Chapter 449: I won’t mind, brewing it by myself tastes better
From time to time, yellow osmanthus flowers fall in the wind from the osmanthus tree that is as tall as two people under the platform outside the living room and dining room, and fall on the bluestone road in the courtyard...
Jianjia closed her eyes and took a deep breath and said: "The sweet-scented osmanthus smells so good. After lunch, let's pick some osmanthus flowers to make tea. We can also fold some osmanthus branches to make a hat. Wear it for fun, just because you're afraid of your husband."
I don’t want to let my concubine touch Han Gui who is left behind by my father-in-law.”
In the season when you are amazed by the scent of cinnamon, if you can fill the whole city with the sweet fragrance, it will make people living in the city happy every second. Of course, it would be better if you can go out with the people you like.
Already.
Because the flower language of osmanthus - "inhale your breath" and always be with the beautiful woman, this is what Cao Shuang understood in his previous life, but it has not developed such a rich meaning now.
The osmanthus tree is a house tree that is fragrant and famous all over the world. It is a noble and beautiful symbol of "auspiciousness".
Because "Gui" means "noble", osmanthus also has the real meaning of prosperity and wealth. It is the custom in some places for the bride to bring Guiz, which means "to give birth to a noble son early".
In the legend of "osmanthus wine", the kind-hearted fairy wine lady moved the immortal Wu Gang who managed the osmanthus tree in the moon palace, and then spread the osmanthus wine to the world, so the osmanthus has the meaning of "harvest" again.
According to records, the cultivation of osmanthus trees in China has a history of more than 2,500 years.
The "Nanshan Jing" of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period mentions the many laurels on the Swaggering Mountain.
It is mentioned above that the first mountain system in the south is called the Queshan Mountain System. The first mountain in the Queshan Mountain System is Zhaoyao Mountain, which stands on the west coast. There are many laurel trees growing there and it is rich in metal minerals and jade.
From the Han Dynasty to the present, osmanthus has become a precious flower and tribute, and a symbol of beautiful things.
In addition, the myth about osmanthus is also widely circulated. According to legend, there is an osmanthus tree in the middle of the moon, which is five hundred feet high.
Wu Gang, a native of Hexi in the Han Dynasty, was punished to cut down the osmanthus in the middle of the month because he did not follow the Taoist rules when he was studying to be an immortal. However, the tree kept growing as it was cut down and could never be cut down.
Thousands of years have passed, and Wu Gang has always worked hard to cut down trees every day, but the magical osmanthus tree remains the same, full of vitality, and full of fragrance every Mid-Autumn Festival.
Only on the Mid-Autumn Festival, Wu Gang took a short rest under the tree to spend the reunion festival with the world.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty once asked Dongfang Shuo, who has the highest moral standards, Confucius or Yan Yuan?
Dongfang Shuo said: "Yan Yuan's morality is noble, but he is just like a mountain of osmanthus, fragrant alone. Confucius's morality is as majestic as the wind, and all things in the world are influenced by it."
In Feng Shui, a sweet-scented osmanthus tree has many Feng Shui effects such as prosperity, wealth, prosperity for descendants, and good health and longevity.
The ancients used the term "wining laurels from the toad palace" to describe rapid success and being named on the gold medal list. It can be seen that the osmanthus tree has symbolized extreme wealth and nobility since ancient times and is a symbol of wealth and luck.
The sweet-scented osmanthus tree has an elegant appearance, is evergreen all year round, has dense flowers, and a pleasant fragrance. Its flowering period is in mid-autumn, and it has the reputation of "uniquely fragrant in three autumns." Since ancient times, sweet-scented osmanthus has been regarded as an auspicious plant.
Nowadays, people weave hats with laurel branches and leaves and wear "laurel crowns" to show their elegance and nobility.
The word "gui" in osmanthus has the same pronunciation as "noble". In the old days, it was also used to mean "noble son". People believed that having a son was "luck", and the bat was a metaphor for "luck".
Therefore, in ancient auspicious paintings, there is a pattern of bats and sweet-scented osmanthus, which means "good fortune and a noble son". When a boy is born, neighbors, relatives and friends will bring the pattern to congratulate him.
