Chapter 152: Begonia
"Girl, girl, how about you look at this jade begonia! The ...... that Grandpa was looking for on the Grange a few days ago"
As the sound of Xiao Xia Solstice offering treasures came into the courtyard, Xiao Si'er, who was squatting under the osmanthus tree to watch the tea tree, looked up at him, and then four big men walked in carrying a begonia tree with a large burden of soil, and Xia Laohan followed behind them, staring at the begonia tree, his face full of nervousness.
These days, Xia Laohan got Xiao Sier's instructions, and set up a small flower shed in the yard, and looked for a lot of high-quality flowers and trees everywhere to come back, and now the flower shed has built three layers of shelves up and down, left and right, almost filled with all kinds of flowers and grasses that are delicate or noble.
And the three-leaf plum tree planted in the yard has also survived the scorching sun under the cultivation of Xia Laohan, and now it is recognized as rooted and lush, which really makes Xiao Sier set up a cool flower shed there.
Therefore, Xiao Sier really admired Xia Laohan's ability to bring flowers and plants back to life, but later she realized that when Xia Laohan was young, he worked as a flower carpenter in some large homes for many years, so he had some experience with these things.
"It's hard to buy such a big plant, right?" Xiao Sier looked at the white jade begonia with intricate branches and leaves, although she didn't know how to judge the value of the jade begonia, but just the seven or eight wrist-thick trunks tangled together, she could also guess that this thing must have been around for so many years.
"Grandpa has been there seven or eight times!" Xiao Xia Zhi grinned.
"Summer solstice, don't talk nonsense!" Xia Laohan always felt that Xiao Sier was the life-saving benefactor of their family, so a few days ago he heard Xiao Sier say that if there was a begonia tree in this yard, it would definitely be a different scene in spring, so he was worried about it, and when he went out these days, he couldn't help but look around.
However, after looking for many days, the begonia tree has seen a lot, but it is not distinctive, what red begonia, white begonia, pink begonia, single petal multi-petal, it looks the same look, too ordinary but worthless.
However, half a month ago, he passed by a farmhouse, and suddenly saw a few branches of begonia sticking out of the mixed jungle of the house, originally looking at the messy forest, he didn't have the heart to go up to see it again, but when he saw the small branches and leaves of those begonia trees tangled together, he still approached a little with a trace of expectation.
Then he found that such a large begonia tree was actually made of white jade begonia and red jade begonia together to grow into such a shape, white jade begonia and red jade begonia is a species of begonia, but the reason why the two kinds of begonia flowers have a 'jade' word in the middle is because the flowers of the two kinds of begonia are more crystal clear than ordinary begonia flowers.
Therefore, this begonia flower tree species is more precious than others, and the success rate of this begonia seedling is very low, so if the rich family can get a two-finger thick plant, it is an extremely worthy of showing off.
But this begonia flower actually has seven or eight branches with the thickness of the wrist, not to mention more than seventy or eighty years. And the two kinds of jade begonias are also self-contained, long and inseparable, if it is not for the meridians on the leaves of the red jade begonia, the white jade begonia is light, even Xia Laohan has planted flowers for many years It is also difficult to distinguish.
In this regard, Xia Laohan was immediately excited and couldn't help himself, and he found the owner of the house to talk to someone about buying flowers and trees, but the begonia tree has indeed been planted for many years, and it is still the grandparents of that family, so although the people of that family do not have much concept of this 'jade begonia', but based on the origin of this flower tree, it is not easy to sell.
And Xia Laohan looked at the begonia tree and couldn't move his legs, for half a month, he opened his eyes and closed his eyes were the begonia flowers, and he went to that family many times one after another, and finally others were really grateful for his sincerity...... and a lot of money, and finally sold the tree to him.
"Seventy or eighty years of things, left by people's ancestors, what are the more trips!" At this time, the four big men sweated and moved the jade begonia into the courtyard, and a dark-faced man said this roughly.
"Yes, yes, this is a baby, baby!" Xia Laohan got this begonia flower tree, and the whole person was in an extremely happy state, so he didn't feel anything about what others said, and he didn't turn his eyes on the begonia tree.
"Seventy or eighty years, this is almost an antique!" Xiao Sier looked at Xia Laohan's idiotic appearance, and without saying much, he already knew the soul of this Xia Laohan, and estimated that he had already been hooked by this red jade begonia.
"These branches and leaves, if the flowers bloom in spring, the strings of white and red, not to mention how beautiful they are!" At this time, another man who came carrying a flower tree wiped the sweat from his forehead, and seemed to have some regret.
"These are all locals, and most of them have seen this flower tree bloom." Xia Laohan also heard the regret in the man's mouth, and was afraid that Xiao Sier would not understand, so he explained it to her.
"These are two colors of begonia flowers?" Shaw looked around the tree.
"These are two begonia trees, but they have been planted together for many years, and the rhizomes have long grown together." Xia Laohan explained to Xiao Sier.
When digging the tree, he once checked the roots of the tree, and found that the roots of the two begonia trees were wrongly coiled together, which was inseparable, and it was precisely because of this that the value of this jade begonia would be much higher than the others, after all, such a variety, such an age, such a long jade begonia, is really rare.
Scarcity is expensive, that's how it is said.
"It's really inseparable...... Xiao Si'er smiled and glanced up at the branches of the jade begonia, and then said: "Suddenly I am looking forward to its blooming, it must be as beautiful as you said!" ”
"Ahem...... Yes, good-looking, good-looking! ”
"Well, yes, yes......"
“……”
Previously, for Xiao Sier to buy this begonia tree that watched them grow up, those big men were still a little resentful in their hearts, but now they were all shattered under Xiao Si'er's smile that was more beautiful than flowers, and they all echoed it.
A huge jade begonia was planted, and the courtyard of Xiao Sier's annex was almost alive, with osmanthus camellias, Yutang red plums, and now it seems to be really lush, red and green.
When he had nothing to do, Xiao Sier leaned on the three-leaf red plum shed to drink tea and read books, and from time to time practiced the guzheng with magic sound piercing the brain, and the days were careless to slide to the Mid-Autumn Festival.
On the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Xiao Sier made a lot of moon cakes, all kinds of fillings she could imagine, she asked people to prepare some, and at night she asked the people in the yard to receive some, and everyone gathered under the osmanthus tree in the yard, talking and laughing, but it was such a special and not special day. (To be continued.) )