Dow and Carbon-Based Monkey Breeding Guidelines

Chapter 909
The flower and bird market they were looking for was hidden in a low alley, and there were only grayish blue plastic film banner advertisements pasted at the entrance of the alley.However, after entering the entrance of the alley, the sight is the bonsai, birdcages and goldfish bowls stretching out from the flower and fish shop, forming a narrow and colorful lane, leading far to the ice-blue plastic ceiling at the end.Even the noise of birds and the smell of live fish are pleasant in summer.Luo Binhan dragged Yu Xiaorong through the barrier made up of spider plants and parrot cages.The level of noise around was a bit too much for Luo Binhan, but Yu Xiaorong was quite satisfied.She is very interested in the pagoda-shaped lucky bamboos, the starlings that make children laugh, and the various Buddha statues in the jade shop.

“The smile on his face is terrifying,” she said of a Maitreya statue.The shopkeeper on the couch craned his neck and glared at her.Luo Binhan quickly pulled her away.They walked two steps forward and found a fish shop that seemed to be well-equipped.In front of the door, goldfish of various colors are placed in plastic boxes, and snow-like bubbles are constantly gushing out of the air pump, and a basket of large tortoises stretching and stretching their necks makes people dizzy.It looked both terrifying and charming.

Yu Xiaorong wanted to poke the tortoise's nose, but Luo Binhan slapped her finger away, warning her how stubborn the tortoise is when it bites.He looked into the store with his head and found that the walls were full of shelves and fish tanks.The shadows of water and algae are swaying in the whole room, and various schools of gorgeous or strange fish are silently shuttling back and forth.A low lacquered wood frame in the shape of a lotus leaf squats in the corner, and various waterscape stones are stacked on the three-story lotus leaf frame.

This was exactly what Luo Binhan was looking for.He walked to the low shelf, touched a few lake stones with holes, and bent down to look at a resin shelter made in the shape of a skull, a little undecided.Of course, Hushi is better in concealment, but as long as he thinks of the cannibal hiding in a broken skull, and Yu Xiaorong sticks his face outside the tank and stares, it is really difficult for him to control the smile on the corner of his mouth.

He called the shopkeeper twice, and a middle-aged man who had obviously experienced wind and sun came out from the small door behind the fish tank.He told the other party that he wanted to buy a ready-made ecological tank, the kind that is fully equipped.

"What size tank do you want?"

"Fifty square tanks. A similar tank will do."

"What kind of fish do you raise?"

"Is there any Guanbei medaka?"

The shopkeeper glanced at him. "Just keep this?"

"Yes. It's just for fun."

"How many?"

"Let's get seven or eight. Get more water plants and stones." Luo Binhan pointed to the skull on the shelf, "Bring a bigger one."

The owner asked him a few more questions about his preferences in terms of aquatic plants and substrate. Luo Binhan had no objection to this, and only asked him to help with the preparations. It would be best to have the entire tank ready before delivery.When he accepted the offer, he agreed very readily, so the other party entered the room without showing any emotion, and went to find a suitable white tank and bottom sand for him.Luo Binhan guessed that he was thinking that others are free to spend their money.

While the shopkeeper was taking things, he walked out of the shop again to see if Yu Xiaorong outside was bitten by a turtle.It turned out that she was studying a few grass goldfish in a foam box.

"How many do you want to take back?" Luo Binhan asked, and caught a glimpse of the sign next to it saying that you can choose ten for five yuan. "Are you here to raise?"

"Can these fish be mixed with the species you bought?"

"No. They're too big and wild. I only buy enough fish to fit them between their teeth."

"Why don't you have one of these? They look beautiful and don't look too difficult to keep."

"They probably won't last a week, Fluffy. You see, this fish just can't handle being so crowded without an air pump."

Schools of colorful fish swim in groups in the white box, even though Robin Han is well aware of their short life, he has to admit that the sight has an almost natural allure.They are placed outside the store precisely because every kid passing by can't help but snag a piece or two.And even though he warned himself that there was no need to have two fish tanks that were heavy and took up space at home, his eyes looked around subconsciously.Just in front of the store on their left is a variety of strange glass bottles filled with hydroponic plants such as pothos, anthurium or pachymos.On the ground below the glass bottle, two blue and white glazed porcelain vats were placed side by side. The surface of the vat was covered with bowl-sized round leaves, but only two or three scarlet buds were formed.

These bowl lotuses are not good looking, but the color is very attractive, as rich as dyed with cinnabar.Luo Binhan couldn't help thinking that it would be more beautiful to put goldfish in such a porcelain jar.

"How about we buy a porcelain tank to raise fish?" He asked Yu Xiaorong, "Put it on the balcony of your bedroom, and put some bowl lotus in it."

This proposal seemed new to Yu Xiaorong. "Keeping fish under lotus leaves?"

"That's how they were raised in the old days. I mean before glass jars came along."

