Chapter 14: Fun Facts about Bluegrass
So the people in the South Street Flower Shop are coming and going.
Li Xiaofan also parked his bicycle outside the South Street flower shop, then locked the bike and walked in.
Each pot of flowers in the South Street Flower is marked with a price, so you don't need to ask the clerk, you only need to look at it yourself, you can see what its price is.
After looking for a while, Li Xiaofan found a few orchids in the flower shop on South Street, and these orchids were of different varieties.
Among them, there is a pot of orchid grass with very long leaves, reaching a length of more than one meter; There is also a pot of orchid leaves, like a sword, which looks very sharp.
He chose these four kinds of bluegrass, which are also relatively ordinary bluegrasses, but he believes that these bluegrasses will definitely sell well after he cultivates them.
"The little brother seems to be a lover of bluegrass too?" As he was paying, an old man who had come to buy a pot next to him looked at him and said.
"It's not that I like it much, it's just a little interested, uncle, don't you also like bluegrass?" He saw the old man with three basins in his hand and said!
"That's right, all the bluegrass I grow at home is about 80 varieties!" After listening to Li Xiaofan's words, he proudly introduced to Li Xiaofan, and at the same time, the proud look in his eyes involuntarily revealed.
When Li Xiaofan saw his appearance, he knew that this was a person who loved bluegrass very much.
"Uncle, look, I gave the money first, and then I'll wait for you outside, let's communicate!" Li Xiaofan said to the old man, he also wanted to know about bluegrass.
Although he said that he wanted to cultivate bluegrass, he didn't know anything about bluegrass now, so it could be said that he didn't know anything about it.
"Okay, since the little brother invited, how can I not come, then little brother, you go outside and wait for me, and I will come out after I pay the money!" After listening to Li Xiaofan's words, the old man also agreed.
After Li Xiaofan gave the money for 4 pots of orchids, he went outside to wait for the old man, 4 pots of orchids, which cost him a total of 200 yuan.
He just went out and waited for a few minutes, and the old man came out with his flower pot, and Li Xiaofan immediately went up to help the old man move his flower pot out when he saw this.
"Thank you, boy!" The old man thanked Li Xiaofan.
"It's okay, uncle, I still want to ask you for a few tricks, what do you say thank you or not!" Li Xiaofan listened to the old man's words, and then said.
"Hahaha, okay, your kid's taste for me, since this is the case, then I must know everything, and I must say everything!" After listening to Li Xiaofan's words, the old man became larger, and then said.
"By the way, old man, I haven't asked your surname yet?" Li Xiaofan asked the old man.
"I, don't have your surname Zhou, you can just call me Old Man Zhou!" The old man said boldly.
"In that case, that kid will call you Old Zhou, my surname is Wang, my name is Li Xiaofan, and my family is from Wangjia Village!" Li Xiaofan listened to Mr. Zhou's introduction, and then introduced himself to Mr. Zhou by the way.
"As soon as I heard it, I knew that you were from Dashi Town, you see, you said that you were from Wangjia Village, and it just so happened that Wangjia Village was within the jurisdiction of Dashi Town!" After listening to his introduction, Old Man Zhou hurriedly said.
"Haha, yes, yes, our Wangjia Village is a small village in Dashi Town!" Li Xiaofan hurriedly said.
It is one of the nine towns in Jiangcheng County, Dashizhen City, and Wangjia Village happens to be a small village in Dashizhen, but Wangjia Village has always been relatively poor because the transportation is not very convenient.
However, the boldness of the people of Wangjia Village is widely spread in Dashi Town.
So many people like to deal with the people of Wangjia Village, not only the people of Wangjia Village are very bold, but also the people of Wangjia Village are also very honest!
Therefore, the image and reputation of Wangjiacun in Jiangcheng have always been very good.
Therefore, when Lao Zhou heard that Li Xiaofan was from Wangjia Village, his interest instantly rose.
"Xiao Wang, I saw that you bought a few pots of orchid grass before, it seems that you also love orchid grass." Zhou Lao asked Li Xiaofan about him.
"I don't like it very much, I just like to smell the smell of its flowers, so I want to buy a few pots and plant them, but I'm not very good at planting, so I see that you are also buying pots, so I want to learn from you." Li Xiaofan said to Zhou Lao with a smile.
"Haha, Xiao Wang, you are humble, but ah, if you come to ask me, this matter must be fine. Let me tell you, I don't grow orchids the best, but I am among the best. Zhou Lao said proudly.
Li Xiaofan saw a few pots in Zhou Lao's hand, and then asked, "Zhou Lao, you always buy these pots to grow orchids." ”
"Haha, yes, yes, I have a few pots of bluegrass at home, and now he has grown and grown a little more, so I want to divide it and divide it into another pot, and yesterday I saw that the pots were not enough, so today I came to buy some pots and go back to divide the bluegrass." After hearing Li Xiaofan's words, Zhou Lao hurriedly said.
"Elder Zhou, then I will consult you about the cultivation of these orchids, and please give me advice!" As soon as Li Xiaofan heard Zhou Lao's answer, he said.
"If you don't give any teaching, I'll tell you about the habits of these bluegrasses!" After listening to Li Xiaofan's words, Zhou Lao hurriedly said.
