Joy and peace in the last days

Chapter 6

The Spring Festival is approaching day by day. As the most important traditional festival in country C, every household has habitually started to buy a variety of new year goods. As the city of G is a famous flower city in the whole country, whenever the end of the year is approaching, the streets, alleys, squares and playgrounds, in short, anyone who can enter The open space in front of your eyes is filled with all kinds of flowers that suit the occasion, not to mention the large and small flower markets all over the urban areas of G City.

The winter jasmine flower market in G city is a carnival for the people of G city. Every year, the winter jasmine flower market is full of flowers and crowds, and it is very lively.

There was once a poem describing the flower market in G City, one of which was "Ten Miles of Fragrant Street, One City Spring", which shows the grandeur and fragrance of the flower market in G City, and in fact, she really lived up to her reputation.

The G City Flower Market is not only rich in varieties of flowers, but also incorporates the traditional custom of G City people’s “talking about meaning”, forming its own unique flower language. The authentic G City people know that there are three kinds of flowers that G City must have in the New Year, and some people say that The annual flowers are: kumquat, peach blossom and narcissus.

Because "orange" and "auspicious" sound the same, buying a pot of kumquats and putting them at home symbolizes good luck;

In addition, chrysanthemums, phalaenopsis, pineapples, rhododendrons, poinsettias, peonies, lucky bamboos and other colorful flower bonsai also have their own meanings. Putting such a pot of auspicious flower bonsai in the office or at home will make the atmosphere of the New Year more intense. up.

Song Xi moved to G City from her grandfather's generation. Su Pingan grew up with her. She has long been an authentic G City citizen, but probably his biological parents are not from the local area. With a height of 1.7 meters [-], he is considered to be a middle-to-tall group among men in City G.

Song Xile, who just turned 14 this year, has already jumped to about 1.6 meters. In addition, she has been spiritually trained since she was a child. Although her appearance is only delicate, her skin is unbelievably good. I can't help but want to pinch, but in fact many people have done so. This is also a very distressing problem for Song Xile.

On the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, the father and daughter strolled leisurely in the largest flower market in G City. They haven't bought potted flowers yet, but they have already collected a lot of various flower branches.

Song Xile was holding a large bouquet in his arms, including peach blossoms, lilies, chrysanthemums, lucky bamboos, five generations under one roof, baby's breath, and carnations. It is estimated that the father and daughter would just take two of them if they fancy something, and they didn't think about the effect of matching them at all. What kind of effect does it have.

"Ping An, don't buy any more. These are enough to decorate your home. Just buy some New Year's oranges and put them in the Waiting Bar. Besides, the Waiting Bar will not be open during the Chinese New Year, so it's fine if you don't put them in there!"

"Lele, didn't you say it? You are not allowed to call me Ping An outside, call me Dad! How can you do it if you don't show it? Of course, it is reasonable to put a few pots of New Year's oranges in the New Year! Don't worry, we will arrange it at that time and let them send it directly In the past, it didn’t take much trouble at all. I’ll take these flowers, they’re too heavy.”

Said that Su Ping'an was going to get the flowers in Song Xile's arms, "No, no, these flowers are not heavy at all, don't worry about these, let's buy them and go home soon! Ping'an - Dad!"

Su Ping'an has always been helpless with her daughter, and Song Xile has no way to refuse any of her requests once she opens her mouth. A few of her friends often joke that she is not raising a daughter, but an ancestor...

"You, you want to go home and watch TV again! Okay, okay, we'll go back after I order a few pots of New Year's oranges—— eh? What happened over there?" The conversation between the father and daughter was not heard. An exclamation from a distance interrupted.

"Bozai, Bozai, don't let me down, what do you say? The dead ghost blames you, I said that Bozai has been unwell for the past two days, and you want him to come out to help, you guys don't stand still! Hurry up! Come here and carry him to the car, I will take Bozai home to rest..."

Su Pingan pulled Song Xile and ran along the noise, and found that the son of a stall owner had fainted. According to the proprietress's tone, it was because the young man was sick and tired to help.

