Throughout March, Lin Bining worked hard to make her first Chiba Lianxiang brand mold. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoThe disciples of the Lin family make a thousand leaf lotus incense card every March, and the disciples need to do it themselves from the mold to the incense card to test the learning results of the disciples in the previous year.

It is not difficult to make incense cards, but it is difficult to make a thousand leaf lotus molds. Although Lin Bining's carving is much better than before, after all, the craftsmanship is not perfect, even with Lin Wenliang's guidance, the Qianye Lotus mold made is far from Lin Wenliang's Ren Ran. has already lost many broken molds, Lin Bining is still not satisfied with the one in her hand, and wants to throw it away and make a better one.

After Lin Wenliang found out about her problem, he called her to his incense room, pointed to a pot of peonies on the table and asked, "Changru, what do you think of this flower?" ”

This is a pot of two Qiao peony, also called Luoyang brocade, a flower with two colors, can be the same plant, the same branch of purple red and pink two-color flowers, can also be the same flower inlaid purple and pink two colors. This pot of Erqiao plants is not big, I have not seen this variety last year, it should be newly planted. Lin Bining carefully admired the few peonies on it, pink and delicate, purple and gorgeous, one flower and two styles, and exclaimed: "It blooms very well." ”

Lin Wenliang also nodded, and then asked Lin Bining to follow him to the end of the corridor, where there was a pot of champion red peony more than half a person high, with dense branches and leaves, clusters of flowers, flowers as big as plates, and fragrant. He pointed to the flower again and asked, "What about the flower?" ”

Lin Bining also praised "very good".

The two of them returned to the house, Lin Wenliang took a sip of tea and said, "Do you know my intention to show you these two pots of flowers?" ”

Lin Bining thought for a while, shook his head and said, "Forgive Changru for being stupid, I don't know Master's intentions here, and I ask Master to make it clear." ”

Lin Wenliang didn't say it directly, but threw out another question: "Let me ask you, there are only two pots of flowers, which one does Changru think blooms well?" ”

Lin Bining was a little difficult to answer, and thought for a moment: "I thought that the champion red branches are luxuriant, the quality is very good, and there is a kind of rich and atmospheric beauty, while the growth of Er Qiao is not as good as the champion red, a little thin, but it is expensive in the flowers and two colors, and the variety is precious." The two flowers have their own styles, and Changru can't tell which one is better. ”

Lin Wenliang nodded: "What Changru said is right, at the moment the two flowers are inseparable, but the difference between the two is nothing more than time. Changru, the thousand leaf lotus you carved now is just like this Erqiao, and being a teacher is like the champion red on the corridor. ”

Lin Bining looked at him in surprise when she heard this, and felt that she understood what he said.

Lin Wenliang picked up the cup, moistened his throat, and continued: "It has been twenty-four years since I officially started learning incense at the age of eleven, and Changru, you are still a few days away from a year. I'm glad that you measure yourself by me, and that you can be so strict with yourself, but after all, you and I have the experience and experience there, and you can't reach the same level as me all at once. But you are spiritual and intelligent, and you will surely be above me in the days to come. ”

As he spoke, Lin Wenliang paused, as if he was thinking of something appropriate, and said: "Changru, I don't know if you have noticed that you have been a little 'greedy for merit' recently, and I can feel your anxiety from time to time. In fact, you are still young and have a lot of time to take your time, I hope you can take one step at a time and go down to earth. ”

Lin Bining's face changed slightly, thinking about it carefully, she has been a little anxious for quick success recently. Three years is not much time, she always wants to learn more, and she can't learn all the things of Lin Wenliang overnight. She was afraid that she would never have the opportunity to learn these things in the future, especially after receiving Lin Changru's letter, there were too many things to solve, and her time was limited, so she didn't feel impatient.

"Changru knows that he is wrong, and he will definitely be down-to-earth in the future and live up to his master's expectations." Lin Bining repeatedly warned herself in her heart not to be in a hurry and not to disappoint her father.

Lin Wenliang was very satisfied with her attitude of changing her mistakes, and said in a gentle tone: "It's good that you understand, don't push yourself too weekdays, go out for a walk with people more in your free time, boys should go outside to see more, and it is also beneficial to be open-minded in making incense." ”

"Yes, Changru strictly obeys Master's teachings."

After being explained by her father, Lin Bining felt that the thousand leaf lotus she carved was not so ugly, so she began to make incense cards. Because it is the season when the peach blossoms are in full bloom, Lin Bining has done peach blossom incense many times before, and wanted to use peach blossoms as the main incense material to make incense cards, but because incense cards are not used for incense, the incense materials should be selected with incense materials with a relatively large smell, so he used the recipe of requiem incense.

Agarwood, benzoin and frankincense are ground into a fine powder, angelica and cumin are soaked in light salt water for an hour and a half, and then dried and ground into a fine powder, and then the two powders are mixed and then ground into a more delicate powder. After the fragrant powder is ground, add nanmu powder to bind the fragrant powder, and knead it into a fragrant mud with an appropriate amount of water like kneading dough.

Lin Bining's previous practice was extremely effective, and now kneading the incense mud will no longer be as sore as when she made Qingyuan incense.

After the incense mud is kneaded, let it sit for a longer time to allow the flavors of the incense powder to blend with each other. Evenly coat a thin layer of olive oil on the mold of the thousand leaf lotus, fill the mold with the fragrant mud that has been standing, press it firmly, scrape off the excess fragrant mud, and remove the mold after drying around. After making the incense card, after it dries thoroughly, it is punched with holes, polished and cleaned, and handed it to Lin Wenliang for evaluation, which was praised by Lin Wenliang.

Taking back the incense card, Lin Bining was in a particularly good mood, thinking of her father's affirmation, the corners of her mouth couldn't help but rise. After returning to Linjiang Xuan, he asked Qing Miao for some colored silk, Lin Bining made a plum blossom knot with the incense card, and made a long spike, which was particularly beautiful when hung around the waist.

Qing Miao touched the plum blossom knot with her hand, and praised with a smile: "The young master hasn't touched the silk silk for a long time, and the knot is still better than ours." ”

Lin Bining pursed her lips and did not answer, with a slight smile in her eyes.

"However, although the ice blue color is beautiful, it doesn't match the young master's clothes very well. Does the young master want to change the color? ”

Lin Changru's clothes are mostly green, but they don't match ice blue. Lin Bining didn't know why she chose ice blue among a bunch of colors, which may be the reason why she saw Bai Yi wearing ice blue clothes too much.

Thinking of Bai Yi, Lin Bining remembered that she had said that she would take him to the garden. I have been busy making incense cards for a few days and have not contacted each other, and now the peonies in the garden are blooming beautifully, and it is a good time to enjoy the flowers, so she instructed Qing Miao: "You let Changge go to Bai Gongzi's Yuanxiang Courtyard in the southern suburbs, and say that I will invite him to come to Lin Mansion tomorrow to enjoy peonies." ”