Chapter 15: The Flower Garden
After Team Leader Zhao's careful explanation, Meng Zhen bought 20 apple seedlings of Red Fuji and 20 pear seedlings of perfume pears, and picked some lotus seeds. Because there are a lot of them, the nursery has free delivery, but now the nursery's truck is not there, and Meng Zhen's tricycle can't bring so many fruit trees, so it is scheduled to be sent over tomorrow afternoon. Forty fruit tree saplings totaled 960 yuan, and the lotus seeds were given to her. Meng Zhen paid half of the deposit first, and then paid the other half after the seedlings were delivered tomorrow.
After negotiating the price, the two came to Team Leader Zhao's office, Team Leader Zhao collected the deposit and filled out a receipt for Meng Zhen, and Meng Zhen also wrote down the address of his home and left it to him.
Seeing that everything was negotiated, she asked casually: "Team Leader Zhao, do you sell the flower seedlings in this courtyard, and what is the price?" ”
Team Leader Zhao followed her gaze, "Oh, those, they're all dead flower seedlings, they're worthless, if Ms. Meng is interested, you can take them for free." But these can only be used as firewood, and they can't be raised at all. ”
"It's okay, since it's worthless, then I'll take it all!"
Meng Xin has always wanted to experiment with the efficacy of the manor, and now he is very happy to see that the experimental specimens have been given away for free. In fact, she didn't know that the nursery was still happy, these dead and frozen flower seedlings were almost dead, and they couldn't survive at all, and they were all ready to throw away garbage. As a result, Meng Zhen also took the initiative to want it, which happened to not only send favors, but also save the fuel money for the truck.
With the help of the nursery workers, Meng Zhen filled the tricycle with a bunch of dead branches and rotten seedlings, determined the delivery time for tomorrow with Team Leader Zhao, and rode out of the yard.
On Jianshe Avenue all the way to the west, when he was about to reach Zhoujiazhuang, Meng Zhen stopped and pushed the car into the woods on the side of the road.
After looking around and making sure that there was no one, he pushed the cart into the manor.
"Xiongxiong, I'm sorry, I forgot about you yesterday!"
When Meng Zhen entered the manor, he picked up the puppy squatting under the tree.
Hey, it seems to be fat again? Is it possible to gnaw tomatoes all day and drink some broth once in a while, so that you can also grow meat?
Bear was now beginning to recognize his name, and seemed to know that the woman who lifted himself in front of her face was his master, and in the face of his master's enthusiasm, he couldn't stop wagging his tail in the air.
Seeing that Xiong Xiong was still alive, Meng Xin's guilt was much less: Xiong Xiong, don't worry, I was not a competent master before, and I will definitely treat you well in the future!
The puppy wagged its tail in response, but its head tilted upward, as if it was extremely enthusiastic about something. Meng Zhen didn't pay attention at first, but later noticed that Xiong Xiong seemed to be staring at the tree all the time.
She put down the dog and also looked up under the tree, and if she was not mistaken, the strange tree seemed to be blooming!
Among the lush branches and leaves, there is a little bit of pink and white, and there seems to be a different smell in the air. Meng Zhen closed his eyes and took a deep breath, yes, it was different from the smell of the vegetables in the field when they bloomed and ripened, as if they were alive. Yes, I feel that there is a smart aura all around me.
For this tree, she has never known what kind of tree it is, she has searched on the Internet, but she has never seen such a plant: its trunk is very thick, Meng Zhen can't hold it alone, and the bark is very rough and a bit like pine bark; The branches stretched out, looking like a giant umbrella from afar; The leaves are strange, how she looks like the leaves of a four-leaf clover. At first, she thought it was ginkgo, but the leaves of ginkgo are not heart-shaped.
Now that it's blooming again, and it's bringing such a vibrant atmosphere, it seems that everything in the manor is magical. She wouldn't be surprised if one day the tree bore ginseng fruit.
After observing for a long time, I didn't see a reason, so I put it aside and got busy with business. On the way, Meng Zhen thought about it, and moved out the roses and morning glories in the loess and planted them in the yard. There was also a clearing less than a meter wide between the vegetable patch and the root of the east wall, and she decided to make a small flower garden there. Now the roses and morning glories have buds, and they can bloom in a few days, and the bamboo poles are erected at the base of the wall, which is also convenient for the morning glory to climb.
When summer came, flowers bloomed in the corner of the yard, and morning glories crawled on the walls, and she felt comfortable just thinking about it. She can't master the dream manor, but she can gradually turn her home into a dream manor that truly belongs to her.
Meng Zhen carefully dug out the flowers with the soil with a hoe, piled them aside, and after a while, he removed all the crops in the loess and took some spring water and sprinkled it on the soil of the flower roots.
Then, she moved the dead branches from the car body, I don't know if it was a psychological effect, Meng Zhen looked at these dead branches and seemed to have life. The aura floating in the air surrounded them, and Meng Zhen seemed to see strands of life force flowing on the withered branches.
Really, she picked up a withered begonia flower, its leaves were almost gone, only a few waddling pieces hung on the branches, and now these few withered yellow leaves seemed to be injected into life, and they no longer seemed so weak.
Could it really be that the manor can be brought back to life?!
Thinking of this, Meng Zhen was excited, and she was busy planting all the dead branches into the yellow earth and pouring spring water line by row. Then put the removed roses and morning glories in the car and wash their hands by the spring.
