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Chapter 19 Osmanthus Fragrance

That evening, Zhang Taiping had just poured dilute space water on the osmanthus tree, and before he had time to eat, Wang Gui, the eldest son of the village chief, invited him to his house for a drink.

The old village chief was about the same age as Zhang Taiping's father, but he had a son early.Now Wang Gui is 30 years old, six years older than Zhang Taiping, an authentic northern farmer, honest and honest.As the eldest of the family, he had to run around for a living early on. In the early years, he was out and about, relying on his hard work and tight cash, he actually saved some money.In the past few years, as the old village head got older, he returned home to take care of the elderly, planted mushrooms at home according to the knowledge accumulated outside, and rode a motorcycle tricycle to the town every day, which was more than enough to support his family.

It is said to be a small village, but it occupies a large area. The houses are not tightly clustered like towns, but scattered scattered. Even neighbors are separated by tens of meters or tens of meters.The courtyard of Zhang Taiping's house is built on the hillside, hundreds of meters away from the center of the village.

After going out, Wang Gui gave Zhang Taiping a cigarette and lit another for himself.The two of them walked in the windy night, Wang Gui was originally the kind of taciturn person, and the two of them didn't have a deep relationship, so they didn't have a word for a while, but just smoked silently.

After finishing one cigarette, Zhang Taiping popped out the cigarette holder, and the scattered sparks drew an arc and landed in the river beside the road.Zhang Taiping asked: "I don't know why Uncle Han Min asked me to go there?"

Wang Gui smiled and said, "It's not about the wild boar going down the mountain."

Zhang Taiping turned his head to look at the smile on Wang Gui's face. When he was silent, he looked honest and honest. When he smiled, the smile on his ordinary face made people feel like a spring breeze, but it gave people a feeling of trustworthiness.Zhang Taiping suddenly thought, this kind of person is either wise and foolish or treacherous and loyal.

After a pause, Zhang Taiping frowned and said, "Is it about that wild boar a few days ago?"

"That's not true. In our village, no one dares to offend everyone, unless he doesn't want to mess around on the three-acre land. Tonight is mainly to discuss how to prevent wild boars. The corn is about to turn yellow. The wild boars were active down the mountain one day, and a few acres of land were harmed. It is not easy to plant for a season, and this is not an option, so the village plans to form several patrol teams to take care of the corn fields in turn."

Zhang Taiping nodded and did not speak again.

There are already more than a dozen people gathered in the village head's house, and they are waiting for Zhang Taiping.Originally, Zhang Taiping would not be notified of this kind of thing. According to his previous style, even if he knew about it, he would not participate.In view of his performance a few days ago, the village chief asked his son to go and just say a word.

Seeing him coming in, the village chief stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder, and arranged a seat for him.That boy Wang Peng was also there, and when he saw Zhang Taiping coming in, he moved his chair and came up to him.

I simply prepared a few cold dishes, stewed wild mushrooms with a large pot of old hen, and added homemade wine.

When he was full of wine and food, the old village head pressed his hands and said: "I called everyone here tonight to take care of Baogu. The wild boars are very harmful. For the past ten days before Baoguhuang, we divided up into groups every evening. Patrolling the fields, wild boars only come out to harm people in the evening, so only ten o'clock is enough."

As soon as the words fell, Wang Laoliu's loud voice came out, "Brother, don't say anything else, just arrange the manpower directly. I don't think everyone here is a scumbag."

When the old village chief saw that the people below agreed, he directly allocated the manpower.Not surprisingly, Zhang Taiping became the captain of a five-member team. Although he was young, no one objected, because word of his tough performance that day had already spread in the village.

When going out, Zhang Taiping looked back at Wang Gui who was sitting in the corner smoking, always felt that this person was not simple.

Back home, I drank another bowl of polenta.I took a bath in the river, sat under the osmanthus tree and told Yaya a few stories until she fell asleep in my arms.

The next day, as soon as the door of the middle courtyard was opened, a faint sweet fragrance hit.Zhang Taiping was taken aback, then raised his head, the osmanthus tree that hadn't bloomed for several years was covered with clusters of dense pale white flowers.

