185 Tea Man Competition
It was nearly noon when it was the turn of the tea man to make a promise.
The sun was high and both the contestants and the tea drinkers were starting to get tired.
After Xu Yu stood up, he quickly looked around, lifted his skirt and stepped forward, and after sitting down with Yili, he closed his eyes slightly, so that he could keep his heart calm.
Then, his eyes opened, and there was nothing but the tea set in his eyes.
Cleaning tea sets, grinding tea cakes, boiling soup, whisking ......
Step by step methodically.
The steps seemed to be engraved in her head, and the rhythm was completely under her control.
With the blowing of the bamboo ceremonies, the foam in the tea cup is more and more, and it becomes more and more fine.
After a while, a peach blossom appeared in the teacup.
It's not a peach blossom, it's not a peach tree, it's not a peach orchard, it's just a peach blossom.
The tea soup is just a half-opened peach blossom with a young leaf at the bottom.
Xu Promise put down the soup bottle in his hand, took a long breath, and nodded to the maid waiting on the side.
The tea set she used to order tea this time is a set of rabbit black glazed cups for building a kiln, which was given to her on the day that Lu Shi took her to meet Ye Niangzi in Suzhou.
As for the tea cakes she uses today, they were brought by Ye Qingchen when he entered Beijing this time, although the Ye family does not grow tea, but they also make tea cakes.
The Ye family's tea cakes are naturally the most suitable for ordering tea, so when she promised to come to the eldest princess's mansion by carriage, Xu Gucheng asked her to bring the Ye family's tea cakes instead of the Xu family's tea cakes.
Lu Shiyin sat with the eldest princess of the Sui Kingdom, in the middle. I was able to see the tea opera made by the tea man at the first moment.
After seeing a peach blossom in the teacup in front of Xu Promise, a faint smile appeared on her face.
Liuniang, when did this child learn to ponder people's hearts?
Judging from the usual clothing and decoration of the eldest princess of the Sui Kingdom. You can see that she likes simple and generous things, rather than complicated things.
Moreover, there is a plaque on the verandah at the hanging flower gate of the eldest princess's mansion, on which there are three words "half peach fairy".
The plaque is very new, obviously new, but the word half peach here is worth pondering.
Xu Promise carefully discovered this, and at the same time embodied it in the tea opera he made.
The maidservant brought the promised tea. Several tea drinkers looked at the back, although there was no different color, but they all secretly praised it in their hearts.
From this point of view, it is not unreasonable for the queen to specially summon Xu Liuniang into the palace to order tea.
Xu Liuniang's tea opera. It seems very simple, but if you look closely, you will find the subtlety, and only then will you know that she has put a lot of effort into the tea opera.
The color of the peach blossoms on the surface of the tea soup is progressive, and the stamens are clearly visible. Even the veins on the young leaves at the bottom are clear. It seems that there is really a peach blossom buried in the tea soup.
The most important thing is that it took a quarter of an hour for the tea opera to disperse!
After the tea drama is gone, there will be a maid to separate the tea and give it to the tea taster.
Everyone saw the promised tea opera, and when they drank tea again, they were already calm, and they also had a final conclusion about today's tea competition.
When it came to the scoring of the tea tasters, the tea tasters entered the main room together, leaving the contestants outside.
The contestants watched the wooden door of the main room slowly close, and began to whisper.
Inside the house. Although the county lord of Jiaren was unwilling, he wanted to show his magnanimity. I had to rate the promise as optimal like everyone else.
The results of the tea competition are usually one of the best, five of the best, then good, and finally second.
The person who has been rated second will definitely be ridiculed among the tea people in the future, and no one will invite a person who has won the second test in the tea person competition to come into the house to order tea.
In all fairness, the most fragrant tea today is not a promise, but her tea opera is the best.
Considering the relationship between the queen, all the tea drinkers actually abandoned the tradition of evaluating the children of the royal family as the best in previous years, and unanimously chose the promise as the best.
