The next day, because he was thinking about the way to make money last night, and missing his family who he had never met, Ye Feng got up a little late.

Unexpectedly, he left the hall and entered the courtyard, but saw that the gate was latched, but the house was empty, and Ye Feng wondered where the three of the Ye family went.

The door was latched, indicating that the three of them should still be in the house.

When he was wondering, he vaguely heard the sound of talking in the backyard, rubbed his eyes and walked over, only to see Chen Jixing and Qianyan stretching their necks to look into the bamboo basket, and Ye Shi was hoeing grass next to him.

Seeing this, Ye Feng said with a little crying and laughing: "Brother-in-law, why are you all here, I just saw that the courtyard was empty, and I thought you were going out." But when I saw that the gate of the courtyard was bolted, I felt strange in my heart. ”

"Qianyan, this girl has to pull me to take a look, saying that it is to see if the immortal fruit has sprouted. I told her it wasn't that fast, and she just didn't believe it. Chen Jixing said with a smile.

In fact, he himself was curious and wanted to come and see.

Ever since he tasted the peanuts last night, he will never forget them.

"Well, brother-in-law, you're right, this longevity fruit sprouts slowly, and it is estimated that it will take several days to sprout. By the way, you can't water anymore. I'll call you when you need to water anyway. ”

It's also some kind of advice, he is really afraid that a few people will come here to water if they are fine.

Seeing that the Ye family was concentrating on hoeing the grass, Ye Feng said, "Sister, the grass here is not in the way, and the longevity fruit is planted in a bamboo basket, far from the ground." ”

Hearing this, Ye Shi said with a smile: "I'm not hoeing grass for longevity. It's a pity that this piece of land is so empty, but if it is opened, it will be good to grow vegetables. Wasn't it busy before, but now I have time, so I'm going to turn the ground out. ”

After thinking about it, Ye Feng felt that it made sense, it was indeed a pity that such a large piece of land was so empty. It's just that he suddenly remembered something, so he asked Chen Jixing: "Brother-in-law, does this land belong to our family?" Is there a title deed? ”

If not, forget it.

Some people are very unreasonable, and now they are empty, overgrown with weeds, and naturally no one wants them. But if the Ye family worked hard to reclaim it and planted vegetables, it would be embarrassing for others to come to the door again.

"What kind of place is this, it's just panicked that no one wants it. No one will say anything if you just grow a little food, and it's like this in the back of every house. Didn't you see that there is a vegetable patch in the backyard of Da Niu's house? However, if you want to build a new house or something, you need to buy it in advance and go to the county to pass the file. We're just growing vegetables, and that's fine. ”

Chen Jixing saw that Ye Feng was interested, so he explained in detail.

Listening to Chen Jixing's explanation, Ye Feng understood. It seems that this land is actually equivalent to a public property, and it is okay to grow vegetables or something, but for other purposes, you need to buy it.

It's no wonder that Chen Jixing is so disgusted, behind this is a dozen acres of mountains, dense forests, and many trees are hanging down, so this wasteland is full of dead branches and yellow leaves, and no crops planted will have a good harvest.

Moreover, even if all the trees hanging down from the mountain were cut down, the soil here would not be good, it would be very barren, and the roots of the trees would have been sucked clean by the roots of the trees strung down from the mountain.

However, it is not good to grow crops, but it is good to grow vegetables. Like many vegetables, such as weed, greens, children's cabbage, or ginger, onion and garlic, etc., are not so selective.

As for fertilizer or something, it's simpler, anyway, there is farmhouse fertilizer at home.

Seeing that Qianyan was still surrounding the bamboo basket, with an expectant expression, and remembering the expressions of the three of them who tasted peanuts last night, Ye Feng said with a straight face: "Brother-in-law, sister, Qianyan, this immortal fruit is currently available in our family." Even, it is possible that the entire solar dynasty is also in our house. As the saying goes, the husband is not guilty, but he is guilty. I'm sure you know that. So you must keep it a secret, and no one can say anything. Especially my brother-in-law, even Aunt Liu can't say it. ”

Chen Jixing knew the importance of this longevity fruit, so he naturally agreed. Ye Shi knew that this had another layer of more important meaning for Ye Feng, and of course he wouldn't say it everywhere.

