Chapter 67 Tea Tasting and Talking about Life
Outside the window, it was still raining lightly, and the fine raindrops fell from the clouds, dripping on the leaves and the black asphalt road, creating a circle of ripples, scattered into rain stains.
It is not unreasonable to sleep on a rainy day, the streets on the side of the road are quieter than usual, the smoke and rain are miserable, and the sound of rain falling on the windows and the street is crisp and clean.
Occasionally, the whistle of a car intrudes abruptly, more like the rain with the ding-dong, although it is abrupt, but it also seems harmonious.
This impetuous and fast-paced life finally stopped on a rainy day.
If three or five friends get together, have a cup of hot tea, suck and talk, it is a kind of enjoyment.
Gong Su Qingyuan changed the pot of spiritual tea he had brewed before, and unlike just now, he only took out the teapot and teacup for the old turtle to make tea, and he was not so particular.
He also had a rag bag, similar in style to the monkey and the old honey badger, and he didn't know how much Void Beast fur the old eagle and their seven demons had obtained.
The three of them taste spiritual tea together, which is different from drinking tea, drinking tea is to quench thirst, and tea tasting is an artistic enjoyment.
Take out the tea lotus, teaspoon, teacup and tea sea from the rag bag, and then match the previous teapot and teacup, and the equipment for making tea and tasting tea is complete.
The only thing missing now is tea and sweet springs!
"Tea tasting lies in tasting, it is different from drinking, not just drinking, of course, not familiar with how to taste, just taste tea according to your own preferences. Gong Su Qing said from afar, while taking out a green skin gourd from the rag bag, which contained a spiritual spring.
This is not the same as the ordinary spiritual spring, the ordinary is just the sweet and clear spring containing the aura, but the green skin gourd is full of rich to the extreme energy, that is, the aura in their mouths from the ancient remnants, from quantitative change to qualitative change concentrated into a kind of liquid.
Gongsu Qingyuan still remembers that when he obtained these spiritual springs, he was with the old eagle, which was in a stone stalactite cave, and the energy that had turned into spiritual liquid dripped from the thin stone stalactites into a small pit, gathering into a small lake.
As for why there was only a small green skin gourd in the end, every time he thought of this, Gongsu Qingyuan felt very complicated.
It's not that all the Lingquan lakes are packed into the gourd, you know, the green skin gourd in his hand is just an ordinary small gourd, and it is by no means a space magic weapon.
The aura in the air was refreshing, Gong Su Qingyuan's eyes looked a little hollow, he shook his head for a while, and the memory picture of the experience in the stalactite cave seemed to emerge in front of him, and he remembered the days when he squatted under the stalactites to receive the spiritual liquid, it was really a ...... Depend on!
His heart was clogged, his chest seemed to be stuffy, and the memories in his brain destroyed the artistic conception of Gongsu Qingyuan making tea, and he understood that the tea brewed this time was destined to be no better than the pot just now, even if he had the spiritual spring in the green skin gourd.
And not only is the mood for making tea destroyed now, but as long as Gongsu Qingyuan takes out the green skin gourd, it will not be very suitable for making tea, and everything that happened in the stalactite cave has become his magic barrier.
"Old Eagle ......"
Gong Su Qingyuan whispered in an imperceptible voice, and then he took a deep breath and tried to adjust his mood, making tea is still a very important thing for him, this is the second important thing besides visiting the kiln!
Putting the green skin gourd on the groove of the tea sea, Gongsu Qingyuan took out three old small black jars, and before they could open them, the three people present smelled a fragrance that made people's hearts calm and refreshed, just smelling a few mouthfuls of the aroma, everyone felt that their bodies were relaxed.
Leaning on the sofa and listening to the pleasant and crisp sound of rain outside the window, Xie Liang has never been so comfortable and relaxed.
"Brother Gu, when will we start betting?" Closing his eyes and taking a nap, Xie Liang was still thinking about his unfulfilled wishes.
Gu Yuxi raised his hand and smiled kindly: "Don't worry, the weather outside is not very good, I don't want to fulfill my wish in this small space, if possible, I still want to understand the changes in this world while fulfilling my wish." ”
So your ultimate goal isn't to make a bet, right......?
