【New Red Mansion】Perfect World

When Jia's mother arrived, they had already tidied up the tea room and the living room, and set up a Chinese tea table and fruit plates.

Jia Mu held a bouquet of flowers of several varieties, Yuanyang carried a few gift boxes, and Amber held a few bags of tea leaves and tea utensils. Everything adhered to the principle that no one should come empty-handed.

Pin'er and Xiangyun greeted Jia's mother, one on each side, and took her to look around the courtyard. Jia's mother liked the wishing pool very much, saying that it was auspicious and very innovative.

Then they entered from the main entrance, with Shui Rong accompanying them. They moved from the first floor to the second floor one by one. When they reached the entrance on the second floor, Jia Mu said:

"This gauze curtain is very elegant, and the painting is also well matched. During the Chinese New Year, change the painting, change the vase to red plums, and change the curtain to a silver-red color called Xiaying gauze. It is like changing the atmosphere of the room."

Xiangyun quickly joked, "You also know the atmosphere?"

Grandmother Jia immediately became proud: "I know a lot. I often surf the Internet. It's just that my eyesight is not very good, so I occasionally listen to the news. I know everything you young people know."

After walking around a few more places, they chatted and led Jia Mu to the tea room downstairs. At this time, Amber had already arranged the tools and was ready to order tea for them.

The children immediately became interested. Grandmother Jia sat down opposite Amber, with Pin'er and Xiangyun sitting on her left and right. Shui Rong stood behind them and watched together.

Amber uses a large cup with a diameter of 20. First warm the cup and then put the tea powder in. Use a teapot the size of a small wine pot to pour the tea, because the spout of the pot is thin and long, it is easier to control the amount.

Amber paste is first prepared, and then water is added. At this time, the tea fragrance has already appeared. First, the tea paste must be stirred, and then it is gradually beaten, with light hands and heavy whisks, fingers circling wrists, and going up and down thoroughly, like the rising surface of yeast, sparse stars and bright moon, shining and emerging, and the root of tea is established.

Pour two soups, pour from the surface of the tea. Pour quickly and stop quickly, the surface of the tea does not move. Beat with force, beat quickly, the liquid surface will become shiny. Bubbles of different sizes will keep coming out, and the bubbles will flash with flowing colors, the color will gradually open up, and the tea will shine.

Pour the third soup, the amount is the same as before. Beat quickly, using the layered beating technique. The upper and lower layers keep rolling, like millet-like crab eyes. Beat gradually and lightly, this soup is the key to stimulate the foam.

Four soups are poured in, and the whisk is turned slightly wider and faster. The foam and bubbles overlap, and the water and milk blend together. A line of water and milk blending appears and disappears from time to time, with color differences overlapping and changing endlessly.

Amber slowed down at this time, and when it reached four soups, it was colorful, with true essence, and it was already refreshed, with light clouds gradually emerging.

The fifth soup is already a little loose, the whisk should be light and penetrating. When the tea has been stirred, it should be brushed to gather it. The mist is like snow, the clouds are rising, the rain is falling, the clear window is like milk, waiting to be transformed, the tea color is finished, the whisk is placed in the pot, and the whisk is moved slowly. The foam is soaked in the pot, and the milk is bursting. At this time, Amber starts to show off her skills: holding the whisk with the right hand and pouring the soup with the left hand. The water is poured slowly and not in a hurry. The tea whisk is light, and it is beaten and swept. The whisk wire moves but the whisk handle does not move. When the water in the pot is finished, the full cup is also ready. It is really a coincidence.

Look inside the cup again, white clouds float in the cup, like sparse stars and a faint moon. The milk soup is unstoppable, and the foam overflows the cup. It surrounds and stirs the surface of the soup. Finally, adjust the thickness and color of the tea, and the color difference of the foam overlaps, changing endlessly.

"I'll borrow a piece of tea from you and return you a painting." Amber said, using a tea whisk to make a hibiscus flower in the cup and gave it to Pin'er.

Then she made another pot of tea for everyone, and Pin'er took out her phone and took pictures left and right. She would show it to Miaoyu later, and she thought Miaoyu would like it.

As everyone took a sip of tea, Yuanyang came over and said, "The flowers are ready. Shall we go and plant them now?"

Grandmother Jia was in high spirits and immediately led everyone to the big table in the dining room.

Xiangyun praised again: "The old ancestor is still good. As soon as she came, she arranged a full program for us, one after another, which was fresh and interesting, and we could learn new knowledge."

"What a clever girl! I'll put some more flowers in your room later." Grandmother Jia was immediately delighted.

"Of course not." Xiangyun said proudly.

There were various flowers in several large water boxes, including a few light blue and cream-white hydrangeas, a few lilies with light pink oversized petals, and a few lavender tulips.

The vases were also waiting on the side. Jia's mother first asked for a pair of the smallest crystal vases, the size of champagne glasses, and then picked up the scissors to deal with the hydrangeas.

"When this kind of flower wakes up, the leaves must be trimmed. Too many leaves will rob the flower of water and nutrients, shortening the flowering period. The stem should be cut obliquely. There is a foam-like tissue here that will affect the water absorption rate. Try to hollow out this part." After Jia Mu finished speaking, everyone took a flower and began to trim it according to what she had just said.

Yuanyang said, "I am sometimes very violent and I smash the cut ends of the rhizomes directly. That way, the water absorption effect is better. However, it is not suitable for the transparent vase we are using today. It is not beautiful enough. If you use an opaque vase, you can try my method."

Xiangyun and Pin'er smiled at each other, and their knowledge of strange things increased again.

Yuanyang brought another magic weapon, HVB Hydrangea Care Essence, and dropped a few drops into the vase. The rest was kept by Xueyan.

"Save them for use when you arrange flowers in the future. They are my secret weapons," Yuanyang explained.

Each one was placed in a vase, which looked very nice. Then, Pin'er and Xiangyun were asked to pick the ones they liked and put them on the bedside table.

After coming back, I arranged the tulips again. The light purple tulips paired with their unique green stems and leaves have a particularly Morandi-color beauty, which is what Pin'er likes.

Grandmother Jia continued teaching, "In fact, I like to use seasonal flowers for flower arrangement, just like eating vegetables and fruits. Out-of-season flowers are not good, seasonal flowers are the best. The leaves of tulips should also be trimmed as much as possible, but they cannot be torn by hand. They must be cut with scissors, otherwise the roots will be damaged." After that, everyone also learned to cut off the leaves.

"Its rhizome cannot be cut at an angle, it must be cut flat. But I usually use a knife to cut it, so it looks smoother." Grandmother Jia taught again.

"Do you like curved flower heads or upright ones?" asked Grandmother Jia again.

"I like the upright ones." Pin'er replied.

“I like the upright ones, too.”

Grandmother Jia smiled and said, "We all like them to stand upright. Here's a little trick. Take a needle and poke a continuous hole under the flower head. This way, even if you put it in a place with particularly good light, the flower head will not bend."

After that, everyone arranged the branches in their hands and handed them to Grandmother Jia, who came to watch over the placement of the flowers in the vase.

Finally, there are those huge and beautiful lilies.

"This is a brownie double lily. I actually like the purple one. It looks like a lotus. But the tulips were already purple, so I chose pink to make it a different color."