Lu Lingxi's handover went very smoothly. Micro Gardening was not large in scale, and there were not many things to hand over. It was nothing more than how to take care of the flowers and plants in the store. Du Lin was very confident in Lu Lingxi. She was a little pregnant, so she didn't plan to come to the store often after the handover, and planned to be a hands-off manager.
After leaving her cell phone number and home phone number to Lu Lingxi, Du Lin also handed over the store's working capital to Lu Lingxi, packed up and left. She was not worried that Lu Lingxi would run away with the money. First, Lu Lingxi was someone Yi Hang knew, and although they were playful, they were trustworthy. Second, after just two short meetings, Lu Lingxi left a very good impression on Du Lin. The feeling was not too obvious when they met yesterday, and today, maybe it was because of the severe morning sickness, Du Lin was a little irritable at first, but after standing next to Lu Lingxi for a long time, her mood inexplicably calmed down.
After Du Lin left, Yi Hang was free. He sat down on the rattan chair at the entrance of Micro Gardening and shouted like a customer: "Boss, bring up the most expensive flowers you have."
Lu Lingxi was watering the flowers in the store with a small kettle and had no time to pay attention to him.
Yi Hang was bored and habitually wanted to get close to Lu Lingxi. Then a customer walked in. "Welcome!" Yi Hang reacted very quickly. Halfway through shouting, he realized that it was an acquaintance, Brother Cheng, whom he had just met yesterday.
Brother Cheng saw Lu Lingxi at a glance and said in surprise, "Xiaoxi, where is Boss Du?" Lu Lingxi left a deep impression on him. He still remembered that Du Lin called the young man in front of him Xiaoxi, and he just called him out.
Lu Lingxi put down the kettle in his hand and explained: "Sister Du has gone home. I will be in the store during this time."
"That's great!" Brother Cheng said happily behind him, "Old Han, hurry up."
As Brother Cheng finished speaking, a man of the same age walked in holding a pot of Clivia. Brother Cheng grabbed him and introduced him, "Old Han, let me tell you, although Xiaoxi is young, he is very capable. You know the azalea in my house that has fallen off its flowers, Xiaoxi saw what was wrong at first glance, it's amazing. Come, Xiaoxi, take a look, can this pot of Clivia be saved?"
The man called Lao Han was very cooperative and immediately brought the Clivia in his arms to Lu Lingxi.
Normal Clivia leaves are dark green and shiny, and July is the flowering season, so the flowers should be in full bloom. But the Clivia in front of him only had a few sparse flowers, and the leaves were withered and yellow. Lu Lingxi's eyes fell on the rhizome of the Clivia, where white, curly hyphae were entangled, and some of the hyphae were tangled together, forming small reddish-brown pieces.
A white panel emerged as Lu Lingxi scanned it.
Plant name: Clivia miniata
Plants in Need: Sclerotium rot treatment
Plant survival rate: Very low
Lu Lingxi stared at the extremely low survival rate of the plants and frowned slightly. He didn't know if he could still save them.
Old Han saw his expression and said with a wry smile, "Is it not possible?"
Lu Lingxi hesitated for a few seconds and said, "Why don't you leave it here and I'll give it a try."
He was not sure when he said this. From the panel, it looked like the rhizome of this Clivia had rotted away. Although he saw the symptoms of this Clivia through the panel, how to treat it was still a problem.
When Lao Han heard the word "try", his eyes lit up and he looked at Lu Lingxi gratefully. Lu Lingxi carefully placed the flower pot on the ground. He still needed to look up information on how to treat it.
After seeing off Old Han and Brother Cheng, Yi Hang looked at the Clivia. Even if he didn't know anything, he could tell that the Clivia was probably not going to survive. "Old Third, are you sure?" Yi Hang was genuinely worried. After all, this was Lu Lingxi's first day at work. What if there were any negative consequences if he couldn't save her?
Lu Lingxi shook his head. He was not sure, but he couldn't just watch the Clivia die and do nothing.
White rot is one of the common diseases of Clivia miniata, which harms the base of half of the leaves and the underground fleshy stems. The disease is easier to deal with in the early stage, but once it reaches the later stage, it will threaten the survival of Clivia, and severe plants will wilt or die. Lu Lingxi closed the information in his hand and carefully removed the diseased part according to the instructions in the book. With the help of the white panel, he could easily see where the rhizomes were rotten without having to search tentatively. After removing the diseased part, he disinfected the remaining base, inserted it into sterile wet sand, and waited for it to re-root. This process sounds simple, but it is actually extremely cumbersome to operate, requiring people to concentrate and be careful.
