Chapter 46: The Troublemaker in the 1980s 16 I took the initiative to ask for it...
Chen Qian said, "Yes, the most important thing when growing orchids is the drainage and ventilation of the roots. If you use ordinary soil, it is easy to cause water accumulation and rot at the roots of the orchids. For the two types of orchids I found, fir wood residue is fine. If you come across a better variety, use this poplar one, which is better."
This completely overturned Zhou Shengmo's understanding. Someone actually used wood chips to grow orchids?
This is not ordinary wood chips. She found the right ones after carefully asking according to her needs. It was also because the wood processing plants and furniture factories in Rongcheng have all grown into large scale that they could be found.
Chen Qian was too lazy to explain further and just started planting.
Zhou Shengmo, however, pushed his wheelchair beside them and kept asking questions like a curious elementary school student.
"How can wood chips be fertile? If they can survive in wood chips, then shouldn't they also be able to survive in the air?"
"Spring sword grows slowly. Fertility is a minor issue and can be supplemented later. However, root ventilation and drainage are key to orchid cultivation. If I use the humus soil that the owner recommended, the roots of the orchid will gradually turn black."
Zhou Shengmo: “…”
His wife was right. The roots of the orchids he used to grow had rotted and turned black, and the last few pots of orchids died.
"You...really can do it?" Zhou Shengmo exclaimed.
Chen Qian was sweating profusely from exhaustion. She turned around and looked at him: "I don't know how to do it. I'm just spending money for fun."
Zhou Shengmo stepped forward and said, "I'll get a table here later so I can help you even from my wheelchair. Can you teach me?"
Shen Qian: “Yeah.”
That's about right.
Chen Qian originally just wanted to buy some flowers and plants to decorate the front yard of her home, but she didn't expect that after taking Zhou Shengmo to the flower and bird market, he became addicted to orchids.
I kept talking to her about orchid cultivation all day long.
Especially after planting all the spring swords that he bought for thirty-five last time, Zhou Shengmo found that the leaves of this batch of orchids were all very beautiful, and each one was beautiful in its own way.
Seeing that he liked it, Shen Qian simply moved the parallel bars and mat he used for rehabilitation exercises to the front yard so that he could practice standing while looking at the orchids.
In addition, in order to take better care of these orchids, Chen Qian asked Xiang Yong to help customize a row of flower pot racks for these orchids, so that the flower pots can be suspended on them, and water will not accumulate at the bottom and cause the roots to get wet.
Now Zhou Shengmo also saw some clues. He knew that his wife was not busying herself for nothing, but really knew how to grow orchids. So he no longer questioned her and just did what his wife said.
"Can we water the grass today?" Zhou Shengmo asked.
"No, the temperature is quite low now, the air is quite humid, and it rained a few days ago. We can't water it for a few more days."
“Can’t we water it today?”
"no."
"Can we water it today? Look, the soil has turned a little white." Zhou Shengmo pointed to one of the flower pots and said. Shen Qian took a look and said, "It's okay today."
Under Shen Qian's guidance, Zhou Shengmo understood that the reason for his previous failure was that he had no idea that orchids should not be watered too frequently.
After having more than twenty pots of spring swords, Zhou Shengmo liked them more and more, but of course he felt it was not enough. Whenever he had free time, he would urge Shen Qian to go to the flower and bird market. Moreover, he never took the initiative to choose, but waited for Shen Qian to choose and bargain.
Shen Qian had complained about this many times: "Don't you like growing orchids? Why do you always make me pick them?"
"You have good taste. I like everything you buy." Zhou Shengmo took Shen Qian's hand and shook it gently, imitating his daughter's coquettish behavior.
Shen Qian: “…”
She discovered that Zhou Shengmo had become increasingly shameless and liked to imitate his daughter's speech. For example, in the previous sentence, he had imitated Xiao Wei's tone...
The most infuriating thing is that this trick really works. Chen Qian loves her precious daughter deeply, and Zhou Shengmo is simply cheating by doing this.
However, Chen Qian also knew that she was indeed very professional, and she always picked some special orchids.
There are many varieties of orchids, but the flower and bird market is a mixed bag, and most of them are ordinary varieties that do not have much ornamental value.
Chen Qian had no intention of making money from these orchids. Since Zhou Shengmo liked them, his family had enough money, and he had a yard for planting them, he would buy them.
But no matter how hard they work to plant and take care of the orchids, I still hope that the orchids I grow are of a rarer variety.
In addition to the initial batch of high-quality Chunjian, Chen Qian also bought a batch of Chunlan and Molan, all of which were carefully selected varieties.
Zhou Shengmo really liked it, but he really didn't understand it, so Chen Qian picked and planted it while explaining it to him.
"The appreciation of orchids can be summarized as rare flowers and plants. In short, it is flowers and grass. The grass we planted will basically bloom next year. The species of these grasses we know so far are Chunjian and Chunlan, so they will have to wait until next spring to bloom. As for the leaf shape..."
Chen Qian pointed to one of the pots and said, "Didn't you say you liked this pot of grass? The uniqueness of this pot is that the leaves are butterfly-shaped. It is indeed very beautiful and unique. The person selling the grass doesn't know the value. If it were me, I wouldn't sell it even if the price was ten times higher. If the flowers bloom next year and are also unique, then the value of this pot will be more than ten times higher."
