Chapter 394 - Tree Farm (1/1)

Chapter 394: Tree Farm

Translator: Lonelytree

At Mo Bei City, not enerations had uard over this ancestral land Bei Mian Village at Ma Er Wan District’s Yun Lin City was one such exaers lived by the river and survived on s Beyond the tilled lands astelands Desertification arrived quite sorounds, the place was not suitable for plantation or ani

However, to counter this, over the past decade, thanks to the governes to the land If you looked froreen at the wasteland around the village It was a small forest thanks to the afforestation effort ForFuhou, he woke up to look after the trees every day Early in theFuhou oken up by the birds chirping He and his wife lived at a sed 50 o but now, they had planted trees over 200 plus mu of land The old couple was used to this kind of life

“Honey, honey” wang Fuhou shook his 77 years old wife, Zhang Maidong, “It’s time to wake up, we still have work to do”

“Look at how excited you are Aren’t you a little tired at your age…” Zhang Maidong pretended to grouse, “People at our age should have gone into retire Fuhou chuckled as he crawled out from bed “Neither of us have finished school but we know about the importance of hard work Someone has to plant these trees or else what can we leave for our future generations? The only hope I have now is that I can live for a few h I don’t need the govern Maidong chided jokingly wang Fuhou’s wrinkled face brightened with a big smile He and his ere just honored by the major this past Arbor Day Afforestation was now a national hot topic thanks to Phecda’s encouragereenify the environment Afforestation was not a lucrative business It required a lot of e machineries; They often needed to hire extra hands around the tree far season; maintenance of the farm also required money The source of incos and fertilization of the fallen branches and leaves With several ten thousand in profit every year and so Fuhou could keep his family afloat Their 3 children had already moved away and had their own family Occasionally they would return to help but they wouldn’t stay for long Not everyone was suited for this kind of work

wang Fuhou bought the 30 overnment sponsor to start the business but after sointerested in afforestation and what it represented wang Fuhou knew his wife felt the saue After all, for so many years, she shared half of the hard work required to turn the wasteland into green lands 30 years ago, this place had no electricity, no water, no roads, no nothing, it was truly a wasteland It was the senior couple who slowly brought everything back to shape Pines, locust trees, Weeping Willows, Linn trees… As the different varieties grew, verdancy arrived at the wasteland

“How about we undertake another 10 overnain”

“I don’t think so! That will take years out ofFuhou put on his jacket and cap and headed out fro louder wang Fuhou stepped on the fallen leaves and strolled through the forest that he had personally grown New leaves and branches peeked out in spring These young greens lifted his spirit

“Such a soothing vista” wang Fuhou did not attendvocabularies but the reporters who ca this phrase so he picked up on it To think that he would get on the national news at his age, the old lad that he had done so with his life

“Hovern Fuhou pondered as he tripped on a fallen branch His knees buzzed with pain “I’hed No one could resist the ravages of tiht back to his youth He used to be able to carry multiple tree branches on his own and climb up tall trees with ease but now he had to watch where he walked carefully He was getting older but the trees around hi Fuhou continued his journey until he reached the spot for Fu Hou Tree, the first tree they ever planted It was a locust tree, it had grown so big that his hug could not envelope the thick trunk any before he started his job The tree was like a child for them

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“…Where’s the tree?” But noang Fuhou stood there stumped He looked at the sparse forest This place which he had traversed for years suddenly looked so unfarew this forest, he could traverse through it with his eyes closed but the Fu Hou Tree was not where it was supposed to be wang Fuhou found that he had lost his way Not only Fu Hou Tree had gone , so had other trees

“Where, where a Fuhou was confused This spot did not look like any location he had visited before This was not his tree far! There shouldn’t be so little trees! Soht crossed his er But then he calmed down and realized that was i and ould have heard so dust… This is so strange’

wang Fuhou trekked ahead in confusion Strangely enough, the other parts of his tree farm remained the saed He returned to the spot He discovered not only had the trees disappeared, none of the reh All the trees were dead Some of their barks cracked like they could topple at any moment The land under his feet was black like nutrients had been drained out of it

“What is going on…” wang Fuhou grumbled as he moved to stand before another locust tree He reached out his callous right hand to inspect the cracked bark The old ed right into the trunk like it broke through the surface of water The old ed by an i His cell threatened to implode “Honey, honey…!”