Chapter 20 Kung Fu Tea
As his eleventh uncle walked slowly inside, the more things he saw, the more surprised Li Tai's heart became.
A glimpse of Fang Cai's distance is just an impression after all.
But after entering this small courtyard, Li Tai discovered the subtlety - the surrounding area is lush, almost full of flowers and trees, and bamboo, which is relatively rare in Chang'an City, is planted into a forest in this courtyard, densely surrounding both sides of the path leading to the center.
The breeze blows, and the bamboo leaves rustle.
And in the middle of the bamboo forest and the path, Li Tai also saw a stream half a step wide, although it was very narrow and shallow, and the speed of the water was also very slow, but it continued to extend into it, and finally poured into the pool that was not too big.
Looking at the many pebbles placed in the stream, Li Tai couldn't help but praise secretly.
Chang'an now has five canals, the Longshou Canal, Yong'an Canal and Qingming Canal built in the former Sui Dynasty, and the Yellow Canal and Cao Canal were built after the founding of the Tang Dynasty. Five aqueducts flow through Chang'an City, which are divided into small branches to supply water to the entire Chang'an City. There is a canal outside the Shengye Fang, and bringing water in from the outside is a breeze for a prince.
However, it is rare to be able to make water, bamboo and pavilions so naturally like this small courtyard.
As if seeing Li Tai's thoughts, Li Yuanjia explained with a smile: "This house originally had such a big pool, which brought water in from the outside, but later I thought the scenery was too boring, so I made people renovate it a little...... Hehe, the pavilion in the middle of the pool is just a little repaired. ”
While talking, the two walked out of the bamboo forest.
Li Tai's eyes suddenly brightened, and he immediately saw the pavilion in the middle of the pool, and also saw two maids in gauze skirts. One of the two women was immersed in the piano, and the other was holding a small fan and boiling water on the coal stove.
It's like a painting!
Seeing this scene, Li Tai's heart became more and more surprised.
Whether it's a pool, a pavilion, or a creek and a bamboo forest, there's actually nothing new about it, and it abounds inside and outside Chang'an City, but Li Tai has really never seen these things in a small courtyard of the palace. In particular, the layout of the bamboo forest, the creek and some boulders next to it seems to be random, but it makes people feel very comfortable and natural after looking at it, and it is definitely from the hands of the master!
If he knew what he was thinking at this time, Li Yuanjia would definitely not be able to see it.
Where are there any masters!
It's just that he made a scene with reference to the parks in his memory, which is nothing more than planting some bamboo, moving a few stones, and slightly changing the flow of water that has been established. It's just that the garden art of the Tang Dynasty is far less developed and exquisite than that of later generations, so Li Tai will be so surprised after seeing it.
Before they reached the pavilion, the two maids had already bowed down and bowed: "The ink painting (Liu Mei) has seen the king!" I've seen King Wei! ”
"Xiaotai, sit down."
Waving his hand at the two maids, Li Yuanjia beckoned his nephew to sit down, and at the same time, he also felt a little regretful in his heart - in fact, he wanted to hand over the task of pretending to be forced today to Chunyan and Liu Mei, but it was a pity that Chunyan was still able to make a living, but playing the piano or something was not the opponent of other people's ink paintings at all......
After the two sat down, Li Yuanjia waved his hand again, and the ink painting began to play the piano again, while Liu Mei took out a pot of tea and brought another set of tea sets from the table next to him.
Seeing this set of tea sets, Li Tai's curiosity rose again.
"Tea is actually the most elegant."
Before his nephew could speak, Li Yuanjia had already explained with a smile: "Just like you and I came here today, sitting opposite each other, the sound of the piano in my ears is calming, and the scenery is quiet, and then a cup of tea that is bitter first and then sweet, isn't it beautiful?" It's a pity that there are not many people in Chang'an who like to drink tea, and even if there are most of them, spices, oil, salt, onion and ginger must be added, which is simply a tyrannical thing......"
"Uh......"
The corners of his mouth twitched, and Li Tai did not speak.
Drinking tea with onions, ginger, oil, salt or something is a tyrannical thing, so what is it like him who doesn't like tea at all, but only likes mare's milk?
Seeing that his nephew looked disapplieving, Li Yuanjia didn't care, and waved his hand to let Liu Mei start making tea.
Of course, it's not ordinary tea, but kung fu tea!
Li Yuanjia actually liked to drink tea in his last life, and what he drank every day was Tieguanyin. It's just that at that time, I was busy with work and life, even if I drank tea, I took a thermos cup and brewed tea leaves, and poured out the tea when I drank it tasteless......
Kung Fu tea, he didn't have the heart to play at all.
One of Li Yuanjia's classmates is a master of this way, and he has a very heavy addiction - the kind that must be drunk every day. As long as Li Yuanjia goes to his house as a guest, that guy will inevitably take out one of his several sets of tea sets, and then try to make Li Yuanjia like kung fu tea as much as he does.
It's just that Li Yuanjia always felt that the kid was not drunk, and the purpose was probably not to promote kung fu tea, but to pretend to be forced in front of him!
Of the several sets of tea sets in his collection, none of them are cheap.
It is precisely because of this friend of his that Li Yuanjia knows that there is so much attention to drinking tea! And after following that buddy to watch a kung fu tea art performance, he realized that people who had a heart could drink tea to that extent: more than 20 processes, cumbersome and headaches!
However, the more cumbersome the process, the more suitable it is to pretend.
So when Li Yuanjia made such a set of tea sets according to his memory, he desperately remembered some steps of kung fu tea art...... If I can't remember clearly, I pondered it myself, made up for it, and then showed it to outsiders for the first time today.
Li Tai, the king of Wei, is the right person.
Anyway, he is also a genius of this era, good at calligraphy, likes painting, and has a high literary attainment, if you see the kung fu tea this kind of craft, don't you immediately fall in love with it? And if Li Tai likes kung fu tea, will so many literati and artists around him also fall in love with this method of pretending to be forced?
If you think about it, Li Yuanjia is still a little excited!
So as soon as he sat down, Li Yuanjia immediately kept Liu Mei busy. In order to prepare for this day, he let Liu Mei concentrate on practicing for a long time, in order to make the brewing process as perfect and elegant as possible......
It's just that Li Yuanjia just wanted to open his mouth and let his nephew calmly watch the whole process of brewing, but after a glance, King Wei quickly withdrew his gaze and chuckled: "Uncle Eleven, I heard that my father asked the prince to follow you to learn how to make a rollover, is there such a thing?" ”