Weeping willow, a tall deciduous tree, is a classification of willow and one of the common tree species in China. Because of its beautiful shape, easy reproduction, low cost, and ability to absorb carbon dioxide, weeping willow is a common roadside tree in many cities.
The sapling in front of him was a weeping willow seedling. It looked as thick as a one-yuan coin and less than a person tall. It was obviously planted not long ago. The panel showed that the sapling was dying due to lack of water, but in the eyes of the gardener, the sapling had already died. When Lu Lingxi got off the car, the gardener had just pulled out the sapling and transplanted a living sapling. The pulled out sapling was thrown randomly on the ground, and a worker was about to break it. Lu Lingxi quickly stopped the other person.
These workers were all from other places and spoke Mandarin with a dialect that was not very fluent. Lu Lingxi could not quite understand what the other party was saying. After a long time of miscommunication, the two sides finally communicated clearly. Lu Lingxi said that the tree was not dead yet and could be saved by watering. The other party said that a tree was only a few dollars and it would not be a big deal to exchange it for another one. After another round of miscommunication, the other party readily threw the seedling to Lu Lingxi and let him do whatever he wanted with it.
Lu Lingxi got off the car and carried back a tree. Although it was a small sapling, it was still a tree. Yi Hang stared at the sapling in the back of the car for a long time, and gave Lu Lingxi a thumbs up speechlessly. Because of this tree, the two did not return to Weiyuan Garden but turned a corner and went home.
Wang Shuxiu was very surprised to see them. She asked if Yan Yue was in the store but didn't say anything. It was rare for Lu Lingxi to come back at noon, so Wang Shuxiu hurried to cook, thinking about not letting the little bastard go hungry.
Lu Lingxi was in a hurry to plant the tree and didn't notice the time. He was digging a hole in the backyard with muddy hands when his cell phone on the chair rang. Yi Hang, who was eating half a tomato, wiped his hands hastily and picked up the phone without even checking who was calling. "Hello." His voice was a little unclear with a half-eaten tomato in his mouth, but it was obviously a man's voice.
A strange voice came out, and the smile on Yan Yue's face froze on the other end of the phone, and the upturned curve of his mouth quickly smoothed out. "Who are you? Where's Xiaoxi?" His tone was cold and a little jealous. The person who had access to Lu Lingxi's phone must be someone he knew.
"My husband is planting trees. It's not convenient to answer the phone right now. What do you want?" Yi Hang was used to being carefree and didn't notice the man's dissatisfaction at all.
The name "Old Third" once again touched Yan Yue's sense of crisis, and he quickly cheered up, "I'm Yan Yue, ask when Xiaoxi will be back."
"Yan Yue?" Yi Hang felt that the name sounded familiar. Where had he heard it before? He shouted at Lu Lingxi, "Third brother, who is Yan Yue? He asked when you will be back?"
There was some noise on the other end of the line, and soon the person on the other end changed. Lu Lingxi's voice came, his tone full of apology. "Brother Yan, I'm sorry, I forgot to tell you. Are you waiting impatiently? I'll be back soon."
"No hurry." Yan Yue said gently, "I heard you were planting trees. Is there any accident?"
"No." Lu Lingxi briefly recounted what happened before, and finally promised: "I will be back as soon as I finish."
Yan Yue laughed, "Aren't you going home to eat? Come back after you eat."
He was so reasonable, Lu Lingxi felt even more embarrassed. "Brother Yan, wait for me. I'll bring you lunch at noon."
"good."
After Lu Lingxi hung up the phone, Yi Hang finally remembered who Yan Yue was. He grabbed Lu Lingxi and asked, "Is Yan Yue the person you said paid half of the money?"
Lu Lingxi nodded.
Yi Hang curled his lips and said regretfully: "If only I had money, we could do it together and avoid looking for unfamiliar outsiders."
Lu Lingxi curled his eyes and said nothing, but in his heart he felt that Yan Yue was actually quite nice and not an outsider. This thought lasted only a moment, and his attention returned to the sapling in front of him. Before answering the phone, he had already dug a hole and filled a bucket of water to pour into the hole. In such a short while, the water at the bottom of the hole had seeped into the ground, wetting the surrounding soil. Lu Lingxi reached out and touched it, and felt that it was almost wet, so he carefully planted the sapling, filled and compacted the soil around it, and watered it again. After the water seeped in, he watered it again. When he was about to water it for the third time, the panel that had not changed finally changed.
Satisfy plant needs and receive +1 Plant Heart.
Successfully rescue the weeping willow seedlings, and reward you with Natural Force +1
Lu Lingxi looked at the panel with some surprise. He didn't expect that saving this sapling would give him a little more power of nature. Last time, he saved the Clivia miniata, and this time it was the sapling. If the first time could be considered a coincidence, the second time was a kind of rule. Compared to the easy acquisition of the Heart of a Plant, the Power of Nature obviously has much more demanding conditions, but it is also much more precious.
After finishing the sapling work, Wang Shuxiu's lunch was also ready. Lu Lingxi said that he would bring lunch for Yan Yue and Dahei, so Wang Shuxiu specially made some extra food. Before eating, Lu Lingxi first found two large-sized fresh-keeping boxes to pack the lunch prepared for Yan Yue and Dahei respectively, and then he, Wang Shuxiu and Yi Hang started to eat.
Speaking of which, Lu Lingxi raised Dahei like a free-range dog. When Lu Lingxi first brought Dahei home, he also prepared to feed Dahei dog food. But Dahei was a stray dog. He had rummaged through garbage cans and caught rats. He had eaten everything except dog food. Dahei was very disgusted with the dog food that Lu Lingxi prepared for him. Instead, he liked to eat with Lu Lingxi. After a few times, Lu Lingxi got used to it. Every time he cooked, he would leave some food for Dahei.
