"Uncle, I remember that on the day of the opening, Uncle Feng and Uncle Liang came to cheer and bought a few tubes of the best white peonies." Xia Qingyun said thoughtfully, "If there is no problem with the tea they bought, it must be someone who did it secretly." ”

In addition to Hua Jingtian and Xia Qingyun, the keys to the tea house are in the hands of the shopkeeper Liu Hai. Liu Hai is the youngest son of the old housekeeper when the Hua family was in Yuzhou, and the Hua family moved to the capital, and the old housekeeper quit his job and returned to his hometown, and died of illness within a few years. Liu Hai used to be a clever and capable person, and he knew the roots, so Hua Sedum invited him to come to the tea house as a shopkeeper.

The two guys were found from the tooth shop, with a clean background, and they also had a letter of recommendation from their previous employer. It is said that since they are willing to work, the better the business of the tea house, the more wages they will pay, and they should not do anything that damages the credibility of the tea house.

Hua Sedum frowned and said: "Qingyun, there are only three people in the store, one by one, I don't believe I can't find this troublemaker!" If it didn't work, he quit them all and hired someone again. ”

"Uncle, we don't have any evidence in our hands, so we resigned them for no reason, and spreading it is not good for the reputation of the tea house. It's better to assume that the workers in the tea garden pretended to be wrong, and secretly pay attention in the future, and sooner or later they will find out this person. Xia Qingyun sorted out the shelves, turned around and said.

The next day, before the tea house opened for business, Xia Qingyun called Liu Hai and the two guys together, and instructed them to open the tea tube in front of the guests when selling tea tubes in the future. She deliberately put some tea leaves in several bamboo boxes for the guests to compare.

For a few days. All the guests who entered the store, Xia Qingyun beckoned them to sit down and have a cup of tea, chatting while recommending suitable tea leaves according to their preferences. No more, no less, customers or two taels, or half a catty, will always buy some. came and went, and the number of repeat customers gradually increased.

But in this way, she was chained to the tea house for most of the time, and she lacked skills. I can't take care of the business over there in the teahouse. Although some of Rhodiola sedum's old friends often come to cheer. But business still hasn't improved, and I can't help but be secretly anxious.

On this day, Hua Sedum came in a hurry, saying that there was an urgent letter from the capital that required him to return to Beijing. Xia Qingyun asked him to go with confidence. He went back to the house and fetched some dried fruits and green plums, and asked him to bring them to his aunt.

Send away the sedum. She took Zhou Shi and Hua Fu to find the address left by Zhenyu in the fruit farmland.

In the early spring, the green trees and red flowers on both sides of the Nanlan River, and the people who go green are in groups. There are also people who put paper kites on the shore. Xia Qingyun looked at it for a while and felt much more relaxed.

The Tian family's orchard is on the left bank of Yuzhou City, not far from Nanshan Temple. Some of the flowers have just fallen, some have already hung green fruits, and some of the early-maturing varieties have turned green and yellow, and they will soon be ready to be picked.

Following the path by the forest, Xia Qingyun came to a small farm yard. In the courtyard surrounded by bamboo fences, Tian Chuyou was carrying a basin of water and limping towards the house.

"Dare to ask if this is the Tian family?" Hua Fu asked.

Tian Chuyou turned around, recognized Xia Qingyun and Zhou behind him, and put down the basin in surprise, "Miss, how did you find it?" ”

Xia Qingyun said with a smile: "Come out for a walk, thinking that your home is near here, just come over and have a look, you won't be surprised if you come uninvited, right?" ”

Tian Chuyou's face turned red, and he felt that he had neglected the distinguished guests, so he hurriedly let them in and shouted into the house: "Mother! We're here! ”

Out of the room came a woman with a delicate face, whose coarse cloth garments were patched, but they were very clean and tidy.

"Mother, this is the city lady who bought our dried fruit last time."

"Sit down in the house." The woman coughed as she spoke, and Tian Chuyou helped her stroke her back while apologetically: "My mother is not in good health and always coughs." ”

Xia Qingyun followed them into the house, the furnishings in the house were very simple, and the furniture was very old, but it was spotlessly clean. There were a lot of calligraphy and paintings hanging on the wall, and what surprised her even more was that there was a guqin on the cabinet in the corner.

She walked over and gently plucked it a few times, and the sound of the piano was leisurely, apparently someone played it often, and the strings were in excellent tune.

"Miss also likes to play the piano?" Tian Chuyou limped to her side.

"I like to listen to it, but I can't play it." Xia Qingyun smiled, "You usually play this piano?" ”

"The piano belongs to my mother, and I have learned it since I was a child, but my mother said that I have no talent for playing the piano." Tian Chuyou replied a little embarrassed.

Xia Qingyun couldn't help but glance at Tian Chuyou's mother a few more times, no wonder she looked elegant in temperament, not like an ordinary peasant woman, it turned out to be a pianist, and the Tian family was really versatile!

"Auntie, I don't know if you have an ear to listen to a song?" Xia Qingyun asked with a smile.

The woman stood up generously, and said with a blessing: "There is nothing to entertain the young lady for the small family, since the young lady said it, it is better to be respectful than to obey the fate." ”

Tian Chuyou hugged the piano on the table and moved the stool for his mother.

The woman's fingers pressed lightly on the strings, her right hand hooked, and her left hand gently swiped it, and the sound of the piano poured out. The sound of the piano is euphemistic and lingering, but also delicate and subtle, suddenly light and clear, suddenly calm and thick, like a wisp of light smoke that seems to be there and nothing, and seems to be intermittent, bringing Xia Qingyun into deep thoughts.

