Chapter 64: Chapter 64: A Miraculous Scene

“How could I not know this is a sour jujube tree? Are you going to dig it up or not? If you’re not, then take Nuanbao and stand aside—I’ll do it myself!”

There was no way Yu Hai would let Xu Shuhua do the digging. He hurriedly said, “We’ll dig, we’ll dig! Mom, you take Nuanbao and stand back. We’ll get started right away.”

The four Yu brothers worked together, and after about ten minutes, they managed to dig up the sour jujube tree.

On the way back, Xu Shuhua walked in front holding Nuanbao, while the four brothers carried the tree behind her.

As soon as they came out of the mountains, people from the village spotted them.

Seeing that Xu Shuhua had really brought her sons to dig up a sour jujube tree, Old Lady Wang’s face was full of mockery.

Xu Shuhua had been strong-willed her whole life, but now that she was getting old, she was starting to do foolish things!

What could you possibly do with a sour jujube tree like that? The fruit it bears is even more sour than ten-year-old vinegar. What’s the point of digging it up and bringing it home? Planning to stop buying vinegar from now on?

No matter what others said, Xu Shuhua still led her four sons into the courtyard.

After walking around the yard, she pointed to an empty spot in front of the west room’s window. “Plant it right here.”

That room was where Yu Hai, Chen Qiaoqin, and their daughter Yu Nuannuan lived.

Xu Shuhua thought, no matter how sour the fruit is, since it was Yu Nuannuan who found it, it belongs to her. And since it’s hers, of course it should be planted right where she can see it.

Yu Nuannuan was very pleased with Xu Shuhua’s decision.

If it weren’t so inappropriate, Yu Nuannuan would have thought she and Xu Shuhua were truly kindred spirits.

Otherwise, how could everything Xu Shuhua did be exactly what she wanted?

They dug the hole, planted the tree, and watered it.

After all that, Xu Shuhua even had the four brothers fetch some stones to circle around the base of the tree and tidy up the surrounding ground.

When everything was finally done, Xu Shuhua nodded in satisfaction. “Alright, from now on, our family has a fruit tree too.”

The four brothers looked miserable. Sure, they had a fruit tree now, but what good was it if they couldn’t eat the fruit?

As Yu Hai thought about it, he glanced over at Yu Nuannuan.

Maybe the fruit wasn’t tasty now, but if Yu Nuannuan touched it, who knows—it might just become sweet!

That night, after everyone had gone to bed and the courtyard was quiet, Yu Hai sat up, picked up Yu Nuannuan, and prepared to go outside.

Chen Qiaoqin was startled. “Dahai, where are you going?”

Yu Nuannuan had just fallen asleep, so Chen Qiaoqin kept her voice very soft, afraid of waking her, but she couldn’t hide her worry and anxiety.

Yu Hai carried Yu Nuannuan over to Chen Qiaoqin. “I’m going to let Nuanbao touch the sour jujube tree. Maybe the fruit will turn sweet.”

Hearing this, Chen Qiaoqin finally relaxed. “Alright, I’ll go with you.”

The couple didn’t turn on the lights. Guided by the moonlight streaming in through the window, they walked outside.

After just a few steps, they reached the jujube tree.

Yu Hai held Yu Nuannuan, while Chen Qiaoqin carefully picked up her little hand and pressed it against a jujube leaf.

The moon wasn’t perfectly round that night, but it was bright.

In the clear moonlight, Yu Hai and Chen Qiaoqin watched as the red jujubes on the tree fell to the ground like rain, then quickly bloomed, bore fruit, grew, and ripened.

If they hadn’t seen it with their own eyes, they never would have believed how astonishing it was.

Plants flowering, bearing fruit, and ripening is a common thing, but it usually takes months to happen. The changes are so gradual that you barely notice them day to day, and it’s hard to feel anything special about it.

But when something that should take months happens in an instant, the shock is so great that you even hold your breath, afraid to disturb this miraculous scene."

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