Qiutian Gardening is the largest gardening store in Fengcheng, with a large flower garden and nursery in the suburbs of Fengcheng. The owner of Qiutian Gardening is Qiutian. After so many years of operation, he has a good cooperation with some municipal units in Fengcheng and has always been a fixed supplier of these units. Li Weisheng's unit is one of them.
Three days ago, Li Weisheng suddenly contacted Qiutian Gardening and wanted to return all the potted plants they had just sent. The reason given by Li Weisheng was that these potted plants looked dull and the leaders did not like them. This move was tantamount to a slap in the face of Qiutian Gardening.
Qiu Tian was furious. He had been in the business world for many years, and he thought he had guessed what was going on. It was either the boss who didn't like him or a competitor who was behind the scenes. He went around asking people what was going on, and he finally found out. But the result was beyond his expectation. Someone had indeed stolen his business, but the other party was not the competitors he thought, but a small gardening store with only a few acres of flower garden.
Qiu Tian wanted to cause trouble for the gardening store at that time, but was stopped by his son Qiu Jun. Although Micro Gardening is small in scale, it would be bad if it could get involved with Li Weisheng. At this time, Li Weisheng came to them again and ordered a new batch from them, which was considered to protect Qiu Tian Gardening's face. During the conversation between the two parties, Li Weisheng defended Micro Gardening a lot. Qiu Tian pondered his words and felt that Li Weisheng was related to Micro Gardening. Although Li Weisheng was nothing, he was busy with logistics and traveled outside all year round. He knew many people and had a wide network of contacts, so Qiu Tian had to give Li Weisheng face.
But this loss could not be in vain, Qiu Tian sent Li Weisheng away, and personally went to the garden to pick out the potted plants that Li wanted for a long time. He thought about it, didn't the kid from Wei Gardening know his place and rely on his relationship to steal his business? He would hit him hard in the face with the potted plants to let the kid understand why Qiu Tian Gardening was the boss of Fengcheng Gardening Store.
When delivering the goods today, Qiu Tian specially sent his son Qiu Jun out, which also showed his importance to this business.
Li Weisheng thought that the two of them had just met by chance, but in fact, it was not the case at all. Qiu Jun was waiting for Lu Lingxi on purpose. When he saw Lu Lingxi and his friends driving a small broken Jinbei car, Qiu Jun immediately sneered and said that he was not asking for the right thing to do.
Since the two of them met, it was also important to decide which store to buy first. Li Weisheng thought about it. Although this was the first time he worked with Lu Lingxi, he was confident in the potted plants sent by Micro Gardening. He wanted to take a look at Qiutian Gardening first. If it still didn't work, they could go back and change. With this in mind, Li Weisheng said to Lu Lingxi, "Xiaoxi, wait a minute. I'll buy the potted plants here first."
"Okay." Lu Lingxi nodded. He was not in a hurry and wanted to see how the other party's potted plants were. He had been doing micro-gardening for more than two months, just going to the flower market and had not really seen what other gardening stores were growing.
Li Weisheng greeted them, and Qiu Jun looked at Lu Lingxi with pride. In his eyes, Li Weisheng asked them to unload the goods first, which showed that he was still close to them. He had a provocative look on his face, but Lu Lingxi was confused and had no idea about the undercurrents. Li Ge shook his head helplessly. It seemed that he had to say hello to Qiu Tianyuan and not cause trouble for the children.
Qiu Jun directed the other workers on the car to move the potted plants down, and said to Brother Li with a little pride: "Brother Li, what do you think?"
As a graduate of Huaguo Agricultural University, Qiu Jun is no fool, but a real talent. This time, he and his father picked the potted plants together. Both the plant shape and the leaf color are excellent, and they are definitely the best in the garden.
In fact, when Brother Li returned the plants, Qiu Jun himself knew that what Brother Li said made sense. Qiutian Gardening's business is getting bigger and bigger. This is different from the past when they only had a few acres of flower gardens and they have the energy to take care of them all. They now hire workers. With more people and it's not their own business, it's inevitable that they are a little careless at work, and some of the plants are really not well grown. This is also due to the close relationship between Qiutian Gardening and these companies. Besides, ordinary people can't tell whether it's good or bad, so no one said anything in the past, until Brother Li returned all the potted plants for this reason.
