There are three flower and bird markets in Zhongzhou, and Tang Lin and the others came to the smallest one. It is a little more remote but has fewer people. Although the scale is small, the varieties are still very complete, and the quality is the best among the three. It’s just that.
Tang Lin's special team is a bit too annoying.
Although the members of the Coyote brigade were all in casual clothes, and the micro-chargers they originally carried were put in the car, and two people were watching, Tang Lin, Liang Shuang, and the old lady, it seemed that they were just a newly married couple who came out with their mother.
Buy flowers.
Tang Lin was not good at buying flowers, so he just accompanied him, or he actually acted as a bodyguard. He was a personal guard, and the four plainclothes members of the Coyote Brigade followed him quietly to protect him.
It's a pain in the butt. In fact, the members of the Coyote Brigade also feel it's a pain in the ass, because they are asked to protect a soldier with a gun... It's a bit like taking off his pants and farting. But it's their duty, and besides this one, it hurts everyone.
They were all excited because Tang Lin was their idol. This kind of idol is much better than those who sing, dance, and act on TV. That is the backbone of this country and the hope of this country.
Liang Shuang saw Tang Lin's gun. Because he didn't have a coat when he came in, so he just went in. Liang Shuang was shocked. But she felt that it was very coordinated and Tang Lin, who was armed with a gun, was really handsome, very handsome.
She is much more handsome than usual. Girls naturally like heroes like 007, and Liang Shuang has such a hero in front of her. So she is extremely excited and not afraid at all. And her eyes always look at Tang Lin's armpits from time to time.
Tang Lin raised his hand and touched his nose, "Hey, don't stare at that... ah... are you curious?" Liang Shuang nodded vigorously, still looking excited and leaning over, "Well, it's my first time.
Saw a real gun..."
Tang Lin's face was serious, "That is a weapon for killing people, not a good thing!" Liang Shuang was startled, "This... you are right to say that, but it is also a weapon to protect others. Good and bad are inherently opposites.
, but you look really good with a gun..."
Tang Lin stopped talking and followed the old lady to choose flowers, but the old lady seemed to be very picky and seemed to choose with a special purpose. Tang Lin soon realized that the old lady must be looking for special flowers.
Sure enough, the old lady stopped in front of a not-so-glorious facade and said to an old man with a white beard dressed a little strangely, "Mr. Wu, has the ghost orchid I wanted arrived?"
Liang Shuang was indifferent after hearing this because she had no idea what a ghost orchid was. Instead, she wondered how Professor Liang could have any acquaintances in a place like this.
However, when Tang Lin heard this, he was stunned and lost his mind for a moment. Ghost orchid? That was a regret in his life, an irreparable regret, because during that special mission, one of his comrades fell to that strange orchid.
under.
Its eye-catching white flowers look like ghosts floating in the sky, so it is also called "ghost orchid". Moreover, ghost orchid blooms very rarely. Anyone who is lucky enough to see ghost orchid will be attracted by its strange appearance.
Most orchids give people a fresh and elegant feeling, but the ghost orchid is an outlier among orchids. As its name suggests, it grows in damp and dark swamps, in the company of crocodiles, and the flowers it blooms are pale and weird.
And Jiuzi's blood dropped drop by drop, right next to the pale orchid. Jiuzi's last words before dying were: It was worth it... He was about to die and he saw a ghost orchid...
Tang Lin had no interest in flowers at all, but because of Jiuzi's death, he always remembered this strange flower. He also knew its origins and characteristics very well, but he had never seen it again since then.
Why did the old lady suddenly order a ghost orchid?
But Tang Lin's mind was filled with Jiuzi's smile that shed his last blood, and Guilan's messages that had been printed in his mind.
In 1844, the Belgian Jean-Jules Linden discovered an orchid in Cuba that had no leaves and did not grow on the ground. It only relied on a flat root like a green ribbon, attached to other tree trunks.
It also blooms pale and strangely shaped flowers. When the wind blows gently, the petals sway with the wind, much like ghosts floating in mid-air - so this orchid is named "Ghost Orchid".
The ghost orchid is epiphytic. Although it also wraps around other plants, it is different from parasitic plants. It does not absorb nutrients from the host plant, but uses its own roots for photosynthesis and water absorption. Later, people began to grow it in the United States.
Ghost orchids are found in swamps in the southwestern part of the Florida Peninsula. Some biologists believe that Florida's ghost orchids grew out of Cuban buttercup seeds brought by the wind or birds.
The ghost orchid is very rare. There are only about 2,000 ghost orchids left in the United States, its main distribution area. They all grow in the swamps of southern Florida. Her flowering period is from June to August every year, and usually only 5% to 10% of the ghost orchids can bloom.
, a ghost orchid can only bloom one or two flowers at a time. But in June 2007, after waiting for 4 hours, an Italian photographer took a set of amazing photos - because the ghost orchid actually bloomed.
9 flowers.
There are rumors that ghost orchids can be used to refine drugs. In the American movie "Adapted Screenplay", a story about drugs and ghost orchids was told: the hero and heroine went to a swamp full of crocodiles to find ghost orchids, and drank from the ghost orchids.
After extracting the drug, the male protagonist died tragically in the mouth of the crocodile. Although no scientists have yet come forward to confirm whether the ghost orchid can extract drugs, what is certain is that the plant itself does have a drug-like temperament.
It is illegal to collect wild ghost orchids. Because it is very difficult to cultivate ghost orchids artificially, and wild ghost orchids are very rare, this plant is currently included in the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.
So was what the old lady customized was artificially cultivated or purchased from special channels in America? Tang Lin's mind was full of questions, but he resisted asking. He knew that the old lady would tell him even if he didn't ask.
Because it's all definitely connected.
When the white-bearded old man named Wu saw Liang Xiaoying, he immediately strode out to welcome him, "Oh, why is the professor here in person? Just call me and I will send it to you. How great is this? Come on, come and sit inside."
How could it not be what you ordered? It arrived a week ago and I have taken good care of it."
With a kind smile on her face, the old lady followed Old Man Wu into the house. The flower shop was actually divided into two ends: the front and the back. The flower shop was seven or eight meters long in the front, and there was a living room in the back. It looked very ordinary from the outside, with no flowers or plants.
It's special. But it's actually filled with genuine antique furniture.
The Eight Immortals table, red sandalwood chairs, carved windows from the Ming Dynasty, and royal screens with extremely exquisite workmanship are just some of the examples. It is no exaggeration to say that when these things suddenly appear in front of you, people will unconsciously feel that they are fake, because if they are all
It’s the real thing. That’s scary. How much does it cost?