Slowly approaching behind her grandmother, Xiao Zhen found that her grandmother was tinkering with two flower pots.

Xiao Zhen watched silently on the side, holding the old spatula that had been eliminated, and constantly forking the soil in the two flower pots.

"Yo, grandson, I'm back. Grandma looked at Xiao Zhen and said with a smile.

"Well, grandma, are you going to plant something?" Xiao Zhen said while rubbing her grandmother's shoulders as she saw that some beads of sweat were already oozing from her forehead.

"Well, I'm going to plant tweed. By the way, your stomach is fine now. Grandma said.

Xiao Zhen said, "Okay, today should be considered a complete return to normal." ”

"Okay, okay, guess what it is. Grandma stopped digging the dirt and instead felt for a few black, crumpled particles less than a cubic centimeter in size and handed them to Xiao Zhen.

Xiao Zhen looked at the pile of things that looked like mini mines in his hand, and was naturally very curious. However, due to the lack of such knowledge, it is not known what it is.

So, Xiao Zhen asked: "What are these mines that look like a few yards smaller?"

Grandma smiled and said, "Haha, this can be called a mine flower, but this name is too earthy, if you want to be elegant, you can also call it purple jasmine." ”

"Purple Jasmine, this is a good name, are they planted in both pots?" asked Xiao Zhen.

"This pot on the left is planted with purple jasmine, and this pot on the right is planted with this big guy. Grandma pointed to a small plastic bag at the foot of the balcony.

Looking at the flower seedlings in the small plastic bag, Xiao Zhen asked, "What kind of flower is this?"

"The name of this flower is good, remember it for me, this is Vermilion. Grandma wiped her sweat and said.

"Zhu Dinghong? and Heding Hong's name is a bit similar?" Xiao Zhen asked.

"The names are a bit similar, but they're very different. Vermilion is a very beautiful safflower, while crane red is a highly poisonous poison. Grandma said with a smile.

"Well, can these two flowers bloom this year?" asked Xiao Zhen.

"Don't think about it this year, next year this purple jasmine should be able to bloom for a period, this vermilion red according to this look, it is estimated that it will take three or five years. Grandma thought for a moment and said.

"What do those two flowers look like when they bloom?" said Xiao Zhen after a moment's thought.

"The flowers of this purple jasmine are relatively small, but they are still beautiful, and the flowers are generally pink or pure white, so they can bloom next year. And this vermilion is a very large two flowers that bloom together, which consumes nutrients very much, so you have to wait a few years. Grandma said as she planted the soil.

Next, Grandma asked Xiao Zhen to stuff the small mine-like seeds of Purple Jasmine into the small pit dug one by one.

The transplanting of vermilion red is still operated by the grandmother herself: in the process of mixing the vermilion red soil, the grandmother also prepared two extra spoonfuls of phosphate fertilizer and one spoonful of potassium fertilizer and stirred them into the red soil.

I saw my grandmother dig a hole slightly larger than the vermilion red seedlings in the center of the quaint flower pot with half a bowl of soil, and carefully stuffed the vermilion red seedlings into it, and sprinkled some water on it.

After the water was almost sucked up by the soil, the grandmother continued to sprinkle a little potassium fertilizer around the top of the seedling.

So, early the next morning, Xiao Zhen rushed to the balcony to see if the purple jasmine had sprouted and whether the red seedlings had sprouted.

However, the two pots seem to be lifeless, and there is no trace of life in sight.

Grandma looked at Xiao Zhen like this, and immediately laughed and said, "It takes time for this plant to grow, although it takes time to change after watering and soil." ”

"It's been a long time, and this plant should have a movement, isn't it all very fast to sprout on TV?"

"The shot on TV accelerates the process of plant germination many times over, and the actual process is always a relatively long time. Grandma thought for a moment and said.

"Okay, okay, let's eat, this flower always takes a few days to sprout, Mom, don't explain it to him now. Lao Wu brought the noodles to the table and turned around.

However, in the spirit of curiosity about plants, in the next few days, Xiao Zhen would get up in the morning, go home at noon, go home at night, and go home at night to look at two flower pots.

Xiao Zhen really wants to know when purple jasmine can sprout and vermilion red can sprout.

However, after 7 days of observation, the two flower pots have not moved.

So, Xiao Zhen said to his grandmother, "Did both pots fail? ”

"It's not time yet, and your patience is too poor. Grandma said with a smile.

"It's been all this, it's been so long, and there's not been a bit of movement. Xiao Zhen said.

"Listen to your grandmother, after all, your grandmother taught in an agricultural school, and she must have more knowledge in this area than you think. Grandpa said suddenly.

So, Xiao Zhen didn't say anything more, and didn't continue to pay attention to these two pots of flowers.

However, on the morning of the ninth day, Purple Jasmine had already broken through the ground.

"Okay, grandson, the purple jasmine has emerged. At noon, my grandmother said after cooking lunch.

Xiao Zhen looked at the dozen purple jasmine seedlings with a surprised face and said, "Is it really going to take so long for this to break through the ground?"

"Of course, there are many processes that go through from planting to germination. Grandma said with a smile.

"A lot of process?" asked Xiao Zhenzhen suspiciously.

"That is, this seed is actually a dormant state of the plant. And for the seed to germinate, this dormant state must be lifted. And this process requires the surrounding environment to reach the conditions for germination. Grandma thought about it and said.

"It's equivalent to saying that the seed will sprout only if the place is suitable for germination?" Xiao Zhen thought about it and said.

"It can be understood that the seed will only germinate when the conditions meet the needs of germination. Grandma thought for a moment and said.

"So seeds actually have wisdom, right?" said Xiao Zhen after thinking about it.

This cannot be understood as wisdom, but only as a reflex to relieve the dormancy of the seed itself. Okay, let's go to dinner first, and talk while eating. Grandma thought for a moment and said.

So, Xiao Zhen also helped to scald the bowl with boiling water and served it to the table, and the topic continued.

"Then why does it take eight or nine days to sprout? Isn't the conditioned reflex very fast?" Xiao Zhen thought about it and said.

"It's not like that, let's say you're a seed, you're very responsive, and fall to the ground. However, there are two warmer days in the middle of winter, so you sprout, and you freeze to death in the cold that follows. Grandma thought for a moment and said.

Xiao Zhen thought about it carefully and said, "Just to prevent this, so it takes a long time for the seed to judge the surrounding environment?"

"Yes, you think, one day of warmth, two days of warmth will definitely not be sure that spring is coming, but 8 days of warmth and 9 days of warmth will not be much more successful in determining that spring is coming?" Grandma thought for a moment and said.

"And what if it's next fall?" said Xiao Zhen after a moment's thought.

"That's a lot better than the chance of surviving in the winter, right?" said Grandma, putting down the meat she had just clipped.

So, Xiao Zhen stopped asking questions, and also had expectations for another pot of Vermilion Red that had not moved.