□ Zhong Xian
These days, as soon as you look at it casually, you are attracted by the magnolia flowers on the side of the road.
A tree of magnolia, snow white, or lilac, with petals clustered with buds, standing densely on the branches. Which one, all bloom gracefully. The bare branches, embellished with white doves and purple dove-like flowers, became vibrant.
It's a bit of a shame. Those who have a heart and a mind are all holding a measure, opening reservedly and implicitly, and holding the pipa and half covering their faces. Magnolia's temperament is much more straightforward. When you want to open, you will stick to it. Even if there is no green leaf to set off, it must be full and plump, sprinkled with foreign water, and never drag mud with water.
I once read a poem about Magnolia: "Nickname new makeup jade has brilliance, Su'e thousand teams of snow surrounded." I know that the aunt shoots the real fairy, and the heavenly widow tried on the feather coat. "The ice and jade of the flowers are pure and dusty. The breeze blows, the branches sway, the flowers dance in the wind, and the fragrance is overflowing. The neon feather coat drifted down with the wind, and a piece landed right on my heel. Pick it up and put it in the palm of your hand to touch, warm as jade, and the fragrance is better than blue. I can't help but think that the name of the flower magnolia is actually twelve points appropriate.
I was enjoying the flowers, and a rain came unexpectedly. Li Yu said of Yulan: "When all the flowers bloom, they are all afraid of rain, and this flower is especially so." "I was secretly glad that what I encountered was not a sudden downpour, otherwise the good flowers in front of me would have changed color as Li Yu said... The delicate rain sprinkles on the petals, and the watery magnolia flowers are even more beautiful and beautiful. I craned my neck and was stunned by it.
Zhang Ailing has a dislike for Yulan. There is a passage describing magnolia in her collection of essays, Rumors: "The only tree in the garden is a tall magnolia with great flowers, like filthy handkerchiefs, and like waste paper... There has never been such a sloppy flower. "There are many varieties of magnolia flowers, and I don't know if Zhang Ailing is describing the magnolia in front of me, but I still don't think much of her opinion." I think it must be that Zhang Ailing and her stepmother had a verbal altercation at that time, was scolded by her father, and was confined to the home. Even if the scenery outside the window is beautiful, I don't have the heart to watch it. If she could meet a brightly blooming magnolia when she was in a bright mood, she would be able to rejoice in her, right?
Magnolia flowers are not only beautiful, but also can be eaten in the dish. In the Qing Dynasty", it is recorded that "its (flower) petals are washed and cleaned, and the noodles are fried in sesame oil, or soaked in honey." I have eaten magnolia flower cake made with magnolia petals, flour and eggs. After many years, I can't remember how the magnolia flower cake tastes. But think about the pastry with a taste of magnolia flowers as ingredients, a bite, it should be a lip and teeth to leave a fragrance. Magnolia flowers are also medicinal herbs with many functions. My mother has been plagued by rhinitis for a long time, and one day she heard a folk remedy and brewed magnolia flowers with boiling water instead of tea, which has the effect of passing the nose. Give it a try, sure enough.
In this way, every day that magnolia flowers come to earth is a gift.
Source: Minxi Daily