Without further ado, Su Pingan snatched the flowers from Song Xile's arms: "Father should take it, Lele must be tired after taking it all the way! Let's go home now."

The little episode of the flower market was quickly forgotten. The father and daughter took the couplet New Year pictures, lanterns and flowers they bought back, and quickly decorated the home. The two pots of narcissus and two pots of kumquats that had just been delivered were also cleaned. placed in the living room.

"Huh—" Song Xile hung up the last small lantern, washed his hands and threw himself on the sofa in the living room: "Ping An, it's already festive enough, don't be so busy! Come and have a rest." Picking one from the kumquat tree next to the sofa and throwing it into his mouth, he let out a long breath with a contented smile on his face.

"Sit down, don't lie there, eat right away, eat fruit after the meal, the soup is ready, if you are hungry, go and drink a bowl first." Su Pingan came out of the kitchen and looked at Song Xile who was sitting unoccupied, Nagging while taking something from the refrigerator.

"Understand, understand, Ping An, you are so wordy, it will be really hard to get a wife in the future!" Su Pingan patted Song Xile's forehead lightly: "What do you think about when you are young, if you have free time, go to the kitchen and help me Don't be busy, or you will be hungry at night!"

After these years of fighting with Su Ping'an, Song Xile knew that it was not appropriate to attack Su Pingan at this time, and immediately acted weakly: "Ping'an, I want to help you, but I, I am so tired just now hanging the lanterns, I want to Let's take a break~"

Su Pingan couldn't laugh or cry because of Song Xile's pretending to be weak: "Stop being funny, clean up the dining table later, I'll cook, don't eat any more snacks, huh?"

"Yes sir!"

Satisfied with food and drink, Su Pingan plunged into the kitchen to clean up the mess as usual, and Song Xile also leaned on the sofa like a dead dog...

"In the past month, there have been many cases of patients infected with unknown bacteria in the United Kingdom, France, Ecuador, Portugal, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Sweden, Czech Republic, Greece, Slovakia, Finland, Austria, Canada, and the United States. Some experts said that it may be related to mad cow disease, which once again aroused the international community's high attention to mad cow disease... "

"The Canadian corpse ogre has been arrested. Experts say that the mental disorder caused by taking an overdose of hallucinogens caused this tragedy. We appeal to the public not to panic..."

"Crack", Song Xile saw that country C had just reported a lot of happy times in its own country, and desperately reported negative news from other countries, and finally couldn't bear it and changed the channel.

"The No. 1 civilian hospital in G City received two cases of suspected rabies infection today. Experts remind citizens to pay attention to pet hygiene and remind pets to undergo regular physical examinations..."

"The people here are really fragile!" Song Xile ended her evaluation of today's news with an exclamation.

"Ding dong!"

"Huh? It's so late, who is here, Ping An, did you have an appointment?"

"Milk powder delivery, go and open the door. The daughter of Aunt Zhang downstairs gave birth to a son a few days ago. A friend just went to Hong Kong Island and brought her a few cans of milk powder as gifts. He said he would send them to me. , should be here today."

After signing for two boxes of milk powder, Song Xile pouted and said sullenly, "Ping An, you said you are so nice, why haven't you been able to find your other half? You should have told them from the beginning that I am easy to get along with. It will definitely not become a factor of disharmony in your future lives!"

"You're a big kid! Just take care of things that you shouldn't take care of! Wash the grapes in the refrigerator and bring them to me!" Su Ping'an cursed with a fake smile.

"Please trouble your majesty later, I will go prepare it and present it immediately!"

"Pfft——Song Xile, show me less of those messy things in the future!"

"Eh? By the way, safe~ Isn't the whole family downstairs going to Sanya for the Spring Festival?"

"Ah! Why did I forget this? It's okay. I'll give it to them after the Chinese New Year."

Su Ping'an and Song Xile said something to each other. Before they knew it, it was past ten o'clock, and it was almost time to rest. The two of them were busy taking a bath and brushing their teeth. The TV in the living room began to broadcast reports of unknown infectious diseases in many foreign countries and regions. Important news from...

(End of this chapter)