#i Love this
three sentences of jiang cheng and jin guangyao's co-parenting adventures :)
(“three sentences”. yeah, well, there sure are three sentences here. and then a bunch more sentences. I guess you could consider the extra sentences like interest for the wait time? :’D I don’t know what I’m doing with myself any more. oh well, I hope the disaster grape pov is enjoyable (’:)
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Even though it would’ve been perfectly acceptable to receive Clan Leader Jin at the gates to Lotus Pier proper, Jiang Cheng had decided today to take advantage of the lack of other guests arriving at all hours to meet Lianfang-zun and their nephew down at the docks in the town, instead.
He doesn’t have to wait long; the boat carrying the Jin clan retainers comes into sight on the river within a quarter shichen, and is soon unloading a stream of pale gold out into the lakefront market stalls. Lianfang-zun is one of the last out onto the pier, but Jin Ling rushes past much quicker – the child clambering out through the benches and onto the dock, then turning back to peer in over the railing. He calls an impatient “xiao-shushu!” into the boat, trying to wave him further along without letting go of the ornate, adult-sized sword he held clasped in both hands.
A moment later, he’s apparently given up waiting for his other uncle and flung himself toward Jiang Cheng instead, skidding to a halt and almost overbalancing a few feet in front of him, where he then nods into a perfunctory bow that’s maimed from the start by the way he keeps the sword hugged to his chest. “Uncle Jiang-zongzhu.”
Jiang Cheng feels a small stone at the pit of his stomach, remembering how last time it had simply been jiujiu (when they were in private, he reminds himself, just the three of them that were his remaining family, without all the rest of these disciples and townspeople around) – but he nods anyway, eyeing the sword. Jin Ling scurries around to his side, and Jiang Cheng drops an arm around his shoulders, pulling him in tightly.
Hello, I live in the tropics (pretty much on the equator) and I really love cherry tomatoes. I'd like to grow them on my balcony which gets seriously hot afternoon sun (I have shaded spots of necessary). My previous attempt had the tomatoes blooming but not fruiting much despite using a tiny paintbrush to pollinate them. Any advice on the type of cherry tomatoes I can look for?
Ah! They are not fruiting because it doesn’t get cold enough for them to fear for thier own mortality, which is what makes them actually get busy producing their delicious offspring. You don’t need to bother with the paintbrush, you need to convince them that Winter Is Coming ™ and/or they are generally About To Die. I reccomend trying to cool the soil they’re in first- instead of watering them with water, dump ice on the soil around them. If that doesn’t work, you can try menacing them by breaking off some of the leaves, letting the soil dry out more than usual or hitting them with a stick a few times.
Tomatoes are basically into Sadomasochism and really only get horny if they think they’re in real danger.