However, Zhou Lao is not good at giving examples out of thin air, so he pointed to a few pots of bluegrass from Li Xiaofan and said.
"Look at this pot of orchid grass of yours, his leaves are like a sword, his name is Spring Sword, but he is a variant of Lotus Petal Orchid, and he has another name called Colorful Qilin, you look at this spring sword of yours, its color is light yellow, and the flower color of Spring Sword is red, yellow, white, green, purple, black, and compound color!"
"What is a polychrome? It is that it is not just one color, but a combination of several colors. Look at this orchid of yours, its leaves are very hard, straight and tight, you see it grows very tall, is it very erect. ”
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Zhou Lao took Li Xiaofan's bluegrass and talked endlessly, and Li Xiaofan also listened with relish on the side.
After talking for about half an hour, Zhou Lao finished talking about the entire Spring Sword, and Li Xiaofan was also shocked by Zhou Lao's erudition.
"Elder Zhou, are these all your experiences in planting bluegrass?" Li Xiaofan asked Elder Zhou with a sincere face.
"These are not only my experience in planting bluegrass, but also some of my friends' experience in planting bluegrass, we often get together to discuss bluegrass, so over time, everyone knows a lot about bluegrass, and there are special books about these bluegrass, I will also read some from time to time, so I remember more!" Zhou Lao said modestly.
"I have some books about bluegrass there, if you want to read them, you can go to my place and I will lend them to you, so that you don't have to spend any more money to buy them, and I have made some notes on those books, if you can't read them, you should be able to understand them when you read my notes!" Zhou Lao said to Li Xiaofan.
"Thank you so much for that, I also want to learn how to grow bluegrass, although I like bluegrass very much, but I haven't learned it before, so I really don't know how to grow bluegrass now!" After listening to Zhou Lao's words, Li Xiaofan hurriedly thanked Zhou Lao.
"You see these pots of bluegrass I bought, all of them were just to try it first, so I bought three or four pots of different types!" Li Xiaofan touched his head awkwardly as he spoke.
Seeing that the sun had gradually risen and the temperature was getting higher and higher, Li Xiaofan did not continue to stay here with Zhou Lao.
Li Xiaofan invited Zhu Lao to sit in the teahouse, but Zhu Lao declined Li Xiaofan's invitation because he still had bluegrass at home, but left his residence to Li Xiaofan.
Li Xiaofan thanked Zhou Lao for a while, and the more Zhou Lao looked at Li Xiaofan, the more pleasing he felt.
Li Xiaofan found the owner of the flower shop, wrapped his 4 pots of bluegrass in cardboard boxes, and then he put the 4 pots of bluegrass on the back of the bicycle and carried the bluegrass away.
Li Xiaofan pedaled his bicycle for a while, and when he saw that there was no one around, he quickly put 4 pots of bluegrass into the space.
After putting the bluegrass into the space, he was going to go to Liu Ming's place to have a look, he felt that the types of fruits in his space were still a little small, and he was going to Liu Ming to see if there were any unusual types.
Pedaling his bike, it didn't take long to arrive.
It was very hot, so he locked the bicycle and put it under the big tree outside Liu Ming's store, just because the bicycle could not get the sun.
"Ha, is Brother Wang here to buy something today?" Liu Ming saw Li Xiaofan walk in, and then hurriedly greeted him warmly.
"Brother Liu, I'm here with you today to see if there are any rare varieties, I'm going to get a little rare variety to plant, it just so happens that there is still a little land behind my mountain to plant!" After listening to Liu Ming's greeting, Li Xiaofan hurriedly said.
"Don't say it, you're really right, there will be more than a dozen lychee seedlings and a few mangosteen seedlings to be sent to me in a while, and I can give you a few of each in a while!" Liu Ming said immediately after listening to Li Xiaofan's words.
"Come on, come on, Brother Wang will come first to drink tea, wait for a while. It will take a while for the seedlings to arrive. You see that it was more than 9 o'clock to send you back that day, and I didn't leave you here to eat, come here to eat at noon today, drink tea first, and let's have lunch together in a while! Liu Ming pulled Li Xiaofan in with an enthusiastic face and poured Li Xiaofan a cup of tea.
"Brother Liu, don't say that, you sent me back at 9 o'clock that day, and I didn't leave you there to eat, I will feel ashamed if you say this!" After Li Xiaofan listened to Liu Ming's enthusiastic words, he hurriedly said to Liu Ming.
"Haha, Brother Wang, aren't you just seeing the outside? Besides, it's already past 9 o'clock when you go back that day, and you still have to get strawberry seedlings, if I go again, won't it make you unable to rest? In the future, if I want to relax, I will go to your place, and you are not allowed to pick on me when the time comes! Liu Ming said with a smile.
"Brother Liu, don't say this, I will take you around when you come, although we say that the traffic is not very convenient, but the environment is really good, and we have a big lake in the mountains, when the time comes, go there to catch some wild fish to eat, the taste is comfortable." After listening to Liu Ming's words, Li Xiaofan hurriedly said to Liu Ming.
"Okay, then it's decided, then when I go, you must take me to fish, I don't have any hobbies, I like fishing!" He laughed as he spoke.
"Brother Wang will eat here at noon in a while, accompany my brother and I will have two drinks!" Liu Ming said to Li Xiaofan.