"Humph! Finally willing to get over it? "Lu Lao was wearing a festive dress, his wife Mrs. Qin and the concubine Yaniang were both there, and Yaniang was ordering tea when Cao Yi was introduced by the little maid. Cao Yi paid respects to the juniors one by one, and then heard Lu Lao's questioning.

Cao Yi smiled, motioned to Ya Niang, who was ordering tea, to Lu Lao, and said softly: "When Aunt Ya finishes ordering tea, it will not be too late for Lu Lao to talk." ”

Lu Lao snorted noncommittally, but still looked at Ya Niang according to his words, and at this time, Ya Niang had carried out the step of adjusting the ointment, and was about to inject boiling water into it. The tea drinking method of this era has developed from the sencha method of the Tang Dynasty to the tea method of this dynasty, if the sencha is more important than the skill, then the tea is more important than the artistic conception. In general, the steps of ordering tea are complex, the action of ordering tea should be standardized, and the requirements for aesthetics are also very high, and the requirements for the utensils used are also quite high, and they should be exquisite and elegant, so they are loved by high-ranking officials and magnates in this era, and it is also a way of entertainment for literati and elegant guests to enjoy life and gather friends and communicate.

The method of ordering tea not only requires the continuous practice of the tea orderer to order a good bowl of tea, the secret lies in the coordination of the two hands, which really responds to the sentence "without him, only the hand is familiar!" ”

First, the tea cake is dried, crushed, and ground into powder, and then the tea powder is placed in the tea bowl, and a small amount of boiling water is injected into a paste, which is the paste, and then boiling water is injected, and at the same time, the tea is stirred with a tea whisk to make the tea powder float up to form porridge noodles. This tea whisk is actually similar to the bamboo brush of the pot, in order to make the tea powder and water flush and stir and fuse, just like the egg whisk and egg yolk are fully fused, so that it is full of foam soup flowers, this step is also called "transport whisk", after the tea is completed, the tea soup should be divided into the cup, for people to drink, a spoonful and a lamp, and the foam of each tea soup should be even, and the tea ceremony should be carried out when the tea is divided, which is more elegant.

After a while, Ya Niang had already ordered tea, at this time the maid gave a lamp to Cao Yi, Cao Yi smiled and took it, the white foam in this tea cup is the same as the cappuccino coffee drunk in later generations, floating on the tea soup, like a sparse star and a light moon, it is very good-looking, Cao Yi took a big sip and praised: "Aunt Ya's tea art is really a feast for the senses, with all the color and fragrance, and the triple enjoyment of sight, taste and smell, I really want to run here as soon as I am free in the future, so that I can have more opportunities to drink Aunt Ya's tea in the future." ”

"Humph! Don't be flamboyant, you should still say these words to your fish mystery girl! keeps saying that I will come over as soon as I am free, why don't I see you come over once after school in Jiangning Mansion? Obviously, Lu Lao still remembered the grudge, and as soon as Cao Yi finished speaking, he immediately came over.

Cao Yi had no choice but to look at Mrs. Qin and Ya Niang as if asking for help, Mrs. Qin smiled slightly, and said softly: "Don't blame Cao Yi, official, you don't come to talk to you every day, he has been talking to him face to face when he comes, if you really say it away, you should talk about it again!" ”

When Cao Yi heard this, he smiled flatteringly at Mrs. Qin, and secretly gave Mrs. Qin a thumbs up, and the master's words were really good! However, Cao Yi's movements were seen by Lu Lao, and Lu Lao laughed angrily: "Sycophant! ”

"Hehe, Lu Lao, dissipate my anger, I came here several times a year ago, but every time I blocked the door for you, the door didn't let me in, I just didn't have to come."

Cao Yi delivered the gift at this time, and the one given to Lu Lao was still the same, it was nothing more than ten small jars of Qinglian wine and two hundred rich eggs, and gave them to two

The master's is ten pieces of potpourri soap each. Said with a smile: "Two masters, this is the potpourri soap we just developed, by collecting potpourri dew, quenching, than the previous 'Meilan bamboo chrysanthemum spring, summer, autumn and winter' fragrance is stronger, and milk is added to the soap, which is more effective for skin whitening and maintenance, this is not currently sold to the outside world, boy, I will take it over first to honor the two masters!" ”

Mrs. Qin and Aunt Ya are obviously very satisfied with Cao Yi's sentence of "two masters", which means that they want to be close to them, and they will only say this if they are adults, not to mention that even if the two of them are old, but women love beauty regardless of age, and now Cao Yi has sent a soap with a better effect than before, the most important thing is that it has not been sold to the outside world, and the two of them are given priority, so that they will treat this potpourri soap as a talking point, and when the time comes, it will inevitably attract the envy of those noble ladies.

At that moment, both of them smiled happily, and Mrs. Qin said, "Good boy, you are here, what other gifts do you give?" ”

"To the elders, it should be, it should be!" Cao Yi also responded with a smile, the atmosphere on Lu Lao's side was quickly disintegrated from the inside, and now Cao Yi and the two masters have formed a united front, and Lu Lao can't scold even if he wants to.

"I heard that what you gave to Governor Yang was a picture of Li Sixun's "Picture of the Breeze and the Bright Moon in the Mountains and Mountains", and also gave a painting of 'One shoulder of the bright moon, two sleeves of the breeze', why, when you come to me, it's just some ordinary things sold in your store?" Lu Lao said sourly.

