Baking and Flowering
烘焙与花时
by Half Apricot (半杏)
- Status
- Ongoing
- Length
- 32k Words
- Chapters
- 20
- Genre
- Danmei (BL)
- Era
- Modern Era
- Updated
- 11mo ago
- Source
- JJWXC
Stats
Tags
- ThemeLove
- POVDual POV
- Age18+
- Daily Life
- Happy Ending
Synopsis
Flower shop manager (coser): Chen Yan (nickname: Momo) There is a small community flower shop in the town, which was renovated from the old house where the two grew up. He has a gentle and quiet personality, his hands always smell of scratches from flowers and moisturizing cream, and he can't help but hum the anime OST when taking care of flowers. I am obsessed with ancient animation and love to cosplay cool and immortal characters. In order to restore the character's hair crown, I will use the thin vines and dried flowers in the store to make it myself. She is extremely sensitive to flowers. She knows which roses have the longest flowering period and which leaves match the skin tone best, but she can never remember whether she has eaten lunch or not. - Baker: Lu Ye There is a bakery next door to the flower shop. I learned the craft from Chen Yan's mother. Every morning at four o'clock in the morning, I would get into the kitchen and knead the dough. My arms have smooth lines from kneading dough all the time. He doesn't talk much but is nimble with his hands and feet. When making bread, he is very focused. He can even adjust the amount of yeast accurately by the feel of his hand. I know little about the second dimension, but I can accurately name the character cosplayed by Chen Yan. Lu Ye bakes the first batch of cranberry scones every day, and always puts two in a paper bag and passes them through the back door shared by the two stores, just in time for Chen Yan to open the door and arrange the flowers. Chen Yan would insert a small bunch of bluebells or chamomile before Lu Ye finished work and place it on the checkout counter of the bakery, saying it was "to add some color to the bread." Before Chen Yan was going to the comic exhibition, the two of them would gather on the counter of the bakery the night before to work on props - Chen Yan used green tape to fix dried flower hair accessories, and Lu Ye helped cut hard cardboard to make prototype weapons. Occasionally, they would be caught trying on heavy robes, complaining that they were "more tiring than kneading ten pounds of dough." On the day of the comic exhibition, Lu Ye always carries three things in his canvas bag: Chen Yan's makeup-removing wipes, a custard pack to replenish his strength, and a band-aid (in case he is scratched by a prop). Lu Ye has newly developed cherry blossom-flavored bread, and will specially ask Chen Yan to decorate it with fresh cherry blossoms and display it in the window as a "signature combination"; when Chen Yan receives an order for a wedding bouquet, he will ask Lu Ye for some wheat straw left over from baking the bread and weave it into the bouquet to add texture, saying it has "the warmth of life." Chen Yan's hands became rough from being exposed to cold water while tending flowers, so Lu Ye would silently buy hand cream and put it on his flower stand; Lu Ye had been rubbing his face with his head down for a long time and his cervical spine was not good, so Chen Yan made a cervical pillow with dried mugwort and placed it in his lounge. The awning of the bakery was blown away by the typhoon. Lu Ye rushed into the flower shop first to help Chen Yan hold on to the crumbling flower stand. He didn't even bother to wipe his back when it was soaked. - Chen Yan wanted to cosplay a character that required a giant bouquet of props. I did it several times but couldn't reproduce it well enough, and I was so anxious that I couldn't sleep. Lu Ye took advantage of the closing time to use cardboard and wire from the bakery to build a frame, and followed Chen Yan's instructions to glue flower petals. After spending half an night, he made the prop, which was praised by his colleagues as "more exquisite than professional props." - Lu Ye's bakery is going to participate in the community food festival. Chen Yan not only decorates his stall with sunflowers and wheat ears to make it the most eye-catching appearance in the venue, but also wears simple anime character costumes to help shout. A person who usually doesn't like to talk can skillfully tell the taste of each kind of bread. Lu Ye taught him all this. - On the night after the comic exhibition ended, the two of them were sitting in the back kitchen of the bakery eating cold croissants. Chen Yan was excitedly flipping through the stamp collection photos on his phone. Lu Ye suddenly took out a Polaroid, which he secretly took - Chen Yan was standing in front of the flower wall in ancient costume, with the sun shining on the ends of his hair, still holding half of an unfinished scone in his hand. Concept: Ordinary people are also the light in their own world