After a while, the stamens in the cup unfolded, and the water color turned transparent pale yellow. The pharmacy owner straightened up and said with a sigh of relief.

"Sir, this flower is indeed wild, and of good quality. I wonder what price Mr. wants?"

"It's better for the boss to give a price, if it's suitable. The boss smashed his mouth twice, thought for a while and said, "According to the wild price I sell here, how about twenty-eight yuan a gram?"

Ye Fei was still thinking, and the boss said again. Let's tell you the truth, this quality of yours can be sold for thirty-one or two here with me, but the small shop also has to make some money, right?"

In fact, twenty-eight yuan is already a fair price, three yuan higher than his previous estimate, Ye Fei thought about it, and he was already very satisfied. Bian nodded and agreed to the deal.

The boss asked Ye Fei to check the electronic scale, and only after confirming that it was correct did he put the safflower and the wooden box on the electronic scale. After weighing, put the safflower into the prepared plastic box, and weigh the empty wooden box again. After subtraction, there is the weight of saffron.

A total of 1128 grams, which is about the same weight as Ye Fei weighed at home in advance. The owner of the pharmacy looked at Ye Fei's wooden box and said: "Just use 1130 grams, how about you give me the wooden box with you?"

"Okay, just do what the boss says. "Fifty yuan for a box, Ye Fei does not suffer. The boss packed the safflower in a wooden box, put it in the back room, and when he came out, he took a stack of money, put it on several machines and counted it twice, and handed it to Ye Fei: "A total of 31,650 yuan, you can order it again." ”

Ye Fei tapped it carefully again, and after confirming that it was correct, he said, "That's right, it's just right." "Packing the money in an envelope and putting it in my arms, in fact, it was sent into the jade bead space, and there is no place that can be safer than in the space. In the eyes of outsiders, it was just casually carried in his arms, and strangely it was not raised.

After the transaction was completed, the boss stretched out his hand and shook Zhang Yefei's hand: "Everyone will not suffer a loss in this transaction, and everyone will be happy." If there are any medicinal materials in the future, you can consider a small shop first, and the price will not be disadvantaged to Mr. ”

Ye Fei nodded in response. "If you can still be lucky enough to pick any medicinal herbs, I will definitely come back to your store. Before I knew it, an hour had passed, and it was already twelve o'clock at noon when I came out.

I found a mutton steamed bun restaurant, and came to a bowl of mutton puffs. As the saying goes, "don't panic when you have food in your hand", and when you have money, you will have the confidence to eat.

After eating, Ye Fei walked on the street casually. The city is still the same city, but everything is no longer human. In front of him, a familiar but vague phantom was crossed, and in this city, there had been laughter and laughter, and the refreshing smile was like a flower. I also left tears of pain. It's just that everything has become a thing of the past, and it has gone with the wind.

Now is a new beginning, a new life. The scattered eyes refocused, and some things some people can't completely forget, but they can be hidden deep in their hearts. There is a flower market called "Xiguang Flower" on Hebei Road, not far from where he is now standing.

Just get on the bus, it doesn't take a few minutes, get off the bus, and walk a few steps to get there. Compared with the medicinal herb market, the flower market has a lot more people, not so much rubbing shoulders, but it is also very lively.

In the past two years, with the improvement of people's awareness and the deterioration of the air in the urban environment, the love for green flowers and trees bonsai has increased day by day, and there are men, women and children who visit the flower market. Flowers and trees bonsai do not have an obvious age difference like other things, but no matter how old or young, as long as they like and are interested, they can buy two plants and raise them at home. It can not only regulate people's mood conditions, but also beautify the environment and improve the air.

There are many benefits, so some old ladies and old men no longer get together to play mahjong after retirement, but raise some flowers or other bonsai respectively, and get together to compare and evaluate when they have nothing to do, often a few people can spend an afternoon with a few cups of tea.

Several short streets are all selling flowers, trees, and bonsai. There are many low-rise shops on both sides of the street, and the shops are full of flowers and trees, and customers come in and out, and it seems that business is still good.

There are also many stalls in the open space outside the house, with flowers and trees, and all kinds of small objects.

Some people are not bored and quietly wait for customers to come forward, while others are shouting loudly, warmly greeting passing customers and trying to recommend the items on their stalls.

Ye Fei looked everywhere, and the prices of the flowers and trees on the stalls outside were not too high, and they were several times cheaper than those in the store. The price ranges from a few dollars to tens of thousands, but the quality is not guaranteed.

It's not that there aren't good items, good bonsai stumps are there, and it depends on your own ability to choose. If you have an active mind and good eyesight, you can also pick up good things.

In the antique market, one's own ability and luck account for half of each other. In addition, in recent years, good items have been almost exhausted and the counterfeiting technology is clever, and it is often possible to confuse the real with the fake, and it is difficult to find a good item in the antique market. But the leakage in the flower bonsai market is all about eyesight and conception.

