paddock

The old man looked at Yuan Ning.He has a fleshy face, but he has a hooked nose, and there is no trace of kindness in his brows, and he usually doesn't like to socialize with people.After his wife died, he slept in this gardening shop every day, his son took care of the business, and he only dealt with flowers and plants.

This kid is not afraid of him?

uncomfortable?I got sick?Sure enough, he is a child, and his speech is always different from that of an adult.The old man said: "Yes, they are sick, but I don't know the reason. They were sent back, and they were just like this when they came back."

Yuan Ning suddenly realized.So that's what the sister said about recycling just now!

Yuan Ning asked politely: "Grandpa, can I go in and have a look?"

Zhang Xiuyan frowned and stood aside.This old man looks so fierce, but Yuan Ning is not afraid at all, so why does he always stammer in front of him?Is he that fierce?Worse than this old man?

Zhang Xiuyan pursed his lips and watched Yuan Ning walk in with the old man.

Yuan Ning walked into the house and found that the air in the house still had a suitable humidity and the lighting was excellent, which was very suitable for the growth of flowers.But when he approached the front stone trough, he heard those flowers say: "Don't come here!"

Yuan Ning paused.

Hua'er realized that Yuan Ning heard her talking, and shouted in a hurry: "Don't come here again, it's dangerous! Please, tell Grandpa Lin for us! Please, little brother!"

This was the first time Yuan Ning was called little brother by an outsider. He was taken aback and asked silently, "Why?"

Hua'er said: "It's dangerous! There's something wrong with the soil over there, and we all fell ill. I don't know what's in the soil! Not only us, but also your kind living there are also sick. Grandpa Lin often comes over Take care of us, we may be infected. We don't want something to happen to Grandpa Lin, he is very good to us, and has taken care of us every day since we were very young."

Yuan Ning was a little moved.He said, "So that's how it is."

Hua'er said: "In fact, many of our companions and new friends over there are also sick, and we don't know what's going on..."

Yuan Ning wondered: "Then why haven't they been sent back?"

Hua'er said sadly: "Some cannot be saved, and some were just thrown away. Although Grandma Lin has always told them to send us back if something goes wrong, not everyone is willing to make a trip for us. Ya!" So they were lucky.

But they didn't want such luck that Grandpa Lin might fall ill due to infection.

Feeling Hua'er's deep sorrow, Yuan Ning couldn't help comforting him: "It's okay, it will be fine. I will talk to Grandpa Lin and let him find out what's going on. It's like going to the doctor when you're sick. Find out what the disease is, and it can be cured!"

Only then did Hua'er stretch out its branches and leaves, and thank Yuan Ning.

Yuan Ning thought for a while and said to the old man, "Grandpa, do all these flowers have the same disease?"

The old man was stunned, nodded and said: "Yes, the same disease. Many flowers sent back at the same time have been saved, only they are still sick."

Yuan Ning said: "Then is it possible that the sick flowers have not been sent back?"

The old man sighed: "There must be."

"Then what about them?" Yuan Ning looked concerned.

"Well," the old man frowned. "In the past, if there were large-scale returning plants, my boss would come to see what happened. Different water and soil, sunlight, planting methods, and watering methods will all cause plants to get sick."

The old man finished memorizing it like a text, met Yuan Ning's serious and concerned eyes, and for a moment thought of his wife who loves flowers like his life.Before his wife passed away, he entrusted the gardening shop to him. He remembered all these things clearly, but he didn't follow them. It was really inappropriate.

With a sad yet determined expression, the old man said gratefully to Yuan Ning: "Good boy, thanks for your reminder! I should go and have a look. I'll find out where these flowers were sent back from. Go see for yourself."

Yuan Ning was very happy.He said: "You are so kind! The flowers must love you very much!"

The old man looked at him lovingly: "You are also a good boy."

Yuan Ning asked again with concern: "Will Hua'er's disease be transmitted to others? Grandpa, if you take care of the sick Hua'er like this, will you also get sick?"

Zhang Xiuyan couldn't help but said, "No, it's impossible for plant diseases to spread to humans."

