Editor's note: Near, near, the Spring Festival is approaching day by day, what are the careful preparations for your family to welcome the New Year? Last time, we shared the story of hand-made ink greeting cards, and today we want to talk about the leisure of flowers and plants. Today, the old couple loves to play with flowers and plants on weekdays, but it also happens that their spring flowers bloom in front of the Spring Festival, and the old couple is very happy, the spring flowers are really blooming to welcome the spring, which must be a good sign - (Zhang Lei)
□ reporter Zhang Lei
Mr. Ji Cheng's spring flowers are blooming, and the flowers, as their name suggests, are really here to welcome spring. The Spring Festival is just around the corner, and the delicate flowers are also here to help count down. In the winter of Zhangjiakou, the key word is probably "severe cold", but in Mr. Ji Cheng's house, it can be described as "full of spring", because for many years, he has been raising many flowers and plants in his home, and the room is fragrant.
"My family's spring flowers were bought from the flower market for 20 yuan, and they bloom every year before the Spring Festival. Mr. Ji Cheng has been teaching for 18 years, and has served as a teacher, teaching director, and principal of the center. Later, due to work needs, he worked in politics for 24 years, retired in 2000, and went to the city with his children to live idlely. "After I was free, I saw many flowers in the market and looked at the mood, which naturally gave rise to the idea of raising flowers. At that time, several kinds of flowers were selected for trial breeding, including Gesang flower, monstera, triangular plum, Lingjian, spring flower, etc. Just after New Year's Day, the beginning of the new year, Vientiane renewed. The Lunar New Year is also approaching, and the spring flowers in my house are like spiritual prophets, slowly blooming, beautiful and moving. It seems to tell you that the cold winter is coming and spring is coming!"
"My family's 10-year-old spring flowers are carefully cultivated and pruned. It is very spiritual, every spring eve will bloom on time, the flowers are bright and moving, the Spring Festival in recent years because of its companionship to make the atmosphere of the home more beautiful, its punctuality often makes me and my wife amazed. No, at the beginning of the new year, she bloomed. I love flowers and observe them every day. The spring flowers are first dyed green with square knotted branches, verdant and green, and then they decorate themselves with purple and red buds. Extracted into bunches, thick into clusters, layer by layer, clusters, like clouds and brocade, slowly spread out, there is no horizontal branch oblique fork, bunches open one by one, until the top of the branches, each flower is like a flame burning red. Mr. Ji Cheng described the spring flowers as a chapter, and the praise was overflowing, and I seemed to be able to hear the sound of the flowers he described: Spring is coming!
In order to abandon the old and make the new, Mr. Ji Cheng pruned the old branches and yellow leaves in time, topdressed, watered, changed the potting soil once a year, and applied farm fertilizer, eggshells, etc. "Spring flowers are adaptable, suitable for cultivation in neutral soil, like sunlight, drought and cold tolerant. When newly cultivated, the branches are soft and need to be protected by brackets. During the growth period, topping can be plucked to promote the increase of new branches and intensive flowering. After flowering, prune properly to promote the development of new branches, and propagation can be divided and cuttings. "I asked Mr. Ji Cheng for the secret book of raising flowers, he taught sincerely, many years of raising flowers, he has been familiar with the habits of spring flowers, and strongly recommends it to novices, saying that this flower is easy to raise, and people who have a heart can raise it well. Of course, the recommendation of the spring flower is also just because the Spring Festival is coming, and the name of the spring flower is suitable for the occasion and is festive. "I love spring flowers, which are not as graceful and rich as peonies, and are not as stunning as water hibiscus. But whether it is in the fertile black soil or the barren yellow sandy soil, as long as it is cultivated, it will always take root and sprout and thrive. This is like what we usually say, some people are picky, some people are poor and love rich, it belongs to the one who doesn't pick anything, which makes people feel close. They hug each other tightly and stand tall and upward, filled with fragrance, giving people a beautiful enjoyment. "Mr. Ji Cheng and his wife love spring flowers very much, and they water and fertilize the flowers when they have time on weekdays, looking forward to their blooming and brightening.
"I have more than 10 kinds of flowers in my house, and there are green flowers every day, and there are flowers to see every month. The air is fresh and pleasant. Mr. Ji Cheng also did not forget to send his New Year blessings: "On the occasion of the arrival of the Year of the Dragon, I hope that everyone's days will be like spring flowers, adding joy to the spring, and may the wind and rain be smooth, the country and the people will be safe, the family will be reunited, and every household will be happy!"
Editor: Fan Fan
Source: Heshan News client