Water moves, air cools, and summer grows.

A long day and cool Xia Feng make the water flow,

The breeze and flowing water are green and fragrant.

I read this poem several times before I found its beauty. Some seemingly ordinary feelings are actually amazing. Like the lotus in July. When it comes to summer, aesthetics, and even missing and love, lotus is an unavoidable theme this season. No matter when I live in Yangzhou, in hot summer, lotus is my sustenance, or in the more distant season of youth germination, graceful white lotus is the most beautiful symbol of my favorite girl. Time flies, even now, there are many themes about lotus flowers.

Let's talk about lotus tea first. The exquisiteness of this life is beyond the reach of ordinary people. Zhao ruled himself out first. I am by no means the kind of person who is elegant to the bone. The beauty lies in the fact that I read a lot, and quoting classics can provide some ideas for people who love life. Just like I made myself a pot of lotus seed tea when I watched the ball game this morning. This kind of tea can't be bought with money. The so-called lotus tea on Taobao is too tacky. My tea was sent to me yesterday by Lili, the elder sister of Guo Ke Golf. Thank you for your little help. I learned this kind of tea making from Six Chapters of a Floating Life. Of course, hardware conditions are needed. At least there should be a lotus garden, the kind that opens in the morning and closes at night. Therefore, it is necessary to carefully open the flower heart of the lotus by hand around the evening, wrap the soaked Biluochun tea in the tea and put it in the flower, and the flower will automatically close. As soon as the sun came out the next day, the lotus began to bloom and smoke in the flower embryo. However, because this is the first batch of products, the water vapor of tea leaves is a bit heavy, so I didn't enjoy the feeling of double win when drinking.

I launched Bibi and Tribe last year. I upgraded my equipment this year. It is no longer white wine that is cool and pleasant, but draught beer. The cup made of lotus leaves is light green and delicate, and the cold beer is as yellow as jelly. Drinking together is really rich in Chun Qing. I ingeniously added some lotus petals to the beer, adding a little elegance. Well, doing such a common thing as drinking is a little learned.

Miss Zhao, a famous European chef, also showed me the lotus flowers. She showed me a recipe called Fried Lotus, which is a classic of Shandong cuisine. Bai Lianhua in Daming Lake was chosen, the lotus was washed and dried, and then fried in oil pan. Both sides of the lotus are stuffed with bean paste, which is a bit sweet and greasy. My daughter and I discussed how to wrap it into small dumplings, and then fry it slowly with a small fire, so fried lotus has a new meaning. But my daughter forced me to steal the lotus, which embarrassed me. I don't feel like a man who calls himself a gentleman. I made up my mind to buy some lotus flowers for her to cook this dish tomorrow.

For me, lotus has another great use, that is, making incense. The fragrance of lotus is also called lotus fragrance. The smell is quiet, fragrant and lovely. There are recipes for lotus fragrance in ancient books, but I taste lotus directly with aromatherapy instead of borrowing other recipes to imitate it. After the fragrance of lotus leaves is burned out, it will have a hypnotic effect. The whole room is like a small house by the lake, and a little bit of coolness will fall into my arms with the night, making people really forget the heat and troubles, and even think of the distant south of the Yangtze River, the lotus leaf and the lotus fragrance.

There are many words about lotus, but in the fragrance, I suddenly have a feeling of being fascinated and moved by her. I stopped writing and slowly closed my eyes to appreciate the beauty.

When I am in full bloom, there is always a kind of beauty that ripples in time.