Qingmu said, "Her second brother told me when we went to their house to dig up saplings the other day. That's how they planted their persimmon trees. You have to bury the manure deep, or you'll burn the saplings. Once the tree is bigger and its roots reach down, the fertilizer kicks in, and it'll grow much faster. Their persimmon tree bore some fruit in its second year, and by the third, it was covered in them. That tree is much sturdier than others, too."
Juhua's eyes lit up. 'Our new peach, plum, and apricot trees, covered in fruit by the third year!' The thought made her smile. She said to Qingmu, "Then we should get a persimmon sapling from them to plant, too!"
Qingmu said, "I wanted to, but they don't have any more saplings. We'll just have to keep looking."
As dusk fell, the group finished their work and headed home.
