Chapter 30: Tea Making (Part II)
Wang Ran thought that Wang Daju would continue to ask him how to fry the method, and then he would sell it a little bit and lead Wang Daju to say a few more words, but who knew that Wang Daju just took another sip of tea, and then continued to close his eyes and recuperate, so that Wang Ran, who had already served the shelf, was not embarrassed.
In this way, it was not until the sun set in the afternoon that Lin Jiuniang, who returned to the teahouse with a gust of wind, gave Wang Ran another chance to speak.
"Sister Jiuniang is back." Lin Jiuniang didn't like Wang Ran to call her Jiuniang, saying that it would make her feel very old, so Wang Ran had to call her that.
"Well, how's business going today? Do you have any customers? Lin Jiuniang glared at Wang Daju, who was sitting behind the counter with blank eyes, turned her head and saw Wang Ran with a wry smile, so she knew it, sighed and waved her hand: "It's okay, it's not like this for a day or two." ”
Wang Ran served a cup of tea and said, "Sister Jiuniang moistens her mouth." ”
"Well, sensible, not like that nerd, who seems to have lost his soul all day long, and I don't know if I'm thinking about other little ladies." After getting along for a month, Lin Jiuniang was very satisfied with Wang Ran's cleverness, and in contrast, Wang Daju's sluggishness made her even more angry.
"Huh!" Lin Jiuniang found that the tea in the bowl was a little different from the tea she sold on weekdays, so she was a little surprised, and when she looked up and saw Wang Ran's mysterious expression, she became more and more curious, took a sip of it, and couldn't help but praise after tasting it: "Good tea!" Where did this tea come from? ”
"I made it with the shopkeeper's green tea." Wang Ran said.
"Stir-fried? I can only stir-fry the dish, can I also stir-fry this tea? ”
"Yes, roasted tea can quickly volatilize the water of tea, and can retain the sweetness and astringency of fresh tea leaves, and the roasted tea is not only easy to store, but also has a unique taste to drink." Wang Ran explained.
Lin Jiuniang smiled happily and said: "It's amazing, Wang Qi, you still have such skills, it seems that our Wang Family Teahouse has picked up a treasure, I have never heard of this method, how did you figure it out?" ”
"I didn't figure it out myself, I learned it from a mountain Taoist priest when I was in my hometown." Wang Ran had already thought of a way to deal with it, he claimed to be from Qingcheng County before, and there were especially many Taoist priests on Qingcheng Mountain, so it was the most suitable to cover up.
"Oh, I see, I thought it was your own whim." Lin Jiuniang said with a smile, and was about to ask Wang Ran again what kind of stir-fry method he had, when suddenly his heart moved, frowned and asked, "Hey, then you have already had this hand, you have been here for a month, why didn't you say it before?" ”
Wang Ran's heart sank, this Lin Jiuniang was really shrewd, she caught my flaws so quickly, so she had to smile and say: "This tea frying method is more complicated, I can't remember it clearly, so I didn't dare to make an assertion, and I suddenly recalled it today." "Did I say that I wanted to find another job before, so I didn't say it?
Lin Jiuniang naturally didn't believe it, but just looked at Wang Ran with a suspicious face, so that Wang Ran was not embarrassed.
Fortunately, someone broke this embarrassing scene at this time, only to see Su Daya carrying a pot of wine into the store, and seeing Lin Jiuniang looking at Wang Ran with an unkind face, he said dissatisfiedly: "Lin Jiuniang, what are you doing?" Don't you want to quarrel with the seven brothers? You don't blame him for the bad business of this tea shop, what a good offspring the seventh brother Wang is, don't take people indiscriminately. ”
"What are you yelling about? If you want to have a seizure, you will have an attack, Wang Qi, I am too late for my baby! Lin Jiuniang rolled her eyes at Su Daya, and when she saw that he was carrying a pot of wine in her hand, she was even more dissatisfied, and said with a smile on her face: "Looking for Lao Wang to drink again, can't you find him to do something else?" ”
"We're half in the ground, what can we do if we don't drink a little wine here? Is it difficult to go to Mazhangtai? Su Daya didn't know whether he was alive or dead.
"You dare! Seeing that I don't sue my sister-in-law tomorrow, I will say that you have a good relationship in Yicui Building, and you want to patronize it every day. Also, you're only half in the ground, and my old king is young! Lin Jiuniang said angrily.
Su Daya smiled casually, and very consciously found a table to sit down.
This Su Daya doesn't know what good things have happened recently, he has changed his decadent appearance when Wang Ran first saw him, and he is proud every day, and even Lin Jiuniang, who made him talk about it before, now dares to say a few words.
