[Original God_Zhong Li's personal orientation] Changhe

When Ke Qing from Xiangshengtang came from the other side of the street, he held an osmanthus flower in his hand, saying that a child bumped into him just now, and handed it to him as an apology.

The sweet-scented osmanthus that grows in the households of ordinary people in Liyue is not the precious "cinnabar osmanthus". It usually blooms in autumn, so now when the moon festival comes, it becomes more red and bright. The color of the flower is darker, from orange yellow to orange red. To vermilion.The sweet-scented osmanthus was picked up by Ke Qing and held in his hand, the man walked over slowly.

When Ke Qing approached, he smelled the sweet-scented osmanthus fragrance, which was very faint.The fragrance is faint, but it is also similar to many flowers in the world. It tries hard to drill into people's noses, wishing to let everyone know every bloom of it.I bought mooncakes and went to a big businessman’s house before. They grow a lot of sweet-scented osmanthus and have a strong fragrance, which can be smelled through the walls.The businessman asked the waiter to cut a bunch of branches and put them on the side of the moon cake as a colorful head.It can be regarded as a lingering fragrance in the hand.

Ke Qing held the branches, being a little careful not to drop the flowers, and then he said, "Is that the one from Fei Yunpo?"

Before I could say the phrase "Mr. Zhongli's ingenious calculation" in my throat, I heard Zhongli continue to say: "Feiyungui on Feiyunpo, after all these years, I don't know if there is really a scholarly fragrance... But it is true that only his family Feed this plant. It is different from the ordinary scent of golden osmanthus." He lifted his hand up, and in his palm was the apologetic flower, which was golden osmanthus.

"Fei Yungui? Scholarly fragrance?" I asked.

"Fei Yungui is actually called Zhuangyuanhong. It is said that only the courtyard with a particularly strong scholarly fragrance can support it."

"Do you still remember Feiyun Study?" He asked, "It is said that the earliest owner of that study raised the first wild Zhuangyuanhong."

I asked about the appearance of the "Zhuangyuanhong", Zhongli only replied: It is more red and fragrant than usual osmanthus.

Nothing else?

Gone.

I don't believe that there is nothing so simple that Ke Qing can remember.

He looked at me suspiciously, shook his head and smiled slightly.

After a while, he suddenly laughed: "Every year when the goods are received, those merchants will bring branches as a gift. Gradually, they start to compare the quality of sweet-scented osmanthus. Is this branch more red, and that one is more fragrant. This is for no reason. The heart of comparison wins year after year, so in the past, cultivating sweet-scented osmanthus or good saplings were exorbitantly priced up. If it weren’t for Liyue Qixing’s hard work to stabilize the market, maybe we can still meet children when we are walking on the road now Holding a large bouquet of flower branches, I call you to pick out Mora to buy."

"I don't know when, Zhuangyuanhong was praised as the number one sweet-scented osmanthus. But people always want to get something with the first title. Especially trees that can't move, rooted in their own yard, How wonderful." Zhongli spoke very steadily, and he couldn't hear any emotion, "The flower that ranks first needs to be cultivated, and some people say that this kind of flower likes the fragrance of books."

"A very absurd scene happened in the autumn of that year." With the other hand of Ke Qing, he stroked the scripture books on the stall next door. Trying to make it absorb the so-called fragrance of books."

"How should I put it...you really deserve to be Liyue." I scratched my head and said.

In front of him was a storybook stall that could be seen everywhere, and the owner of the stall was a middle-aged man who was reading a storybook with great interest.Liyue has an elegant place like Feiyun Study, and naturally there will be a book stall like Chihuyan, where there are all kinds of books, beginners learn Go or sow breeding, and there are even things like teaching you to become a seven-star in three days. title.Moreover, the quality of the books varies from good to bad. Missing arms and legs are common. What's even more annoying is that some books that you buy cheaply will be broken at the wonderful part.Don't ask why I know, I touched the Mora bag and couldn't bear to think about the past.

Seeing Ke Qing touching the book, the stall owner thought that the other party wanted to buy it, so he quickly got up and started recommending the latest novels.I watched his highly recommended "Three Sentences, I Spent 18 for the King of Rocks", and fell silent.

He also said that now when you buy books, you can give sweet-scented osmanthus flowers...

"Hey!" the stall owner yelled, "I'm not trying to cling to Fengya, okay, I'm auspicious, understand. Those big merchants can give it away, but we small stalls can't give it away? This is my own sweet-scented osmanthus, Green, healthy and zero additives." He said as he pinched the reptiles on the flower branches and threw them away, pretending nothing happened.

"At that time, those big businessmen bought books, and they didn't even let go of this kind of vernacular." Zhong Li said suddenly.

I replied in a muffled voice: "Reading this kind of book, wouldn't the sweet-scented osmanthus grow crooked?"

"It's long and crooked... I don't know, but that autumn, Feiyun Study sold a lot of books, and there was even a situation where they didn't sell them with empty positions," he said simply, "Is Zhuangyuanhong who likes books supported? People at the time didn't know about it. But the study is indeed... Well, it has developed well so far."

He spoke vaguely in the second half of the sentence, and I opened my mouth, not knowing what to say.

This...is this Liyue?I have this question swirling in my heart.

Then Ke Qing said, "Let's just think of it as a way to win a lottery", and at the same time bought a normal-looking miscellaneous book.