As for Qianyan, when Ye Feng told her that if outsiders knew about it, they would come and snatch it, he shook his head firmly and swore that he would never tell anyone.

With everyone's promise, Ye Feng was relieved.

It's just that in the next few days, the three of them still went to look at the bamboo basket from time to time, as if there was gold in it, which made Ye Feng cry and laugh.

Forget it, let them go, anyway, as long as they don't say it, outsiders will never know.

In the past few days, the work in the field has not yet come out, and Chen Jixing has made some bamboo products at home. Ye Feng had also thought about it before, asking Chen Jixing to weave some bamboo utensils and sell them in the city, and he would have some income.

But according to Chen Jixing, whether it is in the city or in the town, there are many people who sell bamboo, and it is not the best to make it himself, so Ye Feng also stopped thinking about it.

It seems that this path is not going to work, and we have to find another way out.

Bamboo weaving looks simple, but in fact, it is the most time-consuming and eye-consuming. That is, now, the weather is hot and there is not much work in the field, so Chen Jixing has time to sit down and compile.

When it was really time to be busy with farming, Chen Jixing had no way to do this.

While thinking about it, at this time, Qianyan ran back from nowhere, holding an unknown flower in his hand, which was very beautiful, and at first glance it looked a bit like a dahlia in the later world.

Perhaps tired of playing, she threw the flower into the clay pot on the ground and went to find something new.

It's just that this beautiful flower next to the quaint pottery made Ye Feng's eyes suddenly light up, and a thought flashed in his mind: creative potted plants, or bonsai.

He was so confused, and he had been thinking about how to get rich for months, but it was all about how to burn glass, make soap, and sell recipes. It's just that it's all too difficult for him, and there's hardly any certainty.

In the case of making soap, the process is not strictly speaking, but there are no materials at all. He asked Chen Jixing and Ye, and even others, but no one knew what soda ash was.

This is a typical example of reading novels and reading too much, and he forgot about his major.

A high-achieving student who graduated from the horticulture major of the Agricultural University, and was the champion of the National Bonsai Competition, he did not make a fortune by his own profession, and he did not make creative bonsai, but he thought about something that could not be achieved every day.

He was really holding the child looking for a doll, and his brain was rusty.

Ye Feng couldn't help but think of what happened in college.

When I was a freshman, I started learning the most basic introductory theories, and there were no practical classes. Like most of his classmates, Ye Feng felt a little bored until that time when the school organized a visit to Suzhou Gardens.

Ye Feng was completely shocked by those classic works, because those bonsai were simply beautiful.

Since then, Ye Feng has been motivated, and he has plunged headlong into it, greedily learning gardening knowledge. In order to improve his aesthetics, Ye Feng also taught himself Chinese aesthetics in his spare time, even including "The Book of Tea".

This aesthetic is a very deep science, and it can be studied in Ye Feng's agricultural university, but it is located under the Chinese department. Therefore, in order to study, in addition to borrowing books in the library, Ye Feng also bought a lot of books at his own expense, and also participated in many lectures organized by the Chinese Department.

After two years of hard study, Ye Feng's motivation and talent impressed a certain tutor in the horticulture department who was known for his harshness, and he was taken under his command and carefully guided.

With the guidance of a famous teacher, Ye Feng made faster progress.

In his junior year, Ye Feng participated in the National College Student Gardening Competition, and the works he cultivated stood out from many potted plants and won the first place in the country in one fell swoop.

Bonsai can be said to be a very excellent traditional Chinese art, and it has been deeply loved by literati and scholars since ancient times. Although the pot is small, through ingenuity, it can often produce the artistic effect of shrinking the ground into inches, and seeing the big in the small.

A good bonsai can be said to be a three-dimensional miniature version of the landscape without exaggeration. Therefore, some people have praised bonsai as "three-dimensional painting" and "silent poetry".

