Madam Xiao didn't want to disappoint the child.
Then Madam Xiao had an idea...
If a whole bouquet was too much...
Maybe she could bring fewer flowers?
Just...
One flower?
But nobody brought a single flower to visit someone in the hospital...
Madam Xiao wondered if she was being too extreme.
A small bouquet of three or five flowers...
That was still too much...
How many vases could the child's hospital room possibly have for all those bouquets?
Then...
Madam Xiao stopped walking.
She saw the employees in the flower shop behind the glass window...
One of them seemed to be putting together a flower basket.
The employee carefully selected suitable flowers and arranged them in the basket.
It looked like simple work, but the employee took it seriously and spent a long time on it.
The finished arrangement was beautiful.
The employee looked up.
They smiled at Madam Xiao.
Madam Xiao smiled back.
Her expression relaxed.
She had an idea.
Next time she went to the hospital to visit the child, she would bring something for the child to eat, and also...
A single flower.
It was a bright, rosy-red flower.
Bao Bao liked bright colors.
Maybe Bao Bao had grown tired of the dull colors in the hospital room and the plain hospital gown. Bao Bao liked vivid shades.
So...
That must have been why the red maple leaves Bao Bao had seen that day had left such a deep impression.
Juzi was a little surprised to see the single flower in Madam Xiao's hand.
After all, she'd never seen anyone bring just one flower to a hospital visit...
But she didn't say anything.
After thinking it over, she even felt that Madam Xiao's idea was a good one.
She'd