During the conversation at the fence how does Elisa show that she has begun to trust the stranger

She and the stranger have a good chat and he/she is nice to her

By opening the gate and inviting the man into her garden, Elisa shows that she has begun to trust the stranger.

Explanation:

"The Chrysanthemums" by John Steinbeck tells the story of Elisa Allen and her husband Henry who are living in a farm. One day, a man turned up at their farm looking for small jobs. At first, Elisa told him she has no jobs for him. But then, when the man saw her chrysanthemums and began talking about them, she felt a sense of delight and invited him into the garden, opening the gate. This action of hers shows that she has begun to trust the man, enough to invite him into the garden. She even gave him some chrysanthemum shoots for him to take to one of his customer.