Chapter 15: Zhou Mengyao's surprise
"The first step in making tea is to treat the utensils." Xu Fan came to Zhou Mengyao and talked eloquently while fiddling with the tea set.
"The fixture includes: starting a fire, digging out the fire, fan the stove, cleaning the utensils, waiting for water, pouring the cup and other six actions. It's like the momentum in boxing, it's a preparatory stage. Xu Fan said slowly, his hands flying back and forth among these appliances like butterflies wearing flowers.
"Good!" As soon as Zhou Mengyao saw Xu Fan's movements, her eyes suddenly lit up, the so-called "as soon as an expert makes a move, he will know if there is one", Xu Fan just made a few preparatory actions, which made Zhou Mengyao see the taste.
"That's right." Zhou Mengyao looked at it for a while, and suddenly thought of something, "This set of tea sets, isn't it a fake?" If you use it to make tea, will it ......"
"Although this tea set is not Fengming Nine Heavens, it is a real high-grade tea set. It is the descendants of the old man of the teapot in order to recall the predecessors, but because the wooden fish stone is really difficult to find, the raw materials of the complete set of tea sets can not be gathered, so the tea set is made with other materials, just in the appearance of the tea set into the integration, plated with a layer of wooden fish stone. It was precisely because of this that the person surnamed Chen just now looked away. And this set of tea sets is half of the six and a half sets of tea sets I said. Xu Fan explained, his hands kept moving.
"Oh! I see. Zhou Mengyao nodded, suddenly realized, but she didn't expect that there were such secrets in it, and what was even more amazing was that these secrets were broken by Xu Fan's usual expression.
"Good! Translucent as ice, the streamer is contained, it is really the spiritual liquid of the world! Xu Fan looked at the bottle of crystal spring water in his hand and sighed, "President, I can't see that you are also a person with a heart, and you actually collected pure water from the second spring in the world." ”
"Oh? Do you recognize it? Zhou Mengya was slightly surprised, this water was the Huishan spring water that she spent a lot of effort to collect, which is known as the "second spring in the world", but she didn't expect it to be broken by Xu Fan, "Sure enough, it's an expert." ”
"If my guess is correct, this is your treasure too." Xu Fan shook his head and picked up the iron can that Zhou Mengyao was holding at first.
"That's right, it's also my treasure, and I rarely take it out and share it with others." Zhou Mengyan looked at the small iron box, her eyes showed her love, it seemed that the things in it were indeed her beloved things.
"Oh? In that case, the president should take it away. There is a way that a gentleman does not take the favor of others. Xu Fan returned the iron can to Zhou Mengyao.
"Where, since it has been taken out, how can there be a gift of recycling, and classmate Xu, you are also a master of the tea ceremony, and it is not a pearl to be judged by someone like you who understands tea." Zhou Mengyao pushed back the small iron can, shook her head, and then smiled, "But my collection is not ordinary, I don't know if you can recognize it, classmate Xu?" ”
"Oh? I'm going to have to try it. Xu Fan smiled lightly, looking like a master, gently opened the iron box and smelled it.
"The fragrance is pleasant, refreshing, its fragrance is quiet, its spirit is quiet. Ha ha. What a superb red robe. Xu Fan took a deep breath and was immediately intoxicated.
Zhou Mengyao was slightly moved, she could judge the type of tea just from this taste, she was really a middle-aged master, but with this hand, almost no one could do it with the so-called masters she knew.
"Huh? Wrong. Xu Fan paused suddenly, his expression changed slightly, sniffed the small iron can again, and suddenly said to Zhou Mengyao excitedly, "This ...... This! This is actually the mother tree's big red robe! President, where did you get that? ”
Historically, Da Hong Pao is the tribute tea of the emperors of the past dynasties, and has won the favor of countless emperors, and after the integration of Chinese and Western cultures, it has won countless awards at home and abroad, and has been included in the list of world intangible cultural heritage, and has been praised as "the treasure of the country" by many people in China. And this mother tree big red robe is the ancestor of all big red robes, has survived for hundreds of years, because of its special status, the mother tree produced big red robes are not available to ordinary people, even if you are rich and rival the country.
"You! You! Do you recognize it? Compared with Xu Fan, Zhou Mengyao's surprise seemed to be greater, she exclaimed in disbelief, she didn't expect that there were still people in this world who could distinguish the type of tea just by smell, and it was a unique variety. Especially since this person is a very ordinary-looking fresh college student.
"Lucky to recognize." Xu Fan nodded modestly, and then bowed lightly to Zhou Mengyao, "I didn't expect the president to use such a precious treasure to share with me." Xu Fan was flattered and not very grateful. ”
"Mr. Xu, you're welcome. There is a saying that flowers are matched with beauties, and famous swords are given to heroes, and such treasures are matched with masters like Mr. Xu, don't they complement each other? Zhou Mengyao responded politely, but the tone was already quite respectful, and the address to Xu Fan had changed from Xu Fan, Xu to Mr. Xu, and it could be heard that Mr. Xu was sincere, much more respectful and serious than the "Mr. Chen" that greeted Chen Shaohua before.
"In that case, then I would be disrespectful." Xu Fan nodded, took out a piece of white paper, took out the big red robe of the mother tree, and put the thickest one at the bottom, then put the fine end in the middle layer, and then put the coarse leaves on it.
Zhou Mengyao looked at Xu Fan's movements, frowned, and looked a little confused.
"So we have to do this, because the fine powder is the strongest, and the tea leaves are easy to be bitter, and at the same time, it is easy to plug the dripping mouth, and put them in thick and thin respectively, so that the tea can be evenly produced, and the tea flavor will gradually be brought into play." Xu Fan sensed Zhou Mengyao's doubts, and slowly explained, "Nacha, every brew of tea, about the teapot, is enough to put seventy percent of the tea leaves in it." If it is too much, not only the tea brewed is too strong, the taste is bitter, and the good tea leaves are mostly tender buds tightly rolled, after a brew with boiling water, it stretches out and becomes very large, and there is too much tea, and even the water can not be washed in. But too little doesn't work, no taste. ”
"So it's so exquisite." Zhou Mengyao nodded, looking amazed. She likes to drink tea, so she collects precious tea utensils and tea leaves, but she has not studied the tea ceremony in depth, and many aspects are only half-understood, and she also explores the art of tea by herself. Therefore, Xu Fan just said a few words, and she suddenly opened her mouth, and some questions about tea art suddenly became clear, and she made a lot of progress. But this made her even more confused: Who is this Xu Fan? Is it just an ordinary student who looks like it on the surface?
And Xu Fan's next actions are even more shocking: waiting for the soup, washing tea, brewing tea, pouring cans, scraping foam, scalding cups, and sprinkling tea, every step of the tea ceremony, he has completed it with extremely elegant and convincing movements, and the kind of quiet and leisurely seems to have the power to move people's hearts, so that Zhou Mengyao, who was watching on the side, became extremely relaxed, as if the whole soul had been purified, and the unhappiness and grievances that had been dissipated with Xu Fan's actions. What is left is only that indifferent detachment.
"President, please taste." I don't know how long it took, Xu Fan's peaceful voice came into Zhou Mengyao's ears and woke her up.
"yes, okay." Zhou Mengyao answered, but when she looked down at the cup of tea in front of her that shone with amber light, she was stunned, facing this cup of tea that was as beautiful as a dream, and all she had in her mind was the thought of quietly appreciating it......