In the early 1980s, the Chinese New Year was still very festive.
Except for Mr. and Mrs. Su, who rushed back to the breeding farm on the first day of the Lunar New Year, everyone in the Su family stayed at home.
The whole family ate, drank, talked, and went online for the day.
Grandma Su felt that being idle was idle, so she asked Li Jianhong and several others to come over and help them with sewing.
Li Jianhong originally felt embarrassed, but Grandma Su said it would be lively with more people.
The Su family doesn't have many relatives in the capital. Apart from a trip to Dong Yuanzhong's house on the second day of the Lunar New Year, there is no need to go out to pay New Year's greetings.
On the third day of the Lunar New Year, Su Taohua's family came to pay New Year's greetings, and even her son-in-law Huo Sinian came with them.
Huo Sinian was already very familiar with the Su family, but he didn't regard himself as an outsider. He called him "grandma and grandpa" in a friendly manner.
Su Xiaotian was jealous. It was as if this was her grandson-in-law.
Grandma Su truly loved Su Taohua as her own daughter.
Su Taohua's children are not much different from their own grandchildren.
The daughter came with her granddaughter and her son-in-law, so naturally her family wanted to entertain her well.
Liang Xiu and her three sisters were busy preparing lunch. Su Taohua wanted to help, but Liang Xiu and others disagreed.
But Su Taohua is not the type to wait for food, so she still helps in the kitchen.
Li Linlin and Su Xiaomei, two pregnant women, shared their experiences together and discussed the baby that would be born soon.
Shen Zizhen and Huo Sinian discussed national affairs, agricultural issues, etc. with the Su family.
Soon, the Su family hall was bustling with three tables.
After finishing the meal, Li Jianhong and others offered to help wash the dishes and chopsticks.
With more people working faster, everything was sorted out quickly.
The men still get together to talk about national affairs and chat about heaven and earth, and the women also get together to talk about domestic and family matters.
Su Xiaotian was writing and drawing on paper with a pen, planning to come up with some fresh clothes, while listening attentively to their chat.
Unlike men's chat, what women talk about is down to earth.
"The old couple next door to us spent fifty yuan on a pot of flowers before the Chinese New Year. You can't eat or drink that thing. After spending so much money, the daughter-in-law was so angry that she came home with her baby on the second day of the new year.
I’ve gone to my parents’ house.”
Su Taohua said while eating melon seeds. When she said these words, she couldn't help but gasp.
"Peach Blossom, did you hear it correctly? I feel bad buying a potted flower for five yuan."
"Really, I heard you right." Su Taohua nodded affirmatively: "The old couple are in good condition, and they also like flowers and plants on weekdays."
"Fifty yuan is indeed too expensive." Liang Xiu shook his head.
If she had spent fifty yuan to buy a pot of flowers, she would really be reluctant to part with it.
"When I was in my hometown, I couldn't even think about spending fifty yuan. Now in the capital, although I make more money, I still can't bear to spend fifty yuan to buy a pot of flowers."
When Su Xiaotian heard that a pot of flowers cost fifty yuan, she instantly became interested.
Fifty yuan, almost a month's salary of a worker, is enough to buy a pot of flowers, which is quite a generous sum.
Is there something special about this flower?
Although in later generations, it was not uncommon for rich people to spend a lot of money to buy a pot of orchids, but it is only the early 1980s.
Wait, could it be...
Su Xiaotian remembered that she seemed to have heard of a bizarre murder case in her previous life.
At that time, I noticed this murder case because the murder case was caused by two pots of good flowers.
During a home invasion, the robber killed the owner of two pots of flowers.
It seems that someone wanted to exchange a car for a pot of flowers. At that time, many people took it as a joke.
When she heard it in her previous life, she thought it was a joke.
But now that I think about it, maybe not?
After all, in the next few decades, incredible things will happen.
If I remember correctly, it should have been in the past few years.
Su Xiaotian carefully recalled the news in the newspapers in the past two years, trying to find some clues from the reports.
Not to mention, reading a lot of books and even newspapers is still beneficial at critical times.
After some thinking, Su Xiaotian finally found some clues from the corners.
Last year, it seemed that Spring City had limited the price of Clivia, and they even held an exhibition of Clivia.
If she guessed correctly, the high-priced flowers would not do what he wanted except Clivia.
"Aunt Peach Blossom, do you know what kind of flower it is?" Su Xiaotian asked excitedly.
How could she have forgotten something as important as making quick money in this era?
"What's the funny thing called orchid? It doesn't look like an orchid to me."
Su Taohua thought about it seriously and then said.
"I took a look at that potted flower. The leaves are so wide, but there are no flowers."
Su Taohua said, and used two fingers to measure a short distance.
It’s undoubtedly Clivia!
"Aunt Peach Blossom, is your name Clivia?"
Su Taohua patted her thigh and said with a smile: "It's just this name, I can't remember it. Tell me, just a pot of flowers has spent a month's expenses for a family, who would not be angry if it were replaced by it?"
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After Su Xiaotian confirmed that it was Clivia, she smiled.
"Taohua, you don't know something. This Clivia also has some origins." Yu Ruiyuan said with a smile.
"Grandma Yu, tell us, what is the origin of Clivia?"
"Clivia is also an exotic product, native to the subtropical mountain forests of southern Africa. In 1823, the Englishman James Bovey discovered it in South Africa and brought it back to the UK. It was planted in the garden of the Duchess of Clive in Northumberland, northern England.
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"However, what Powell brought back at that time was not the Clivia we see commonly today. In 1828, botanist John Lindler named it Smiling Clivia in accordance with the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature."
The women of the Su family listened with great interest and praised Yu Ruiyuan for being a learned person and knowing so much.
Grandma Su also smiled and said: "This name is quite nice, Smiling Clivia!"
"Auntie, this name is not used in foreign countries. This name was translated by a Japanese named Saburo Okubo. The shape of the leaves of Clivia resembles that of a Chinese orchid, so we named it Clivia."
The smile on Grandma Su's face faded a little, and she said, "How come the Japanese came up with such a weird and nice name?"
Do you dislike it?
After hearing this, everyone kept saying, since this flower is from Japan, why did it come to China and sell it at such a high price?
"I seem to have heard someone say before that orchids are very valuable. Is that the reason?" Li Jianhong happened to hear it and interrupted.
"Daughter, you have guessed wrong. Clivia is not an orchid, but a plant of the Amaryllidaceae family. It has nothing to do with our orchids."
"It doesn't matter, it's still called that." Li Jianhong said with a smile, biting off a thread.