Chapter 70 Space Fruit Tree King Ba

  When Ju An drove Wang Fan back to the ranch, the sun had not yet set, and the sunset dyed the entire earth and sky with a golden color. After extinguishing the fire and getting out of the car, they could hear the chirping of swallows and sparrows everywhere. Wang Fan got out of the car, stretched his waist, took a deep breath: "I still like the air here the most, it's fresh and natural at dawn, noon, and night, and the sky, every time I look up, it's so blue, ah! I love the vast cloudless sky".

  Those two guys, Tiger Head and Garlic Head, who were shaking their heads and swinging their tails, suddenly lifted their feet and kicked Wang Fan's leg: "Brother knows the air is good, take a few less breaths, help move the things in the car, you're almost 30 years old, are you still trying to be a top scorer? Hurry up, don't dawdle!" After that, he opened the car door.

  Wang Fan glanced at Ju An, who was nonchalant, and said: "Playing the zither to a cow, burning the zither for cranes... it's not easy to avoid listening to pigs oinking in the car. I've just finished writing my first poem." Before he could finish speaking, Ju An handed Wang Fan a small pig cage.

  "I think you'd better get ready for a wet night ahead." With that, she pulled out another cage from the car: "Here, take this and put it by the wall. Later tonight I'll ask Old Thomas where to put these piglets."

  The two little piglets in the cage looked at each other affectionately for a while, Wang Fan sighed, took over another small cage, and lifted the cage to the wall root.

  Throw a few piglets at the foot of the wall, urging Wang Fan to bring in the purchased items. After cleaning up the seat, he found that there was still a big bag of corn sticks next to two large golden pumpkins. Wang Fan also walked over and said, "It's still our Chinese people who do things openly, the Americans are petty, an old wooden box, with a few bees and they charge money."

  "Others have different habits, let's not talk about it. Let's just get the stuff in. We'll eat pumpkin and corn tonight."

  "Why don't we have dinner, and just eat pumpkin and corn at night? I won't feel hungry in the middle of the night if I don't eat rice and beef." Wang Fan scratched his head and asked reluctantly.

  "Boil half a pumpkin and corn on the cob, you're still hungry! When it's midnight and you're hungry, get up yourself to gnaw on the corn on the cob. Do you eat beef every night at home? If you want to eat beef, cook it yourself, brother, that's all for tonight."

  "In the evening, both the pumpkin and corn on the cob had cooled down," Wang Fan muttered.

  Jū ān took a big pumpkin from the car and handed it to Wáng Fán: "You don't like eating cold food, isn't there bread and fruit at home? Look, your belly is showing a swimming circle, just in time to burn some fat and supplement some vitamins."

  Wang Fan glared and said, "Damn! This pumpkin is really something, I think it's over 30 pounds! Brother, you're lucky today, I'm in a good mood, so I won't bother you. Tonight when I go online, I'll spread the word that here, every day I eat pumpkin porridge and corn on the cob, just like during natural disasters back home. Tell our brothers back home not to come over, the Americans are going through an economic crisis, they're all eating coarse grains and vegetables. If you do come, bring a ham hock with you!"

  "Stop messing around, hurry up and move in. I'll take the beehive away, don't accidentally get stung by these little guys."

  Carrying the pumpkin for a few steps, Wang Fan turned his head and said to Ju An: "Damn! You little scoundrel, you're really slick. The heavy stuff is all moved by me, your brother, and you just take some light ones."

  "Get a move on, there's still one big pumpkin left to carry!" Then Wang Fan suddenly shouted: "Damn it!".

  Carrying the beehive into the greenhouse, looking around to make sure no one was there, he quickly entered the space, placed the beehive under the apple tree, opened the mesh cover on top of the hive, and several bees flew out of the box towards the apple tree.

  Time was tight, didn't have time to take a closer look, and just as he was about to leave the space, he returned to the car, took a glance, and saw Wang Fan carrying several bags of fruit walking towards the house.

  He took a glance at the cart, and saw that the last big yellow pumpkin was still obediently staying in the back. It seemed that Wang Fan had given up hope, so he picked up the last big pumpkin and walked towards the house.

  After the two people moved all the things out of the car, Wang Fan sat on the sofa watching TV and even made a pot of tea for himself using the purple clay teapot he brought from his hometown. He comfortably raised his legs and said to Ju An: "Look at the sky, it's getting late, you hurry up and cook, I'll take a rest first, call me when it's time to eat".

  Ju An looked at Wang Fan's entire old-fashioned demeanor and could only go to the kitchen to start making dinner, not expecting this guy to come in and help. Thinking that if he came in, it would be more of a hindrance than a help, unlike when Ju An's mother was around and he would pretend to want to help, using his own words, "firstly to interfere, secondly to show off".

