However, Chiang Xiao had not expected that she would really see several flowers shortly after she began thinking about them!
After planting the tea plants, she continued deeper into the forest because she wanted to release the giant python far away from the village. If possible, she desired to go as deep as possible into the mountains, so she chose a path where the trees and grass were thick, and the mountain seemed difficult to climb.
Having climbed for a while, probably around evening, the view suddenly opened up before her. She had reached a high point, and a slope stretched out into the air, standing there, she could just perfectly see the entire Peace Town below, small and distant, the scenery was exceptionally beautiful, and it felt very expansive.
The slanting sun was like fire, reddening a large expanse of sky.
A few birds glided slowly past before her eyes, like a painting.
Chiang Xiao admired the view for a while, and just as she was assessing whether the spot was suitable for releasing the snake, she looked down and saw a few plants at her feet, no, they shouldn’t be called just plants, because their leaves looked very much like orchid leaves.
Could they be wild mountain orchids?
Chiang Xiao’s eyes lit up. She had never thought of digging up orchids to make money, even though she knew some orchids could be very expensive, worth a house if well-cared-for.
But, being a lover of orchids herself, if she were lucky enough to dig up a well-formed orchid, she wouldn’t sell it; instead, she would nurture it herself. When she had some free time, she would use the orchid as a model and paint a few pictures of it, which would be quite pleasant.
In her past life, Deng Qingjiang had bought a pot of orchid to please an elder who had always protected him. Chiang Xiao knew that the good opportunities Deng Qingjiang later had to sell his paintings and ascend into high society were also because the elder was particularly fond of the orchid he had gifted, paving the way for him.
Ironically, that orchid was so expensive, and it had been acquired with money saved from selling her paintings.
That elder was also someone Chiang Xiao hated, because the research institution Deng Qingjiang later sold her to was backed by that very elder!
Thinking of the past always tended to sour her mood.
Fortunately, in this life, she was finally able to step out and become stronger, step by step.
When the time came for her to finally stand before them, it would also be her time for revenge!
Chiang Xiao dug up the several orchid plants she had found. There were six in total, and surprisingly, three different varieties.
Could it be that this place gathered the essence of heaven and earth? Was it why the orchids were clustered here?
Since none of the orchid plants had bloomed yet, Chiang Xiao couldn’t determine what type they were. But no matter, she thought to just plant them all in Space.
Space would give her the answers.
And it wouldn’t make her wait too long.
Chiang Xiao planted all six orchid plants in Space.
The first wild mountain tea plant she had planted in Space was still blooming. Because it had bloomed so profusely before, Chiang Xiao had picked some of them, thinking of trying to dry and preserve them, only to find that within just three days, the wild tea plant was once again covered in blossoms.
To experiment, she boldly plucked all the flowers, leaving none behind, but three days later, it was once again covered in blossoms.
So now she understood that as long as it was a flowering plant, no matter how many times one picked the flowers, they would bloom again. Moreover, it seemed the wild tea plant would not bear seeds, else it would have done so by now.
She now had several jars of wild tea flowers stored on the shelves of Bamboo Hut, but had not yet thought of what to do with them. Fortunately, items placed in Space would not spoil.