Siheyuan: I am different He Yuzhu

Soon after the oranges were harvested, the tea trees planted in the same year also welcomed the harvest season. Although some tea trees began to bear fruit last year, due to the scarcity of fruits and the small size of the saplings, He Yuzhu removed the tea fruits at the early stage of fruit setting. He knew that premature fruiting of tea trees would affect their subsequent growth.

However, this year the situation is different. The tea trees have begun to bear fruit on a small scale. He Yuzhu estimates that at least 1,000 kilograms of tea fruit can be harvested from these thousands of tea trees. Therefore, whenever he has time after get off work, he will carry a backpack and go to the mountains to pick tea fruit.

However, the method of picking one by one is too inefficient. He Yuzhu spent most of the day and only picked a few dozen kilograms. Exhausted, he sat on the ground, staring at the unpicked oil tea fruits, feeling powerless. With his own strength, it would be difficult to complete all the work within the best oil tea fruit picking period.

He Yuzhu sat on the ground, thinking about how to quickly pick all the tea trees. This year is the first time these tea trees have borne fruit. If he delays, he won't be able to handle it by himself when they reach the fruit-bearing period! But he can't let others into this blessed land, so wouldn't it be a waste to plant so many tea trees?

Just as He Yuzhu racked his brains to think hard, he suddenly had an idea and remembered a small detail that he had overlooked before: every time he wanted to take things out of the blessed land, he had to touch them with his hands or body! This reminded him of the concepts often mentioned in those immortal cultivation novels - could it be that when he came into contact with an object, he actually used his own powerful mental power to wrap it tightly? Or to be more precise, he used his mental power to leave some special mark on the surface of the object?

In this way, if he reached out and touched the trunk of the oil tea fruit tree, and imagined in his mind moving the oil tea fruit on the tree out of this mysterious blessed land, wouldn't it mean that the oil tea fruit would follow him through the barrier and reach the real world outside? Once this thought emerged, it burned in He Yuzhu's heart like a prairie fire...

Thinking of this, He Yuzhu decided to bid farewell to this magical and mysterious blessed land for the time being and return home to make some necessary preparations. After all, if he really wanted to try to take the oil tea fruit out, he had to make sure it was foolproof.

He thought to himself, "Once the tea fruits successfully follow me to the outside world, they will fall straight to the ground due to the influence of gravity. Then, the tea fruits will roll everywhere, which will be troublesome! Will I have to bend down and pick them up one by one?"

In view of this, He Yuzhu had an idea: "Why not lay a huge sheet where I enter the blessed land! Just lift up the four corners, and when the tea fruits arrive in this real world with me, they will naturally fall into the sheet. At that time, I only need to pour the tea fruits at the bottom of the sheet into the basket. Wouldn't it save a lot of trouble?" He did it right away!

He Yuzhu quickly opened the closet, took out the largest sheet in the house, and spread it flat on the ground. Then, he skillfully used ropes to tie the four corners of the sheet firmly to the four chairs around it. After everything was ready, He Yuzhu stood steadily in the center of the sheet and then stepped into the blessed land.

In the blink of an eye, He Yuzhu appeared again on the broad and flat square of Fudi Dongtian… He Yuzhu carefully took off the backpack full of oil tea fruits, gently poured them into the bamboo basket and placed it on the broad square. Then he took a deep breath, put the backpack back on, and climbed up a nearby mountain with firm steps.

Soon He Yuzhu climbed to the top of a mountain and finally came to a tea tree that had not been picked yet. He held the branches of the tea tree tightly and prayed silently in his heart: Sanqing Saint, Jade Emperor, Tathagata Buddha, please bless me to succeed. He Yuzhu prayed in his heart that he hoped to move these precious tea fruits out of the mysterious blessed land. At this time, something amazing happened - He Yuzhu himself did not leave the blessed land, but the fiery red tea fruits on the tea tree disappeared without a trace in the blink of an eye!

He Yuzhu's eyes widened, he couldn't believe what he saw. He was so excited that he quickly ran to another tea tree and did the same thing. As expected, the fruit of this tea tree also disappeared from his sight in an instant.

With joy and expectation in his heart, He Yuzhu couldn't wait to step out of the blessed land with an empty backpack and return to the real world. However, as soon as he appeared, he almost slipped on the scattered tea fruits under his feet. Looking at the plump tea fruits lying quietly in the sheets, He Yuzhu clenched his fists excitedly and couldn't help shouting loudly: "Yeah, I succeeded!"

He Yuzhu was overwhelmed with joy. This unexpected harvest filled him with confidence and hope for the future. At this moment, he seemed to see a broad prospect waiting for him to explore. Before, He Yuzhu had always believed that he could only take the items out of the blessed land and cave by himself. However, this was not the case. He found that he did not necessarily need to show up in person to take the items out of the blessed land and cave or put them in. This new discovery made him extremely excited - in the future, when he needed to move things from the blessed land and cave, it would become much easier! Not only that, he could also cleverly use this method to pick the fruits from the fruit trees in the blessed land.

He Yuzhu took off the bamboo basket on his back and carefully put the oil tea fruits on the bed sheet into the bamboo basket. Looking at the oil tea fruits at the bottom of the bamboo basket, he couldn't help laughing happily. Then he took the bamboo basket filled with oil tea fruits and stepped into the mysterious blessed land again.

When He Yuzhu appeared in the square of Fudi Dongtian again, he couldn't help but feel a wonderful feeling in his heart: it seemed that as long as he stepped out of Fudi Dongtian first and then re-entered, no matter where he was, he could reach the square as quickly as teleporting. This idea made him very excited, as if it opened a door to countless possibilities.

