Favorite Planter King

Chapter 45

After the two youngsters finished feeding the chicks and ducklings, when they entered the yard, they saw two brothers standing in front of a large tank, and they ran over immediately.

"Wow, it's a lotus flower~" Ning Ge'er looked at the small water lilies in a vat, and exclaimed, "It has grown buds."

Zuo Baoying also liked it when she saw it, and bent down to watch it.

"This is a water lily, which is different from ordinary lotus flowers." Zuo An corrected.

"Water lily? Why is it called a water lily, because it likes to sleep?" Ning Ge'er asked in a chorus of voices.

Yin Peinan laughed and said, "Yes, you see, its leaves like to sleep on the water, but they are unwilling to get up."

Ning Ge'er looked at the small round lotus leaves, and sure enough they were floating on the water. On the water, he asked again, "Why is it so lazy?"

Yin Peinan hahaha.

Zuo An gave him an elbow and scolded him with a laugh, "Don't mess with teaching."

He then said to Ning Ge'er and Zuo Baoying: "This water lily, it is different from the lotus flower. You can see that its leaves are flat. It floats on the water, and there is a hole here, does it look like a heart?"

Ning Ge'er asked curiously, "Why is it like a heart? Is the heart like this?"

Zuo An: "..." Forget, the people of this dynasty have not yet popularized the basic knowledge of human body structure, most people do not know what the shape of the heart is.

He had to say again: "Yes, our hearts are almost like this."

Zuo An drew the shape of the heart for the two children on the ground, "Look, don't they look very similar?"

"Mmm, very similar." Brother Ning nodded and replied.

Zuo An continued: "Let's think about it again, is the lotus leaf sticking out of the water? It's a big one, like a big hat, and it's round, without such a hole..."

Zuo An carefully followed Brother Ning Er and Zuo Baoying talked about the difference between the two plants, from the roots, stems and leaves to the fruits, and taught them the difference. When they were finished, they asked them, "Do you understand?"

Ning Ge'er and Zuo Baoying nodded, "Understood."

Yin Peinan hugged him and whispered in his ear, "Dear, you really know how to teach children. Zuo An gave him a look and said, "

If you teach it like you, the water lily will cry."

Yin Peinan laughed, and then said, "My dear, if you teach like this, our children will be very smart in the future. "

Zuo An, he and Yin Peinan's child?

He has forgotten that he is now a brother and can have children!

He had never thought about having a child before.

He looked down at his stomach with a slightly complicated expression.

"What's the matter, my dear?" Yin Peinan asked when Zuo An kept looking at his stomach without speaking.

Zuo An's eyes flickered, shook his head, and said, "It's nothing. Let's go and take down the other flower pots. Yingying, go and tell little daddy that Brother Anan is back, and let him come back to plant flowers."

"Okay. "Zuo Baoying got up and went to the door.

Ning Ge'er also ran over, "I'll go too."

Yin Peinan looked at the captain's back, recalled what he said just now, and thoughtfully.

After Wen Yi came back, he was surprised to see the water lily in the jar. He looked at it carefully, and said, "It's so beautiful. Did you specially prepare it for An Ge'er?"

Yin Peinan scratched his head and laughed.

"I have a heart." Wen Yi was very relieved to put Xiao An in his heart.

Wen Yi quickly and carefully planted several pots of orchids, and replaced the pot Yin Peinan had taken to the city to plant them in a clay pot. There were five pots in total, and they looked particularly beautiful when placed together.

"Okay, you can move back. I've watered it today, so I don't need to water it in a short time." Wen Yi took a few more glances and said.

Yin Peinan said: "Uncle, we don't know how to maintain it, can we let you keep it here?"

Wen Yi couldn't ask for it, so he said, "Yes. Come and get it when you sell it."

"Uncle, you go first yourself . Pick one pot, and sell the remaining four pots later."

"You want to give me a pot?" Wen Yi was really surprised.

Yin Peinan nodded.

Wen Yi was overjoyed at first, then thought about it, shook his head again, and said, "No, no, this pot can sell a lot of money, you can sell it. I don't need to raise such expensive flowers, when will you go? When I'm in the mountains, just dig a few wild Chunlan Jianlan or something for me."

