Chapter 17 The Sixteenth Exotic Flowers and Cactus

The hobbies of the several masters of Jie Chen are slightly different. Among them, Master Zhi Yuan likes to grow flowers. He placed a flower stand in front of the Buddhist hall and put the flowers and plants he planted on it.For the originally simple and empty temple, with this flower shelf, it is considered a little more colorful. There are many kinds of flowers and plants on the flower shelf, most of them are common, such as roses, orchids, cacti, etc., and there are also some unusual flowers and plants, which Jie Chen can't name. Most of the donors who often come and go to the temple know that Master Zhiyuan has this hobby, so they often bring a few pots of flowers to Master Zhiyuan when they go up the mountain.

It's just that although Master Zhiyuan likes to grow flowers, his level of planting flowers and plants is very average.In Jiechen's impression, Master Zhiyuan would often wither some difficult-to-support flowers and plants.Fortunately, people often send gifts, so the flowers on the flower shelf are not less, but more and more. There is an old benefactor surnamed Yue in Miao Town. It is said that the benefactor Yue used to work with flowers and trees. After retiring, he moved from the city to live in the town. Benefactor Yue and Master Zhiyuan have the same hobbies, so they get along very well. Of course, his level of flower planting is much higher than that of Master Zhiyuan.

Once, Elder Yue brought a gift to Master Zhiyuan, which was a small flower pot with a small unremarkable plant in it. Jie Chen didn't know what kind of flower it was, but seeing Master Zhi Yuan's happy face, he felt that it should be a very rare flower. Old benefactor Yue told Jie Chen that this kind of flower was purchased from afar. It is said that it is very beautiful when it blooms, but this kind of flower is very difficult to feed.Benefactor Yue deliberately took out a book, pointed to a few pages in the middle and told Master Zhiyuan that it was the method of planting this kind of flower.

Master Zhiyuan accepted the book very happily. After Master Yue left, Master Zhiyuan sat on a small chair and carefully read the book. Said planting method carefully mixes soil, nutrients and water. He also recorded some watering and fertilizing times in a small book, so that Jie Chen can remember to remind him when the time comes. It's a pity that although Master Zhiyuan worked very hard, after more than a month of cultivation, the potted flower withered before it bloomed.Master Zhiyuan was a little disappointed and had to throw away the flowers. Then one day, Jie Chen moved the flower shelf, and accidentally found a crooked cactus at the bottom of the flower shelf. It was a flower that disappeared half a month ago. Previously, Jie Chen thought that some benefactor liked to take it away. , so I didn't look for it, who knew it fell in the cracks.Half a month without sunlight, no water, and the leaves of the cactus are only slightly short of water.

Jie Chen put the cactus back to its original place and poured some water on it. After a few days, the cactus returned to its former appearance and was green again. The carefully cultivated flowers withered within a month, while the cacti that had been left unattended for more than half a month survived.Jie Chen asked Master Zhiyuan the reason for this, and Master Zhiyuan said: Because the cactus grows in the desert and is used to the days without water.Even if it is found a few days later, it may not wither. Quit thinking: It turns out that the predicament is not necessarily all bad, just like the cactus that grows in the desert, it grows in the most difficult environment, but it has a more tenacious vitality because of it.

So in our difficult life, should we always tell ourselves that I will become stronger because of this?