Chapter 23 Honey Kumquat Tea
Lu Binrou looked at the remaining plum blossoms, the most beautiful ones were put on her head by lotus clothes, and there were a lot of the remains, one fell to the ground and was accidentally trampled into pieces, Lu Binrou remembered the famous phrase "Scattered into mud and dust, only fragrant as before", in fact, what thoughts does this flower have, those attributes are just imposed on it by people, just talk about it.
The water boiling on the small red clay stove next to it was boiling, gurgling and steaming. The water was brought by Lu Binqi from the Banshan Temple, and it was a clear spring in the mountain, although it was not as famous as the jade belt spring water used by the princes and princes in the capital - transported from hundreds of miles away, but it was also clear and sweet, especially when brewing kung fu tea, the taste was very wonderful.
To say that Lu Binqi is a very boring person, in addition to reading and practicing martial arts since he was a child, he has rarely had additional entertainment activities. When Lu Binrou was still in the capital, he liked to stick to him, so watching the child and occasionally taking her out to the market became his only pastime (of course, he himself regarded this as a task).
Later, his sister went to the border city with her mother, and he didn't even have this pastime.
Lu Binqi's personality naturally doesn't like to talk. There are few friends, and the only one or two who occasionally get together do their own things. Later, he joined the Yulin Army, and the leader of the Yulin Army liked his temperament very much, and he was good at martial arts, and he was soon promoted to a small official.
Most of the people in the Yulin Army boasted of being romantic, and as soon as they arrived at Xiumu, they dressed up in fancy ways, calling friends to drink and have fun. This kind of thing is generally not attended by Lu Binqi, and there are a few times when he can't push it off, so he also goes.
But he is old-fashioned by nature, and he is a commander, and everyone is very restrained when he has him, and over time, few people call him anymore. This is also the reason why Lu Binrou said that he couldn't go to Gu Hui's reception banquet, he said that maybe he was happier if he didn't go, but it wasn't all about coaxing her.
In fact, Lu Binqi is not without hobbies, his hobbies are the two activities he has been engaged in since he was a child: martial arts practice and reading. And in addition to good swords and good books, there is another thing that I love in my life: good tea.
It is a tradition in Beijing to drink tea, even the emperors and emperors of the current dynasty are also good at tea ceremony. But the two emperors love green tea, the first emperor loves West Lake Longjing, and the current emperor loves Dongting Biluochun, probably because of this, people in Beijing drink Biluochun more. The reason why the jade belt spring water is popular is because it is very suitable for brewing these two kinds of tea.
But Lu Binqi's favorite is Wuyi rock tea.
This tea is loved by many people in the south, but it is not easy to buy in Beijing. And when the jade belt spring water bubbled it, it always felt that something was missing.
By chance, when Lu Binqi came to Banshan Temple, he happened to meet the host of the temple, the host was a generation of Chaozhou in the south, he used the mountain spring water in the back mountain, and made kung fu tea for Lu Binqi in their hometown, Lu Binqi drank such a taste of tea for the first time, and felt wonderful, and every time he went back, he had to bring some spring water.
It's just that he can't compare to the skills of the host, and he always feels that he can't soak in that taste. Until one time, he met a girl who made a good kung fu tea, and Lu Binqi has been thinking about it since then. Of course, that's all for later.
Lu Binrou looked at the mist rising on the small red clay stove, and suddenly said: "Heyi, the remaining plum blossoms might as well be used to boil water and make some honey kumquat tea." Big brother always has a little cough these days, and drinking some of this tea is beneficial. ”
Heyi hesitated a little and said: "But girl, I heard Brother Yan say that the eldest son doesn't like this sweet and sour flower and fruit tea......"
Lu Binrou smiled lightly and said slowly: "Don't worry, the tea my sister made for him, see if he dares to drink it." ”
He Yi pursed his lips and smiled, said no more, and found the tea set and began to prepare for it. The flower and fruit tea was learned by Lu Binrou in the border city from a little sister of an official who was transferred from the Western Regions, and after returning home, she brewed it for her mother, Mrs. Xie, who liked the sweet and sour taste very much.
One day Lu Binrou was drinking, and was inadvertently seen by the third aunt's side of the hugqin, so she gave her a few kinds of dried jams and fruits that she could drink directly, and told her how to brew.
Unexpectedly, the third aunt came to her yard in person the next day, and said that the tea was delicious, and later the whole house became famous, and even her grandmother asked her to make more so that she could take it out to show off to those old sisters.
Lu Binrou's three younger brothers were still young, so they naturally liked that sweet taste, so only the eldest brother Lu Binqi in the whole Hou Mansion disdained her for this thing, saying that this thing could not be called tea at all, at most it was a drink.
Lu Binrou has always been very angry about this matter, those dried fruit jams are all self-made by her little by little, and there is no fake hand for others, the eldest brother dares to dislike it so much! Today I suddenly remembered and decided to give full play to it and let my eldest brother try her craft.
Fortunately, when they came out this time, they were fully prepared, and the tea and fruit box she loved was not left behind, and all kinds of jam and dried fruit preserves were readily available. Lu Binrou thought about it, and decided to make her original intention, honey rock sugar kumquat tea.
In fact, the brewing method is very simple and convenient, kumquat jam is prepared in advance, just scoop some out and wash it with hot water, wait for it to cool a little and add honey, and then add some garnishes. Lu Binrou took a transparent and slender glass cup, scooped a spoonful of jam, and slowly poured water into the cup. The sweet and sour fragrance spreads, and there is a faint fragrance of plum in the middle, which is tempting.
The two of them talked with each other, and after a while, the tea was cooler, and Lu Binrou scooped up a spoonful of honey, two small kumquats that had been soaked in full crystal, the water was beautiful goose yellow, the plum petals bloomed in the middle, and the two kumquats floated and fell, which was very good-looking.
Lu Binrou raised her eyebrows and motioned for the lotus clothes to be sent out to Lu Binqi. He Yi took the curtain and went out, and then a man's laughter and shouting sounded outside the car: "Cousin of the Lu family, you can't be so partial and only think about Cousin Qi, I am also your brother, I haven't drunk water for a long time, this tea cousin also wants to have one!" ”
Lu Binrou heard that this voice was the tall and thin man yesterday, that was the youngest son of the Pingguo Gongjin family, the most flamboyant, but his mother was his cousin, and it stands to reason that he should also call him cousin, although he said this a little ridiculously, but he couldn't find anything wrong.
What's more, these people all contributed to saving her, Lu Binrou was also very grateful in her heart, and when he screamed at this time, she remembered that she had forgotten everyone, so she quickly turned out a few more of the same cups from the dark drawer and soaked them one by one.
Before the lotus clothes came in, Lu Binrou thought about it, took the tray and served it, lifted the curtain and went out.