I jumped up and picked a bunch of sweet-scented osmanthus, put it under my nose and sniffed, the four yellow and white petals couldn't stop the overflowing fragrance.

Osmanthus fragrans is a rare and precious good thing.Not only is it beautiful and fragrant, but it can also be used as spices, beverages, and ingredients.

The strong floral fragrance of osmanthus will not dissipate easily. The fragrance is elegant and drowsy. It will not irritate people's nose. It has a refreshing effect and can eliminate various odors in the air. It can be stored for a long time if it is crushed with white sugar in the package, so it is widely used as a spice.Osmanthus fragrans can also be made into sweet-scented osmanthus tea. The method of making it is simple, just put the freshly picked petals in boiling water, and then dry them in the sun.When drinking sweet-scented osmanthus tea, the tea leaves are pleasing to the eye, and the aroma of the tea is overflowing. Take a sip and hold it in your mouth, and the rich sweet aroma will rush straight to your forehead, making you feel refreshed.Osmanthus wine was also famous all over the world, but now most of the secret recipes are lost, and few people can brew it.Osmanthus is also a kind of food material, which can be used for soup and porridge. The most famous ones are osmanthus cake and osmanthus Lantern Festival.

Osmanthus fragrans can also be used as medicine, which has the effects of dispelling cold and breaking knots, resolving phlegm and promoting body fluid.Combined with green back osmanthus, horse osmanthus, mountain osmanthus, osmanthus dew and osmanthus seeds, it is mainly used for dispelling cold and breaking knots, resolving phlegm and relieving cough.

There are many kinds of osmanthus, and the common ones are Dan osmanthus, golden osmanthus, silver osmanthus and four seasons osmanthus.The color of silver osmanthus flowers is white, slightly yellowish, the leaves are thinner than other osmanthus trees, and the fragrance of the flowers is not as strong as that of golden osmanthus.Silver osmanthus blooms in autumn, and the flower color is mainly white, which is pure white, milky white and yellowish white, and very few special ones will be light yellow.Silver osmanthus is divided into Yulinglong, Liuye Yingui, Changye early Yingui, Ziyingui, Baijie, early Yingui, late Yingui and Jiulonggui and so on.

Judging from the shape of the flower and the leaves on the tree body, the one at home is the Jiulong osmanthus among the silver osmanthus. 'Jiulonggui' grows fast and forms early, which is closely related to its strong branching force and large growth of new shoots.It is more resistant to water and humidity, and has strong drought resistance, but its disease resistance is poor and it is prone to leaf fall. The saplings of 'Jiulonggui' have three new shoots every year, that is, spring shoots, summer shoots and autumn shoots.Each new shoot is purple-red when it starts, and it can last for 10 days to half a month. During these periods, it can play the role of color-leaved tree species. 'Nine Dragons Osmanthus' starts flowering late, usually after 8 years of age. The corolla is silvery white, and the pedicels are long and thin, like strings of white silver bells hanging from the branches, very cute.

The biggest highlight of the Kowloon osmanthus is that the branches grow naturally twisted.According to fixed-point observations in 2004, early spring shoots and late autumn shoots all grow straight without bending; while late spring shoots, summer shoots and early autumn shoots must naturally bend and grow to form a "dragon" shape.This may be the three types of young shoots in late spring, summer and early autumn. Under direct sunlight at around 30°C, they once softened and drooped. After the temperature dropped, they resumed upward growth due to the polarity relationship, and finally formed a distorted shape. branch.

The dragon is a symbol of the Chinese nation. Throughout the 5000-year history of civilization in our country, images of dragons can be found everywhere in the literature, paintings and sculptures that have been handed down, as well as in folk customs among the masses. The branches of 'Jiulonggui' have a peculiar shape, and its arc-shaped twisted branches are formed purely naturally without any artificial processing, which is a highlight of its cultivation and ornamental.Coupled with its purple-red shoots and pleasant fragrance of silver-white corolla, it becomes an excellent osmanthus variety integrating greening, beautification and fragrance.It is suitable for cultivation and viewing in civic squares and public green spaces, and can also be used as a high-end decorative potted plant in living rooms, hotels, conference halls, etc.

