Because of the morning rush hour, Yan Yue and Lu Lingxi walked and stopped frequently, and it was almost nine o'clock when they returned to Micro Gardening.
The two had not spoken since Yan Yue answered the phone. Lu Lingxi felt embarrassed to hear Yan Yue's privacy, while Yan Yue was worried that Lu Lingxi would reject him. He wanted to explain but couldn't find a suitable opportunity.
Until the car was parked, no one broke the silence between the two. Yan Yue glanced at Lu Lingxi lightly, paused and said nothing, then got out of the car and walked towards the trunk. The store consumed a lot of pottery pots yesterday, and on the way back, Yan Yue brought back a batch from the flower garden to replenish the store's consumption. Lu Lingxi saw what Yan Yue meant and followed him to help.
He walked in a hurry, and Yan Yue was arranging flower pots in the trunk with his head down, and didn't notice someone behind him. When Lu Lingxi approached, Yan Yue was about to stand up, and when he raised his hand, he felt his elbow hit something, and then he heard Lu Lingxi's low groan.
"Xiao Xi?" Yan Yue turned around at a speed that ordinary people could not reach and looked at Lu Lingxi, and asked anxiously: "Where did you hit?"
Lu Lingxi covered his nose, his eyes slightly red, and shook his head, "It's okay."
Yan Yue was so anxious that he didn't care about Lu Lingxi's reaction. He pulled his hand away and saw that the boy's nose was a little red. His nose was irritated and sour, and tears flowed directly. His expression became cautious, and he gently wiped away the tears from the corners of Lu Lingxi's eyes as if he was facing a fragile treasure. Then he carefully put his hand on the other's nose and asked in a low voice: "Does it still hurt?"
This series of actions made Lu Lingxi's heart tremble slightly. He had an indescribable strange feeling, but more of it was embarrassment. He really didn't cry because his nose was hurt. It was a purely physiological reaction. Lu Lingxi took a step back somewhat embarrassedly, and shook his head with a slightly shy look, "It doesn't hurt anymore."
Yan Yue looked at him steadily, his eyes as deep as the eternal stars. After a while, he raised his hand and covered Lu Lingxi's head, sighing inaudibly.
Lu Lingxi keenly sensed that he was in a bad mood. After thinking for a while, he looked up and said, "Brother Yan, are you unhappy? Is it because I heard you talking on the phone in the car?"
His question made Yan Yue a little stunned, "What?"
Lu Lingxi blinked and said shyly, "Isn't it because I heard your privacy, Brother Yan?"
Realizing that he had misunderstood something, Yan Yue's lips curled up into a faint smile, and then he shook his head and affirmed, "No."
"Oh." Lu Lingxi felt relieved, thinking that he had guessed why Yan Yue was unhappy. Since it was Yan Yue's family affairs, Lu Lingxi couldn't say it directly, so he could only comfort him vaguely: "Brother Yan, no matter what, the important thing is that you live comfortably."
Lu Lingxi didn't know the specific situation of Yan Yue's family, but he believed intuitively that Yan Yue was not a bad person. Even if Yan Yue did something, there must be a reason.
The boy looked shy, and the way he was consoling him made Yan Yue's heart soften. He rubbed the boy's hair vigorously and hummed heavily.
Because of this minor accident, Yan Yue refused to let Lu Lingxi move the pots with him, and urged Lu Lingxi to take a rest. Lu Lingxi could not object, so he could only go back to the store. However, he could not rest, so he found a kettle and started watering the potted plants in the store. The panel showed that the heart of the plant was slowly accumulating, but the power of nature never appeared again. Lu Lingxi glanced at the heart of the plant 357, thinking that he still needed to work hard to upgrade.
Halfway through watering, the phone that was charging at the cashier counter rang. The ringtone was specially set by Lu Lingxi for Wang Shuxiu. As soon as he answered the phone, Wang Shuxiu asked a series of questions.
"Where are you now?" "Have you returned to the store?" "Have you had breakfast?"
