03
"Whose message is this? You're smiling so seductively, goddess?"
In a bedroom covered with posters of basketball stars, a tall boy walked up with a teasing look on his face, raised his hand and patted his childhood friend who was texting intently.
"Ah... that's the senior I mentioned to you last time. She's graduating soon as a senior."
Xia Jun was startled by him, but did not look back. Instead, he focused all his attention on the computer screen. His face, hidden by the thick glasses frame, showed a silly smile from time to time.
"Oh, I think I heard you mention that."
The tall boy named Xu Haoyuan thought for a few seconds and said, "She's called Ye Han, right? She looks so pretty. Show me her photo."
"Wait, wait until I finish replying to the message."
"Okay." Xu Haoyuan put his arm around his childhood friend's shoulders and took a closer look, and found that the other party had sent several photos to Xia Jun.
I don’t know which park this photo was taken in. The water is very dirty and the environment is very desolate. It’s obvious that no one cares about it.
Then there were some terms he couldn't understand, such as "landscape water treatment", "water eutrophication", "flotation biochemical method" and so on.
...boring.
Do girls nowadays like to talk about such professional topics?
Xu Haoyuan straightened up with disinterest, pulled over a chair and sat down, stretched out his long legs, hooked the basketball with his slender fingers and skillfully turned it twice.
His arm muscles bulged as he exerted force, revealing smooth lines. At first glance, he was an athletic guy who was very popular among girls.
More than ten minutes later, Xia Jun finally raised his head from his state of "turning a deaf ear to the outside world".
Xu Haoyuan put the basketball aside and looked at him with his eyelids raised: "Are you done talking?"
"Yeah." Xia Jun's face showed the shyness that is unique to science and engineering men: "The senior sister asked me some questions about water treatment and said she would treat me to a meal."
"What a good opportunity. Do you agree?"
"No."
Hearing this, Xu Haoyuan looked disappointed: "Are you stupid? Such a good opportunity——"
Xia Jun adjusted his glasses and said stiffly, "There was a handsome, rich second-generation senior who pursued her but failed. I, I'll just forget it. I haven't thought about it either."
"Is it as exaggerated as you say? Show me the photo." Xu Haoyuan's tone revealed a hint of nonchalance.
He was from the school basketball team. He was 189cm tall, had long legs, good looks and was a good fighter. He had been receiving love letters since junior high school.
Xu Haoyuan really wanted to see how unique this goddess who was praised to the sky by her childhood friend was.
"The senior is not only pretty, but also very good at studying and has won a national award."
"Oh." Xu Haoyuan couldn't help but become more curious. Seeing Xia Jun flipping through the photo album on his phone, he grabbed it and said, "Give it to me."
Then his eyes froze involuntarily.
The girl in the photo is wearing a French polka-dot long dress with thin straps on her shoulders, revealing her slender swan neck.
Her profile is beautiful, but the most important thing is her temperament, like a solitary orchid in a valley or a cool summer breeze. She is elegant yet cool, and she is impressive at first sight.
Xu Haoyuan was stunned for several seconds. After he came to his senses, he quickly sent the photo to his WeChat, stretched out his long arms and hugged his childhood friend's neck tightly: "Jun brother, hey, does senior sister have a boyfriend now?
Forget it, give me her contact information and I’ll go and steal her away—”
Xia Jun's face turned red as he was strangled: "...You, don't even think about it!"
*
The other side.
Ye Han hung up the phone with a "Thank you, teacher" as the conclusion. Combining the chat records just now, he had a general idea in his mind.
She majored in botany and had no experience in landscape water management.
In order to avoid being cheated, she spent the whole morning consulting and looking up information, and finally got some clues.
One month is not enough time to set up a large-scale filtration device in the lake.
She needed a quick and effective solution, even if it wasn't thorough.
But if there is a water purifier rewarded by the system——
The subsequent purification problem can be easily solved.
With this in mind, she contacted a local landscape water treatment company.
After the relevant information was sent, the other party called immediately.
The experienced salesperson heard that the person on the other end was a young girl, and he felt relieved and started to brag incessantly.
"...Our company is very strong, you made the right choice... However, for such a large body of water, just designing a high-power filter tank and circulating water pump, building a machine room, and laying water supply and drainage channels... will take more than a month, or maybe two months.
These fixed facility costs, plus labor costs, salvage costs, cleaning costs, ship costs, electricity and diesel costs... the price will not be too low.
