Eighty-seven

Xu You was coldly called out by Xiao Lu's identity, and his heart was so frightened that he almost stopped beating. is the so-called silent ghost god, whether this thing is true or not, it really wants to be spread, she is the one who stands on the cusp, maybe some people will think she has ulterior motives. So Xu You immediately jumped up and grabbed one of the legs of the second parrot and lifted him far away, tilted his head and said angrily to it: "You stupid bird open your eyes and see it clearly, I just wore a cat tag for a snow group, how did I become a snow group?" I'm a human, not a cat! ”

She waved the cat card on her arm with a big movement while talking, and the second parrot seemed to be a little confused, making a "grunt" sound in her throat, and her little head poked out to look at Xu Yu for a while, and then tilted over to look at the cat card on her arm, looking very puzzled.

Shen Rong reacted at this time, and couldn't help but stare at the cat card a few times, but the expression on his face was still a little dignified.

"What's wrong?" Zhao Chengjin's low voice came from behind the bamboo forest, and immediately the person was in front of him. He had a smile on his face, a breezy look, and his voice was not high, but Xu You swore she heard some hidden smugness in that voice. What the hell is going on with this guy? Did he do it on purpose?

In fact, I had already guessed it, and I specially brought a teapot and a second lack of parrots to confirm? However, the last time King Qi said this, he was obviously very excited to deny it!

Xu You quietly glanced at Zhao Cheng and found that he was also looking at himself, his two eyes were shining, as if they were shining. Sensing that she was looking at him, Zhao Chengjin bent the corners of his eyebrows and eyes, smiling. Xu You's heart suddenly beat hard, as if he had seen it thoroughly from the inside out, and his heart was so weak that he couldn't do it. She quickly looked away,

"Sister Xiaoxue always likes animals." Ah Chu, who was originally playing with Brother Ping, also heard the movement and ran out to see, and when he saw Xu You, who was surrounded by dogs and parrots, he immediately laughed and explained proudly: "In Yunzhou before, the cats and dogs in our entire alley liked to run to my house, and the little red bean was also ......" However, Ah Chu's little red bean ran away from home in the spring two years ago and never came back since. For this, Ah Chu no longer refuses to raise small animals.

Brother Ping was very curious when he heard this, and looked at Xu You carefully with a pair of big round eyes, as if he wanted to find something different from her, "That...... Do they listen to you? ”

"Of course!" It was Ah Chu who continued to grab the words, "My sister will do whatever she asks them to do, pointing east and not west, but they are obedient." ”

"That'...... Ponies and eaglets listen to you? And what about the tigers? Brother Ping'er had two small flames hidden in his eyes, and that look made Xu You's heart furious, and he always felt that as long as he didn't reply correctly, he would have to be entangled by this little guy.

Xu You immediately denied it, "There is no such thing! When I saw the tiger, I was so frightened that my legs went limp, and I fled. ”

Zhao Chengjin was about to laugh out loud, waved his hand at Brother Ping, and said, "Play with you, don't pester Xiaoxue here." Go back and teach you how to ride a horse. ”

Brother Ping immediately became happy and grinned, "Big brother's words count!" After that, he stepped forward and slapped Zhao Cheng again, and then he was satisfied and pulled Ah Chu and ran away.

I haven't come back for many years, Liyuan is still the same as before, even the scratches on the table legs are clearly visible, the cat nest at the foot of the wall has faded, but it still sticks to its original place, and the cat teasing stick is also resting on it, clean and clean, without any dust at all.

"Sit down," Zhao Cheng pointed out a seat for her, and sat down beside her, and the servants in the courtyard hurriedly served snacks and fruits, "...... This cherry is delicious," Zhao Chengjin pointed to the red and bright cherries on the plate and said with a smile: "I'll make you tea in a while." ”

After that, without waiting for Xu You's politeness, he had already beckoned Shen Rong to fetch the tea set.

Is there such a thing as making tea? Xu You was a little curious. In the past, when Zhao Chengjin was still young in the palace, he didn't drink much tea, and later went to Yunzhou, who would spend money on tea leaves, most of them were just a few leaves, flower buds to dry, and then boiled with water, the taste is also good, and it is called tea.