After dinner, Lu Lingxi didn't ask Yi Hang to take him there, but took the bus to Micro Gardening by himself. He was a little full from eating, but he didn't dare to take Yi Hang's express bus, for fear of being shaken out. Lu Lingxi got off the bus from a distance, but before he even reached the door of Micro Gardening, Dahei rushed out excitedly. Lu Lingxi looked at it and laughed, and when he looked up, Yan Yue was standing at the door waiting for him.
There were too many urgent things to do in the morning, so Lu Lingxi didn't pay much attention to Yan Yue. Only then did he realize that Yan Yue had taken off his usual shirt and trousers today and was dressed in a completely casual manner. Accustomed to Yan Yue's usual seriousness, Lu Lingxi felt his eyes brighten when he suddenly saw him relaxed, and felt that Yan Yue had become several years younger.
Yan Yue listened to Lu Lingxi's description, smiled slightly, and said casually: "Do I look old normally?" Although he was twenty-seven and Lu Lingxi was eighteen, there was a nine-year age difference between them, but this gap was not very big, right?
Lu Lingxi thought about it seriously and explained, "It's not that he's old, it's just that Brother Yan usually gives people a very serious and distant feeling, just like Brother Dong, he feels like an elder."
Yan Yue: “…”
It’s better not to explain.
Strangely enough, when Yan Yue was alone, there was no customer in the store. As soon as Lu Lingxi came back, the number of customers in the store increased immediately. After a busy afternoon, time passed quickly. Some old customers asked Yan Yue about it, and before Lu Lingxi could answer, Yan Yue introduced himself as a new employee of Micro Gardening. He was good-looking and worked hard, and soon an old lady praised him for his spirit and good character. Was he a local? Did he have a girlfriend? The old lady's neighbor had a daughter, and she wanted to help introduce them.
Yan Yue: “…”
Seeing his helpless expression, Lu Lingxi almost laughed to death. Rubbing his stomach, he dared not laugh, and could only lower his head and hold back his laughter, shrugging his shoulders. Yan Yue politely rejected the old lady, saying that his family was too poor to buy a house, and he did not plan to get married for the time being. Lu Lingxi wanted to laugh even more after hearing this.
After sending the old lady away, Yan Yue flicked Lu Lingxi's forehead with his finger, "Is it so funny?"
Lu Lingxi suppressed his laughter and nodded. The old lady just now was a regular customer of Micro Gardening. Lu Lingxi called her Grandma Wang. Grandma Wang was a nice person, but she was too enthusiastic about matchmaking. When Lu Lingxi first came, Grandma Wang saw that Lu Lingxi was well-behaved and sensible, and she regretted that he was too young, otherwise she would have introduced her granddaughter to Lu Lingxi. Later, Lu Lingxi talked about it with Brother Dong, and found out that Grandma Wang had also planned to introduce her colleague's niece to Brother Dong, but unfortunately Brother Dong had a girlfriend, so Grandma Wang regretfully gave up.
When Lu Lingxi said this, the corners of his mouth turned up and his eyes sparkled. Yan Yue saw this and felt itchy in his heart, wishing he could bend down and kiss him. His recent efforts had paid off, and the boy and he had become much closer. But it was limited to being acquaintances from partners, which was still far from what he wanted. Human desires have always been like this. If there were only 0, getting 1 would be enough to satisfy him. But once you get 1, you will start thinking about getting 2. Yan Yue was no longer satisfied with being an acquaintance and wanted to go a step further.
Lu Lingxi had no idea what Yan Yue was thinking. After he finished talking about Grandma Wang, he curiously asked, "Brother Yan, do you have a girlfriend?"
Yan Yue's eyes darkened, he looked at Lu Lingxi steadily, and said simply, "No."
"Oh." Lu Lingxi remembered something and asked, "Brother Yan, don't you have to go to work these days?"
He had never asked about Yan Yue's personal affairs, and he didn't know whether Yan Yue was from the Yan family in Zhongjing. But some time ago, Yan Yue always came to see Dahei at noon, and Lu Lingxi wondered if Yan Yue was working nearby. Yan Yue had been following him to deal with the store these days, and Lu Lingxi had forgotten about Yan Yue's work. It was not until Wang Shuxiu mentioned at noon whether he wanted Yan Yue to help look after the store and whether it would affect Yan Yue's work that Lu Lingxi remembered about work.
Yan Yue had already thought of the answer to this question, and said calmly, "I'm on vacation these days, and I'll probably be on vacation until the end of the month." At the end of the month, An Jie will deal with his overseas affairs and return home. By then, he may not have time to follow the boy every day like he does now. Yan Yue now understands Brother Han's thoughts when he faced the calla lily in the morning, and he will seize the time to spend more time with Lu Lingxi and enjoy it first.
The time to get off work soon arrived. Lu Lingxi locked the door and held Dahei's hand while waiting for Yan Yue to drive the car.
"Do you still dare to take the bus?" He deliberately teased Dahei.
Dahei squatted beside him and whimpered.
Lu Lingxi was about to speak with a smile when a black Audi drove past on the road. Dahei, who had been quiet all this time, suddenly stood up and rushed towards the black Audi frantically. Lu Lingxi staggered because of it and almost lost his grip on the rope in his hand.
"Dahei." Lu Lingxi called out and hurriedly comforted it.
The black Audi soon disappeared. Dahei faced the direction of the Audi, arched his body, bared his teeth and roared angrily.
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