Willows are mostly grown by cuttings, with a few being grown by sowing.
Cuttings are generally taken in early spring every year. Choose healthy plants with fast growth rate and few diseases and insects as mother trees. Cut the selected branches into cuttings of appropriate length for cuttings propagation.
This introduction appeared in Lu Lingxi's mind. He had seen it in a book before. He didn't expect it to be such a coincidence that these small willow seedlings actually came from the same mother tree.
Lu Lingxi secretly glanced at Yan Yue beside him, and quickly chose yes while he was not paying attention. The few willow seedlings that were just planted are about to die, and they should be able to be saved after sharing life. The thought flashed through his mind, and the status of these willow seedlings on the white panel had changed. He unconsciously bent his eyes, and another prompt floated out.
"Sharing of vitality completed, reward of natural force +1"
Lu Lingxi's eyes suddenly lit up. Natural power was so rare. Because they shared life force, he didn't expect to be rewarded with some natural power. Yesterday, he was still thinking that it would be great if he could use natural power to purify the flower garden, and today he got the reward. However, the purification range of natural power is limited, with 100 square meters as a standard unit. It is not enough to purify even a quarter of an acre of land. He thought about the scale of the flower garden and resisted the idea of using natural power now. He planned to save it up first.
"Okay." Yan Yue watered the willow saplings, put away his tools and looked at Lu Lingxi.
Lu Lingxi curled his eyes and praised him generously, "Brother Yan, you are getting better and better at work now."
Yan Yue laughed and joked: "If I go bankrupt, Xiaoxi, remember to take me in."
Lu Lingxi was a little puzzled, "Aren't we together now?"
The boy spoke seriously, Yan Yue was stunned for a moment, and suddenly laughed. Although what the boy said was not what he thought, but thinking about the "we" the boy said last night, Yan Yue felt that even if Ye Kang really regarded him as a pervert, everything he did was worth it.
After they finished tending the saplings, they went to Uncle Li's house for breakfast before leaving the flower garden with Dahei. When they passed the entrance to the village, Dahei, who had been quiet all the time, suddenly stood up, leaned over the window behind him and called out twice.
"What's wrong with Dahei?" Yan Yue asked curiously.
Lu Lingxi turned around and touched Dahei. Outside was the place where they had picked up the sapling in the morning. "Dahei seemed to smell something here." Lu Lingxi guessed. The person who could make Dahei react was probably the one who bumped into him, but this place was in the suburbs. Would that person come here?
After Lu Lingxi finished speaking, Yan Yue frowned. The boy didn't know what was going on with these saplings, but he roughly guessed where they came from. Considering what Ye Kang said on the phone last night, these saplings were probably left here by the people of Qiutian Gardening. Going straight ahead from here is the nursery of Qiutian Gardening, which is not too far from this village. If this is the case, is there any connection between Qiutian Gardening and the person who hit Dahei?
No matter what, this is a clue. Since Yan Yue promised to help Dahei get revenge, and Qiu Tianyuan was involved, it was just right to solve it together.
Back at Micro Gardening, Yan Yue called Ye Kang and asked Brother Ye San to help check if Qiutian Gardening had a black Audi. Ye Kang was a little curious. When he heard that he was helping Dahei find his enemy, he immediately became interested. That afternoon, Yan Yue received a message from Ye Kang. Qiutian Gardening did not have a black Audi, but Lv Hongxin, who was very close to Qiutian Gardening, happened to have a black Audi.
"Lü Hongxin." Yan Yue seemed to be thinking, "Does Third Brother Ye have anyone in the Public Security Bureau?"
"how?"
Yan Yue told Ye Kang about the last time Grandma Wang was hit by a car. Judging from Dahei's reaction, it was probably the same car.
Ye Kang thought this was interesting. "Okay, leave it to me. Third brother will be happy if he knows about this."
Yan Yue hung up the phone, turned around and went back to Micro Gardening, and saw Dahei. Dahei was squatting under the cash register, looking up at the fish swimming around in the fish tank with a serious face. He subconsciously curled his lips, stupid dog!