However, looking at Zhao Chengjin's posture, it seems that making tea is also a very laborious thing?

Soon, Xu You saw this kind of high-end and high-grade tea making ceremony that was popular among powerful people......

"Is it Pu'er?" Xu You saw that Zhao Cheng took out a tea cake from the box, and couldn't help asking. Drinking Pu'er in autumn is also suitable for the occasion.

Zhao Chengjin was stunned by her question, "What ear?" He looked up at her and saw that her eyes were on the tea cake in his hand, so he explained with a smile: "It is the phoenix cake that the imperial grandmother rewarded." My father and mother don't like to drink tea, but they cheapen me. As he spoke, he took a long bamboo chopstick, grabbed the small tea cake, and put it on the stove to roast slowly. After a while, a rich aroma of tea wafted out and filled the room.

"It's quite fragrant!" Xu You didn't have anything to say, and after a while, he pointed to the snow-white powdery object in the silver plate and asked curiously, "What is this?" "It looks like salt, but why do you put salt in making tea? Is it a Western-style way of cooking tea, and then put some cream and sugar in it later?

"Salt, as well as minced ginger and minc......ed garlic," Zhao Cheng pointed to a large row of small plates on the table and told her one by one. The more Xu You looked at it, the more he felt that his scalp was numb, and he stammered: "These...... All in the tea? "Can you still drink that thing after cooking? Simply add some beef and mutton and a few cabbage leaves, and you don't need to make soup at noon for a while.

Zhao Chengjin looked at her crying and laughing face, couldn't help but want to laugh, but he endured it again, and replied: "Yes, you can taste it carefully after cooking it in a while." The family said that my tea was well cooked......" He was about to cry when he saw Xu You frowning, and finally couldn't help but hug his stomach and laugh "haha", and even sat on the ground in a gaffe.

Xu You finally understood at this time, it turned out that this guy was deliberately teasing him, and he was so angry that he gritted his teeth and glared at him viciously. Zhao Chengjin explained while laughing, "Xiaoxue, don't be annoyed, I didn't lie to you, tea is made like this in the capital, and I can't get used to drinking it myself." I thought you'd like it. ”

Zhao Cheng was very happy that Xu You and his taste were the same. Shen Rong looked at the two of them speechlessly and quietly rubbed his temples.

"How can anyone drink tea like this?" Xu You poured himself a glass of white water, shook his head and said, "The taste of tea is all covered, it's really a tyrannical thing." She picked up the remaining tea cakes in the box and smelled them, her brows furrowed involuntarily, and she whispered, "It tastes weird, it doesn't seem to be quite right." ”

Zhao Chengjin asked curiously: "Xiaoxue also understands tea?" "I've never seen her drink tea before, but I've only seen her eat fish.

Xu You smiled modestly, "I understand a little, I understand a little." "It's not that she understands a little, she obviously knows a lot, at least more than this kind of hard work to add onions, ginger and garlic to the tea soup. Her hometown is in a tea country, who doesn't grow tea, who doesn't fry tea? The most interesting thing is that the neighbor makes jasmine tea, and the family, regardless of men, women and children, has the fragrance of jasmine all year round, which is even more divine than the legendary Xiangxiang princess.

"Xiaoxue thinks this tea is not good?"

Xu You was a little embarrassed, this was the tea cake given by the Queen Mother, how many heads did she dare to say that the things given by the Queen Mother were not good? Seeing her face like this, Zhao Cheng smiled and said softly: "It's all my own people, Xiaoxue is still afraid that we will say it." To be honest, I also think this tastes bad, it is very astringent, so I only use it occasionally when it is elegant. ”

Shen Rong stood next to him and glanced at him with slanted eyes, and silently didn't speak-obviously he was going to boil a pot at two ends in three days, but at this time, he didn't like it, it was really a young man's heart, and he was ......

When Xu Yu heard this, his heart was a little settled. She didn't bother to push back, and asked directly: "How is this tea made?" I saw that the leaves were all crumbled into slag, and I couldn't see the original appearance of the tea leaves at all. After boiling for a while, how ugly it should be. "It's even worse when you drink it, don't you have to get a funnel to filter, otherwise your mouth is full of tea residue and onion, ginger and garlic, just thinking about it is terrible.

