Chapter 60: Lips Tapped
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Shu Jie and Shu Yao glanced at each other, what serious happened?
At this moment, the little guy came back: "Young master, girl, are you coming to find the master?" The minion drank too much water, hehe, ran to the toilet. ”
The door was opened from the room, and out came the chief butler, holding a very delicate white porcelain flower pot, the flowers in the pot wilted, and it looked like he was dying. Shujie's eyes lit up: "Is this 'dotted lips'?" ”
The big housekeeper said curiously: "Young Master Jie, do you also know this flower?" "The lip is a treasure in the camellia, very rare, their family has raised the camellia for nearly ten years, painstakingly studied the camellia for nearly ten years, and is called "camellia Zhang", but it is also the first time to see this lip, but unfortunately it is still wilted.
"Hehe, I've seen pictures and descriptions in the book," Shujie smiled embarrassedly, where had he seen such a rare variety? It was also a flash of inspiration just now, guess. "The book says that the lip is dotted, the flower is as big as a peony, the five petals are supported below, the central petal is piled up, dense as a knot, the flower color is generally white, and occasionally dotted with red, such as the dotted lip."
Zhang Caishu glanced at Shujie appreciatively: "Yes, your father and mother asked me to help you find a good variety of camellia to make a birthday gift for you, and I heard your aunt say that you love camellia the most, and you raise it very well." What do you think? Brother Jie, how are the two eighteenth bachelors now? ”
Shujie thought of the real eighteen bachelors and was full of energy: "It's all excellent, the white eighteen bachelors are kept at home, and the red ones are fostered in the mansion of the same classmates." Uncle, are you worried about this little lip? "Zhang Caishu can't hide the troubles between his eyebrows, is there any story behind this soon-to-be-wilted 'dotted lip'?
Zhang Caishu was slightly stunned for a moment, and was about to say, "It's okay", but the big housekeeper over there was already there: "Isn't it?" The old man is dying of sorrow. If we can't save it, we will ...... in our house."
Zhang Caishu's sharp eyes stopped the big butler's words.
Shujie turned his head: "Sister Xianglian, you go back to your aunt first, you don't need to tell your aunt about this little thing, your aunt needs to recuperate now." ”
Xianglian bowed and retreated: "Don't worry, don't worry, don't worry, the slave won't talk much." ”
The chief butler was also about to withdraw from the housekeeper, but Shujie stopped him softly: "Please slow, uncle, is this flower very important?" Why don't you let Shujie try it? ”
Shu Yao also raised her head and looked at Zhang Caishu obediently: "Uncle, let my eldest brother try it, my eldest brother is good at raising camellias." ”
"That's it, my eldest brother's eighteen bachelors are beautiful, and there are really eighteen colors." Shuwen added proudly, suddenly remembered something, and quickly covered his mouth with both hands, "Big ...... Big brother, hehe, my uncle is my own person, it's okay? "Why did he forget his eldest brother's advice? The eldest brother said that he couldn't let the family know about it. Alas, he was so anxious, no wonder the eldest brother and sister refused to tell him where the flowers and treasure chests were hidden.
Once Shuwen suddenly remembered the white eighteen bachelors, Shujie had to tell him that because the pot of eighteen bachelors was too good, the colors were not suitable for the house, and he was worried that someone would be greedy to steal it, so he hid it, and asked Shu Yao to take it out and show Shuwen a look.
