16. Garden

Nicole Zorro doesn't brag, she's a professional when it comes to plants.

She moved out all the flowers and plants suitable for insect repellent in the store, and when Yang Shubao came to her store after taking a shower, she said: "Speaking of insect repellent, in fact, stinky grass is more useful than fragrant flowers, and if you can tolerate the unpleasant smell, then you better plant some stinky grass around the house." ”

"Like geraniums?" asked Yang Shubao.

Geranium's secretions contain terpenes, organic esters, and alcohol ketones, which can repel insects when volatilized.

Nicole raised an eyebrow at him again and said, "It seems that you have done your homework, yes, geraniums, lantana and five-colored plums, they are all suitable." And if you want to fight a long battle against mosquitoes, plant some neem and neem. ”

Yang Shubao didn't understand these plants, and he asked, "Lantana, what is it?"

Nicole further explains: "Lantana is a plant used by Kenyans to repel mosquitoes, and it can be kept indoors, and studies have shown that having them can reduce the chance of mosquito bites by 30 percent. ”

"Neem and neem are trees, and they contain a kind of neem that can interfere with the normal development of mosquito larvae and pupa, so that the larvae cannot pupate, so that the pupa cannot emerge into adults, and can even lead to adult sterilization. But the trees grow slowly, so you have to be prepared to fight them for a long time. ”

Yang Shubao nodded and said: "I'm ready for this, it's not too late to cut off children and grandchildren." ”

Nicole's shop didn't have stinky grass or neem saplings, so Yang Shubao first paid 16,000 rand to buy all the flower seedlings that could repel insects, and then left a deposit of 5,000 yuan for her to help order other vegetation.

After getting the money, Nicole's happy eyes narrowed into crescents, and she said happily: "I've been opening a shop here for almost half a year, and it's the first time I've done such a big business, thank God, come on, I'll help you transport these flowers and plants." ”

Yang Shubao is happy to deal with beautiful women, but there are too many secrets in his territory, and with the help of two farming experts and little goblins, the work of planting flowers and grass is simple, and there is no need to find others to mix.

So he said politely: "I understand your kindness, but now the sun is too terrible, I can't let the sun burn your skin, leave it to me, I am a pure master, deal with these flowers and plants." ”

Then he called Maison, who had a van for groceries and meat, which was used to transport the seedlings.

Driving across the grass and approaching the color steel tile house, Maison looked at the large piece of elephant grass and said in surprise: "My God, you really planted these grasses?"

Yang Shubao borrowed tools from him yesterday and told him about planting grass, so there is no need to explain more.

After the seedlings were sent back, the rest was the goblin's business, and he brought back some oranges for the two of them, so that they could dig holes and plant grass and flowers while eating oranges.

For goblins, this is pediatrics, and a circle of gardens appeared around the color steel tile house in one morning.

Pyrethrum has small white flowers, marigold and peacock grass have yellow flowers, the South American mandala wood is still a small shrub, but it blooms early and now has orange-yellow trumpet flowers, rosemary and nepeta have purple flowers, and basil has purple and white flowers.

Yang Shubao used the Ganlin technique to give them the spring of life, and they quickly became thriving, and in this way, the environment of the color steel tile house changed, and it suddenly became extremely emotional.

You just can't stay inside during the day, it's a steamer in the sun!

Seeing the goblins working hard, Yang Shubao was very satisfied, and he allowed the two of them to go to the tree to drink the water of the spring of life accumulated in the morning.

The spring of life is a good thing, Danny jumped excitedly, jumping one meter high, Yang Shubao teased after seeing it: "You two have the wrong surname, Danny, you like to dance so much, you should be able to dance." ”

Danny said happily, "Then my name is Danny who can dance?"

Nate said angrily, "Dream, you don't want to join our family that can dance." ”

"I'm going to join!"

"Punch me!"

The two little goblins fought again.

