After washing his face, Mrs. Shangguan took Ouyang Xinyu's hand and said to her: "Wan'er, you haven't accompanied your mother to the back garden for a long time. I guess the lotus flowers in the pond have grown into lotus pods now, and the lotus roots in the pond are growing wildly! The golden autumn of August is coming, and the osmanthus has already spread for ten miles. It's time to ask Sister Gui to pick up some osmanthus to make osmanthus cake!"

"Okay, Wan'er will clean up now and accompany her mother to the back garden to enjoy the flowers!" Hearing Mrs. Shangguan's words, she asked her to accompany her to the back garden, Ouyang Xinyu agreed readily, and was about to break free from Mrs. Shangguan's hand. She was going to clean up the mess full of the table?

"Wan'er doesn't have to go clean up in person, so let's leave it to the girls! We haven't talked for a long time and have a breakup. Let's go straight!"

"Miss, just leave it to Xiao Cui to clean up. Just accompany your wife to relax!" Xiao Cui is quite clever and never forgets to come out to smooth things out for his master. There is such a girl around you, so you can't be so considerate!

"Then I'll go with my mother. Xiao Cui, hurry up and clean up the place and follow me!" Ouyang Xinyu was not used to the days without Xiao Cui around her. She wanted her to follow her no matter where she went, so she would feel more at ease.

"Okay, Miss!

Ouyang Xinyu held Mrs. Shangguan's arm, and the two of them came to the back garden of Shangguan's mansion talking and laughing along the way. The Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon, and it is the time when the osmanthus flowers are in full bloom. Whenever the osmanthus flowers bloom, the fragrance is fragrant with the breeze, and the fragrance spreads for ten miles. The entire Shangguan's mansion is immersed in the fragrance of osmanthus flowers.

There are four large osmanthus trees in the back garden of Shangguanfu. After Mid-Autumn Festival, Guisao will summon all the maids from Shangguanfu to go to the back garden to pick up osmanthus flowers. The osmanthus trees have tall trunks, big leaves, and small flowers, which are not easy to pick with their hands. Therefore, they can only wait until they mature and fall down, and then take the servants to the back garden with their dustpan to pick them up. However, what they fell by themselves or were blown down by wind and rain, is not as fresh as they grew on the tree, and the fragrance is not as strong.

"Wow, so many osmanthus flowers are so good to fall on the ground! If you use them to make osmanthus cakes and dried them in tea, you won't know how fragrant it will be when you eat and drink!" Looking at the osmanthus flowers covered with the osmanthus trees in the back garden, Ouyang Xinyu screamed excitedly. The osmanthus trees in Shangguanfu look a bit old, and even the osmanthus flowers blooming are much more fragrant than those seen in modern times.

"Wan'er is starting to be greedy again, and she starts to miss the osmanthus pastry that her mother made for you with her own hands!"

"My mom, are you going to pick up osmanthus flowers and make osmanthus cakes for me with your own hands?" Ouyang Xinyu has only seen osmanthus cakes in modern Taiwan. None of them are real, they are just looking for selling points under the name of osmanthus flowers. 100% purely handmade, Ouyang Xinyu has never seen them in her life.

"Well, in previous years, you liked to eat the osmanthus cakes made by your mother by your own hands! Since Wan'er is greedy, let me make some for you and try them out! There are already so many osmanthus flowers on the ground. Tomorrow, I will ask Sister Gui to pick up some good ones and make some fresh ones for us Wan'er to eat!" Mrs. Shangguan said with satisfaction at the osmanthus flowers all over the ground. Usually, it is not so early to pick up osmanthus flowers in Shangguan's house. It will not start until the Mid-Autumn Festival this season has passed. Because the osmanthus flowers at that time were more fragrant and fresher.

"Mom, the osmanthus that fell on the ground was not fresh with soil and rain. Why do you still have to pick it up for food? Why don't you just climb on the tree to pick the osmanthus and wait until the flowers fall down to pick it up?" Hearing Mrs. Guan said she wanted to pick up the osmanthus on the ground to make pastries for her to eat, Ouyang Xinyu was a little puzzled. Why don't you get some fresh things on the tree?

"Wan'er, have you forgotten? One year, you climbed up to this osmanthus tree to pick osmanthus, but this osmanthus tree is so tall, with lush branches and leaves, and the flowers are so small. How can you pick it when you climb up? That time, you almost fell off the tree, which scared you and your mother!"

"This osmanthus cannot be picked but can only be picked. How can it maintain its original fragrance? Wouldn't it taste like it?"

"When it comes to collecting osmanthus, there are some things to be particular about! It is unrealistic to not pick it up on the tree to pick osmanthus. When it falls down and pick it up on the ground, it does not have the original fragrance. Only when it is mature can it "shake" it down to maintain the complete shape of its flowers and its original fragrance and freshness!"

"Shake the flowers? It sounds very fun, so why don't we shake the osmanthus?" Ouyang Xinyu suddenly felt very strange. Although osmanthus trees can be seen everywhere in modern times, most of them are planted for greening. Generally, they are waiting until the flowers naturally fall and rot into the soil to make fertilizer. I have never seen anyone pick and eat them. This is the first time Ouyang Xinyu has heard of "shaking" osmanthus, and she is a little impatient!

"It's not time yet, so you can't shake it. The osmanthus flowers will not ripen until after the Mid-Autumn Festival, but the Mid-Autumn Festival is not yet here, so you can't shake it yet. So, you can only pick up some fresh things that just fell down and use them. The land in Shangguanfu is clean, Wan'er, you don't have to worry about the osmanthus flowers being dyed with mud and sand."

"Then, can Wan'er participate when shaking osmanthus in the mansion after the Mid-Autumn Festival? Wan'er also wants to come and shake osmanthus with everyone!"

"Of course, when did Wan'er shaking osmanthus in the mansion? Every time, Wan'er shaking the most joyously, she was more vigorous than those girls and the young and strong guys, hahaha..." Mrs. Shangguan recalled the scene of Shangguan Wan'er shaking osmanthus in the crowd in the past years, and couldn't help laughing. In Mrs. Shangguan's eyes, their Wan'er was just a child who couldn't grow up, and she was precious.

Every year when Shangguanfu shook osmanthus, it was covered with large pieces of clean white cloth under the tree. Everyone took off their shoes and wrapped their feet on the white cloth. A large group of people hugged the osmanthus tree, shaking desperately, shaking hard, making the osmanthus flowers fall like rain, shaking them all over their heads. Shangguan Wan'er excitedly ran around the osmanthus rain, playing and playing, wasting a lot of osmanthus flowers every year, and they were all broken by her.
Chapter completed!