"Haha, Old Lu, I am your student, and I will be able to see you every day in Jiangning Academy in the future, so I am worried about having no gifts?" Cao Yi said obediently.

"Official, how old are you, and you're still messing around with a fifteen-year-old child, and you're not afraid of jokes!" Mrs. Qin said with a smile.

"What kind of old person, I'm still young, Lian Po is seventy-eight years old and still worships Yan Xiang, Feng Tang is still recommended in his nineties, I am only sixty-one years old, and Cao Yi will be sixteen years old after the New Year......" Lu Lao muttered angrily.

"Official, you, a sixty-one-year-old man, what are you angry with a sixteen-year-old?" Madam Qin pretended to be annoyed.

"Haha, Qin Lao, if you don't dislike it, then I'll write one more, no, write two words for you, do you think it's feasible?" Cao Yi smiled vigorously at Lu Lao and said flatteringly.

Lu Lao gestured to the maid on the side with his eyes, but the maid didn't understand what Lu Lao meant, Lu Lao was in a hurry over there, and in the end, Ya Niang couldn't stand it, covered her mouth and snickered and went to bring Cao Yi a pen, ink, paper and inkstone.

When Cao Yi met such a childish teacher, he could only smile wryly and shake his head, pick up the pen and write, Lu Lao couldn't pull his head, sat there and drank some tea slowly, while Ya Niang stood on Cao Yi's side and watched Cao Yi write, and had long heard his own officials praise Cao Yi's calligraphy and poetry.

"Through the ages, heroes are nowhere to be found, and Sun Zhong is looking for a solution. Dance Pavilion Song Stage, the wind is always blown away by the rain and wind. The grass and trees in the slanting sun, the ordinary alleys, and the humane slaves once lived. Thinking back then, Jin Ge Iron Horse swallowed thousands of miles like a tiger...... Yuan Jia was hastily, sealed the wolf Juxu, and won the Canghuang Beigu. Sixty-one years, I still remember in hope, Beacon Yanyun Road. can look back,

Under the Buddha shrine, a crow shrine drum. Who asks, Lian Po is old, can he still eat? Ya Niang stood next to the case written by Cao Yi, basically Cao Yi wrote a sentence, and she recited a sentence, although she was a woman, but she also read sonorously and powerfully, full of momentum.

Lu Lao almost stood up and couldn't help but come over to look at it when Ya Niang read "Thinking about the past, Jin Ge Iron Horse, swallowing thousands of miles like a tiger", and finally sat down slowly, but his head was held high, and he kept looking at the paper that Cao Yi was writing, and after Cao Yi finished writing, he couldn't hold it back, and said: "Ya Niang, quickly bring it over and give me a good review, let me see if Cao Yi is just perfunctory and scribbling!" ”

Lu Lao's words are just to find a step for himself, otherwise, with his Confucian literary talent, as long as he recites it silently in his heart, he can understand it clearly, and the quality of the poem is naturally known at once, so why do you need to read it well, but when Cao Yi wrote this "Eternal Happiness", he wrote it in wild cursive, the gestures are connected and round, and the glyphs are wild and changeable. Lu Laoyi took it in his hand, and was very happy, feeling that the content written by Cao Yi was really written to his heart, but this time it was a bit too bleak and tragic, but the whole poem was heroic and sad, righteous and affectionate, and it was really a rare good poem.

However, Cao Yi has begun to continue to write, Lu Lao signaled Ya Niang to continue, Ya Niang rolled her eyes in a variety of styles, more than 20 years ago, Ya Niang was also a famous Oiran in the capital, and was later redeemed by Lu Lao and married as a concubine, but now the charm still exists, so it looks much younger than Lu Lao.

"Jiangchengzi", Aunt Ya looked down at what Cao Yi wrote, and read aloud, "The old man talks about juvenile madness, Huang on the left, Qingcang on the right, mink Qiu in the brocade hat, and Pinggang on a thousand horses." did not report the fall of the city with the Taishou, personally shot the tiger, and watched Sun Lang...... The wine is full of heart, and the temples are slightly frosty, so what's the matter! In the clouds, when will Feng Tang be punished? Will hold the bow like a full moon, look northwest, shoot the wolf! ”

"Quick! Fast! Show it to me!" Lu Lao called out anxiously, and this time Cao Yi personally sent it over and handed it to Lu Lao to see. It is still wild grass throughout, the pen is mighty and rude, with the content of this poem, the heroic spirit of Lingyun Zhuangzhi comes out of the pen straight through the paper, every word is written categorically, and the reading is enthusiastic.

"Good! Good! Good! Lu Laolian said three good words, each word more exciting than the other.

Mrs. Qin and Ya Niang also stood beside Lu Lao with a radiant face and watched, and also looked at Cao Yi from time to time, they had just been listening to their officials say how talented Cao Yi was, but they didn't have too intuitive feelings, but now Cao Yi was in front of them, and in a short period of time, he wrote two absolutely high-quality lyrics with extremely skillful wild grass, and there was no thought in the middle...... It was as if he could write it as soon as he wanted to. It's no wonder that their own officials have repeatedly emphasized that Cao Yi's calligraphy and poetry can be called unparalleled in the country, and now they have finally seen it!

"Hehe, Lu Lao, do you want more? I can write another one for you," Cao Yi asked with a grin.

Lu Lao is okay, after all, he has seen Cao Yi's demons, and Mrs. Qin and Ya Niang have surprised expressions, but they are also looking forward to what Cao Yi's third article will be?

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