In the cold weather, flower and ornamental plant vendors in Ha Tinh City have to huddle in makeshift tents to look after their products and wait for customers to come and buy.
Xo Viet Nghe Tinh and some main streets in Ha Tinh city are bustling with peach blossoms, apricot blossoms, and ornamental plants to serve the needs of the people.
To facilitate the care of ornamental plants, businesses have set up huts on the sidewalk to protect them from the rain and wind.
At night, the temperature drops to only 14 degrees Celsius. The cold rain makes the work of ornamental plant traders even more difficult.
Temporary tents on the sidewalk are a shelter from the rain and cold for ornamental plant traders. They take advantage of the quiet time to rest for a few short minutes.
To dispel the cold night and the drizzle, some traders had to light fires to keep warm and stay up all night to look after the ornamental plants.
With the hope of earning more income during Tet, Mr. Pham Anh Hao (born in 1985, residing in Thach Ha commune, Ha Tinh city) imported more than 200 Binh Dinh yellow apricot trees to sell. "At this time, people have not yet had a Tet holiday, so many people will take advantage of the evening to choose ornamental plants. Therefore, I work all night to serve customers, although it is hard, I still encourage myself to try to have a more fulfilling Tet..." , Mr. Hao shared.
This is the fourth night that Mr. Vo Ta Linh (born in 1986, residing in Thach Linh ward) has stayed in a temporary tent to look after more than 200 kumquat trees. The cold weather has made his work more difficult. " Kumquat trees have been available for several days but there are still not many buyers. I hope that in the last days of the year, people's purchasing power will increase so that I can sell all the remaining apricot trees and have a little more money to buy Tet gifts for my wife and children, " Mr. Linh shared.
In many makeshift tents, vendors are still keeping their lights on waiting for customers to come buy their goods.
Late at night, trucks carrying apricot and peach blossoms from the North arrive on Xo Viet Nghe Tinh Street, and the owners are busy unloading their goods. The heavy rain and cold weather make everyone's work even harder.
Working in the cold rain made the traders' hands numb, they had to make a fire to keep warm.
With just over 10 days left until the Lunar New Year 2024, ornamental plant traders are "racing" against time, "working hard" on the streets.
No matter how hard it is, people who sell ornamental plants and flowers for Tet do not mind. Their simple wish is to earn extra income before Tet and return home to celebrate the sacred New Year's Eve with their families.
Ngoc Hoa - Thu Cuc
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