Xie Liang thought of it, he opened his eyes, and the whole person fell into the sofa, since Brother Gu is not in a hurry, then give himself a holiday on a rainy day...... He said without disobedience: "Okay, then I'll give myself a vacation if it rains all the time today." ”
Saying that, Xie Liang took out his mobile phone and looked at the weather forecast, and when he saw tomorrow's weather, he raised his eyelids, and there was a bit of color in his eyes, "Tomorrow is a sunny day, but I don't know if the weather forecast is accurate, I can only make a reference, it is light rain all day today, and it is estimated that my wish will be completed tomorrow." ”
"It's nothing, just drink tea today, and it's not bad to slow down on a rainy day. Gu Yu didn't care, his two little eyes narrowed and looked at Gongsu Qingyuan, who was preparing to make tea, his nose fluttered, sniffing the fragrance in the air.
"When it comes to tea tasting, I actually prefer to be in the old bamboo house. Gongsu Qingyuan scalded the kettle with boiling water, his eyes were focused, and he recalled: "At that time, the old python cooked, and me, the fireflies and the three of you were drinking small tea, and the old eagle was still quite noisy over there. ”
"Yes!" Gu Yuxi nodded, he turned his head to look at Xie Liang, "By the way, the old python should take Brother Xie to see the old eagles, right?"
Xie Liang sank back into the sofa and replied lazily: "Well, it's all interesting, my grandmother took me to have a meal with them, but the fireflies didn't come, and her body underwent some strange changes and turned into a little girl." ”
"It's become a child again,......" Gu Yu sighed, "The life cycle of the firefly species is not long, only three to seven days, but who would have thought that the firefly would also inherit this ...... The merit of not counting the merits. ”
Gu Yuxi paused when he said this, and barely came up with a word, Ying's change was that he had lived for a long time, and he had seen the only species among the many demons that would inherit the original life cycle.
According to common sense, after becoming a demon, it will be different from the previous life form, but Ying has inherited the characteristics of the life cycle of fireflies, which changes every fifty years, and will experience a cycle from life to death and from death to life.
said that it was an advantage, but it could be regarded as immortality in disguise, but this kind of reincarnation also limited Ying's memory.
As long as every fifty years pass, the memories before this will disappear, and nothing really belongs to you, just like a duckweed on the sea of time, floating wherever it goes.
There is no meaning in living, no matter what you have done, as long as fifty years are up, it will be re-deleted.
"But fortunately, Yingying has imprinted some important memories in the depths of her soul, at least you old guys and I still remember them clearly. Gong Su Qingyuan smiled with satisfaction.
He scooped out the tea leaves in the small black can with a teaspoon and put them into the tea lotus, even if he was chatting with Gu Yuxi, the movement of making tea in his hands was still not slow.
Generally speaking, the selection of tea leaves should be chosen by Xie Liang, but Xie Liang is not very good at tasting, so Gongsu Qingyuan follows the taste that the demons liked before.
"So, when I invited fireflies, there was something I didn't understand. Talking about fireflies, Xie Liang remembered the things in the small world again, leaned his eyes on the sockets, and thought: "At that time, the old eagle said that some things are not suitable for her to show when eating, what does this mean? ”
"Did the old python explain that they looked ugly?" Gu Yu smiled vaguely, he could almost guess some of the things that happened in the small world.
"That's right, it's pretty much what you said. Listening to Gu Yuxi's words, Xie Liang hesitated for a while, he nodded, and then glanced at Gu Yuxi in surprise.
If he hadn't recalled it himself, and confirmed that Gu Yuxi didn't come along, Xie Liang would even think that Gu Yuxi was not at the scene, which was completely similar to what Zu Lingyuan said!
Gu Yuxi leaned over, lowered his voice, and asked Xie Liang again with a mysterious expression, "Are you sure you want to know?"
"What's wrong?" Xie Liang subconsciously stayed away from Gu Yuxi, and after thinking for a moment, the curiosity in his heart still couldn't be suppressed, he proposed, "Tell me, I still want to know when you say that." ”
Gu Yu glanced at Xie Liang, paused, and said the appalling words with a calm face, "If you weren't there, I'm afraid they would eat people when they got together." ”
The tone of his speech was flat, and Gu Yuxi seemed to be telling Xie Liang that the weather was bad today.
The whole person froze, his eyes kept blinking, Xie Liang froze, he has a characteristic, his imagination is very rich, as long as others tell him a thing, his brain will come up with a corresponding picture.
There was a churning in his stomach, and the sourness in his throat surged upwards little by little, he had experienced the bloody scene of the execution not long ago, and the most important thing was that he and Zu Lingyuan had eaten together, and now as soon as Gu Yuxi said this, Xie Liang instantly felt very uncomfortable.