Before delivering the goods, Qiu Jun watered and fertilized the selected potted plants, and even washed the leaves. He wanted to ensure that the large-leafed green radish and money trees were full of vitality and pleasing to the eye when they were delivered to Brother Li.
Pots of money trees and green radish were placed on the ground. Brother Li looked over and nodded. It seemed that Qiu Tian really cared about it this time. The ones he sent were good and looked much more energetic. He ordered the logistics staff to move all these in and turned to Lu Lingxi.
"Xiao Xi, come on, let's unload the cargo."
Lu Lingxi nodded obediently. As soon as he opened the car door, Qiu Jun's eyes jumped. Although the potted plants had not been moved out of the car, they were already inferior in terms of height. After the logistics staff helped to move all the potted plants down, everyone couldn't take their eyes off them.
China has a long history of ornamental plants, and has always focused on "looking at its leaves and appreciating its shape". Qiu Jun and his father spent a long time carefully selecting the large-leafed green radish and the fortune tree, all of which were emerald green and beautiful in shape. But as soon as the potted plants of Micro Gardening were brought out, Qiu Jun knew they had lost. In terms of leaf color, the two companies are similar, both are emerald green, and Micro Gardening is just a little more shiny. People who are not knowledgeable usually can't tell the difference, the key lies in the plant shape of the two companies.
The green ivy in micro-gardening has long branches that sway gracefully, while the fortune tree is square, stable, and majestic. They are just two ordinary green plants, but you can see their different charms at a glance. What's more rare is that all these potted plants are full of vitality and exude a sense of vigor and vitality.
Qiu Jun's face immediately darkened. They were obviously the same green ivy, but the one from Micro Gardening looked like a graceful beauty, while the one from theirs looked like the little girl fanning herself behind the beauty. The same fortune tree, but the one from Micro Gardening looked like a majestic general, while the one from theirs looked like a servant leading the general's horse. Theirs looked good on its own, but if the two were placed together, anyone with eyes could tell which was better.
Qiu Jun immediately became anxious. Wouldn't this comparison make their potted plants look even worse? He didn't care to say anything else, and hurriedly pulled Brother Li aside to discuss whether they could take this batch of green plants back and exchange them for another batch.
Brother Li also understood his concerns and agreed without making things difficult for him. This is really not noticeable when viewed alone, but the difference is immediately apparent when placed together.
As soon as Li Weisheng agreed, Qiu Jun immediately asked the workers to move out all the potted plants that had been moved in before. Before leaving, he glared at Lu Lingxi fiercely with a dark face. Lu Lingxi was being talked to by Brother Li and did not notice Qiu Jun's hostility. Instead, Yi Hang saw it and glared back fiercely.
After leaving Li Weisheng's place, Qiu Jun had a dark face and was upset. He came here today with the purpose of slapping someone in the face, but in the end, he was the one who got slapped. He didn't know how the potted plants of Micro Gardening were cultivated. If he could learn his technology... Qiu Jun narrowed his eyes and made a plan in his mind. While he was thinking, his cell phone suddenly rang. Qiu Jun frowned, picked it up and took a look, then immediately changed his expression and said with a smile: "Mr. Lu."
The person on the other end of the phone was obviously also in a bad mood. Without waiting for Qiu Jun to say anything, he started cursing.
"Don't you guys at Qiutian Gardening want to do it anymore? The saplings you sold to my dad died just a few days after they were planted. The higher-ups are going to inspect it soon. This is a key project this year, and the new mayor is keeping an eye on it. What do you think we should do?"
"Dead?" Qiu Jun was a little unconvinced. "Mr. Lu, the gardeners checked when the saplings were planted. They said that they were fine and basically all survived after being transplanted. How come they all died after such a short time?"
"You think I'm lying to you? Go find a street corner and see for yourself. Tell me if he's dead or alive. And then tell me what you're going to do."
The person on the other end of the phone hung up, and Qiu Jun's face became uncertain for a moment. The person who called him was Lv Hongxin, the son of the director of the Fengcheng Urban Management Bureau. As an important municipal greening project in Fengcheng this year, the main unit responsible for approval is the Urban Greening Department under the Urban Management Bureau. Lv Hongxin relied on his father to register here and handled many projects. Among them, relying on his personal relationship with Lv Hongxin, Qiutian Horticulture basically won most of the projects, and the two sides have always cooperated happily.
