The third and eighteenth round of gold belt circumference

Soon, Gu Hou stopped in front of a small courtyard. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Long Jing also stopped, and looked up: he saw two small doors woven of green bamboo half-hidden between two weeping willows, and next to the door was a wall made of penny and mud, and inside the wall was a large courtyard.

They dismounted and walked to the door, where a path led to a few humble houses, and on either side of the path were two rows of homemade pots, planted with all kinds of flowers and plants, and the whole yard was full of all kinds of seasonal flowers.

The whole yard is divided into several large pieces by flower pots: one field is planted with peony flowers, although the number is not as many as the peonies in the ancient garden, but it seems that there is no shortage of varieties; the other few plots are planted with flowers and plants of the four seasons, at present primroses, tricolors, azaleas, gardenias, and peonies are all in full bloom, and in summer jasmine, vegetarian chime, small lilacs, small chicks, roses, and autumn and winter chrysanthemums, deer onions, antlers, sheep's teeth, golden kudzu, geraniums, bromeliads, daffodils, etc., are not yet open.

Long Jing couldn't help but be overjoyed, there are so many flowers here, it's really unexpected.

A man was busy among the flowers, and when he heard the voice, he hurriedly straightened up and looked at the crowd.

Long Jing looked at him carefully: he was so tall, with a long and straight back, so young, only about twenty-five years old, with black and dense hair, somewhat unkempt, tied only with a coarse strip of cloth on the top of his head. Beneath his hair was a man's square, thick black eyebrows, a straight nose, a bright eye, dark skin, hands covered with mud, and a coarse cloth shirt and black trousers.

When he saw so many people coming, he frowned slightly, and said, "Old Master, our family's flowers are not for sale, please go back." ”

Gu Hou hurriedly smiled and said: "Don't worry, nephew Liu Xian, I'm not here to buy flowers today," he pointed at Long Jing: "This Lu Gongzi heard that your family has a 'golden belt', so he came to watch." ”

The young man looked at Long Jing and the others, but did not speak.

Long Jing Shili said: "Xiaosheng Lu Longjing, I heard that the ancient master said that his brother Tai is good at planting flowers, and he has two 'Golden Belt Wai'. Xiaosheng came without telling me, please forgive me, and hope that Brother Tai will be a feast for Xiaosheng. ”

The young man was about to say something, but he heard a delicate and tactful voice say: "Siniang, be careful, don't break the flower branches." It turned out that Ding Jue, Gu Xiaoli and others in the back were looking at the flowers on all sides, and Gu Xiaoli saw the fourth aunt approaching the flower pot on the side of the road to see, and hurriedly warned her.

The young man looked at Gu Xiaoli and said, "You want to see the flowers, come with me." ”

At this time, a voice came from the room: "Light smoke, it's time to eat." ”

"Dad," the young man hurriedly replied, "You eat first, the old man brought someone to see the flowers, and I will accompany them." ”

An old man came out of the room, and saw that he was about sixty years old, with strong muscles and bones, and his eyes were very strong, and he was very heroic.

Gu Hou saw him and said with a smile: "Brother Liu, I'm sorry." These two are Lu Gongzi and Bai Girl, who want to see your family's peony flowers. ”

The old man said: "Who doesn't know that the old man's house has peony flowers, how can he go to the countryside to see peony flowers." ”

"Even if Gu has 10,000 peonies," Gu Hou was not angry, and said with a smile: "It's not as good as one of your Liu family." ”

"Dad," said the young man, "people are kind enough to come to see the flowers, so don't be embarrassed by the old man." ”

The old man said, "Didn't the old man just want to see the 'Golden Belt Wai'," he said to his son, "You go and bring those two pots of flowers." He said to Gu Hou, Long Jing and others: "Old man, son, girl, please sit here." ”

There are stone tables and benches in the garden. The young man called Moai, Bao Hong and Datong to go with him.

The old man and Gu Hou sat down, Long Jing asked Mrs. Gu to sit down, everyone excused themselves for a while, Fang let Mrs. Gu and Long Jing sit, Bingshuang and Ding Jue stood beside Long Jing, and everyone else stood in all directions.