The sweet-scented osmanthus tree is a symbol of nobility, chastity, honor, friendship and auspiciousness, and those who succeed in official careers and make great achievements are called "gui laurel". The myth of "Moon Palace and Fairy Osmanthus" gives the world infinite reverie.After the Tang and Song dynasties, sweet-scented osmanthus has been widely used in gardens for cultivation and viewing.In Song Zhiwen's "Lingyin Temple" poem, there is a famous line "Osmanthus osmanthus falls in the middle of the moon, and the fragrance of heaven floats outside the clouds", so later generations also called osmanthus "fragrance of heaven".In Li Bai's poem "Ode to Osmanthus", he said, "Know the osmanthus in Nanshan, the green leaves hang down the fragrant roots. The clear shade can also be entrusted, why cherish the garden of the king".It shows that the poet wants to plant in the osmanthus garden, so that he can not only watch it from time to time, but also encourage himself from time to time.This need has caused the cultivation of sweet-scented osmanthus to become more and more popular in the garden.For example, in Song Dynasty Mei Yaochen's "Linxuan Gui": "There are no evil trees in the mountain couplets, but there are green osmanthus bushes."In Ouyang Xiu's "Xie Ren Sends Double Osmanthus Trees", "Xiaolu Qiuhui floats, Qingyin medicine column song" implies that the osmanthus has been transplanted to the peony railing in the poet's garden.In Mao Pang's "Song of Osmanthus Flowers" in the Song Dynasty, "the shadow of osmanthus on jade steps is graceful in autumn" shows that osmanthus is planted in front of the jade-colored steps.In the poem "Osmanthus fragrans" by Ni Zan in the Yuan Dynasty, "Osmanthus fragrans stays in the evening, and the shade of the curtain fades in autumn light", pointing out that osmanthus is planted in front of the window.

In the long-term historical development process, osmanthus has formed a profound cultural connotation and distinctive national characteristics.

Therefore, there is now a "osmanthus stream" in the market. People love osmanthus trees and plant them one after another.Many osmanthus bonsai emerged at the historic moment, and most of these osmanthus pots were grafted. They are famous for their peculiar shape and long flowering period, and are popular in the market, forming their unique cultural trends.

Zhang Taiping held a bunch of sweet-scented osmanthus in a daze, his mind was open, and there was a bright future in appreciating flowers and trees. In the future, he could cultivate some ornamental bonsai trees. If he was interested, he could even participate in some kind of flower expo.

When he came to the front room, he strung osmanthus flowers in front of his wife and waved them, but the wife didn't understand what it meant.Zhang Taiping put the sweet-scented osmanthus in his wife's palm and said.

"The sweet-scented osmanthus bloomed last night."

Cai Yazhi held this string of sweet-scented osmanthus as if holding a peerless treasure, carefully.There is no woman who does not love flowers, not to mention that this is the first gift from Zhang Taiping in the true sense.

Looking at his wife's radiant eyes, Zhang Taiping involuntarily lowered his voice, fearing to disturb this charming shyness.

"Can you make osmanthus cake?"

The wife shook her head, her face was full of curiosity as if lightly powdered, and she was asking, can flowers be used to make tea or pastries?

Zhang Taiping replied: "I don't know if other flowers can be made into cakes, but the osmanthus cake made from osmanthus has a strong fragrance and is extremely delicious. I remember that when grandma was still alive, I could eat osmanthus cake every year. It was the most delicious at that time. After the sweet-scented osmanthus cake, I didn’t eat anything else for a few days, and took the sweet-scented osmanthus cake as a regular meal.”

Cai Yazhi asked with gestures, will you do it?

Zhang Taiping nodded and jokingly said: "I will teach you the method when the time comes. This is a secret recipe passed down from family, and it must not be leaked."