Actually, what Chen Qian said was still conservative. Not many people know the specific varieties of these orchids at present. But she had carried out tasks decades later and had carefully studied the varieties of orchids. She knew that most of them would be able to bloom and stun everyone next year.
If a few years pass, I'm afraid my net worth will increase more than tenfold...
But by that time, there were so many ways to make money. Just selling a few pots of flowers and buying a few houses in a good location in Rongcheng would make enough money for their family.
So she is still focusing on entertainment at the moment and has never thought about making money, so she can only tell Zhou Shengmo some very limited information.
Even just this little bit she revealed was enough to make Zhou Shengmo happy.
His wife knew the varieties of orchids, knew how to grow them, and was willing to teach him. This suddenly made him feel that he still had something to do even if he was in a wheelchair.
In his previous life, Zhou Shengmo spent most of his time studying, and then he joined the army as a soldier, performing various dangerous tasks.
Now that I suddenly have something I like to do, I feel that life is full of hope all day long.
In addition to learning how to grow orchids from Chen Qian, Zhou Shengmo also took the initiative to take on most of the housework at home. He could do the washing and cooking in a wheelchair. He would occasionally push his wheelchair out alone to buy vegetables at the nearby vegetable market.
After becoming more familiar with the wheelchair, Zhou Shengmo even pushed the wheelchair himself to take his daughter Shi Wei to kindergarten.
Zhou Shengmo was willing to take the initiative to take on these responsibilities, which made Chen Qian feel relieved. Of course, she did not say nothing. After moving, she would prepare some medicinal food for Zhou Shengmo in different ways every day to strengthen his physique and improve his lung condition.
Zhou Shengmo's legs were not completely numb. He would feel numbness and pain in his legs when he slept at night, and even had cramps. This was a common complication for disabled people. After Chen Qian discovered this, he began to increase the massage time to relieve his pain.
With the careful care of his wife, Zhou Shengmo's physical condition is getting better day by day, which also gives him more courage to push his wheelchair out alone.
…
On that day, Li Suzhen personally sent her precious grandson Zhou Shian to kindergarten, and unexpectedly met her third child at the kindergarten gate.
"Zhou Shengmo!" Li Suzhen couldn't believe it.
She could actually see her disabled son here.
Zhou Shengmo pushed the wheelchair forward: "Mom."
"Why did you come out?" Li Suzhen was surprised and happy.
The good news is that my son seems to be really different from before. He no longer lies sick in bed and looks even more energetic than when we first moved.
At the same time, I was shocked that my son went out alone, and I was afraid that he might have another accident on the road.
"I'm sending Shi Wei to kindergarten."
"Where is Chen Qian? Where did she go? Why didn't she follow you!" Li Suzhen said with a hint of complaint in her tone.
Zhou Shengmo quickly said, "Mom, I didn't let her come with me. I always try to go out by myself."
Li Suzhen still had a dissatisfied tone: "How can she let you come out alone? If something happens to you again, it will cost me my life! She is too ignorant!"
Zhou Shengmo's smile disappeared, and he said seriously, "Mom, I told you, I took the initiative to ask to send my daughter home. I have to adapt to life in a wheelchair and to doing things on my own without others. You'd better adapt as soon as possible."
Li Suzhen tried to hold back, but still couldn't help herself: "...I'm worried about you too, so let her follow you in the future."
Zhou Shengmo tightened his grip on the wheelchair's armrest and said, "You don't have to persuade me anymore. We're doing fine this way. Okay, I have to go back now. By the way, Mom, I heard from the kindergarten teacher that Shi An was fighting with his classmates and talking back. Is that true?"
Li Suzhen's face changed: "Did the teacher tell you? Well, when children play together, it's normal for them to fight and quarrel. "
"It's normal to have conflicts with other children, but he talked back when the teacher criticized him. That's wrong. You can't always spoil him. If you don't teach him now, his temper will be set and it will be difficult to control him in the future."
Li Suzhen really didn't like her son speaking to her in that tone. "I don't think there's anything wrong with my parenting style. Didn't I raise you and your siblings? Is there anything wrong with your personalities? I'll take care of Shi An's affairs. You should just take care of yourself."
The mother and son had a disagreement and parted on bad terms.
Li Suzhen returned home and became angrier and angrier. She couldn't help wiping away her tears. This third child was good in every way except that he was too stubborn and had never listened to her since he was a child.
Zhou Tingyue was practicing calligraphy in his room. When he heard the noise, he came out to ask what happened. After hearing the situation, Zhou Tingyue was a little surprised: "Zhou Shengmo pushed his wheelchair to kindergarten by himself?"
Li Suzhen wiped her tears and said, "Of course, this road is not short. If we get hit by someone on the road, that would be terrible."
Zhou Tingyue thought for a moment. This distance was indeed not short. The third child could actually push the wheelchair from home to kindergarten by himself, which meant that his health had recovered well and he could send his daughter to kindergarten alone. He might meet acquaintances along the way. Even if they were strangers, they would have to face other people's gazes, but his son could face it calmly.
Zhou Tingyue felt that the risks on the road were negligible. The most important thing was that his son had recovered well both physically and mentally.
He no longer looks as sick as before.
"Okay, he's grown up now, we don't need to worry about him. Let him do whatever he wants."
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