Yu Xiaorong showed a little doubt.She doesn't know as much about ornamental fish as about beasts.Luo Binhan explained to her the difference between goldfish and tropical fish - it is difficult to enjoy tropical fish from the perspective of looking down, but goldfish have been viewed in this way since ancient times.Just as they look the most beautiful when they are in the foam tank, overlooking the water waves and the fish playing under the lotus leaves from the mouth of the tank is an angle that people have been accustomed to for thousands of years.Hazy outlines, moments of swimming, and prominent parts are much more beautiful than seeing the whole clearly.

"Then how can you see the state of the fish clearly? You can only see its back and tail." Yu Xiaorong said.

"What else do you want to see?" Luo Binhan asked back, "Aren't the two most beautiful things about it?"

"I'm going to see if it's sick."

"Goldfish don't live long."

He could see that Yu Xiaorong didn't agree with his words.Her approach to ornamental goldfish is as paranoid as she is to preservation methods for lobsters.Luo Binhan also admitted that it is good to have a sense of responsibility for pets - but strangely speaking, he can't insist on this point in fish breeding. Unlike cats, dogs or parrots, the frequent death of ornamental fish seems to be the only way for breeders.You can make every effort to feed once a day, change the water once every three days, wash the tank once every five days, and change a batch of fish every seven days.No fish can stay with the owner for a long time, only the eternal fish tank is left behind.What he raises with his heart cannot be said to be fish, but the mysterious container that is open-minded and contains everything, a micro-environment model that reflects the universe.

"We should name the fish tank." Luo Binhan said to himself.He casually wrapped a blood-red grass goldfish in a fishing net, and was about to throw it into the empty plastic goldfish box next to him, when someone called out to him.

The voice was so soft that it was almost drowned out by the noise of birdsong and dogs barking on the street.Luo Binhan recognized it out of his sensitivity to his own name.He turned his head to look for the person who called him, and the red fish in the net suddenly flicked its tail and jumped back into the bubbling water tank.Water splashed everywhere, and Luo Binhan suddenly jumped back, but the tragic situation still happened.A small piece of water stains landed on the most inappropriate position in the middle of the trousers.

"Damn it!" Luo Binhan yelled angrily, reaching into his pocket in vain, trying to find a tissue that didn't exist.Yu Xiaorong chuckled, and Luo Binhan immediately made a gesture to pull her ponytail.

"What are you laughing at?" he said, "Help me out!"

"You shouldn't be fishing in clothes like this." Yu Xiaorong said quickly, but still walked over and asked Luo Binhan to put his hands on her back, pretending that they were watching the fish intimately.As soon as they got into position, the person who called Luo Binhan's name appeared.This person did not come from a distance, but slowly appeared from the aquatic plant shop next door with a bowl of lotus.He must have been standing behind a shelf of glass bottles before, and just happened to recognize an acquaintance through the crack.

Luo Binhan pretended to be calm and turned his head, as if he had just heard the call, but he couldn't get rid of the embarrassment just now.He could only pray that he couldn't see what happened from the other party's point of view, although that was a bit self-deceiving.The person who came was a young woman, wearing a turquoise green silk dress and a wide-brimmed straw hat inlaid with black satin on her head. She was of medium height and build, nothing out of the ordinary.

She hesitated in her steps, raised the brim of her hat slightly, in order to look at the two people in front of the fish pond. "Robinhan?" she asked again.

Luo Binhan smiled at her, but said nothing.This is not the first time this problem has appeared. Since his feet touched the land of his hometown, he found that he was developing in the direction of face blindness.He almost didn't recognize Lu Jin in the morning, and now he ran into an acquaintance whom he couldn't name.He had to stare at the face under the hat, struggling to remember who it was.Is it a colleague?relative?Been in business?Relatives and friends?Nan Mingguang's classmate's daughter?So many possibilities and so few clues that the man didn't even show his hair.

"It's me." He could only venture to ask, "...are you?"

The woman opposite did not answer immediately, but looked at him and Yu Xiaorong.After a while she said, "I'm Shi Qi, the Shi of Shishi, Qi from Zuojin and right page. Do you remember?"

Yu Xiaorong turned her head and aimed at him out of the corner of her eye.But Luo Binhan still had no impression of the name. "Shi" is not a common surname, if you work hard, you should remember it.It seems to have been encountered before, or maybe it was just confused with the story of Wuyuanren.He could only smile and say, "Ms. Shi, we..."

There was a trace of surprise on the face of the woman opposite, her right arm retracted habitually, crossed her chest, and gently grasped the crook of her left arm, as if she was a little at a loss.In Luo Binhan's eyes, this movement was like shaking an old cloth full of dust suddenly, revealing a large area of ​​faded embroidery patterns underneath.The memory of the details of the past has been blurred, but the emotion is very clear, like touching the dense silk threads on the old cloth with your fingers.

"Oh," he quickly recovered, "...Shi Qi?"

"You remember?"

Robin Han nodded. "It's been a long time since I saw you." He relaxed, and put on the surprise expression of meeting an old friend again, "Where have you been these few years?"

"Going to study abroad."

"Just came back to look for a job? I haven't heard from you again."