The wife nodded solemnly and fiercely like a little girl.That evening, Zhang Taiping had just poured dilute space water on the osmanthus tree, and before he had time to eat, Wang Gui, the eldest son of the village chief, invited him to his house for a drink.

The old village chief was about the same age as Zhang Taiping's father, but he had a son early.Now Wang Gui is 30 years old, six years older than Zhang Taiping, an authentic northern farmer, honest and honest.As the eldest of the family, he had to run around for a living early on. In the early years, he was out and about, relying on his hard work and tight cash, he actually saved some money.In the past few years, as the old village head got older, he returned home to take care of the elderly, planted mushrooms at home according to the knowledge accumulated outside, and rode a motorcycle tricycle to the town every day, which was more than enough to support his family.

It is said to be a small village, but it occupies a large area. The houses are not tightly clustered like towns, but scattered scattered. Even neighbors are separated by tens of meters or tens of meters.The courtyard of Zhang Taiping's house is built on the hillside, hundreds of meters away from the center of the village.

After going out, Wang Gui gave Zhang Taiping a cigarette and lit another for himself.The two of them walked in the windy night, Wang Gui was originally the kind of taciturn person, and the two of them didn't have a deep relationship, so they didn't have a word for a while, but just smoked silently.

After finishing one cigarette, Zhang Taiping popped out the cigarette holder, and the scattered sparks drew an arc and landed in the river beside the road.Zhang Taiping asked: "I don't know why Uncle Han Min asked me to go there?"

Wang Gui smiled and said, "It's not about the wild boar going down the mountain."

Zhang Taiping turned his head to look at the smile on Wang Gui's face. When he was silent, he looked honest and honest. When he smiled, the smile on his ordinary face made people feel like a spring breeze, but it gave people a feeling of trustworthiness.Zhang Taiping suddenly thought, this kind of person is either wise and foolish or treacherous and loyal.

After a pause, Zhang Taiping frowned and said, "Is it about that wild boar a few days ago?"

"That's not true. In our village, no one dares to offend everyone, unless he doesn't want to mess around on the three-acre land. Tonight is mainly to discuss how to prevent wild boars. The corn is about to turn yellow. The wild boars were active down the mountain one day, and a few acres of land were harmed. It is not easy to plant for a season, and this is not an option, so the village plans to form several patrol teams to take care of the corn fields in turn."

Zhang Taiping nodded and did not speak again.

There are already more than a dozen people gathered in the village head's house, and they are waiting for Zhang Taiping.Originally, Zhang Taiping would not be notified of this kind of thing. According to his previous style, even if he knew about it, he would not participate.In view of his performance a few days ago, the village chief asked his son to go and just say a word.

Seeing him coming in, the village chief stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder, and arranged a seat for him.That boy Wang Peng was also there, and when he saw Zhang Taiping coming in, he moved his chair and came up to him.

I simply prepared a few cold dishes, stewed wild mushrooms with a large pot of old hen, and added homemade wine.

When he was full of wine and food, the old village head pressed his hands and said: "I called everyone here tonight to take care of Baogu. The wild boars are very harmful. For the past ten days before Baoguhuang, we divided up into groups every evening. Patrolling the fields, wild boars only come out to harm people in the evening, so only ten o'clock is enough."

As soon as the words fell, Wang Laoliu's loud voice came out, "Brother, don't say anything else, just arrange the manpower directly. I don't think everyone here is a scumbag."

When the old village chief saw that the people below agreed, he directly allocated the manpower.Not surprisingly, Zhang Taiping became the captain of a five-member team. Although he was young, no one objected, because word of his tough performance that day had already spread in the village.

When going out, Zhang Taiping looked back at Wang Gui who was sitting in the corner smoking, always felt that this person was not simple.

Back home, I drank another bowl of polenta.I took a bath in the river, sat under the osmanthus tree and told Yaya a few stories until she fell asleep in my arms.

The next day, as soon as the door of the middle courtyard was opened, a faint sweet fragrance hit.Zhang Taiping was taken aback, then raised his head, the osmanthus tree that hadn't bloomed for several years was covered with clusters of dense pale white flowers.

