Since everything was ready, Chen Lan walked out of the kitchen, closed all the windows in the house, and locked the main door with a new lock.
She walked into the yard and looked around carefully, just like old Zhang. Looking at the few crooked, dark wooden fences, Chen Lan only then belatedly remembered that she hadn't prepared the wood for the fence.
Chen Lan was teased by the plump sister the last time she went to the scrap recycling station and was still a bit scared. She didn't dare to deal with that talkative plump sister anymore, so Chen Lan decided not to go to the scrap recycling station to look for old wood this time! Sudancd.com
Chen Lan thought for a moment, and she had a plan. This time, Chen Lan planned to make the yard here just like her home in the valley. The wooden fences of the yard would be replaced by wolfberry trees. She planned to enclose the front and back yards with wolfberry forests.
As for what flowers and grass to plant in this yard in the future, that would be up to the owner who lives here to decide. They could plant trees, flowers, or vegetables as they pleased!
Chen Lan thought to herself that she and the children didn't have time to dig for these things in the nearby mountains now, so she would just buy wolfberry seedlings from the system!
After buying them, she would plant them in two large circles inside and out. Anyway, wolfberry trees are drought-tolerant, not afraid of barren land, and salt-alkali resistant. In short, they are easy to grow and not picky about soil. Moreover, they grow very fast. Since ancient times, many people have used them as fences for their yards.
In addition, wolfberry trees have many flowers and leaves. They can grow to be more than a person tall in about two to three years. If they are planted in two layers inside and out in the yard like this, they can completely serve as yard walls when they grow up, and can also block the prying eyes of outsiders, protecting the privacy of the homeowner.
Because the fruiting period of wolfberry trees lasts for four to five months, they basically bloom while fruiting. So, once they grow into a forest, they are both beautiful and not ostentatious. Moreover, wolfberries are precious in every way. Wolfberry fruits also have good health benefits for the human body, not to mention their high economic value.
And they bear too many fruits. So, after they mature, there's no need to worry about people stealing them. If it doesn't sting, let them steal!
Anyway, there are plenty of fruits on the wolfberry trees. They constantly bloom and bear fruit, so they can't be stolen. Because the fruits on one wolfberry tree are enough for the whole family to use for a year.
This can be considered killing several birds with one stone. The family can also harvest some wolfberries to make tea every year. Moreover, the red wolfberries look festive. Their alias is "Jiqing Guo" (auspicious fruit), so planting wolfberry trees at home symbolizes bringing wealth and good luck.
Chen Lan planned in her mind and felt that it would be nice to make an arched courtyard gate where the entrance to the yard would be. This arched gate and its frame would be made of bamboo. She would order several bamboo poles from the system.
On both sides of the gate, she would plant a few red climbing roses, letting the rose branches grow along the gate frame. This way, the courtyard gate would be neither ostentatious nor lack rustic charm. The more Chen Lan thought about it, the more feasible this plan seemed.
Chen Lan felt that other things could be done slowly, but planting wolfberries could not be delayed any longer. It was already the beginning of August, and Harbin's summer would pass quickly. Harbin's autumn is also very short, and winter will soon arrive in less than two months.
If she delayed planting now, she would have to wait until next spring. So, she had to plant everything she wanted to plant in advance.
Chen Lan was a person who disliked waiting and was decisive. Because next year would have its own plans. So she immediately requested to purchase wolfberry seedlings with longer tree ages from the system. Chen Lan planned to bring Jia Hui, Jia Xing, and Jia He, the three siblings, here tomorrow to plant them for a whole day, covering both the front and back yards.
As for planting rose trees at the main entrance, she could wait until old Zhang and the others finished making the bamboo gate and frame.
The renovation of the house was proceeding at full steam according to Chen Lan's plan. One day, Jia He, who went to the hospital to deliver lunch, found Chen Lan as soon as he entered the house. The moment he saw Chen Lan, he said, "Mom, I went to the hospital to deliver food at noon today. Wei Dang ge asked me to tell you that he wants to be discharged from the hospital this afternoon. He wants to recuperate at home so that the family doesn't have to send someone to take care of him every day. He's afraid of delaying my and my second brother's study time."
Chen Lan patted the seat next to her and asked Jia He to sit down. She thought for a moment and then asked, "Jia He, do Director Huang and your eldest brother know about Wei Dang ge wanting to be discharged? What did they say?"
Jia He sat next to Chen Lan and replied, "Mom, Director Huang said that Wei Dang ge's wound is slowly healing and he doesn't need antibiotics anymore. He can fully recuperate at home and only needs to go to the hospital to change his dressing every three days."
Chen Lan replied, "Since Director Huang said he can be discharged, let him be discharged! However, the hospital usually only handles discharge procedures in the morning, right? Son, you can pick up Wei Dang ge and bring him home this afternoon, and we'll go to the hospital to complete the discharge procedures tomorrow morning."
Jia He asked uncertainly, "Mom, is that really okay? If Wei Dang ge hasn't completed the discharge procedures, will the hospital prevent him from leaving because they're worried we'll default on the payment?"
Chen Lan smiled and replied, "Jia He, if Mom says it's okay, it's definitely okay! Do you know that when Wei Dang ge was first admitted to the hospital, your brother paid a deposit of five hundred yuan? I guess this money hasn't been fully used, so the hospital won't worry about us running away without paying!"
This finally put Jia He at ease, so he said, "Mom, then I'll go and tidy up Wei Dang ge's room now. I'll go to the hospital to pick up Wei Dang ge and second brother this afternoon. By the way! Mom, Wei Dang ge's legs and feet are inconvenient, so let's have him stay in the downstairs room."
Chen Lan nodded and smiled encouragingly, "Son, you are the master of this household, and you can arrange it reasonably! Mom believes you have this ability."
So, encouraged by Chen Lan, Jia He happily went off to work.