Chapter 842 The top-notch scheming stepsister (28)
Xu Yin rarely pays attention to campus forums.
After wearing a few small worlds of the old era, I really can’t think of a mobile phone.
Except for answering the phone or shopping online or checking some information, I always forget its existence.
But precisely because of this, she was able to concentrate on her studies without any distractions.
In the blink of an eye, the semester is coming to an end.
After a semester of systematic study, she has gained a lot in courtyard landscape design. The progress of her courtyard is the best proof—
Opening the courtyard door covered with white bougainvillea, you are faced with a hand-built mobile fish pond. The gurgling water flows between the gaps in the natural stones, bringing a bit of vitality to the courtyard.
A circle of humidity-loving spices of different heights were planted around the fish pond. The tall ones include lemongrass, patchouli, and calamus, and the short ones include Polygonum, kaempferol, and wild mint.
There are also several blooming water lilies floating in the fish pond, and a few high-quality koi carp swimming and playing among the lotus leaves, forming a mini Chinese-style waterscape with the flowing water and green plants.
On the west side of the fish pond is a natural bluestone road leading indoors. To the east of the stone road is a small green lawn. The east courtyard wall is shared with the old lady’s house next door. The old lady’s house has planted many flowers, some of which have even climbed up. On the wall, Xu Yin simply planted a clump of purple bamboo. Instead of planting it directly in the ground, she used a large round-mouthed pot-bellied ceramic jar to make a purple bamboo bonsai. Prevent it from growing bigger and affecting the foundation of the house.
There are several pots of beautiful cherry blossoms and viola in full bloom on both sides of the courtyard gate.
To the west of the fish pond, a resting platform was built, with an antiseptic solid wood tea table and small stone benches. You can enjoy tea and bask in the sun in winter, and enjoy the shade and watch the stars in summer.
Going past the resting platform, it connects to the side yard. Groups of spice bonsai are arranged in an orderly manner, including rare varieties and common varieties that have particularly beautiful flowering periods.
The bonsai pots are all custom-made by her in her own painting style. Some are round with a big belly, some are exquisite and exquisite; some are colorful, and some are plain and plain. Each pot corresponds to a spice, all of which are unique and cannot be found in the outside market.
The backyard is mainly a tree and spice area. She transplanted the spice trees that she had planned from the beginning, but she was not satisfied with the saplings she found outside, so she simply replaced them with those stocked in the system warehouse.
After being soaked by the spiritual mist, these saplings were transplanted very smoothly. Within ten days after they were planted, new shoots sprouted and the growth was quite gratifying.
In the backyard, I built a cute little bird house in a log color against the wall. It is mainly for decoration. I haven’t considered raising birds yet.
Unexpectedly, the second week after the bird house was built, she came home and found two more birds in the yard.
I haven’t identified the specific species, but looking at their shiny feathers and beautiful beaks, I feel like they don’t look like wild birds in nature, and are mostly domesticated.
But these two birds seemed to have recognized her bird house and stayed here. They flew back after a while.
Eat the leaves from the spice trees or the grass seeds in the bonsai every day. If you continue like this, you must not peck the newly planted trees and grass in the yard.
Xu Yin couldn't laugh or cry, so she had to spend 500 energy points to exchange for a bird food formula, made a can of nutritious bird food, and fed them regularly every day. When she went to school, she asked Dad Xu to feed her once when he came home.
Fortunately, these two birds seem to know not to **** randomly, and the bird **** is concentrated on the ground opposite the bird house.
This made her even more convinced that the two birds were domesticated, so she poked into the group of owners and sent a message to ask whose family had lost the bird.
Since no one came to claim it yet, she put a pottery basin on the ground under the bird house. The bird **** fell into the pottery accurately. If there was too much, she used it to compost the flowers.
It belongs to the Rosaceae family and has strong climbing ability. It was planted this spring and it will probably have climbed to the third floor next spring. The bright and bright flowers will pour down from the heights along with the plant, forming a beautiful waterfall of flowers. What’s special about this flower is that the flowers are bright and strong, but the fragrance is fresh and elegant. The combination of the blooming red flowers and the green branches and leaves gives people the warmth and romance of quiet time.
Xu Yin once used this flower to prepare a fragrance with beautiful color and elegant fragrance. It has always been one of the best in the spice industry with both good looks (beautiful) and ability (climbing vines).
To the north of the east courtyard wall, a black pepper plant and a green Zanthoxylum bungeanum plant were planted.
Black peppercorns can climb walls, while green peppercorns are shrubs and have thorns, so they are planted in corners.
To the south of them, a pergola was installed and two gourds were planted.
When they are young, they can be eaten as vegetables, and when they are old, they can be made into containers to hold spices.
From the front yard to the backyard, it is not all lawn.
Natural bluestone slabs are paved in it, so shoes will not get dirty even on rainy days.
On both sides of the stone slab, a group of bonsais are arranged from time to time. As you walk slowly, you will see scenery along the way.
Xu Yin spent four months, completing her coursework and decorating the courtyard bit by bit to look the way she wanted.
When the final design drawing was handed over to Professor He, he received his approval. Not only did he praise her for her intelligence in drawing inferences from one example, but he also gave her an additional task:
“This is a friend who asked me to help. You can also get a copy to practice with. When the time comes, I will give him all your design drafts and let him choose.”
Professor He has brought five graduate students. Generally, if an acquaintance comes to him for help, he will let the students participate in the practice as long as time permits.
Of course, if an acquaintance is dissatisfied with the plan designed by the student, then he should be the one to take care of it.
If the other party takes a fancy to one of the students' design plans, Professor He will transfer it to the student without leaving any money after the design money arrives.
This is also the reason why college student A, although afraid of Professor He's rigidity and severity, is still willing to choose him as a graduate tutor. There are even too many people who have signed up, so they have to compete.
Logically speaking, Xu Yin is only a sophomore undergraduate, and her major is not landscape architecture. This is only her second major. She has just started a minor this semester, so she is not qualified to participate in graduate projects.
But I couldn’t help it. Professor He liked her hard work and the novelty and creativity in her designs. It was just an opportunity. If it was given, it was given. Whether she could seize it or not was up to her.
Although Xu Yin was a little surprised, according to the professor’s instructions, there were many people participating. She was a novice in the field of landscape design, so she was just practicing her skills at best.
“Thank you teacher, I will try my best to complete it!”
One is really brave enough to give it, and the other one is really brave enough to take it!
But except for Professor He and Xu Yin, no third party knows about this matter yet.
Xu Yin made time for final review and exam preparation, started the scene simulation before going to bed, raced against time to complete the design draft, handed it over to Professor He, and then stopped caring about it.
Until the end of the final exam, the long-awaited summer vacation came. The students were discussing where to go. However, Xu Yin was still carrying a bag of books to the restaurant to help Xu's father as she did during the winter vacation. Professor He called and asked her bank card number.
The design drawing she submitted was liked by his friend. Although some parts were a little immature, it was more innovative. Professor He slightly revised and polished it, and it turned out to be a satisfactory work.
(End of this chapter)