⟪BL⟫ Pastoral Daily Life

Chapter 25

The next morning, Lu Lingxi woke up at five o'clock. The moment he moved, Dahei immediately opened his eyes, shook his fur and came over. Lu Lingxi smiled and stretched out his hand to touch Dahei, got up and washed up lightly. Dahei followed Lu Lingxi wherever he went without the need to call him.

After simply packing a few things, Lu Lingxi gently opened the door, and Dahei jumped out with a whoosh, squatting in the corridor and waiting for Lu Lingxi. Lu Lingxi had already told Wang Shuxiu about going to the flower market yesterday, but he still left a note and posted it in a conspicuous place in the living room. After going to the flower market with Su Weizheng once, Lu Lingxi took Dahei to the market himself once, even though he knew in his heart that "picking up" needed luck and he could not always come across the best spring orchids. Besides, without the power of nature, it was not certain whether the plant could be saved even if it was encountered; but under the huge financial pressure, he could not help but hold on to a little hope.

"Am I getting greedy?" Lu Lingxi whispered to Dahei.

Dahei whimpered twice quietly, as if to refute Lu Lingxi's words. Lu Lingxi puffed out a laugh and scratched Dahei's chin with a smile.

It was still early in the morning and the road was empty, so Lu Lingxi didn't put a muzzle on Dahei. Dahei trotted a few steps excitedly, turned his head and barked twice at Lu Lingxi. Lu Lingxi understood what Dahei meant; he was asking to run with him. He looked at Dahei helplessly; Dahei ran back to Lu Lingxi's side in a flash, gently bit his pant leg and dragged him forward.

Lu Lingxi: "......"

Because of his poor health in the past, Lu Lingxi actually liked to be quiet and not to move much, but Dahei didn't understand Lu Lingxi's psychology. Every time he was having fun, he had to drag Lu Lingxi along. Lu Lingxi stroked Dahei's head speechlessly and was forced by Dahei to trot all the way to the flower market.

The two of them went straight to the corner of the flower market where the half-dead flowers and plants were discarded, and carefully examined them.

Lu Lingxi soon found a few that were not yet dead. The panel showed that these calla lilies had started to rot from the petioles (the stalk that joins a leaf to a stem), which seemed to be caused by improper fertilisation. He planned to take them back and try to see if they could be saved, so that they could be kept at home to add some atmosphere.

Dahei, who had been quiet, suddenly straightened up and gave a low bark. Lu Lingxi turned around and when he saw who was behind him, surprise flashed in his eyes.

"Grandpa Zhang, Grandpa Zhao."

Not far from Lu Lingxi, two old men were looking at him with a smile. They were none other than Elder Zhang and Elder Zhao, who had fertilised the pansies with Lu Lingxi at the hospital before.

As soon as Lu Lingxi turned around, Elder Zhang burst into laughter and said cheerfully, "I thought it was Xiao Xi when I looked at him from afar, Elder Zhao, I am not wrong, right?"

Elder Zhao grunted at him and turned his head to smile amiably at Lu Lingxi, "How are you? How is your recovery going? Have you recalled anything?"

Lu Lingxi was now used to the excuse of memory loss and shook his head with a smile, "My body is fine, but I still can't remember anything."

Elder Zhang didn't care, "You are still young, just forget it if you can't remember, you have to look more towards the future."

Lu Lingxi smiled and nodded.

Elder Zhang and Elder Zhao lived nearby. They woke up early every day to stroll around the flower market, not expecting to meet Lu Lingxi today. After some questioning, they found out that Lu Lingxi was now working in a gardening shop and that he had picked up an extremely fine spring orchid here last time, and wanted to come over again to try his luck. When Elder Zhang heard about the spring orchid, he was immediately interested and grabbed Lu Lingxi to ask him what the plant looked like. When he heard that the spring orchid had broken roots and was growing new roots, he couldn't help but look distressed.