Dongchuan Town, Huangfu's house.

In front of the desk in the study stood a young man wearing a royal blue cardigan gown, seventeen or eighteen years old, with a long figure, slightly thin, with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, pink face and red lips, but there was more sadness between his eyebrows, and he seemed a little sluggish.

The young son's name is Huangfu Xiangdong, and he is the eldest son born to Huangfu's wife, You.

The Huangfu family was one of the three wealthy merchants of the Qi State. Starting as a cloth business, the family has hundreds of industries in the capital and cities and towns across the country, involving weaving, dyeing workshops, wine shops, groceries and many other industries.

Huangfu Xiangdong was gifted and intelligent since he was a child, enlightened at the age of five, showed talent at the age of ten, and raised people in high school at the age of sixteen, and won the love of his father Huangfu Huazang. He had high expectations for his eldest son, and wanted him to follow his career and add the name of an official and businessman to the imperial family.

However, Huangfu Xiangdong did not intend to do this. He grew up in a wealthy family, and he was deeply tired of the struggles within the family, and he was even more disgusted with the hypocrisy and flattery of officialdom.

He is fond of poetry, calligraphy and painting, and places his affection on the mountains and rivers, so he deliberately came to live in the remote Dongchuan Town. Unexpectedly, he was infected with wind and cold, and day by day, he actually started a high fever and became delirious. Thanks to the housekeeper Huangfu, he found a fresh snake gall in time to make a medicine guide, so he was saved.

At this moment, he was playing with a small bamboo tube in his hand, looking at the tea cup on the table.

After recovering from a serious illness, Huangfu Xiangdong always felt groggy and couldn't keep his spirits up.

One day, the housekeeper Huangfu was making a cup of tea for him, and at first smell, the smell of tea lifted his spirits. After tasting it, the light and mellow taste lingered in the throat for a long time, and I suddenly felt refreshed, and I couldn't say Shu Tai all around.

He immediately inquired, only to know that this tea was left by the girl who sold snake gall, and there was a very nice name called White Peony.

Huangfu Xiangdong was originally an elegant person, and after drinking this tea, he couldn't stop it, and half a tael of tea leaves was drunk by him in less than three days. He never touched his lips with the big leaf bitter tea in the past, and he looked forward to the mysterious girl being able to bring the tea sooner.

Huangfu Xiangdong was very curious, what kind of person could have such a surprising mind and craftsmanship, combining the aura of mountains and rivers and the fragrance of flowers and fruits, to make such a shocking tea.

Although he asked Huangfu Zheng many times, he still couldn't imagine what the girl looked like. Later, Huangfu was helpless to be asked by him, and he couldn't wait to walk around him.

Today, he deliberately got up an hour early, just to wait for Xia Qingyun's sister and brother and her white peony.

Suddenly, he heard footsteps outside, he put down the bamboo tube in his hand, hurriedly lifted the curtain to watch, and only saw the backs of Huangfu and young boys and girls.

Huangfu paced back and forth to the east, fearing that if he rashly passed, he would lose his identity as the son of Huangfu and be looked down upon. But if you don't go, your heart will be like a kitten scratching, and your heart will be itchy.

In the middle of his journey, the housekeeper Huangfu was walking along the verandah, and when he saw him, he smiled and said: "Young master, it just so happens that I was about to go to the study to find you, the Xia family sisters and brothers who sell tea have already come, and now in the west wing, do you want to take a look?" ”

Huangfu Xiangdong had been waiting impatiently for a long time, and after listening to his words, he raised his feet and ran to the west wing.

He stood at the door, waited for the emperor to come up, lifted the curtain, and walked in with his head bowed.

As soon as he entered the house, he saw a young girl sitting there peacefully, wearing a clean blue and white muslin shirt, wide trousers of the same color, wearing a plain cloth headscarf on her head, tying her black and shiny hair behind her head, her lips were red without dots, her eyebrows were green without painting, her nose was like a hanging gall, her eyes were like apricots, and her eyes were flowing between her eyes, which were as touching as autumn water.

Seeing him come in, the girl smiled slightly, and got up generously and gave a salute.

Huangfu is introduced: "Miss Xia, this is my son-in-law Huangfu to the east, a few days ago I tasted the white peony, I appreciate it very much, just waiting for the girl to send tea!" ”

The girl's lips opened lightly, nodded and said: "Thank you for the love of the son, the little girl brought two catties of white peony today, please taste the son." ”

Huangfu Xiang Dong Su Ri is used to seeing the young lady of the rich and noble family of Houmen, covered in silk and satin, and he can smell the greasy fat powder from a distance. At first glance, when I saw Xia Qingyun clear water out of hibiscus, the pure temperament of natural carving, I was suddenly shocked, and I was stunned for a while.

"Cough," Huangfu was reminding him loudly, he came back to his senses, his face couldn't help but blush, and he hurriedly said: "Miss Xia, please sit down, come here, serve tea." ”

After that, he laughed first, "Let Miss Xia smile, where can my family's tea be eaten, forget it." ”

Xia Qingyun sat down again and said with a smile: "Childe doesn't have to be polite, although the big leaf bitter tea tastes bitter, it has a sweet aftertaste, and it is also excellent for the body." If the son wants to taste white peonies, then he can only boil water. ”

The emperor was following the instructions.

Xia Qingyun made a look, and his younger brother Xia Huayun immediately took out six bamboo boxes and five small bamboo tubes from the back basket on the ground and placed them neatly on the table.

"Childe, please take a look." Xia Qingyun said, lifted the lid of the bamboo box, took out two bamboo tubes from it, and handed one to Huangfu Xiangdong.

