Chapter 143 Planting Flowers is Not as Good as Planting Vegetables
After retiring, Mr. Xu likes to grow some flowers and plants.
In order to grow these flowers and plants, I specially bought a house with a garden on the first floor.
Every summer, the area outside his garden becomes an automatic check-in point for his neighbors.
All kinds of flowers, competing with each other in beauty, are in full bloom. Because of this, he has become a bit famous in the community.
In the summer, if you are polite, you can ask for a few flowers here, and the old man will cut them for you. There is no other way, there are too many flowers in bloom, this is definitely not Versailles.
If the flowers are not trimmed, the nutrients will be absorbed by the big flowers.
The flowers below can't bloom anymore. This old man's technique in pruning branches is really good.
He also has a special flower-growing group. After a few years, he has become the administrator.
Various novices came in to ask how to configure nutrient soil.
The ratio of nutrient solution, which flowers are cold-resistant, which flowers are easy to grow, and which flowers are suitable for beginners. All the answers are clear and coherent.
The children cater to their parents' preferences and bring a few pots of flowers every time they come.
The old man's flowers are growing more and more, both at home and outside.
He loves growing flowers, but his wife doesn't like it very much.
The main reason is that there are too many flowers, and I don’t find them very rare when I look at them every day.
Instead, it attracts ants, which is really annoying.
Mrs. Xu said, "If you can't, just grow some vegetables. At least you can eat them. What's the point of these flowers?"
When Mr. Xu heard this, he immediately said, "It's like giving someone a rose and the fragrance lingers on your hand. What do you know?"
Old Mrs. Xu taunted, "I think you're just a show-off. Look at other old ladies, they grow vegetables every day, their sons and daughters don't have to buy groceries, there's enough for the whole family to eat, and you, on the other hand, are so good at growing these lousy flowers. The people on the second floor said that if your flowers keep climbing up the wall, they'll tell you off later."
This flower is so beautiful that it hurts.
After more than ten years of cultivation, the flowers he raised grew as big as trees and blocked out the sunlight on the second floor.
2nd floor is not satisfied.
The old lady asked him to give the flowers away.
But the old man grows his flowers from seedlings.
I can't bear to sell it or give it away.
The old lady had been nagging him these past few days. The old man had a dark face and didn't know what to say.
Just being angry at yourself.
When the old couple was arguing, their son came back with a small flowerpot full of lush greenery in his hand.
Before Old Master Xu could even see clearly, he turned his anger on his son: "I told you not to send it home, but you just keep sending it home every day. It's making your mother unhappy."
The old lady didn't expect the old man to be so shameless: "You old thing."
My son said, "This isn't for you, it's for Mom. This is a vegetable. I bought it specially at Mantianxing Kindergarten."
When the old lady heard it was a dish, she went over immediately and saw that it was indeed a dish.
The lettuce planted here is lush green, and it has a fresh and refreshing smell.
The old man started to feel jealous when he saw that it wasn't a gift for him: "This vegetable is still grown in a flowerpot. It's really precious."
My son said, "Indeed, this vegetable is usually hard to find. But when the news spread that the Gypsophila Kindergarten was buying it, it seemed like everyone in the city was rushing to get it. I was lucky I had an electric scooter; otherwise, there wouldn't be a parking space. I managed to buy 10 pots."
"I'll give one to you, one to my father-in-law, and I'll plant the remaining one in the office and keep a few more at home."
"This thing is convenient when you want to eat noodles. You can break off a few leaves and cook them. They say it tastes really good!"
"Do you know Mantianxing Kindergarten? My wife has been interested in it for half a year and wants to send her child there, but they are not accepting students. She can only buy some Mantianxing vegetables."
"A kindergarten can grow vegetables." The old lady felt fresh.
"Of course not. My wife looks at these vegetables like the apples of her eye. She only gives them to you and my father-in-law. She doesn't feel bad about it. She won't sell them even if the neighbors pay to buy them."
When it came to their daughter-in-law, the old couple didn't say anything, but the old man curled his lips, obviously not thinking that this dish was that rare.
This kind of lettuce in the market costs 2.5 yuan per pound.
This one weighs less than a pound.
But the old lady was very happy.
She likes vegetables.
When her son gave her his vegetables, the old lady immediately took down the most conspicuous pot of flowers on the flower stand in the house, and then placed her own vegetables on it, as if she was saying: everyone should get out of the way when a big shot comes.
The old man was a little dissatisfied.
But his wife has been arguing with him these days, and he doesn't dare to say much.
So I had no choice but to give up.
At noon, my son insisted that his mother cook some noodles and put this dish in them.
He had heard that this thing was delicious.
But my wife won’t let me eat it.
He has been craving for it for several days by feeding it like this every day.
The leaves are so green and crispy when you look at them.
Now that I'm here with my parents, I make my request.
"That's not enough to eat!" The old man said sarcastically.
The old lady immediately said angrily, "Okay, we two will eat it, but you won't!"
Finally, I made noodles for my son and broke off two leaves on purpose.
When the old man saw that there was really no place for him, he got angry and kept giving his son looks.
The son laughed and said, "Mom, take my dad's share!"
When the old lady saw her son had spoken, she reluctantly added him.
As a result, as soon as the noodles were made and eaten, the whole house was filled with fragrance.
The vegetables were cooked until they were crispy and tender, with an unprecedented sweetness.
The old couple immediately became energetic and felt extremely comfortable after eating.
Add the hot noodles and my mood becomes better.
No wonder these noodles are so delicious.
The old man looked at the vegetables thoughtfully for a moment. Could it be true, as the old lady said, that growing flowers is not as good as growing vegetables?
I haven't been interested in it over the years, but after eating the noodles once, my attitude has changed drastically: "Can you bring back some more vegetables?" One bowl is not enough.
"Of course, of course. I have seven pots at home. I'll get four more later."
"Can we buy some more?" said the old man.
"This is not easy to buy, I'll go check it out later!"
The old man said: "If you can buy it, buy 20 more pots."
"Where is the space at home for planting?" the son said beside him.
The old man said, "What's the big deal? Just clear out my flowers for him. From now on, your mother and I will each have a side of the yard, one planting flowers and the other planting vegetables."
The old lady was overjoyed when she heard this: "You said it, and you can't go back on your word."
She didn't know that eating this bowl of noodles would have such a big impact on him. If she had known, she would have eaten it earlier.
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