Hearing the words of the book, Zhang Caishu thought about it for a while before he reacted, and asked the personal servant to close the door and go out and guard at the door. Then he looked at Shujie in shock: "Brother Jie? Eighteen colors? It's true? ”
Shujie nodded: "Yes, I was also surprised, and I was thinking about the reason." The next time my uncle goes to Yulin, I'll show my uncle. ”
Zhang Caishu nodded excitedly, and the big housekeeper was stunned for a long time with his mouth wide open, before he grabbed a life-saving straw and rushed over and grabbed Shujie's hand: "Young Master Jie, you must help the master, if you can't save this little lip, our Zhang family will have to bear the wrath of King Jing, sell the tea garden for free, and compensate 30,000 taels of silver." ”
"Thirty thousand taels? Or a tea garden? Shujie couldn't help but exclaim. Even if this one is a dotted lip, it's too expensive, right? "Uncle, did you help King Jing cultivate this flower? Camellia is inherently difficult to grow in the north, and everyone knows that even if it was really my uncle who planted the flower to death, there was no need to punish him so harshly, right?
Zhang Caishu sighed: "Actually, this flower has only been picked up for a few days, and it was already like this when I brought it, and I blamed it on drinking too much that day and being designed." Brother Jie, do you think this flower can still be saved? Half a month later, the people of King Jing's Mansion will come from the capital to retrieve this flower. ”
Zhang Caishu made his fortune because of the cultivation of camellias.
Camellia was originally mostly planted in the south, and Zhang Caishu can be said to be the first person in the entire Great Zhou Dynasty to cultivate camellia in the northerly region, and camellia cultivation is the foundation of his fortune. Zhang's tea garden (after Xia Ruoyun entered the door, Zhang Caishu named the tea garden Yunyuan) is basically the largest and best tea garden in the north, even the soil is transported by him at a large price from the camellia production area in the south, Zhang Caishu poured a lot of effort into Yunyuan, if he really let Yunyuan out, it is simply to take off half of his heart.
Three years ago, a large Zhao family came to Lucheng, which also specialized in camellia cultivation. The Zhao family's "Rosewood Garden" was built not far south of the Cloud Garden.
Zhao Yufa, the head of the Zhao family, repeatedly visited Zhang Caishu as soon as he arrived in Lucheng, had a good friendship, and once proposed to marry his sister to the Zhang family as a concubine, but Zhang Caishu refused.
Although peers are like enemies, but people frequently show goodwill, Zhang Caishu is not too rejecting people to a thousand miles, as the saying goes, don't hit the smiling face when you reach out.
Five days ago, Zhao Yufa's birthday banquet warmly invited Zhang Caishu and congratulated him on his young son. Because Xia Ruoyun's health improved significantly, Zhang Caishu was in a good mood, so he went, but he was ruthlessly calculated.
It is said that the "dotted lip" is a treasure raised by King Jing in the palace of the southern fiefdom, this time King Jing was recalled to Beijing, worried that the flowers are delicate, and he couldn't stand the difference in temperature and other conditions, so he wanted to find a north-central boundary to overdo it, and it was best to have a master of planting camellia to help cultivate it for a period of time, Zhao Yufa got this errand through the relationship, the purpose was to climb the relationship with King Jing's mansion.
Who would have thought that not long after "Dian Jiang Lip" arrived at Rosewood Garden, it began to wilt, no matter how carefully taken care of, there was no improvement at all, and it was getting worse and worse.
Zhao Yufa was frightened, and hurriedly set up a plan to calculate Zhang Caishu, not only to blame Zhang Caishu, but also to take this opportunity to get Yunyuan.
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Shujie and Shuyao glanced at each other and replied, "I'll try, uncle, don't worry, you should ...... OK. ”
Although Shujie did not answer in the affirmative, Zhang Caishu still heard the sound of heaven. After getting along for more than half a month, he still understands Shujie's character, and if he is not sure, he will definitely not say so.
Zhang Caishu was calm enough, but the chief housekeeper couldn't help but be ecstatic: "Young Master Jie, it's really ...... Are you sure? It's okay now, it's okay now. His heart had been pumping for days, and now he could finally put it in his stomach. Inexplicably, he just believes that Shujie can save this pot of flowers, and the three of them are the lucky stars of the Zhang family!
Shujie nodded: "Uncle, let's go back to Yulin the day after tomorrow and bring this flower back, and ten days later, you will have someone go and get it back." ”