Dahei's ears twitched, and he turned his head calmly to look at Yan Yue, narrowed his eyes, and went back to watch his fish.
Yan Yue smiled slightly, feeling a little unbelievable. If the person who hit Dahei was really Lv Hongxin, how did Dahei smell Lv Hongxin's scent from the place where Qiu Tianyuan passed by? Did he ride in that car? After thinking about it, Yan Yue walked in front of Dahei, squatted down and looked at Dahei, "I'll take you to identify the enemy in a few days."
Dahei's ears suddenly stood up and he gave a low call to Yan Yue.
Lu Lingxi was a little surprised, "Did you find the person who bumped into Dahei? That Grandma Wang..."
"It's not certain yet, it's just a suspicion at the moment."
"Oh." Lu Lingxi looked a little disappointed.
Yan Yue had no resistance to his expression, and couldn't help but reach out and ruffle his hair, coaxing: "As long as there are clues, we will definitely catch him."
Lu Lingxi nodded vigorously, "I believe in Brother Yan."
Yan Yue's eyes were filled with smiles, and he almost hugged Lu Lingxi in his arms. Fortunately, his rationality controlled his behavior, and he could not use his bad mood as an excuse today.
Kew Gardening
Qiu Jun received another call from Lu Hongxin, urging him to quickly replace the willow saplings in the south city.
"Mr. Lu, didn't you say yesterday that you would only check a few key areas?"
"Do I have the final say on where the higher-ups check? You think I'm happy with one piece of news a day? Okay, Qiu Jun, stop talking nonsense. Quickly replace all the saplings with 5-centimeter ones. If the 5-centimeter ones don't survive, replace them with 8-centimeter ones. Don't think about saving money at this time. If something really goes wrong, none of us can escape."
Lv Hongxin hung up the phone after cursing. Qiu Jun was so angry that he pouted into the phone. He calculated that the area in the south city was the worst because it used to be a coal mine and there was a power plant nearby. The environment was the worst and the most seedlings died. If he replaced all the seedlings in that area, he would not make a penny from this project. Lv Hongxin was still thinking about replacing all the seedlings in the city, which was simply forcing him to pay money.
But despite the scolding, Qiu Jun also knew that Lu Hongxin was right. Qiu Tian Gardening and his father and son would rise and fall together. If something really went wrong, no one would be able to escape. When the new mayor wanted to carry out this greening project, Qiu Tian Gardening's old rival Luxuan Gardening also wanted to take over the project.
At the bidding meeting, Lvxuan Horticulture proposed planting pine trees. As a heavy industrial city, Fengcheng has received a lot of acid rain in recent years. The land in the city has been polluted for many years and most of it has become acidified. Compared with the alkaline willow trees, pine trees are obviously more suitable. However, Qiutian Horticulture mainly sells willow seedlings, not many pine seedlings. They sang the same tune with Lv Hongxin and his son, and finally won the project.
If we really talk about this kind of thing, Lvxuan can't actually catch them. After all, willow is a common greening tree in the country, and it is planted everywhere. Moreover, willow is easy to plant, has a high survival rate, and is adaptable to a wide range of conditions. Even acidic soil has little impact. But that was normal times, and it was all justifiable. If something really happened, and Lvxuan did something behind the scenes, it would be troublesome for Qiutian Gardening.
Qiu Jun hardened his heart and decided to get through this hurdle first. At worst, he could make up the money he lost this time from Lu Hongxin and his son next time.
That night, all the willow seedlings in Fengcheng were changed from 2 cm to 5 cm. In some key areas, Qiu Jun was so determined that he changed them to 8 cm, fearing that the seedlings would not grow well and affect the inspection.
Lu Lingxi didn't know about these changes in the willow saplings. The area where he was active was basically in the city center, which was considered the best green area in Fengcheng.
That afternoon, Lu Lingxi received a call from Uncle Li, who said that Widow Yu had returned and asked him if he had time to go to the flower garden to sign the contract.