Yin Peinan said, "It's okay, uncle, you can keep it if you like, and I can dig it in the mountains. And wait for it to be released. The new ones can also be divided into pots and sold again. You should help me raise them and sell them in the future." After

saying this, Wen Yi was moved again, thought for a while, and said, "That's fine. Thank you Anan."

Said to help him raise, Wen Yi knew that this was an excuse that Yin Peinan made casually, and it was equivalent to giving it to him. Wen Yi secretly made up his mind that he would take good care of it and distribute more pots so that Yin Peinan could earn more money.

In the evening, Zuo An discussed with Yin Peinan and Wen Yi, and then wrote a letter to the capital.

Zuo An and the others had been in the capital for many years, and Zuo Shigui had also told them about the situation in the DPRK, and they were still fairly clear.

Zuo An wrote to an official of the Ministry of Housing, telling him that he had a top-quality Suguan Heding in his hand.

People in the DPRK and China all know that the Prime Minister is obsessed with orchids and has been looking for top-quality orchids. This official has always wanted to climb the prime minister. If he knew that Zuo An had a top-quality orchid crown and lotus cauldron in his hand, he would definitely be able to give him a very good price.

The next day Yin Peinan went to the city to send it out early in the morning.

After returning, Yin Peinan immediately went to plough the fields. All the adults in the family were dispatched, Yin Peinan and Zuo An ploughing the fields, and Zhao Xiu'e and the others pulling the seedlings and planting the fields.

After Zuo An removed the eggs in the field, he was going to plant rice, but Zhao Xiu'e and the others did not let him go to the field.

"Your legs are just right, don't go into the water, otherwise it will hurt in rainy days." Zhao Xiu'e said so.

Wen Yi also means this.

Zuo An was helpless, and said: "Then I can't just stand here and watch you busy, but I'm not doing anything."

Zhao Xiu'e thought about it and said, "Then you can put bamboo strips to make a fence, this is on the ridge. Just do it."

"Okay."

Zuo An went back and dragged the bamboo strips they had made earlier into the field with a trolley. After letting Zhao Xiu'e demonstrate how to insert it, he got busy.

He did not insert it next to the field ridge, but deliberately inserted it four or five inches away from the field ridge, leaving enough space for the field ridge and trying not to affect the extraordinary.

There is no chemical fertilizer here. The method that Zuo An and Yin Peinan said before was the ecological farming method of raising ducks in paddy fields.

In this method, the ducks are put in after the seedlings turn green, the ducks will peck the ears after the ears are out, and the ducks will be taken back at that time.

Ducks will eat weeds and bugs in the rice fields, and the excrement can provide nutrients to the rice and fertilize the fields. Moreover, when ducks are active, they can make the water in the field turbid by pecking and trampling, which can inhibit the growth of weeds, loosen the soil, and stimulate the tillering of rice.

Using this method can not only increase rice production by about 10%, but also save the cost of raising ducks, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone. (Note)

However, the modern use of rice fields to raise ducks is to pursue a win-win situation between green and healthy organic rice and rice field ducks. In addition to this, Yin Peinan and the others are more important that raising ducks in paddy fields can fertilize the fields and add fertilizer to the rice to solve the problem of insufficient fertilizer.

A villager who was also planting rice saw Zuo An planting bamboo strips to make a fence, and asked him curiously: "Angel, what are you doing? How to make a fence?"

"It's useful." Zuo An replied casually, Did not say in detail.

"What for?" the villager asked again.

"You'll know when the time comes." The

villagers hit a soft nail and went to ask Zhao Xiu'e again.

After getting along for the past few months, Zhao Xiu'e can be considered to

have , knowing that he has always been relatively cold to outsiders.

She replied, "Raise ducks."

The villagers in the nearby fields laughed when they heard it.

One person said, "Raising ducks? The ducks will eat all the millet by then." Another

echoed: "That is, the millet will not be enough for the ducks at that time."

Tossing, the original harvest is not much, don't give it all the tossing."

Zhao Xiu'e and the others knew that they would be told, and they were mentally prepared.

Zhao Xiu'e said with a smile: "It's fine, let's try it and see if it works."

A villager next to their field said, "Your fence is not high enough, what if the ducks come out to my field?"

