Traveling through the famine, I stockpiled supplies like crazy

Chapter 302 Planning the Courtyard

As he was talking, Xu Han suddenly remembered the flower stand in the space.

There are many cacti and succulents on the flower stand, as well as some flowers such as roses and amaryllis.

Xu Han had taken out these flowers before the disaster year, and then put them back into the space during the disaster year. Now it is time to take them out and maintain them.

When the two arrived home, the yard was quiet and no one was seen.

Just when Xu Han was puzzled, Mu'er's giggling laughter came from the backyard.

Xu Han and Lu Chuan looked at each other and walked towards the backyard together.

As soon as I walked in, I saw Grandpa Zhao holding Ze'er standing outside the chicken coop, and Mu'er was feeding the chicks with coarse grains in her hands.

"Mu'er is so great that she can even feed the chickens by herself. You are so amazing." Xu Han praised loudly as she walked over here.

"Mom, Mu'er is feeding the chicks. The chicks eat the food and grow up, and then lay eggs." Mu'er boasted when she saw her mother coming over.

"Okay, when the chickens lay eggs, mom will boil eggs for you." Xu Han said with a smile.

Seeing that it was getting late, Xu Han didn't stay in the backyard for long and pulled Lu Chuan to the kitchen to make dinner.

After dinner, Grandpa Zhao continued to help look after the children, while Xu Han and Lu Chuan took out the flowers in the space and discussed together where to plant them.

"There is an osmanthus tree here. I want to plant it in the yard. There is no tree in our yard. It is very hot in the summer. There is no place to hide from the sun." Xu Han said.

"Sure. Sweet osmanthus trees grow slowly and are not suitable for shade in the yard. Didn't we leave an apricot tree today? We can plant the apricot tree in the front yard, and the sweet osmanthus tree can be planted in Grandpa Zhao's yard.

When the osmanthus flowers bloom in autumn, the whole yard will be filled with the fragrance of osmanthus." Lu Chuan suggested.

"Okay, then let's plant the apricot tree next to the oven, and then we can tear down the woodshed and build it outside. The woodshed doesn't look good there, and it's not well ventilated."

"Well, then we'll do as you say. We don't need to tear down the woodshed for the time being. The apricot trees are still small now, and it won't hinder their growth. Let's focus on the important work first, and then tear down the woodshed when we have some free time later."

"Should we plant another tree in the yard? I see there is a ginkgo tree here. It is also very beautiful and has a good meaning."

"But where should I plant it? If I plant it in the vegetable garden, it will block the sunlight, and there will be no place to plant it in the front yard."

"Or you can plant it next to the doghouse. It will be hot in the summer and it can provide some shade for the doghouse.

You can also plant a tree next to the vegetable sink in the backyard so that the vegetables won’t be exposed to the sun when you wash them.”

"Okay, let's plant jujube trees in the backyard. Tomorrow I'll pull up one of the jujube trees and plant it in the backyard."

"That's fine. There are still a lot of flowers here. We can make some flower pots and plant all the flowers in them.

You can also build a flower bed where the courtyard wall is located at the gate, and plant flowers in it.

We can also build a flower bed under the eaves at the entrance of the main hall, and plant some shorter flowers there, which will look nice. We will have flowers to enjoy all year round, and we can even cut the flowers and put them in a vase." Xu Han imagined.

"Okay, this season is the right time to plant flowers. Let's start building flower beds and planting trees tomorrow." Lu Chuan agreed.

Lu Chuan thought that there would be few girls who didn't like flowers, and it would be a particularly happy thing to plant the yard with flowers that his wife liked.

After the two of them had discussed it, they went to rest.

Early the next morning, Xu Han got up early.

After breakfast, Xu Han began to direct Lu Chuan and Grandpa Zhao to help dig holes and plant trees in the yard.

"We need to remove the bluestone slabs first, and then start digging the pit. We will use bluestone slabs to surround the tree pit into a small flower bed, and then we can plant some small flowers in it." Xu Han said.

"Okay, see if we can dig here." Lu Chuan asked, pointing to a bluestone slab.

"Move a little further to the side. When the apricot tree grows bigger, we can enjoy the shade under it." Xu Han said.

"Okay, what about here?"

"Well, let's do it here." Seeing Xu Han agreed, Lu Chuan started the work.

Mu'er was playing aside, while Xu Han was holding Ze'er and watching the two of them work.

After Ze'er fell asleep, Xu Han took advantage of this time to take out all the flowers and plants that she had previously grown in the space.

All the different types of roses are temporarily put aside, just make sure they can get sunlight.

Succulents and cacti were also displayed. The cacti planted by Xu Han were two types: red jade and colorful grass.

Both of these are known as cactus-like flowering machines. I bought them because their flowers are really beautiful and they are very easy to grow.

The most important thing is that Xu Han wanted to experience the joy of pollination, seed collection and sowing cacti. So she bought a lot of varieties at that time.

Next to the flower stand, there are some seedlings that Xu Han had just planted some time ago. They are so tiny and cute.

In addition, in the autumn, we harvest the unplanted seed pods and sow them out when we have time after a while.

All the flowers that were moved out were watered and placed aside. Since there was no flower stand, some flowers were placed directly on the ground.

This didn't look very nice, so Xu Han thought that when Lu Chuan was free, she would ask him to help make a few flower stands.

But there is no rush. Decorating the courtyard cannot be done in a short time. We should focus on more important things now.

By the time Lu Chuan had finished digging all the tree pits, it was time for lunch.

After lunch, without taking a rest, Xu Han followed Lu Chuan to the hillside to look for stones for building a flower bed.

There were no blue bricks at home, and they were not available for purchase at this time. However, it would not look good if the flowers were planted directly without building a flower bed. So the two discussed and decided to build a flower bed with stones.

"Let's go to the pile of stones. There are a lot of stones there, of all sizes." Lu Chuan asked.

"Okay, just go over there."

After walking for a while, the two finally arrived at the place. After Lu Chuan looked around, he started picking up stones.

"Look at this. Let's pick one like this. It doesn't matter if it's not flat. We can just chisel it with tools when we go back and use it." Lu Chuan showed Xu Han a stone.

"Okay, I'll pick according to what you have in your hand. You can just put what you pick on the straw mat, and I'll put what I pick directly into the space."

After Xu Han took a look, he lowered his head and started picking up stones.