Before the eyes could fully see the thin yellow strip of mustard flowers, they saw the opaque white color of the white mustard flower bed. But that opaque white color also quickly became a transition point to the pink-orange color of countless ripe persimmons on branches without a single leaf left. The color of Spring continues, making everyone feel like they are lost in the time when all things bring prosperity of the year, even though there is still more than 1 month until Tet is officially here...
Because the flowers bloom early, gardeners are bustling to welcome guests to take photos and check-in. Then on all social networks, from Facebook, Zalo to Tiktok, photos and clips of going to the flower garden in the mountains are flooded. It must be said that posing and taking photos in the plum blossom forest or at the base of a rose tree only sees fruit or in an attractive citrus garden for all ages, regardless of age. Every corner of the garden is bustling, laughter mixed with posing instructions. There are also Southern accents exclaiming in the 7-8 degree Celsius cold of the northern mountains... All create a unique sound of the spring days that are very near.
2. Outside an ancient plum flower garden, like many plum orchards and rose gardens in the Northwest mountains, many kinds of vegetables and tubers are sold by ethnic minority women. Besides, there are bouquets of plum blossoms and wild peach blossoms neatly wrapped, just waiting for customers to take pictures and come out to buy and bring them back to the lowlands. But only outside that garden, when standing next to bouquets of plums and peach blossoms, a gentle fragrance suddenly appears.
Suddenly seeing a lonely but extremely luxurious bunch of white peach blossoms. On the fragile branches, 2 white peach blossoms have spread thick petals, with tiny brown pistils in the middle. Pure white stands out between the brown color of the branches, the green color of the surrounding plants, the faded pink color of wild peach blossoms and the milky color of plum blossoms - that is the white color of white peach blossoms.
Holding in her hand the only white peach blossom bouquet, almost as tall as a person's head, asking for the price, the ethnic woman raised 4 fingers and said white and pink are the same. The reflex of the person in charge of going to the market, cooking rice, bargaining: 20,000 VND is okay because the whole bouquet only has 2 flowers, and pink peach blossoms are covered with buds that have been prepared to separate? ... Bargaining as a daily habit but at that time thinking it was definitely necessary to bring the white peach blossom bouquet downstream because the pure white color and gentle scent are not available in any peach blossom. The woman heard the bargain, shook her head and then raised 3 fingers again. Without hesitation, she took out her wallet and gave the woman 30,000 VND to become the owner of the white peach blossom bouquet...
3. Arriving in Hanoi, because it was too late at night, I only had time to put my belongings in one place, rest to go to work early the next morning. In the afternoon, coming home from work, opening the door, the whole apartment had a faint fragrance, very strange, cool, sweet, a bit wild but also very charming like the beautiful scenery of the mountains and forests. Looking out, the white peach blossom bunch that came home late the night before, set up in the corner of the kitchen, rushed to work in the morning so I didn't have time to put it in the vase. Yet many branches of white peach blossoms were already full of buds. The new buds that were as small as a toothpick head the day before, if you weren't sharp-eyed, you wouldn't even see them, now they have sprouted on the stems strongly, despite not being replenished with water for many hours. Some buds are starting to turn round, just waiting for the time to spread their wings...
Redeeming the mistake with the bouquet of peach blossoms, choosing the most beautiful Bien Hoa pottery, carefully planting each branch. The next morning, suddenly waking up because of a very pleasant scent, suddenly realizing the fragrance emanating from the white peach vase. On a small branch, there were eight or nine blooming white peach blossoms. The pure white peach branches are like the fresh air of the mountains and also as intense as never before without water for dozens of hours.
Thank you white peach blossoms with thick, luxurious petals, carrying a characteristic fragrance of a flower only found in Spring. Pure white peach blossoms seem to carry a whole region of fresh mountains and forests, dispelling the thick, polluted air of the city.
And, more than anything, it is the flower that announces the arrival of Spring - the springs of each person - of the woman who sold the bouquet of flowers, of the person who bought the flowers and of those who are taking pictures together to have fun in the early spring flower gardens.
