Wang Xiaoqiang solemnly took Boss Jiangg's business card and tucked it away, then looked up at the sky.
Sumr nights were short and the days long, so Wang Xiaoqiang had left ho quite early. It was just past three in the afternoon, and he did not plan to overnight in the provincial capital, so he said his farewells to Xu Yongqian and prepared to head ho.
Seeing that Wang Xiaoqiang was leaving, Xu Yongqian showed a hint of disappointnt and sincerely said, "Little Qiang, I actually planned to have you stay in the provincial capital for a couple of days. Since you're in a hurry, let arrange a car to take you ho."
Wang Xiaoqiang thought that it would definitely be inconvenient to carry a flowerpot on a public bus, so he accepted Xu Yongqian's offer. He could tell that Xu Yongqian was a straightforward person, not one for pretense or dithering.
Sure enough, seeing Wang Xiaoqiang agree imdiately, Xu Yongqian smiled happily and took out his phone to make a call.
As Wang Xiaoqiang, carrying the Golden Sand Chrysanthemum Tree, walked out of the Flower and Wood Market with both Xu Yongqian and Boss Jiangg, a black Audi was parked at the exit of the market.
When the trio erged, the door of the Audi opened, and a man in a crew cut and white shirt hustled over, greeting Xu Yongqian very respectfully, "Good day, Elder Xu."
Xu Yongqian simply nodded at him and then introduced Wang Xiaoqiang, "This is my young brother, Wang Xiaoqiang. Take him ho now... Oh, and he has an orchid with him, so make sure to drop him off right at his doorstep!"
"Of course, Elder Xu. Rest assured, I'll make sure he gets ho to his doorstep." The man, around forty years old, whose relation to Elder Xu wasn't clear, acted with profound respect.
The mont Elder Xu introduced Wang Xiaoqiang, he had noticed both Wang Xiaoqiang and the orchid he was holding, but Wang Xiaoqiang's attire confused him—straight out of the countryside, yet, curiously, he was holding a sickly orchid.
However, curious as he was, he wouldn't dare ask in front of Elder Xu. After Elder Xu finished the introductions, he nodded friendlily at Wang Xiaoqiang and said, "Hello, Mr. Wang, my na is Xiao Guangming. Please, get in the car..."
With that, he quickly walked back to the Audi, opening the rear car door.
Wang Xiaoqiang said goodbye to Elder Xu and Boss Jiangg one by one, during which Elder Xu took the opportunity to give his phone number to Wang Xiaoqiang, telling him to call the next ti he was in the provincial capital.
Wang Xiaoqiang imdiately set down the Golden Sand Chrysanthemum to save Elder Xu's mobile number on his phone, then picked up the flowerpot and walked to the rear door of the car.
The lavish Audi was spotless inside, exuding a subtly fresh and delicate fragrance. It seed rather indecorous to place such a sickly orchid inside, but before Wang Xiaoqiang could hesitate, Xiao Guangming had already taken the Golden Sand Chrysanthemum from Wang Xiaoqiang's hands and placed it neatly in the car, as if afraid Wang Xiaoqiang might refuse.
The Golden Sand Chrysanthemum Tree just occupied one seat.
Wang Xiaoqiang then sat down in the adjacent seat.
Once Xiao Guangming had Wang Xiaoqiang's ho address, he started the car.
The car drove quickly and steadily, clearly showing that Xiao Guangming was an experienced driver.
Xiao Guangming was quite curious about Wang Xiaoqiang's identity. Anyone Elder Xu would send off personally in a car must be no ordinary person. Wang Xiaoqiang, being both young and a country boy, made Xiao wonder how he had managed to gain Elder Xu's special attention.
After driving a while, Xiao Guangming couldn't hold back his curiosity and finally asked the question, although he was careful with his words, "Mr. Wang, is the Golden Sand Chrysanthemum Tree you're carrying sick? "
"Yes, if it weren't sick, a flowerpot worth two or three million wouldn't end up in my hands..."
"That makes sense", but, Mr. Wang, such delicate flowers are very difficult to maintain, especially if they are already ill. You must have a way to treat it when you take it back, right?"
"Of course. Otherwise, why would I bother bringing it so far? Hahaha~" By now, Wang Xiaoqiang had discarded any pretense. Seeing that a flowerpot worth two or three million was his, his heart filled with excitent.