I often hear of someone who was hit by an antique, but I haven't heard of anyone who was hit by a bonsai. Guy antiquities have historical value in them, they are sold for a year and origin, once they are faked, these value factors are all gone, there is no value in collecting, and they are worthless.

But flower bonsai is different, this kind of plant collectibles only need to buy the appearance and meaning. Of course, there are some special reasons that can give a very small plant historical value, or some old and precious trees, even if it has no appearance or shape, thousands of years of time and history will make it famous and precious.

Generally, as long as the variety is good and the appearance is peculiar, you can buy a good price. The likelihood of counterfeiting is slim. The main reason is that the variety of plants cannot be changed and is easy to identify, unlike the texture of the jade, which is difficult to identify, and the other is that if you make a fuss about the appearance, it will only increase the ornamental taste and will not bring other negative effects. For example, an old pile may be of different configurations in the eyes of different people, and it can be cultivated and modified into an unsuccessful state. If in the eyes of most people, it is just a plopping shape, few people are optimistic, but some people can conceive a strange and magnificent shape with profound meaning in the future according to its current growth, buy it at a low price, and then sell it at a high price after a period of cultivation and modification.

Of course, not any old pile that has been modified will appreciate in value. A naturally formed old pile is certainly more valuable than an artificially carved one. Appropriate modifications can enhance ornamentation and increase value, but a plant that can embody a peculiar meaning without any carving is more worthy of collection or placement in a prominent place. Therefore, it is still possible to reduce manual modification and reduce manual modification, try to maintain its original ecology, and erase the traces of artificial carving.

Ye Fei has been trading a lot of people at the stalls along the way, most of them are small bonsai that are not too expensive and bought back to improve the environment at home or in the room. In particular, flower bonsai is the best-selling, not to mention the beauty, and the price is not expensive, a pot is only a hundred yuan, some even more than a dozen yuan a pot, such flowers are the most loved by women living at home.

The vendors on the stalls generally rely on this to support their families, and it is easy to make a fortune, but it is not easy. In general, the rarer and more valuable the plant, the higher the requirements for the environment. Since there is no special room to store those precious and rare flowers and plants, we can only buy some varieties that are not expensive but are in high demand and sell well in season.

It is the season when chrysanthemums are in full bloom, so there are also the most chrysanthemums on the stalls outside the store. If you don't come to the flower market, you will never know that there are so many varieties of chrysanthemums.

Chrysanthemum is one of the top ten famous flowers in China, has a history of cultivation of more than 3,000 years in China, and is one of the "four gentlemen", very popular with the Chinese people, since the Song Dynasty, there is an annual chrysanthemum event. Up to now, there are more than 3,000 varieties of chrysanthemums in the country. Most people only know that chrysanthemums bloom in autumn, but they don't know that chrysanthemums also have four seasons.

It's just that Qiu Ju's reputation is not big, and it's more like two, so when it comes to chrysanthemums, people will react that it's Qiu Ju.

The ninth lunar month is known as the "chrysanthemum moon". Every chrysanthemum moon, the chrysanthemums of Kaifeng are spread all over the streets and alleys, and people wander in the sea of flowers, enjoying the edification of chrysanthemums.

Before the harsh winter, it is not interesting to appreciate chrysanthemums, as the Tang Dynasty poet Yuan Zhi said, "It is not that the chrysanthemum is preferred among the flowers, and this flower is even more flowerless." People appreciate chrysanthemums, not only because of her delicate and fragrant, not only because of her natural beauty and dignified charm, but more importantly, her character is admirable.

The autumn chrysanthemum is full of arrogance and frost, and there are many names, and the flower shape is wonderful, which is amazing. The traditional Chinese chrysanthemum, we appreciate it, mainly to appreciate its whole plant. For example, at first glance it is not the right height to see it, and it is comfortable to see it. As the leaves grow from the base to the top, they grow very evenly, the leaves grow very stretched, without wrinkles, and the leaf color is normal green. Of course, the most appreciated is its flower type, the flower type is from the bud to the end of its blooming, it has the best appreciation period, generally speaking, a flower can bloom for more than 20 days, the peak period of flowering, that is, the petals outside have been thrown off, the middle of the flower run, is still in the inside, this time is its best appreciation period. It's not good to look good if it's not opened, and it's not good to look good if it's opened. I hope you can catch it when you enjoy it. In addition, it is the petal type.

The flower pattern of chrysanthemums is the main aspect to appreciate. Of course, the décor is also very important. Ye Fei turned around for a week, there are many varieties of chrysanthemums, and there are many people who appreciate them, but most of them are not expensive, just a few dozen yuan a pot. Chrysanthemums often only bloom one flower on a plant, and there are more flowers on the chrysanthemum and chrysanthemum, especially the chrysanthemum, the flowers are less than six centimeters, and they are famous for their many flowers, and when they bloom, they are like stars in the sky.

