49. The old lady's saxifolia
The bus in the office is a pickup truck, the configuration is not bad, and the market price is about 150,000 yuan. After all, sometimes once a mutated plant is found that must be destroyed, it must be taken away on the spot, and it is a little troublesome to transport it by ordinary car.
Gao Ting was smoking a cigarette, and intense music was playing in the car stereo, and his head shook to the rhythm, looking very happy. His eyes looked at Hua Bai sitting in the back seat through the rearview mirror, and he sighed in his heart that this newcomer was too happy, and he had such a beautiful girlfriend to accompany him in the last class.
But it's nothing, sometimes Gao Ting feels bored and will take his wife to investigate, anyway, most of the working hours are running outside, and no one will say anything.
The first target of the investigation was a resident in an old-fashioned community, and the declarant was an elderly man who lived alone.
"Don't say anything when you enter the door, see what I do first. I've been here several times. The old lady is a very kind person, but she is a little pitiful. Gao Ting parked the car and walked to the community with Jiutian and Huabai.
There was a stall selling fruit at the entrance of the community, and Gao Ting suddenly stopped and bought two catties of bananas in his hand.
The three of them went all the way to a residential building and went directly to the second floor.
Bang bang bang! Gao Ting patted the rusty security door.
"Who?" said from inside the room.
"I, Kodaka. Gao Ting shouted.
"Come on, come on. There was a sound of a thin rope in the room, and then the red lacquered door creaked open.
An old lady with silver hair walked out from behind the door, opened the security door, and said with a smile: "It's really troublesome for you to run Xiao Gao again." Come inside and I'll pour you a glass of water. ”
The old lady said, her eyes crossed the high court and fell on the nine heavens and Huabai's body behind, and her eyes suddenly lit up and said, "Look at this girl, she looks so handsome." This lad is new here?"
"Yes, yes, this is a new colleague. You call him a little genius, a very good young man, just as good as when I was younger. Gao Ting made a joke, and naturally grabbed the old lady's arm and helped her into the house.
Entering the door, Gao Ting put the banana in his hand on the table. The old lady said happily: "It's better for your association to be welfare." Return the fruit to the declarant. Thank you, Kodaka. ”
"What's polite, it's for free anyway. Gao Ting smiled, his eyes aimed at the old lady's bedroom, and said, "Aunt Wang, I'll go to your house first." I don't think it's a big deal. ”
"Okay, you go. I'll make you some tea. Mrs. Wang smiled.
Gao Ting glanced at the kitchen, and suddenly lowered his voice and said, "The old lady is also a poor person, her husband was in a car accident when he was in his forties. The only son is also missing, and he has been missing for seven or eight years. I usually live alone. She has a pot of tiger tail orchid in her house, which her husband raised when he was young, and later became her sustenance, and this tiger tail orchid is estimated to be older than you. However, the elderly, it is easy to forget things when they are older, and sometimes if they water more or not at all, there will be problems, which is not a big deal. Wait for me to take a look, you can talk to the old lady. ”
Jiutian nodded, since this high court has been here several times, it means that the tiger tail orchid should have nothing to do with Chi Huangshui, otherwise the high court would have reported the abnormality a long time ago.
The old lady brought a few cups of tea and put them on the table, and then sat down happily, she glanced at the bedroom, and suddenly asked Jiutian in a low voice: "This banana was bought by Xiao Gao himself, right?"
Jiutian was slightly stunned, but he didn't expect the old lady to see it.
"Although I am dazzled, I still understand it in my heart. The old lady smiled, her eyes were a little red, and said, "Xiao Gao is a good boy, and I'm afraid of hurting my self-esteem when I send things." In the past few years, if it weren't for Xiao Gao, he would not be afraid of trouble. I'm afraid the old woman's tiger tail orchid will be gone for a long time. It is said that good people have good rewards, why did you say that Xiao Gao couldn't get into the spirit planter for so many years?"
Nine days of silence, asking for nothing, isn't it the normal state of life?