At the end of the song, the final overtones linger in the air, like the distant gaze of an old man. For a while, the room was quiet, and no one spoke.

"Let the young lady see it!" The woman got up and put the guqin back in its place.

Xia Qingyun came back to her senses, and was amazed in her heart, she didn't expect her piano skills to be so superb, and she hurriedly praised: "The aftermath is fascinating!" Auntie, you play the piano so well, you must have learned from a master? ”

The woman smiled and said, "Where is the master?" My father made a living as a violin-maker when he was alive, and I often listened to him play, and slowly I became proficient. ”

As he was talking, Tian Chuqi walked into the house and was slightly taken aback when he saw Xia Qingyun and the others.

The woman hurriedly asked him to go to Tian Zhenyu and come back, saying that there was a distinguished guest at home and asked him to pick some more fruits by the way.

After a while, he came back with a basket of yellow loquat fruits, and Tian Zhenyu followed behind.

A few pleasantries. Xia Qingyun sat down and said with a smile: "Uncle Tian, in fact, I came this time specifically to invite Chu You to my tea house to do things, I wonder if you will agree?" ”

Tian Zhenyu was a little surprised, he looked at Tian Chuyou, and Tian Chuyou was also a little at a loss.

Xia Qingyun said again: "Last time, Chu You could accurately identify the taste of tea, so I had the heart to invite her. However, at that time, the tea house had not yet opened. Now there is a need for a tea master in the tea house, if Chu You is interested, I can teach her tea tasting and tea ceremony. The wages were twenty taels of silver per month. I was alone in Yuzhou, and Chu Youruo went. It's just the right time to be my companion. ”

"This" Tian Zhenyu looked at his own woman. I don't know how to answer. Twenty taels of silver is more than they can earn in a year tending to the orchard!

Tian Chuyou lowered his head and twisted the corners of his clothes, but he hoped that his father would agree. After she tasted the tea soup, she came back and asked everywhere where there were tea trees. I also want to learn how to make tea.

The woman cupped her chest and coughed. A few more gasps. Qiang smiled and said: "Miss is kind, but Chu You has never been out since he was a child, and we are still not very relieved." ”

Tian Chuyou raised his head and glanced at his father and mother quickly. There was some disappointment in his eyes, and he lowered his head again.

Xia Qingyun smiled faintly and asked, "Auntie, you always cough like this, have you seen Lang Zhong?" ”

Tian Zhenyu sighed and said, "Alas, I have no other ability!" There are only a few acres of orchards at home, and the money earned is just enough to chew grain, where is the extra money to ask Lang Zhong to catch medicine. ”

The woman said softly, "Father, saying this makes the young lady laugh." It's not easy for you to raise a family, if it weren't for my illness and I couldn't go out to work, why would our family be like this. ”

"Dad, mother," Tian Chuyou whispered: "If I go to Miss's tea house, the silver I earn every month will be able to invite my mother to Langzhong, or not?"

"But your legs" Tian Zhenyu stopped talking, shaking his head and sighing.

Xia Qingyun said: "Actually, there is another way, which can not only allow Chu You to go to the tea house to learn tea art, but also find a way to cure his aunt's illness." ”

When she listened to the woman's harp, she had the heart to invite her there, and as for her illness, why worry about the cure of the seven-star spring! Tian Zhenyu and Tian Chuqi are also literate and hyphenated, and they can do anything in the teahouse.

So he briefly talked about opening a teahouse and teahouse in Yuzhou, "The teahouse and teahouse are short of manpower now, if you want, you can all go to work with me, so that you will not worry about Chu You alone, and you can also ask the best Langzhong in the city to treat your aunt." ”

Xia Qingyun was not in a hurry to urge them to make a decision immediately, let their family discuss and discuss before replying, so he got up and left with Zhou and Hua Fu first.

As she expected, within a few days, Tian Zhenyu came to find him and promised to come over with the whole family, and the orchard was temporarily entrusted to the neighbors to take care of. Xia Qingyun ordered someone to clean the house in the west wing and let the Tian family settle down.

He also invited the best Lang Zhong in the city to check the pulse of Tian Chuyou's mother, Jiang, and prescribed more than a dozen herbs. When boiling the medicine, she quietly mixed it with the Seven Star Spring Water, and as a result, after only one dose, Jiang's cough was alleviated a lot, and the happy Tian family was grateful to Xia Qingyun.

Tian Chuyou is extremely talented, and after only learning from Xia Qingyun a few times, he mastered the essentials of making tea. And she can also adjust the temperature and time of the water for making tea according to each person's age and preferences, and use one tea to brew different tastes, which makes Xia Qingyun surprised again and again. Since then, she has succeeded Xia Qingyun, making tea for guests and explaining the tea ceremony in the tea house.

Xia Qingyun stayed up for several nights in a row, and finally completed the one thing she had been preparing for since she came to Yuzhou.

On this day, she held a thick booklet and called Tian Zhenyu and said, "Uncle Tian, this is a book I wrote, I plan to invite someone to talk in the teahouse, can you help me see if there is anything that needs to be changed?" ”

In fact, this is what she wrote down according to the memory of her previous life, and transferred the content of "Journey to the West" into the dialect of Qi Kingdom.

Tian Zhenyu took the booklet and looked at it, and he couldn't take his eyes off it anymore when he saw it, until Tian Chuqi came over and asked him to have lunch, he raised his head and looked around for Xia Qingyun's shadow, "Chuqi, have you seen Miss?" ”

Tian Chuqi pointed to the study and said, "I saw Aunt Zhou go to the study just now, Miss may be in the study." (To be continued......)