Of course, pedestrians passing by the street cannot ignore the beauty and scent of this special flower, because in the city, the grapefruit flower season does not appear much, nor last long, but is enough to make anyone who sees it feel many emotions from that scent....
When I stopped for a while with a lady selling grapefruit flowers on Xa Dan Street, I discovered something quite interesting and simple. That is why bicycles carrying grapefruit flowers for sale in Hanoi often stop on large streets, two-way roads on each side are very wide and airy.
Even in the old town, there are not many people selling grapefruit flowers like on streets like Le Duan, Giai Phong, Xa Dan, Lang Ha...
Although there are many reasons, first of all in terms of traffic, it seems that everyone wants to stop longer next to this car full of familiar scent, so there needs to be a large space, otherwise it will more or less cause traffic congestion.
The grapefruit flowers are so fragrant that even from 20-30m away, in a crowded street space, thick with the smell of exhaust fumes and dusty rain, this fragrance can still reach our senses. At that time, our eyes will search, and our hearts will want to find a way to return, as a flower buyer shared:
"The scent of grapefruit flowers is really lingering, I passed by but still felt like I wanted to look back, it was really impressive, because in the city I rarely smell the scent of flowers and grass, it is both rustic and sweet, in general it is unforgettable. Suddenly on the street I caught a scent like that, I just wanted to look back, even after passing by I wanted to go back to bring a bit of that fragrance home".
The confusion and hesitation of the listener just now between continuing or turning back was so adorable. And when he liked something, he stopped to buy and choose, whether it was the fragrant fallen grapefruit flowers or the pure white and green buds on the branches, neatly and carefully wrapped, both the seller and the buyer cherished it.
Around 25,000-40,000 VND/tael of grapefruit flowers is near the end of the season, more or less bringing the seller a comfortable income. Especially when grapefruit flowers sell very quickly, the seller does not need to bring them to the old town or move to another street to sell.
"Of course I like it, I buy it every day, grapefruit flowers are fragrant and beautiful."
"Because it has a strong scent, and is very familiar, it reminds me of the countryside, gardens, I like it."
The flower seller saw customers coming in to buy, each person bought one or two ounces, but in a flash, more than half of the flower tray was gone. Especially those customers who chose grapefruit flowers to offer on the full moon and the first day of the lunar month, she both sold and sent a little bit of her heart to the buyer, using these small fragrant flowers as a bridge:
"In general, people like this flower so they buy it quickly. I don't have anything, but I send a bunch of grapefruit flowers to worship and burn incense for them. I just have that kind of heart..."
Remembering the verses in the poem "Still Fragrance" by poet Phan Thi Thanh Nhan that perhaps many listeners listening to the program Walking Through the Street right now also want to sing:
Fragrant grapefruit flowers for confused hearts
I dare not ask
The girl dare not give
Just a warm, elegant scent
Can't hide just fly gently
The girl is like a bunch of flowers quietly
Let the scent speak for love…
The scent of grapefruit on the street certainly makes pedestrians somewhat linger and confused. It doesn’t have to be love between couples, just like pedestrians who are stopping a little longer to enjoy this scent in the flow of people going back and forth, then that’s where we are giving our beloved streets a gentle love…
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