Victoria amazonica, belonging to the Nymphaeaceae family, is an aquatic plant native to tropical regions. This is the introduction to Victoria amazonica in the book, and it has always been clearly imprinted in Lu Lingxi's mind.
There are many Victoria regia in the pool, with leaves floating on the water, emerald green, and a diameter of more than three meters, like giant jade plates. The first-level Victoria regia locked by the white panel is located in the center of the Victoria regia group. It has the largest diameter and a darker green color. It seems to be in its flowering period. A milky white flower pokes out of the water from one side of it, and the petals are stretched out layer by layer. The flower shape is huge and beautiful. The breeze blows, and there is a faint fragrance of flowers, which seems to smell a bit like the fragrance of white orchid.
Noticing Lu Lingxi's gaze, Xue Yongtong stopped the car and said with some pride: "How is it, not bad, right?"
Lu Lingxi nodded heavily.
Xue Yongtong was very happy to see that Lu Lingxi was not perfunctory. He had been thinking about begonias recently, and Gao Yongliang jokingly called him obsessed. Xue Yongtong ignored Gao Yongliang's ridicule. He and Gao Yongliang were very similar to each other in a certain way. They both had a crazy and persistent spirit. It was just that Gao Yongliang used his crazy spirit in product research and development, while he used it in plant cultivation.
Whether it was the crystal orchid that Gao Yongliang tricked Lu Lingxi into looking at or the Victoria amazonica in the pond, Xue Yongtong had spent a lot of effort on them. Being able to attract Lu Lingxi's attention and get his praise finally comforted Xue Yongtong's frustration with the begonia.
"Xiaoxi is lucky, she just caught up with the flowering period of these Victoria amazonica." Xue Yongtong introduced with a smile: "The weather is hot this year, and the flowering period of Victoria amazonica is a little late, but most of the Victoria amazonica have bloomed, and only these few are left."
Unlike ordinary flowers, Victoria amazonica blooms for only three days. It is very magical that it opens in the evening and closes in the morning. In the evening of the first day of flowering, the milky white buds first emerge from the water with affection, and in a very short time they bloom completely, exuding a rich fragrance. At this time, the flowers of Victoria amazonica are white, fresh and elegant. The next morning, the flowers will automatically close and wait until the evening to bloom again. At this time, the color of the Victoria amazonica flowers has changed from white to light red, which is gorgeous. When the flowers open for the last time in the evening of the third day, the color of the petals will deepen further, from light red to dark red, which is gorgeous and extraordinary.
This first-grade Victoria amazonica is clearly blooming for the first day. The milky white flowers set against the emerald green jade plate look very refreshing and eye-catching.
Lu Lingxi's eyes moved back to the white panel. Level 1 Victoria, Level 1 Peak, these two words easily reminded him of the old willow tree in the village. He put away the panel with some regret. If the ordinary Victoria evolved, it would evolve secretly. He wanted to know the direction of Victoria's evolution. But the evolution of level 1 plants made too much noise. Thinking of the old willow tree's noise that was similar to an earthquake at that time, Lu Lingxi gave up the idea of evolving this Victoria. It would be bad if the noise was similar this time and attracted attention.
A look of regret flashed across his face, and Xue Yongtong caught it. Xue Yongtong pondered for a few seconds and asked tentatively, "Xiaoxi, do you like Victoria amazonica? Uncle Xue will give you some seeds. You can try to find a water tank and plant one when you go back."
The Victoria amazonica was not three meters in diameter at the beginning. It also grew slowly from seeds, but it grew a little fast. It was no problem to plant it in a water tank in the early stage. However, Xue Yongtong was not optimistic that Lu Lingxi could grow it. Victoria amazonica was sensitive to temperature, especially in winter, it needed a special greenhouse to survive the winter. It was difficult to grasp the right temperature for the first planting. He also spent a lot of effort to keep these Victoria amazonica alive.
Lu Lingxi felt a little embarrassed and declined, "No thanks."
Xue Yongtong did not allow him to refuse and insisted: "There are quite a lot of seeds in the flower garden. One fruit can contain five or six hundred seeds. Except for a few that are kept for seeds, most of them are eaten by them."
"Have you eaten?" Lu Lingxi was stunned.
Gao Yongliang interrupted with a smile, "The fruit of Victoria amazonica is also called water corn abroad. It is the size of a pea and very delicious. Xiaoxi, you can try it later."
Lu Lingxi thought of lotus seeds and began to understand a little. Perhaps the fruit of Victoria amazonica is similar to the lotus pod.
With the Victoria amazonica attracting attention, Lu Lingxi was not too surprised when he saw the Crystal Orchid. But to be honest, the real Crystal Orchid is much more beautiful than the picture. Under the light, it is clear and transparent, with a dreamlike beauty.
That evening, it was almost eight o'clock when Lu Lingxi left the flower garden after viewing the crystal orchid. Gao Yongliang drove him back to the city.
"How is it? Isn't Lao Xue's flower garden nice?"
Lu Lingxi nodded and said sincerely: "Uncle Xue is really good at growing flowers."
This is Lu Lingxi's truth. The flowers grown in micro-gardening are good. Lu Lingxi thinks that it should be more of the credit of Grandpa Li and the panel. But Xue Yongtong can cultivate green plants so well without a panel, which is a real skill. And Lu Lingxi can see that Xue Yongtong really likes plants and has spent a lot of effort on them. Just look at the crystal orchid. This plant has very strict requirements on the environment and is difficult to market. Xue Yongtong spent a lot of manpower and material resources to cultivate the crystal orchid, purely because he likes it. And there is also the first-level Victoria amazonica. The big willow tree in the village can reach the peak state of the first level because it has strong vitality and has been rejuvenated by the power of nature, but the Victoria amazonica is entirely the credit of Xue Yongtong's care.