Gu Hou smiled at the old man and said, "Brother Liu, this Lu Gongzi is also a person who loves flowers. ”

"Young Master Lu," the old man said, "Little old man Liu Sanqing." ”

"Uncle Liu is very polite," Long Jing said busily: "Xiaosheng is ashamed." ”

Gu Hou said: "Master Lu, you don't know, Brother Liu's ancestors have raised flowers for generations, and now, within the boundaries of Yangzhou, there is nothing that Liu Sanqing and Liu Danyan's father and son don't know." ”

"The little old man is poor and grows flowers," Liu Sanqing said: "How can it compare to the good deeds of the ancient master." ”

As he was talking, the young man Liu Danyan and Bao Hong carried a large flower pot, and Mo Ai and Datong carried a pot. A pot of flowers was placed on the stone table, and a pot was placed on the ground, and everyone gathered around to look at it.

Liu Sanqing pointed to a bowl-sized peony flower and said, "Childe, please take a closer look." ”

Long Jing took a closer look and saw that the petals of the peony flower were crimson, and each petal had a golden horizontal line at the waist, red and yellow, very delicate. The golden horizontal stripes are even more unseen in a hundred flowers, and I can't help but praise: "It is really a rare treasure, and it lives up to the three words 'gold belt circumference'." ”

Frost also smiled, "I've never seen such a beautiful flower. Uncle Liu really opened our eyes. ”

Liu Sanqing smiled, picked one and handed it to her: "The girl loves it so much, just give it to the girl to wear." ”

Bingshuang was surprised and delighted, and said, "The first time we met, how dare the little woman accept such a precious gift." ”

"Precious?" Liu Sanqing said, "It's just a flower." ”

"The old uncle is so kind," Frost hurriedly took it with both hands: "The little girl has taken it." ”

"Brother Liu," Gu Hou said: "The little brother has never bought half a leaf with a thousand taels of gold, and the white girl won a flower with two good words, it seems that Brother Liu is going to lose money." ”

Liu Sanqing said: "I don't sell a thousand taels of gold because I love it," he looked at Frost deeply: "Give the girl a flower because I can see in the girl's eyes that the girl really likes it from the heart." This flower is priceless when it blooms, and who can set a price for it. The flowers are gone, and who remembers that they still love it. ”

Gu Hou laughed and said: "The little brother is a layman, Brother Liu is laughing." ”

Long Jing sighed and said: "The strangest thing in the world is flowers, if you say that it is extremely precious, but how many people in the world really love it and cherish it." If there is a rare person like Uncle Liu who loves flowers like his life, Xiaosheng admires it very much. ”

Liu Sanqing said with a smile: "Childe's words are serious. ”

Long Jing said: "No, flowers are the most beautiful things in the world, it is also spiritual, you love it, pity it, treat it carefully, it will bloom more beautifully, more beautifully, and longer." ”

"That's right," Liu Sanqing said happily: "I can't imagine that Gongzi is not only a person who cherishes flowers, but also a person who understands flowers." It's not that the little old man is pleased, if the son likes it, this pot of 'Golden Belt Wai' will be given to the son. ”

Long Jing was surprised and delighted, and hurriedly stood up and made a deep bow to Liu Sanqing: "The old man gives it affectionately, and Xiaosheng can't repay it." It's a pity that Xiaosheng wanders the rivers and lakes and has no fixed place to live, so I'm afraid that this flower will be ruined. In my opinion, this flower is still kept by the old man. ”

"Okay," Liu Sanqing said: "As long as the little old man is in one day, this pot of flowers will take care of the son for one day, and the son will pass by at any time, please come and watch it at any time." ”

This pot of flowers was placed on the stone table, and there were only Gu Hou, Gu Lady, Long Jing, Bingshuang and Liu Sanqing next to it, and everyone else was accompanied by Liu Danyan, the son of Liu Sanqing, to watch the other pot.

Everyone was amazed.