Ye Fei finally stopped in front of a stall full of chrysanthemums, wanting to buy a few pots of chrysanthemums. He didn't buy chrysanthemums to appreciate, but the price of chrysanthemums varied, and the difference between good and bad prices was very large. The ordinary ones are cheaper, dozens of dollars a pot. If it is watered with space spring water, the quality will change dramatically, and the price of appreciation will be large.

The owner of the flower stall hurriedly greeted Ye Fei when he saw him coming.

"Brother wants that, we have big chrysanthemums, medium chrysanthemums, and small chrysanthemums here?" The flower diameter between 6 and 18 cm is called the chrysanthemum, and the flower diameter is less than 6 cm is called the chrysanthemum. There are also large chrysanthemums, but there are not many, and the flower diameter is more than 18 cm.

Ye Fei looked at the colorful colors on the stall, white chrysanthemum, HUANG chrysanthemum, red chrysanthemum, orange chrysanthemum, cyan chrysanthemum, Hese chrysanthemum, purple chrysanthemum, green chrysanthemum, also known as green lotus, and black chrysanthemum is a kind of purple and black chrysanthemum, all kinds of colors.

I thought to myself that Xiaoju is the most common and cheapest, but if it is cultivated well, it is also the most room for growth.

I remember that at the "99 World Horticultural Exposition", a chrysanthemum in Hangzhou was called "Da Li Ju", which was made from a yellow artemisia tree, which was not planted by many trees in one piece, or one tree.

This chrysanthemum was grafted, then formed, and then formed by heading, branching, and shaping, and this chrysanthemum has now reached 5.5 meters, and the flowers are 3080. This is the first time in Hangzhou to reach such a large size, and it is also the first time in the country.

When Henan Province participated in the World Horticultural Exposition, it brought a tree, which was also cultivated in Kaifeng, reaching 4.65 meters, and was awarded an award at that time, and it was the only award. The one on display in Kaifeng this time has reached 5.5 meters, which is nearly one meter larger than that, and this size can be said to be the largest in the country and the world.

So Ye Fei was ready to buy two pots of chrysanthemums and one pot of medium chrysanthemums and one pot of chrysanthemums each.

"Two small chrysanthemums and one pot of medium chrysanthemums and one large chrysanthemum. ”

"Brother himself, look at the basin that he likes, and the basin is the basin. ”

"Let's start with a few of them. ”

"Then I don't know, what type does my brother want?" Ye Fei thought for a while and said, "It's suitable to take it out and enjoy it with friends, or cultivate a variety that can participate in a flower party or something for a while." ”

"In this way, then I suggest that you take the "Big White Lotus" for Daju, the "Ziju" for the middle chrysanthemum, and the "Taihong" for the small chrysanthemum. ”

looked at Ye Fei, pointed to the selected pots of chrysanthemums and said: "The flower shape of the big white lotus is rosette-shaped, with a diameter of up to twenty centimeters when fully opened, and the color is plain white, pure and elegant, like a blooming lotus; The petals that grow on the lower plate are vertically downward, and the upper petals are lifted, and the petals in the center are pressed together, tightly squeezed together, like close brothers and sisters. At the top of them there are one or two protruding little tips, like ancient spears, and with a purple-red color, like fireworks bursting into the sky, like a series of sparks splashing out of a fire tray, and as for the chrysanthemums, when they are in full bloom, the small fiery red flowers stand all over the branches, you see, from a distance, they look like a large cluster of roses tightly bundled together, and the branches can still be seen. ”

These plants selected by the boss are all precious ornamental flowers cultivated by long-term artificial selection, also known as art chrysanthemums. Ye Fei also liked these flowers very much, thinking that this boss really didn't introduce them randomly, basically he could meet his own needs, and after going back, the quality would be higher after the cultivation of the space spring water, and even the best might appear. Then he made up his mind and asked: "Just these few plants, how much is the total amount?" One hundred and fifty 'Big White Lotus', two hundred 'Purple Chrysanthemum', and one hundred and eighty one Little Chrysanthemum 'Red Terrace', a total of seven hundred and ten, just make up a whole number, seven hundred." What do you think, brother?"

Ye Fei secretly calculated to himself, that's right. The flowers are much better than those on other stalls, and the price is quite reliable, not too high, and the price is about the same as the price I saw along the way. After paying the money, I couldn't put these flowers into the space here, so I had to call two vans to deliver the flowers to a secluded place.

After waiting for the car to leave, I looked around and saw that there was no one, and then quickly put the chrysanthemum into the space. After that, it is not good to go to the original flower and tree market, so I simply change to a larger market and take a bus to the Suzaku flower market.

PS: The excerpts about chrysanthemums mentioned in the chapter are taken from the Internet.