It sounds lofty, but in fact, the most basic raw materials of bonsai are plants, rocks, soil, water, etc. The mountain behind Chenjia Village is a large primeval forest, are you still afraid that you won't be able to find raw materials?

This is simply a paradise of raw materials for bonsai!

"Hahaha, I finally thought of it, I finally thought of it!" While being happy, Ye Feng couldn't help laughing, which made Chen Jixing and Ye Shi on the side a little surprised, and they didn't know what made him so happy.

It's just that happiness is always contagious, and under the influence of Ye Feng, Ye Shi was also happy for no reason, and asked happily: "What did you think of!" ”

Ye Feng said excitedly: "Sister, I finally thought of what I was suitable for!" ”

Yes, what he said was the same as not saying it, Chen Jixing listened to Ye Feng's words, pursed his lips, and continued to weave bamboo utensils. What else can a half-sized kid do?

Just do it, Ye Feng quickly went to the stove room to get a hoe, put the basket on his back and prepared to run out. Seeing this, Qianyan felt that Ye Feng must have found something interesting, so he also went to the stove to get a firewood knife, followed Ye Feng, and ran towards the door.

"Don't go yet, wait!" Ye Feng heard Ye Shi shouting from behind.

As soon as he turned his head, he saw Ye Shi take out two broken straw hats, handed one to Ye Feng, and put the other one on Qianyan himself, so he complained: "Hey, you girl, you know how naughty!" Your uncle is going to do business, look at your face, how black it has become! Stay safe and come back early. ”

Ye Shi has been worried about Qianyan's black skin recently, in Ye Feng's opinion, it is actually not white, and there is still a lot of room for black.

Ye Feng's worries naturally understood in his heart that in a few years, Qianyan this girl would be married, if it was black, it was indeed a little inappropriate.

Except for a few wealthy families, the conditions of every family in this village are similar, so the appearance of a woman is indeed very important. It's just that, as the saying goes, the eighteenth change of a female university, and you can't become white if you know a thousand words.

It's the height of summer, it's almost ten o'clock in the morning, and the sun is really strong. But because the two of them wore hats, and they went to the woods not far away, it didn't hurt.

Thinking of this, Ye Feng still followed with a thousand words.

He also thought that when he made bonsai in the future, he would let Qianyan follow, if she was interested and talented, he would definitely give her everything he knew and learned without reservation, and let her have a craft in the future.

Along the way, Ye Feng tried his best to pick a place with shade.

Fortunately, the road is not far, and it will arrive soon.

This forest is very close to the village and is not a primeval forest. Among the villagers, those who build houses, need flat shoulders, or collect firewood, are basically in this forest.

Naturally, there must be no wild beasts or anything like that in the forest, and it is estimated that there are not even hares, after all, the traces of humans are too obvious, and they are scared away.

It was the height of summer, and although there was no sun in the forest, there was a sultry heat. All kinds of trees, weeds, and unknown vines grow carefree, and it is simply a natural oxygen bar.

Taking a deep breath, Ye Feng said to Qianyan: "I'm going to find some strange trees to plant at home, and after pruning them, take them to the city and sell them for silver." You have to look for it carefully, and tell me if you see a tree that stands out from the rest. ”

Qianyan nodded ignorantly, in her opinion, Ye Feng's words were a little difficult to understand: What is strange?

However, as soon as he heard that there was money to be made, he immediately became active again and began to search carefully. It's just that there is some unbelief in my heart, and even the trees in the woods can be taken to the city to exchange for silver?

It's a pity that the nephew and uncle searched for a long time, and there were a lot of cobwebs on their faces, and they were also sweating. Except for some herbs that Ye Feng often saw in his previous life, such as plantain and road yellow, there was no harvest.

Seeing that the sun was in the middle of the sky, Ye Feng knew that it was almost noon, and it was time to go home for dinner. There was no gain from being empty-handed, and the two of them, who were in high spirits when they just set off, were a little wilted at the moment, and their interest could not be raised anymore.