Now , The fence they made was about four feet above the water surface. Zuo An heard the words and replied, "No, we will clip the

duck's wings. This height is enough." The

villager muttered, "It's better."

After planting the seedlings, it took another day to fix the fence.

They deliberately set aside a field without fences for comparison.

During this period, Zheng Wenhao came over and specially told Yin Peinan that the wind had been let out, and everyone who was able to buy it should know that preparations for the flower viewing event and auction could begin, and come and set a date with him.

Yin Peinan and the others estimated the time when they were done, and set a safe day, about the third day after they were done.

The county magistrate was worried about his flowers and sent someone to look at them.

Yin Peinan showed it to the people who came, and said that in a few days, it would be sent back to the county magistrate.

Seeing that the orchid was really in good spirits, the man happily returned to his life.

After working in the fields and taking a day off, Yin Peinan, Zuo An, and Wen Yi went to the city with a pot of orchids. Today there is a flower viewing party.

Zheng Wenhao deliberately held the flower viewing party in his home.

He used Yin Peinan and their Suguan Lotus Ding as a gimmick, and invited many people from famous families in the city, as well as many literati who loved flowers to come and watch.

When the invited people heard that it was the best of Lanzhong, those who understood agreed immediately, and those who didn't understand inquired and learned that this flower was extremely rare, so they agreed.

There are also individual guests who are acquaintances from other counties and prefectures who have made a special trip to hear the news.

In this flower viewing party, not only Yin Peinan's orchids, but also precious flowers that Zheng Wenhao borrowed from various places.

Wen Yi came here because he heard that there are many other precious flowers, otherwise he would not disturb a young couple.

In the back garden of Zheng Mansion, it has been arranged to look like a flower viewing party. Borrowed flowers, as well as those brought by the guests themselves, are properly arranged and placed in a prominent position with a high-footed table.

There are also many flowers in the back garden of Zheng Wenhao's house. Although no one in their family particularly likes flowers, the gardener they hired is very responsible and keeps the garden in good order. And his family is not bad for money, and there are some more expensive flowers.

In the yard, there are already many guests visiting, some watching alone, and some gathering in twos and threes to comment.

In the pavilion, an old man with white hair and beard took a sip of tea, and asked Zheng Wenhao slowly: "Boy Wenhao, don't you let us

? Said: "Master, I don't dare to fool you, do you think so?"

This old man is a master of juren, and his family is quite rich. He himself is a master in the county school in the county town when he is idle at home, and is very respected in the county town. Another middle-aged man said, "I heard that the magistrate has a pot

of Su Guan He Ding. Could it be his pot?"

, is his second son.

"Impossible, didn't the magistrate's pot heard that he was sick? Before, there were notices of bounty posted all over the city." An uncle surnamed Wang next to him said again.

Zheng Wenhao explained: "It's not the basin of the county magistrate, but one of my good brothers and my savior. He found it in the mountains. The magistrate's basin grew insects, and he was the one who saved the life. Yes ."

"Isn't your savior a villager? He still knows flowers so well?"

Zheng Wenhao heard the contempt in his tone and retorted: "Uncle Wang, the villagers can grow things better than us.

" He put down the teacup and said, "Oh, I don't care who he is, I just ask you, when will he arrive?"

"He..."

At this moment, a servant came to report: "Master, Master Yin is here, and he is here with him. And the county magistrate."

When several people heard that they were coming, there was actually the magistrate, and they all stood up.

Zheng Wenhao said happily: "Oh? Please."

Over there, a servant brought Yin Peinan and the others over.

Everyone first greeted the county magistrate.

Then Yin Peinan said to Zheng Wenhao, "I'm sorry brother Wenhao, we went to the county office first and sent him the flowers of the magistrate, but it was too late."

"It's alright, how are your flowers?" Zheng Wenhao asked this on purpose. He had seen the magistrate's flowers before, and he was in high spirits.

County magistrate Liu Shangzhi said happily: "It's alright, thanks to little brother Yin."

Yin Peinan was very polite: "It's alright, it's all right."

When everyone heard it, it was this young villager who saved the magistrate's life. Su Guan He Ding couldn't help but glance up and scrutinize him secretly.