Lu Lingxi didn't come home last night, and Wang Shuxiu was worried about him all night, and she didn't even think about going to work. Although she knew that Lu Lingxi was in the flower garden and he was not alone, Wang Shuxiu was still very upset and couldn't calm down. In the past, Lu Lingxi played wildly with Yi Hang and others, and he often didn't come home. Wang Shuxiu didn't think much of it at the time. But since Lu Lingxi got into trouble, Wang Shuxiu couldn't feel at ease when she thought of the little bastard lying unconscious in the hospital and almost dying. She couldn't help but think about it.
Her questions were too many and too fast, like a machine gun, and before Lu Lingxi could answer one, he started to face the second one. After listening to all the questions patiently, Lu Lingxi answered them seriously. He had eaten at Uncle Li's house and brought back some sweet potatoes. Now he was in the store. Yan Yue was working, watering the potted plants.
Wang Shuxiu was relieved, "Yan Yue is the person who partnered with you, right?"
Lu Lingxi said "hmm".
Wang Shuxiu thought about it and said simply, "Okay, let's do it today. Lin Mei and I will switch shifts, and you can take him home for dinner tonight."
Lu Lingxi glanced at Yan Yue, who was squatting in the corner arranging pottery basins, and said obediently: "Okay, I'll ask Brother Yan if he has time?"
He hung up the phone, and Yan Yue looked over when he heard his name. Lu Lingxi looked expectant: "Brother Yan, are you free tonight? My mom asked me to take you home for dinner."
Yan Yue was startled by this question for a moment. Even though he was calm and composed, he couldn't help but feel a little surprised. "Let's go to your house for dinner?"
Lu Lingxi nodded, looking at Yan Yue with sparkling eyes. Yan Yue couldn't bear to disappoint him, so he nodded, "Okay."
Lu Lingxi curled his eyes and happily went to send a text message to Wang Shuxiu.
Business was pretty good in the morning. Not long after the store opened, customers came in one after another to buy some fertilizer and small tools. Even three of the pottery pots that Yan Yuegang brought were sold. Lu Lingxi would carefully keep accounts after receiving the money, and he would clearly classify the potted plants, fertilizers, and tools.
Seeing that he was serious, Yan Yue thought for a moment and suggested, "Why not buy a computer to keep accounts?"
“Can computers also keep accounts?”
Yan Yue nodded, "There are many accounting software now, which are clear and convenient, and much simpler than handwriting. And when there are no customers, Xiaoxi, you can also play games to kill time. When you become formal in the future, you can also open an online store."
In addition to the convenience of accounting, Yan Yue was more worried that Lu Lingxi would be bored staying in Micro Gardening every day, and wanted to have a computer so that he could play games and read the news. He wanted to buy a computer for Lu Lingxi, but he knew that the boy would definitely not want it, so he had to take a roundabout way.
Lu Lingxi consciously skipped the game and focused on the accounting software and online store. He knew the software, and he also had a general idea of what the accounting software was from the name. But could he sell these flowers and plants online?
Yan Yue laughed, "Anything can be sold."
Lu Lingxi's eyes lit up instantly. He had been thinking about how to make more money, first repay Yan Yue's money, and then save some money to support the family so that Wang Shuxiu wouldn't have to work so hard. If he could really open a store online, he would definitely have many more customers than he does now.
The two of them almost unanimously agreed to the computer's proposal. Lu Lingxi found the bank card from last time and handed it to Yan Yue. There was still 100,000 yuan in the card, which was an initial investment of 50,000 yuan each from him and Yan Yue. After the computer was bought, it belonged to the store's property, and Yan Yue couldn't be asked to pay for it himself.
Yan Yue took the card with a smile, he knew this would happen. Sometimes he wondered how the boy developed such principles.
As the two were talking, a customer hurried in. A middle-aged man and a younger guy worked together to carry a large porcelain basin and put it on the ground. The middle-aged man wiped his sweat and said, "Boss, please take a look."
Lu Lingxi put down the account book and walked over. On the ground was a pot of five-finger eggplant, a relatively rare fruit-viewing plant. He had seen similar fruit-viewing plants such as kumquats before, but this was the first time he had seen five-finger eggplant.
Without waiting for Lu Lingxi to speak, the middle-aged man hurriedly explained: "Boss, can you take a look at this five-finger eggplant? The fruits are so sparse and it has not borne any fruit. It is really frustrating."