The man caught the tiny flowers that fell from the flower branches with his hands, and said with a smile: "Now it's... not bad. After all, flowers are for people to appreciate. Its fragrance and appearance are not commodities, and there is no need to make it take on such responsibilities. Li Yue is a place where thousands of merchants gather, occasionally... there are still items not for sale."

The finely divided flowers in his hands were blown away by the wind, and the remaining ones: the pale golden osmanthus was hidden under the leaves, and only a slight fragrance indicated that it was still in place.

Ke Qing led me to continue walking to the streets and alleys in front of me. There are big alleys and small alleys on the side of Chihuyan, and they are coiled next to Liyue.Zhong Li walked forward, holding two sweet-scented osmanthus flowers, a miscellaneous book, and the God's Eye hanging on his waist was like a rock, unlike those adventurers, it didn't shine.It's just that as soon as he walked, the eyes of God no longer looked like stones, and began to shake as he walked.

When passing under Yujing Terrace, Ke Qing mentioned the sweet-scented osmanthus that Yujing Terrace often had.It is said to have the strongest smell among all sweet-scented osmanthus flowers. It is fragrant when it blooms, and as long as it is properly cultivated, it can bloom all year round.

I remember that there should be no sweet-scented osmanthus in Yujing Terrace, so I asked why I can't see it now.

"There is no one to feed," he seemed to sigh, "but for some reason, the dying glass lily can survive here. Maybe flowers also have the temperament of flowers, just like people have temperament. Some like to be close to people, some Don’t like it, and some may not care.”

"Some flowers can only bloom in spring, and some can only bloom in autumn. It is probably unrealistic to force them to bloom all the year round."

He mentioned that every year on the Moon Festival, small red lanterns will be hung on the evergreen trees on the Yujing Terrace. In fact, it is a nostalgia. There was a year when Yujing Terrace was prosperous in the past.After the end of the autumn of that year, the flowers failed. Since then, Yujing Terrace no longer grows four seasons of osmanthus.Those with status who live in Yujingtai also grow some varieties that bloom in autumn, and no longer insist that sweet-scented osmanthus blooms all the year round.

Then Ke Qing said softly: "In fact, the immortal used his power to forcibly give birth to those osmanthus."

"Why?" I don't understand why the immortals do these things.

Zhongli replied: "Because the immortal promised seven people to let them see the sweet-scented osmanthus bloom in Yujing Terrace that year. Then show them the consequences of untimely behavior and breach of contract."

He turned the subject around: "For specific matters, you should ask A Ping...Grandma Ping. That was when this generation of Liyue Seven Stars just came to power."

"It sounds a lot like a threat."

Ke Qing actually shook his head, and said to me: "The Emperor Yan talked about the contract, in fact, he pursued the fairness and fairness in people's hearts. This kind of contract is a slow process from tangible to intangible. Liyue Qixing are seven outstanding businessmen, regardless of What kind of scenery they have seen, what kind of road they have walked, but when they are in Liyue, they are in the position of Seven Stars, and they must become people who abide by the contract."

He also said: "This is not a threat, but a norm. Just like we would require people to be kind and flawless. There is a contract in the world, and it will provide people with absolute pros and cons at the earliest turmoil. The way forward. Of course, looking at it now, the contract is also flexible.”

He opened the miscellaneous book, and there was not a word in it, not even the fakes with missing arms and legs.

"The person who sold me this book, someone in his family has a sudden illness, he needs the money. And I got this fake book, I want to get my money back," he asked me, "Do you think I am so Do, is it right?"

He replied: "My behavior is correct, because the content of the contract is between my money and his books. I didn't get what I deserved, and I have the right to take it. As for the family behind him is What it is, actually has nothing to do with me."

Zhongli put the book on the flower bed.

Then Ke Qing picked up the sweet-scented osmanthus in his hand, which is called "Caitou", and told me: "The ball osmanthus is a superior variety in the sweet-scented osmanthus. When it blooms, you can smell it from a long distance away. The fragrance of the flowers is fragrant. The petals They are tightly clustered, gorgeous and fragrant, and have a high ornamental value. This is second only to Zhuangyuanhong. What's more valuable is that this one is so golden and clear, it is really rare."

The wordless book on the flower bed was blown up by the autumn wind, and after turning a few pages, it was all wordless.

"The contract is also flexible, those coincidences, those karmic encounters," Ke Qing laughed, "A little money, a piece of laurel that is hard to buy, is fine."

He handed over the wordless book to me, saying that it can still be used for writing and keeping accounts, so it should be a notebook with a rather peculiar cover.

"Mr. Zhongli's Mid-Autumn Festival gift is really..." I looked at the "Three Sentences, I Spent 18 for the King of Rocks" in my hand and laughed.

"Of course not," he denied, "this can only be regarded as a lucky draw for you, just like those flower branches."

Ke Qing's footsteps stopped, and we stood in front of a small door.

He said: here we are.

Then I watched him push open the door.

There is a flower tree behind the door, which is not high, but the moment the door is opened, the fragrance comes out.

"Come on," Ke Qing opened the door and called me in, "Let's take a look at the number one sweet-scented osmanthus in the world."

The trees are full of red osmanthus, redder than maple leaves, just like the red paper used by Liyue children for paper-cutting, like the red lanterns hung in every household during the Moon Festival.

...It's like the red eyes of Ke Qing standing under the tree with two sweet-scented osmanthus flowers in his hand.

At this moment, I suddenly remembered that sweet-scented osmanthus is also called "rock osmanthus".

It is a good time for sweet-scented osmanthus in the world.