Leaving a passage in the dense forest of elephant grass, Yang Shubao walked in and sat under the tree of life, leaning on the trunk to enjoy the shade.

There is no shortage of wind on the grassland by the sea, the sea breeze blows the tall and thick elephant grass to sway and make a rattling sound, and the air is gradually filled with the fragrance of chrysanthemums, which makes it a pleasure to enjoy the shade under the trees.

By chance, he saw the golden lion-faced tamarin, and not only the little marmosets that had been looking for Nate to play with the other day, but their families had all moved over and made a home in the elephant grass.

As long as they don't destroy the Tree of Life, Uncle Yang doesn't care where they stay.

At noon, he went to the fast food restaurant to eat, and Maison was bored with no business and said, "Yang, let's go fishing together in the afternoon, right? You haven't been to the Great Lake Lucia yet, have you?"

Yang Shubao really hadn't seen this big lake yet, so he nodded happily and said, "Okay, let's go to the lake together." ”

Maison is a veteran angler, and he has more than a dozen sets of rods in his shop.

Yang Shubao casually chose an oak rod, seeing this, Maison exclaimed: "You are an expert, this is a fishing rod left to me by my grandfather, the oak wood used for it comes from Italy, you hold it and feel it, close your eyes, do you feel anything?"

"Nope. Lao Yang shook his head frankly.

Meissen said regretfully: "You are not romantic, otherwise you should be able to feel the Mediterranean wind gently blowing on your face." ”

At noon, they simply ate a portion of the sasa, and Mason said that there would definitely be a big harvest in the afternoon, so that they would eat less at noon and a big meal of grilled fish in the evening.

South Africans attach great importance to dinner, and although it should be eaten less from the perspective of modern nutrition, because the locals have no appetite in the morning and do not have time to eat well at noon because they do not have time to eat well at work, the evening meal is very important, and it is considered a meal for family reunions.

The two went fishing on a beach motorcycle, which was supposed to be incapable of carrying people, but South Africans like DIY, and Maison welded two pedals in front of the rear wheels, and he asked Yang Shubao to stand on them, saying that he could stand high and see far.

Yang Shubao said: "Then you stand on it." ”

Maison laughed: "I'm afraid of heights. ”

The Great St. Lucia Marsh Park, like the Cape Nature Reserve, has workstations and staff, but the same thing is that the number of workstations is small, so they drove all the way to the lake without encountering a single person.

Compared to Yang Shubao's territory, there are more trees in the swamp park, and there are large woods over there when you look south, which is particularly lush, like a rainforest.

Seeing this, he couldn't help but admire, but Mason turned pale: "Those trees are eucalyptus, all planted by damn paper mills and lumber mills, and they want to destroy this park." ”

Yang understands his grievances, and as an environmental protection student, he doesn't want eucalyptus trees in the swamp.

Eucalyptus is a very long tree, easily growing up to 20 meters tall, it has many functions, but many places do not encourage planting, for example, in some provinces in China.

The reason is that this kind of tree is particularly water-saving, and long-term planting will make the soil compact, desertification, and they have high fertilizer requirements, where eucalyptus trees are planted, the soil fertility will drop a lot, resulting in the death of insufficient nutrients in the original vegetation.

In addition, eucalyptus will secrete a chemical substance that hinders the growth of other plants during growth, which will damage the ecology for a long time, and the eucalyptus itself is not toxic, but it will release a harmful odor to the human body, and it will also cause water pollution.

After scolding the paper mill and the lumber mill for a while, Maison had a sad look on his face: "I heard that these bitches are also planning to expand the woods to the north and plant them outside the resort town, saying that they are to block the wind in the town and go to ride horses, so the ghost believes this." ”

Yang Shubao said cooperatively: "It's too bad, if they dare to do this, we will fight with them, don't worry, I'll go first." ”

Mason was in awe of him: "I am not mistaken, brother, you are a citizen of the resort town from now on." ”

"No, Amy Putty Demolition. Yang Shubao puffed up his chest proudly.