When Xiao Chusu and the others were still reminiscing about the bittersweet memories in the tea field, Xiang Zhu and his party had generously entered the house of the head of the branch and the head of the branch, Xiong. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info Xiao Chusu believed in his maid, and Xiang Zhu did not live up to Xiao Chusu's trust. Since entering the bear house, everything has been answered like a stream, but it has not made the bear owner suspicious.

Although Master Xiong is an extremely cunning master, the maid who can serve the head of the Xiao family is naturally not an idle person. After learning that it was not Tang's shopkeeper's nephew who came from Kyoto to choose spring tea this time, but a woman he had never seen before, Master Xiong was a little suspicious.

Xiang Zhu was welcomed into the main hall, and then ordered the people below to make a cup of new tea that had just been fried, looking at Xiang Zhu tasting the newly made spring tea, the bear chief said: "This year's new spring tea, I don't know how Miss Tang feels?" ”

After entering the house, Xiang Zhu Zidao is the daughter of the Tang shopkeeper of the Kyoto Tea Workshop.

Tang Caidie.

After listening to Mr. Xiong's inquiry, after tasting the new tea, Xiang Zhu put the teacup on the table and said, "Our Xiao family's new tea, there is no need to say it." This tea has a rich and tall fragrance, like honey and a hint of Shulan, which is the top grade of tea. ”

has been serving Xiao Chusu all the year round, and the things he sees are naturally good, so these boxes are clear. It's just that the comments are so in place, but it also makes the bear master show a little surprise, looking at the box bamboo that is playing with tea leaves, the bear director is slightly paused and then said: "I never thought that Miss Tang was so clear about this tea ceremony." ”

"My father is the Tang shopkeeper of the Kyoto Tea Workshop, and he also worked in the tea shop for many years before becoming the shopkeeper. But if you want to talk about this tea ceremony, you can't compare to the bear in charge. ”

Miss Tang said seriously, the shopkeeper Tang is the master of the Kyoto Tea Workshop, and the Tang girl brought out by him is not comparable to the next. I just don't know ......."

"Does Master Xiong have anything to ask?" When the words are paused at the critical point, there will be no good things nine times out of ten, this is a sentence that Xiao Chu often laughed at. Therefore, Master Xiong's words abruptly appeared, and Xiang Zhu's heart immediately became vigilant, and sure enough, when Xiang Zhu's words fell, Master Xiong had already spoken.

"This one who has always gone to Yuanzhou to choose tea is the nephew of the shopkeeper Tang, Tang Guodong, why did Miss Tang come in person this year?"

"What? Isn't it that the butterfly can't come? ”

"Miss Tang said this, how can you feel that Miss Tang should not come." As soon as Xiang Zhu's funny words fell, Master Xiong hurriedly replied: "It's just that Kyoto is far away from here, and Miss Tang's family must be a tiring journey, how could the shopkeeper Tang be willing to let Miss Tang suffer this crime?" ”

"It's really hard to go all the way south from Kyoto, but this is also a matter of no way, my father's business in Kyoto can't be separated, and my cousin can't get out of it recently. This tea shop was delivered to the hands of the father, it is the trust of the eldest lady, the spring tea selection is related to the business of the tea shop for half a year, the father is unwilling and worried to hand it over to the next person to do, there is no way, this errand can only fall on the butterfly. ”

With Xiang Zhu's understanding of tea, if she is really the daughter of the shopkeeper Tang, it is most reasonable for her to choose the tea when no one else can get rid of it. Xiang Zhu returned to Director Xiong Si Dun, and then said: "This year, Director Tang comes to buy tea, what happened this year?" Is there something you can't get out of? Could it be that what a good thing happened to Director Tang? ”

"A good thing? If Master Xiong tells my cousin to hear this, I'm afraid I'll have to worry about you. ”

"What do you mean by that, Miss Tang?" Although he didn't praise it directly, it was a good word, even if Tang Guodong was here, he could also say it. I didn't know what Xiang Zhu was talking about when he was in a hurry, and he was a little suspicious at the moment, and the bear asked him.

asked, to make Xiang Zhu lose his smile, raised his hand to hide his face so as not to lose his attitude, Xiang Zhu said: "Master Xiong doesn't know anything, the reason why my cousin can't get away is not because of a happy event, but because of a bad thing." ”

"Woe?"

"Exactly, at the beginning of this year, the eldest lady repaired a letter to recall the little master, and the little master spent the New Year in Kyoto. The temperament of this little young master is the bear master who is far away in the far continent, and he has heard of it before. But I also complain about my cousin, I don't pay attention to the aisle outside, this little master doesn't look at the road when he returns to Beijing, no, the original trip to the south should be done by Brother Tang, who knew that something happened a few days before the departure, and the little young master who was on the road at that time hit a horse, and he was afraid that he would still be lying on the bed. If you don't believe it, if someone happens to be in the capital, you can also ask by the way, this year has come to this day, and my cousin has not appeared in the teahouse once. ”

"It's like this, it's a disaster."