Lu Lingxi spoke seriously and with a very sincere expression. Gao Yongliang smiled slightly. He was old enough to be Lu Lingxi's father. He and his ex-wife were busy with their careers and neither of them thought about having children. Later, their relationship broke down and they divorced. He has been alone for so many years. Sometimes, looking at the children of his friends, who were very rebellious, Gao Yongliang secretly felt lucky that he was lucky not to have children. But looking at Lu Lingxi, Gao Yongliang suddenly had an idea. It seemed that getting married and having a child would not be a bad idea. It would be even better if he could raise a child as well-behaved and sensible as Lu Lingxi.
As this thought flashed through his mind, Gao Yongliang couldn't help laughing in his heart, but he did not forget to take the opportunity to say a few good words for Xue Yongtong.
"Old Xue is obsessed with plants. He doesn't have any hobbies except staying in the flower garden. When he hears about good plants in a certain place, he would always want to go and see them. I heard him say that he even went to Micro Gardening pretending to be a customer a few times. Xiaoxi, don't be angry, he doesn't mean any harm, he just likes it."
"I know. Uncle Xue is a nice guy."
Lu Lingxi understood what Gao Yongliang meant and smiled. He actually didn't have a bad impression of Xue Yongtong. He always felt that people who really liked plants were not bad people. Moreover, after Xue Yongtong found the begonia, the first thing he wanted to do was to cooperate with him. This behavior greatly won Lu Lingxi's favor, which at least showed that the other party had good character.
Gao Yongliang laughed when he heard that Old Xue was praised for being a good person. If someone else said that, Gao Yongliang would probably be confused, but when Lu Lingxi said that, he felt relieved. The child's expression was all on his face, and he would never fake it.
At around nine o'clock, Gao Yongliang sent Lu Lingxi to the door of Xiaohua Family Restaurant. As soon as he parked the car, Yi Hang ran out. "Old Third?" Seeing Lu Lingxi's face clearly in the car, Yi Hang breathed a sigh of relief, "Old Third, is your phone out of battery? Brother Yan is about to blow up the phone in the store."
"Brother Yan came to see me? What did he say?" Lu Lingxi asked as he got out of the car. His phone was out of battery, and he was focusing on the plants in the flowerbed, so he didn't pay much attention.
Wang Shuxiu came out after hearing the noise and poked Lu Lingxi with her finger. "You little bastard, don't you care that your phone is out of battery? Yan Yue seems to have something urgent to talk to you about. He wants to make ten calls in one minute."
Lu Lingxi felt a little uneasy, and Brother Yan must be getting anxious. "I'm going to charge and call Brother Yan back." He was about to leave when he remembered that he hadn't said goodbye to Gao Yongliang yet. He turned around and saw Gao Yongliang getting out of the car. Gao Yongliang looked at Wang Shuxiu and then at Lu Lingxi in surprise, unsure of the relationship between the two. The two looked a bit alike, but Wang Shuxiu looked too young to be mother and son.
Lu Lingxi was stunned for a moment, then reacted and introduced: "Mom, this is Uncle Gao."
"Uncle Gao, this is my mother."
Gao Yongliang smiled and nodded politely to Wang Shuxiu. "Hello, I'm also in the gardening business, so I'm Xiaoxi's colleague."
When he said that, Wang Shuxiu knew immediately and greeted him with a smile: "Xiaoxi went to visit your flower garden, right? It's so late, thank you for sending Xiaoxi back. Come in and have a glass of water before leaving."
Wang Shuxiu was enthusiastic, and Gao Yongliang also wanted to get closer to Lu Lingxi, so he smiled and nodded, then followed her into the restaurant.
Hu Zi and the others in the restaurant didn't know what was going on, but they saw Wang Shuxiu smiling attentively at a middle-aged man, and they became alert. They had been eating here for a while, and the proprietress Xiaohua was always polite to everyone, but it was the first time she smiled so brightly. Brother Feng wouldn't be seduced by this old white-faced man, right?
"Hu Zi, what should we do?" someone asked in a low voice.
"How should I know?" The man called Hu Zi was in a dilemma, hesitating whether to go and inform Brother Feng now, or find a place to block the old white-faced man and warn him not to have any ideas about Xiaohua's proprietress.
As he hesitated, Erfei, the shortest among the group, asked, "If Brother Feng gets angry, can we still come here to eat? The boss lady Xiaohua is really good at cooking. I don't want to go back and eat pig food."
"Get lost! You just think about food every day." Hu Zi kicked Er Fei from under his seat and said with determination: "Da Peng stay and see what happens, Er Fei, come with me to find Brother Feng."
"Hey, can I stay? I haven't finished eating yet." Erfei said anxiously.
Everyone: "..."
Wang Shuxiu didn't pay attention to what Hu Zi and the others were saying. She was listening to Gao Yongliang praising Lu Lingxi. In the past, the little bastard hated cats and dogs, and the neighbors didn't have anything good to say about him. He was nothing but a hopeless case. Now, it seems like things have turned around. Wang Shuxiu has heard a lot of people praising Lu Lingxi. It would be fine if the neighbors said he was sensible, but Yan Yue's praise was nothing. Now even his colleagues praise him for his ability. Wang Shuxiu felt more comfortable than when she was praised by others, and she liked Gao Yongliang even more.
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