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Chapter 472: A Simple Life (With Spirits)

I did some work on the orchard.

The peaches’ blooming season just ended, and tiny fruits are starting to grow. It’s the same for the plums, pears and grapes too. I trimmed the clusters of grapes and pinched off the buds from the branches that I didn’t want growing too much. I wanted the peaches and pears to grow nice and big, so I removed a few fruits growing on the same branch, so that the remaining ones can get more nutrients.

I ended up with lots of the tiny green immature peaches. They look like plums, and since it’ll be a waste to throw them out, might as well turn them into pickles.

This time of the year, it’s mostly about fixing the shape of the trees, like plucking sprouts and buds and curling the newly sprouted grape tendrils around the places where I want them to cling onto. I also