Thinking of this, Qiu Jun snorted. If those willow seedlings died, it was because of Lu Hongxin and his son's greed. When he bought the seedlings, he said that small seedlings were not easy to grow. Compared with 2 cm seedlings, 5 cm seedlings are definitely easier to survive. Although the price is a little more expensive, it is definitely worry-free and labor-saving in the future. As a result, the two grandsons reported the price of 5 cm seedlings, but when they got the money, they bought 2 cm seedlings, and they made half of the money by reselling one seedling. He had nothing to do with it when he took the money, but he came to find him when something went wrong. What a grandson!
Although Qiu Jun cursed like this, he knew in his heart that Qiu Tianyuan would not be able to escape if something really happened, so he had to go and take a look. However, he couldn't contact this grandson Lu Hongxin for the past few days. It was as if he had evaporated from the face of the earth. He disappeared for half a month and then popped up again. I don't know where he went some time ago. Maybe he got into trouble and hid away.
Speculating randomly in his mind, Qiu Jun glanced out the window. This was where the municipal offices were concentrated. The greening on the roadside was very good. The weeping willows were basically all over ten years old. It was obvious that even if Lu Hongxin had ten times the courage, he would not dare to plant those mop-like saplings here. It was probably because the most dilapidated part of Fengcheng had the most trees planted there.
Not long after Qiu Jun left, Lu Lingxi also left after moving the potted plants. He didn't deliver all of them in one trip, so he had to make several trips.
Yi Hang drove out of Brother Li's workplace and turned into a small alley instead of going back the same way. "I remember there's a shortcut here that takes half the detour than the way we came here."
Lu Lingxi didn't have any requirements for the distance of the journey, the only thing he wanted was for Yihang to drive more steadily. Although Dahei was not here today, he could no longer stand the bumps of the Jinbei.
Yi Hang chuckled and stepped on the accelerator. Lu Lingxi quickly fastened his seat belt and glared at Yi Hang speechlessly. The two turned left and right, and Lu Lingxi only saw that the houses on both sides were getting more and more dilapidated, and there were fewer and fewer high-rise buildings. Yi Hang introduced him, "This is the south of Fengcheng. I guess you don't remember it. It used to be very prosperous here. The underground was full of coal. Over there is the Fengluan Coal Mine Group. The coal in the underground of the back has been mined out, and the Fengluan Coal Mine Group has also moved away. A developer wanted to develop this place, but when he dug up the foundation, he found that it was all empty underneath, and there was no way to build a building. After this matter spread out, no one came to develop this area, and the result was that it became more and more dilapidated. Don't look at our community as dilapidated, it is much better than this area."
Lu Lingxi listened to Yi Hang's introduction and looked out the window. Suddenly, he was stunned. "Hey, isn't that the Qiutian Gardening car just now?"
"Where?"
Yi Hang looked curiously in the direction Lu Lingxi pointed, and saw the white van parked not far to the left. The door of the van was open, and the man he had seen before, whose name seemed to be Qiu Jun, was squatting on the side of the road studying a willow sapling.
Yi Hang subconsciously glanced at Lu Lingxi, wondering why they all had the same problem. Last time, the third brother got off the car and brought back a willow sapling, and it seemed that Qiu Jun was also planning to carry the sapling back.
"Third brother, what's wrong with that tree?" Yi Hang didn't understand and was curious about what Qiu Jun was looking at.
Lu Lingxi stretched out his mind to scan, and as the white panel floated out, he frowned slightly. "That tree is about to die." Not only that tree, but the two trees next to it are also about to die. "
Yi Hang didn't care much about it, "That's the Forestry Bureau's business, it has nothing to do with us." As he spoke, he had already left Qiu Jun behind at a very fast speed. Lu Lingxi withdrew his mental scan, his expression a little listless, and said nothing more.
The white panel showed that these saplings were different from the one planted in his backyard. They did not die due to lack of water, but due to severe soil acidification, which caused the soil to become compacted. The roots of the saplings were weak, making it even more difficult for them to grow and absorb nutrients from the soil. He thought of the heavy rain half a month ago. If it happened a few more times, he didn't know how bad the environment would be.
