Chapter 342 Be Your Own Spring
"Qingyu, you are finally willing to see me."
Finally seeing the figure he had been thinking about day and night, Chen Lin's eyes were wet.
Fang Qingyu stopped a few steps away from Chen Lin and said, "If you have anything to say, just say it here."
However, after not seeing him for a while, Chen Lin looked much thinner.
He is so different from the noble young man who was as fair as jade in the past that one can't help but sigh in one's heart that things have changed and people have changed.
Chen Lin didn't seem to expect Fang Qingyu's attitude to be so cold. He was stunned for a moment, then seemed to think of something.
He picked up the plum blossoms placed aside and walked carefully towards Fang Qingyu.
"Qingyu, look, I brought your favorite plum blossoms."
"You can just stand there and talk."
Seeing Chen Lin coming forward, Fang Qingyu took a few steps back. Haitang and several maids also stared at Chen Lin vigilantly.
I was afraid that he would suddenly explode and do something extreme.
Chen Lin pursed his lips, as if hurt by Fang Qingyu's cold attitude.
But he still stopped obediently where he was.
Chen Lin raised the plum blossom in his hand, as if he was holding some rare treasure.
"Okay, I won't go over. Qingyu, the plum blossoms sent to the Mingguo Mansion these days are all picked by me personally. This bouquet is also picked by me. Look, isn't it beautiful?"
Fang Qingyu took a look at the red plum in Chen Lin's hand and found it was indeed beautiful.
She likes plum blossoms very much, especially red plum blossoms.
Even if it is decadent, it is also bright.
Fang Qingyu said calmly: "It is indeed very beautiful."
Hearing her answer, Chen Lin was overjoyed: "I knew you would like it, Qingyu, as long as you like it, I..."
Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Fang Qingyu——
"You've always known that I like red plums, why didn't you give them to me before?"
Chen Lin was stunned and opened his mouth, but no words came out.
Yes, he always knew that Fang Qingyu’s favorite flower was plum blossom.
Because plum blossoms are noble.
But Chen Lin felt that plum blossoms were too fierce and self-admiring, and were not as elegant as orchids.
He never gave Fang Qingyu plum blossoms before, only orchids.
Even every time he gave orchids to Fang Qingyu, Chen Lin would always say that she was his orchid.
He will take good care of her and give her happiness all his life.
Fang Qingyu felt sad when she saw Chen Lin's reaction.
For him, and for my former self.
It’s not that Chen Lin doesn’t know that she likes plum blossoms, he just hopes that she will be an orchid.
The two had known each other for more than ten years, but this was the first time she saw Chen Lin holding red plums in his hands.
Why is it always like this? We always have to wait until we lose something before we make a change.
Chen Lin's voice was a little choked: "Qingyu, I know I was wrong. I will never do this again."
He looked at Fang Qingyu with tearful eyes, with hope in his heart.
"From now on, I will never do anything you don't like. I won't even look at people or things you don't like. If it's something you hate, I'll hate it with you."
"Let's just pretend that what happened in the past never happened. Let's go back to the past and start over, okay?"
Fang Qingyu shook her head and said, "We can't go back. We can't pretend that what happened in the past didn't happen."
At least she couldn't.
"Qingyu, do you really not want me anymore?" Chen Lin's voice was filled with grief and pleading. "Are you going to abandon our relationship of so many years?"
Fang Qingyu looked at Chen Lin, whose face was covered with tears, and sighed softly.
She lowered her eyes slightly to hide the emotions in her eyes: "Go back, we all have to look forward."
Fang Qingyu once asked Zhou Ying why she had chosen to divorce without hesitation, choosing to take this most difficult path for a woman.
Zhou Ying said that when people discipline women, they just want to tie their hands and feet and make them like birds in a cage.
But her family made her understand that she was not a bird in a cage.
She can be the wind that comes and goes freely, or she can be a horse galloping on the grassland.
She just needs to be her true self, because she is Zhou Ying.
Chen Lin once said that Fang Qingyu was his orchid.
But, she didn't want to be his orchid before.
Now, it won’t be his plum blossom either.
Some friendships are like sand in the wind, which can neither be held nor retained.
She doesn't want to be a delicate flower raised by others.
If you want to be someone, be your own spring.
