Chapter 208: Visiting the Market and Buying New Year Goods
Ye Zhen grabbed the flower in front of her. The light yellow, intricate petals were so large that her hands seemed smaller.
Ye Zhen began to announce the types of flowers: "There are roses, roses, azaleas, Chinese hydrangeas, peonies, peonies, bougainvilleas, osmanthus, camellias, roses, gardenias..."
She talked about each one as she looked at it, and as she was talking she lost count of how many she had planted.
I bought too many flower seedlings and seeds at the beginning. When I just got back, I browsed Taobao and Baidu every day. I wanted to plant this and that and was curious about them. I would place an order when I saw new flower seedlings. Especially later when I had money in my pocket, I would go online to look for flower seedling bases. I would buy whichever ones looked good, just like choosing a concubine.
She even bought all the same varieties with different colors. This valley is so large that she used it as a base for planting.
It’s a great pleasure to plant flowers. The whole valley is filled with various flowers and plants, leaving much less space for other plants to survive.
Some flower trees have begun to mutate into spiritual flowers, which are even more overbearing. No other plants can survive within a few feet radius.
Unless they are spiritual flowers and herbs of the same level, how could other plants exist?
Ye Zhen kept talking like this without stopping, and Professor Liu on the other end became numb to it.
He was surprised: "Are you planting a flower garden? It sounds like there are so many varieties." And that doesn't include those of different colors.
"Is that a lot? Not bad."
Ye Zhen scratched his head. She hadn't yet talked about the flowers and plants she had cultivated, and they didn't even have names.
"Professor Liu, do you want it?" she asked excitedly, looking as if she was willing to pack it up immediately if you wanted it.
Professor Liu opened his mouth and asked anxiously, "Just give me two hydrangeas and a few roses." He had no place to plant too many.
We already have other trees and flowers planted at home, so there is no more space.
Why didn't I buy the first floor, which has a big garden? !
"Oh, okay." Ye Zhen was depressed. What to do with so many flowers?
“How about I ask other colleagues?”
"Okay then, when Professor Sun comes to move, ask him to help you carry it."
After hanging up the phone, Ye Zhen continued to look for someone. She just couldn't believe that no one wanted such beautiful flowers!
"Hello, is this Director Wang? Do you want some flowers?"
When Wang Li received the call from Ye Zhen, he was a little confused, and was stunned by Ye Zhen's words.
"You mean you have too many flowers and they take up too much space, so you want to clear them out and plant something else?"
"Yes! There are too many varieties, and after being planted for too long, they have become messy and tangled together." Ye Zhen was very distressed.
She had divided the rest of the mountain into areas. The cultivated fruit trees occupied one area, various medicinal herbs occupied another area, and rare flowers and herbs occupied another area. Most of the trees were ordinary species, so the bees in the mountains had no shortage of flowers to pick, and the wild animals also had food to eat, so she did not set up any formations to drive away insects or wild animals.
Only some special varieties are protected, with a large breeding base as the main focus.
Wang Li really has a way to consume them. "You asked a coincidence. Jin City is planning to hold a large flower show. They want to boost the economy during the New Year. If you move all the flowers here to participate in the flower show, they can be bought by others if they like them. Do you want to participate?"
Ye Zhen was so happy that he slapped his thigh and said, "I'll join in!"
"Then I'll send you the participation process. The deadline is tomorrow. Please submit it as soon as possible and I'll review it for you right away."
Ye Zhen smiled so hard that his eyes almost narrowed. "Director Wang, I have a lot of flowers and plants here. Which one do you want? I'll pay for the shipping."
"Haha, okay, I'll just take a few at random." Wang Li didn't take it seriously, thinking they were just some dwarf flowers.
After hanging up the phone, Ye Zhen didn't have to pluck all the flowers harshly. He happily began to prepare to send flower trees to everyone.
She didn't consider those popular flowers at all. She chose a Chinese hydrangea. The light green flowers looked like green clouds adorning the branches from a distance. The trees were very big, and the trunks were as thick as a human thigh. She planted a whole row of such hydrangea leaves!
I also chose golden camellia, which has complex petals, pure color, large flowers and is very ornamental.
In addition to these, Ye Zhen cut off the extra branches of the roses as big as bowls, trimmed them into lollipop shapes and placed them on the ground. He injected spiritual energy into the roots to keep them active, and the trimmed places sprouted and grew leaves again and continued to bloom.
When it grew into a big umbrella, Ye Zhen was satisfied.
Moving on to the next flower tree, these were peonies. She thought that the New Year was coming soon, and it would be just right to send some colorful flowers. This kind of peony looked like burning magma, like a fierce eruption of flames, without a single flaw.
