Picking Up a General to Plow the Fields

st of the wild fruits ripened.
Every day after picking mushrooms, they would pick some fruit to quench their thirst and hunger.
Therefore, the two of them knew exactly where the fruit trees were in this area.

For the jujube trees, there was no need to search, there was a large area on the right side.
They just needed to pick one and dig whichever they wanted.

“Sister, let’s dig something else first, we can wait until the end to get the jujube tree.” Lian Ze said.

Lian Fang Zhou had also had this idea, so she nodded.

The group walked into the valley on the left.

In this valley, there were slopes on both sides full of wild pear trees, bayberries, loquats, orange trees.
Even peaches, apricots, and persimmons were easy to find.
The only thing not growing was pomegranate trees.

The tree used as a rootstock needed to be very particular.
The main trunk needed to be as think as the mouth of a rice bowl.
The side branches and shoots needed to be removed, leaving only the main trunk and the main branches about one and half meters high.
Dig up the mud and roots and take it home to transplant.
In the coming year, they would just graft the healthy orchard fruit branches.

The grafted fruit trees would not only grow fast but the fruit that grew that year could also be left to grow naturally without problems.

There were a lot of wild fruit trees on Xianteng Mountain, but it was easy for Lian Fang Zhou and her family to dig up about forty trees in just over an hour.

There was still tomorrow, so they didn’t need to rush.
Leaving the rest of them, they walked around the forest area to see what other types of fruit trees were available.
They could finish when they came back.

The ancient trees in the forest towered towards the sky, reaching towards the bright sunlight outside.
Walking through the trees, only a little weak light and shadows could be seen.
Even in summer, the forest would be cold and now it was even colder.

“Are you cold?” Lian Fang Zhou asked Lian Fang Qing and Lian Che.

The two children school their heads, looking around with nervous excitement.
How could they say they were cold? They just asked, “Why haven’t we seen any animals? Pheasants, hares… there should be a lot of them in the mountains?”

Lian Fang Zhou smiled and said, “Wouldn’t I hide if people were coming? Or maybe because it is cold?”

Lian Fang Qing was disappointed but before she could speak, Lian Che said excitedly: “Look, look! There is a golden pheasant! It’s tail is so long and beautiful!”

Everyone turned to look where he pointed and sure enough, a colorful golden pheasant with shining feathers was dragging its tail through the layers of fallen leaves.
It was focused on its feet, looking for food.

“Oh, its really beautiful!” Lian Fang Qing was pleasantly surprised but remembered to lower her voice.
The golden pheasant did not notice them, too busy digging through the debris.

Seeing this prey, several of them became very excited.
Lian Ze was very eager.

Ah Jian chucked and said to Lian Ze, “You have a try!”

“Yes!” Lian Ze had wanted to but had hesitated, fearing that his accuracy would be too bad.

Hearing Ah Jian, the older sister and younger siblings looked encouraging and gave no objection.
Feeling his confidence increase, Lian Ze carefully pulled a bamboo arrow from his simple quiver and gently placed it on the bow.
With one eye closed, he aimed at the golden pheasant.

His siblings held their breath, staring at the bird unblinkingly.

With a ‘whoosh’, Lian Ze released his fingers and with a light movement, the bowstring vibrated.
The bamboo arrow shot away from the string and flew towards the golden pheasant with a whirring sound.