Fang Huai was planting trees for the first time.
Although he was poor, he was the kind of poor person who grew up in the city; he really had never done anything like planting before.
He had occasionally seen the municipal workers planting trees, so when he went downstairs, he thought there would be a lot of things to move.
It turned out to be just a bunch of small, twiggy things, transported in a van and packed into a big cardboard box that wasn't very heavy.
So he asked the second question that would earn him ridicule:
"Captain Ye, these are branches from a tree, right? They're so small, can we really plant them and have them survive?"
Many people laughed.
Fang Hongliang walked over, patted him, and said:
"These are not just branches, they are seedlings cultivated from seeds, complete trees!
There are many types of trees, and all of ours are small trees that won't grow very tall, but they tend to survive quite well.
