No matter how small the transaction is, you have to bargain, not to mention it costs twenty or thirty yuan a month.
Even if Xu Shiyan has money, he cannot spend it lavishly. The province must save.
The two sides talked for a while, exchanging one dollar for one dollar, and finally the landlady Zhang gave in to twenty-three yuan a month.
Bedding, firewood, and kitchen utensils were all given to Xu Shiyan.
Xu Shiyan thought this was enough, so he settled on it and paid the first month's rent and a ten-yuan deposit on the spot.
Then they returned to the hotel, moved all their luggage and belongings to their accommodation, and checked out.
After that, under the guidance of Uncle Zhang, I went to a nearby market and bought some rice, noodles, oil, seasonings, meat, vegetables, lunch boxes, bowls and chopsticks and other things.
Nowadays, the city has also opened up. Tickets are not required. Anyway, if you don’t have a ticket, the price will be higher.
As high as it is, the money saved by having a hotel is basically enough.
If you borrow the landlord's household items to cook, you will naturally have to cook at a different time than others.
The old couple had nothing to do, so they had two meals a day, and Aunt Zhang started cooking at three o'clock in the afternoon.
Xu Shiyan had nothing to do, so he went to the east room to chat with Uncle Zhang.
"Uncle, my aunt likes Clivia very much. She keeps several pots of it at home."
Xu Shiyan looked at the Clivia trees on the window sill. Among the four pots, there was only one big one with more than a dozen leaves. It would bloom after a while.
The remaining three pots only have seven or eight leaves. They should be two-year-old seedlings, probably separated from the larger one.
There were only these four pots of Clivia on the windowsill and nothing else, so Xu Shiyan said that Aunt Zhang must like Clivia very much.
"My little sister also likes it. I have several pots and varieties at home, and they all bloom beautifully."
Xu Shiyan didn't think about anything else, just chatting casually.
The speaker had no intention of speaking, but the listener had the intention. When Uncle Zhang heard this, he immediately opened his eyes.
"Hey, do you have Clivia at home? What varieties are they?
It's a pity that it's far away. If it were close, I would have to go to your house to see if there are any good varieties and buy a few trees.
This thing is worth a lot of money now, and people are paying hundreds for a big tree like mine."
"Before, this tree could only be sold for two hundred at most, and the documents above said that the maximum price could not exceed two hundred.
But here’s the thing, the more you don’t allow high prices, the more the prices will go up.
Isn't this the beginning of spring this year when our provincial capital held a Clivia charity exhibition? Oops, the price has risen even faster this time.
Just these few seedlings are worth dozens of dollars now, and if they bloom in a year or two, they can be sold for hundreds."
Uncle Zhang introduced it with excitement, but at the same time he felt that it was a pity that Xu Shiyan’s family was too far away and he couldn’t search for good varieties.
Uncle Zhang's words were like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, splitting Xu Shiyan's chaotic memory.
Yes, yes, how could he completely forget such an important thing?
In the early 1980s, Clivia speculation reached a fever pitch in the provincial capital.
It is said that a Hong Kong businessman once came to buy a pot of top-quality Clivia and offered to trade it with a Crown sedan, but they didn't even sell it to him.
There is also a man from Harbin who spent 50,000 yuan to buy a pot of Clivia back home.
I heard that at that time, Clivia was called "green gold bar". It was definitely hard currency at that time. You could go to the store to exchange for something with a pot of Clivia.
At this time in his previous life, Xu Shiyan was still in the big house, and there was no news there. It would be several years before they heard about it.
At that time, the trend of Clivia speculation in the provincial capital had already passed. I don’t know how many people speculated on this and ended up going bankrupt. The person who took the lead in organizing the exhibition was even sentenced.
A crazy hype, leaving only chicken feathers on the ground and abandoned Clivia seedlings in the garbage.
Xu Shiyan's heart was beating wildly.
When paying the hospitalization fee in the morning, Xu Shiqin also said that he didn't know where the next surgery fee would come from.
The pot on the window sill of Uncle Zhang's house is an ordinary variety. Each pot can be sold for several hundred, so the ones cultivated by Xu Shiqin must be more expensive.
I don’t know what his sixth sister thinks, but she really likes Clivia.
In the past few years, Xu Shiqin has been searching for flower seedlings everywhere, and he has also pollinated and reserved seeds by himself to cultivate young seedlings.
There are probably nearly a hundred pots of Clivia seedlings, large and small, in the house now. There are about a dozen Clivia seedlings in the two houses, and the windowsills are all full of Clivia.
Zhou Guilan said it, but Xu Shiqin didn't listen. He was serving her very carefully every day.
If you sell all this in good times, how much money can you get for it?
When Xu Shiyan thought of this, he felt his heart almost jump into his throat.
"Uncle, is the Clivia so valuable? It's not just a joke, is it? It's just a pot of flower. Does anyone want to buy it?"
Xu Shiyan said this deliberately just to provoke the old man.
Sure enough, Uncle Zhang became unhappy when he heard this, "How can it be worthless?
What is this? Clivia. It was originally raised in the palace of Emperor Xuantong, but where could the common people see it?
After Emperor Xuantong fell, gardeners in the palace made seeds and spread them, and then they spread among the people."
"People say that Clivia is elegant, handsome and has the air of a gentleman.
Its flowers are like orchids, and its leaves, flowers, and fruits are both beautiful. You can enjoy flowers in one season, fruits in three seasons, and leaves in four seasons. How can ordinary flowers compare?"
Uncle Zhang calmly scolded Xu Shiyan.
Xu Shiyan quickly made a look of realization and nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, I am still very powerful and educated.
I come from a small mountain valley, so I really don’t understand these things.
If you follow what I say, Clivia is quite valuable. A tree costs a few hundred yuan, which is equivalent to a year’s salary.”
At this moment, if I continue to follow Uncle Zhang's words, I will immediately coax the angry old man into submission.
Xu Shiyan's words about people who come from the ravine and don't understand anything made Uncle Zhang feel happy immediately, and a sense of superiority arose spontaneously.
"Yes, if you hadn't come to the provincial capital, would you have seen so many high-rise buildings?
Those who come out are knowledgeable. If you don’t understand, just read more and ask more questions. Don’t talk nonsense.”
"Yes, yes, that's what the uncle said." Xu Shiyan was not annoyed either.
"Uncle, if you want to buy Clivia, where can you go?
When I heard what the uncle said, I also wanted to go hunting for a few more good seedlings to take home." Xu Shiyan asked deliberately.
“Oh, it’s winter now, so it’s not the right time, so I can’t buy it anymore.
In summer, there is a road market just at the end of Hongqi Street, and many people sell and buy flowers there."
Uncle Zhang didn't know what Xu Shiyan was thinking, so he shook his head regretfully and casually gave an address.
Xu Shiyan had the address of Hongqi Street firmly in his mind at that time. He really wouldn't make the trip this year, but he could do it next year or the year after.
Just at this time, Aunt Zhang had prepared a meal and brought it in.
When Xu Shiyan saw it, he hurried out to pick vegetables, wash vegetables, cut meat, and make a fire to stir-fry vegetables.
In the winter, there are not many fresh vegetables in the provincial capital, including radish, cabbage, and potatoes.
Stir-fried potato slices with meat, stir-fried cabbage slices with meat, and the steamed buns I bought earlier, it’s a complete meal.
So he put it into a newly bought and cleaned lunch box, then cleaned up the kitchen, and Xu Shiyan took the food and went straight to the hospital.
"Little sister, you don't have to worry about the cost of the surgery this time. I know a way to make money."