Chapter Seventy-Nine: Buying a Tree
Because of Wu Ding's previous words, Pei Yan did not have much expectations for the Qin family's flower garden.
Unexpectedly, when I saw the tall pond cedars planted on both sides of the Jinzhuang Avenue in the Qin family's flower garden, I was still slightly shocked. The tree was tall and straight, with a canopy and a trunk as thick as an adult, and it looked like it was twenty or thirty years old.
From this point of view alone, the heritage and momentum of the old garden are still there. It's a pity that most of the transplanting of such a large pond fir can't be moved. If the Qin family doesn't sell it, if they want to sell it, they can only sell it at a low price of wood.
What she didn't expect was that she saw a large area of bellflower in full bloom next to a chrysanthemum garden with a slanted shape. Most of the poles are lodging, and a few are erect, although the plant shape is not good, but in the middle of summer, when the flowers are shining, it is still eye-catching.
This made Pei Yan, who was worried about what flowers and plants to plant in the planter in front of the Song family's shop, was shocked and asked the Zhang Zhuangtou, "Is that for sale?" ”
Zhang Zhuangtou was slightly stunned for a moment, and said, "It's for sale, it's just ......" He hesitated for a moment, but still said, "That is not a serious flower and herb, it is a herb." ”
Pei Yan smiled secretly, this person is real. "I know."
She hadn't thought about it for a while, but she had planted it. But it wasn't planted on purpose. That was when she was in college, and when she saw that the bellflower was particularly beautiful, she bought some seeds online, and when they were planted, they bloomed, and found that they were not at all similar to the bellflower she had seen. Although she planted it is also called bellflower, it is a medicinal bellflower.
Although he was very angry, he had been waiting for many days with careful water and fertilizer, and he was reluctant to allocate it. There is a pair of people who do not have a match. The first year of flowering was sparse, so Pei Yan wanted to allocate it several times to make pots for other flowers and plants, but in the end, she planted it by herself, and she was reluctant.
In the corner, there is a pair of people to take care of. If you think of it, you will have some fertilizer and water, and if you can't think of it, let it be born and raised. Unexpectedly. After turning over the year, the next year sprouts again, the flower stem is not only thicker and denser than the previous year, but also blooms a lot.
In the middle of summer when there are no flowers. It's a sight.
Later, when her parents had an accident, all her flowers and plants were not taken care of, and most of them were dry due to lack of water, and this bellflower was no exception.
Later, she was busy with the garden. I don't have any extra time to work with flowers and plants, even if I have occasional leisure, I have to study the flowers and plants planted in the garden, so I completely forget about this stubble.
All in all, I haven't seen a bellflower in ten years.
Zhang Zhuangtou glanced at her in surprise, looking at this little girl's dress, she didn't seem to be a well-informed person. After all, Qingzhou Mansion does not grow herbs, and most people only recognize finished herbs, and don't care what they will look like when they grow in the field.
After a moment's notice, he said. "The girl wants to buy it, I'll ask for a price later!"
Ask for a price? Isn't he the head of the village? Who else to ask for the price? Pei Yan was puzzled, and the Magnolia Garden had arrived. Most of them are small seedlings with thick arms, as if they were newly planted after selling the big trees. The longest of these trees should be no more than three years.
At the end of this grove, there is a tall magnolia tree.
Pei Yan swept it simply, such a big magnolia tree, at most, there are no more than twenty or thirty trees.
With a sigh in his heart, he looked at them one by one, and selected two trees with a well-proportioned crown. The leaves are oily green and look vigorous.
"This kind of five taels of silver per tree." Zhang Zhuangtou saw that they had chosen, so he came up to make an offer.
Pei Yue was taken aback, "Five taels for a tree?" ”
Pei Yan felt that this tree was not expensive. Compare her current prices with her previous life. Such a magnolia tree with a thick palm is about 6,000 to 8,000, which is really not expensive.
If she had bought an osmanthus tree as she had originally envisioned, it would have been more expensive. Ten years of osmanthus trees, don't want to win a tree without ten taels of silver.
After all, it takes time for the tree to grow, and the growth rate of osmanthus is extremely slow
It's just a sale, and there is a counteroffer. Then the buyer felt that he had not lost money. Besides, they came to buy things with the Song family's silver, so naturally they could save money.
So she didn't say anything.
When Zhang Zhuangtou heard this, he looked at Wu Ding and said, "You have done it in both families, you say, the price I quoted is high?" ”
Wu Ding was very embarrassed, took a look at it twice, and said to Ai Ai, "I...... I'm just a worker, so I don't know that. ”
Zhang Zhuang smiled, "Yes, it's hard for you." As he spoke, he looked at the brother and sister, and finally looked at Pei Yan, and said with a smile, "Didn't the girl deliberately buy those bellflowers?" Otherwise, the two trees would still be priced at five taels of silver each, and those bellflower girls would have to dig as many pipes as they wanted. ”
Pei Yan didn't think it was expensive, and when he said this, there was naturally no reason for it.
