These days, no matter how busy Feng Chunxi is, he insists on taking enough time to accompany Lemon, and Lemon's mental state is gradually improving, sometimes going out to play as before, but he will come back in an hour or two. Later, when chatting with Zhou Zhi online, I heard that a new stray cat shelter had been established nearby, and many stray cats were taken to the shelter by cat lovers. She only found out about the recent sterilization of the cats at the shelter.

Feng Chunxi realized that Lemon's friends had been taken away. No wonder it will be depressed, and it will lose one after another that is difficult for both people and cats to accept. The cats that roam the alleys finally don't have to live a wandering life of looking for food in the garbage cans, which should be a good thing for them.

Since the stray cats in the neighborhood were all sent to the shelter, the cat grass and catnip planted in front of the store should be useless, and Feng Chunxi wanted to dig them up and give them to the pet store that was well known. But Zhou Zhi suggested that it should be kept, she felt that stray cats would still be there soon. As long as someone has a pet, it is inevitable that they will be abandoned and lost. The stray cats that were sent to the shelter may be accustomed to living a free life, and one day they will escape and roam the eaves and walls of the old street again.

After repaying Qin Yao's 5,000 yuan, Feng Chunxi also called the landlord Aunt Qin and informed her to come to the store to get half a year's rent first. Aunt Qin praised Feng Chunxi's honesty and trustworthiness on the phone, and said that she was not in such a hurry and would go to the store in a few days.

One sunny morning, Aunt Qin finally came to the Chunxi Gardening Store with steady steps, accompanied by Qin Yao. When Aunt Qin, who had wide shoulders and a wide body, and Qin Yao, who was slender and full of artistic temperament, appeared at the door together, Feng Chunxi was a little suspicious of whether they were aunts and nephews.

"Why are you here together?" Feng Chunxi stepped forward to greet the two.

"Withdrawing money is such a big thing, of course the old lady has to find someone to accompany her, otherwise what if she is robbed?" As she spoke, Aunt Qin lifted the oversized leather bag in her hand.

"My aunt, I can only pay you back 40,000 now, and you can estimate that you can hold 400,000 in this bag."

"You think I'm taking such a big bag to hold money? It's not that you kid is vassal, you have to ask Yaoyao to draw you some sunflowers, give it to you! ”

Aunt Qin unzipped and took out a picture frame from her bag, on which was a piece of sunflower.

Qin Yao took the frame from Aunt Qin's hand, handed it to Feng Chunxi and said, "I haven't painted oil paintings for a long time, I don't paint well, I hope you will like it." ”

The size of the frame is not large, and it is about the same size as A3 paper. At first glance, it is made of very high-quality logs, and it looks exquisite. Feng Chunxi carefully appreciated the contents of the painting, Qin Yao painted a hillside full of sunflowers, with a blue sky and a smiling sun in the distance.

Although Feng Chunxi didn't know how to paint, Qin Yao's painting of sunflowers made him yearn for it, hoping that he could run on the hillside full of sunflowers in the painting.

"Hey, boy, I've got it for you, didn't you find this bag empty? Fill it in. Seeing Feng Chunxi looking at the painting, Aunt Qin urged.

Feng Chunxi reacted at this time, and took out the 40,000 yuan that had been prepared and gave it to Aunt Qin.

Aunt Qin looked at the four stacks of money, put it in her bag and said, "The sisters are still waiting for me to play mahjong, let's talk, I'll go first." ”

The first time he greeted Qin Yao in his store, Feng Chunxi felt a sense of crampedness when he went to someone else's house to be a guest. beckoned Qin Yao to sit on his shiny rattan chair, then turned around to boil water, then picked the mint leaf buds and put them into the cup, and made Qin Yao a cup of his favorite mint water.

After chatting for a while about the situation of Chunxi Gardening Shop, Feng Chunxi asked Qin Yao to pick a green plant as a gift, which was also agreed when they met last time. Qin Yao visited the store, and every plant was very good-looking, but she didn't know which pot to choose. She really didn't have much experience in raising green plants, so she proposed that Feng Chunxi choose it for her.

