Photography / Chai Hongde
There is a small bougainvillea in the house, and finally in the last few days of 2021, it will bloom again with pink petals. This is the third time it has flowered in a year.
At the beginning of the year, although the weather was cold, she stubbornly opened once, and there was not a single green leaf on the dry branches, only a cluster of bougainvillea flowers, as if it was intended to make the pots of evergreen pots in the room, such as green lotus, hawaiian grass, emeralds, and hanging orchids, feel a little ashamed.
In the summer, she opened again, and the red flowers were set off by green leaves, but because it was the time when the moon flowers, fragrant vines, Gesang flowers, cosmos and many other summer flowers were in full bloom, this bougainvillea did not look very eye-catching.
From autumn onwards, first the petals of the bougainvillea wither, and then the leaves fall one by one, until the light rod is left, and the entire bougainvillea leaves do not exist.
Originally thought that in 2021, my family's bougainvillea will not bloom again, did not expect that in these few days, she seems to be really unable to endure the loneliness of winter, first a few small flowers first bloomed branches, sparse green leaves scrambled to follow the petals have sprouted, probably in order to catch up on New Year's Day in 2022, to join in a lively, add some color to the festival.
This time the flowering, although there are few flowers and few leaves, this bougainvillea, which originally grew in the southern country, seems to have adapted to the growth environment of the northern country. In the winter when the trees are withering, in the dry and poorly ventilated rooms, she conveys the message of spring and makes the silver-clad world colorful.
On the occasion of this New Year's Day of 2022, I would like to thank all my relatives and friends who have cared and helped me, and I am also grateful for the three blossoms of this bougainvillea, which has brought us joy and embellished our lives. Looking forward to 2022, our lives will be more colorful!
About author:Chai Hongde, a native of Gu'an, Hebei Province, is a member of the China Financial Writers Association and the Book Association, the honorary chairman of the Shandong Financial Writers Association, a member of the Shandong Prose Literature Society and the Poetry Society, and a former director of the First and Second Financial Writers Association. His works have appeared in Shandong Literature, Chinese Financial Literature, Financial Literature, Military Story Society, Chinese Financial Culture and other publications, and he is the chief editor of a number of literary collections, and has authored a personal essay collection "Thirty-Six Years".
Yanagiizumi Financial Literature