It was already afternoon when Lu Lingxi finished everything. It would take several days for the Clivia to regrow its roots. He had done his best, and the rest depended on the vitality of this Clivia.
As the thought flashed through his mind, a line of prompts suddenly appeared on Baimian's panel.
Successfully rescued the Clivia miniata, and was rewarded with +1 Plant Heart and +1 Natural Strength.
Lu Lingxi's eyes fell on the words "Natural Force" and he looked a little surprised. He thought he had a basic understanding of the white panel. What was this natural force that suddenly appeared? How was it different from the Heart of Plants?
New things always arouse people's interest. Lu Lingxi studied the panel for a long time. Fortunately, Yi Hang left at noon because he was bored. Now he was the only one in the store, and he didn't worry about being discovered behaving strangely. Unfortunately, no matter how he clicked on the panel, there was still no prompt. His understanding of the power of nature was still limited to these few words. Forget it, Lu Lingxi thought that the panel would naturally give prompts when there were prompts, and he couldn't figure it out even if he racked his brains now. After figuring it out, Lu Lingxi no longer entangled with the power of nature. He sat alone on a rattan chair and read the book he bought yesterday seriously.
After a day, Lu Lingxi quickly adapted to the life in the store. When he got home in the evening, Wang Shuxiu had already gone to work. The prepared dinner was on the table, and Lu Lingxi just had to heat it up. After dinner, Lu Lingxi went to the backyard again. The seedlings in the yard seemed to have grown a little taller. He felt the moisture of the soil, watered it again, and received a ten-point plant heart reward.
Bathing, reading, sleeping, the day passed just like that. In the next few days, Lu Lingxi started to make new friends besides work. Micro Gardening has been open on this street for almost a year, and Du Lin used to have good relationships with people. It was no secret that she went home to give birth and asked someone to take care of the store for her. These shop owners came to visit each other and soon got to know Lu Lingxi.
Lu Lingxi was good-looking, polite, and had an indescribable smell about him, so everyone felt comfortable being with him. After a few days, Lu Lingxi had gained a good reputation in the neighborhood. Several shop owners nearby liked to tease Lu Lingxi when they had nothing to do. The child was young and tender, and his face would blush when he was teased, and his whole body would be pink and tender, which made them feel maternal and wanted to pinch him.
Among the shops around, Lu Lingxi likes the pet shop across the street called "Angel Baby" the most. The owner of the pet shop is a man in his thirties named Dong Zhi. Dong Zhi is chubby and honest, and is nicknamed "Dough" by people around him. Every time people around tease Lu Lingxi, he will speak up for Lu Lingxi. After a few visits, Lu Lingxi quickly became familiar with him.
Sometimes when Lu Lingxi was tired of reading, he would go to the pet shop to visit. Surprisingly, the animals in the pet shop liked Lu Lingxi very much. Every time he appeared, these animals were willing to get close to him. Occasionally, the cats and dogs in the shop would fight, and Dong Zhi couldn't control them. As long as Lu Lingxi appeared, the animals would become obedient. Dong Zhi once joked and asked Lu Lingxi if he was willing to work for him. Compared with the gardening shop, the pet shop was the right place for Lu Lingxi.
This kind of life was something Lu Lingxi could never have imagined before. A healthy body, a caring mother, new friends, and freedom to control everything at his own will were all things Lu Lingxi had always dreamed of but could never get.
Lu Lingxi rolled over happily on the bed. Although the bed was small and he had to worry about rolling onto the ground, he had never been so happy before. If this was a dream, he really hoped he could sleep forever.
When he woke up the next day, the sky was gloomy and stuffy. Before Lu Lingxi went to work, Wang Shuxiu asked him to bring an umbrella, fearing that it would rain during the day. Sure enough, when he was about to get off work in the evening, it suddenly rained heavily. Although Lu Lingxi had an umbrella, he decided to wait until the rain was lighter before going home.
Sitting on a rattan chair at the door of the store, Lu Lingxi felt the slight coolness and looked through the window at the splashing water on the ground outside. Suddenly, a black Jaguar stopped in front of the pet store opposite with a sudden brake. The car door opened, and a man got out of the car holding something and entered the pet store.
Lu Lingxi took a look and his eyes unconsciously fell on the black Jaguar. He felt that the car seemed familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere before. Before he could remember where he had seen it, he heard a sharp wail suddenly coming from the pet store across the street, so loud that it even covered the sound of rain outside.
"Be careful. Be careful."
Inside the pet store, a large black dog was half lying on the operating table. Its front legs were unable to support itself, so it leaned over the edge of the table, looking bloody. Two nurses nervously surrounded the operating table, holding tweezers and other tools to clean the dog. But as soon as they dared to get close, the dog would stand up, baring its teeth and growling, warning them not to come over.
