Wang Shuxiu drank some chicken soup in the evening and left, stewing a whole chicken for Lu Lingxi. Lu Lingxi didn't have a big appetite, so he just tore a little meat and ate it, and both chicken legs went into Dahei's stomach. After eating and drinking, Dahei squinted his eyes in satisfaction and strolled to the small courtyard behind.
The tomatoes in the yard have only been planted for two weeks and have already started to bear fruit. Although the tomatoes are only the size of glass beads that children play with, and are still green, this speed has already surprised Lu Lingxi. Normal tomatoes need at least more than two months to three months from planting to bearing fruit. Fortunately, Wang Shuxiu didn't take it seriously. She just mentioned it casually one day that the tomatoes in the backyard grew a little too fast, and didn't say anything else.
Last time, Yi Hang helped find some simple sheds and fences to block the area. Now you can't see what's going on inside from the outside. Lu Lingxi thought with a guilty conscience, fortunately Wang Shuxiu and Yi Hang are both generous. They just grumbled a few words when they saw it, and didn't think too much about it. I don't know what these tomatoes will look like when they grow up? Can they be eaten? Will they grow strange? The seeds rewarded by the panel will always be a little different from ordinary seeds, right?
After watering the tomatoes as usual, Lu Lingxi sat on the balcony and clicked on the white panel.
After this period of hard work, the Plant Heart on the panel has reached 248/1000 (Level 1). 248 seems a bit much, but it is still a long way to go before it reaches 1000. Lu Lingxi encouraged himself in his heart. He wanted to know what kind of function would appear after the panel was upgraded again. This time it was a mental scan, what about next time?
Because he had to get up early the next day, Lu Lingxi read a book, took a bath, and went to bed early. Dahei once again abandoned his little nest in the backyard and stayed at the head of Lu Lingxi's bed. Lu Lingxi scratched Dahei's chin and tacitly approved of Dahei's behavior.
"If I had known, I wouldn't have bothered to build a nest for you. It would have been much more convenient to just buy a mat."
Dahei came over and licked Lu Lingxi's fingers affectionately with his tongue. Lu Lingxi couldn't help laughing and touched its head, "Go to sleep."
Lu Lingxi slept well at night, but Yan Yue suffered from insomnia again. If he had been suffering from insomnia all the time, it would be fine, after all, Yan Yue was used to it. But he slept well a few days ago because of Lu Lingxi, but the good days didn't last for two days, and he went back to the days before liberation, and he felt unwell all of a sudden.
At two o'clock in the morning, Yan Yue sat in front of the computer with a cold face. On the other side of the computer was Yan Yue's assistant An Jie. An Jie was Yan Yue's college classmate and had been with Yan Yue for five years after graduation. This time, Yan Yue returned to China and deliberately left An Jie abroad to take charge of the overseas branch of the Hepu Group.
After following Yan Yue for a long time, An Jie could already judge Yan Yue's mood from his subtle expressions. For example, now, even though they were separated by a screen, An Jie seemed to be able to feel the low pressure above Yan Yue's head. As a qualified assistant, An Jie also knew something about Yan Yue's insomnia. It's not like he had never seen Yan Yue working in the middle of the night, but he always felt that Yan Yue was at most irritable before, but now he was like a volcano on the verge of eruption.
After reporting some recent affairs, An Jie closed the information in his hand and looked at Yan Yue with concern, "Boss, when will you be back?"
Before Yan Yue returned to China, he mentioned that he would probably stay in the country for about a month. Now it's almost been a month, but Yan Yue has not shown any sign of returning, so An Jie is a little worried.
When talking about going back, Yan Yue frowned slightly and thought of Lu Lingxi first.
"I have something to do. Let's talk about going back later."
Yan Yue has been staying abroad since graduation, and his development focus is also abroad. Compared with the messy so-called family in China, Yan Yue prefers a foreign country where he has no relatives. In Yan Yue's plan, Yan Shihui will not give him power for at least ten years. During this time, he will focus on developing his career abroad and prepare for the future. Yan Yue's life is like a train with a clear goal. He has carefully planned where the destination is and which stations he will stop at along the way. The only exception is Lu Lingxi.
After meeting Lu Lingxi, Yan Yue suddenly wanted to overturn all his past arrangements. His destination was no longer as planned before. He just wanted to stay by the boy's side, or tie the boy to his side.
Yan Yue rubbed his forehead with a headache. The boy would definitely not go abroad with him in the short term, and he would be the only one staying in the country. In this case, some things would have to be considered in the long run.