  Corn cobs were broken into a dozen or so, washed in water, and then put into a large pot with the lid on to cook. Then, I started cutting the pumpkin. The golden skin of this big pumpkin was really thick, but the pulp was unique, thread by thread. After scooping out the pulp, I separated it from the pumpkin seeds, which were kept intact and not discarded. They are said to be edible raw and can expel intestinal worms, but I've only heard about it. Roasted pumpkin seeds taste better, in my opinion. The pumpkin was cut into small pieces, put into the pot with some oil, and then cooked over an open flame.

  Having finished all that, Ju An wiped her hands clean and brought out the fruits and whatnots, washed a few of each kind, put them into a fruit plate, and carried it out of the kitchen.

  Just as they put it on the table, Wang Fan picked up a big red apple and took a bite, while Ju An touched a golden domestic pear and started eating. The two of them ate while watching TV, a domestic entertainment program, just like passing through an air-conditioned room. As they watched, they discussed who could pass and who couldn't, adding some small excitement. Several contestants had wins and losses in the past, but the few steel washers worth one yuan were passed back and forth between the two of them.

  When Thomas and the others drove the cattle back, Ju An had already lost three steel rings. Wang Fan, who was watching with a smile, hummed softly: My proud smile, my proud smile. Ju An was so angry that he wanted to strangle him to death and throw him into the mountains to feed the wolves.

  Wu Song also followed Nan Xi back home, when Wu Song went out, he would follow Nan Xi to eat and drink together, while Hu Tou and Suan Tou guarded their posts and were in charge of looking after the house.

  They handed the fruit to Thomas, and they divided some of it. A small bunch of grapes was stuffed into Wu Song's hand, and he sat down on the sofa, watching TV while eating the grapes. Ju An was really satisfied with this guy, not only was he smart, but he would learn things after being taught two or three times, and he didn't make trouble like a monkey as Ju An had imagined, he was simply a good baby.

  By the time dinner was ready, Ju An and Wang Fan were already sitting on the couch in front of the TV, each with their own plate. They served themselves whatever they wanted to eat. Wu Song also got a small bowl with a piece of pumpkin and half an ear of corn. Hu Tou and Suan Tou, the two dogs, got two bones each, along with some flatbread.

  Wang Fan looked at him with envy and said: "What we eat is not even as good as dog food."

  "Tomorrow morning, I'll have my brother cook some beef for you to eat. It's like I'm abusing you or something, you little sister! This pumpkin is so sweet and the corn on the cob is so tender, domestically it would cost at least two bucks a stick, but you've eaten three of them already, and you've had a whole plate of pumpkin!" said Ju An.

  "Whoa, I said why did I feel a bit full? Turns out I ate that much."

  It's really making me speechless.

  After finishing dinner, I returned to my room and teamed up with Wang Fan. We were beaten again in a few games of DOTA, and it was already past 11 o'clock. Then, I went downstairs and picked one of each type of fruit, preparing to enter the space to plant them.

  Lock the door, turn on the TV, cut the fruit into small pieces, remove the seeds from inside, and place the pulp in front of Wu Song. Let Wu Song eat while squatting beside him watching TV, and then enter the space quietly.

  Upon entering the space, several calves looked even more robust, almost becoming large cows. Their brown coats shone with a oily luster, and their sharp horns were long. They didn't resemble wild cattle or domesticated cattle from the Ju'an Pasture. Ju'an pondered for a moment, unable to figure out what they were.

  The bees in the beehive were busy collecting nectar from the apple tree, carrying a small bucket from the courtyard and filling it with water from the pond. They then carried an iron shovel out of the yard, dug a hole at a distance from the apple tree, threw a seed into the bucket, and soon a small sapling grew to about half a person's height. The bees carefully picked up the sapling, placed its roots in the hole, covered it with soil, and watered it again. They continued this process, planting over a dozen fruit trees, including two or three varieties of pear trees.

  Stayed in the courtyard for a while, observing to see if there were any problems with the fruit trees. Found that everything was fine, so I patted the dirt off my hands and went to the pond to wash them.

  As soon as he squatted down, he saw a large black shadow in the water in front of him. He jumped up with a loud noise and found that it was a big turtle, about the size of a small washbasin, slowly swimming back and forth in front of him, not afraid of humans at all.

  Jū ān immediately ran back to the bamboo fence, took out a big net from inside, and went to the front of the pond. This stupid turtle was still there, so he directly scooped it up with the net. To his surprise, the turtle didn't struggle at all. When Jū ān finally pulled it out of the net, it lay on the ground, stretching its head to look at him.

  Looking at such a big turtle, it's a bit worrying to get rid of it. If I put it in the pond, those small fish and shrimp will be unlucky. After thinking about it, I tied a rope around the turtle's hind legs and tied it to a stake by the pond. Tomorrow, if there is time, I'll catch some more turtles and raise them in the outside pond, so when we eat them, we can make an excuse.