"What should we do?" The young nurse looked at Dong Zhi in panic.
Dong Zhi looked at the man who brought the dog in with embarrassment. The man was very tall, at least 1.8 meters tall, with a strong body and handsome appearance. He was wearing a black suit that looked expensive. Perhaps because he had held the dog before, the hem of the man's clothes was stained with a lot of mud and water, but he didn't seem to care about it, and kept staring at the black dog on the operating table.
The black dog was obviously a stray dog. Its hair was tangled and tangled together after the rain. In just a short while, the white sheet on the operating table had been stained black. I just don't know who hit the dog? Dong Zhi glanced at the man and ruled him out as a suspect. Usually stray dogs like this bear grudges. If it was hit by this man, the dog would look at the man differently.
Dong Zhi thought for a moment and ordered, "Prepare the anesthetic, give it an injection first and then clean it up."
"Okay." The little nurse left in a hurry.
Yan Yue stood there listening to their conversation, his eyes fixed on the black dog on the operating table. He drove past nearby and saw the black dog, who had been hit by someone, struggling to stand up and leave the road.
The car lights shone on the black dog, and Yan Yue saw the look in its eyes. There was vigilance, alienation, cruelty, but more of a desire to survive. Yan Yue couldn't tell what was going on, but he seemed to be moved by the dog's eyes. He stopped the car, picked up the dog, and found the pet shop along the way.
The black dog had been very cooperative before, but when the nurse took the scissors and tried to cut the tangled hair on the black dog's wound, the black dog suddenly barked and refused to let anyone get close to it. Yan Yue guessed that the black dog must have experienced some kind of injury before, so it was very wary of humans. Unfortunately, he had never raised a dog before, so he didn't know what to do in this situation.
The young nurse came over with the anesthetic, and the black dog's reaction became even stronger. It arched its back and growled angrily. If it hadn't been for its limited mobility, Yan Yue believed it would have pounced on him.
"What should we do?" The young nurse was about to cry with fear, and she tried desperately to find a cure: "Why don't we let Xiaoxi come and try? Manager, remember that the puppies in our hospital are very obedient when they see Xiaoxi."
Dong Zhi hesitated for a few seconds and said, "Okay, I'll go find Xiaoxi and try." The dog's injuries were too severe. If it wasn't treated in time, it would probably be crippled. It's hard enough for a stray dog to survive, and it would be even harder for it to survive if it was crippled.
After Dong Zhi finished speaking, he smiled embarrassedly at Yan Yue and hurried out the door holding an umbrella.
Yan Yue watched Dong Zhi cross the road and go to the gardening shop across the street. Soon, someone followed Dong Zhi out of the gardening shop. The rain was too heavy, so Yan Yue couldn't see the other person's face, but judging from his figure, he didn't seem to be very old. As the two crossed the road, the appearance of the person fell into Yan Yue's eyes. Yan Yue was surprised that the other person was unexpectedly young, and might not even be an adult.
"Xiaoxi." The young nurse called out happily.
The boy smiled shyly at the nurse and his eyes fell on the black dog on the operating table. He had obviously heard what happened and took a few tentative steps towards the black dog without the nurse's instructions.
Something that surprised Yan Yue happened. The black dog, which had been restless, did not growl at the boy. Instead, it bent its body and looked at him vigilantly, as if trying to judge his intentions. The boy noticed the black dog's reaction and paused for a moment. Instead of moving forward, it stopped where it was. The man and the dog looked at each other for dozens of seconds. The black dog slowly lay down, its hostility dissipated a lot, and its attitude became gentle.
Compared to humans, animals have much sharper intuition. The black dog felt a very comfortable breath from the boy in front of him, and he wanted to get closer to this breath.
The boy saw the black dog's intention, walked up to it carefully, and gently put his hand on its head.
The black dog moved and let out a low whimper, not a warning but a call of intimacy.
The young man smiled slightly, his eyes sparkling, and patted the black dog's head. His white and slender fingers passed through the tangled hair on the black dog's head, not at all disgusted by the dog's dirtiness. The black dog squinted in comfort, and its attitude became docile, and it didn't care much about Dong Zhi who took the opportunity to approach it.
The boy stroked the black dog and repeated softly, "It's okay. It doesn't hurt. Just get some sleep and you'll be fine."
The black dog seemed to understand what the boy said and stopped struggling against Dong Zhi's anesthesia.
A group of people surrounded the black dog on the operating table, but Yan Yue's eyes fell directly on the boy. His heart was in turmoil, and he felt that he was really crazy. He watched the boy gently stroking the dog, and actually hoped that the boy's hand was now on his head.
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