Volume 2 Debt Repayment Chapter 86 The Green Ox and the Hidden Worries
Since he reached an agreement with Li Gang, Li Chengyang has been idle for four or five consecutive days, and there is nothing he needs to do personally, but he has not been idle, and he wants to die these days.
Li Gang slowly walked towards him in the sunset that was about to set, revealing the gums that could barely see the teeth, and stepped forward to grab Li Chengyang's hand: "Go apprentice, go to taste tea with the teacher, clear your heart and go to the fire, and come twice a day to ensure that you have no fire."
Li Chengyang followed to the pavilion in the courtyard with a desperate face, the pavilion is simple, this is specially built for Li Gang, the old man just likes a wide place, especially now, the heat of the day is gradually dissipating, and the temperature is slowly dropping, which is the most comfortable time of the day.
Originally, I thought that after a busy day, the elderly could have a place to relax, have nothing to look at the scenery, and take a cool, which is the best.
Unexpectedly, as soon as this pavilion was built, it became Li Chengyang's martyrdom.
Li Gang couldn't wait to go in and experience the pavilion as soon as it was built, this was designed by Li Chengyang himself, he didn't look for a ventilated place, he walked all over every corner of the courtyard, and then found such a corner where there was wind at any time.
When Li Gang entered, he still looked forward to Li Gang's satisfaction with a smile on his aunt's face, who expected that this was indeed the beginning of a nightmarish life.
Tea, tea of the Tang Dynasty, Li Chengyang is no stranger, just crossed to Xiao'er and served him a cup, from then on, everyone in the courtyard is not allowed to drink tea, can only drink hot water, Ma Zhou also said to Li Chengyang for this unknown thing, how can the literati be called a literati if there is less tea, and he was kicked out of the door by Li Chengyang.
But Li Gang didn't dare to kick it, the old man's body would fall down as soon as the wind blew, and this kick would not be thundered in the sky.
Li Gang pulled Li Chengyang to sit opposite each other in the pavilion, the stone pier and the stone table just matched Li Gang's height, the old man breathed a sigh of relief, picked up a few pine cones, lit them and threw them into the small stove, and took a pot of spring water specially provided by the royal family and put it on the stove.
The water was hot here, and the old man was sitting on his lap, and began to add seasonings to the tea with a solemn face:
First cardamom, star anise, and then a miscellaneous and unknown mixture was thrown into the teapot.
After a while, the water boiled, I took off the teapot, put some tea leaves in it, gently held the teapot and shook it three times, three times back, and put it back into the stove.
Take out a piece of white greasy paste from a small wooden box next to it, carefully cut a small piece, put it in the teapot, and wait for the water to boil again, which is the whole process.
Two small cups, one for Li Chengyang and one for each person, Li Gang now has no serious appearance, poured himself a cup with a relaxed expression, and then pushed the pot to Li Chengyang.
"This is the old man's whim at noon, came up with a new way to cook tea, which also added materials that people have never tried before, a few days ago I got a piece of butter, and I brought it today, you kid is blessed, this is more expensive than mutton fat gold, try it, how about the tea I cooked with this new method" Li Gang looked at Li Chengyang expectantly, hoping to get a good comment.
Li Chengyang poured the tea into the cup with a dead face, looking at the oil flowers floating on the surface of the tea, and his stomach felt nauseous.
Suddenly, I saw the unknown substance that Li Gang had added flowing down the tea into the cup: "Master Li, what is this, how come I have never seen it before, this is the new material you added?" ”。
Li Gang nodded proudly: "That's right, drink quickly, I'll tell you what's in it after drinking, this is a good idea that I haven't come up with in these years."
Come on, it's all so urgent, you have to drink this cup of tea if you don't drink it, it's a big deal to go to the toilet and squat for two hours, it's not like I didn't do it yesterday.
As soon as he gritted his teeth, he swallowed the tea with a toast, and he didn't stop in his mouth, but even so, his mouth was still full of butter.
"Vomit" retched lowly, picked up the cold boiled water that had been prepared a long time ago and poured it violently, which relieved the greasy smell.
Li Gang took his cup of tea and played slowly, the teacup appeared from time to time in the thin hand, but it couldn't fall off, at first glance, it was a veteran who had been immersed in this way all year round, looking at Li Chengyang who drank tea like a cow chewing peonies, the old man sighed, put the teacup to his mouth and took a sip gently, and then closed his eyes and began to taste the taste of the tea:
"Well, this time the butter is less, less of the lubricating taste, remember to add more next time, tsk, boy, you taste carefully, these countless spices each have a taste, two by two superimposed is another taste, the aroma of tea is always surrounded by it, the aftertaste is long, not the ingenious person can never taste all the taste."
After swallowing a sip of tea, Li Gang opened his eyes and looked at Li Chengyang with burning eyes: "You can taste it carefully now, does it still contain a faint grass aroma in your mouth."
Smash your mouth, there is indeed a kind of green grass astringency, and it also has a strange taste that seems to be bitter and sour: "Master Li, is this your newly thought of ingredients, how to make such a fresh grass, and there is a strange smell, a little awkward."
Li Gang raised his head, quite proud: "This is a flash of inspiration at noon, since today is going to use butter to cook tea, then naturally choose some other materials, my new seasoning is the old servant ran half of Chang'an to find, using a cow that has just died, take out the grass from the stomach and eat it not long ago, so as to stimulate the aroma of grass."
