As soon as he was through the door, he called out to his wife, who came running over with a little child in her arms. "Look what I got us!"

The woman raised her brows, unsure what her husband had brought over this time. Sometimes, he would just carelessly throw money at something that he saw being sold at the roadside. Nine times out of ten, it would’ve been broken by the following week. Seeing a tree though, it didn’t seem quite as bad this time. At the very least, it shouldn’t break easily, right? She gave him an indulgent smile and then motioned at the little sapling. "Oh? So what exactly is it?"

Her husband immediately puffed out his chest, mightily proud of himself. "You guess!"

The woman gave a hum and looked at the sapling again. "Well, I guess it’s for our garden. Otherwise, it’d have to be a present." But she really couldn’t think of anyone that they would want to gift a tree to so she still felt that the former was more likely.

Her husband nodded eagerly. "Yes, it’s for our garden. You’re exactly right, my dear! It’s a cherry tree. I figured that if we plant it now, in a few years when it has grown a little taller we’ll have cherries each summer. I’m sure the children will love it! And when they’re grown up and have children of their own, they can bring them over and they can climb up the tree. By then, it should have grown quite big already."

His wife laughed at that, walked over, and gave him a hug and a kiss on the cheek. "You, ah! Our oldest is only three years old. What are you doing, thinking of grandchildren already? You’d better help me raise these two first." Saying so, she stuffed the child in her arms into her husband’s and then turned to the tree. Looking it over, she felt that it was looking quite good. Most likely, if they planted it and took care of it for a couple of years, it should really be able to grow cherries.

Even though she wasn’t concerned with having grandchildren yet, she also felt that when their own children were slightly older, it would probably be nice to have a cherry tree. Also, if the children didn’t like them, she could still make some marmalade with it or bake a cake. "I guess we should go and plant it then. The sooner we start, the sooner you’ll get your cherries." She patted her husband’s shoulder and then picked up the little sapling herself, carrying it towards the back door.

"Ah! What are you doing? Let me carry it! It’s heavy!"

The woman just glanced over and chuckled. "And you think carrying around a child each day isn’t heavy? You just play with the little one for a moment. Since you just came back, you should also spend some time with him." With that, she continued walking forward, not giving her husband another glance.

Thus, when the little fruit fairy finally woke up again, he found that the man had vanished and that he was at a green place with a woman kneeling at the roots of his tree.

Ying Tao blinked his eyes, sat up, and looked around curiously. Actually, this place didn’t look so bad. There was green grass at the roots of his tree, a few other trees close by, and he could see rows of other plants not too far away. To be honest, this place was almost as good as the market garden with big sister Ping Guo albeit a little smaller. If not for the fact that there was nobody that he knew here, he might like it.

Right now, Ying Tao was just worried though. Who knew what the fairies around him would think of him? In any case, it really was difficult to move to a new place. It would’ve been much better to stay at the same place. Or, if he really had to relocate, it would’ve been best to relocate together with big sister Ping Guo and the others. But now, only he had been taken away. Now, what was he supposed to do about it?

While Ying Tao was worried, the other fairies in the garden curiously looked over.

"The Madam brought over a new tree," mentioned one of the shrub fairies at the side of the garden. "What kind of tree do you think this is?"

The fairy of the shrub next to her shrugged her shoulders, leaning over slightly. "Probably another fruit tree. Don’t the Madam and Master like fruit trees? Well, there are already three orange trees over there. Maybe it’s another one of those."

The first shrub fairy gave a humph. "It’d better not be another orange tree. These orange fairies really aren’t anything good. Out of the three of them, two are complete brats. The third one might still be alright but if the others continue to influence her like this, then I’m afraid nothing good will come of this."

The fairy of the big oak tree next to them threw down a few leaves. "Sh! Will you stop it already? In any case, the orange fairies are still young. It’s alright to be a little more lively and demanding. In a few years, I’m sure they’ll also become calmer. In any case, you can’t badmouth others when a new family member just arrived. What are they going to think about us?"