Lu Lingxi was a little surprised. "Didn't she say she was busy with work these days and didn't have time?"
Uncle Li sighed, "I heard that he quit and came back without even getting his salary for this month."
The widow's real name is Yu Xiaojuan. Uncle Li sighs when he mentions her. In the eyes of the old people in the village, Yu Xiaojuan's life is really hard. When she was a child, her parents died early, and she grew up with her grandmother. Later, her grandmother also passed away, and Yu Xiaojuan became alone. After a few years, she got married and finally lived a stable life. But the good days didn't last for a few days, and her husband passed away again, leaving the elderly and children to rely on her for support.
In order to earn more money, Yu Xiaojuan washed dishes in the restaurant kitchen during the day and had to stay to clean at night. She had no proper place to live and usually lived in a small room behind the restaurant where miscellaneous items were piled up. Life was quite hard. The restaurant owner she worked for was not kind either, and only paid her 1,500 yuan a month. Yu Xiaojuan was reluctant to spend a penny, and saved it all to give to her mother-in-law to raise the children.
This time, it was said that a customer lost his phone while eating at the restaurant, and somehow it was blamed on her. The boss asked her to pay for it, which was three months' salary. She denied it, and in the end, she was kicked out for no reason. Uncle Li was afraid that Lu Lingxi would misunderstand when he said this, so he repeatedly assured him that Yu Xiaojuan had grown up under his care, and that she was absolutely a good person and would not do such a petty theft. They would know when they met her.
Lu Lingxi still trusted Uncle Li very much, and immediately nodded. The two agreed to go over tonight, and Uncle Li told Lu Lingxi not to eat, as he was cooking for them.
"Okay." Lu Lingxi agreed obediently.
After hanging up the phone, Lu Lingxi relayed Uncle Li's words to Yan Yue, and inevitably mentioned Yu Xiaojuan. After that, Lu Lingxi looked at Yan Yue eagerly. He felt quite sympathetic towards Yu Xiaojuan, but was afraid that Yan Yue would have a bad impression of her after hearing it.
Yan Yue found his reaction a little funny, reached out and ruffled his hair, and whispered, "I believe in Mr. Li's judgment."
Lu Lingxi's mouth curled up, and he smiled with curved eyebrows. Perhaps because of the similar situation to some extent, Lu Lingxi couldn't help but think of Wang Shuxiu from Yu Xiaojuan, and the time when Wang Shuxiu supported the family alone. During the days when he was in the hospital, Wang Shuxiu had to stay with him in the hospital during the day and go to the KTV to work at night. He was unconscious at the time, and Lu Yishui was gambling all day and not at home. He couldn't imagine how Wang Shuxiu managed.
It was also because of Wang Shuxiu that Lu Lingxi decided to rent Yu Xiaojuan's land when she first heard Uncle Li mention her. Until this time, Lu Lingxi didn't believe that a mother who worked hard to support the family would steal someone else's mobile phone.
He remembered what Wang Shuxiu always said: If I wanted to live a good life, I would have been able to find so many suckers, why would I have to stay with a little bastard like you?
Lu Lingxi curled his eyes and sent a text message to Wang Shuxiu saying that he was going to the flower garden that night and would not be back. He hesitated and added, "Mom, I love you." After sending the message, the tips of his ears turned red.
Wang Shuxiu didn't take the text message seriously at first. The little bastard was busy with the flower garden recently and didn't come back often. She felt relieved to have Yan Yue around. But when she saw the last sentence, Wang Shuxiu was suddenly stunned, and her eyes gradually turned red.
"Little bastard!" Wang Shuxiu cursed at the phone with a smile, and she would say nice things just like that damned Lu Yishui. When she was young, she was deceived by Lu Yishui's sweet words and suffered all her life. But the little bastard has this ability, so he won't have to worry about not being able to find a wife in the future.
Wang Shuxiu thought about it and sent a text message to Lu Lingxi.
"Are you short of money, little bastard?"
Lu Lingxi: “…”
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