In this way, He Yuzhu relied on the new skills of using the blessed land and cave that he had just mastered, and completed the work of picking tea fruits from thousands of tea trees at lightning speed. He poured all the tea fruits into bamboo baskets and placed them on the square, allowing them to fully enjoy the sunshine. After everything was arranged properly, He Yuzhu left this mysterious and rich blessed land and cave, and returned to the real world.

Standing on the land outside, He Yuzhu looked down at the wide sheet spread out on the ground. However, He Yuzhu could not help but feel a little worried: as time goes by, these oil tea trees will continue to grow and become taller and denser; then the area where the oil tea fruits fall will naturally expand. In this case, this seemingly spacious sheet may not be able to handle the task of collecting oil tea fruits.

With this in mind, He Yuzhu made a quick decision and decided to find a tailor shop with exquisite craftsmanship to customize a larger size of bed sheet for emergency use. After all, it is better to plan ahead in advance to prevent trouble before it happens! Having made up his mind, He Yuzhu jumped off the bed sheet lightly, then skillfully untied the ropes that bound the four corners of the bed sheet, and carefully picked it up and placed it on a chair nearby. After doing these things, he breathed a sigh of relief, as if he had already seen the future harvest scene of the tree full of fruits and the bed sheet full of fruits...

Looking at the stained bed sheet spread on the chair, He Yuzhu couldn't help but sigh: "Oh, I have to wash the bed sheet again! This won't do. Do I have to spend energy to wash such a large bed sheet every time? It's too troublesome! It would be great if I had a big funnel..." Just as he was thinking, suddenly, a light flashed in He Yuzhu's eyes.

"That's right! Why do I have to use cloth to make sheets? I can just go find Old Song and ask him to help me build a big funnel out of wood! When in use, I can just take it out from my mysterious blessed land cave; when not in use, I can just put it back inside. After all, the space inside the blessed land cave is so vast that it is more than enough to place this big funnel!"

"Moreover, a funnel made of wood is much stronger and more durable than one made of cotton cloth. After all, cotton cloth will easily wear out and have holes after a long time of use. If it really comes to that, I'm afraid I'll have to sew a huge bed sheet every few years. However, in a few years, we will enter a special period when we must have tickets to buy anything. I can't always go to the black market to buy cloth tickets, right? Thinking about it this way, it seems that it is more appropriate to choose a funnel made of wood. By then, we only need to ask Old Song to help build a funnel frame. As for the inclined surface inside the funnel, we can completely use the bamboo materials dug out from the blessed land to replace it. This should save a lot of money on purchasing wood!"

"Hey, isn't this what we call riding a bicycle to a bar? I never waste when I should be frugal, and I never hesitate when I should spend money." Thinking of this, He Yuzhu couldn't help but secretly rejoice, feeling proud of himself for coming up with such a clever plan. Look how smart I am! Not only am I very smart, but I also know how to live frugally. I am simply a rare and excellent man in the world! I just don't know who will marry such an outstanding man like me in the future? Which woman is lucky enough to marry a good husband like me?

He Yuzhu looked at himself in the mirror again and again, touched his handsome face, nodded with satisfaction, and then pushed his bicycle out of the courtyard gate. He stepped over the bicycle, jumped on it, and rushed towards Old Song's house like an arrow.

Soon, they arrived at the door of Old Song's house. He Yuzhu pushed his bicycle into Old Song's yard without hesitation. Coincidentally, Old Song did not go out to work today, but was squatting in the yard of his home making furniture!

"Master Song, I'm busy! I didn't go to work today." He Yuzhu greeted the carpenter Old Song with a smile on his face. Hearing the voice, Old Song, who was working hard, looked up suddenly and recognized the person in front of him at a glance. He quickly put down the work in his hands and responded enthusiastically: "Hey, isn't this Xiao He? How come you have time to come to my place today? What a rare guest! Come in and sit down, there is good tea in the room, let's drink and chat."

Before he finished speaking, Old Song got up to make tea and invited He Yuzhu to come in and rest. However, He Yuzhu quickly reached out to stop Old Song and said anxiously, "Master Song, please stop working. We are old friends, so there is no need to be so polite. In fact, I came to see you today because I have something I want to ask you for help with."

"Oh? What's the matter? Let's go inside first and talk. It won't waste time." Old Song still insisted on letting He Yuzhu go inside to talk. Seeing that he couldn't persuade Old Song, He Yuzhu had to follow his wishes, and the two walked into the house together.

After entering the house, He Yuzhu followed Old Song and sat down. He quickly reached out to stop Old Song who was about to make tea and said, "Master Song, please stop working! I'm not being pretentious, you also understand the nature of my work. After all, I'm a cook. In our line of work, not only do we have to be delicate, but our sense of taste is also very important! So I don't usually drink tea, just pour me a glass of boiled water!"

Hearing this, Old Song no longer insisted and poured a glass of boiled water for He Yuzhu and placed it on the table next to him. Then he asked, "Okay, but by the way, what on earth did you come to see me today?"

He Yuzhu hurriedly replied: "It's like this. I would like to trouble you to make me a particularly large funnel. The length and width of this funnel must both reach 5 meters! After it is finished, the inclined part inside the funnel, you only need to build a frame structure with wood, and there is no need to lay wooden boards on it. After I transport it back, I will cover it with bamboo myself. Oh, yes! There is another very critical point, that is, you must make a hole at the very bottom of the funnel, and at the same time, you must make a flexibly movable switch device with wooden boards and install it there." He Yuzhu spoke while gesticulating with his hands, for fear of missing any details. He was determined to clearly and completely present the ideal object in his mind to Old Song.