Volume 3 Winter Solstice Chapter 1 Seedling Block
It's snowing in Yanjing.
Hu Yuefeng leaned on the sofa, watching the snowflakes falling.
He looked to be in his early forties, with thick black hair and a ruddy complexion. His expression and posture were extremely relaxed.
But Sun Xiu didn't dare to relax.
The man in front of him was actually over 60 years old. He started from scratch and reached his current position with his tenacity and extraordinary means.
"This year doesn't seem to be going well." Hu Yuefeng said.
Sun Xiu sat forward and said, "Our foundation in Tangjiang City is not stable enough. The various points of our layout have not been connected together, and we are still operating independently..."
"Xiao Sun, I don't mean to blame you." Hu Yuefeng stretched out his hand, and a snowflake passed through the window and fell into his palm.
The window is not broken.
There was not a breath of wind.
"I heard that Luo Chengyuan died, but you let the murderer go unpunished ."
The sound blew on Sun Xiu's eardrum.
Sun Xiu tried his best to keep his expression calm, but his brain started working at high speed.
Who is going to deal with him?
After the second quarter of this year, he specifically reported to Hu Yuefeng about the Rake Company and Luo Chengyuan. At that time, Hu Yuefeng did not object to his cold treatment idea.
Who was it? Who told Hu Yuefeng about this again?
"Brother Hu, it's not that I won't investigate, but Tangjiang City is too special. Although Zhuang Zekun left the Special Operations Department a long time ago, his subordinates are still living in Tangjiang City. The Rake Company has been targeted by the Special Operations Department. I'm afraid..."
"I know it's hard for you, but Xiaosun, if we have to endure and compromise even if our brothers die on the road ahead, then what's the point of all this we've managed?"
Sun Xiu did not respond directly, but said: "Brother Hu, I'm scared."
"What are you afraid of? "
"I'm afraid that if I investigate further I'll get a truth that I can't bear."
Hu Yuefeng turned and looked at Sun Xiu with a scrutinizing look in his eyes.
"I'm not afraid of Zhuang Zekun. Thirteen years ago, we were able to trick him into leaving the Special Operations Group. How many times stronger are we now than we were then?"
A look of reminiscence appeared on Hu Yuefeng's face.
Sun Xiu breathed a sigh of relief, and continued, "Luo Chengyuan died without a sound, but we didn't realize he was dead right away, and instead thought he was missing. Who could have misled us like this?"
There was a hint of contemplation in Hu Yuefeng's expression.
"Brother Hu, I dare not tell anyone else these words. The person in charge of the Special Operations Department is a swordsman who is less than 20 years old. She will return to the mountain in more than two years. Why would she target the Rake Company? The people in the mountain did stand on Zhuang Zekun's side thirteen years ago, but since Zhuang Zekun left the Special Operations Department, the people in the mountain are just fulfilling their agreement. They will never work for the government."
"You mean, you suspect that someone among us..."
"Brother Hu, I have been with Luo Chengyuan for three years," Sun Xiu looked into Hu Yuefeng's eyes, his thin body straightened. "Finance and entertainment, these two areas are slowly gaining a foothold in Tangjiang City. As for technology, we are looking for a suitable company to replace Rake. These few years are the most critical for us, and we cannot stop."
Hu Yuefeng was persuaded by Sun Xiu . He said, "Do it at your own pace."
"I won't let Brother Hu down."
Tangjiang City.
Jiang You was walking around the Liumu Flower and Bird Market wearing a thick black down jacket. When he came to the stall where he bought succulents last time, the stall owner recognized him.
"Come and see, there are a lot of new varieties. Are all the ones I bought last time still alive?"
Jiang You stopped and said, "They all survived after one transplant."
He took out his cell phone and showed the stall owner the succulents growing in the bamboo tubes.
"It's popular now. I also have flower pots that imitate tree trunks and bamboo tubes. In winter, you need to water less and keep warm," the stall owner told Jiang You about the precautions, "try to get as much sun as possible."
"I built a sun room, so there will definitely be enough sunlight."
After chatting for a while, Jiang You squatted down and asked while picking out succulents: "Do you know where to buy turtles here?"
"Turtle? It's winter now, and turtles are hibernating."
“I see…”
The stall owner handed him a bag and said, "My friend who has a turtle at home recently told me that he doesn't know whether the turtle at home is dead or hibernating."
“There’s still a difference, right?”
"Come over when the weather gets warmer, and I'll take you to buy it."
"That's fine. By the way, do you have those seedling boxes for sale?"
"Yes, how big do you want?"
“The bigger the better.”
"The largest plate has 105 holes, five pieces for 10 bucks, a box of 1,000 for 150 bucks."
Jiang You calculated the price and said, "Give me five trays and a box of seedling blocks." Jiang You said generously.
"OK."
After paying the money, Jiang You walked around the flower and bird market. Perhaps because of the cold weather, the small animals on the stalls were in low spirits. It was hard to tell whether the turtle was dead or asleep. So Jiang You carried the box and took a taxi back to the insect house.
He arranged the seedling trays in a cross in the open space in the yard, threw the seedling blocks in one by one, then stood up, found a watering can by the pond, filled it with water, then stood next to the seedling trays and started watering.
The seedling blocks swelled up when they came into contact with water.
Out of the corner of my eye, I saw a little girl step into the yard.
She was wearing a thick dark blue sweatshirt, a hat, and a scarf, with a strand of pink hair sticking out from the edge of the hat.
It’s Yang Xuan.
"What are you doing? Planting flowers?" Yang Xuan looked at the seedlings in the plate that were not growing much.
"Yes, planting flowers. Why aren't you picking your feet in the dormitory today? I remember you were closed all Christmas. You just said Merry Christmas on Weibo and posted a selfie with the dormitory building as the background."
“No schedule.”
"What about the money?"
"Let's wait until the weather warms up. Brother Huan doesn't even rush me!"
"I'm a fan of your career," Jiang You glanced at Yang Xuan, "Have you gained some weight?"
"Not fat."
"Not fat?"
"I wasn't thin to begin with, and now that I wear more clothes in winter..." Yang Xuan's voice became softer, "I gained three pounds."
"Hurry up and reduce it, otherwise when the camera sweeps over it, wow, it's a widescreen..."
"How much weight have you gained?"
"I've lost some weight," Jiang You stepped over one seedling tray and began to water another, "I've lost 30 taels. Aren't you going home for the New Year?"
"My mother asked me to spend the New Year with her this year," Yang Xuan squatted down and picked up a piece of seedling block that was soaked with water. "She called me later and said that she felt that I was a girl and had always been very well behaved and didn't cause any trouble. My brother was in a premature relationship and his grades were declining. She said that girls could get a second chance at life through marriage, but boys could only rely on themselves. My father was a weird person, so she wanted my brother but not me."
"I asked her why she didn't want both, but she didn't say anything and just cried," Yang Xuan put the seedling block back, "Where are the seeds? I can help you put them in."
