It was the same café last time, Feng Chunxi still ordered a latte, and Qin Yao, who was sitting opposite, still ordered a cappuccino. The difference is that this time Feng Chunxi didn't wear the awkward suit again, and changed into his favorite casual T-shirt. Qin Yao wore a long white dress, like a blooming lily.

After a few words of greeting, Feng Chunxi pushed the envelope containing five thousand yuan in front of Qin Yao: "Thank you for helping me when I was most embarrassed, I really appreciate it!" ”

Qin Yao picked up the envelope and put it in her handbag, her movements were elegant. Looking at Feng Chunxi's eyes, he was much more relaxed than last time: "Rich so soon?" ”

"I don't have any money, but I owe you definitely to pay it first, and your aunt's rent, I will pay half of it in advance in the next few days."

"It's quite trustworthy, I didn't trust the wrong person. That's more important to me than that's the money. ”

"Your willingness to trust me is also a great encouragement for me, so that I can face setbacks firmly!" Feng Chunxi was embarrassed to look at Qin Yao directly, but his words were completely sincere.

"You're welcome, we'll be friends in the future, and you can tell me if you have any difficulties." Qin Yao generously stretched out his right hand.

Feng Chunxi hurriedly picked up the table paper on the table and wiped the Han on his hand, and then shook hands with Qin Yao gently. Then he asked, "The last time we met, I wasn't embarrassed to communicate with you more." You say you're a freelancer and don't know exactly what kind of profession it is? ”

"Drawing, or more specifically, illustrating novels."

"So you're a painter!" Feng Chunxi showed a disrespectful expression.

"I'm not a painter, painting is just my job, just like you raise flowers and grass."

Knowing about Qin Yao's work, Feng Chunxi suddenly had an idea - he wanted to ask Qin Yao to help him paint a picture, a pair of sunflowers.

"Well, could you please give me a painting? Or I can pay you money. Feng Chunxi was a little embarrassed and asked tentatively.

"Oh? Do you also like to draw? ”

"I don't know such fine art, but I did like to draw when I was a kid."

"Then whatever painting you want, I'll draw it for you."

"Sunflowers!"

"Is it the kind of sunflowers that Van Gogh painted?"

"Almost, but it's not a sunflower, I want a sea of sunflowers."

"Understood, I'll try it, and I'll send it to your store when it's done."

The conversation with Qin Yao made Feng Chunxi's gloomy mood much better, and it also strengthened her idea of planting a sea of sunflowers. This is not only for Xiao Luo, but also for his own heart, in fact, there has always been a sea of flowers in his heart, a sea of flowers that bring hope. It is full of sunflowers of different colors, the taller than a person, and the short one is only up to a person's waist. Wandering through the sunflower flowers, you can go back to the happiest time of your childhood, back to the carefree summer.

The best sowing time for sunflowers is May, and they generally bloom after 55 days of sowing. It's already early June, and if you find a suitable place to plant the seeds as soon as possible, you can see the small sun in full bloom in August, and the flowering period can last until October.

Who can help find the right place? Feng Chunxi went through the few people he knew in his mind, and finally locked on Wang Zhitao, a police officer at the police station. In addition to the old street where the Chunxi Horticultural Store is located, the jurisdiction of the police station also includes several nearby suburban villages, and it is easy for them to find a piece of land that they are willing to rent as long as they say hello to the village cadres. Since the last fight, Wang Zhitao has not come to the store again, probably because he thinks that after Feng Chunxi knows his identity as a policeman, the two of them can't communicate and raise flowers as easily as before.

After walking back and forth at the door of the police station for seven or eight minutes, Feng Chunxi never mustered up the courage to walk in. First, he is not willing to come to this kind of place again, and second, he and Wang Zhitao are actually not familiar with each other, he is a person who has been released from prison, and the other party is a policeman, so it is a bit abrupt to ask the other party for help rashly.

"Comrade, is there something wrong with you?" Feng Chunxi walked back and forth, and finally attracted the attention of a policewoman in the hall, Feng Chunxi had seen her, and she was a household registration police officer at the police station.

"Oh, hello officer, I want to find Officer Wang Zhitao."

"Xiao Wang, he went to the health center, what are you looking for him?"

"I have a personal matter that I would like to ask Officer Wang for help."

"Well, then you can sit down in the hall and wait, and he will be back in a moment." The household registration police greeted Feng Chunxi warmly.

Feng Chunxi was not polite, followed the household registration police into the police station, and sat down on a chair in the waiting area. Only then did he remember and ask, "Officer Wang, did he go to the health center?" ”

"I was bitten by a drunkard just now, go deal with it, it's not a big deal." The tone of the household registration police was flat, and it seemed that the situation was not serious as she said.

About ten minutes later, a police car stopped at the door, and it was Wang Zhitao who got out of the car. Seeing Feng Chunxi sitting in the hall, Wang Zhitao was a little surprised, and then reacted and asked, "Are you here, are you applying for an ID card?" ”

Feng Chunxi stood up and replied with a smile: "Hello Officer Wang, I'm here to find you." ”

"Looking for me? Can I help you? Fourth, they went to trouble you? Wang Zhitao became serious.

"No, no, it's a personal matter that I want to ask you for."

Knowing that it was not the fourth child and others who were making trouble, Wang Zhitao's affection became relaxed again, and beckoned Feng Chunxi to follow him to the office. Feng Chunxi saw that Wang Zhitao's left wrist was wrapped in a bandage, and there was faint blood inside.

The office looks like it is more than ten square meters, there are four office card slots in it, and two policemen are operating computers.

Wang Zhitao pulled a chair for Feng Chunxi to sit on, and took another glass of water for him, so that he could get into his card position and pick up the thermos cup to drink water. Feng Chunxi saw a pot of moss micro-landscape on his desk, which he had helped plant, and the moss and mini coconuts in it were moist and green, which seemed to be well taken care of.

"Chunxi, say, what are you looking for me?" Wang Zhitao asked.

"Well, I want to rent a plot of land in a nearby village to grow ornamental sunflowers. You should have acquaintances in each village, can you help me inquire? ”

"Knowing is knowing, but it's all June, and the crops are growing taller, so how can there be any idle land that hasn't been contracted out?"

In rural areas, land subcontracting is normal, but such transfers are carried out in the winter so as not to delay the cultivation in the spring. It is now early summer, but Feng Chunxi proposed to sublease the land, which made Wang Zhitao feel a little incredible.

"It's because it's hard to find that I thought of asking you for help. Sunflowers don't need any good land, not even the loess slopes that no one wants to plant. Or if there is no spring vegetable planting, when the harvest is just finished, I can pay him the annual rent. ”

Although he didn't know why Feng Chunxi rented land to grow sunflowers, Wang Zhitao felt that he cared about this matter very much, and finally agreed to help find it. He knows that the degree to which people who grow flowers care about flowers is sometimes impossible to understand according to ordinary people's thinking.

Although the matter of the land has not yet been resolved, the seeds still need to be prepared in advance. In addition to ensuring the normal operation of the store in the past few days, Feng Chunxi has been researching the varieties of ornamental sunflowers in his spare time. In the end, seven varieties of teddy bears, happy days, Valentine's Day, lemon queen, burgundy, sunset, and ring of fire were selected, and orders were placed immediately when they rented a suitable place.