Chapter 1233

As the drizzling rain turned into a moderate downpour, and then back to a misty, foggy drizzle, Lu Chuan received a call from the delivery driver.

The driver couldn't wrap his head around it. Why would someone pay so much money to transport a bunch of flower pots from so far away? Good grief!

Express delivery is so convenient these days; you can buy any flower you want online, and they even offer free shipping.

Unlike this truckload of flowers, where only two or three looked relatively large, the rest were trimmed down to tiny stubs, with barely any leaves to speak of... Was it really worth it?

But whether the driver understood or not didn't matter. He helped move the pots, collected his final payment, and drove off happily.

Song Tan looked at the pots of all sizes filling the courtyard, along with the two inconspicuous suitcases in the corner, and finally confirmed once more Lu Chuan's passion for plants.

That's fine, too. Their home has plenty of plants! Plenty of fields, mountains, and land!

Even the large flower bed at the entrance was empty, spacious, and waiting.

Although Lu Chuan had packed up the entire terrace garden, potted plants and ground-planted ones were different; these would be perfect for filling the flower beds in her large courtyard.

And now, with wisps of rain mist overhead and her boyfriend looking like a painting in the hazy rain, Song Tan felt unusually proactive:

"Do you want to plant flowers? I'll help you! The base fertilizer for the flower beds was buried back in winter."

Because she had cleared them out so early, Wu Lan had tried several times to throw garlic cloves and scallion bulbs into the empty space, only to have Song Tan turn them over without hesitation, leaving Wu Lan feeling quite resentful.

But now, since it was Lu Chuan who wanted to plant flowers—going so far as to spend a fortune to transport his own plants from thousands of miles away—

Oh my! Look at how sincere this child is! He said he was going to take root in the countryside, and he really brought all his flowers and plants from home!

She immediately put on a loving and accommodating face:

"Oh my, we're old and just like things bright and festive; we don't understand the aesthetics of you young people—Xiao Lu, go ahead and plant them well. From now on, the flowers in our home are in your hands."

Lu Chuan smiled and nodded. He immediately pulled out his phone to show Song Tan:

"I planned the color distribution for the flower beds earlier. I saw that Song Qiao Song Qiao seems to like the seven colors of the rainbow, so why don't we plant them according to this picture?"

He had hired someone to draw a rendering. On both sides of the gate were red roses; the flower shapes seemed a bit different, and Song Tan couldn't tell them apart.

But the colors were all exceptionally vibrant and pure, paired with other bright red flowers on the sides, focusing on the "red and festive" look that Wu Lan loved most.

The red had layers, different shades, and even transitional hues.

Following that were tangerine, orange...

Considering that some flowers had very short blooming periods, each color series was a combination of several plants with different blooming times.

The transition zone from orange to yellow featured a remarkably robust 'Juice Terrazza' rose. The variety wasn't rare, but this particular plant was exceptionally sturdy:

"This type of rose blooms every 40 days as long as it gets enough fertilizer and water. From spring to winter, the color shifts from orange-red to pale pink. It's beautiful."

Looking at the enlarged promotional image, there was indeed a huge 'Juice Terrazza' rose in that spot. Song Tan was dazzled—

This kind of refined life, where even the colors of a flower bed are carefully curated, was clearly something she had never imagined.

But, it was truly beautiful!

It looked like a brilliant rainbow arching over both sides of the gate.

There wasn't a single person in this world who could refuse such beauty! She nodded emphatically.

Next came the green, blue, and purple series. For the green, he arranged Chinese snowball viburnum and European snowball viburnum, respectively. There were also green bougainvillea, with large, color-changing flowers and a long blooming period...

Then came the blue agapanthus, blue-tinted hydrangeas, plumbago, and purple 'Blue Rain' roses...

Before she knew it, Song Qiao Song Qiao had also leaned over. Looking at the rendering in front of him, listening to Lu Chuan's explanation, and watching him pull up pictures of the corresponding flowers at any time...

By the time Song Tan came back to her senses, he had already eagerly taken out a shovel:

"Brother! Let's plant the flowers now!"

In the vast flower bed, only the three of them were buried in their work, unafraid of the rain on this overcast morning.

Because they all happened to have more strength than the average person, in just an hour or two, the once-empty flower bed was seven or eight-tenths full.

Lu Chuan didn't intend to waste the remaining empty space, so he pulled large bags of seeds from his suitcase:

"We can just scatter some corresponding wildflowers in here."

Double-flowered corn poppies, larkspurs of various sizes, scale-leaf daisies, chamomile, and 'Rosen Clown'...

He even reserved an area in the pink transition zone for tree dahlias, which hadn't been ordered yet.

It was all about being full, lush, and lively.

Just about any farmer would feel satisfied seeing their land filled with plants. At this moment, Song Sancheng and Wu Lan also came out to look again and again, pointing at the newly sprouted roses and hydrangeas, asking:

"When will these bloom?"

"Very soon."

Lu Chuan said this, then glanced at Song Tan:

"Under normal circumstances, roses in this state will bloom in a month."

He thought of that bottle of special nutrient solution that likely contained Song Tan's planting secret. While sighing in his heart at her lack of caution, he silently added—

With ground planting and the nutrient solution, the blooming effect would likely be even better and faster.

Meanwhile, in the distance, a fan of the livestream, Wang Wang Yangyang, looked at the dense rows of vegetables growing on her balcony and couldn't help but fall silent.

"Mom—"

She shouted loudly: "Where did you buy these lettuce seeds? How come they're growing so robust and lush?"

Her mother walked over slowly from the room: "Aren't those the seeds you had left over? You only planted a few lettuce plants, and they were tiny—huh?"

She stared at the two rows of robust, lush lettuce squeezed into the rectangular planting box on the balcony, and couldn't help but be surprised:

"It's only been a week since I was here, and the vegetables have grown this well?"

Then, looking at the soil, she couldn't help but exclaim, "Oh my! You child! The soil is so dry, why haven't you watered them?"

"Look at how well this lettuce is growing; aren't you wasting it?"

Wang Wang Yangyang felt wronged: "This planting box is so deep and large; watering it once every five days should be fine... I've been busy."

She had recently started a new job, and because she had to familiarize herself with the environment and the work, she always came home quite late.

That was why she hadn't had the time to look after the flowers and vegetables on the balcony for many days.

This was actually a rented apartment, as her own home was too far from the company where she worked.

Her mother was just visiting on her day off, and who would have thought that she would discover that her daughter, who couldn't even grow a scallion bulb, had now managed to grow lettuce with such flair!

Her mother hurriedly picked two heads while worrying about watering them:

"I'll stir-fry some lettuce for you at noon!"