Ye Ming didn't know that Brother Tong was so vengeful. In fact, he had put this matter behind him and was currently climbing the mountain with Shen Miaoyin.
Ye Ming wanted to go home and have a rest first, but Shen Miaoyin was impatient and pulled Ye Ming to take her to see the peach trees first.
The mountain road was rugged, and Xiao Hui and Fugui were jumping rapidly through the jungle, startling a group of pheasants from time to time.
Shen Miaoyin was infected by the atmosphere of the countryside and mountains. She was in a happy mood and did not feel tired while climbing the mountains.
But when Ye Ming brought Shen Miaoyin to Taoyuan, her smile instantly froze on her face.
"You didn't take me to the wrong place?"
Shen Miaoyin looked in disbelief. There was just the most common and ordinary peach tree in front of her. How could it possibly bear such delicious peaches? Was he lying to himself?
"Woof woof!"
Fugui immediately confirmed that I could prove that the peaches were picked from the tree here.
Xiao Hui also raised his furry little hands, meaning that I was the one who picked the peach!
Ye Ming saw what Shen Miaoyin was thinking, walked to a peach tree, reached out and picked a peach from it and handed it over.
"Try it!"
Shen Miaoyin first looked at the peach in her hand. It was exactly the same as the one sold by Ye Ming. She took a small bite and the taste was exactly the same.
"This is impossible, absolutely impossible! This kind of peach tree can only produce sour and astringent peaches. It is impossible to produce such delicious peaches!"
Shen Miaoyin found it difficult to accept that the perfect peach she longed for could actually come from such a lowly peach tree.
"Did you use any technology or hard work on the peach tree to make it produce such peaches?"
Shen Miaoyin was a top student in botany and knew very well what was going on. In order to make the peaches look good and taste delicious and sweet, some growers would use some illegal chemicals on the peaches.
Ye Ming shrugged and said: "If you don't believe it, you can just pick a peach and have it tested. If illegal ingredients are detected, call the police or something, it's up to you!"
Seeing Ye Ming's promise, Shen Miaoyin had already believed most of it, but she still picked a peach from a peach tree and took out a small exquisite instrument from a small bag she carried with her.
This instrument is specially used to check chemical composition and can detect eight common chemical reagents.
Although it is not as detailed as the inspection with large instruments, it is enough for inspecting fruits.
Shen Miaoyin cut off a piece of peach flesh with a knife and put it into the small instrument. After a few minutes, several lines appeared on the test paper inside.
All eight tests were negative, indicating that the peaches were green and pollution-free. Shen Miaoyin's eyebrows furrowed even more tightly.
Ye Ming asked: "Are you ready? I've seen the peach trees and tasted the peaches. Is it time to give me the promised money?"
Shen Miaoyin put away the instrument and took out her wallet from her bag. There was only five thousand yuan in it.
"I still have ten thousand left, so pay with your mobile phone!"
Ye Ming took the money from Shen Miaoyin's hand and opened the payment QR code on his mobile phone.
Shen Miaoyin had no intention of paying, but looked at Ye Ming and said, "I want to buy you a peach tree and take it back to study."
Ye Ming frowned slightly, isn't this just pushing the envelope?
"The peach tree is not mine!"
"I can give you the price!"
"This is not about money!"
"That means I gave less?"
Ye Ming was speechless for a while. The peach tree belonged to Xiaoxue's family and he had no right to sell it. What's more, the peach tree was nourished by his own "rainfall from the sky". After you dig it away, you will never be able to produce such delicious peaches again. Already.
"It's not that I don't want to sell it to you, it's just that peach trees can only grow good peaches here!"
"Why?" Shen Miaoyin didn't understand very much.
Ye Ming had no choice but to explain patiently: "You should have studied a text called "Yan Zi's Envoy to Chu", right?"
Shen Miaoyin nodded. Yan Zi's mission to Chu was a text she learned in the fifth grade of elementary school. It told the historical story of Yan Zi's mission to the Chu country, where he was faced with various difficulties and was resolved step by step.
"Does this have something to do with the peach tree?" Shen Miaoyin was confused.
Ye Ming said: "Yan Zi said something in the text. The original text is: Oranges are orange when they grow in Huainan, and they are orange when they grow in northern Huaihe. The leaves are similar, but the taste is different. So what is the reason? The water and soil are different!"
