The navel orange trees on the mountain, although lacking water in the latter half of this year and not bearing large fruits, when tasted, are sweeter than ever before.
Sufficient sunlight has accumulated more sugars.
Mobilizing people at the base to go up the mountain to pick these navel oranges and other fruits, so of which can be made into dried fruits and preserves.
Navel oranges, originally able to be stored for a long ti, can be kept for up to two months in a well-ventilated and dry place.
But Li Yu felt that wasn't long enough, so he made so into canned fruits, which could then be stored for over a year.
Navel oranges are a specialty of their area.
On the mountain, children ca running, racing across the fields.
Picking fruits and placing them in baskets, transporting them to the residential area for mom and others to handle.
The peel of navel oranges actually has many benefits.
Navel orange peels can be extracted for essential oils, used in shampooing for smooth and soft hair, or in face washing for skin whitening effects. Dried navel orange peels can also be used in traditional Chinese dicine to aid digestion, and in cooking to remove unwanted odors or as decoration.
Containing essential oils, navel orange peel emits a faint orange fragrance, refreshing the air and invigorating the mind.
Especially effective in enclosed spaces, in the winter when windows are seldom opened, placing so orange peel can improve air quality too. For those who get motion sickness, placing so orange peels nearby can prevent it during long car rides.
Additionally, navel orange peel can remove stains.
Rubbing ceramic dishes with orange peel dipped in salt is particularly effective in removing grease. Burning dried orange peels in a tal box can quickly remove toilet odors and also repel mosquitoes and flies.
Orange peel also acts as a natural air freshener, rivaling professional air fresheners, and when placed in cabinets, it can remove odors and repel insects.
Placing orange peel in a microwave and heating on low power for 1 to 2 minutes can eliminate any odd slls; putting it in the refrigerator can help freshen the air.
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The aroma of navel oranges is quite distinctive; Li Yu has always enjoyed slling this scent.
"Big brother, I picked a triplet navel orange," called Li Suxin, her hair in pigtails, excitedly towards Li Yu.
"Good sign! That's wonderful!" Li Yu smiled as he looked at Li Suxin.
Li Suxin, holding the three connected navel oranges, her little face flushed, the orange fruit paired with so lush green leaves, looked truly pleasing.
The harvest season is always joyful.
Amidst the laughter, everyone picked and processed the fruits.
Last month's newly planted vegetables, so matured quickly, were harvested and dried in the recent sunny days to make pickles and preserved vegetables.
Early October, during the National Day holiday.
That night, Li Yu stood at the Observation Tower on the mountain peak, the highest point in the base, from where he could see far into the distance.
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Li Yu lit a cigarette, the evening breeze blowing as fragnted mories flashed before his eyes.
He rembered, in the year he graduated from university, during the National Day holiday, when he had just started his career, and was incredibly busy.
While others were on vacation traveling or spending ti with family,
he could only pitifully run to the client's company, ti and again, endlessly revising proposals, editing reports.
He worked hard, but what left the deepest impression from that job was on the second day of the National Day holiday, during a business trip, a colleague
suddenly collapsed on the ground while buying breakfast at a convenience store, bleeding profusely, later diagnosed at the hospital as sudden death.
It was truly terrifying.
It happened right by his side, a person a year older than him, occurring directly before his eyes, giving him a great shock.
Since then, he started going to bed earlier, always eating breakfast.
But, the lancholy in his heart persisted, the bitterness of the workplace where his imdiate boss always took credit, Li Yu's work invariably beca the leader's.
He always ended up taking the bla for project mishaps, more ludicrously, when Li Yu stayed after hours to self-study and grow, discovered by his boss, the underminings continued,
Feeling that Li Yu's workload wasn't intense enough, he was directly assigned a bunch of tasks outside of his job.
Personal tasks.
At work, one should work for themselves, learning and growing are what matter most.
Working overti is fine if it ans sothing, then just do it.
But if it's just to run errands and buy random stuff for your boss and then deliver it from afar, it's totally unnecessary.
In the workplace, serving tea and opening doors are normal, everyone has gone through this.
But, incessant suppression, relentless oppression, docking pay, deducting from an already minimal salary through various ans.
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If that was all, it might be okay, but the coercion extends elsewhere.
Most people might have already bowed their heads and resigned on their own.
But Li Yu wasn't willing to give in, the company wasn't the problem, the problem was this woman.
He wouldn't feel right until he let out this breath.
Clearly, he worked so hard, clearly was observant, clearly....
Perhaps Li Yu's belligerence was innate.
The usually gentle him, one day found that female leader.
A so-called Christian who still ate beef and mutton blood.
A woman who fawns to superiors and bullies subordinates, good-looking but sinister in mind.
A person who could say to the cleaning lady, "You people just waste food and don't deserve respect."
And to the big boss, "Dad, I brought you coffee, it's a bit hot, be careful~"
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One day after work, Li Yu called the female leader out.
"Stop pushing , stop insulting , I know where you live. The barefoot are not afraid of those with shoes. If you push too far, I don't know what I might do."
At the company's courtyard downstairs, Li Yu said calmly.
He might not be very smart, might not think of any sneaky tactics to retaliate, but he was ready to face the destruction of the world, so what wouldn't he dare to do?
The female supervisor trembled slightly, forcibly smiled and said, "Li Yu, I didn't see this coming, you really chill my heart, I've always wanted to nurture you, and yet you treat like this. Oh, I really can't..."
Covering her chest, she made a hurt expression.
Li Yu's eyes were sharp, like a hawk's, staring directly at the female leader.
Silently.
"Hahaha, why do you look at with those eyes, you're too scary. Hahaha." The female leader tried to calm herself down by forcing a composed deanor and easing the atmosphere.
"Don't push , I have nothing to lose. The barefoot are not afraid of those with shoes. Just think about it yourself," Li Yu said softly, just like that.
The female leader was frightened.
Then she tried to ignore Li Yu, and imdiately got up to leave for the office.
"Jiangsu Province, Xuzhou City xxxx," Li Yu stated an address.
The female leader looked at Li Yu with so shock, unable to believe that Li Yu actually knew where her hotown was.
Suddenly, she felt that Li Yu was serious!
Mad!
Crazy!
"Is it necessary?"
"It is necessary."
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