There is also a pattern composed of orchids and osmanthus in the auspicious paintings, which is called "Orchid, Gui, Qifang". The orchid is compared to an elegant gentleman, which combines nobility and elegance, implying a prosperous career and honor for the descendants; the combination of osmanthus and lotus seeds
The picture is called "continuous birth of noble children"; the picture of osmanthus and longevity peach is called "noble longevity", etc.
Cao Shuang smiled and said: "Madams, if you like it, just do it. You can also use some osmanthus flowers to make osmanthus wine. I definitely won't mind. It's just a few osmanthus trees. I believe my father won't mind either."
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Sun Luban said with a smile: "In our Jiangdong, many people are accustomed to brewing some osmanthus wine for drinking at home in autumn, even my family is no exception.
Before I came to the north, I knew that there were few osmanthus trees in the north and only a lot of apricot trees, so I could only make apricot wine and wine, so I felt very sorry."
Jian Jia thought for a moment and said, "If my sister wants to drink some apricot wine, wine, or even osmanthus wine from my hometown, I don't have to brew it myself.
As long as my sister wants to drink, just ask someone to go to the wine cellar to get it. But since my sister is pregnant now, she still can't drink too much, just in moderation."
Although the season for making apricot wine has long passed, there is no shortage of this wine in the wine cellar of Cao Shuang's house.
When rain comes and awns grow, rice seedlings are planted in the fields. Every house has beautiful wheat and rice, and everywhere the song of water chestnuts grows.
Mangzhong, the midsummer season, is not only the beginning of busy summer farming, but also the season when a large number of fresh fruits are on the market. This is the golden time to eat fruits.
Many people not only like to eat a variety of fresh seasonal fruits during this season, but also like to use these summer fruits to make wine. Fruit wine is not only sweet and sour in taste, but also a "good way" to relieve the heat in summer.
Among the fruit wines, bayberry wine, green plum wine, and osmanthus wine in the south are very popular, while in the north, apricot wine is also one of the favorite wines in this season.
It is the harvest season for apricots in Earman. The skin is golden and the flesh is sweet and juicy. The apricots are warm, so don’t eat too much.
But it is wonderful when used to make wine. Apricot wine is rich in fruity aroma, sweet and sour, and a cup of it every day can increase appetite, promote body fluids and quench thirst, and help people spend the summer smoothly. This is no exception in ancient and modern times.
Sun Luban smiled and replied: "When I was at home, I could drink various high-quality fruit wines every day, but after drinking too much, they all felt the same and tasted almost the same. The sweet-scented osmanthus wine I brewed on a whim was better.
The taste, sisters can all taste it then."
As the most common drink during this period, wine's role and status are self-evident.
The wine of this period was classified according to raw materials ("Wine Collection"). According to the raw materials, the wine of the Three Kingdoms period can be roughly divided into several categories: fruit wine, grain wine, milk wine, and other four types of wine. How many wines are there today?
Personally, I am talking about several types of fruit wines.
The fruit wine of this period was more typical of wine.
Wine has been around since the Han Dynasty: “Dawan used Pu Tao (grapes) as wine, and the rich hid the wine to more than 10,000 kilograms.
Those who endure for decades will remain undefeated" (quoted in "Historical Records");
"The Queen Mother of the West often comes down. The emperor sets up wine" (quoted from "Han Wu Nei Zhuan");
"The family biography of the Zhang family in Duanhuang says that Meng Ta from Fufeng left a liter of Pu wine to Zhang Rang, who was called the governor of Liangzhou."
(Quoted from "Continuation of the Book of Han"); "Pu wine from the Western Regions has been circulating for ten years."
Grapes were also introduced to the Central Plains during the Han Dynasty.
"Zhang Qian returned the Western Regions and obtained grapes."
Wang Yize said: "Zhang Qian traveled all over the country and finally obtained garlic, grapes, and alfalfa." Although wine was almost invisible in ordinary people's homes at this time, such fine wines were not missing from the banquets of aristocratic families.