The wind is gentle and the fun is endless

Slowly, several people entered the main hall of Jingyuan. After sitting down, the eldest aunt suggested that since they were having tea, they should be more formal.

Mrs. Xie then had someone bring out the coffee table and a full set of tea sets, and told Xiangyue to make tea.

Xiangyue was about to get up and sit in front of the tea table when her aunt suddenly stopped her and said "wait a minute". Everyone's eyes fell on her. She smiled and asked Huanhuan politely, "Huanhuan, do you want me to make some tea first?"

Everyone's eyes turned to Huanhuan again. Huanhuan looked at the tea-making utensils on the coffee table that she couldn't even name, nodded and said in silence for a moment: "Aunt, I don't know the tea ceremony, so I can only trouble Sister Xiangyue to trouble you."

Hearing this, the eldest aunt pursed her lips with a smile and sat in her seat without saying anything. Madam Xie stretched out her hand and called Xiangyue, "Let Xiangyue come. She is the youngest here and she is the most suitable." Xiangyue also quickly stood up and walked towards the coffee table, saying as she walked, "Yes, yes, let me do it."

Xiangyue walked over and sat down on the cushion behind the coffee table, picked up the teaspoon and other tools one by one, and after demonstrating them, began to brew tea in a ritualistic manner.

Mrs. Xie and the eldest aunt sat quietly watching. Huan Huan also sat quietly on the surface, but in fact she was on pins and needles. Because of her inner embarrassment and confusion, she had no intention of watching what Xiang Yue did. When the tea brewed by Xiang Yue was brought to her, she came back to her senses.

The aunt drank the tea brewed by Xiangyue and nodded frequently, not sparing her praise. When Huanhuan heard the aunt praising Xiangyue's tea for its mellow and layered aroma, those gorgeous words aggravated Huanhuan's doubts about her own tasting ability, making her, who could originally easily taste the fragrance of the tea, suddenly feel tasteless.

After finally saying goodbye to Jingyuan, I slowly and hurriedly returned to Xinyuan and sat in the main hall of Xinyuan in a daze.

I don't know when Xiaoyu came into the room. She bent down and waved her hand in front of Huanhuan's eyes, saying, "Miss, you are sitting here with a lot on your mind. What are you thinking about?"

She came back to her senses and sighed softly. Ever since her aunt came, she had been worried during the day and tossing and turning at night.

"Xiaoyu!" Slowly said in frustration: "I don't know if I am overthinking it, but I feel that my aunt is always happy to see me in distress."

"This...Miss, did you run into another setback when you went to Jingyuan today?" Xiaoyu asked cautiously.

"Yeah," she pouted slowly and said, "I originally thought that I could win her favor by getting along with her attentively, but now it seems that I just gave her more opportunities to make fun of me."

"Miss, you won't turn back until you hit the wall." Xiaoyu took a stance and said, "You should just stay in Xin Garden like your son-in-law said, and avoid going out and interacting with that arrogant Duke's wife."

Huanhuan listened without commenting. She thought for a while and said, "If I don't know how to arrange flowers, I can learn it. If I don't know how to make tea, I can also learn it. Once I learn it, it will be my ability. How can I hide and be a turtle?"

At lunch, Huan Huan asked Xu Qu, "Husband, what do you think of flower arrangement and tea ceremony?"

Xu Qu thought for a while and said, "How should I put it? Take flower arrangement for example. Flowers are indispensable in ordinary days, and with flower arrangement at home, life will become interesting and lively. That is to say, although these two things are not necessary, they can always add icing on the cake." After listening to Xu Qu's words, Huanhuan secretly made up his mind to go to Xiangyue for advice and study in the afternoon.

So Huanhuan didn't take a break at noon, but took Xiaoyu to prepare a lot of flower arrangement materials, including vases, flower baskets, and various flowers and plants picked from the yard. Assuming that Xiangyue should have woken up from her nap, Huanhuan and Xiaoyu carried a bunch of things to Xiangyue's yard.

Xiangyue in Fangyuan woke up from a nap and was dressing in front of the mirror. She saw Huanhuan and Xiaoyu coming for such a grand visit through the window and hurried out to greet them.

As soon as Huanhuan saw Xiangyue, she said, "Sister, I'm here to learn from you." Xiangyue was confused. After learning the details of Huanhuan's purpose, Xiangyue blinked her beautiful eyes and said, "Sister-in-law, I'm a strict master."

"I'm not afraid of your strictness, I'm afraid of you not being strict enough!" Huanhuan repeatedly expressed that he would be a qualified apprentice, and Xiangyue readily agreed.

Huanhuan spent the whole afternoon in Xiangyue's yard studying flower arrangement attentively. Xiangyue was also a very competent master and taught very attentively.

"Flower arrangement is to place several kinds of flowers in a container according to certain rules for decoration. The purpose is nothing more than to express emotions, make life less monotonous and more lively."

"When using flower baskets for flower arrangement, we usually choose larger flowers, such as roses, peonies, chrysanthemums, carnations, dendrobiums, etc. In this case, I usually like to use gardenia leaves and lucky grass to fill in as a match."

"Flowers like this have few bends and forks, so they can be used as main branches. It is better to tilt them slightly when placing them, but not too much, otherwise the whole thing will not be upright enough."

"The main branches and the guest branches should have obvious height changes, with the branches spreading out at the top and gathering at the bottom, so that the layers are clear."

"Bent and soft branches are more delicate and lovely. They are often used in flower arrangement to make the branches tilt outward to give a sense of leisure and visiting."

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For several days in a row, Huanhuan immersed himself in learning flower arrangement from Xiangyue every day without slacking off.

On this day, Huanhuan and Xiangyue were chatting and playing with the flower branches, when Dujuan suddenly came into the room to announce that the eldest aunt had arrived. Huanhuan, who was holding the flower branches, was stunned at first, and then her hand was pricked by the rose thorns out of nervousness. Xiangyue obviously did not expect the eldest aunt to come, and she hurried out to greet her without even putting down the scissors in her hand. Huanhuan did not even bother to bandage her finger, and followed Xiangyue to greet the eldest aunt.

The eldest aunt didn't seem surprised to see Huanhuan here with Xiangyue. When she heard Huanhuan and Xiangyue's greetings, she smiled faintly, nodded slightly, and then asked, "You two are here, what are you doing?"

Xiangyue replied, "We are arranging flowers, aunt."

"Oh? You're really interested." The eldest aunt said as she walked into the house. After entering the house, she turned around and saw the tools and branches scattered on the table. She walked closer and reached out to pick up a cut branch from the table and put it in front of her eyes. Then she turned her eyes and saw a finished product next to it.

The eldest aunt pointed at the porcelain vase and asked in a tone of disbelief, "Who made this?"

He took a step forward hesitantly and replied, "Aunt, this vase of flowers is mine."

The eldest aunt immediately showed an expression of "I see," with a flash of sneer in her eyes. She withdrew her finger from the vase, lowered her eyes, and said nothing.

Huanhuan felt that this was more painful than criticizing her, so she mustered up the courage to say, "Aunt, please give me more advice."

The eldest aunt turned around, covered her mouth with a handkerchief, and then said calmly and slowly: "It is so vulgar, messy and out of place that I don't know where to start. Alas, some gaps cannot be narrowed just because you want to. Some gaps cannot be filled."