Chapter 3 Tea Maker Bai Chu
Dongfang Yixian picked up the wine glass, took a small sip, and said softly: "The first time I saw him, I almost made a joke. ”
"Could it be that you really think of him as a woman?" Dongfang Yichen looked at Dongfang Yixian with a smile.
Dongfang Yixian said: "I drank too much with the tea masters that day, at that time, he was still a tea taster, and the master asked him to help me go to the toilet, although I was drunk, but I couldn't let a woman accompany me to the toilet, I repeatedly refused, but he must follow, so angry that I pushed him, and after I went in, he followed up."
I was drunk and staggered, he came over to help, I pushed him, I tossed a few rounds, he was helpless, and said: "Young master, don't let the villain serve, it's okay." The villain is going to go to the toilet first. "After taking off his pants and going to the toilet, I believed that he was a man. ”
Dongfang Yichen laughed and said, "Big brother, you actually have a time to look away, this is really interesting." ”
"It's good that you know, so as not to be embarrassed. Dongfang Yixian said: "Bai Chu, a man who looks like a woman, took charge of the Jiufeng Tea Garden at a young age, aren't you curious at all?"
Dongfang Yichen drank and said: "I'm not curious, what about the eldest brother? I just drink, whether he is a man or a woman, my father uses people on the basis of merit, just like the fat man Wu who is drunk with Shengge, presumably Bai Chu also has a unique skill." ”
"Exactly, this Bai Chu has a genius in tasting tea, when did the tea girls pick the tea leaves, where do they come back to dry? ”
Dongfang Yixian said: "The one that I remember the most is that one afternoon, I went to the tea garden to check the goods, and found that there was a batch of tea leaves, which did not match the color, taste, and shape on the item number, so I called Bai Chu to ask, Bai Chu said, on the way to make the roasted tea master, there was an occasional abdominal disease, and it was handed over to the apprentice to stir-fry, and the heat was slightly too much, if it was sloppy delivery, the customer would not care very much, because the difference in taste was not very big.
However, it will affect the connoisseurs who really drink tea, and it will damage the reputation of the Oriental Jiufeng Tea Garden, so they will take this batch of tea, change the tea-making process, and send the sample tea to the customer's house in advance, and also send a copy of the original tea, inform the new tea to thank the old customers for their support, and keep the price of the original tea not raised.
After the tea boss tasted the new tea, he was greatly appreciated, and proposed to purchase this new tea at a higher price, and returned the original tea that was scheduled, which also had no precedent, but in order not to embarrass the customer, Bai Chu also agreed, and for a while, the customer recommended it everywhere to his peers, and this new tea actually became the largest selling tea in the tea garden. ”
Dongfang Yichen said: "This Bai Chu is not only an excellent tea maker, but also a powerful trader, how did Daddy find out about him?"
Dongfang Yixian said in a low voice: "Let me tell you, you can't tell anyone, there are only three people in the Dongfang family who can know his life experience, Daddy, you, me." ”
"So mysterious?" Dongfang Yichen said with a serious look as he looked at Dongfang Yixian.
Dongfang Yixian said: "It's not mysterious, it's too miserable, this Bai Chu was met when my father went to Dali, Yunnan to deliver tea, and Dali has a "Nanfeng Restaurant". The local tea merchant loved this and asked his father to discuss business in the restaurant.
Daddy said that there were forty or fifty people that day, and they came to the stage ten at a time, wearing red cardigans and robes, and tied a black belt around their waists, lined up in a row, and let the guests choose, and as soon as the guests went to the stage, they opened the belts around their waists, and took them away satisfied, and those who were not selected would be whipped. At that time, Bai Chu had injuries on his face, his eyes were blue, his mouth was swollen, and there were freshly scratched blood marks on his cheeks, and he looked ugly, so naturally no one chose him.
Bai Chu was beaten and his flesh was opened, until forty or fifty naughty boys were bought, and no one wanted him. The trafficker said, "Deal with it according to the rules." ”
When his father saw that he was pitiful, he asked the tea merchant what they would do to him, and the tea merchant said: "I haven't seen the eunuch in the palace, and in the end, no one will buy it and sell it to the palace." ”
I saw that on the high platform, someone brought a table, and four strong men went up, carried Bai Chu to the table, tied it into a big shape with a rope, and tied it tightly with a rope around his waist.
At this time, a person who looked like a witch doctor walked up to the high platform, saluted the guests below, took out a snowy scimitar, and said: "Actually, this little brother's skin is still good, and it is not expensive, only twenty taels of silver." ”
Everyone hurriedly said: "Cut it quickly, are they all looking at you?"
The witch doctor sighed and said, "Since everyone doesn't want it, I'll start cutting it." As he spoke, he walked up to Bai Chu and exclaimed, "Oh, it's so pitiful, this kid is frightened." ”
Daddy has always taken care of his identity and image, and he didn't want to get involved, but after listening to the witch doctor's words, if he didn't lend a hand, the child would be wasted, so he bought Bai Chu for twenty taels of silver.
Dad asked some about Bai Chu's family, and Bai Chu only said that the family had been tea slaves for generations, offended the master, his parents were hanged, and he and his sister were sold to human traffickers. Daddy asked him about the wound on his face again, Bai Chu said that he cut it himself, and he didn't want to be humiliated, so he would rather die.
Dad saw that he had nowhere to go, so he said: "You go back to Shaanxi with me, I also have a tea garden at home, called Jiufeng Tea Garden, I am not good at manhood, I just saw that you were pitiful, so I lent a hand." ”
"Thank you for saving your life, Bai Chu is willing to serve the master as a slave for the rest of his life. Bai Chu knelt down.
Daddy said, "Get up, kid." Remember, from now on, you are not anyone's slave, learn tea well, make tea well, be a good tea master in Jiufeng Tea Garden, and it will not be in vain for me to save you. ”
Seeing this, all the tea merchants were deeply moved by their father's righteous deeds, and they were all glad for Bai Chu to meet a noble person who picked up his life.
At this time, a tea merchant asked Daddy to go to his teahouse with everyone to taste tea, and Daddy asked his entourage to dress up Bai Chu's wound medicine and change into clean clothes to accompany him.
Daddy said that the tea merchants in Yunnan are very powerful, they are good at making Pu'er tea, the color is dark and smooth, and the aroma is pure and rich. The soup is orange and bright, and the taste is mellow and sweet.
"How can it be so delicious, I drank Pu'er tea once, and it feels like a medicinal soup. Dongfang Yichen interjected.
"The Pu'er tea you drank was the new Pu'er of the year, and the quality was not very good, it was not made by Bai Chu himself, of course, it was like a pot of rat feces. Dongfang Yixian smiled.