Before he opened it, Huangfu was attracted by the landscape paintings and poems on the bamboo tube to the east.

"The bamboo rain on the poetry bed is cool, and the tea is pine and the wind is fine." He read softly, "It's wonderful, it's just a stroke of genius, dare to ask Miss Xia, who wrote this poem?" ”

Xia Qingyun had already thought of the wording to deal with it, and replied: "The son won the award, these two sentences are just an occasional acquisition in my mountain residence, and they are not a poem." Because the bamboo tube was a little bland, I wrote it casually, and I didn't know if I could get into it, which made the son smile. ”

"Get in! It's so good! Huangfu praised Donglian, "Bamboo is already elegant and elegant, and it is wonderful to use it with tea." The artistic conception of these landscapes, trees and stone paintings is far-reaching, simple and handsome, which is the dare to ask what pigment is used to outline it? ”

"The mark made not with paint, but with red-hot iron, was made by my father." Xia Qingyun replied.

The first time Huangfu Xiangdong heard about this way of painting, he exclaimed the novelty, and he said: "If this painting is the icing on the cake, then the poem is the finishing touch!" Just looking at it is a feast for the eyes! ”

Xia Qingyun smiled silently. She said in her heart, not only the poems and paintings are good, but the price is also good, since you like it so much, then happily take out more silver.

Huangfu Xiangdong held the tea tube and couldn't put it down, turned it over and admired it. It was found that there were two small characters in seal script at the bottom of the bamboo tube, which were just like the inscriptions on the calligraphy and painting, echoing them.

Xia Qingyun explained: "This is the name of the little girl, Qingyun. The little girl's tea garden is called Qingyun Tea Garden, and in the future, as long as it is tea produced by Qingyun Tea Garden, there will be this logo on the packaging. ”

At this time, the servant brought a pot of boiling water into the house.

Xia Qingyun saw that a small teapot and a few teacups had already been placed on the table, so he took a slightly smaller bamboo box from the table, and took out a few objects from the bamboo box, a bamboo wide-mouth spoon, a curved bamboo board more than three inches long, a tapering bamboo stick, and a long bamboo clip.

Huangfu Xiangdong and the housekeeper had never seen these strange things, and they were staring at Xia Qingyun's every move with good eyes at the moment.

She opened a small bamboo tube, poked a wide-mouthed bamboo spoon in, took out a spoonful of white peony and poured it on the curved bamboo board, and covered the bamboo tube.

"Childe, please see, this is a newly made white peony, made of slightly new buds and fresh leaves on the top of the tea tree."

Huangfu nodded to the east, on the light yellow and elegant bamboo slices, the gray-green tea leaves were all over the white hair, and the leaves were rolled and hugged, which looked very elegant.

Xia Qingyun smiled and said slowly: "Tasting tea is different from drinking tea. The first step in tea tasting is to review the tea. Before brewing tea, look at the tea leaves and distinguish the type of tea leaves so that you can determine what method to use to brew them. ”

"The second is to watch the tea and watch the shape and color of the tea leaves. For example, this white peony, at first glance, looks white and full of body, like the frost and snow in the harsh winter, and after brewing, the leaves stretch and generous, the buds and leaves hug each other, like a peony Turui, graceful and luxurious. ”

"The temperature of the water when brewing is also very important, a higher point will make the tea overripe, and it will lead to bitterness in the tea soup. One point lower can not flush out the unique aroma of tea, slightly light. To brew white peony new tea, it is just right to use water that sinks slightly after opening. ”

As she spoke, she poured boiling water into the teapot and gently turned the kettle, "This is a hot pot." ”

Fu poured the water from the hot pot into the four tea cups, "This is a warm cup." ”

Then gently pinch the curved bamboo piece and put the tea into a small teapot, "This is the tea." ”

She picked up the kettle and poured it into the small teapot from a high place, and as soon as the hot water was poured, a faint tea fragrance immediately wafted out from the kettle. "This is a high rush."

Xia Qingyun was calm, his movements were elegant and coherent, his tone was not hurried, and he had a shallow smile on his face, explaining to them while making tea.

"The first tea can't be brewed for a long time, just wait for about 20 breaths."

She raised her jade hand lightly, and the mouth of the small teapot was close to a larger teacup, and poured all the brewed tea soup into it, "This is low foam." ”

Next, instead of distributing it to everyone, he brewed a new pot and poured the second tea soup into the large tea cup.

At this time, she used a long bamboo clip to clamp the tea cup that had been warmed before, poured out the white water inside, and divided the tea soup brewed in the large tea cup into the cup one by one, about seven points full, "This is the tea." ”

Xia Qingyun brought the tea cup to Huangfu Xiangdong with his tender fingers, "Before tasting tea, you can first look at its color, then smell its fragrance, and then taste the entrance, a cup of tea is suitable for three sips." Childe please. ”

Huangfu Xiangdong had already looked dumbfounded, listened to the fascination, and couldn't wait to pick up the teacup, seeing the light apricot yellow tea soup clear and bright, smelling a burst of fragrance with a faint floral and fruity fragrance, penetrating people's hearts.

Take a sip, the entrance is fresh, mellow and sweet, as if a beautiful fairy is smiling at him.

Drinking again, the fresh aroma lingered for a long time, like a hazy light veil shrouded the fairy's body.

Under the taste, the mellow and mellow taste is like the smooth and delicate skin of a fairy, which is irresistible.

It's not wine but it's better than wine, a shallow cup of tea, but it makes Huangfu Xiangdong's whole person intoxicated.

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