I jumped up and picked a bunch of sweet-scented osmanthus, put it under my nose and sniffed, the four yellow and white petals couldn't stop the overflowing fragrance.

Osmanthus fragrans is a rare and precious good thing.Not only is it beautiful and fragrant, but it can also be used as spices, beverages, and ingredients.

The strong floral fragrance of osmanthus will not dissipate easily. The fragrance is elegant and drowsy. It will not irritate people's nose. It has a refreshing effect and can eliminate various odors in the air. It can be stored for a long time if it is crushed with white sugar in the package, so it is widely used as a spice.Osmanthus fragrans can also be made into sweet-scented osmanthus tea. The method of making it is simple, just put the freshly picked petals in boiling water, and then dry them in the sun.When drinking sweet-scented osmanthus tea, the tea leaves are pleasing to the eye, and the aroma of the tea is overflowing. Take a sip and hold it in your mouth, and the rich sweet aroma will rush straight to your forehead, making you feel refreshed.Osmanthus wine was also famous all over the world, but now most of the secret recipes are lost, and few people can brew it.Osmanthus is also a kind of food material, which can be used for soup and porridge. The most famous ones are osmanthus cake and osmanthus Lantern Festival.

Osmanthus fragrans can also be used as medicine, which has the effects of dispelling cold and breaking knots, resolving phlegm and promoting body fluid.Combined with green back osmanthus, horse osmanthus, mountain osmanthus, osmanthus dew and osmanthus seeds, it is mainly used for dispelling cold and breaking knots, resolving phlegm and relieving cough.

There are many kinds of osmanthus, and the common ones are Dan osmanthus, golden osmanthus, silver osmanthus and four seasons osmanthus.The color of silver osmanthus flowers is white, slightly yellowish, the leaves are thinner than other osmanthus trees, and the fragrance of the flowers is not as strong as that of golden osmanthus.Silver osmanthus blooms in autumn, and the flower color is mainly white, which is pure white, milky white and yellowish white, and very few special ones will be light yellow.Silver osmanthus is divided into Yulinglong, Liuye Yingui, Changye early Yingui, Ziyingui, Baijie, early Yingui, late Yingui and Jiulonggui and so on.

Judging from the shape of the flower and the leaves on the tree body, the one at home is the Jiulong osmanthus among the silver osmanthus. 'Jiulonggui' grows fast and forms early, which is closely related to its strong branching force and large growth of new shoots.It is more resistant to water and humidity, and has strong drought resistance, but its disease resistance is poor and it is prone to leaf fall. The saplings of 'Jiulonggui' have three new shoots every year, that is, spring shoots, summer shoots and autumn shoots.Each new shoot is purple-red when it starts, and it can last for 10 days to half a month. During these periods, it can play the role of color-leaved tree species. 'Nine Dragons Osmanthus' starts flowering late, usually after 8 years of age. The corolla is silvery white, and the pedicels are long and thin, like strings of white silver bells hanging from the branches, very cute.

The biggest highlight of the Kowloon osmanthus is that the branches grow naturally twisted.According to fixed-point observations in 2004, early spring shoots and late autumn shoots all grow straight without bending; while late spring shoots, summer shoots and early autumn shoots must naturally bend and grow to form a "dragon" shape.This may be the three types of young shoots in late spring, summer and early autumn. Under direct sunlight at around 30°C, they once softened and drooped. After the temperature dropped, they resumed upward growth due to the polarity relationship, and finally formed a distorted shape. branch.

The dragon is a symbol of the Chinese nation. Throughout the 5000-year history of civilization in our country, images of dragons can be found everywhere in the literature, paintings and sculptures that have been handed down, as well as in folk customs among the masses. The branches of 'Jiulonggui' have a peculiar shape, and its arc-shaped twisted branches are formed purely naturally without any artificial processing, which is a highlight of its cultivation and ornamental.Coupled with its purple-red shoots and pleasant fragrance of silver-white corolla, it becomes an excellent osmanthus variety integrating greening, beautification and fragrance.It is suitable for cultivation and viewing in civic squares and public green spaces, and can also be used as a high-end decorative potted plant in living rooms, hotels, conference halls, etc.