Zhao Chengjin obviously still has a little research on this, and immediately responded: "After picking the young leaves, they are steamed first, and then crushed, dried and pressed in the mold." When it's time to make tea, take it out and roast it, and then crush it into the pot when it's fragrant......" He saw Xu You pouting several times, and his disgust was undisguised, so his voice became lower and lower, "According to your meaning, how do you get it?" ”

He didn't believe that Xu Yu could come up with any new way to make tea, but when he thought about her, he felt that nothing was impossible.

Xu You coughed lightly, cleared his throat and said: "Let me make it clear first, this was not invented by me, it was taught ......by an old monk I met before" She said a lot, trying hard to prove the existence of this sweeping old monk, but whether it was Zhao Chengjin or Shen Rong, both of them felt quite funny: she seemed to think that she could really hide from them.

“…… Gotta stir-fry over fire! Of course, it's not that it can't be steamed, that method is called steamed green, and the color of the tea leaves is beautiful, but the fragrance of fried green is strong......"

Zhao Chengjin heard it in a fog, frowned and thought for a while, and then asked, "Xiaoxue, do you know how to make tea?" ”

Of course she would! But-Xu You blinked and whispered, "But, I don't have tea at hand?" ”

Zhao Chengjin didn't quite understand what Chaqing was, but he guessed and felt that it was almost the same, "I have planted a few tea trees at home." ”

"There are tea trees in the palace? Where is it? Xu You's eyes widened suddenly, why didn't she remember that tea trees were planted in the palace?

Zhao Chengjin's eyes flashed slightly, "I planted it with my own hands last spring, just to the east of the garden. No wonder you don't. Without waiting for Xu Yu to reply, he stood up and said excitedly, "I'll take you there." ”

Shen Rong looked at his nose and nose, and thought silently in his heart, he was really a person who didn't like to drink tea, he planted tea trees himself, and he knew everything about the tea-making process, and he was not afraid of being exposed......

The three of them went to the small garden together, and the tea trees were planted by the small lake, and because of the water of the lake, they grew luxuriantly. Xu You reached out and grabbed two leaves, covered them in his hands, rubbed them, sniffed them again, and nodded, "It's not bad, the fragrance is very good." Xu You didn't know much about the varieties of tea, and he couldn't tell what kind of tea these tea trees were suitable for, so he only praised it casually.

Zhao Chengjin also followed her example and put the tea leaves in the palm of his hand to cover the heat, rubbed it vigorously, leaned over and smelled it again, and suddenly showed a surprised look on his face, "It's so fragrant!" "The fragrance is fresh and elegant, refreshing, and completely different from the taste of those tea cakes.

"Or—" Xu Yu asked tentatively, "Shall I pick some tea leaves and try them back?" She was a little excited when she said this, after so many years in this world, it was finally time to do something that a crossing woman did. If she gives the tea leaves to Su, she will be able to live forever. What will people call this tea in the future? Snow tea? It's a nice name!

Zhao Chengjin immediately smiled, "You just try it, and it doesn't matter if you can't do it." While talking, he beckoned Shen Rong to get the basket, and he wanted to pick the tea himself.

There are only a few tea trees in total, even if the tea leaves are all gone, there is not much tea green, and in the end, Xu You only brought a small half basket of tea greens home.

Seeing Xu Yu and their carriage go away, Zhao Chengjin lowered his face and whispered to Shen Rong: "Don't spread this matter today." ”

Shen Rong was stunned for a moment, and tasted the meaning of Zhao Cheng's words, does this really think that Miss Meng can make tea? Since ancient times, the benefits of salt tea, Pu in Dingtian, the dragon group phoenix cake is worth a thousand gold, even the powerful in Beijing are also rare one or two, if you can really create another way to make tea, the profit here is simply ...... Shen Rong felt his blood boiling just thinking about it.

Of course, he only dared to think about it for a while, but what he never expected was that after two days, Xu You really delivered the prepared tea to the door.