The earth can speed up the growth cycle of plants, and the flowering of strange trees brings a vibrant aura, so this spring water must have a miraculous effect. I used to use it to water vegetables, and sometimes I found that the bears probed their brains around the pond, and they should be very coveted for the spring water, but it was too small to drink at all.
Meng Zhen scooped a scoop of water with a gourd, took a small sip, and the cool, sweet taste hit the tip of her tongue, and she swallowed it unconsciously. She licked her lips, it was really sweet, a hundred times better than the so-called mineral water and pure water she bought. After a while, she drank all the ladle of water, and was about to scoop a spoonful, the trouser leg seemed to be pulled by something, she looked down and saw that it was a bear biting her jeans, and she couldn't stop "whining", her tail couldn't stop wagging and her face was longing.
Meng Zhen raised the gourd scoop in his hand and asked it, "Do you want to drink it too?" ”
As if he understood, Xiong Xiong let go of his mouth and sat down, his two front legs supporting his body, and his tail wagging more happily behind him.
"Hehe, look at your bear-like look? Little gluttonous dog, you know what's good! Meng Zhen looked at its flattery with some amusement, she didn't forget the way she was squatting under the tree and drooling just now. Tap your finger at its head, take the small bowl that was prepared for it, splash the water out of it, and pour it into the spring. As soon as it was full, it shook its head and stuck out its tongue to lick it.
When it has drunk water, they will carry it out with it, and they have been missing for a day and a night, and it is time to take it home.
Riding a tricycle full of flower seedlings, Meng Zhen returned to the village, and as soon as he entered the village, he met familiar villagers one after another.
"Yo, Meng Zhen is back, go buy flowers?"
"Hey, I just went to buy saplings, and the nursery saw that I bought a lot, so I sent a few flower seedlings, which happened to be planted in the yard."
"Yes, there are still flower bones blooming on this, take care of it, and it will bloom in ten days!"
"Yes, anyway, I don't need money, so I'll bring it back and plant it. Fourth sister-in-law, have you eaten? ”
"No, I'll pick up the kids from school and eat them later!"
"Come back, Jennier, the market is crowded today!"
"It's not a lot, didn't it just have a big set yesterday, and I sold a little bit of vegetables!"
"I bought flowers, it's beautiful, why do you buy bowls of flowers, this thing is all over the slope!" (Bowl of flowers = morning glory)
"Buy the saplings and send them, don't need money, hehe!"
When he saw someone, he got out of the car, and Meng Zhen simply got down and pushed it back directly.
Walking into the yard, she parked the car, and the flower seedlings did not move. It's noon, it's not suitable for planting flowers at all, and there's no time - I have to have lunch!
Xiong Xiong was lying under the porch, watching the master go back to the bedroom to change clothes, and then go to the kitchen to cook. Alas, in a moment two more women will come and pull at its ears and rub its head. Hmph, next time I go back, I will not come out! There was a depressed look in the puppy's eyes, and if someone saw it, he would definitely think he was dazzled.
After taking a nap at noon, getting up and drinking some tea made from spring water, Meng Zhen changed into work clothes and began to take a hoe to cultivate the land. Since learning to hoe with Aunt Meng, Meng Zhen has become more and more comfortable with these farm tools. It turned out that Uncle Meng had built a shed in the corner of the yard and put all his farm tools in it. When Meng Zhen later renovated the house, he also repaired this tool shed, and the farm tools inside were all taken away by Meng Wushu's daughter-in-law.
Meng Zhen has no opinion on her behavior, after all, it is someone else's thing, let her use it in vain, she is not used to it. After selling the vegetables the next day, she bought two sets of commonly used farm tools, one outside and one to keep on the estate.
After cultivating the land, Meng Zhen inserted a few bamboo poles at the base of the wall, fixed them firmly with ropes, and began to plant flowers. Morning glory is planted next to the root of the wall, and the branches that have grown are carried down to the bamboo pole; The number of roses is not very large, and a third of the land is left after planting. Meng Zhen thought in his heart that after the manor revived those dead branches, he would replant some more.
After planting the flowers, Meng Zhen looked at the vegetable field next to him, the vegetable field has a total of four rows of vegetables, the gap is obvious, moved out of the manor, the growth is very good, it is estimated that when it is moved out, it is also wrapped in loess, so these vegetables are also ripe very early. The vegetables planted in the yard before were the same as ordinary vegetables, not to mention growing slowly, and they looked listless.
By the way, pour some water from the spring on the estate? Meng Zhen flashed in with a leather tube, but he didn't see the appearance of the bear under the porch almost lying on the glass door struggling to get out. She fixed the leather pipe in the spring pool with a hanging chair, took the other end out, squatted on the ground and squeezed the nozzle hard, and the water flowed out for a while.
First watered the vegetable field, then the freshly cultivated flower garden, and finally saw a dozen fruit trees in the yard, so they also watered some spring water.
This should be about the same, for Meng Zhen to sell vegetables every day, some people in the village have begun to be curious, some people just quietly discussed, and some came directly to her house, seeing that the vegetables in the yard are indeed better than their own ones, and they have to praise: being educated is good, and even planting vegetables is good!
In fact, if people notice the number of vegetables Meng Zhen sells every day, they will definitely be suspicious, but the people in the village are still relatively simple, and they will only think about what they are not doing well enough, and will not ask the bottom of other people's lives. There are only a few people with ulterior motives, who have already begun to look at Meng Zhen's small courtyard and pond.