Yuan Ning has always trusted Zhang Xiuyan, so he was sure of it when he heard what Zhang Xiuyan said.But those flowers all spoke excitedly: "But someone is sick! Someone over there is also sick! The oldest camphor tree told us!"

Yuan Ning's position was immediately shaken, and he continued to ask: "Then if plants are sick and people are also sick, what will be the reason?"

Zhang Xiuyan frowned.After all, he is only in his teens, and he has not studied this aspect specifically, so how can he answer such a question?

The old man also thought about it.After all, he became a monk halfway, not as professional as his wife, so he couldn't think of a reason, so he said, "I'll go over there first." He is obviously a vigorous person, leaving Yuan Ning and Zhang Xiuyan behind and ran to find an expert up.

Yuan Ning looked at Zhang Xiuyan anxiously, waiting for Zhang Xiuyan to answer.

Zhang Xiuyan: "..."

Zhang Xiuyan answered truthfully: "I don't know either, I'll help you find out when I go back." Although not being able to know everything would damage his elder brother's dignity, he had to pretend to know and teach Yuan Ning to the detriment.

Yuan Ning was surprised.

It turns out that the eldest brother also has something he doesn't know!

Zhang Xiu said with a straight face: "There is no limit to learning." He looked at Yuan Ning, "It is impossible for anyone to know everything. It is a good thing to be able to discover your own shortcomings, and you can further enrich yourself."

Yuan Ning nodded obediently: "Brother is right!"

Zhang Xiuyan said: "It's getting late, go to the supermarket and go back."

Yuan Ning said: "Okay!" He bid farewell to the flowers and let them wait for the old man's return in peace.

The flowers waved their branches and leaves with the wind, saying goodbye to Yuan Ning gratefully.

When the two went downstairs, the girl at the front desk had already contacted the gardener for them, and the mimosa had also been replaced with a new pot, waving to them energetically.

The girl at the front desk showed Zhang Xiuyan the previous design of the gardener. Zhang Xiuyan glanced at it, nodded and said, "That's it, let him come to the door tomorrow afternoon. If there are any flowers and trees that need to be replanted, just go here and add them." .”

The girl at the front desk smiled even sweeter: "Okay!"

Zhang Xiuyan asked the girl at the front desk to take care of Mimosa first, and led Yuan Ning to walk towards the supermarket.After a while, they arrived at the door of the supermarket.

Yuan Ning felt a little fresh, and looked curiously at the magical cash register at the door and the neat and orderly rows of shelves inside.

Sure enough, a lot of things are sold!

Yuan Ning followed Zhang Xiuyan inside.

Zhang Xiuyan didn't make a list before going out, but just now while walking and thinking, he has roughly decided what he wants to buy.He pushed a shopping cart and took Yuan Ning to the shopping destination. When he encountered low-order items, he asked Yuan Ning to pick them up.

Yuan Ning was very happy to help, carefully took off the things, and carefully put them into the shopping cart.

At this time, a middle-aged couple pushing a shopping cart came to face each other. Their child sat in the shopping cart, excitedly pointing at the snacks on the shelf, and said inarticulately: "Buy, buy!"

Zhang Xiuyan squinted at Yuan Ning.

Yuan Ning: "..."

He looked at the shopping cart, then at his small body, and felt that he was already six years old, so he couldn't sit on it—what if it broke down!

Yuan Ning asked, "Is there anything else you want to buy?"

Zhang Xiuyan said: "The baking ingredients at home are almost gone, buy some for mom."

Yuan Ning followed Zhang Xiuyan to the other side.Although there were too many goods to dazzle people, Yuan Ning didn't take a look at them.The Zhang family has given him enough, he doesn't need more.

From the corner of his eye, Zhang Xiuyan watched Yuan Ning, who was obediently following Yuan Ning without squinting. He didn't know whether to praise him for his obedience, or fear that he would suffer if he was too obedient.

After Zhang Xiuyan bought the baking materials, he turned to look at Yuan Ning: "I haven't helped you and Zhang Xiuling deposit the compensation that Mr. Xie gave you in the bank, you can use part of it." After Zhang Xiuyan finished speaking, he added habitually. There is a restriction, "But you can't spend it randomly, you can only choose three things."