The tea leaves are packed in porcelain jars, and the mouth of the bottle is solemnly sealed with wax, and then opened, and the inside is carefully wrapped in oiled paper. Zhao Cheng pinched it, and there was a rustling sound inside. He couldn't help but want to laugh, looked up at Xu You, and saw that her little face was tense and serious, so he quickly put back the smile on his face, and said, "Xiaoxue, you made it yourself?" ”

"Of course!" Xu You raised her hands to show her martyr's exploits, "Look at my two hands, there are so many blisters. ”

Zhao Chengjin's face changed suddenly, he didn't even bother to open the tea bag, threw down the things in his hand and rushed towards her, so anxious that sweat suddenly broke out on his forehead, "How can this be?" Does it hurt? Ah Rong, go and get the burn cream from my cupboard. ”

"It's all right," Xu Yu waved his hand indifferently, "It'll be fine to pop the bubble in two days." ”

But Zhao Chengjin grabbed her hand and refused to let go, and when Shen Rong came back with the ointment, he still had to give her medicine in person, "...... Didn't you say fried tea, how did you burn your hands like this? You don't cook much on weekdays, you don't know how to use a spatula, so let your grandma or second aunt help you stir-fry. ”

"How can you use a spatula to fry tea," Xu You laughed eatingly, "You have to use your hands to fry tea, I am not good at business, and I practice too little on weekdays, so the real master will not burn his hands." ”

Zhao Chengjin didn't have the heart to care about how to fry tea at this time, he carefully applied the ointment all over Xu You's fingers, and wrapped it in gauze again and again, until he wrapped Xu You's two hands into zongzi and was not satisfied.

Xu You was speechless for a moment. However, in front of Zhao Chengjin, she was embarrassed to complain, but she thought in her heart that when she left the gate of the palace after a while, she would immediately dismantle all these things.

After treating the wound, Zhao Chengjin finally remembered to drink tea, so he ordered Shen Rong to get the tea set. Xu You hurriedly stopped when he heard this, and said, "Don't be so troublesome, just boil the kettle with water." ”

Zhao Chengjin raised his eyebrows in surprise, nodded at Shen Rong, and opened the oil paper bag curiously.

The fresh and elegant fragrance like an orchid suddenly drifted into his nose, and Zhao Chengjin's spirit was suddenly lifted, not to mention the side, but this tea fragrance is already priceless. Take a closer look, the tea leaves in the oil paper bag are fluffy, the leaves are intact, and the color is dark green and oily, which makes people happy at a glance.

When Shen Rong came over with boiling water and brewed the tea according to the method Xu You said, the quiet fragrance of tea became more and more refreshing. The tea soup is clear and turquoise, like a wisp of fresh wind blowing in summer, not to be drunk, but smelling and looking at it is already heartbreaking.

It was an unexpected surprise! Zhao Cheng picked up the teacup, and had already started all kinds of plans in his heart, if he managed well, it would not be difficult to earn a knighthood for the Meng family!

The author has something to say: why do you think you have to debunk it? It's good to know this kind of thing. Otherwise, if something goes out, it's a prelude to being burned to death by a monster.

In addition, I will explain the question of tea making.

Because it is autumn, the tea leaves fried in the text are planned to be Tieguanyin, slightly fermented, with a short production cycle, and not rolled into a ball (it is too laborious to roll into a ball).

Roasting tea is a very interesting thing, and it is difficult to fry high-level tea, but the average level is actually good. Last year, I went to learn tea art, and for the first time I learned to roast tea with the teacher, and the green tea and Tieguanyin I fried were very fragrant, especially Tieguanyin, which actually had the fragrance of orchids!! I was praised by my dad, and I took it out to entertain guests, and I was praised by my family and friends!!

In addition, let's talk about a little popular science about tea knowledge:

At present, the way we make tea probably officially originated in the Ming Dynasty, and it is said that it was because Zhu Yuanzhang felt that the group tea was too expensive, so he ordered reform.

Prior to this, China's way of drinking tea is boiling, probably just like what the text said, adding various spices such as onions, ginger and garlic, and the tea saint Lu Yu wrote a book of "The Book of Tea" in the Tang Dynasty, advocating that everyone should experience the true taste of tea, so seasonings such as onions, ginger and garlic are not added, but you still need to add some salt......

In the Song Dynasty, dragon and phoenix cakes were popular, which were particularly expensive, and the emperor drank them painfully.