Suddenly, Ye Feng thought of the wild rhododendron forest he saw when he went to collect firewood with Chen Jixing last time. Although there may not be any ready-made rhododendrons that you need, there are too many ordinary rhododendron trees, and patches of them have already become forests.

After thinking about it, he immediately turned around and walked towards the rhododendron forest with a thousand words.

Fortunately, it wasn't far away, and the two arrived soon.

I have to say that this rhododendron forest is truly spectacular. Although the flowering period at this time has long passed, it is not a gorgeous sea of flowers in front of you. However, there are still flowers on some trees. This shows that these rhododendrons may bloom in spring, summer and autumn.

One can imagine what it will be like tomorrow spring when they are all in bloom. It's a pity that I didn't have time to take care of it when I came, and I couldn't enjoy such a spectacle, so I had to wait until next year.

What makes Ye Feng even more excited is that the rhododendron tree is very suitable for bonsai, which can enjoy both leaves and flowers, and the flowers are gorgeous. As long as you cultivate it with your heart, you will be able to cultivate amazing bonsai.

Thinking of this, Ye Feng thought of the large apricot blossoms outside the Nameless Temple, especially the kind of golden apricot blossoms that Ye Feng had never seen. That kind of beauty, I think there is no way to replicate it.

Also, some things are the most beautiful when they are in nature, and if you move them back to the courtyard with force, they will never be beautiful again. Just like this wild rhododendron, it is actually very difficult to transplant it home.

It is difficult for ordinary gardens to achieve the living environment that wild rhododendrons need, so the survival rate is not high. Even if they survived, some stopped flowering.

When he was in college, he had a classmate's hometown in Yunnan, and behind his mountain was a large field of wild rhododendrons. Those who love flowers have also tried to transplant home, but the result can be imagined, almost no live ones are planted. Later, when the student returned from summer vacation, he brought back the original soil, and after laboratory testing, he learned about the nutrients contained in it.

The second time, when the student went back for transplantation, he prepared a special nutrient soil according to the required nutrients, and the transplant was successful.

One by one, Ye Feng began to carefully observe this wild rhododendron tree, wanting to see if he could find a ready-made, that is, a beautiful and distinctive rhododendron tree. No matter how bad it is, it is okay to find a tree that is suitable for bonsai in all aspects, and it is a big deal to spend some time pruning it.

It's a pity that I didn't find it after looking for a long time.

In the natural form, there are few ready-made bonsai raw materials that meet the aesthetic requirements. Ye Feng suddenly thought of the "Sick Plum Pavilion" that he had learned at that time. In the text, in order to make the plum blossoms grow into a look that conforms to the aesthetics of gardening, manual intervention had to be carried out.

In that case, you can do it yourself.

When you have time, you must bring some rope or something to intervene manually, and then come back when the shape is almost the same. First, I haven't prepared nutrient soil yet, and second, I can't afford to transplant it back, so it's better to use local materials.

Thinking of this, Ye Feng was a little excited.

With the idea that he couldn't go home empty-handed, Ye Feng had no choice but to settle for the next best thing and locked on a rhododendron tree that was about five years old.

The reason why I liked this tree was because the rhododendron looked small and small, and the branches were not the most common brown, but dark, so that it had a certain texture.

In addition, the rhododendron is about 70 centimeters tall, so it can be said that it is neither tall nor short as a raw material, and it is also relatively convenient to shape. In addition, the surrounding area of this tree is relatively clean, and there are no symbiotic entanglements with other trees, so it must be easier to dig.

In order to preserve the roots of the tree to the greatest extent, Ye Feng and Qianyan pulled out all the grass around the tree, and then cleaned all the fallen leaves with their hands. When his entire face was revealed, Ye Feng began to dig with his hoe.

In order not to hurt the roots, Ye Feng did not dig directly at the close distance of the tree, but dug at a safe distance. It's not a hoe to dig vigorously, but a careful digging.

As you dig, you dig up the excess soil. After a while, the roots of the tree were revealed. In the end, Ye Feng pulled out the whole tree with a little effort.