Hearing that it was his own money, Yuan Ning's heart moved.He counted with his fingers, and carefully pulled the corner of Zhang Xiuyan's clothes: "Can I buy six things?"

Zhang Xiu looked at him seriously.

Could it be that this brat's straight-eyed eyes are just pretending?How dare you double the amount he gave you!

Yuan Ning moved his mouth, but he didn't know how to ask Zhang Xiuyan.

Seeing Yuan Ning's little brows knit together, Zhang Xiuyan was obviously in a dilemma, and made an exception for him again: "Okay, no problem." He wanted to see what this brat picked, and he insisted on picking six!

Yuan Ning said, "Thank you, brother!"

Zhang Xiuyan said, "I'll pick some more things, you can choose by yourself, and wait at the checkout counter after you've chosen."

Yuan Ning nodded and ran away.He was short and slender, and he was blocked by the shelf in the blink of an eye.Zhang Xiuyan stood there watching for a while, then turned around and continued to pick things up.

After Zhang Xiuyan finished ticking off the shopping list in his heart, he pushed the shopping cart to the payment counter.

Yuan Ning was already obediently waiting by the side with the things he had chosen, and when he saw Zhang Xiuyan coming, he whispered, "I have chosen it." He looked at Zhang Xiuyan cautiously, "Brother, there is a pen that is a bit expensive. Can I buy it?"

Zhang Xiuyan said: "Spend your money, of course you can." The Zhang family is not short of money, and the compensation from Mr. Xie is quite a lot, enough for Yuan Ning to spend.He glanced at the things Yuan Ning picked up. A box of watercolor powder, a pen, a black wristband, a utility knife, a pair of table tennis bats, and a box of milk were all useful things.But when he saw the black wristband, Zhang Xiuyan paused, stretched out his hand to pick it out, and said, "This is too big."

Yuan Ning said, "It's not big." He met Zhang Xiuyan's disapproving gaze, and explained in a low voice, "It's for the elder brother."

Zhang Xiuyan was taken aback.

Yuan Ning said: "When I ran in the morning, I saw that the big brother's was worn out."

Zhang Xiuyan didn't pay much attention to this thing, after all, he was used to it.Looking at Yuan Ning's deer-like eyes, Zhang Xiuyan's heart moved, and he asked, "What about the rest?"

Yuan Ning was stunned: "Huh?"

Zhang Xiuyan asked patiently: "Who is the rest for?"

Yuan Ning counted them one by one: "The pen is for father. I met an old gentleman over there just now, and he said that this pen is easy to use. The milk is for mother, mother. She can't sleep well at night, sister." , My sister said that drinking milk will make you sleep better. The utility knife is for Aunt Shen. Last time she said she couldn’t find a suitable knife. The watercolor powder is for my sister, she has always wanted to learn watercolor painting with her friends. Ping-pong The racket is for the third brother, he said last night that he had made an appointment to play table tennis, but the racket broke."

Zhang Xiuyan looked at Yuan Ning silently.

Is it because there are six people in the family, so do you want six dishes?

Yuan Ning was a little uneasy, and stammered even more: "Big brother, I, I did something wrong?"

Zhang Xiuyan rarely praised Yuan Ning: "No, you did a good job." He looked at Yuan Ning for a while, then stretched out his hand, and patted Yuan Ning's head stiffly.

How can such a young child be so sensible?

Sensible enough that even he felt a little distressed.

Zhang Xiuyan didn't mention what to ask Yuan Ning to buy, and went straight to the payment counter to check out, and walked to the gardening shop with several big bags packed by category.

Yuan Ning trotted behind Zhang Xiuyan.

After running for a while, Yuan Ning couldn't help touching his head that had been rubbed by Zhang Xiuyan.

It's unbelievable that the eldest brother rubbed his head and praised him!

Yuan Ning happily ran behind Zhang Xiuyan.

The sun is shining, the breeze is gentle, and it is a rare good weather.