"Huanhuan, will you use these flowers and herbs to make perfumes in your workshop?" Li Mai suddenly turned around and asked.
Xu Changhuan stood up, walked over, stood beside her, and shook his head. "No, I put these here for admiring and smelling. Look at this small-leaf sandalwood tree. If you smell the leaves carefully, the scent is very special. It smells better than the scent of incense sticks. I always feel that the scent of these leaves is more elegant than the scent of processed incense sticks."
Li Mai sniffed lightly and hummed in agreement.
"Also, look at this flower, I call it bellflower, it also has an elegant name called Junying grass. Smell the fragrance of this flower, it is also very elegant and unique. In order to prevent its fragrance from mixing with the scent of small-leaf sandalwood, I keep them separate and far apart."
Xu Changhuan led Li Mai to another flower stand and pointed to a potted plant that was in bloom.
When Li Mai saw that the flowers of the Junying Grass she mentioned looked like upside-down bells, she thought it was called the Bell Flower. After thinking for a moment, Li Mai realized that it looked like the Lily of the Valley.
Is lily of the valley called "Junyingcao" here?
The aroma is indeed quite pleasant, a refreshing fragrance that isn't overpowering.
"The tribal doctor said that this Junying grass can also be used as medicine, and he transplanted two pots back with me," Xu Changhuan said to Li Mai with a smile.
Li Mai hummed in agreement and then went to look at the other flowers and plants.
Scholars and literati often like to grow asparagus ferns or pine bonsai on their desks to cultivate their minds, while Huanhuan prefers plants with large leaves or those that can bloom and have fragrance.
This hobby is really similar to hers.
"When it's time to transplant them next time, prepare a pot of Echeveria elegans for me too. I like it very much." Li Mai said to her with a smile as she turned around.
Xu Changhuan nodded in agreement.
Actually, she had a few other potted plants in her other rooms, but they weren't growing very well. She planned to take good care of one for Li Mai and then deliver it to her personally.
She could also sense that Li Mai's fondness for flowers and plants was similar to hers.
While Zhou Quan and Yun Chang drank tea with Old Yang, they listened to the two women talk about flowers and plants, and at the same time, they thought about what other flowers and plants would suit their preferences.
After the group finished their tea, Xu Changhuan was about to take Li Mai and the others to the workshop when a young man suddenly rushed into the courtyard. "Chief, Xu Cang and Xu Datou are fighting!"
Upon hearing this, Xu Changhuan waved his hand, took his whip off the wall, and walked out of the courtyard.
"Uncle Fu, please take the guests to the guest quarters to rest."
"Xiaomai, I'll go take a look first, and then I'll take you there for a visit this afternoon."
After Xu Changle finished speaking, he turned around and quickly walked out.
Li Mai frowned. Why did she have to personally handle the fights among the tribe members?
She wanted to go and see, but Zhou Quan and Yun Chang stopped her.
"Brother-in-law, you go and rest with your sister for a while. I'll go check on things. Don't worry, I won't let your friend suffer any losses." He said the last sentence to Li Mai.
Yun Chang didn't want Li Mai to be in any danger, after all, no one knew what might happen in a fight, and her sister was now in a double life.
Li Mai glanced at him and smiled. "Okay, thank you, big brother. Don't let Huanhuan get hurt."
Zhou Quan had the same idea, and nodded to Yun Chang, "Big brother, be careful. Ah Jun, stay close to your young master." Zhou Quan also instructed Ah Jun, who had just walked in with Li Dong after unloading the car.
Yun Chang nodded to Li Mai and Zhou Quan, then flew away.
Ah Jun quickly responded and followed Yun Chang out.
Old Yang smiled and told Zhou Quan to take good care of Li Mai before following them at a distance; he wanted to watch the excitement.
Xu Changle followed the young man who came to deliver the message and used his lightness skill to run into the workshop. There, he saw two men in their thirties choking each other in the courtyard, their eyes fixed on each other.
The crowd watched from a distance, and no one dared to step forward to break up the fight.
Just then, a whip lashed out at the two men, who were so frightened that they quickly released each other and rolled to either side.
Xu Changhuan landed in front of them, his face cold as he looked at them and said in a cold voice, "Senior brothers, do you want to test the power of my whip?"
When Xu Cang and Xu Datou saw Xu Changhuan arrive, they both snorted and turned their heads away.
When Xu Changhuan's father was teaching his daughters martial arts, he also selected more than a dozen children of similar age to the two sisters from the clan to take as his disciples and teach them kung fu, so that they would be able to protect their clan when they grew up.
However, they were unaware that Xu Changhuan had been secretly taught by his master.
Xu Cang and Xu Datou were the eldest and second eldest disciples, the two oldest children among them. They were five or six years older than Xu Changhuan and her sister, and also the two disciples who had learned kung fu the longest.
Now they both work at Xu's incense shop. Their relationship is usually okay on the surface, so Xu Changhuan doesn't understand why they started fighting today.
"Eldest brother, second brother, come with me to the accounting office!" Xu Changhuan said, and walked towards the accounting office.
"Wait, Chieftain, now that you're back, let's get to the bottom of this in front of everyone!" Senior Brother Xu Datou suddenly turned around and said to Xu Changhuan.
Xu Changhuan stopped walking and slowly turned around to look at Xu Datou. Seeing the somewhat resentful look on his face, she then looked at Xu Cang.
Xu Cang also silently turned his head away.
Xu Changhuan glanced around again and nodded slightly. "Alright, go ahead and speak!"
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