It's mid-noon, so it's not suitable for transplanting large trees. After Pei Yan paid the silver, she agreed with Zhang Zhuangtou that in the evening, someone would dig it up and pull it over and plant it at night.
Zhang Zhuang took a sip and said with a smile, "Don't worry about this, the girl of the Pei family has always been a nursery." It's still our tree that can't be planted! ”
Pei Yan nodded, this is also true. This is always the case in the garden.
And although the bellflower can be dug immediately, Pei Yan's pot and wooden planter are not ready. I picked the one with good shape first, dug seven or eight plants, and took it to the pot to see the effect. Wait until the pots and planters are ready, and then dig again.
Zhang Zhuang responded with a mouthful and sent Pei Yan and Pei Yue out of Zhuangzi.
In the courtyard of Qinjiazhuang shaded by the woods, under the wisteria trellis that has passed the flowering period, a bright young man of about fourteen or fifteen years old, dressed in a moon-white robe, lazily nestled on the drunkard's rocking chair with his eyes closed.
A young man in Tsing Yi, who was also about fourteen or fifteen years old, ran in and shouted happily, "Young master, someone bought the flowers you asked someone to plant earlier. ”
The young man stood up suddenly, and asked with a happy face, "Where, people?" How much did you buy? ”
The little guy pointed out with his backhand, "I just followed Zhang Zhuangtou to buy a tree." ”
"Let's go, let's see." As he said this, the young man lifted the hem of his clothes and strode out.
Out of the courtyard, I saw Zhang Zhuangtou's figure flashing at the end of the bamboo forest path from a distance, and the young man hurriedly shouted to him.
Zhang Zhuangtou turned around, glanced into the bamboo forest path, and saw that it was his own young master, so he hurriedly trotted in, "Young master, you have something to order!"
The boy asked, "Did someone just come to buy a tree?" ”
How could Zhang Zhuangtou not know what his little master wanted to ask. But the flower was not sold for money, and it was given away for nothing. How did he say this, so he pretended not to understand what he meant, and nodded stubbornly, "Yes." ”
"What about people." The young man asked with a bit of deliberate arrogance.
"Just left." Zhang Zhuangtou said stiffly.
"Gone?" The young man's eyes widened, and he instantly regained his arrogant demeanor, "Really? What did you buy? ”
Zhang Zhuangtou said again, "Buy trees." ”
The little guy next to him couldn't help it, and jumped out and said loudly, "I know it's to buy a tree." The young master asked you what else to buy besides buying trees? ”
Zhang Zhuangtou knew that he couldn't hide it, so he told Fang Cai briefly about it.
Hearing that the things he asked someone to plant were actually taken as a gift by him, the young man suddenly couldn't hold back, and glared at him angrily, but he didn't come out regardless of his identity.
The little guy couldn't care so much, and pointed to Zhang Zhuangtou and said angrily, "That's what the young master asked someone to plant, and you dare to give it to others without money?" ”
Zhang Zhuangtou could only smile bitterly. Today, this is still encountering a sword that deviates from the peak and does not play cards according to common sense. If it is those old households who are used to coming and going, how can people take a look? Even if you give it to others, they don't bother to ask for it.
Then he came up with an idea and said, "Young master, if you don't dig up your bellflower, let's sell it as a herb ......."
Before he finished speaking, the boy turned around and strode away with a snort.
Seeing that the young man's body had not entered the courtyard, Zhang Zhuangtou shook his head with a wry smile, and sighed slightly.
The old man was not in good health, his spirit was not good, and his business was not good, and he had a head with the Cao family, and he became more and more upset and didn't want to pay attention to it. The first two young masters only cared about reading and didn't talk about it, and I heard that they had been persuading the master to sell the garden. There is only the third young master, don't look at his young age, but he is the most concerned about the family's business, but he doesn't understand.
Nowadays, most of these people left in the garden can only plant trees, and they don't understand it at all.
Although there is a heart, there is no power.
And the young man, on the other hand, entered the courtyard, sat on the drunkard's chair, closed his eyes, and shook the drunkard's chair quickly.
"Young master, don't be angry, it's all that Zhang Dong is not doing things well, in fact, the flowers planted by the young master are so good-looking......" The little guy was careful to fan on the side, laughing and explaining.
"Is it really pretty?" The boy suddenly stopped his chair, opened his eyes, and looked at the little guy fixedly.
Forced to gaze by these bright eyes, the words that the little guy was about to blurt out suddenly got stuck. After a pause, he said quickly, "Good-looking, good-looking." In order to show his approval, he nodded his head like a chicken pecking rice.
The boy collapsed in his chair, closed his eyes and shook. This time, the speed was much slower, indicating that the owner was in a bad mood.
The little guy searched for his belly, and was looking for something to explain, so he listened to the young man, "It's okay to sell it, it's easy to sell it early." ”
The tone was very gloomy.
The little guy's heart was slightly pantothenic, and he wanted to persuade a few more words, but he didn't know where to start.
I was indignant in my heart, couldn't the entire Qingzhou Mansion find a knowledgeable and reliable gate? (To be continued.) )