He frowned, his mouth open, and he wanted to say goodbye.
When Gong Su Qingyuan on the side saw this, a light smile hung on the corner of his mouth.
He pinched the two sides of the tea lotus with the thumb of his right hand and the other four fingers, put it at the tiger's mouth, and held the tea lotus and the bottom with his left hand and handed it to Xie Liang.
This is one of the steps of tea tasting, the role of tea lotus is to allow guests to appreciate the appearance of tea leaves, the shape is mostly hemispherical with a mouth, usually made of bamboo, wood, pottery, porcelain, tin, etc.
It's just that it is not very commonly used in ordinary teahouses, so the utensils used for this tea tasting are not common.
Wisps of fragrance ran into Xie Liang's nasal cavity, the fresh and dry tea fragrance was like drinking a glass of iced mint water in summer, Xie Liang only felt refreshed, and the uncomfortable feeling just now was swept away, and the whole body was comfortable!
This step is called tea placement, and it can also be summarized simply.
"Don't feel disgusting, think of this as if you humans eat other species, this world is originally where you eat me and I eat you, there is no difference, but the way of eating is different. Gongsu Qingyuan said with a smile, he poured the boiling water from the kettle into the teacup, shook it a few times, and then poured it into the teacup.
This step is a warm cup!
Then, Gongsu Qingyuan poured the water in the teacup and teacup into the sea of tea, scooped out a few spoonfuls of tea leaves into the teapot with a teaspoon, and the other side also began to heat the spiritual spring, good tea should be matched with good water!
Closing the lid of the teapot without hurry, Gongsu Qingyuan now only needs to wait for the spiritual spring to boil before he can start the next few steps.
He leaned back on the sofa, Xie Liang on the side still felt a little unacceptable in his heart, although Gong Su Qingyuan's words were not wrong at all, but as long as he remembered that Zu Lingyuan would eat people, Xie Liang felt a chill.
Gong Su Qingyuan seemed to see Xie Liang's thoughts, and chuckled, "It's normal for you to have this kind of reaction, but...... It's not normal, I've seen you humans eat people before, there seems to be an idiom of eating children, although I haven't seen the picture of eating your own children, but I've seen people eat people......"
Xie Liang patiently tilted his head to the side and listened, it was much better than just now, but he really felt that after helping Gu Yuxi fulfill his wish, he had to go to see a psychiatrist.
Xie Liang felt that his worldview! No, no, no, not only, there should be something else that has changed anyway, in short, there is something wrong with his heart and spirit, probably very subtle, who knows!?
Gongsu Qingyuan continued to tell his opinion, he planned not to be disgusted with Xie Liang, he tried to help Xie Liang get out of the shadow of cannibalism from a different angle, "Old pythons, they don't eat ordinary people, because this is completely inconsistent with the maximization of interests." ”
"They are all people who eat the Tao, and they are all people who are extremely sinful, not only do they have the energy to strengthen their own cultivation, but they also cultivate merit in eliminating demons and defending the Tao, it is said that they still heard an old monk say this. ”
After a pause, Gong Su Qingyuan added a few words at the end, "Of course, I haven't eaten it, are you much better in this way?"
"Probably...... Let's ......" His eyes were blank, and Xie Liang said uncertainly.
When Gong Su Qingyuan said that the people who eat are all the most heinous people, Xie Liang has already accepted the matter of cannibalism a little, but at the same time, he also discovered the horror of people......
His expression was in a trance, and Xie Liang had an indescribable feeling in his heart.
Is it just an excuse for people to have peace of mind...... No, no, when it's better to have a reason, then you can accept all the ridiculous things?
It was still raining lightly outside the window, and the cool summer breeze was blowing the hem of Xie Liang's pajamas, and when he couldn't think of something clearly, he wouldn't get into the horns.
Shaking his head, Xie Liang breathed a sigh of relief, "It's better to drink tea, these issues involving ethics, human morality and a series of other levels are still not to be said, I have a headache when I think about it, I want to take a vacation on a rainy day." ”
"It's fine, but you'll have to wait for the spiritual spring to boil. ”
"Brother Xie's open-minded attitude is good. Gu Yuxi said with a smile: "It's enviable." ”
"Hehehe, it's okay. Xie Liang smiled dryly and tugged at the corners of his mouth.
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