An Jie could see something from Yan Yue's expression. Although his expression remained unchanged, the fire of gossip was burning in his heart. Could it be that the boss was in a bad mood because he was trapped in love? This conclusion was quite horrifying. An Jie immediately laughed in his heart. It was impossible.
After they finished talking about business, An Jie finally remembered that it was 2 a.m. in China, and urged Yan Yue to go to bed early. After turning off the video call, Yan Yue still didn't feel sleepy, so he picked up the information about Lu Yishui that he had investigated before and started reading it.
The information shows that Lu Yishui is very fond of gambling. For ten years, he did nothing but wander around various card tables and underground casinos. In these years, Lu Yishui has had some losses and some wins, but basically he lost more than he won. He owed a lot of money outside and had been relying on his wife Wang Shuxiu's income to support his family and pay off debts.
The most recent one was a month ago, when Lu Yishui lost nearly 200,000 yuan at the gambling table. He was determined to make up for his losses by borrowing high-interest loans, but he lost again. After a month, the interest had compounded to more than 400,000 yuan. This amount of money was nothing to Yan Yue, but gamblers like Lu Yishui were like dog-skin plasters, which could not be torn off once they were stuck. Yan Yue was not worried about Lu Yishui sticking to him, but that Lu Yishui was clinging to Lu Lingxi and Wang Shuxiu and would not let go.
Tapping the desk out of habit, Yan Yue's slender fingers stopped on another name displayed in the information, Xiao Feng.
Xiao Feng is a very interesting person. He is 40 years old and single. He has been in Fengcheng for only a dozen years. He has risen from a small gangster to the present. He owns two chess and card halls and also does loan sharking part-time. The money Lu Yishui owes is to Xiao Feng. These are not the focus of Yan Yue's attention. The point is that Xiao Feng does things very unexpectedly. He has an elder brother in his hometown in the northwest who contracted a small private coal mine. About a quarter of the workers in the mine owe money to Xiao Feng. Xiao Feng provides food and accommodation for these people, and never deducts wages and pays them monthly. However, every time the wages are paid, they are just kept warm and soon have to be returned to Xiao Feng. When the money owed to Xiao Feng is paid off, he can leave there. Before leaving, Xiao Feng also gave a sum of travel expenses plus half a month's living expenses to ensure that this person would not starve to death on the road.
A small private coal mine? Yan Yue curled his lips. It's a good place.
Lu Lingxi got up at five in the morning. He went to bed early last night and was in good spirits. After a simple packing, Lu Lingxi took Dahei out. He and Grandpa Su had an appointment at six o'clock, so it would be about time after having breakfast and taking a walk.
At this time, Wang Shuxiu had not come back from the night shift, and Lu Lingxi left a note for Wang Shuxiu in the living room. At first, Wang Shuxiu was not optimistic about Lu Lingxi's work, and always felt that the little bastard could not endure hardship and would probably quit his job and go home in a few days. But half a month later, Lu Lingxi actually enjoyed his work and bought a lot of books, reading until late at night every day.
Wang Shuxiu was shocked when she cleaned up Lu Lingxi's house the day before yesterday. There were more than a dozen books in the empty bookcase. Although they were all about growing flowers and farming, Wang Shuxiu didn't care. No matter what he read, the little bastard just knew how to read. She calculated the money spent on the books and estimated that Lu Lingxi probably saved money for meals. She immediately called and scolded Lu Lingxi, and left Lu Lingxi an extra 200 yuan that night.
After this incident, Wang Shuxiu gave up. The little bastard probably didn't want to go back to school to study in the first year of high school. Forget it, it would be good to learn a skill. If it doesn't work, she can take the little bastard back to her hometown to farm. They will never starve to death.
Wang Shuxiu didn't mention school again, but Lu Lingxi felt uneasy and wanted to find a chance to talk to Wang Shuxiu. He also knew that his junior high school education was a bit low, so he thought about saving some money to enroll in night school or adult college in the future, and choose horticulture or agriculture as his major, so that he could put his knowledge into practice. Of course, this was all for the future.
Lu Lingxi was thinking randomly and took Dahei straight to the steamed bun shop at the entrance of the community.
Seeing Lu Lingxi coming over, the chubby boss of the bun shop, Tian Jun, smiled at him and said, "Hey, Xiaoxi, you got up so early today."
"Brother Tian." Lu Lingxi greeted him politely.
"Or two meat buns?" Tian Jun asked while taking the buns.
Lu Lingxi touched Dahei's head and said, "I want six this time."
Tian Jun took a look at Dahei and understood, and said casually: "Hey, this dog is really greedy."
Lu Lingxi smiled shyly and said nothing.