"Well, congratulations Boss Wang, you're about to make a fortune. A plant like this Golden Sand Chrysanthemum can sell for at least two million. However, it's quite difficult to propagate,"
"You're making sense, but if we just let it propagate indiscriminately, eventually everyone will have Golden Sand Tree Chrysanthemums, and they won't be worth much!" Wang Xiaoqiang said.
"Good insight!" Xiao Guangming sincerely praised. He thought to himself that it was no wonder Elder Xu took such good care of him; this young man was indeed not simple.
Even though Xiao's car was considerably faster than a public bus, by the ti Wang Xiaoqiang was dropped off back at Sanmiao Village, it was already dark. Wang Xiaoqiang offered to have Xiao Guangming stay for dinner, but he declined.
After Xiao Guangming drove away, Wang Xiaoqiang carried the Golden Sand Chrysanthemum back ho.
When his mother and sister-in-law saw Wang Xiaoqiang carrying a pot of flowers through the door, they were both quite surprised. Bathed in the moonlight, the two circled around the Golden Sand Tree Chrysanthemum endlessly.
When they heard that he had brought the plant from the Provincial Capital, his mother disdainfully said, "Little Qiang, you're too naive, aren't there plenty of flowers in the mountains? Did you really need to bring one from so far away?"
"Yeah, Little Qiang, look, the leaves are all curled. Is it sick?" his sister-in-law Wang Juyi observed sharply.
"Mom, don't underestimate this flower. Guess how much it costs?" Wang Xiaoqiang teased.
"Bah, to , only the flower pot might be worth so money, maybe twenty bucks?!" his mother replied disdainfully.
Wang Xiaoqiang said, "Add five zeros after that twenty."
"What? Isn't that… two million?" His mother exclaid in surprise, then said, "Little Qiang, don't fool your mom. If this flower was really worth two million, could you afford to buy it?"
Wang Xiaoqiang said, "This flower is called the Golden Sand Chrysanthemum. If it weren't sick, even selling myself wouldn't be enough to buy a healthy one!"
Unable to hold back, Wang Juyi asked, "Why did you buy it if it's sick?"
Wang Xiaoqiang didn't reply; feeling he had been too showy, he picked up the Golden Sand Chrysanthemum and said to his mother and sister-in-law, "Let's keep this between us; otherwise, we won't have peace."
Seeing his mother and sister-in-law nod seriously, Wang Xiaoqiang took the Golden Sand Chrysanthemum to his own room, then locked the door and started treating the plant with Wood Elent Spiritual Qi.
After absorbing another Wild Mountain Ginseng, the Five Elents Spirit Spring grew larger, and the emitted Spiritual Energy was not only greater in amount but also richer in quality. The vibrant Wood Elent Spiritual Qi, full of life force, smoothed out the Golden Sand Chrysanthemum's dry yellow curled leaves in less than half a minute.
The color gradually beca greener, and the withered petals opened up, slowly regaining their moisture and becoming exquisitely beautiful.
When Wang Xiaoqiang withdrew his hands, the Golden Sand Chrysanthemum had completely recovered from its wilted state, vibrant and fresh, its flowers forming like delicate Orchid fingers, each arranged one by one, resembling "Thousand-Hand Guanyin."
After admiring it quietly for a while, Wang Xiaoqiang went to have dinner, and after eating, he directly took it to the second floor of the old village committee building.
In the following month, Wang Xiaoqiang nourished the Golden Sand Chrysanthemum Tree every three days with Water Elent Spiritual Qi and Earth Elent Spiritual Qi,
using Water Elent Spiritual Qi in place of water, and Earth Elent Spiritual Qi as fertilizer. If this Golden Sand Chrysanthemum Tree couldn't grow properly under such care, it truly would have wasted Wang Xiaoqiang's "cultivation."
As a result, the Golden Sand Chrysanthemum did not disappoint Wang Xiaoqiang; it grew vigorously, and its flowers blood gloriously like a vibrant young girl stretching her vitality and radiating beauty.
Fortune favored Wang Xiaoqiang because he brought the Golden Sand Chrysanthemum ho, when the season was just turning to autumn, the breeding ti for orchids. Not only did this Golden Sand Chrysanthemum Tree have abundant vitality, but it also sprouted a new shoot.
It's known that orchids typically divide only once every two or three years, but the new shoot appeared only a month after Wang Xiaoqiang brought it ho. Whether it was great luck or the result of nourishnt from the Spiritual Energy, Wang Xiaoqiang was delighted. Once the new shoot of the Golden Sand Chrysanthemum Tree grew, he could sell the larger original plant.
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