Of course, there is also a bit of Wang Ran's credit, Lin Jiuniang is very satisfied with Wang Ran, and Su Daya, who introduced Wang Ran, is no longer so aggressive, Su Daya is also favored, and naturally dares to straighten his waist in front of Lin Jiuniang.
At the beginning, Wang Ran was coaxed by Su Daya and signed to the Wang Family Teahouse as a favor, he was a little complaining at first, but later heard what happened to Su Daya from Lin Jiuniang, and he admired Su Daya a little in his heart.
This Su Daya has been a tooth man for more than 20 years, he is hearty and straightforward, open and honest to customers, and has always had a good reputation, so his Su family tooth business has actually been good before, and he himself has become a well-known tooth merchant in Chengdu over time, but since the beginning of the previous year, his business has been deliberately suppressed, and the river is declining.
The reason is that a few years ago, someone in the city took the lead in setting up a dental merchant guild and invited Su Daya to be the vice president, but he thought that the guild was mixed, and some of the tooth merchants he knew were also among them, Su Daya disdained to be with him, so he proposed to the president to kick those people out of the guild, the president did not agree, Su Daya refused the invitation, and then went his own way with the Naya merchant guild, and the well water on both sides did not interfere with the river water for several years.
Later, the dental merchant guild grew stronger and stronger, and gradually monopolized most of the market in Chengdu, but the people in the guild became more and more unparticular about doing business, not only colluding to increase the money, but also often deceiving customers. Su Daya was very angry when he found out, feeling that they had not only disrupted the market, but also tarnished the reputation of the tooth merchants, so he used his experience to help those deceived customers collect evidence and sue the tooth merchants in the guild. But the president of the guild had some connections in the yamen, and after a few operations, the lawsuit was settled, and after learning that Su Daya was behind his back to help those deceived customers, he even held a grudge against him, and the two sides formed a bond.
Since then, Su Daya has been repeatedly excluded, and the people of the Tooth Merchant Guild have spread rumors everywhere that he cheats customers and bad his reputation, and there are often scoundrels in the store to make trouble, Su Daya's business has naturally deteriorated, and he can only rely on some old customers to barely survive. The Tooth Merchants Guild still didn't let him go, and the month before last they used a poisonous trick, bent on killing him.
That day, someone found Su Daya and asked him to help introduce the job to do, Su Daya talked with the person and felt that his character was acceptable, so he agreed. It just so happened that Lin Jiuniang asked him to help recruit people, so he introduced that person to the Wangjia Teahouse to run the hall.
Who knew that a few days later, that person actually took advantage of the shopkeeper Wang Daju to go out to drink with Su Daya, intending to be light and lonely at home Lin Jiuniang, but fortunately, Lin Jiuniang was fierce and did not let the man succeed, so the man took the money in the cabinet and fled.
The next day, Su Daya and Lin Jiuniang went to the government to report to the official, and the government called out the person's registration information and found that it was all fake, so he called the small official who was registered at that time to come to the court to ask, but the little official said that Su Daya asked him to write that, he had known Su Daya for many years, and he thought it was troublesome to retrieve the file, so he did what Su Daya said.
Later, the government sentenced the little official to a slight dereliction of duty, and Su Daya took the main responsibility, and Su Daya could only grit his teeth and admit it. Fortunately, Lin Jiuniang did not do in-depth research, so he was able to retain his qualification to continue to be a tooth man, but under the deliberate promotion of the Tooth Merchants Guild, Su Daya's reputation for many years was completely gone, and he lost his foundation as a dental businessman, and his business naturally became more and more unbearable, so there was a bleak scene that had not been opened for half a month.
Su Daya was also quite tough, and he didn't want to bow to the Tooth Trading Guild when he fell into such a field, so he carried it to death. It's just that I feel very sorry for Lin Jiuniang in my heart, so I have always wanted to help the Wang Family Teahouse recruit a reliable person and give me some favors.
Lin Jiuniang is a cold-faced and hot-hearted person, although she knows that Su Daya was framed by someone and sympathizes with him in her heart, but she is very angry when she sees him every day since then, so every time she sees him, she scolds him, in order to arouse his fighting spirit. Of course, this is what Lin Jiuniang said herself, and then the king came to understand Lin Jiuniang, although she didn't want to delve into it for fear of hurting Su Daya, but she must have been angry, so she always used Su Daya.
Su Daya felt ashamed, Lin Jiuniang's scolding had no choice but to bow his head and bear it, he just wanted to quickly help Lin Jiuniang recruit a reliable person, because he saw Wang Ran that day and felt that he was simple and square, so he left him in the Wang family teahouse at any cost.