She planted a large area of such peonies in various colors, such as green, blue, light yellow...
Feeling that it was almost done, I dug up all the roses that Professor Sun wanted, put all the sorted flowers into the storage talisman, planted the ginseng, notoginseng, Polygonum multiflorum and other seeds and seedlings that I brought, and as usual buried some broken spirit stones to let them grow.
When I got home, Ye Ma and the others were carrying large and small bags.
"Mom, what did you buy?"
"I bought new clothes for your grandpa and his family. It's the New Year soon, so it's time to buy clothes and shoes."
Mother Ye and Grandma Ye put down their things, followed by Father Ye and Grandpa Ye. The car keys were given to Ye Zhen, and Father Ye and Grandpa Ye were exhausted.
I won’t go shopping with you anymore, or my legs will break!
"Tell me about your mother. This dress doesn't fit, that dress makes her look old. She has been walking around all morning and still can't pick out a suitable one. Aren't these dresses all the same? How can she pick out a pattern?"
Dad Ye muttered to himself that his legs had become thin after helping to carry things all day!
Grandpa Ye deeply agreed and nodded.
Ye's mother glared at Ye's father and said, "What do you know as a man? I don't even know whether this dress is good or not. The first one has crooked seams and it's still so expensive! The zipper of the next one is not good. It will definitely break after a few wears. I want to take a closer look."
"Then I'll try on a few pieces later. Aren't they good looking? Why not buy them?" Ye's father retorted
Ye's mother was too lazy to respond, so Grandma Ye continued, "When you buy clothes, they must fit you. Those clothes are either not good colors, or the prices are unreasonable, or the sleeves are too short... Anyway, you're right to listen to us."
"Then why not buy it online? There are many sizes and styles there. If you feel unsafe, just look for a brand name!" Ye Zhen is used to online shopping. It is better to buy it online so that he doesn't have to take off his clothes and spend most of the day shopping.
"What if the item you buy online doesn't fit? Returning it is troublesome. How convenient is it if we have time to try it on ourselves?"
Well, Ye Zhen couldn’t persuade them and just watched what Ye Ma and the others bought after shopping all day.
This time Grandma Ye was in high spirits. She took out clothes one by one, including ones for the whole family. She also bought a lot of candies and various nuts.
"We don't need to buy fruit this year. The supermarket may not have as many fruits as we do. We don't need to buy vegetables either. We have dried fruits at home, but we don't have sugar and nuts."
Ye Ma opened the bags one by one and took out a handful of batan nuts for everyone to eat first. "We have melon seeds at home, but they are not fried."
Father Ye said casually, "It's easy. Just take the melon seeds to the snack shop and have them fried. It only costs a little money and they have all kinds of flavors."
The family is well-off this year, and the New Year's goods are much higher quality. For example, nuts cost dozens of dollars per pound. In the past, the Ye family bought very little, or just bought a little to eat at home.
Ye Zhen looked at the nuts inside, "Pine nuts, macadamia nuts, pecans, torreya nuts, hazelnuts, almonds, mom, you guys spent a lot of money today!"
It wasn’t so abundant in previous years.
“You bought so many chocolates?”
Grandma Ye took out a little of each and shared the food. "We have kids during the New Year, give them some sweet treats."
In addition to these, there are a lot of couplets, lanterns and window decorations. They can also set off fireworks. Dad Ye also bought a lot and put them in the car pocket, but has not moved them in yet.
Firecrackers were rolled up, and there were many other things, kitchen utensils, pots and pans were all bought new, the kitchen knife was also replaced, a bigger and thicker chopping board was bought, and there were also a few big mops next to it...
Ye Zhen was dazzled by this. "How many places do we have to walk?"
It's not the right place to sell clothes and some daily necessities. Grandma Ye prefers to go to the vegetable market and the farmer's market. Some old places are not even accessible by cars, so people can only walk. No wonder Grandpa Ye and Dad Ye are so exhausted.
Shopping is addictive, especially for Ye's mother and grandmother, who are completely tireless. They are gone before you know it, and Ye's father and grandfather would want to rest as soon as they see a place to sit.
Grandma Ye and her mother-in-law now have money, and they have bought everything they wanted and liked before.
Didn’t you just come back after a whole day of shopping?
"Anyway, I won't go there anymore. I'll just stay in the car and come back to get it after I'm done shopping. You two are such a shopper. I'm scared."
Dad Ye muttered to himself and Grandpa Ye nodded silently. He would not join in the fun in the future and would rather stay at home.
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