行花市,是很多人除夕夜的指定動作,但對我們來說,是去年才開始「培養」的「習慣」。
吃過團年飯,擾攘一番後,我們終於在九時多出門。起初,我還以為九時多應該是「蛇餅時段」,人會多得很。到了球場,人雖然多,但不用像去年一樣排隊入場,真好。
今年天氣暖,很多年花早已開透開熟。不過,這似乎不減大家買花的興致:花檔的生意,普遍要比去年好。
擠迫的人群,嘈吵的環境... 為什麼大家還要行花市,而且行得心甘情願?
就只為了... 「贈興」
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(1) 花絮

| 今年的其中一個特色,就是有很多桔、桔、和更多的桔 | 天氣太暖,花早已全開,花瓣都掉落滿地... 好可憐 | 水仙,又是另一個天氣太暖的受害者 | 含羞答答的蝴蝶蘭 - 我的最愛 |
還有,看到好些很「騎呢」的東西:
賣花又賣礦泉水?這攤主的聯想力真強。
「星球大戰」.... 喂?
(2) 奇遇
有時,楚楚可憐的樣子,對做生意的確有點幫助。
檔主甲﹝o靚仔乙件﹞:蘭花68蚊,68蚊...
老豆:38蚊得唔得?﹝想着敷衍他兩句便離去﹞
檔主甲:48蚊啦...
老豆:唔係38的話,唔買。
檔主甲:唔好啦~ 先生你等陣...
此時,這o靚仔伸出雙手,手托着蘭花,貌極依依不捨。其楚楚可憐狀,就像那些戰爭片中,女主角追着火車喊着「你一定要回來」之類的那種模樣...
我和媽見了這款模樣,都忍不住大笑。
檔主甲:先生你等陣。﹝向同黨乙﹞喂,可唔可以賣38蚊呀...
檔主乙:你話事啦﹝向同黨丙﹞。
檔主丙:你話事啦﹝望甲和乙﹞
「吓,冇人話事呀....」
經過好一番商討後...
檔主甲:好啦好啦,38就38啦。
老豆拿了四十元出來。
檔主甲:冇兩蚊找喎....
女檔主:算啦兩蚊唔駛找啦...
老豆:唔得....一定要找,要討番個意頭嘛...
就這樣,我們就帶了有史以來買得最平宜的蘭花回家。
(3) 花的姿態

最後,我們一共買了三盆蘭花,是有紀錄以來最多的一次。
這株38元的蘭花,越看越有氣質。
我最喜歡的還是這白色的蘭花。如果那38元的是灰姑娘,這白的一定是大家閏秀。

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.about me.
Ga. 20-something. chemical engineer by day, day-dreamer (?) by night/weekends. often found shooting around with her unimpressive k750i.
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birthdae: 6 Sep
height: not tall, definitely.
weight: considered light... luckily.
from where: hong kong
stay where: singapore
like: drawing, singing, reading,
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