[Qing Chuan] Qing Chuan Wu Shi

Winter in the north came early, and it entered winter in an instant, and the days were getting shorter every day.

On this day, the sky was overcast for half a day. At noon, it finally started to snow. This snow was not like the heavy snow in the north, but like the rain in the south of the Yangtze River.Occasionally, someone who walked by under the eaves, the snow would fall into the neck of the person calmly, turning into icy water and winding, cold to the bone.

In the yard where Wu Gege lived, the ground was wet and slippery, and when the wind blew up a mist of broken snow foam, in the southeast corner of Wu Ning's wing room, two braziers were placed in succession to drive away Liu Qi. Very chill.The charcoal fire was burning cracklingly, Wu Ning was writing on the table, writing a diary.

Zhuqi walked to the edge of the brazier, knelt down to dry her hands, rolled up her cuffs, and was about to poke the fire with the tongs, when a ball of paper was thrown from the table, falling right in front of her eyes.Zhuqi said "Ouch", seeing that the ball of paper was not tightly kneaded, he stretched out his hand to pick it up, slowly stretched it out, the paper was dripping with ink, he raised his head and smiled at Wu Ning: "Master, isn't this one well written?" OK?"

Wu Ning twitched the corner of his mouth and said sullenly: "The wording is too ugly.".

Zhuqi took the paper in his hand and looked at it, then got up, straightened his waist and smiled: "The slave doesn't understand these things, but the master has been writing for half a day since he got up early today, so let's rest and rest, don't be tired." eyes."

Wu Ning absent-mindedly agreed, without taking his eyes off the rice paper, his right hand froze for a moment, seeing that the thick ink on the tip of the brush was not condensed, he reached out to pick up the inkstone drop to add water to the inkstone.

The inkstone drop is Yixing kiln purple sand, made into a peach blossom style, with branches and leaves, lifelike, the peach blossom calyx is the abdomen, which can store water, and the white sand and mud are the fetus.The water inlet hole at the top is covered with pink peach blossom stamens, which is extremely skillful. After adding water, Wu Ning couldn't help holding it in his hand and playing with it for a while, saying: "This flower is really beautiful!" Looking out of the window, the snow was already heavy outside the window at the moment, and the sky was full of snow foam.

Wu Ning retracted his gaze and said, "If you really want to see peach blossoms, you have to wait until next year."

Zhuqi smiled and said: "If the master likes it, you might as well choose a few pieces of palace gauze to make some peach blossom-shaped sideburns, which is also a good way to pass the time. Yesterday, the fourth master just admired the red green satin, fragrant satin, Wanfu golden red green satin, sprinkled One piece of golden lotus satin, the master made some leftover materials? The servant thought, if cut from the same piece of cloth, the color of the children's clothes will match well in the future."

Wu Ning thought for a while and said: "Alright, you go and prepare." While talking, Qingming invited the master to have a meal outside.

Because the thirteenth elder brother's birthday will be held in the fourth elder brother's mansion, Fujin is very busy during this period, so he skips greetings from all the courtyards. Wu Ning sleeps late in the morning, eats breakfast late, and is not hungry , then raised his voice: "You simply take a few, I'll just eat a little here.".

Qingming promised to get up, and after a while, brought a few court ladies in with meals, and set up a four-legged and low-chained huanghuali lacquer carved passion lotus painting table, with drawers facing each other on both sides ,, Wu Ning saw that some paint had fallen off the narrow leather strip on one side of the low table, as if it had been used frequently, so he stretched out his hand and rubbed the surface.

Qingming misunderstood, and hurriedly said: "The servant has asked them to wipe it carefully, master, please rest assured.".Then put a set of bowls and dishes with pastel colored apricot blossoms and spring rain patterns on the low table, and arrange them one by one. The bowls and dishes have been warmed all the time. Holding them in your hands at this time, the temperature is just right and warm Pleasant.

Wu Ning doesn't like to eat dinner very much, but he likes to eat snacks very much.

The dining room also knew the taste of the master Wu.

Wu Ning saw that there was a plate of Shaqima that he loved, and his eyes lit up. The color of the Shaqima was beige, and it looked fluffy and soft. It was cut into bite-sized shapes, and arranged in the shape of petals on the powder. The colorful magpies are on the plum plate, and the yellow plums on the branches set off the black and white magpies. When paired with Shaqima, it looks more appetizing.

Wu Ning moved his index finger and put several pieces of Sachima into his mouth, only to feel that it melted in his mouth, and the sweet taste of honey permeated his mouth.

Seeing that she ate several pieces, Zhuqi couldn't help but said: "Master, this food is too sweet, be careful not to hurt your teeth."

Wu Ning turned away his chopsticks again, and saw seven or eight small indica rice rolls on another plate. The rice rolls were no more than the thickness of two fingers, and all of them were pinched tightly and tightly. The rice falls out, and the outside is covered with a layer of seaweed skin, and the inside is a mixture of rice and white flour.

Wu Ning ate a few at random, and the original taste was sweet and salty.The salty ones add pepper salt and five-spice pepper salt; the sweet ones add jujube paste, bean paste, pine nuts, and walnut kernels.

There is another plate of fried triangles, which are viscous white sesame paste mixed with water and noodles, rolled into noodles, added with cinnamon dried shrimps, fresh mushrooms, and square diced ham, made into triangles, filled with thick white cream, put into the oil pan Deep-fried until yellow, crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, when you take a bite, the cream will spread out sweetly.