After running four times to the flower garden, Lu Lingxi and Yi Hang finally delivered all the potted plants that Brother Li needed. Brother Li happily paid them all. Lu Lingxi took the money and decided to discuss with Yan Yue about expanding the scale of the flower garden. Just like Yan Yue said last time, if he couldn't do anything else, he could plant more flowers and plants. This way, more people would buy, and the environment could be improved little by little.
When Lu Lingxi returned to Micro Gardening, he saw Ye Kang again. Since Ye Kang came to Fengcheng, he stayed at Micro Gardening every day when he had nothing to do. Some old customers thought that Lu Lingxi had hired another employee when they saw Ye Kang. Lu Lingxi was polite to Ye Kang, but Yan Yue often assigned Ye Kang to help customers move potted plants and get fertilizers, and he was not polite at all when he ordered him around.
"You're back." Seeing Lu Lingxi come in, Yan Yue greeted him with a smile on his face.
Lu Lingxi smiled and nodded at the two of them. Dahei had already run to Lu Lingxi and rubbed against his legs affectionately. Lu Lingxi stroked Dahei's head with a smile on his face. He actually wanted to take Dahei to the flower garden to get some fresh air, but when Dahei saw that Yi Hang was driving, he refused to get in the car.
"Where's Yi Hang?"
"He dropped me off at the street corner and then went back."
Yan Yue curled his lips, satisfied with the answer. Because Yi Hang and Lu Lingxi grew up together, Yan Yue was very wary of their closeness. If it wasn't for the agreement at the beginning that Yi Hang would be asked to deliver the goods to Micro Gardening, Yan Yue would never have given the two of them a chance to be alone in the flower garden.
Ye Kang looked at Yan Yue teasingly. Yan Yue's possessiveness towards Lu Lingxi was unexpectedly strong. He looked at Yan Yue who was enduring calmly, and wanted to know the limit of Yan Yue's endurance. Noticing Ye Kang's gossiping gaze, Yan Yue glanced at him calmly. Ye Kang immediately put on a serious face, but his eyes were completely different. Speaking of which, he really didn't know that his good brother had the potential to be a pervert. Thinking of this, Lu Lingxi, who was targeted by the pervert, could only silently sympathize with him.
Lu Lingxi didn't notice the exchange of glances between the two of them at all. He recorded today's accounts and mentioned to Yan Yue that he wanted to expand the scale of the flower garden.
Yan Yue never refuses Lu Lingxi's request.
Lu Lingxi was a little embarrassed, "Then I can't give this month's dividend to you, Brother Yan. I have to wait until next month."
Yan Yue couldn't help but stretched out his hand to rub Lu Lingxi's hair, and said with a smile: "The bigger the flower garden is, the more money you will make in the future. Your brother Yan will still calculate this account."
Lu Lingxi had recently gotten used to Yan Yue doing this to him. He felt that it was just like how he liked to touch Dahei, a sign of intimacy. Yan Yue was reluctant to let go of his hand, so he patted Lu Lingxi's shoulder and said casually, "Why did you suddenly think of expanding the scale of the flower garden?"
"It's not something that came to my mind suddenly. I've always had this plan." Lu Lingxi explained seriously, and casually mentioned what happened today. He said it casually, but Yan Yue and Ye Kang looked at each other with a slightly gloomy look.
Yan Yue was concerned about Qiu Tianyuan's hostility towards Lu Lingxi, while Ye Kang was more concerned about Lu Lingxi's mention that the planted saplings were dying.
He casually asked, "Are there many dead saplings?"
Lu Lingxi looked at Ye Kang with some surprise and nodded.
Ye Kang exchanged glances with Yan Yue, and left Micro Gardening under the pretext of smoking. He had to call his third brother to remind him. The Fengcheng Municipal Greening Project was proposed by the newly appointed mayor of Fengcheng. As the mayor's secretary, Ye Cheng had been keeping an eye on the matter. Ye Kang didn't want his third brother to be fooled, as that would be a disgrace to the Ye family.
As soon as Ye Kang left, Yan Yue calmly asked a few questions about Qiutian Gardening. He found that Lu Lingxi was not aware of Qiutian Gardening's hostility towards him at all, but instead praised the other party's good green plant cultivation, and he wanted to learn from the other party.
Yan Yue listened to his story, and his originally obscure eyes slowly turned into a faint smile. This was good, he would rather the boy stay innocent for the rest of his life, and he would just block the storm outside for him.
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