Feng Chunxi thought for a while and said, "You give me an oil painting, and I will also give you a basin of oil paintings." ”

"Huh? A basin of oil paintings? Qin Yao looked at Feng Chunxi suspiciously, not understanding what he meant.

Feng Chunxi didn't answer Qin Yao's doubts immediately, but walked to the flower stand with a smile, nodded slightly, and took down a gray clay pot placed in the top row, which was planted with oil painting arrowroot.

Because this pot of oil painting arrowroot is very precious, and this plant doesn't like too strong light, Feng Chunxi put it at the top of the shelf. Qin Yao had been looking for it within the range of her sight just now, and she didn't notice that there was such a pot of green plants in the high place. When I saw this white and green blended together, the color shades were different, the leaf texture and the oil painting-like oil painting arrowroot, the whole person was amazed.

"How can it be so beautiful, white mixed with green, like it's overturning the color palette." Qin Yao exclaimed.

Feng Chunxi knew that Qin Yao would definitely like it, as a person who loves painting, how could he refuse a natural "oil painting".

"This kind of green plant, a mutant variety that has only been cultivated in recent years, is still more precious, of course it is beautiful, I have been keeping it for myself, not to mention selling, I am reluctant to show it to others casually, so I put it in a high place."

"Then you are willing to show it to me, it seems that you really treat me as a friend."

"I'm going to give it to you." Feng Chunxi held up the clay pot with both hands and handed it to Qin Yaodao.

"However, you yourself like this pot of flowers, how can I win people's love." Qin Yao looked at this pot of oil painting arrowroot, her eyes were full of love, but she still hesitated and didn't take it.

"I'm a florist, and it's my job to grow plants for people. It's like when you paint, the more satisfied you are with your work, the more hopeful it will fall into the hands of someone who understands it. ”

"Well, you're right."

"I can feel that this pot of oil painting arrowroot also likes you, it is just waiting for your arrival, I just keep it for you until today you come to pick it up and go home."

"I didn't think you could say it, since that's the case, I'll take it, I really like this pot of flowers." As she spoke, Qin Yao happily took the oil painting arrowroot.

Although the oil painting arrowroot is beautiful, it is also difficult to maintain. I like a bright environment but am afraid of strong light, I like a humid environment but I am afraid of standing water, and the dust on the leaves should be cleaned frequently. In order to ensure that Qin Yao could raise this pot of flowers, Feng Chunxi patiently explained the precautions for her, and also wrote down the key points with a pen. Originally, Qin Yao thought that Feng Chunxi's cultural literacy was not high, but he could see that his handwriting was upright and beautiful, and it was impossible to write it without special practice.

Feng Chunxi concentrated on sharing the skills of raising flowers with Qin Yao, but he didn't notice that a young man came to the door, and when the other party entered the house, he found that it was Wang Zhitao from the police station. He was not wearing a police uniform, a white T-shirt and khaki slacks, as if he were a corporate white-collar worker.

"Chunxi, I found a place to grow sunflowers." After speaking, Wang Zhitao picked up the cup on the table and took a big sip of water, apparently thirsty.

Feng Chunxi wanted to remind him that the cup was not his own, but Qin Yao's, but it was too late, and it was still important to get down to business, so he turned to Wang Zhitao and asked, "Officer Wang, where is it, I'm in a hurry about this." ”

"It's in the western suburbs, more than a dozen kilometers away from here. There was an abandoned brick factory, the brick kilns were all ripped down, and several factories were about to collapse, and now it was a pile of rubble, and I didn't want to grow other crops, so it was abandoned. ”

"Sunflowers are very adaptable and can survive even in saline-alkali soil."

"That's what I thought of when I knew that. At this time, it is impossible to rent any other land if you want to. ”

"How big is that place, and how much does the boss want to rent it?" At this moment, Feng Chunxi is most concerned with the cost issue.

"It's about five or six acres. The place is idle, and you have to invest a lot of money to open up the abandoned site, I have a preliminary discussion with the boss, if you are satisfied with the place, you don't have to pay rent this year, and you can give two or three thousand yuan a year if you renew the lease next year. ”

After listening to Wang Zhitao's introduction, Feng Chunxi couldn't hide his excitement, and he couldn't wait to go to that place to see.