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n59 Nonsense

nHe had intended to put forward the family talk, but when he thought of what his brothers had just said, he swallowed his words.

nHe said stiffly, “They help us too, right?”

nShao Sanlang got even more mad. “They help? I would rather that they don’t come! They just make us so angry!”

nWhenever it came to the busy season, the first section of the family would always help the second and the third sections of the family to finish their labor before the other two sections came to help them.

nBut the other two sections always idled around and never did any good work. They were never helpful.

nMoreover, the first section had to serve them three meals a day!

nIf chicken was not served at dinner, they would even complain.

nBut when they helped the other two sections, they not only got no breakfast, but also really little porridge. When dinner came, they served the meal with only soup and a lot of chicken bones.

nThat was what they considered to be ‘chicken dinner’.

nWhen Shao Yunduan heard what Shao Sanlang said, he took Qiao Xuan away.

nThey had just walked out of the room when Shao Sanlang’s scream arose. He was begging. “Dad, don’t hit me, please, don’t!”

nQiao Xuan laughed.

nShao Yunduan threw a look at her. “This is what Dad has always been like. He can’t change so fast.”

nTherefore, when Shao Sanlang kept nagging about what he had been through, he meant that everytime their father got humiliated, he started to teach the son a lesson.

nQiao Xuan said, “Do you think your dad is right?”

nShao Yunduan shook his head. “No, but it will take time for him to change.”

nQiao Xuan smiled. That was true!

nThe following day, Shao Dalang and the team were still working on the land, whilst Qiao Xuan, together with Shao Taotao and Shao Xiaoqi were working on the fruit trees in the yard.

nShe bought fruit trees from a very generous seller who not only helped to dig out the trees but also helped to carry the trees to the yard.

n“The trees can live on like this?”

nSomeone asked.

nQiao Xuan smiled and said confidently, “Of course, it is springtime and it is much easier to water the plants. They will definitely live on!”

nThat man said nothing more.

nIt was getting very hot and trees could not grow so well. Watering much did not help the trees to grow. She was talking nonsense.

nWell, she was wasting her own money, after all.

nWhen the seller sold the tree, he took a walk around the river and found a new budding tree for himself.

nWithin two days’ time, there were two loquats trees, two dates trees, one pomegranate tree, two persimmon trees, two bayberry trees, two plum trees, two pear trees, one hawthorn, and two peach trees in Qiao Xuan’s yard.

nApart from the two date trees and bayberry trees as well as pear trees which were as large as a bowl, many were transplanted here after being chopped, and the others were as large as the surface of the bowl, and were transplanted to this place after only a few twigs were chopped.

nThere were even some fruits hanging from the twigs.

nQiao Xuan poured her superpower into the trees. Hence, the trees turned green and looked alive the following day.

nBut she did not use too much superpower, otherwise they would have grown better.

nIn this way, Qiao Xuan was satisfied. She poured in superpower every now and then, so the trees could become really good after just a few months.

nBy that time, no one would find the growth to be strange.

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