As a fruit-viewing plant, the fruit of the five-finger eggplant is to be seen. The fruit of the five-finger eggplant is a small pear-shaped gourd with five nipple-like protrusions at the bottom of the gourd, which looks like fingers or horns. The shape is very strange and cute. In addition, its color is golden and does not change color for a long time, which symbolizes good fortune and is very pleasing. But the five-finger eggplant in front of me is not in good condition. Not only are the fruits hanging sparsely, but the coloring of the fruit skin is not very good.
The mental scan spread out, a white panel emerged, and the five-finger eggplant appeared in three dimensions in front of Lu Lingxi.
Botanical name: Solanum quinquefolium
Plant needs: Dwarfing
Plant survival rate: high
Lu Lingxi was thoughtful when he saw the word "dwarf". The five-finger eggplant in front of him was indeed a bit too tall. He turned his head and looked at the middle-aged man who spoke, "Has this five-finger eggplant only been plucked once?"
The middle-aged man was stunned for a moment, then immediately nodded.
Lu Lingxi said patiently, "The taller the eggplant grows, the better. It is best to limit it to about 60 centimeters. Don't be reluctant to pinch the top of the plant. It is best to pinch it two or three times to shorten the plant so that it can bear more fruit. The color of your fruit skin is not very good. It is obvious that it lacks sunlight. It needs more sunlight to color it well, and it will be bright and shiny."
The middle-aged man was stunned. "What about now?"
Lu Lingxi looked at it and thought it was still in time to pluck the top of the flower. He found a pair of small scissors and asked the middle-aged man to watch him do it. After a demonstration, the middle-aged man suddenly understood and smiled at Lu Lingxi gratefully.
Yan Yue leaned against the cashier counter, looking at Lu Lingxi in a trance. Every time the boy looked at plants, his expression was particularly gentle, with an indescribable feeling. He remembered what Uncle Li said about Lu Lingxi, the smell of nature, which was also the smell he liked to get close to.
After seeing the middle-aged man off, Yan Yue asked curiously, "Xiao Xi, how did you know that this eggplant was not topped?"
Lu Lingxi raised the corner of his mouth mischievously, "If I say that as long as I see it, all the information about the five-finger eggplant will appear in my mind, Brother Yan, do you believe it?"
Yan Yue's eyes were filled with smiles, and he nodded with certainty, "I believe it."
Lu Lingxi: “…”
Yan Yue suddenly laughed, thinking that the boy's expression was really funny. His laughter was interrupted by the ringing of his cell phone. Yan Yue glanced at it casually, but when he saw the caller ID, he stopped laughing and walked a few steps outside to answer the phone.
"Grandpa."
Lu Lingxi looked at Yan Yue in surprise, and for some reason he remembered the phone call in the morning. Yan Yue had a faint smile on his face, with the corners of his mouth slightly upturned, looking like he was talking with a smile, but Lu Lingxi could not see the slightest smile in his eyes, as if he was wearing a mask called "smile".
"good."
Yan Yue didn't say much, and seemed to be listening to what was said on the other end. He quickly hung up the phone and looked at Lu Lingxi apologetically, "Xiao Xi, I have to leave for a while. You wait for me in the store. I will come to pick you up this afternoon."
Lu Lingxi nodded, wanting to say something but feeling that none of it was appropriate. He watched Yan Yue drive away in a tangled manner, regretting that he should have asked Yan Yue what had happened.
Yan Yue didn't know what Lu Lingxi was thinking at the moment. He left Micro Gardening without staying but went straight back to the Yin family. It was Grandpa who called just now, wanting to have lunch with him. Although Grandpa didn't say anything on the phone, Yan Yue probably guessed what the meal was for. Even An Jie received the news that Yan Hai was going to the overseas branch, and he didn't believe that Grandpa didn't know.
Last time the rumor came out, Grandpa didn't say anything, but Yin Ya kept jumping up and down. This time, she could see Grandpa's attitude during dinner. Yan Yue thought of his plan, tapped the steering wheel lightly, and his expression became cold.
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