Chapter 56: Eat Three Bowls of Tea
It took about half an hour of effort, Wang Hao and the others who were sitting around finished the sumptuous lunch cooked by Mrs. Bao Zheng herself, and in a blink of an eye, it was the time of Shen Shi in the afternoon.
For many dignitaries, eating tea has almost become a routine job after lunch, and Bao Zheng, who serves as the Yin of Kaifeng Mansion, is naturally no exception.
No, after the two maids cleaned up the leftovers on the dinner table, they brought a green glazed soup bottle, which contained freshly boiled hot water, as well as six black glazed porcelain bowls, and five green glazed porcelain plates, and these five fist-sized green glazed porcelain plates were respectively placed with tea powder, ginger slices, salt, cinnamon and peppercorns.
Since he crossed over for more than half a month, Wang Hao has never had the habit of eating tea after eating three meals a day every day, at most, he is carrying people behind his back, rinsing his mouth with light salt water, and keeping his teeth clean at a minimum.
Even before he crossed over, when he lived in modern society, Wang Hao did not have the habit of drinking tea, but he usually drank a lot of bottled drinks of iced black tea, green tea, and jasmine tea.
Wang Hao, who was sitting at the dinner table, saw the two maids, and after a while, these bottles and cans were placed on the clean dining table, which immediately aroused his curiosity.
At first, Wang Hao didn't pay too much attention to the contents of these bottles and cans on the dinner table, so he took it for granted that nine times out of ten they would add a link similar to dessert after lunch.
After the two maids retreated, Dong stood up and placed six black-glazed porcelain bowls in front of each of them, adding a little powder-like stuff to them, and then adding other things on the blue-glazed porcelain plates.
At this time, Wang Hao was driven by curiosity, and he immediately fixed his eyes on it.
At this time, Wang Hao clearly saw that the powdered thing was the tea powder, and the other four things on the green glazed porcelain plate were ginger slices, salt, cinnamon, and peppercorns, and he immediately broke out in a cold sweat.
It was not until this time that Wang Hao understood that there was a dessert after a meal, but the ancients were eating tea.
Suddenly, Wang Hao panicked, and secretly complained bitterly: The way the ancients ate tea is very different from that of modern people. Modern people drink tea, that is, use boiling water to brew tea directly, and in ancient times, eating tea is to add various seasonings to the tea.
Just when Wang Hao was flustered, Dong first poured two-thirds of boiling water into the black-glazed porcelain bowl in front of Zhao Huiruo, and added a little tea, ginger slices, cinnamon, pepper and salt to it.
After completing the above tea-making process, Dong, who was standing on the side, made a "please" gesture, and said to Zhao Huiruo who was sitting on the chair with some respect: "Your Royal Highness Princess, please use tea first!" ”
Zhao Huiruo, who was sitting on the chair, said very politely with a smile on his face: "Mrs. Bao, you don't have to be so polite, I am the same age as Sister Qian'er, and I am not a few years older than Sister Ping'er.
"What you do to Sister Qian'er and Sister Ping'er, you will do to me. This first bowl of tea, Mrs. Lao Jiabao helped me make it. Wait, if I want to have a second bowl of tea, let me make it myself. ”
Without waiting to finish speaking, Zhao Huiruo couldn't wait to pick up the bowl of tea brewed in front of her, and as soon as she finished speaking, she completely ignored the image of a lady, and immediately made a "swoop" sound, took a big sip of tea, and then made a look of enjoying it.
During the whole process of Zhao Huiruo eating tea, Wang Hao, who was sitting diagonally opposite her, kept staring at her intently, and seeing her appearance of eating tea as if no one was around, Wang Hao was dumbfounded.
Next, Dong walked to Wang Hao's side, and as before, he first poured two-thirds of the boiling water into the empty black glazed porcelain bowl in front of Wang Hao, and sprinkled a little tea powder in the boiling water.
Just as Dong was about to put ginger slices and other condiments into it, Wang Hao had a sad face, and finally couldn't help but beg for mercy: "Mrs. Bao, slow down." My Wang was born in the army, but he is a rough man, and he never eats tea after dinner on weekdays, and he is not used to eating this kind of tea.
"If you put so many condiments into the tea, you have to vomit out the food in your stomach. Mrs. Bao, Wang has a reluctant invitation, I will have a pure tea in your mansion today. You can add tea powder to this hot water, and don't add other condiments! ”
Just as Wang Hao said the above words, Zhao Huiruo had already drunk the bowl of tea in front of her, and there was not a drop left.
When Zhao Huiruo was about to make the second bowl of tea by herself, she suddenly heard that Wang Hao was extremely afraid of this way of making tea, she frowned and decided to play a good trick on this Wang Hao who didn't eat tea.
Thinking of this, Zhao Huiruo immediately turned at Wang Hao and said loudly: "Wang Hao, didn't you just say that you agreed to my request." I hadn't thought about it yet, so I decided to put it on and wait until I thought about it.
"Now, I have thought about it, and this request to you is that you must eat the tea with the condiments, but I will make it for you by myself, and eat at least three bowls. Otherwise, I will condemn you. ”
Wang Hao, who had a sad face, was tempted by Zhao Huiruo's coercion and temptation, at this moment, he can be described as a dumb person eating Coptis chinensis - there are words of suffering, in order not to be punished by Zhao Huiruo, he can only break his teeth and swallow it in his stomach.
After secretly doing a struggle of thought in his heart, Wang Hao, in order not to be in front of the Bao family, offended Zhao Huiruo, the princess of Fukang, he had to swallow his anger and agree: "Okay, Your Royal Highness the princess, my Wang is based on you." ”
The four members of the Bao family present heard Zhao Huiruo say that she made a request to Wang Hao, that is, to let Wang Hao drink three bowls of tea that she had made herself, and suddenly cast a look of envy, jealousy and hatred at Wang Hao.
However, what puzzled the four members of the Bao family was that Wang Hao should feel very honored to be able to let Her Royal Highness the princess of the golden branches and jade leaves make tea and eat it herself, but Wang Hao continued to mourn with a sad face, as if he was waiting to eat not tea, but crane top red.
Seeing Wang Hao's response, Zhao Huiruo was afraid that Wang Hao would regret it again, so she immediately stood up, and without saying a word, she put the empty bowl in front of Bao Zheng, Bao Qianqian and Bao Pingping's father and daughter, and put it in front of Wang Hao.
Zhao Huiruo, who has quick eyes, made three bowls of tea according to the process of the Dong family, and after a while.
"Wang Sicheng, what are you doing in a daze, this princess has made you three bowls of tea, you can eat it quickly!" Zhao Huiruo, who sat back in his place, urged Wang Hao diagonally opposite her.
In the face of Zhao Huiruo's urging, Wang Hao hesitated to pick up one of the bowls of tea, which was difficult to swallow as if drinking bitter Chinese medicine, and it took a full half a column of incense to slowly finish eating a bowl of tea.
As soon as he put down the empty black glazed porcelain bowl, Wang Hao's stomach had already begun to turn over the river and the sea, even so, he forcibly picked up the second bowl of tea......