I had a client who had a similar problem to yours. I'll send you his solution. "
The salesperson first boasted about the company's strength in a fantastic way, and then exaggerated the difficulty of management. He talked so much that he was thirsty and drank two large glasses of water.
Ye Han just listened quietly until the end, and replied with only three words: "Not suitable."
The salesperson choked on a mouthful of water, and his nose felt sour: "Ahem, what's wrong with it?
You think the price is too high? Don't worry, it's just a reference and will be adjusted according to the actual situation. "
Let’s decide on the basic plan first, and then offer a better discount later.
Compared with the big part, this little bit can be wiped off and the impact is not big.
Ye Han looked at the quotation sheet of more than 400,000 yuan and said without any emotion: "The time is not right and it is too complicated.
My suggestion is to first clean the larger pollutants in the drain and water body, then aerate and oxygenate the water, and use a large number of microorganisms to eliminate organic matter such as green algae... Can your company do it? If not, I will go to another company."
The salesperson was startled by the cold female voice. He realized that the other party was definitely an amateur and changed his attitude immediately: "Of course I can do it. But this solution may not be thorough. How about using——"
"Well, the solution you mentioned must first ensure the circulation volume. At least once every 48 hours, otherwise the filtering effect cannot be guaranteed."
"...Yes, haha, you are right." The salesperson was completely speechless, and the two decided to go to Nanshan Botanical Garden for an on-site inspection tomorrow morning.
The specific plan can only be given after the investigation is completed.
After hanging up the phone, the salesperson was very depressed.
I finally caught a client who is young and inexperienced, but does have some research in this area.
Who would have thought that a young girl would study this?
Many of his clients have only a limited understanding of the subject.
There is no chance of getting a high commission this time.
After gaining experience, Ye Han consulted another landscape water treatment company and made an appointment for tomorrow afternoon.
Her funds are very tight, so in order to maximize the effectiveness of every penny, it is necessary to make more comparisons.
At that time, she will choose the one with a more reasonable quotation and guaranteed project quality.
It took an entire afternoon just to contact the landscape water treatment company. Ye Han crossed this item out from his to-do list and prepared to proceed to the next step - soil treatment.
This is also a very important part.
The construction areas mainly include: mixed forests of evergreen and deciduous trees and broad-leaved trees planted on both sides of the road, shrub forests, weeds in flower gardens and bonsai gardens, surrounding lawns, etc., totaling about 80 acres.
Due to the dense planting of trees, these areas are not suitable for large tillers and can only be done with small equipment + manual labor.
The top priority is recruiting people.
Moreover, this is an emergency recruitment and the person must be on the job within a short period of time.
It is June now, the temperature is high and the sunshine is strong at noon.
Except for weeding, which can be done around the clock, other tasks such as watering, loosening the soil, and fertilizing are best arranged in the morning or evening, which means more manpower is needed, and twelve or thirteen people are the minimum.
Including those who left the company midway, there are at least twenty people.
In addition, the gardening tools, organic soil, compound fertilizer, herbicides, etc. needed to renovate the soil must be prepared in advance.
So many complicated matters piled up one after another are simply too difficult for an inexperienced college student to handle.
Even if you replace it with an experienced worker, you will still feel overwhelmed.
However, Ye Han was very calm at this time.
In her, one rarely sees the innocence and ignorance of the world that those freshly graduated college students have.
The latter can enjoy such treatment because he is very well protected, but Ye Han has lost this privilege since a long time ago.
She can only rely on herself.
After some thought, Ye Han first posted information on a common recruitment website:
Recruiting part-time garden workers to be responsible for loosening the soil, weeding, fertilizing, etc.
Require:
Aged 18-60, healthy, hard-working, with gardening experience preferred.
Working hours: 17:00-21:00, salary 25 yuan/hour, one meal included, 100 yuan daily payment.
Location: Nanshan Botanical Garden, XX Road, XX District.
Then she posted the message on WeChat Moments and in a part-time job group.
In order to avoid being kicked out, Ye Han sent red envelopes to every group. Although the amount was not large, it attracted everyone's attention.
In W City, the hourly wage for part-time jobs is mostly between 18 and 20 yuan, so the price of 25 yuan per hour is still very competitive.
Sure enough, not long after sending out the message, Ye Han received a lot of friend requests.
But after I posted the location, fewer people responded.
"Sorry, I didn't pay attention to the location just now. I won't consider it."