"Since God doesn't open his eyes. The old woman didn't agree. I decided that when I kicked my legs that day, I would leave this house to Xiao Gao. I know that Xiao Gao doesn't want me anything. But this house is the only thing I can repay Kodaka. ”
The old lady may have not talked to her for a long time, and she babbled about it. Jiutian knew that what he should do at this moment was to listen quietly.
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It took a long time for Gao Ting to come out of the bedroom, his arms trembling a little, and he was clenching his back molars. Why did the tiger tail orchid, which had been fine last month, suddenly become like this? Gao Ting's heart was like a stone blocked, and he couldn't go up or down.
Gao Ting wanted to pretend that the years were quiet and safe, but his acting skills were a little too clumsy. Even the old lady's presbyopia can't fool her.
The old lady rubbed her eyes, she already had a premonition in her heart, but she calmed down in an instant. She has experienced too many winds and waves in her life, and she also knows that gathering and scattering are impermanent, and everything is not satisfactory.
"Xiao Gao, let's have some tea. It's really hard for you. The old lady beckoned Gao Ting to sit down and smiled kindly.
But the more the old lady was like this, the more panicked Gao Ting became, and he understood the meaning of the tiger tail orchid to the old lady. For an old man of such an age, having something that can be used to sustenance can be said to be the most important thing in vitality.
"I'll take a look. Jiutian suddenly got up, and without waiting for the old lady and Gao Ting to react, he walked into the bedroom.
Jiutian thought that the tiger tail orchid could be terrible, but he didn't expect it to be so bad. The wide leaves of the saxifera have completely withered and are grayish-yellow. The base of the stem near the ground appears in a water-soaked state of decay. The rhizomes, which are slightly exposed to the soil, also show a black decaying substance.
This is a symptom of soft rot. Soft rot is not a particularly difficult plant disease, and the chance of curing it in the early stage is almost 100%. But at the moment, he was terminally ill, and even the root system was completely rotten, and there was basically no life.
Gao Ting hesitated for a moment, and carried the old lady into the house, his face was bloodless, and his heart was very sad, so sad that this seven-foot man wanted to cry. He understood what Tiger Tail Orchid meant to the old lady, and what was even more sad was that he hated himself for being incompetent. He remembered that the last time he came, the tiger tail orchid seemed to have some subtle signs, but he didn't care. If he had been a little more careful and had examined it a little more, maybe nothing like this would have happened.
The old lady comforted Gao Ting, patted him on the shoulder, and whispered that there was no need to care, it was just a plant, and if it died, it would die, and it would be a big deal to buy another one.
It's just that Gao Ting knows that the same tiger tail orchid has no meaning, and it has no value.
The atmosphere in the bedroom was extremely low, and Jiutian touched the withered leaves of the tiger tail orchid, and a smile appeared on his face.
He quietly winked at Hua Bai.
The clever maid immediately understood, and took a few steps forward, partially blocking the gaze of Gao Ting and the old lady.
The body of the Nine Heavens is the second barrier, filling the gap in the line of sight that Hua Bai can't block. Then he quietly covered his hand over the tiger tail orchid, and the palm of his hand bloomed with a bright green light.
His gaze was focused, his passive talent for plant affinity was strong, and his perception seemed to penetrate the soil, seeing a hair-thin satire.
The green light pierced through the soil and fell on the tiny root system, and time passed rapidly in this moment. The weak root system began to grow wildly, spreading. Then it was directly disconnected from the old roots and grew on its own.
It's a clever thing to do, and it's an instinct of plants. The old and rotten root system was completely necrotic, and even a Holy Vine-level spirit planter could not bring the dead back to life.
Suddenly, a touch of tender green squeezed open the rotten root soil, broke through the soil, and bloomed again in the world. The sun falls on it, illuminating the new leaves.
Germination, growth, leaf pulling.
It was only a few breaths before a reborn plant reappeared in the pot, the night dark green, and the silver irregular stripes shone brightly. And the necrotic leaves and roots in the pot have long been quietly sent into the plantation by Jiutian and directly destroyed.
"It's already good. Jiutian patted the soil on his hands and let go of his body.
What's okay? Gao Ting turned his head in surprise.
The green of life directly filled his eyes.