Chen Lin wiped the tears from his face: "Qingyu, you really don't want to give me a chance?"
Fang Qingyu: "You know, I have given you countless chances. You just didn't cherish them. Chen Lin, don't come here again in the future. Take care of yourself."
After saying this, Fang Qingyu raised his foot and walked towards the door.
Chen Lin felt as if his heart was being pierced countless times by fine and dense needles, and his heart was aching slightly.
He suddenly squatted on the ground, holding his head and crying loudly.
He knew that Fang Qingyu would never look back this time.
She was willing to come out and meet him this time just to draw a clear line between them.
Perhaps the crying was too heartbreaking, the guards who were originally guarding outside the door rushed in, fearing that Chen Lin would hurt Fang Qingyu.
Fang Qingyu instructed the leading guard, "Keep a good eye on the Ningyang Marquis' son and send him away later."
"yes!"
Fang Qingyu walked to the door and suddenly looked up at the sky above his head.
It's a nice day today, and Princess Yinghua and her friends will probably have a great time at the hot spring resort.
She stretched out her hand, and the sunlight poured down and flowed out through her fingers.
Fang Qingyu's eyes sparkled with a smile: "Come on, Haitang, accompany me to the West Pavilion to sort out the books."
The snow will pass and spring will come.
And she will bathe in the sunshine and welcome the beauty.
Haitang had been carefully observing Fang Qingyu's expression, fearing that she would feel sad because of Chen Lin.
Seeing that the happiness on Fang Qingyu's face didn't seem fake, Haitang felt relieved.
"Yes, girl!"
*
Zhou looked at the porcelain bowl presented by the maids and said, "Zheng'er, what is this?"
The white porcelain bowl is filled with fragrant chicken soup, with pink plum-shaped cakes floating on it, sparkling with a crystal luster.
If you smell it carefully, you can find a refreshing fragrance.
This is actually made of plum blossoms? ?
This must take a lot of thought.
Shen Huazheng smiled and said, “Mother, this is plum blossom soup cake.”
Zhou: "Is plum blossom added to this?"
Chen Huazheng: "Yes, the water used to knead the dough is added with sandalwood powder and white plum blossoms. I printed them out using a plum blossom-shaped mold. The soup is cooked chicken soup."
The ancients admired the noble character of the plum blossom, and many literati ate plum blossom food and drank plum blossom tea.
In their view, such unconventional food is the most suitable and elegant thing, whether it is used as a snack or as a side dish for drinking.
The method of making plum blossom soup cake is recorded in "Shan Jia Qing Gong", which is said to have been created by a hermit with noble virtues in the Song Dynasty.
Basically, it involves soaking white plums and sandalwood powder in water, using the water to knead dough, rolling it into thin wonton wrappers, and then shaping it into plum blossom shapes.
After steaming, put it in the oil-free chicken soup and the plum blossom soup pancake is ready.
Chen Huazheng made some improvements. She first asked people to wash the white plum blossoms and mash them into mud, then added clean water and filtered out the plum juice.
Take out some white plum blossoms and sandalwood, add appropriate amount of water and bring to a boil. After soaking, filter out the petals and leave the tea to cool for later use.
Then pour the filtered plum juice and tea into the flour, stir well and form into dough.
After steaming, add it to the boiled chicken soup.
The plum blossom soup cake made in this way will have a richer floral aroma and a better taste.
All kinds of ingredients and even molds are ready.
At the beginning, Chen Huazheng had several sets of molds made, with all kinds of flower styles.
Two of the sets were given to Zhou Ying and Princess Lejia, and the other two were placed in the Shen Mansion and Wenquan Manor respectively.
Chen Huazheng would occasionally come to the hot spring villa to look at the various crops in the greenhouse, and sometimes would stay here to eat.
She thought of putting a set of molds here in case of emergency.
It happened by chance today.
Zhou looked at the plum blossom soup cake in the bowl and couldn't help but exclaimed: "It's really exquisite."
Princess Lejia also stared at the white plum blossoms floating on the soup in the bowl, and smelled the fragrance lingering at her nose, feeling very happy.
It's really fragrant and beautiful.
It must be delicious too.
She made this together with Zheng Zheng and A Ying. She used a mold to print out a lot of plum blossom dough.
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