Dashan Orchard 1988

Chapter 68 It’s just sympathy for each other

Except for the spraying of some medicine at the beginning, the rest of the jujubes are harvested by nature.

Throughout the whole growing process, I almost ignored him.

Even in the mature season, people will not pick them one by one. This is unrealistic.

Jujube trees have thorns.

Especially in the earlier varieties, the thorns were very long. At most, people would just stand on the ground and eat the dates that fell next to them. It was impossible for people to pick the dates in the middle and high places.

Therefore, people use bamboo poles or very long wooden sticks to knock.

Unlike other trees, when picking fruits, you have to be very careful not to damage the tree. You don’t need to pay attention to the branches of the jujube tree. You can just whip them hard and they won’t be damaged.

Even if large pieces fall off, it doesn't matter, they will grow back next year.

Moreover, jujube trees are not afraid of peeling.

Don't underestimate the broken skin.

For trees, the bark plays an important role in transporting water and nutrients. If the bark is damaged, a tree with weak vitality will even die directly.

Even a hardy tree, such as an aspen, will form a bag where the bark has broken.

It is likely that along this package, the inside will slowly become hollow.

The wood becomes sparse.

If there is a strong wind, the trees will break.

For fruit trees, damage to the bark is almost fatal.

Because fruit trees are artificially cultivated and sun-selected varieties, their biggest feature is their strong fruit-bearing ability. Therefore, they require a lot of nutrition and energy to bear fruit.

If the bark of a tree is damaged, it is likely that the tree will die immediately.

Anyone who has tended fruit trees knows this.

Therefore, if the tree is injured, it will need to be smeared with medicine, hung with needles (that is to say, injected with nutrient solution), and bandaged, etc. If you don't care about it, it will die.

But jujube trees are not afraid of this problem either.

The bark of the jujube tree is layered. If you peel off one layer of skin, it will quickly add another layer.

To put it another way, even if part of the skin is damaged, resulting in insufficient local nutrient supply, it can immediately grow new branches from the side, and grow very quickly.

Because of this characteristic, people in the mountains specially invented a method of beating dates.

Very simple and straightforward.

People will plant jujube trees on the edge of the mountain ridge like Li Muyang did.

From a very young age, he would pull all the branches off the tree and let them hang down towards the road under the mountain ridge.

It looks a bit like a weeping willow by the river.

When the jujube tree blossoms and bears fruit, all its branches will be directly above the road.

In this case, every year around August [-]th, when the dates mature in a large area, people will pull a frame cart and place it under the jujube tree, and insert high wooden boards around the frame cart to form a carriage.

Then he started hitting the jujube tree hard, and the jujubes on the tree would fall into the car.

It is very convenient and simple, eliminating the need for people to knock and pick up.

Later, after the emergence of e-bikes or agricultural tricycles, this process became even simpler.

Even the manual beating of the jujube tree body is omitted.

Just drive the tricycle and hit the jujube tree with the butt of the car a few times, and the jujube will fall directly into the tricycle, which is extremely convenient.

Some people may worry that it will be difficult to do it thoroughly. There must be many stubborn dates on the tree that have not yet fallen.

In fact, there is no need to worry.

Generally speaking, each tree will suffer three such impacts during the jujube ripening season.

After three times, even if there were still dates left on the tree, there were not many dates left.

The fruit growers don't care.

Just let them hang on the tree for birds or various small animals to eat.However, despite such a simple process, everyone only learned it after someone suddenly discovered it.

There are many little tricks that will seem very simple once everyone knows them.

But in fact, the first person to think of this method greatly improved the efficiency of raising and picking dates.

Li Muyang naturally knows these basic knowledge.

While the two were chatting, there were suddenly several "wow" puppy sounds.

Only then did Li Muyang remember that there was a puppy in the small bag in his carriage that he had forgotten to take out.

Because he was worried about running around, he put the puppy in a worn snakeskin bag and drilled several small holes to let the puppy breathe.

The puppy must have fallen asleep on the way, and now he probably woke up again because he was too hungry.

"What's the sound? Is it a dog?"

Li Xiangqin also heard the dog barking.

"Haha."

Li Muyang took Coyotito's bag out of the car, opened the buckle, and the lame little one crawled out of the bag.

In fact, it is not very good at walking. Its calves are still very short and have little power. It seems to be crawling, but because the legs have no power, it is more like rubbing the ground with its belly.

It plopped down at Li Xiangqin's feet, and tried hard to lie down on her instep, but its legs were too short, so it turned over halfway and fell onto its back.

"Haha~, brother, look at this little guy, he's so funny."

Li Xiangqin was so amused.

When Coyotito failed, he was not discouraged. He turned over and headed towards her feet again.

Then he fell to the ground again.

"woo woo woo woo."

At this time, it felt aggrieved, and slowly rubbed its belly next to Li Muyang, and smelled Li Muyang's feet with its small white nose.

"Where did this little guy come from?"

"Someone picked it up on the side of the road. I thought the little guy was very funny, so I brought it back. I can keep it and keep it as a companion for you."

"Okay, I'll raise it. I like little puppies the most."

Li Xiangqin was very happy.

"There's something wrong with one of its legs or feet. Yes, it's the left leg in front. It may not be as agile as a normal dog. You can't dislike it."

"Yeah, it's true. Look at its foot. It's missing two toes. It's so pitiful."

Li Xiangqin took the puppy in his hand, turned it over and observed it for a while, and then suddenly shouted: "It's also missing a piece of its tail."

"Well, it's missing a piece. It looks like it was bitten off by something."

Li Muyang touched the puppy's head and said, "In short, this little dog is quite pitiful. If you want to raise it, then raise it well. The size means life. Dogs are all human. If you keep it for a long time, it is actually no different from the rest of the family. Both."

"I know, I'll raise it. By the way, it doesn't have a name yet, right?"

"Well, not yet. If you want to raise her, I will give you the opportunity to name her."

"Okay, okay," Li Xiangqin was very excited, tilting his head and murmuring, "What should I name him? He is all black, only his four feet and little nose are white, then call him happiness." Bar."

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Li Muyang almost lost his mind.

He thought his sister would give the dog some color-related names like Xiao Hei, Xiao Bai, or Black and White.

Who could have expected that such a name would be called in the end.

"Happiness, little happiness, I will call you little happiness from now on. My little happiness, you have come to me, I want to hold you in my hand, you can't run away."

Li Muyang was stunned for a moment, feeling a little distressed when he saw his sister's happy face.

(End of this chapter)