Shen Miaoyin immediately understood that what Ye Ming meant was that the peach trees growing here could produce delicious peaches, but if they were moved away, they would not be able to produce delicious peaches.
In this way, the water and soil here are different from those outside.
Shen Miaoyin suddenly became happy when she thought of this. She had always wanted to cultivate the best fruit, but she had never thought of looking for a piece of high-quality land.
If there is a piece of fertile land, it is possible to cultivate any fruit and vegetable with excellent taste, not to mention cultivating a kind of fruit!
I used to have a small layout, but now I want to open up the following!
Seeing the changing expressions on Shen Miaoyin's face, Ye Ming thought that she had negative emotions because she couldn't buy the peach tree.
Why don't you sell her one? Anyway, I've reminded you that it's not your fault if you don't grow delicious peaches after buying it.
Just as she was thinking about it, Shen Miaoyin clapped her hands and said to Ye Ming: "I think you are right. As the saying goes, the soil and water support people and plants. I have decided not to buy peach trees. I want to stay here permanently. Come down, build a field, and cultivate all kinds of excellent fruits and vegetables!"
Shen Miaoyin shoveled two shovels of soil, poured a bottle of ravine water, and then took Ye Ming down the mountain to find a house for her to live in.
"You're not a local, why don't I stay at your house?"
Shen Miaoyin said as she walked.
Ye Ming said: "My family only has three thatched houses. My father and I have one room each. There is no extra room for you to live in. What's more, you are a city dweller and I'm afraid you won't be able to live in our mud house."
Shen Miaoyin glared at Ye Ming and said, "You're not looking down on me. I used to go out to collect specimens, and I also slept in the open. What hardships have you suffered? Go home and clean up a room for me. I'll pay the rent!"
Ye Ming couldn't resist, so he had to take Shen Miaoyin back home.
When Shen Miaoyin stood at the door of Ye Ming's house, her whole body felt bad.
It's really a thatched house, no lies at all, it's too shabby!
Shen Miaoyin wanted to leave, but she had already said all the big words. If she turned around and left now, wouldn't that be a slap in the face? Wouldn't I be losing face?
"Only the west wing of my house is vacant. If you want to live in it, I can tidy it up for you."
Ye Ming threw the bamboo basket aside, and then pushed open the two dilapidated wooden boards called doors.
"Chiji..."
A fat mouse jumped out, and Shen Miaoyin screamed in fright and threw herself into Ye Ming's arms.
"Old...rat! What a big rat!"
In such a long life, it was the first time for Shen Miaoyin to see a mouse as big as a kitten.
"Woof woof!"
The mouse didn't run very far when Fugui immediately rushed out, bit it and shook his head violently, killing the big mouse.
"Dogs are meddling in other people's business!"
Xiao Hui rolled his eyes, then walked to the base of the wall to lazily bask in the sun.
"Woof woof!"
Fugui ran over and threw the mouse in front of Shen Miaoyin, sticking out his tongue as if to please, as if to say: Don't be afraid, little beauty, Fugui will protect you!
"Get it away, get it away quickly!"
Shen Miaoyin was so frightened that she trembled all over. She didn't even look at the mouse and kept crawling into Ye Ming's arms.
"Fugui, throw away the mouse quickly!"
Ye Ming waved his hand, Fugui snorted, picked up the dead mouse on the ground and ran away depressed.
"Are there guests at home?"
Ye Jinxian's voice came, and he came back carrying a medicine box and a bamboo basket.
"dad!"
Ye Ming took the bamboo basket and found that there were more than a dozen chicks inside.
Fugui's eyes were shining and he ran over to join in the fun. When he saw that it was a little chicken with no meat on his body, he immediately left without interest.
"Where did the chicken come from?" Ye Ming asked curiously.
Ye Jinxian said: "I didn't take the money to treat Tiezhu's mother. I felt sorry for him and insisted on giving me some chicks. You should quickly find a place to pen them! By the way, what's going on with this girl?"
"A botanist from the city wants to stay with us for a while to do research. I'll clean up her house for her."
Ye Jinxian frowned slightly: "Why do you let people live in the cowshed? It's really outrageous!"
"What? Cow...cow shed?"
Shen Miaoyin was stunned, and then looked at Ye Ming with murderous eyes, wishing to cut him into pieces.