Finally, Wu Ning finally extended his chopsticks to the two hot dishes on the table: one was the monk jumping over the wall: four hard-boiled eggs, peeled off the skin, embedded in crispy meat, and steamed in a drawer.Because half of the smooth egg is exposed outside, like a bald monk, this dish is named "Monk Tiaoqiang"; one dish is Baoge Song: fried tofu with vegetable oil and yellow sauce, tender cabbage heart with pigeon meat, pigeon meat The stewed meat was rotten, Wu Ning ate a few mouthfuls, and covered his mouth to spit out the bones, Qingming hurriedly sent a slag bucket with Fushou Wujiang pattern, and asked Wu Ning to spit in it.

After the meal was finished, Qingming took someone to clean up and went out. Knowing her skillful hand, Wu Ning asked her to come in for a while to help wring temple flowers. A newly rewarded piece of silk was brought in, Wu Ning took a look at the gold-sprinkled lotus-colored silk, and said, "Just use this!".

Zhuqi said with a bitter face: "Master, it's such a dull color again!" Wu Ning smiled and glared at her, Zhuqi had no choice but to open the cloth, measure it by a yard, and cut out the material to be used Come.

Not long after, scattered tools covered the table.

In addition to precious materials such as pearls and jade, the texture of temple flowers can be divided into velvet, silk, satin, and silk. Among them, velvet flowers are the most popular among women, because they are homophonic for "ronghua", and they are for the good fortune of "ronghua, wealth and honor".

In "A Dream of Red Mansions", it is said that Li Wan gave "fresh yarn and flowers made in the palace" to every girl in the Grand View Garden.It caused all the girls to be jealous. The "Gonghua" and "Duishahuaer" mentioned here are velvet flowers.

Wu Ning's hometown before time travel was the hometown of Ronghua in Ming and Qing Dynasties. When she thought of this, she couldn't help but feel that all the things before time travel seemed like the past life, and the smoke and water were getting farther and farther away.

Right now, velvet flowers cannot be made, only silk flowers can be made.

Qingming moved a small charcoal stove, and several people sat around the stove, using charcoal to simmer the brass wire until it softened.

When burning copper wire, it is also very particular: you must use a slow fire, otherwise the copper wire will be straight and stiff, and the flowers you make will have no charm and a sense of craftsmanship.Of course, it can't be burned, otherwise the copper wire is easy to break.

After the copper wire was burnt, Qingming and Zhuqi were brought to his mouth and blown gently, until the temperature dropped, he dared to bend it into various shapes with his hands, Wu Ning imitated them and followed suit.

Just as landscape paintings must have black bones, the copper wire is also the flower bone of temple flowers and the support of the whole shape. According to the size of the flowers made, the specifications of the brass wires are also different.Because Wu Ning said not to make too ostentatious styles, Qingming brought some rolls of the thinnest copper wire.

After processing the coils of copper wire, Qingming picked up scissors to process the silk cloth, cut out various flower shapes, and added leather paper and beads.Wu Ning followed her closely, and actually made three or four silk flowers in one go. Because the silk cloth was soft, the petals could not be stretched out, and they just drooped lazily on the sides, but three or four flowers gathered together made a magnificent appearance. Spectacular, this is Wu Ning's first attempt, she is quite proud of doing this, she raised her eyes to see Qingming and Zhuqi.

Pearl Chess held the flower bone in his mouth, wrapped a half-coil of copper wire in his hand, and held the small silver scissors in the other hand, and was trimming the stamen.

Looking at Qingming on the other side, Wu Ning was immediately discouraged—the seven or eight peach blossoms in Qingming's hands are lifelike, she is obviously a mature woman, the petals are tightly arranged, just right, and the color is deliberately chosen from the staggered shades on the silk The color from the pistil is lighter, and when the middle end of the petal is reached, it is the most colorful part, and the color of the tip of the petal gradually fades away.After the petals, a simulated calyx was actually made!It is bent at a slight angle to one side, which is suitable for wearing on the sideburns.

Wu Ning looked at the flowers in her hands, then lowered his head to look at the silk flowers in his own hands, and comforted himself: "Sturdy and plump flowers also have a different charm!"

While doing temple flowers, Wu Ning casually chatted with Zhuqi, she knew that Qingming was quiet, so she only let her be a female celebrity.

After making another piece of bead chess, he put the scissors and other things in his hand into the small basket under the table, and then said with a bitter face: "Master, this slave wants to ask for forgiveness, and let's take a rest before doing it!" Wu Ning looked at it. She smiled and said, "I didn't say I wouldn't let you rest!"

Zhuqi raised his face, lightly brushed the thread on the front of his chest, suddenly seemed to think of something, and said mysteriously: "Master, I heard that this time Fujin specially invited you for the thirteenth elder brother's birthday party. Fang Junfang is here."

Hearing this, Wu Ning raised his head in surprise and said, "Fang Junfang? Who is that?".

Zhuqi said: "Master, you don't know. The songs sung by Fang Junfang are famous all over the capital. Let's not talk about the tone of her voice, but the elegant songs in her stomach are much more than others, but she has been in Beijing for five or six years. , with a big name... Tsk tsk!".

Wu Ning heard this, but he didn't take it seriously, and said: "But I heard from you, the thirteenth elder brother has a good temperament, and Fujin has put his heart into it, but he has put his heart into it."