The master saw that he was carrying a basket behind his back, and there was a vague appearance of a pot of flowers in it.

"Hey, why are you carrying this pot of flowers on your back like this? You're not afraid of crashing it! You've lost everything, you've lost everything!"

Everyone gasped when they saw it.

How could such a precious flower be carried on its back like this? !

Sure enough, Murano reckless husband, how could he cherish flowers!

Yin Peinan put down the back basket and said, "It's alright, I fixed it, so I won't bump it."

With little daddy around, how could it be possible for him to just carry the flowers on his back, naturally he did it protective measures.

When everyone looked again, at the bottom of the basket, Yin Peinan used straw to separate the flowerpot from the basket, which was firm and would not move at all.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Yin Peinan took the flowers out and put them on the high table in the middle of the garden that Zheng Wenhao had prepared earlier.

All the guests gathered around.

"Tsk tsk, this posture is elegant, and it really is extraordinary."

"This Suguan Heding has always had the characteristics of 'one lotus, two primes, and three oddities'. Looking at it this way, it really lives up to its reputation

.

"

At this moment, all the guests were surrounding the Suguan Heding Ding, while Yin Peinan and the three evacuated from the crowd and let them go to see other flowers.

In this garden, there are quite a lot of flowers brought by other people, such as peonies, orchids, chrysanthemums, narcissus, rhododendrons, camellias, etc., some of them are precious, some are more expensive, and they are all extraordinary.

Wen Yi was very happy. He didn't expect to see so many precious flowers here, which was unexpected.

Yin Peinan has been following Zuo An. He knows what kind of flower it is, but he doesn't understand what kind of flower it has, what characteristics, how to appreciate it, and so on.

Zuo An told him from the side.

After watching for a while, Zheng Wenhao came over and said that the guests over there wanted to invite him over to ask about the situation.

Yin Peinan passed by.

All the guests asked was where and how they found it. He only said that he

saw , and then saw that it was very similar to the one of the magistrate, and learned that it was a precious flower, so he went to dig it back.

After visiting the flowers freely for half an hour, Zheng Wenhao invited everyone to the main hall, and then put the pot of Su Guan He Ding on the table in the middle.

Everyone knows that the main event is coming.

They know that this Suguan Heding can be bought at auction today.

After Zheng Wenhao placed the flowers, he said to everyone, "Sir, Master, all uncles and uncles, this Suguan Lotus Ding Orchid is my good brother and my savior Yin Peinan found by chance. He intends to sell this flower to find a good owner who understands flowers. Everyone who comes to the flower viewing party is a destined person who understands and cherishes flowers. I believe that Suguan Heding will bloom more beautifully in the hands of all kinds. It's moving."

"My little nephew is not talented, so I will act as the middleman today. Today we will adopt the bidding method. The low price is two hundred taels. Uncles and uncles can freely increase the price, and the one with the higher price will win. Now, let's start.

" Two hundred and thirty taels." As soon as Zheng Wenhao stopped talking, someone below started to increase the price.

"Good flowers are rare, I'll give you two hundred and fifty taels."

"I also think it's good, two hundred and seventy taels."

"Then I'll give three hundred taels, it's pretty nice."

"My wife likes flowers, so I give three hundred taels. Hundred and twenty taels."

"..."

The people below you are bidding each and every sentence, and the few sitting in the front are not in a hurry, drinking tea slowly and listening.

The three of Yin Peinan didn't say a word, they just watched while drinking tea.

When the price reached 400 taels, the rate of increase slowed down significantly.

Someone shouted: "Four hundred and five taels."

After two or three seconds, another voice: "Add ten taels."

Zheng Wenhao: "Okay, Uncle Li has now added four hundred and fifteen taels, all uncles. Does Uncle still have any price increase?"

After three or four seconds, no one responded, Zheng Wenhao looked around and deliberately looked at the few people in front of him who were not bad. Just as he was about to speak, Uncle Wang, who was sitting in front of him drinking tea, put down his teacup. He said, "Four hundred and fifty taels."

The price of four hundred and fifty taels was already quite high, and those who sat in the back felt that it was not worth it, so they slowly stopped bidding.