"Forget it, it's too far from my home."
…
The location of Nanshan Botanical Garden is indeed a bit remote. You still have to walk 1.2 kilometers after getting off the bus. If you take a taxi from the city, the round-trip fare will be nearly 100 yuan.
Considering this, many people will subconsciously refuse.
Some people just ask casually and then stop talking after a few words.
After replying to hundreds of messages in a row, Ye Han ran out of patience and simply ignored a series of friend requests, asking them to check the address first and then come back if they could accept it.
Before long, the bombardment of cell phones slowly died down.
It was as if a crowded party suddenly ended, leaving only a deserted atmosphere.
Ye Han lay on the bed with her head tilted back, her long smooth hair spread out and covered the pillow.
She replied to the messages in a disjointed manner, her brain still searching for other solutions.
'Try this for two days. If you can't recruit anyone, increase the salary.'
'Or rent a car to take them all to the city. Two vans should be enough, right?'
At this moment, Ye Han's stomach suddenly growled.
She opened the screen of her mobile phone and saw that it was already nine o'clock and she had not had dinner yet.
Time flies.
Ye Han sat up, boiled water and made instant noodles quickly, and finished dinner in ten minutes.
Before going to bed, she logged into a recruitment website and the background showed that more than 30 resumes had been received.
More than thirty resumes may seem like a lot, but how many people will come?
I'm afraid most of them are just applications from many places, without even reading the content.
Ye Han blinked his eyes, which were a little sore from staring at the screen for so long, put the phone aside, and soon fell asleep.
*
It was 5:30 when the alarm went off.
Ye Han got up with his eyes half closed. The cold water instantly woke him up.
I ate something quick and hurriedly caught the earliest bus.
The backpack was bulging with tools such as a watering can, pruning shears, and a shovel that he kept in the dormitory.
Ye Han planned to transplant the few remaining ornamental plants in the flower garden into pots while the sunlight was not strong in the morning.
Arriving at the botanical garden, Ye Han first went to the warehouse to get two larger flower pots, and then went straight to the white crane plant hidden in the corner of the peony garden.
Since the last time weeded the surrounding weeds, their growing environment has obviously improved a lot.
But this is far from enough and requires more careful care.
Without further ado, Ye Han put on gloves and carefully dug the compacted soil with a shovel, trying not to damage the roots of the peony, and finally dug it out bit by bit.
The original soil is broken up and loosened and placed at the bottom of the pot. Then, soil rich in organic matter such as pine needle mold and garden soil is put into the pot and mixed. The whole plant is transplanted in after the roots are trimmed, and the soil is filled in layer by layer.
Such soil will be slightly acidic, loose and fertile, and very suitable for the growth of peony.
After transplanting, because peonies cannot be watered too much, Ye Han used a spray bottle to wet the soil, keeping it slightly moist, and then cut off the wilted leaves on top to retain the nutrients of the entire plant.
At this time, the white crane flower has none of the splendor it had when it was in full bloom. It hangs its head wilfully, with its leaves falling off, and looks as if it has lost the desire to live.
Ye Han took off his gloves, lovingly touched the few remaining leaves, and whispered to comfort it: "Don't worry, it looks beautiful now. You have to work hard to survive, so that you can bloom beautiful flowers."
She said a few more words of encouragement, then smiled and moved the flower pot to a shady place.
Talking to plants may seem incredible to others, but in Ye Han's eyes it is a very normal communication.
When she was a child, every time her parents quarreled, Xiao Yehan would lie on the windowsill and talk to the cactus in front of her. The cactus covered with fine needles became her best friend in childhood.
Over time, it becomes a habit.
As she grew up and learned some professional knowledge, she felt more and more that this kind of communication was indispensable.
Research shows that plants have their own sensory abilities, and they are quite acute.
There are many experiments and cases to prove this, for example: playing soothing music to plants can promote their development, while playing noise will slow down the growth of plants or even cause them to wither.
Looking at Shaoyao in front of her, Ye Han had an inexplicable intuition: the other party needed her praise.
It's a kind of 'sixth sense' that comes out of nowhere.
It is worth mentioning that the plants Ye Han cultivated in each experiment were more lush than those of other students, which aroused the envy of others.
This statement is confirmed to some extent.
Maybe it was a psychological effect, Ye Han felt that the crane in front of him seemed to be a little more upright and no longer so listless.
Hope they get better soon.
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