Today is the day when Shangguanfu shines osmanthus flowers. The four large, ancient osmanthus trees in the back garden of Shangguanfu have elegant shapes, lush branches and leaves, evergreen all year round, and pleasant fragrance. These four osmanthus trees are distributed in the east, south, west and north corners of the back garden of the back garden of the mansion, each with a height of more than meter. The canopy covers almost the entire corner of the garden and becomes a natural protective umbrella for sunshade in summer.

Don’t underestimate these four osmanthus trees. They have to collect dozens of kilograms of dried osmanthus every year! Some of these dried osmanthus are made into sugar osmanthus and stored for pastries during the New Year, and some are placed in tea jars with tea to make osmanthus tea. Some are made into osmanthus pastries after the Osmanthus Festival in Shangguanfu, and paid tribute to nearby temples and distributed to the villagers in Furong Town, so that they can also get some blessings from Shangguanfu.

Xiao Cui went outside to inquire about the news, and Ouyang Xinyu was able to calmly go to the back garden to enjoy the "Osmanthus Rain".

Under the instructions of Mrs. Gui, the maids began to lay clean white cloth under the osmanthus tree, and next to the white cloth was a large circular disk woven with bamboo strips for osmanthus. At the command of Mrs. Gui, the maids began to use all their strength to shake the osmanthus tree desperately.

The tiny osmanthus flowers suddenly fell like rain, and fell on the heads of the maids, on their bodies and on the white cloth. In just half an hour, the white cloth was covered with a thick layer. At this time, the girls waiting next to the big disc began to carefully put the fresh osmanthus flowers that had fallen into the big disc with a broom and a dustpan.

After the large disc was filled, two strong men carried the large disc and the fresh osmanthus flowers into the open space in the front yard to dry. If the sun was good, let's take off the branches and leaves for three or five days, and put them in a large jar to make sugar osmanthus flowers, and put them in a ceramic jar. The rest were placed there and ready to make pastries at any time.

Under the guidance of Mrs. Gui, the workers transported fresh osmanthus flowers in a very orderly manner. Mr. Shangguan made an exception and did not attend the Osmanthus Festival. Ouyang Xinyu didn't know where he went. Mrs. Shangguan sat in the pavilion in the back garden, drinking the aged osmanthus tea that had just been brewed while watching the workers shake osmanthus flowers. Ouyang Xinyu was amazed that the servants of the Shangguan family were really well-trained and worked in an orderly manner, without any ambiguity.

This year, Shangguanfu shaking osmanthus is less complicated than Shangguan Wan'er's blind mix. It seems that it is going very smoothly and the progress is faster than in previous years. Soon, when it is lunch, the osmanthus on the two osmanthus trees have been shaken, and the remaining two trees continue to shake in the afternoon. Four and five plates of fresh osmanthus flowers are already full of them. It seems that the harvest this year is better than in previous years.

It was almost time for lunch, but Xiao Cui hurried to the mansion. As soon as she came back, she ran to Ouyang Xinyu and whispered to her ears. From Ouyang Xinyu's expression, what happened? Xiao Cui said a few whispers to her and left hurriedly. She sat very calmly in the main hall for lunch with Mr. Shangguan and his wife. Xiao Cui should have gone to the place where the people eat.

After lunch, Ouyang Xinyu said that she was not feeling well and asked Mrs. Shangguan for leave and went back to her room to rest. Xiao Cui was going to help shake osmanthus in the afternoon. She took a few bites of food into her mouth and returned to Shangguan Wan'er's room while everyone was still eating.

"Miss Xinyu, something big is going to happen to the Shangguan Mansion!" Xiao Cui hurriedly entered the door and hurriedly covered the door, and said such a horrifying thing to Ouyang Xinyu.

Just now, Xiao Cui told Ouyang Xinyu to have a meal quickly. After the meal, she quickly returned to the room. She had something important to discuss with her. So, Ouyang Xinyu lied that she was uncomfortable and ate a little casually, and then hurried back to the room. Ouyang Xinyu returned to the room from the front of the hall, and Xiao Cui arrived at the back of the feet.

"What big thing happened?" Xiao Cui's words suddenly stirred up a thousand turmoils in Ouyang Xinyu's heart. She asked Xiao Cui in surprise.

"The old man who made the candy man did not leave Furong Town, he was just outside Shangguan Mansion! The housekeeper drove him several times but did not drive him away. He seemed to be waiting for the lady's reply!" Xiao Cui retelled to Ouyang Xinyu.

"Xiao Cui, what happened? Sit down and tell me slowly, and make it clearer!" After hearing Xiao Cui say that the old man who was holding the candy man did not leave, Ouyang Xinyu pulled Xiao Cui onto the stool and asked her to sit down and talk slowly.

"That old man who made sugar is not the one who traveled through your dynasty. He was from the Central Plains. He did not write the characters from your dynasty, but he wrote the characters of the Chinese. However, he was indeed from Qingfeng Village. Qingfeng Village was on the top of the cliff where our lady fell." According to Ouyang Xinyu's instructions, Xiao Cui sat down and said to Ouyang Xinyu in a casual manner.

"He is not the one we have traveled through time in modern times? Then why did he come to Shangguan Mansion? And he also sent me a note!" After hearing this, Ouyang Xinyu was a little surprised, and she asked Xiao Cui.

"Miss Xinyu, it's bad here! That old man is not a candy man at all. He is really like you said. He learned the skills that are sold immediately in order to attract your attention." Facing Ouyang Xinyu's doubts, Xiao Cui continued to say to her.

"You said he was not from our dynasty, and I didn't know him before, why did he attract my attention?" Ouyang Xinyu became more and more confused as she heard it. She asked Xiao Cui in confusion.

"Miss Xinyu, I'll tell you, you must hold on! Grandpa, too, came to Shangguan Mansion to propose marriage to our master!" Xiao Cui first woke up to Ouyang Xinyu, and then told a shocking secret.

"What? What did you say?" This secret immediately surprised Ouyang Xinyu. After hearing this, she almost fell down and ate shit. She asked Xiao Cui in a trembling voice.

"The old man is the manager of Qingfeng Village. He said that their boss had met Miss Wan'er, and the two had made a lifelong appointment in private." Xiao Cui said another sentence, which seemed to have given Ouyang Xinyu a blow, and immediately made her stunned and unconscious for a long time.

"How is this possible? Xiao Cui, tell me quickly, you are joking with me!" Faced with what Xiao Cui said, Ouyang Xinyu felt very powerless. She hoped that all this was not true, and she hoped that Xiao Cui was really joking with her.

"Miss Xinyu, actually, I didn't believe it at first! The old man found a secluded place to talk to me for a long time. Moreover, he said that our lady had the token of their boss in his hand. As long as we find the token he said, we can determine whether what he said was true!" In fact, Xiao Cuiyatou didn't want this to be true. However, it happened just like that, and the old man said so conclusively that even the token was mentioned. Now, it is really true and the fake one cannot be true.

"Token? What kind of token was he talking about?" Ouyang Xinyu asked Xiao Cui.

"The old man said it was half a jade pendant, and it was a phoenix-shaped jade pendant. The other half was a dragon-shaped jade pendant. In the hands of the head of Qingfeng Village, the two and a half were a whole piece together." Xiao Cui said it very in detail, but she had never seen it before. I don't know where the jade pendant the old man mentioned was? Moreover, Miss Wan'er never mentioned this to her. So, she didn't know whether this matter was true or false?
Chapter completed!