The old street where the Chunxi Horticultural Store is located is not very hygienic, and in the summer, mosquitoes begin to rage. Although the mint plants raised in Feng Chunxi's store have mosquito repellent effects, they can only ensure that there are no mosquitoes and flies around the plants, and they cannot protect the whole house. Feng Chunxi had to hang a curtain on the door, which would reduce the entry of flies, but it was a lot of trouble to come out and go in. And fly restaurants like Majia Ramen Restaurant have become veritable at this time.

During the chat, I heard a guest say that there is now an Internet celebrity plant called Venus flytrap on the Internet, which not only looks like a man-eating flower in a movie, but also can hunt mosquitoes and flies. This aroused Feng Chunxi's interest, and there is no such plant in the city's horticultural wholesale market, and if it can be introduced first, it may bring good sales results.

After the guest left, Feng Chunxi quickly searched the Internet. Venus flytrap plants are 10-30 cm tall, the leaves are small and round, the stems and leaves are alternate, meniscus or fan-shaped, the base is concave, divided into two halves, there are many burrs on the edges and leaf surface, the leaves are usually open outward, and the sweet smell of the nectar glands on the leaf margins can attract insects, and once there are insects crawling, they will quickly merge to achieve prey. Its shape that resembles an alien creature itself is very much in line with the aesthetics of modern young people, and its magical ability to hunt insects is even more attractive.

"Hey, Brother Chunxi, you haven't called me for a long time." Feng Chunxi called Bai Xue, who was in the provincial capital, and Bai Xue had already picked it up after the bell rang three times.

"yes, how are you, have you been busy lately?"

"I'm still the same, and I'm fine. It's summer now, and the business in Chunxi's store should be pretty good, right? ”

"Well, there are more flowering plants now, and people's enthusiasm for buying flowers is also relatively high."

"So, is there something wrong with Brother Chunxi calling me?"

"Yes, I would like to ask you to help me go to the wholesale flower market to see if there are any flytraps for sale, I want to buy a few pots."

"Well, I have something to do today, and I'll go tomorrow morning, okay?"

"Of course you can, and it's not a rush. By the way, have you been to see Xiao Luo recently, he should have surgery these days, right? ”

"Well, this Saturday, but I haven't been to see him recently, so it's better not to bother at this time."

At noon the next day, Bai Xue called Feng Chunxi back. She found a shop selling flytrap in the wholesale flower market in the provincial capital, but few people currently buy this flower, and only a dozen pots of this flower have been put on sale. After discussion on the phone, the two decided to buy 5 pots and try them back. A small flytrap is priced at 35 yuan, which is not very cost-effective. But if you buy too little, the shipping fee is not cost-effective.

Although he had seen the appearance of the flytrap on the Internet before, when the courier delivered the actual object to the store, Feng Chunxi still couldn't hide the anticipation and excitement in his heart, and immediately opened the carton with scissors, took out a pot of flytrap and put it in his hand to play. Then, I couldn't wait to place 5 pots of flytraps on the windowsill, desktop and other places where mosquitoes and flies are likely to appear, waiting to see these flytraps show their skills.

In order not to startle the flies, Feng Chunxi even breathed very lightly. Seeing that no flies had taken the bait, he took a few steps back until he could barely see the flytrap. But more than an hour passed, and I still didn't see a single fly thrown into the net.

Feng Chunxi, who was really impatient with waiting, decided to use his fly catching stunt, catch a fly and put it in the clip of the flytrap to try. He learned from an older brother in the neighborhood that when a fly lands on a table or other flat object, he can catch it by placing his right hand behind him with a spoon and then quickly reaching forward and making a fist. The key to the whole action is to grasp forward and at the same time must be upward, because the reaction speed of the fly is very fast, and it will fly quickly when it perceives danger, and at this time, it is impossible to see the specific location of the fly with the naked eye, and it must be predicted when shooting.

After catching it three times in a row, a fly was successfully captured by Feng Chunxi, and it slammed into the palm of his hand like Sun Wukong. Feng Chunxi walked up to a flytrap and threw the fly into the trap of the flytrap. In an instant, the flies flew up and escaped, but the traps of the flytrap remained motionless. What's going on? Could it be that you have bought a fake? Feng Chunxi caught another fly, killed it and threw it into the trap of the flytrap, which closed quickly this time. Then Feng Chunxi tried several more times, but the result was that the live flies would quickly escape, and the dead or injured would be caught in the clips. Feng Chunxi went outside to catch a few beetles and ants, and found that most of these flightless insects and flytraps could successfully hunt, but they couldn't fly at all.

It turns out that this flytrap can't catch flies at all, and someone has to catch it and feed it. Thinking of this, Feng Chunxi couldn't help but laugh. Fortunately, this plant is quite cute, and it can also be attractive in the store.

With nothing to do, Feng Chunxi continued to use his fly catching skills, wanting to supplement the nutrients of these flytraps, but he didn't pay attention to when Lu Tianyue came.

"Chunxi, what are you doing here?"

Feng Chunxi, who was snickering at the joy of catching another fly just now, felt a little embarrassed at the moment, his palm opened, and the fly that escaped death immediately rushed into the sky.

"Didn't do anything, get me some food for my flytrap."

"Venus flytrap, is it the kind of plant that catches flies?" Lu Tianyue's face showed excitement.

"I'm afraid not, but they can eat dead flies."

After listening to Feng Chunxi's introduction, Lu Qianyue was a little disappointed, but seeing that these flytraps looked weird and interesting, she still liked them, thought for a while and said: "In this case, don't call them flytraps, you can call them flytraps, and you can eat snacks that you don't catch." ”

Originally, Feng Chunxi thought that the flytrap was a little chicken, but after Lu Qianyue's explanation, it became even more cute.

"Haruki, can you help me catch a fly? I want to feed them too. "The beautiful secretary who usually has a dignified demeanor looks a little naughty at the moment.

"Yes, but aren't you dirty?"

"I can use a toothpick, who is like you? Directly by hand. ”

Soon, Feng Chunxi helped Lu Tianyue catch a fly, Lu Qianyue used a toothpick to pick and threw it into the clip of a flytrap, watching the clip close quickly, she couldn't help but jump up, looking like a teenage girl.

"It's fun, I'm going to buy a pot to take home."

"What are you buying back for? Besides, you don't know how to catch flies. Feng Chunxi was a little puzzled.

"Of course I have to buy such a fun thing, I can keep it as a pet, and I don't have to feed it every day, and I don't have to dirty the house, how nice it is." As for catching flies, just buy a racket. ”

Buy a pot of flytraps that don't catch flies, and then buy an electric racket to catch flies and feed it. It sounds a little funny, but it's really fun to see Lu Tianyue's appearance.

Many of the guests who entered the door in the afternoon were attracted by the strange shape of the flytrap, and Feng Chunxi introduced to them one by one the characteristics of the flytrap that the flytrap could not catch flies. Some customers are just curious and don't want to buy. There were two other people like Lu Tianyue, although they knew that Venus flytrap couldn't catch flies, they still found it interesting and immediately bought a pot.

In three days, all five pots of Venus flytraps were bought. Feng Chunxi called Bai Xue and wanted to ask her to help her come in again, but learned the news of Xiao Luo's failed operation from Bai Xue's mouth.