In order to ensure the survival rate, Ye Feng found some relatively large broad leaves, and wrapped the soil at the root of the tree with fresh soil.

Then, he and Qianyan took a broadleaf and wrapped a few bags of freshly dug soil and put them all into the back basket.

After doing this, Qianyan held the tree, Ye Feng carried the hoe, and carried the soil wrapped in leaves in the basket, and the two happily prepared to go home.

"Uncle, is this tree any different from other trees?" On the way, Qianyan asked as he walked. Ever since Ye Feng said that the tree she dug up home could be taken to the city and sold for silver, she had been very excited.

It's just that, even now, she still doesn't understand what Ye Feng's "different" is about. Therefore, she wanted to learn it quickly, and she could also help Ye Feng choose flowers and trees in the future.

After all, it's something that can be exchanged for silver.

Hearing this, Ye Feng said: "Being different means being different from others." Take this tree that we just dug up, you can see that it is neither tall nor short, so it is easy to dig and easy to survive. Remember, it's not easy for a tree to survive if it's too big. ”

Seeing Qianyan nodded, Ye Feng said again: "Secondly, this tree has a lot of branches, so in this way, we have a lot of choices." We can either cut off the unsightly or undesirable ones, or we can change them to their original shape through external forces to become the way we want. ”

"So how do you change that?"

"There are many ways to change it, for example, we can cut it with scissors, or we can tie it up with a rope and let it grow the way we want it to."

Seeing that Qianyan didn't seem to understand, Ye Feng said: "It's okay if you don't understand now, I'll call you when I get shaped, you can just learn with me." ”

At the end, another word of encouragement was added: "It's very simple, it's not difficult to learn, and it's much easier than working in the field." ”

Qianyan listened, and then happily agreed. It's not difficult to learn, and it's easier than working in the field, and you can exchange it for silver, how can there be a better thing in the world.

Along the way, perhaps thanks to Ye Feng's encouragement, a thousand words of questions one after another, some questions are easy to answer, and some questions are not easy to answer because they involve professional knowledge and professional terms.

However, Ye Feng was not lazy, but transformed these professional terms one by one and translated them in a language that could be understood in a thousand words. He really hopes that Qianyan can learn the art of bonsai with him.

Although all this is just a germ of a way to make a fortune in Ye Feng's heart, it is not certain whether it will succeed or not.

But he knew that there would definitely be a market. Historically, no dynasty of literati has been able to escape the temptation of bonsai.

Although people in this village and neighboring villages and even these ten miles and eight towns probably won't buy it, just like Jiao Da will not fall in love with Sister Lin.

However, the city and the people who read will definitely buy it.

Moreover, in addition to the beauty of bonsai itself, he also knows the power of weapons such as packaging and advertising. If the packaging is good, coupled with moderate publicity, and just the right name, many people will involuntarily fall into it.

Under the offensive of packaging and advertising, people's aesthetics are sometimes regardless of class, poverty and wealth.

After all, everyone has a love for beauty.

Moreover, if you take 10,000 steps back and think about it, even if you can't appreciate it, if bonsai can successfully break into people's lives, buying a pot and putting it at home will become a symbol. For example, Mrs. Liu and Huang and Zhu may not know how to appreciate the beauty of vases. However, they bought it anyway and placed it in the most prominent place in the house.

There should be no shortage of scholars in the city, and it seems that they will be his first customers. At that time, if no one buys it, it's a big deal to take the bonsai and try it outside the Qingshan Academy in the county, I believe there will always be a good vision.

In modern times, subjects such as archaeology and horticulture are definitely so-called unpopular majors when they apply for the college entrance examination voluntarily, because the job prospects after graduation are not good. Even an honor student like Ye Feng was engaged in a job that had nothing to do with the garden when he graduated, which has always been a big regret for Ye Feng.

It's just that, but now it seems that what could not be achieved in the previous life, maybe there is a lot of room in this life.

Perhaps, I hope to transform time and space in another way to help him realize his wish.

In that case, there was no reason why he should not try.