Shi Qi smiled slightly and a little embarrassedly, and put his right hand back to its original position. "I came back a year ago."

"Didn't tell anyone else? You don't seem to speak in the group of classmates."

"People who are active in the group are not familiar with each other. I always feel that it is embarrassing to speak up."

They looked at each other and smiled, then fell into silence with nothing to say.Luo Binhan wanted to ask her what major she studied or what job she was doing, but it seemed a bit risky.In fact, he and the other party are not very familiar with each other, not to the extent that it is necessary to understand each other's current situation.

"How do you feel here?" He picked the safest topic, "How does it compare to a few years ago?"

"It has changed a lot. Do you know that the road next to the school has been rebuilt?"

"Really? I haven't heard of it."

"It's widened a bit, and it's smoothed out. It doesn't bump up when you drive by."

"Not bad." Robin Han said.He found that he was still holding the fishing net in his hand, and quickly and quietly threw it back to the pool.Yu Xiaorong was still standing in front of him, very close to him.

"Have you not gone back to school?" Shi Qi asked.

"Not yet... I have been abroad for the past two years."

"So you just came back last month?"

"Yes." Robin Han replied.Then he found the question rather strange.But Shi Qi didn't explain, just smiled mysteriously, and then looked at Yu Xiaorong who was standing in front of Luo Binhan. "Who is this?"

"My sister." Luo Binhan said.He saw Shi Qi's hesitation, but felt that there was no need to explain it.Few of his classmates know about his family situation, and this is not something worth promoting. "She has been living abroad and came to my place for two days."

Yu Xiaorong raised his hand and shook Shi Qi as a greeting.She seemed to be pretending to be a gringo who didn't understand Chinese, and Luo Binhan let her go.

Shi Qi looked at Yu Xiaorong. "You look alike," she said. "Do you come here to buy fish?"

"Yes. How about you? Are you picking potted plants?"

"Just wandering around."

She wanted to say something more.But the owner of the fish shop came out and asked Luo Binhan to go in to see if he was satisfied with the items.This is a good time for Luo Binhan to get out of the predicament.He patted Yu Xiaorong who stood in front of him: "Let's go and see what aquatic plants are suitable for the fish tank." Then he raised his head and smiled at Shi Qi. "Let's go first, and get in touch later."

Shi Qi silently nodded his goodbyes.Luo Binhan pushed Yu Xiaorong into the shop to check the materials the shop owner had chosen for them.Everything is quite suitable, but out of the selfishness of enhancing the concealment, Luo Binhan ordered two more bushy and lush snapdragons.Yu Xiaorong discovered the skull cover that he personally designated, and dismissed his taste.

"Dissatisfied?" Luo Binhan poked the eye hole of the simulated skull, "Don't you want to see a skull? Put one at home for you."

"Just put it next to your bed," Yu Xiaorong countered, "I think you are quite happy to sleep with the dead."

"It's made of resin." Luo Binhan said nonchalantly.They sat in the shop dawdlingly for more than ten minutes, until the water stains on Luo Binhan's body were completely dry, and then wrote down the delivery address to the shop owner and asked him to send them to his home.

When they finally walked out of the shop, Shi Qi had disappeared.The bowl lotus in the celadon jar also lost two flowers, showing a bit lonely and deserted.Luo Binhan asked Yu Xiaorong if he still wanted to buy goldfish, but the latter shook his head and walked to the wall covered with aquatic plants to take a look.

"She's gone." Yu Xiaorong said.

"Who? Shi Qi?"

"Who is she?"

"My high school classmate. I used to be in the same class, but I can't talk about acquaintance."

These words are true words, but Yu Xiaorong still stares at him with twinkling eyes. "You have a weird way of talking."

"What's so strange?" Luo Binhan avoided her eyes uncomfortably, "We haven't seen each other for many years. She has changed a lot, and I didn't even recognize her."

"What happened between you?"

"Don't guess."

"She dumped you." Yu Xiaorong said calmly.Now Luo Binhan can no longer pretend not to hear.He pretended to pinch Yu Xiaorong's cheek, and fought all the way to the car, Yu Xiaorong still clung to this problem.

"What happened between you?" She asked relentlessly, even came to grab his car keys, "You don't even dare to look her in the eye!"

Luo Binhan slapped her hand away vigorously: "There is a reason for that!"

"You lied to her." Yu Xiaorong said, "You pretended to be dating her, and then disappeared."

"This is your personal grievance!" Luo Binhan complained, "Who do you think I am?"

"Then why do you have to hide it?"

Luo Binhan had no choice but to reveal the truth.He can't just turn into an infatuated kind who has been sad for many years, or a fraudster who is not as good as a beast.

"There used to be a dance organized by the school," he said to Yu Xiaorong while starting the engine, "Boys and girls danced together, but my original dance partner just took a look at me and immediately vomited on me. It was a bit embarrassing. At this time, another girl came out to save my field."

"is her?"

"It's Zhou Yu's fiancée." Luo Binhan said slowly, "She's the one who vomited on me."

(End of this chapter)