Chapter 332 The White Moonlight of the Surgeon General (35)
In the first month of the year, Mr. Bai came to the Xu family and brought an old man of similar age to him.
The bodyguard behind him is holding a pot of plant.
However, Xu Yin couldn’t tell what kind of flower it was because it was covered by a warm plastic film.
Inviting the two old men to sit down, Mr. Bai got straight to the point and said: "Xiao Xu, this is my best friend Lao Zhong, but he doesn't like orchids and loves camellias. No, my ghost orchid has been rescued and I want you to try it." Let’s see if we can raise him, the eighteen-year-old bachelor, well.”
Mr. Zhong nodded towards Xu Yin: "Little girl, I heard from an old friend that you are good at growing flowers. Can you help me take a look? This pot of Eighteen Bachelors has been with me for several years. I will carry it in every winter. Greenhouse, this year my youngest son got married, and many guests came to the house. A relative’s child was too naughty and ran to my greenhouse to play. He adjusted the air conditioner temperature to 35 degrees and turned on the dehumidification. When I found out, It has been two days and the flower has become like this..."
He asked the bodyguard to open the plastic film.
Xu Yin saw clearly the appearance of the camellia—the outer layer of the buds was dry and scorched, the leaves were several withered and curled, and the branches were not that green, as if the water had been drained away.
【Ding—Rescue eighteen bachelors, complete the task and reward 50 energy points】
Xu Yin took the task without any further hesitation.
However, Mr. Zhong looked around the Xu family and asked worriedly: "You don't have a greenhouse at home. How do you grow flowers that like warmth?"
Xu Yin said with a smile: "Although Camellia prefers warm weather, it is actually quite resistant to cold. And don't you think that flowers grown in accordance with the four seasons have more vitality than greenhouse flowers? It's like raising children. , The resistance of children who are delicate and carefully raised is far less than those children who are running around outside all day long and are rough and free-range."
Mr. Zhong choked when he heard this.
Mr. Bai laughed loudly: "Not to mention, Xiao Xu's theory is really feasible. Since my ghost orchid has been raised naturally in Xiao Xu's house for a few days, I didn't put it in the greenhouse after I returned, and it is more energetic than before. So we Yeah, you have to change it. The more pampered you are, the harder it is to survive. You said that when your sons were young, didn’t you just let them crawl around outside, and didn’t all of them have strong skin? "
After hearing what he said, Mr. Zhong was still worried and looked back three times before leaving, but in the end he left the camellia at Xu's house.
Xu Yin sent them to the entrance of the alley, waited for them to get in the car and leave, and then went home to check on the pot of eighteen bachelors.
The flowers and leaves are scorched and the flower branches are yellowing. According to the "Flower Care Guide", it is indeed caused by lack of water. The reason why it does not improve after watering is because the soil is too dry and compacted.
Xu Yin first loosened the soil, then spread some nutritious soil on the surface and poured some rooting water. Start caring from the roots. The root system will be developed and strong, and the flowers and leaves will spread out quickly.
Subsequently, she filled a watering can with some Lingxu Sect mountain spring water and sprayed the buds and leaves every day.
Within a week, this pot of eighteen bachelors not only recovered as before, but also bloomed.
The petals are stacked in layers and are as white as snow.
Counting carefully, the adjacent petals are arranged in exactly eighteen rounds. This is the origin of "Eighteen Bachelors".
She rubbed her chin and couldn't help but think:
Should we try to cultivate a plant of the "Eighteen Scholars" mentioned by Duan Yu in Jin Yong's novels?
"There are a total of eighteen flowers blooming on one plant, each with a different color, the red ones are all red, the purple ones are all purple, there is no mixture at all, and the eighteen flowers have different shapes, each with its own beauty, when it blooms Let’s open it together, and let’s thank each other when it’s time to give thanks…”
If such eighteen bachelors can be cultivated, I wonder if they can complete the additional task of "astonishing the world".
Pat your cheeks, you’ve thought too much!
At present, she may not even be able to cultivate "Two Joes" or "Three Heroes of Feng Chen", so she still expects to be "Eighteen Bachelors"?
When Zhong Laoyi saw that his baby had been rescued, he smiled heartily on the phone: "Is this really my eighteenth bachelor? Has it blossomed? Hahahaha! Live up to expectations! Really live up to expectations!"
He directly sent a huge red envelope to Xu Yin and forced her to accept it. "Take it! Otherwise, old man, I will be embarrassed to ask you about flower cultivation."
Xu Yin did not refuse anymore, accepted it generously and thanked her.
“Thank you! This is what you deserve.”
Mr. Zhong happily came and took the flowers away the same day.
After returning home, I took a lot of photos of the Eighteenth Bachelor and sent them to the group of flower friends.
Some people in the group knew that the buds of his precious Eighteenth Bachelor had turned yellow a while ago. When they saw him posting photos of camellias, they thought he had just bought a new pot, and they all teased him:
"Old Zhong, what's going on? It turns out that the pot is no longer working, so why not replace it with a new one?"
"Old Zhong, this pot is good, and it bloomed so early? The flower bones in my pot are still small."
Zhong Lao said with a smile: "You all guessed wrong! This pot is the original pot."
“Didn’t you say that you were tortured by a skinny monkey?”
"Yes, without the introduction of Old Bai, I met a little girl who is good at growing flowers and helped me save it. After raising it at her house for a few days, it bloomed in advance. Isn't it beautiful? The flowers are as white as jade. It’s even better than last year.”
In this way, everyone in the group knows that there is a little expert in flower cultivation in Shijingfang Lane who can save dying flowers.
Xu Yin didn’t know yet that she was famous among the flower friends in Yanjing. She was packing her luggage and had to report to school.
Although they are both in Yanjing City, the school is still quite far from home.
In the second semester of my senior year, I didn’t have many classes, but I had a thesis defense and some trivial matters before graduation. It was inconvenient to go back and forth every day, but I promised Grandpa Xu that I would go home on weekends.
Thinking that his granddaughter would no longer be able to live at home every day, Grandpa Xu felt sour and reluctant to give up.
Xu Yin brewed a pot of good Longjing, sat under the eaves with her grandpa, drank tea and chatted in the sun, and cooked him his favorite halal beef noodles at noon.
In the afternoon, Gu Xijin drove to pick up his girlfriend. Seeing that she was unhappy, he pinched her cheek and asked, "What's wrong?"
“Grandpa is reluctant to let me leave home, and I am actually quite reluctant to leave him.”
"Then, how about we put the wedding house in Shijingfang Lane?" While waiting for the traffic light, Gu Xijin turned to look at her and said, "A few days ago, I heard from grandpa that the master labor at the end of the lane wanted to sell his yard. Now, his son has found a partner who refuses to live in an alley and insists that the groom’s family buy a commercial house with full payment, otherwise the marriage will fall through.”
According to the current housing prices in Yanjing, how can ordinary people afford to buy a fully paid house unless they sell their old house.
Xu Yin said in surprise: "But if we sell the yard in the alley, where will Master Lao and his wife live in the future?"
“I heard that I am going back to the countryside.”
Xu Yin couldn't help but sigh: "I raised my son, bought a house for him and got married, but in the end the two old people have to go back to the countryside. Why do I think it would be better to have no son?"
Gu Xijin chuckled: "Then we don't want children anymore, just the two of us."
At this time, the red light flashed and the green light came on, and a car behind her honked its horn. Xu Yin patted him: "Drive your car!"
After saying this, I felt embarrassed. This car is not that car.
(End of this chapter)