"How was your talk?" Cheng Xiaolin was lying on the bed looking at her mobile phone.
Seeing her husband come in, she turned off her phone and placed it on the bedside table. Her bare arms looked particularly dazzling under the warm orange light.
"Daughter-in-law, your arms are so white!" He sighed from the bottom of his heart.
After Cheng Xiaolin heard this, she swung her arms around and then put them back into the blanket: "Xiong Yang, I want to ask you something serious!"
"It's late at night, wait until I turn off the lights before we talk about business." Cao Shujie said with a smile.
Cheng Xiaolin scolded him: "Don't just think about that all day long, I'm talking about the orchard on the mountain..."
But before she could finish her sentence, someone squeezed into the bed, and the next moment, her mouth was blocked.
"Take it easy..." Cheng Xiaolin muttered, before she finished her sentence.
The dark clouds in the sky became more and more dense, blocking the moon from light. The earth fell into darkness for an instant, and the moon seemed to be unable to get used to the shameless life below, and was ashamed to see people.
The sky became darker, the clouds became denser, and the wind became stronger.
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That night, Cao Shujie was sleeping soundly, and then he heard a "ding-dong-dang" sound coming from outside, and then he heard the strong wind howling, and the rain hitting the glass window like water.
Then the cat meowed and the dog barked, a little crazy in the rainy night.
"Is it raining?" Cao Shujie was excited. He touched his phone and checked to see that it was only around three in the morning. He quickly got up.
Cheng Xiaolin was also sleeping originally, but her husband made a little noise when he got up, which woke her up.
"Husband, what's wrong?" Cheng Xiaolin asked, rubbing her eyes.
Cao Shujie was a little worried: "It's raining heavily outside and the wind is strong. I don't know if the fruit saplings just planted on the mountain can handle it?"
The main reason is that the planting time was too short and the rain was too heavy. It would be better if it rained after a while.
Hearing what her husband said, Cheng Xiaolin also began to worry, but she also said: "It should be fine."
"I can't tell, I'll go to the mountain to take a look. Otherwise, I won't be at peace, so you can sleep a little longer." Cao Shujie was really worried if he didn't go take a look.
When Cheng Xiaolin heard what he said, she couldn't think of sleeping and said, "I'll go with you."
"No, you still have to watch Mengmeng." Cao Shujie didn't agree with anything.
My daughter would sleep until midnight and often wake up once or twice. When no one was around, she would burst into tears. Cao Shujie was worried.
What will the fuss be like in the end?
At this time, a light came on outside.
Cheng Xiaolin saw the light and asked, "Are our parents awake too?"
Cao Shujie nodded: "It's probably true. You can lie down for a while and I'll go out and take a look."
When Cao Shujie came out of the bedroom, he saw his father wearing a black split raincoat with rain boots tucked into his rain pants. He was holding an umbrella in one hand and a flashlight in the other, as if he was going out.
"Dad, what are you doing?" Cao Shujie asked him in a low voice.
Cao Jianguo didn't expect his son to wake up too. He said, "You woke up just in time. The fruit saplings you just planted on the mountain were too short. The rain is too heavy and the wind is too strong. I'm not worried. I plan to go up and take a look."
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"Dad, you rest at home, I can go by myself." Cao Shujie felt warm in his heart.
Last night, my father said that his farming business was just messing around and not doing his job properly. Now he was worried about the fruit saplings he had just planted on the mountain, which made him feel a little ashamed.
"Don't talk nonsense. If you want to go, just put on your raincoat and leave quickly." Cao Jianguo said.
"Hey, right away!" Cao Shujie went back to the bedroom to explain the situation to his wife, asking her to wait at home with peace of mind.
He put on his raincoat and water shoes, and he also took an umbrella. The two of them took two strong flashlights and rode a tricycle towards the mountain.
When he came to the foot of the mountain, he parked his tricycle and walked on the muddy path up the mountain. Cao Jianguo pondered for a while and then said: "Shujie, this road really needs to be repaired. If it is a highway, we can ride up directly.
It saves a lot of time.”
"Dad, when the weather gets better, I'll find someone to tidy up as soon as possible." Cao Shujie nodded, this was all part of the plan.
The two men came to the orchard gate. Cao Jianguo asked his son to open the door. The two men went in and then locked the door.
The two men held umbrellas together and walked toward the depths of the orchard with flashlights.
At this time, the wind became stronger and the rain became stronger. The howling wind carried the rain through the safe area of the umbrella, and the cold rain hit my face, making it difficult to open my eyes.
"Shujie, leave it alone in the old orchard. Let's go separately to see if there is anything wrong with the newly planted fruit saplings." Cao Jianguo knew the priorities.
Cao Shujie was not at ease and told his father: "Dad, please be careful. It's raining so hard and the road will be slippery."
"I have followed your grandfather in the fields since I was a child and have been working for almost 40 years. How can I be more clear than you?" Cao Jianguo said to him: "You should pay attention to yourself."
"Yeah!" Cao Shujie walked inside with a flashlight.
There are more than 80 acres of land in this area, which may not sound like much, but it was completely different on this stormy night.
Affected by the heavy rain, the flashlight light was also blocked and could not shine too far.
Hearing the whistling wind in his ears again, to be honest, Cao Shujie felt a little frightened. He always felt that something unclean was following him, making waves in the fishy wind!
"His grandma needs to find a way to get two dogs as soon as possible." Cao Shujie began to think about this matter again.
He thought that if he had two dogs with him at this time, it would at least make him more courageous.
After walking for a while, Cao Shujie knelt down and looked at the kiwi saplings carefully. The leaves were washed clean by the rain, and the underground roots were full of water. The whole fruit tree looked more vigorous.
"It's okay." Cao Shujie breathed a sigh of relief.
He continued to look inside some more fruit trees and found that they were all fine. He thought to himself: "The nutrient solution is still in charge."
Seeing a light flashing in the distance and knowing that his father was over there, Cao Shujie didn't look at the rest and turned around and walked towards his father.
When he got close, he shouted: "Dad, it's not a big problem, let's go back."
"It's true, Shujie, your fruit saplings are growing very well." After Cao Jianguo put aside his worries, he was also curious.
He pointed to a kiwi fruit tree and said, "I just dug down the roots and took a look. The roots are very deep."
"Dad, what I bought was an 80cm big plant, and I watered it every few days. If it grows too badly, I will go to Ji Guangyou to settle the score." Cao Shujie said.
When Cao Jianguo heard what his son said, he scolded him: "Don't talk nonsense, the quality of the fruit saplings from your uncle Ji is still fine."
The wind got stronger and stronger, and the rain got heavier and heavier. Cao Shujie felt that his body was starting to get cold. He said again: "Dad, it's okay here. Let's go quickly."
"Well, let's go!" Cao Jianguo said.
The two men left the orchard and walked down the mountain together.
It's easy to come up, but who knows how difficult it will be to go down.
Normally this small dirt road is fine, but today after being soaked by the rain, it became extremely muddy. Especially when going down the mountain, I felt like I was about to slip after taking just two steps.
Cao Shujie was walking cautiously when his father slipped and his body instantly lost his balance and fell to the ground.
The umbrella and flashlight in his hands rolled down the mountain. At first, the light of the flashlight could still be seen, but after a while, even this light was no longer visible.
When Cao Shujie saw his father's abnormality, he didn't care whether he would fall or not. He grabbed his father's clothes with his hands and feet to prevent him from rolling again: "Dad, are you okay?"
"Hiss!" Cao Jianguo took his son's hand and tried to stand up. He was just about to say it was okay, but who knew that when he stepped on the ground with his right foot, he felt a sharp pain!
