Chapter 195: The fragrance of green leaves
Walking out of the small gate of Yuquan Temple to the back mountain, a winding path is not spacious, but because it is paved with stone slabs, even if there is a lot of water vapor in the mountain, this road is not too difficult to walk.
Because Hui Ya practiced martial arts with the men of the Zhao family, the horse steps for the first half an hour of the day were not squatting in vain, the zigzag steps, Hui Ya walked effortlessly, holding her mother's arm, and she could still walk like flying, and she didn't even breathe.
Different from the solemnity of Yuquan Temple, as soon as you enter the back mountain of this Yuquan Temple, you immediately have the feeling of entering an ethereal valley. The path is surrounded by green trees on both sides, the water is murmuring, and when you climb the stairs, you only feel a cool wind blowing on your face, which is indescribably fresh and refreshing.
"This back mountain is really a beautiful view!" Zhao Erye was happy in his heart, and when he walked to the Qushui Hall halfway up the mountain, he couldn't help but be poetic, and immediately chanted, Huishan was not far behind, frowning and meditating, wanting to come up with a poem that suited the situation.
"Mother, let's go get water!" Huiya looked at her father and brother as a sour look of literati and inkmen, and couldn't help but purse her lips and laugh, in this beautiful place, although Huiya also felt poetic, but she wanted to use the water of the jade spring to make a pot of tea.
"Isn't it much better to sit in the mountains with birds singing and the fragrance of tea far away than reciting poetry dryly?" Huiya's little mouth kept talking, which made Zheng's heart quite moved. Leaving the two maids to clean up the Qushui Pavilion, the masters of the Zhao family went to the spring next to the Qushui Pavilion.
The water gushed out of the cracks in the stones, and the water was not large, only the thickness of a fist, but it trickled continuously to form a small pool with a radius of three feet on the big stones. The small pond was so clear that you could even see the patterns of the stones under the pool.
From time to time, the small pond has spring water overflowing. Huiya was still three or five steps away, and she could smell the clear water vapor, which seemed to contain sweetness.
The incense branch handed a bamboo spoon from the side, and a palm-sized emerald green bamboo tube was fixed on the three-foot-long thick bamboo branch, which was very similar to the small bamboo tube used by Huiya to make tea and scoop water on weekdays, but it was much larger.
Hui Ya took the bamboo spoon in her hand and played with it for a while, and then took a bamboo tube of water from under the spring. I put it to my lips and took a sip. The eyes lit up instantly, well, clear and sweet. It's really a rare good water.
"What good water!" Zhao Erye and Zheng also drank water one after another, thinking that this water was very good, and they couldn't help but look forward to using this water to make tea later.
It is said that the masters are taking water. In fact, it is just that Zhao Erye's family is walking around the spring and tasting it. As for the rough benzene work of fetching water, it is naturally impossible for the masters to do it. After the family tasted the spring water, the maids who cleaned up the Qushui Pavilion over there came over and talked back, saying that it was cleaned up.
Return to Qushui Pavilion. This pavilion has changed greatly from just now, the floor and table top in the pavilion have already been cleaned up, and the table top and stone bench have been covered with dark green brocade mats. A small red clay stove is burning, and two huge food boxes are placed next to it.
Huiya cleaned her hands. There is no need for the maid to wait, scoop the spring water sent by the little maid into the kettle, put it on the red clay stove, and gently shake the fan to make the stove burn more vigorously.
"Yo, are we Ya'er going to make tea for Daddy? I also brought so many food boxes, is it delicious? "Don't look at Zhao Erye's serious appearance outside, after returning home, when he was playing with Huiya, it was called a non-formal type, and when he saw the food box, he smiled and wanted to open it, where is the serious appearance of chanting poetry in the wind just now.
"Daddy, guess what's delicious!" Huiya's eyes were bright, and she liked her father's attitude tightly, and she replied with a smile.
But after all, Hui Ya still handed the small fan in her hand to the incense branch and asked her to watch the fire, while she walked to the edge of the food box and took out the contents one by one. A plate of beautiful jujube flower cake, a plate of sweet and soft glutinous osmanthus glutinous rice lotus, a plate of red bean yam rolls, and a plate of salty and fragrant beef tongue cake.
"Daddy, mother, brother, eat some snacks to cushion your stomach first, and the tea will be good later." Huiya said with a smile, and then went back to the small red clay stove to watch the fire.
Zhao Erye looked at this huge food box with four plates of dim sum only opened on the first layer, and three layers that were not opened, and another huge food box, Zhao Erye knew that his daughter was going to sell a pass, nodded with a smile, took a piece of dim sum and ate it slowly, waiting to see what little tricks the girl was going to play.
After a while, the water in the kettle was already boiling, and after rinsing the tea set with boiling water, Huiya took out the new tea sent by Aunt Cui to her, put it in the teapot, and then washed it with boiling water, but in an instant, a strong tea fragrance escaped, and the earthy fragrance in the mountain and the forest breath were very skillfully integrated, making people can't help but take a deep breath.
After pouring out the water for washing the tea, Huiya began to brew officially, and the technique was learned from Aunt Cui, so although the action is still a little jerky, the technique and heat of making tea are still extremely exquisite, and the tea is good and the water is good, and the tea soup is naturally excellent.
When the turquoise tea soup was handed to the hands of his father and brother, Zhao Erye couldn't help it for a long time, his eyes lit up the tea bowl, he didn't care about the hot mouth of the tea, he took a sip of it, and couldn't help but praise, "Good water!" Good tea! ”
Hui Ya also picked up her teacup, first put it under her nose and gently sniffed the fragrance of tea, feeling that the fragrance of tea was more refreshing than before. Bow your head and take a sip, the tea soup spreads along the lips to the entire mouth, the faint bitterness and the crisp and luscious are just right together, and the heat of the tea soup seems to spread to the whole body, so that every pore of the body is soaked in the fragrance of tea.
The fatigue of mountaineering and the troubles of the world were completely left behind after drinking such a cup of tea. The wind blowing in her ears and the sound of leaves, the insects and birds in the mountains, and the murmuring of the stream, the corners of Huiya's lips curled slightly, enjoying the tranquility and beauty of this moment.
"Good tea!" Just when the family was drinking tea, I don't know where such a voice came out. Hui Ya followed the prestige and saw a middle-aged scholar wearing a muslin robe, slowly walking down the mountain. The man had a white face and a slight beard, deep and introverted, although the muslin robe was not very luxurious, but he looked elegant, and he was a very learned person.
"I'm thirsty at the intersection, I don't know if I can disturb a cup of tea?" The middle-aged scholar asked with a smile. (To be continued)
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