The two shrub fairies grumbled a little but finally didn’t continue to badmouth the orange fairies. Instead, they eagerly stared at the new tree, wondering what exactly it was.

Ying Tao hadn’t heard the previous conversation since he was still busy looking around and trying to figure out what was going on. Counting the many plants around him, he figured that there should be quite a few brothers and sisters around him. Even though he was worried, he also couldn’t help being curious. Just what kind of fairies would there be? And would he be able to make a few new friends? Since big sister Ping Guo wasn’t there to accompany him anymore, he couldn’t just stay alone, could he?

Before Ying Tao could decide what to do, another fairy flew up from a row of plants on the ground in front of his tree. This fairy was about twice the size in circumference compared to Ying Tao, with a green dress and dark red hair. He was holding a finger to his lips, looking at Ying Tao curiously, albeit a little confused. "What kind of fairy are you?"

Ying Tao twisted the leaf up, hiding behind it while he examined the other fairy. Seeing that he seemed quite harmless, he let go of the leaf, fluttered his wings, and then flew over, circling the fairy twice. "I’m a cherry fruit fairy, of course! Can’t you see that this is a cherry tree?"

The chubby fairy looked up at the tree and then shook his head, but took down his hand and turned to look at Ying Tao. "I’ve never seen a cherry tree before. I’m Xi Gua. I’m a melon fairy."

Ying Tao reached out and poked his stomach. "Well, you do look like a melon fairy."

Big sister Ping Guo had told him that it was quite normal for fairies to look a bit like the fruit they came from. So for a melon fairy to look like this, he felt that it was not a strange thing. On the other hand, of course, a cherry fairy like him would look small and cute. Thinking of that, he smiled brightly and then flew over to grab Xi Gua’s arm. "Are there many other fairies around? I just arrived so I don’t know anyone yet."

Xi Gua nodded slowly and then grabbed his hand, motioning over to the trees behind the cherry tree. "I can show you around. The first three that you should know are the orange fairies. You should be a bit careful though. They aren’t always very nice. It depends a bit on what kind of mood they’re in." Saying so, he tugged at his hand and then brought him over, introducing Ying Tao to the three orange fairies and vice versa before pulling him over to the rows of plants on the ground that he had come from. "Come on, come on, I’ll introduce you to the others. The Master and Madam often bring new fairies home. So there are always new friends to get to know. This is big brother pumpkin." He motioned at a fairy with bright orange hair that was sitting on top of a pumpkin plant, yawning lazily.

Ying Tao blinked his eyes and then nodded his head. "Hello, big brother pumpkin."

The other fairy just waved his hand, seemingly not interested at all.

Xi Gua didn’t seem to think much of it and just continued to pull him along. "Now, this is cucumber. They’re nice but a bit vain so make sure you don’t say anything bad about their appearance."

Ying Tao smiled and waved at the fairy with the long green hair. In any case, there wasn’t anything bad to say about cucumber’s appearance. And even if there was, he wouldn’t just go around randomly insulting others.

Xi Gua continued to pull him over to a strange tower-shaped thing where a few smaller plants were growing at different heights. "This is where the herb fairies live. There is sister cilantro, grandmother basil, auntie thyme, and little sister mint."

Ying Tao followed him up the winding row of plants, continuously nodding his head, and greeting the other fairies.

The herb fairies were a lot more outgoing than the other ones that they had met before. They immediately crowded around Xi Gua and Ying Tao on top of the tower, chattering excitedly. Xi Gua and Ying Tao needed several minutes to finally get rid of the aunties and uncles and stumbled to the next row on the vegetable field.

Ying Tao was clinging to Xi Gua’s arm, feeling that he really wasn’t ready to see anyone else. "Is everyone here like this?" He felt like tears were streaming down his face at the thought of how he might have to go through this very same thing again.