Hao’er, who had come over with a small water bottle, couldn’t help smiling when she heard this: “Sister, the tree won’t bear fruit tomorrow, and even if it did, it would take many years.”
“Yes, it will take many years before it bears fruit! Tomorrow, it won’t bear fruit, hahahaha!” The Xuanyuan Ruler couldn’t help laughing out loud at the child’s words.
“Will Yue’er watering it every day make it grow faster?” She asked with her big, beautiful eyes twinkling.
Muchen, who was acting like a little adult, said, ” This kind of sapling has to grow for a long time. When we grow up, it will also grow and bear fruit.”
“Well, in the future, when you grow up, this spirit fruit tree will grow up too.” The Xuanyuan Ruler nodded with a smile. ” There’s still a long time to go, so there’s no need to rush. Come, Grandfather will help you surround the sapling with a fence. No one will be allowed to come into this area in the future. This place is specially reserved for the three of you. Grandfather will help you guard the fruit tree.”
He smiled and said, and then he stood in front of the sapling with the three children and looked at it. He said, “Chen’er, go and get that purple bamboo and plant it in a circle here. Hao’er, you’re strong, so you come and dig the hole. Start here. Yue’er, you sprinkle water around to keep the dust down.”
“Yeah!” The three little ones answered excitedly, and they listened to his instructions, each one starting to do their assigned tasks with zeal.
Doing things with their own hands, and with their Grandfather by their side, they were all full of excitement and energy. Hao’er, in particular, was very happy. He had been smiling a lot more these days. Being with his Father and Mother, whether they were at Feng Manor or at the palace, he felt like he was home, and it was all very familiar.
The Xuanyuan Ruler also really dotes on them. This large imperial garden, which was originally a place where flowers bloomed and competed for beauty, was ordered to have a large area of flowers and plants uprooted, and a clearing in the centre was forcibly vacated to plant spirit fruit trees for the three children. Precious purple spirit bamboos were specially sought out and planted around the spirit fruit trees to form a protective circle.
They were busy until dusk that day. When it grew dark, both the Xuanyuan Ruler and the three children were exhausted, so they went home together.“Grandfather, I’ll come and water the tree first thing in the morning, every day,” Yue’er declared, still full of excitement as she was carried by her Grandfather.
“Alright, alright, I’ll come first thing in the morning,” said the Xuanyuan Ruler with a smile, looking at his grandchildren Hao’er and Muchen beside him and asking, “Are you two tired?”
“No,” they said, smiling at each other as they spoke. Even if they felt tired, they didn’t want to say so because they were happy.
“Big Brother, are you hungry?” Muchen asked.
“Not hungry. I had some snacks earlier,” Hao’er said, then looked at him and asked, “Are you hungry? I still have food here.”
“I’m thirsty, not hungry,” Muchen said.
“I have water,” Hao’er quickly took out a water sac from his space.
Muchen took it and asked curiously, “Big Brother, why do you still have a water sac in your space?”
“This way, it’s convenient when you want to drink water, and you don’t have to look for it,” Hao’er said, not mentioning that in fact, there was also quite a lot of food in his space, such as dried food and pastries.
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