Yin Peinan took a look at the scene and knew that the difference between those who bid in front and those who bid in the back is probably the difference between ordinary rich people and super rich people.

Master Lin looked at the flower, raised his hand and stroked his beard, and said, "Five hundred taels."

The young master who made a bet with Zheng Wenhao, his father, Master Lin put down the teacup and said with a smile, "I'm sorry, Master, I'm thinking about it too . Yes. Five hundred and fifty taels."

This Lin family, together with the Zheng family, is one of the best families in Xinping County, on a par. The Lin family is only slightly weaker than the Zheng family, so there is always competition between the younger generations of the two families.

The second young master of the Lin family is about the same age as Zheng Wenhao, and they both study in the county school, so there is always a comparison.

The Master snorted, and said, "Everyone depends on their abilities. Six hundred taels." The

Master's family is not short of money anyway.

Master Lin said again: "Six hundred and fifty taels." The

master continued to add: "Seven hundred."

...

The two of them increased the price all the way, and Yin Pei Nan smiled wide-eyed.

Add it, add more, add the money for my marriage and the three-entry courtyard...

As if I heard Yin Peinan's heart, finally Master Lin added it to a thousand taels.

Master Lin blew his beard and stared: "Why did you buy it, do you appreciate it?"

Master Lin said slowly, "Master, I have great use."

His eldest son is now studying in the capital, and he is going to participate in the autumn festival this year. The son said that a high-ranking official in Beijing likes orchids, so he wanted to buy them and send them over to let his son walk around and leave an impression in the eyes of the big man.

He knows this, others don't.

The county magistrate, Liu Shangzhi, was shocked when he heard the words. He remembered that one of Mr. Lin's

younger brothers was a brother, and he seemed to be married to an official in the state government.

Liu Shangzhi frowned. Could it be that Mr. Lin bought this Suguan Heding for his younger brother, in order to dedicate it to the prefect?

Now that he has made up his mind that he can't be the same as before, Master Liu, who has to work hard to climb up the camp, is suddenly restless.

Moreover, this pot is even better than his own. If he were to send it out first, then his own would be in vain.

This will not work. Thinking of his upcoming appointment and his future career, Liu Shang gritted his teeth and said, "One thousand one hundred taels." If

he bought them all, he would be safe.

As soon as he exited, everyone immediately turned to look at him.

The magistrate didn't bid to say not to buy it before, why did the price suddenly increase?

Yin Peinan was also taken aback, didn't the magistrate have a pot, why did he still buy it? The scene was a little quiet for a while, Zheng Wenhao hurriedly said: "Master Liu offered one hundred and one hundred taels

, Master Lin, Master, do you two still increase the price?"

It's not that the two of them can't afford to offend a small county magistrate. It's just that in a county town, if they can do something less, they don't want to embarrass him.

However, Master Lin was still a little unwilling, and asked Liu Shangzhi: "Sir, don't you have a pot?"

Liu Shangzhi replied: "Well, this pot is more to my liking."

"..." Master Lin discussed: "Sir, I need this pot of flowers to be of great use, can you give this pot to me?"

Liu Shang said honestly, it is really useful for you, then mine is useless, he shook his head and said, "I also have great use. "

Master Lin: "..."

He thought about it, and invited the magistrate to a side hall, and the two discussed it.

After returning, Master Lin stopped bidding.

Yin Peinan's pot of Su Guan He Ding was finally sold at the price of 1,110 taels.

In fact, the magistrate didn't really plan to bid, he didn't bring the money, and he ordered someone to go home to get it later.

Originally, he got the Suguan Heding from the orchid mother plant of the magistrate, but now he sold it to him. Yin Peinan felt a little embarrassed, so he secretly decided to keep a good flower for the magistrate. In the basin, there are good fruits, and I will also give him a basket.

Later, Yin Peinan asked Zheng Wenhao whether the county magistrate and Mr. Lin had reached any agreement.

Zheng Wenhao told him that he let the magistrate get his pot, and then Mr. Lin spent five hundred taels to buy the original pot.

Everyone is happy.

My favorite is Yin Peinan.

Holding one hundred and one hundred taels of silver notes, he happily said to Zuo An: "My dear, let's get ready for the wedding!"

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