Tang Caidie's words, Director Xiong couldn't believe it or not, but she said casually later, "If it's a coincidence, you can also send someone to Kyoto to ask", so much so that Director Xiong was a little suspicious. I also believed it a little in my heart, but I still acted like this on my face, and even said that Tang Guodong's matter was a disaster from heaven, and it was very vain.

Since she stepped into the Xiong family's house, the bear master has been chatting with her, and his words are rarely related to the new tea. When they parted ways, Xiao Chusu said to Xiang Zhu that this bear master must be a cunning master, so she must not be careful, and let him see some ways.

Therefore, Xiang Zhu has been cautious in dealing with it, and he is also looking for an opportunity under this small talk, to see when to introduce the topic to the new tea so as not to make people suspicious. When chatting, the tea on the desk was already cold, and the maid in the house entered the house to change a new cup of tea, looking at the new tea that had been changed and placed on the desk, Xiang Zhu said.

"By the way, Mr. Xiong, when will this year's new tea be chosen?"

"When? Since Miss Tang said when, when. It's just that Miss Tang is tired of traveling and driving, and I'm afraid that she will be tired all the way, so why don't you stay for a few days and rest for a while, and it's not too late to choose when your body is slowed down. ”

"Master Xiong's words are so difficult that I am in trouble, and this journey is indeed a little tiring, but this time I went out of Beijing to the south, and my father told me a thousand times, this year's new tea is in a hurry. The old man of the Li family ordered a batch of new Yuanzhou fragrant tea from our Xiao family, saying that it was needed for business, so my father specially told him not to delay too long on the road and Yuanzhou. In the past, I heard my cousin say that the last trip to Yuanzhou to purchase was only four or five days, if it is convenient for the bear owner, can you let Caidie see the new tea tomorrow. ”

No matter how tired you are on the road, you can't delay this business matter, Xiang Zhu has already talked about this, and it is not good for Master Xiong to say anything else. I should be able to check the new tea tomorrow, and then signaled the maid below to invite the box bamboo to temporarily enter the wing room to rest.

After waiting for the maid to lead Xiang Zhu and the others away, Director Xiong ordered someone to find the family who had been to Kyoto with Tang Guodong in the house, and when he saw the family entering the house, Director Xiong asked: "You have been to Kyoto with Tang Guodong before, and I will ask you, the Tang shopkeeper of the Kyoto Tea Workshop has a daughter." ”

"Back to the principal, I have been to Kyoto with Mr. Tang before, and I seem to have heard Mr. Tang say that he has a cousin. Although the shopkeeper of Tang has no children, he seems to have a baby girl. ”

"Do you have a girl?" Nodding his head, he thought about it and asked, "Then have you seen the daughter of the shopkeeper Tang?" ”

"The one in charge, the little one is the one who does things, although the daughter of the shopkeeper Tang is not a daughter, but how can she call the little one to see. It's just that I've heard that the Tang principal mentioned that her cousin doesn't have any preferences, just prefers female red and colorful butterflies, and people like it like their own names, and they always like to wear hair accessories made of colorful butterflies. ”

"A hair ornament made of butterflies?" This mention is called the bear master to remember, today's Tang girl, who passed through the house, did have a butterfly hairpin in her hair. The hairpin moves with the person, and the silver butterfly wings tremble and touch lightly, so that it looks like a colorful butterfly falling on the hair, and it may rise from the hair at any time.

The colorful butterfly who gently fanned the bear nodded, and then said softly: "Colorful butterfly, colorful butterfly, sure enough, the person is as his name." He muttered softly and then looked at the housekeeper, and said to Master Xiong: "It's nothing for you here, step back and let Steward Lin come in." ”

"Yes." After answering the words and retreating, after a while, Steward Lin walked in, his round body swayed, and after watching the butler come in, Master Xiong said: "A few smarter maids are waiting in the courtyard, remember, pay attention to me." ”

"The one who is in charge knows."

If a person is cunning, the methods used are generally very different, so after entering the courtyard and praising the rest, Xiangzhu and Firefly did not say much, but complained about the hard work on the road, sighed a few words of their daughter's home, and then freshened up and slept early.

This night the house looked quiet, but outside the house, who knows if there will be a few more pairs of ears, the eldest lady is a thousand instructions, not to say things that should not be said openly or secretly. Therefore, the tone of the two is also tight, so that people can't see what's wrong.

After a night, it was rare to have a comfortable rest, and the next morning I went to the workshop under the leadership of Master Xiong.