Talking to himself, he didn't notice Li Chengyang's face that began to darken: "Now that I think about it, this method is really wonderful, butter with grass, the old man decided to name this method "Green Cow Tea", as soon as you enter it, as if there is a live cow in your mouth, you are still the first person to taste this tea, if I let my old friends know, I can't say how to be jealous of you, I will write to them in a while, so that they can envy it."
Li Gang was about to say something, but when he lowered his head, he found that there was no one in front of him, and there was a sound of retching in the thatched house in the distance.
"Hey, I still can't practice at home, it's just that I have suffered a loss at a young age, and I can't taste the rest of the tea with such a good tea, and I will have to practice more in the future" Li Gang put the rest of the tea into his mouth and quietly tasted the taste of "green cow".
Li Chengyang almost went to see the green cow under the crotch of his ancestor, and the Tang Dynasty would add things to the tea, which was heard for a long time, but whether it was Xiao'er or the maid in the courtyard now, they simply put things together in the teapot and finished the matter, and the ingredients were fixed.
I always thought that the rumors were wrong, and the tea soup tasted reluctant, but Li Chengyang, a modern person, couldn't accept it.
Now I know that the rumors are true, Xiao'er maid and others don't add it probably because the realm has not arrived, Li Gang's sudden move, as well as the group of old friends he said, all show that there are still a group of people with extremely high cultivation who are on the verge of death and are crazy to try, and even proud.
"I can't bear it, if I go on like this, my life may be lost."
Li Chengyang muttered to himself in the face of the wooden toilet, he must resist today, he must get the new tea out, otherwise who knows that Li Gang had an idea, and took a cup with arsenic. Frost's "Forget Worry Tea" was given to him to drink, and it was a lot of fun.
The days of new tea coming down have long passed, and the quality of the tea stored now is poor, and it can't be worse, Li Chengyang originally planned to wait for next year to get the tea out, but now he doesn't care about those, whether he can wait until next year is unknown.
Coming out of the toilet, I found Li Gu and asked him to go to the warehouse to get some fresh tea and send it over, and I have to find out about this matter today no matter what.
Li Gu took the order and left, Li Chengyang peeked at it, and the teapot in the pavilion was no longer there, so he came to Li Gang in fear.
"Master Li, educating people is not like this, the kid is only twelve years old this year, no matter how smart he is, it is not as good as your old man's cultivation, let's take it slowly, after all, I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry."
Li Gang is right to think about it carefully, he is used to teaching, and for the first time in educating people, every time Li Chengyang vomits after drinking tea, it means that it is not suitable to educate him directly from the direction of the ideological realm for the time being.
"It's because the teacher is negligent, I always don't feel that you are a child when I talk to you, but it seems to be talking to my group of old friends, and I unconsciously use our common wheel way on you, blame me, in the future, this tea will be changed to once a day, and you can't lose this craft."
It's a good thing to be able to drink less, wait until you get the tea out tonight, and see if it can be accepted by the old people tomorrow.
After these little things, the daily routine Q&A session began, which was discussed by the two at the beginning.
"Dare to ask Master Li, is there any big turmoil in the DPRK now, I have already heard the wind in this East Palace" Li Chengyang began the first question and answer.
Li Gang thought about it, took out a small bamboo board from his cuff and gently hit Li Chengyang's head: "You forgot what we said on the first day?" From now to ten years from now, no matter what, you don't have to worry about political affairs, you do more wrong now, do less wrong, it's good if you don't do it, it's not a problem if you can't do anything good, you are so young, there will be time to show your strength in the future, now as long as you do a wrong thing, then live with the name of a young man for the rest of your life."
Li Chengyang willingly accepted this, it should be, Li Gang was right, but he still couldn't help but continue to ask: "The kid knows his mistake, but please Li Shi must answer me, is there something going on in the Turks, the kid heard many rumors, saying that the Turks are about to hit Chang'an."
"Fart, fart, it stinks, someone has come to attack the side in recent days, but His Majesty has made a comprehensive response, Chang'an 12 guards and more than 200,000 people are guarding, and His Majesty has also sent strong generals to the states bordering the Turks.
Anyway, the old man was coaxed, of course no one in the palace spread this kind of message, this is what Li Chengyang suddenly remembered, the Weishui Alliance, isn't it that happened not long after Li Shimin ascended the throne, the real things recorded in history, maybe it's been these days, how can he still be an otaku with peace of mind.
Before, he was either so busy hitting the back of his head every day, or he was tempted by Li Shimin, this matter had long been left behind by him, and he didn't think about it until he was completely free in the past two days, since he thought about it, he couldn't help but ask, today is the ninth day of Li Shimin's ascension to the throne, that is, August 18th, the specific date of the Weishui Alliance can no longer be remembered, but it is estimated that it is these days, and he can't help but care.
After carefully asking about Li Shimin's deployment, he was a little relieved, all states have already sent elite soldiers and strong generals, and Chang'an will definitely rest easy.
Only then did he relax slightly, since he had already done a good job of protection, I believe that with Li Shimin's military talent, there would be no omissions, right?
may be because of his own appearance, Li Shimin's ascension to the throne was unusually smooth, so he could spare some energy in advance to arrange countermeasures to deal with the Turks, maybe the Weishui Alliance under Chang'an City would not happen?