and aunt told you to marry you?"
Chen Shi is also in his twenties, which is actually considered older now.
Su Xiaolu remembered that he was the one who delivered her baby, and immediately sighed that time flies so fast.
Chen Shi's face heated up and he nodded sheepishly: "We said we'd kiss, it's been decided."
Su Xiaolu asked again with concern, and Chen Shi answered politely, just like a junior would do to an elder.
Gradually we arrived at the fruit forest. In winter, the fruit trees are all bare.
A layer of fallen leaves has accumulated on the ground.
Su Xiaolu casually broke a branch. The broken part was green, and the tree was a living tree.
Chen Shi said: "The trees are all alive, but I don't know why the fruits are all rotten, and the peel is very good. At first, when I saw such good fruits, the fruit seller even went to his second brother and said he was losing money.
But when something went wrong with the fruit, he disappeared without a trace, fearing that there would be trouble."
"The land looks healthy, but my second brother is worried that it will all rot if it bears fruit this year."
Chen Shi accompanied Su Xiaolu to inspect the orchard while talking.
Su Xiaolu looked around and saw that the distance between the fruit trees was sufficient, and the land was not hard and rocky. If the land was not good, the geology would be hardened.
There is no poisonous fog, no miasma, but the fruits are all rotten.
Su Xiaolu saw that there were some dried fruits on the jujube tree. She picked them off. The jujubes looked fine and the skin was already dry.
Chen Shi sighed: "This is not finished. It looks good on the outside, but it's rotten on the inside."
He broke one open and found that the inside of the fruit was moldy. After breaking it open, there was still a rotten smell.
Su Xiaolu brought it close to the tip of her nose and smelled it. She took out the silver needle and tried it.
The fruit is non-toxic, but such fruit cannot be eaten at all.
There were still a few frozen black pears on the pear tree. Su Xiaolu picked them and saw that the skin had turned black, which was caused by natural frost. The skin was not rotten. It was not difficult to see that if it was a good fruit, it would be delicious.
But she squeezed it open with a little force, and a foul smell came out from inside, and smelly water flowed out. Su Xiaolu still tried it with a silver needle, and it was not poisonous.
That's a little strange.
When they reached the top of the mountain, Su Xiaolu looked around and saw a few sparse families living at the bottom of the mountain. Su Xiaolu couldn't help but ask: "Who lives there?"
Chen Shi replied: "They are the villagers here, and they are also the long-term workers hired to help manage the orchards. They live here, and they also have several hunting dogs to patrol the mountains to prevent theft."
With the fruit grove in such a state, the families were also worried. Chen Shi brought Su Xiaolu here, and they all pretended to be busy outside the yard, but in fact they had been paying attention to the fruit grove on the mountain.
"Second brother was still afraid that a monster was coming out, but we asked someone to check it out. There was no fluctuation in the monster power, and everyone was living normally."
Chen Shi was distressed when he talked about it. In recent years, the appearance of demons and ghosts was not uncommon, but whether it was a human being or a demon or a ghost, as long as the cause was found, the solution would be easy.
He believed that this orchard was the same, but what was the reason?
It is very sad to see so many good fruits with rotten cores.
"I'll take some fruits, trees and soil and go back to see a few houses."
After Su Xiaolu finished speaking, he collected a few fruits, broke off two sections of branches, took some soil and put it into the space.
She and Chen Shi went down the mountain together, and Su Xiaolu walked towards the places where there were households. Su Hua must have checked these households, so she also walked around to see if she could find anything.
"It's Brother Chen, come in and have a bite to eat." When Chen Shi and Su Xiaolu walked in, the shy man immediately greeted him with a warm smile. His two sons also followed him with smiles.