The new sprouts have to be fried before they can be made, and when they enter the tea house, they suddenly feel that the tea fragrance is overflowing, and the indescribable fragrance lingers in the nose, but the sorrow of a lifetime is dispersed in an instant. Smelling the fragrance of tea around the tip of his nose, he couldn't help but take a deep breath, and Xiang Zhu said, "It's really good tea." ”

After saying this, Master Xiong smiled and said, "Miss Tang, please." ”

At the behead, he followed the invitation of the bear master and walked towards the depths of the workshop, looking at it everywhere, tasting it cup by cup. Different teas have completely different tastes, some are like Lanqin incense, some are like plum fragrance, some are as vague as mist, and some are as thick as wine. Although each has a different taste, it has its own fragrance.

Every kind of tea room bamboo has been tasted one by one, Xiao Chusu is not a person with excellent appetite, as long as she can eat enough, everything around her is not tight. However, Xiang Zhu is the maid who serves the young lady, of course, I hope that the young lady is good in everything, so Xiao Chusu takes care of everything on weekdays, and although he does not dare to be proficient in everything, he still has the ability to know a little bit about it.

Every kind of tea that has been tasted, its roots can say a few things, if it is not for the strengths of tea since childhood, there are a few people in ordinary people who can say it so thoroughly. Originally, there was still a little doubt in my heart yesterday, but now I watched Xiang Zhu identify the tea in the workshop, and this last doubt was dispelled.

The Xiao family's workshop is very large, and it was past noon after this circle, and after a meal break, Xiang Zhu followed Master Xiong into the inner hall.

The tea plantation in Yuanzhou is the property of the Xiao family, and the silver needed by this branch every year is not only the wages paid to the tea farmers or everything else, but all the silver is allocated by Kyoto. Under normal circumstances, all expenses will be sent to Kyoto in January and February in advance, and handed over to the head of the family after the approval of the Kyoto shopkeeper, and then the silver two will be allocated to let the branch directly go to the money bank to withdraw the silver.

This is the case in the past, and this year is also the case, sitting in the inner hall and starting to talk in detail about what the eldest lady really cares about, Xiang Zhu said: "By the way, Lord Xiong, this year, the tea farmers in this tea field, how much wages are needed, and everything in the tea field is purchased, these add up, I don't know how much silver taels are needed." ”

"Didn't the details of the silver two need be sent to Kyoto before next year, could it be that Miss Tang doesn't know?"

Rao felt in his heart that there was no doubt that this person was Tang Caidie at that time, but the bear director still instinctively left a thought, and after listening to Xiang Zhu's words, he did not answer immediately, but skillfully changed the conversation.

Xiao Chusu instructed Xiang Zhu to pretend to be the daughter of the shopkeeper of Tang when he entered Yuanzhou, and he told him to remember to be careful, and he must not let the bear master see anything wrong. In particular, when asking about wages and everything in the tea field, everything and everything that involves silver, you have to pay attention to it.

Because Xiao Chu was worried that Master Xiong found out that something was wrong, if he had a heart and gritted his teeth to report the real number, and the silver he was greedy for had nothing to do with him, it was Tang Guodong who was greedy and cheated the silver. They don't have real evidence in this room, if he really says that, no matter how clear his heart is, he can't help him.

The eldest lady is worried, how can Xiang Zhu not be clear, and at the moment this heart is even more alarmed, Xiang Zhu said: "Master Xiong has sent the accounts to Kyoto in the first year, and it stands to reason that these detailed colored butterflies should be seen." It's just that the incident happened suddenly, and my cousin was lying on the bed because of the accident, this errand was handled by Brother Tang in the past, and Caidie was also the first time to take this errand, and many things here are unclear. On the same day, I went to visit Brother Tang and inquired about relevant matters, although Brother Tang also answered, but the way he looks now, he really didn't have a word to speak, but he forgot about this matter. Caidie also went out of Kyoto and remembered that he hadn't read the details sent by the bear first, but he had left Kyoto at that time, and he was afraid that it would take a lot of time to turn back, so he gave up. ”

This is not her job, but she has been sent temporarily, and it is common for her to have some chaos in her hands. The woman is not the master of such errands, and it is not easy for the daughter of the shopkeeper Tang to do this, and this statement is reasonable. Listening to Xiang Zhu's words, Xiong said in charge: "In this way, it's hard Miss Tang." ”

"It's not hard, the tea shop is the hard work of my father's life, except for my own people, other people's fathers have always been untrustworthy. Now my cousin can't come when he is in trouble, and Caidie is the only one in the family who can take on this errand, although he doesn't feel hard. But to be honest, I was a little worried. ”

"Worried? What does Miss Tang mean by this? These words made people accidentally understand, and the bear principal asked at the moment. After inquiring, he paused for a long time and said: "Although Yuanzhou Caidie has never been here, but I have heard a lot of cousins at home, and the cousin of this Yuanzhou tea farmer has not complained less, saying that the tea farmers in the Yuanzhou tea fields can be tricked." (To be continued.) )