A woman in Guangzhou bought a cactus home, watered it, fertilized it, and took good care of it. One night, the cactus suddenly broke, and when I saw the hollow in the middle, it turned out that the whole cactus was made of plastic.
“Fake” and “simulation” are also Chinese nouns, but they still sound a bit different. “Simulation” seems to be more honest than “fake”. For example, for a vegetarian feast, the menu is full of “meat dishes”. Those who cook these dishes will use the word “simulation” instead of “fake”. But in fact, eating a “simulation” dish and eating a “fake” dish mean the same thing, and there is no difference.
As for “counterfeiting”, although it is deceptive, it is often more technically demanding. Just like the cactus bought by the Guangzhou woman mentioned above, it is clearly “fake”, but because the “fidelity” is very high, it can trick people into watering and fertilizing.
Cactus plants are particularly rough. As long as the climate is not too cold, generally speaking, they will grow when they are folded and inserted into the mud. Just like the Epiphyllum I planted in my house, I just broke a leaf from a friend’s house, put it in a flowerpot at home, and put it on the balcony. Plants, if the small pot can’t hold it, the larger pot will be replaced. After regarding two years, it will start to “flash in the pan”. The meaning of “one present” is that the flowering period is very short, only one night, only a few hours. However, following the “one-shot”, the flower buds continued to appear, and the flowers continued to bloom, so they would reappear following the show was completed. This summer, it showed four times, but it seems to be normal.
Decades ago, it was popular in Shanghai for a while to grow prickly pear cactus at home. Tropical plants need special care in winter. Shanghai is too cold in winter. The planters will also use transparent plastic sheets to make greenhouses, with bulbs to heat up, to prevent the cacti from freezing to death. People who are successful in planting are always very proud, and when they are in bloom, they will invite friends to enjoy them together. It was still a time when I didn’t know much, and if I saw something special, I would remember it firmly, so when I talk regarding cactus today, I will think of the excitement when several friends huddled together in a small room to watch the cactus bloom. The mood is very similar to the first time last year when I called my friends over to see a flash in the pan. At that time, the cacti were real.
Lee Chun Eun