Seeing that everyone was the best in the Sui Kingdom, the eldest princess of the Sui Kingdom swept her eyes from the Lu family's complexion, but she didn't see that there was a trace of inappropriateness in the Lu family's expression.
praised in her heart: It is worthy of Lu Qiniang, who she looked up to for many years when she was a child, whether it was in the past or now, she is generally calm and calm.
The corners of the eldest princess of Sui drew an arc at the corner of her mouth, and she said: "I thought that the tea ordered by Xu Liuniang was not good enough, and it was too much to be rated as the best, but it was ......."
The eldest princess of the Sui Kingdom made a statement, and the rest of the people naturally agreed.
So, the promise was rated excellent.
Lu's expression on his face did not change, but the heart that had been hanging was put down.
If Nuo is rated as the best, there may be many troubles in the future, and the eldest princess of Sui is really a kind-hearted person.
After the tea man competition, Xu Qian returned to Xu's mansion with the Lu family.
When the three of them entered Yingcheng Courtyard, they saw Xu Gucheng standing under the porch, the shadow of the eaves covering his face, but the green robe of the home was shining.
When Xu Qian saw Xu Gucheng, her heart beat faster, and she didn't know what kind of attitude her father would have towards her.
"Wan Niang, I'm back. ”
Xu Gucheng took a few steps forward and came out of the shadows, his tall body bathed in sunlight. The years have been very kind to him, his face is still handsome, and the lines are clear, but the smile on his face is a little lighter than usual.
"Sir, I've been waiting for a long time. With a faint smile on his face, Lu said hello to Xu Gucheng, and then asked Mama Li to put the reward for today's tea contest in the house first.
Xu Promise stepped forward to give a salute and shouted, "Daddy." ”
Chuntang and July also followed behind to give a salute, and said at the same time: "Ah Lang." ”
Xu Qian bit her lip, crossed the promise, stood beside the Lu family, and bowed: "My son has seen my father." ”
Promise was behind, a pair of peach blossom eyes widened, not letting go of any expression on Xu Gucheng's face.
You know, she is more curious than Xu Qian about what Xu Gucheng will do.
If he raised his hand to beat Xu Qian, then he would definitely feel guilty in the future, and Xu Qian would be able to extricate herself from her mistakes.
However, Xu promised to know that Xu Gucheng would not beat anyone, let alone his daughter.
Sure enough, Xu Gucheng didn't raise his eyebrows, but just said, "Siniang, get up." ”
"Father!"
Xu Qian didn't expect Xu Gucheng to have no extra words to say to her, and she was surprised that she forgot to modify the expression on her face for a while.
Only then did Xu Gucheng see the change in Xu Qian's appearance in the past six months, paused, and motioned for a few people to enter the house.
After entering the house, he said: "Siniang, why did you leave the house alone and go to Bianjing, do you know how dangerous this trip is?"
After going out all night, he hasn't returned, so Xu Gucheng doesn't know who brought Xu Qian to Bianjing.
"Father, my son just misses you and his mother, and just wants to come and see you. Xu Qian had tears in her eyes, but she didn't fall, and anyone who saw it would feel pity.
Xu Gucheng originally planned to have someone pick up Xu Qian in May, hold a ceremony for her in Bianjing in August, and then prepare for her marriage, and marry into the Zhang family in October.
But she couldn't wait for May!
She didn't want to marry Zhang Xian!
So after learning the purpose of the county lord of Jiaren, she agreed without any hesitation, and went north by car on the same day-
Small theater
Xiao Yuan: The chapter name is too ordinary, it should be played!
Author: I originally thought of half a peach fairy, but later found out that chapter 183 had just used peach blossoms, so I wittily avoided repetition~
Xiao Yuan: Stupid!
Author: Six Niangzi, someone bullied me, come and help me, climb (to be continued......)