The sweet-scented osmanthus tree is a symbol of nobility, chastity, honor, friendship and auspiciousness, and those who succeed in official careers and make great achievements are called "gui laurel". The myth of "Moon Palace and Fairy Osmanthus" gives the world infinite reverie.After the Tang and Song dynasties, sweet-scented osmanthus has been widely used in gardens for cultivation and viewing.In Song Zhiwen's "Lingyin Temple" poem, there is a famous line "Osmanthus osmanthus falls in the middle of the moon, and the fragrance of heaven floats outside the clouds", so later generations also called osmanthus "fragrance of heaven".In Li Bai's poem "Ode to Osmanthus", he said, "Know the osmanthus in Nanshan, the green leaves hang down the fragrant roots. The clear shade can also be entrusted, why cherish the garden of the king".It shows that the poet wants to plant in the osmanthus garden, so that he can not only watch it from time to time, but also encourage himself from time to time.This need has caused the cultivation of sweet-scented osmanthus to become more and more popular in the garden.For example, in Song Dynasty Mei Yaochen's "Linxuan Gui": "There are no evil trees in the mountain couplets, but there are green osmanthus bushes."In Ouyang Xiu's "Xie Ren Sends Double Osmanthus Trees", "Xiaolu Qiuhui floats, Qingyin medicine column song" implies that the osmanthus has been transplanted to the peony railing in the poet's garden.In Mao Pang's "Song of Osmanthus Flowers" in the Song Dynasty, "the shadow of osmanthus on jade steps is graceful in autumn" shows that osmanthus is planted in front of the jade-colored steps.In the poem "Osmanthus fragrans" by Ni Zan in the Yuan Dynasty, "Osmanthus fragrans stays in the evening, and the shade of the curtain fades in autumn light", pointing out that osmanthus is planted in front of the window.

In the long-term historical development process, osmanthus has formed a profound cultural connotation and distinctive national characteristics.

Therefore, there is now a "osmanthus stream" in the market. People love osmanthus trees and plant them one after another.Many osmanthus bonsai emerged at the historic moment, and most of these osmanthus pots were grafted. They are famous for their peculiar shape and long flowering period, and are popular in the market, forming their unique cultural trends.

Zhang Taiping held a bunch of sweet-scented osmanthus in a daze, his mind was open, and there was a bright future in appreciating flowers and trees. In the future, he could cultivate some ornamental bonsai trees. If he was interested, he could even participate in some kind of flower expo.

When he came to the front room, he strung osmanthus flowers in front of his wife and waved them, but the wife didn't understand what it meant.Zhang Taiping put the sweet-scented osmanthus in his wife's palm and said.

"The sweet-scented osmanthus bloomed last night."

Cai Yazhi held this string of sweet-scented osmanthus as if holding a peerless treasure, carefully.There is no woman who does not love flowers, not to mention that this is the first gift from Zhang Taiping in the true sense.

Looking at his wife's radiant eyes, Zhang Taiping involuntarily lowered his voice, fearing to disturb this charming shyness.

"Can you make osmanthus cake?"

The wife shook her head, her face was full of curiosity as if lightly powdered, and she was asking, can flowers be used to make tea or pastries?

Zhang Taiping replied: "I don't know if other flowers can be made into cakes, but the osmanthus cake made from osmanthus has a strong fragrance and is extremely delicious. I remember that when grandma was still alive, I could eat osmanthus cake every year. It was the most delicious at that time. After the sweet-scented osmanthus cake, I didn’t eat anything else for a few days, and took the sweet-scented osmanthus cake as a regular meal.”

Cai Yazhi asked with gestures, will you do it?

Zhang Taiping nodded and jokingly said: "I will teach you the method when the time comes. This is a secret recipe passed down from family, and it must not be leaked."

The wife nodded solemnly and fiercely like a little girl.

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