Seeing Lu Lingxi walking away, Brother Tian shook his head and sighed, Wang Xiaohua finally got her happy ending after suffering so much. They all lived in the same community, and everyone knew each other's family situation. Wang Xiaohua was strong-willed, and a woman supported the whole family, but Lu Yishui was a hopeless case. Even if they had a son, they could not predict what Lu Lingxi would be like. Who would have thought that Lu Lingxi had gone through the gates of hell and was reborn like a completely different person. Now, everyone said that it was good for Lu Lingxi to lose his memory, and he should never think about the past. There were also a few people joking that it would be great if their little bastard could lose his memory one day.
Lu Lingxi didn't know what Brother Tian was saying. He was squatting on the side of the road feeding Dahei buns. After eating two, Dahei turned his head away and refused to eat.
"What's wrong? It's not delicious?" Lu Lingxi felt strange. Dahei's appetite was four buns, and two buns were not enough to fill him up.
Dahei nudged the bun with his mouth, signaling Lu Lingxi to wrap it up.
Lu Lingxi looked at its behavior and suddenly remembered what Brother Tian said before. He looked at it with a smile on his face, "Is it because of what Brother Tian said?"
Dahei whimpered in grievance. Lu Lingxi couldn't help it anymore, squatting on the side of the road and laughing uncontrollably.
Dahei felt even more aggrieved.
Lu Lingxi quickly stroked its head and coaxed it, "Brother Tian was just joking. Praising your ability to eat shows that you are in good health. I hope Dahei can eat more and grow stronger, so that he can protect me in the future."
After coaxing for a long time, Dahei seemed to accept this reason, licked Lu Lingxi's fingers, and ate the remaining two buns. Lu Lingxi looked at Dahei with a smile, and made up his mind to praise Dahei more in the future and protect his sensitive little heart.
The man and the dog finished their buns and slowly strolled to the intersection of the gardening shop.
"Xiao Lu, here." Su Weizhen seemed to have just arrived and waved to Lu Lingxi as he walked.
"Grandpa Su." Lu Lingxi pulled Dahei and ran to Su Weizhen's side.
Su Wei was looking at Lu Lingxi with a smile, "Let's go, it's just over the river, we'll be there in a short stroll."
The flower market is not far from the street of the gardening store. It is not right to call it a flower market. It is more like a communication place for flower lovers. As Su Weizheng said, there are all kinds of flowers in it. Most of them are raised by nearby farmers for sale, and a small number come from several large flower gardens around Fengcheng. Lu Lingxi heard from Su Weizheng that this flower trading market was originally formed by a few flower lovers. Later, it became famous and more and more people came, and the scale became larger and larger. Some flower lovers in Fengcheng basically know this place.
Su Wei was pulling Lu Lingxi to watch with great interest, and occasionally he would comment. This family's flowers are well-groomed, and that family's flowers are not blooming well. Lu Lingxi had just finished reading a flower illustration book, and after scanning it mentally, he knew at least half of the flowers in the flower illustration book.
Two people and a dog were enjoying the fun. At the corner, they saw a few people squatting on the ground, searching for something.
"Let's go and see what's going on." Su Weizheng was old but not old at heart. He pulled Lu Lingxi over.
When I got closer, I found that there were a lot of rotten flowers and plants piled up in the corner. They were probably cleared from the surrounding stalls. Several old men about the same age as Su Weizheng squatted there, picking and choosing with regretful expressions on their faces.
"Look at this, it's in great condition, but the roots are all rotten."
"That person is definitely not going to survive. He will definitely die. If there is even a slight possibility, those people will not be willing to throw him away."
"Look at this. This is a rare wild orchid. Who picked it? If you don't know how to pick it, don't touch it. Look, the roots are all broken. It's such a waste of natural resources."
"This is a bit of a pity. The quality is better than the previous one. If I raise it well, I will definitely be able to get more than this one."
The old man who was speaking stretched out his finger and made the number three.
Lu Lingxi's mind went back and forth between three thousand and thirty thousand. Su Weizheng saw that he was listening carefully and sighed, "What a pity. It would cost more than three hundred thousand to raise it to bloom."
Lu Lingxi: “…”
Almost subconsciously, Lu Lingxi released a mental scan, and a white panel emerged.
Plant name: Wild spring orchid
Plant requirements: None
Plant survival rate: dead
Lu Lingxi felt sorry when he saw that he was dead. Just as he was about to retract his mental scan, a sentence suddenly appeared under the white panel.
"The plant is dead. Should we use some natural power to revive it?"
Lu Lingxi: “…”
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com