Pampered by the Toughest Man After Divorce
Chapter 737: Start Working_1

Chapter 737: Chapter 737: Start Working_1

Nan Feng had a special affection for the grove of plum trees in the Imperial Garden.

For one, the grove was planted by the former Emperor for his most beloved woman. Furthermore, when living in Ping County, Song Cheng had also planted such a grove for his wife. At the time, Nan Feng was deeply moved by Song Cheng’s affection for his wife and afterwards, her brother expressed his desire to establish such a grove for her as well.

The memories of Ping County were particularly wonderful. Hence, when Nan Feng decided to take her work seriously, she would occasionally visit the plum grove, inquiring now and then about the methods of planting plum trees from Old Xing.

One day, Nan Feng happened to see Old Xing carrying a sapling to the grove. She quickly asked, "Old Xing, are you planting more trees?"

"Yes, a pest disaster a while ago killed over a dozen trees and two more this morning."

"I’ll go with you," Nan Feng, rolling up her sleeves and draping a towel over herself, said.

Old Xing, accustomed to Nan Feng’s previous indolent manner, felt a rare sense of gratification seeing her suddenly become diligent, although he did not verbalize this.

However, he was a man used to concentrating on his work, so he promptly filled a bucket and handed some fertilizer to Nan Feng, saying, "Take this. We’ll need it when we plant."

"Alright," Nan Feng responded, then called Little Fuzi and Little Jinzi over. "You two, bring your tools and help dig out the dead plum trees. Once done, we’ll plant the saplings. Old Xing is old; we can’t let him do everything alone."

Always willing to heed Nan Feng’s instructions, Little Fuzi came over quickly.

However, Little Jinzi hesitated a bit. Although Nan Feng had improved recently, he still worried that she was the type to give orders but not do the work herself.

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At the plum grove, once the eunuchs had dug out the dead trees, Nan Feng began bustling around.

As she worked, she asked Old Xing, "I have planted trees in the village before. Is there anything different about planting plum trees?"

Old Xing, although not looking up, explained patiently, "Not much difference actually. After planting, apply fertilizer. However, there are some points to note: Apply fertilizer before the onset of winter, and around the Qingming and Lixia festivals. The key periods are before winter and around Qingming, to promote the growth of new shoots. Add once more during Lixia, to continue the growth and make them stout and strong."

"How do you prepare the fertilizer?" Nan Feng asked.

"All things in this world can be fertilizer: plants, insects, animal carcasses, livestock excrement..." Old Xing’s answer surprisingly contained some philosophical elements.

"I see," Nan Feng nodded, then looked at Old Xing and said, "This time let me do the work. You can watch and correct me if I do it wrong."

Old Xing nodded.

Nan Feng has always been clever. She would either not learn, but once she started learning, she would understand thoroughly and extrapolate from the multiple scenarios. She quickly planted the sapling and applied the fertilizer. Later, when she heard Old Xing mention that a sapling planted a while ago needed grafting, she insisted on doing it herself.

No more objections were raised by Little Jinzi.

Meanwhile, at a corner of the flower bed in the Imperial Garden, a figure stood with his hands behind his back, watching Nan Feng busy in the distance.

She had finally started working.

The Emperor, having achieved his purpose, pursed his lips and turned away.

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