Chapter 1006 is dazzling

Luckily, they're all there, and no one has touched them.

Putting these things back in their original places, Zhao Xing clapped his hands and turned around and paced to the gate of the courtyard, looking up at the sky.

Well, it's noon, and usually at this time, Zhao Xing's courtyard is the most lively. The little daughters-in-law of each family shuttled constantly, and they took care of Zhao Xing's three meals a day, one was to thank Zhao Xing for helping them take care of the children; The second is because Zhao Xing is interested, and he often teaches those little daughters-in-law a few modern cooking skills...... But now, there is no one in the courtyard.

This is a phenomenon that has never been seen before.

Zhao Xing listened to the movement in the village, the courtyard in the village, the house next to the house, and the sound of stir-frying and the smell of rice in the house next door had been heard, but his courtyard was quiet. After a while, he turned his suspicious gaze on Cheng Azhu in the courtyard.

Cheng Azhu was still sweeping the floor, sweeping the dust that didn't exist, she swept very slowly, as if the broom weighed a thousand pounds.

Zhao Xing's stomach growled. He couldn't wait, so he stood up a little annoyed, walked over to the stove, and decided to do it himself. When Cheng Azhu saw his movements, he immediately came back to his senses, threw down the broom and ran to the stove.

The fire rose, Cheng Azhu had a strange posture, she didn't seem to dare to face Zhao Xing, tilted her head, twisted her face to the side as much as possible, and busied herself by the stove in a very awkward posture, and began to cook......

It's weird, it's weird.

Zhao Xing withdrew his gaze from Cheng Azhu, and turned his face to look at the courtyard and the house.

He had been away from the house for two days, and the fire in the house should have been extinguished and covered with dust, but it was unusually clean, even the legs of his table were polished, and the water in the water tank was clear and overflowing.

It is said that after doing so much work, if all this work was done by Cheng Azhu in a new wedding dress, the new wedding dress should be dusty...... But it turned out that it was not, the wedding dress was very neat, and even the ring pendant hanging on the body was very clean. It jingled with the movement of Cheng Azhu's body, as if to remind people of its existence - is this a garment for housework?

What's going on?

Although Cheng Azhu's movements are not slow, when lunch is ready, it is close to the time to go home from work in modern society - a little later, that is, dinner time.

Delicate dishes are served in porcelain plates, which are neatly stacked in a lacquered box. The lacquer box is painted with patterns of birds and beasts, which is simple and exquisite. Cheng Azhu wore a full set of wedding dresses, knelt at Zhao Xing's feet, respectfully raised the lacquer box to his eyebrows, and then with the help of his body leaning forward, he presented the lacquer box to Zhao Xing's mouth like a cloud. Then, she lowered her eyebrows and said, "Teacher, please use it." ”

Do you raise your eyebrows?

At this time, Zhao Xing had somewhat guessed the truth, but he couldn't believe it.

Cheng Azhu's etiquette is worthy of being specially taught by the people in the city, such as the action of presenting the tray, which pays attention to the steady hands and shoulders, and purely uses the strength of the waist to present the tray with the help of the forward posture of the body. The best of these moves are the city's kabuki gyojo (prostitute). They can hold up ten teacups at a time, and no matter how their bodies shake, the water in the cups does not fluctuate at all.

Zhao Xing hesitated a little, but when he saw a 14-year-old girl kneeling in front of him with a heavy lacquer box, calling him "teacher", even if the little girl was not tired, he felt tired, so he didn't dare to groan for too long.

In the character of modern people, there is a kind of unrestrained natural casualness. Zhao Xing decided, and immediately took the tray calmly, trying to make his movements as easy as possible, as if it were a matter of course, and then he pretended to be calm and began to chew.

The meal was spent in silence - Zhao Xing sat alone at the table and ate alone, Cheng Azhu knelt on the door and sat on the ground, with an identical lacquer box on his knees, and ate there quietly.

During this period, Zhao Xing looked up several times and found that although Cheng Azhu had not raised his eyelids, he was very sensitive to his gaze, whenever he looked over, the girl always unconsciously picked up the porridge bowl and drank the porridge in a panic, feeling that the other party's expression was a little shy, a little happy, and seemed to be a little proud.

It didn't take long for the meal to arrive, and it was time for dinner again. Zhao Xing's courtyard returned to life as he wished.

This time, a bunch of brides-to-be came, all of them were wearing brand-new wedding dresses, shuttling around Zhao Xing's courtyard with fancy flowers, and finding some work for themselves if they had nothing to do.

Zhao Xing's doubts were even worse, he touched his chin and wondered: Is today a clothes festival?

Could it be that today is the day when the Song people dry their wedding clothes? Why do all girls wear more delicate clothes than spring flowers? shuttling back and forth, busier than butterflies; Singing and laughing, crisper than birds......

Messy!

This turmoil did not end until Cheng Tong came in. When Cheng Tong walked into the courtyard, all the girls were busy, and Zhao Xing sat by the fire without saying a word and flipped through the books. Cheng Azhu knelt at his feet, skillfully displaying a full set of Song Dynasty tea art.

It is said that the tea art of the Song Dynasty was the pinnacle of Chinese tea art, and in order to compare the different levels of tea art, the folk even popularized the "tea fight" competition. Zhao Xing didn't know anything about tea art, although he was holding a book, his eyes were not on the book, but he was very curious to appreciate Cheng Azhu's movements comparable to dance.

Cheng Azhu started with "Column". The so-called "column" is to place the tea set. With that dance-like movement, a white porcelain tea set was placed on the shore of the table.

There are many tea sets in the Song Dynasty, including not only tea cups and tea bottles. Since Zhao Xing's "picky" teacup, Cheng Jiaao's level of choosing tea sets has also been graded, although the tea set used by Cheng Azhu this time is not a top product, but such a good white porcelain cup can be found in the ravine, which makes Zhao Xing nod slightly with satisfaction.

In fact, Zhao Xing didn't know that in the Song Dynasty, "the color of the cup was expensive, green and black", and white porcelain was cheap.

The drinkers are satisfied with the tea set, and the tea ceremony continues, and then Cheng Azhu skillfully burns the tea, grinds the tea, and Luo tea. At this time, the water in the soup bottle, which is as small as a teapot, is boiled until it is boiled, and Cheng Azhu picks up the soup bottle and washes the teacup with boiling water - this is called "cup", that is, the tea cup is preheated with boiling water.

Then start to put the tea - put the tea leaves in a cup, pour in a little boiling water to make a paste - this is called a paste. Then start to brew the whisk, that is, while boiling water, use a tea whisk to hit out the soup flowers.

The tea foam is very finely ground, a little water is flushed, the tea soup becomes a kind of coffee-like viscous, stirred with a tea whisk, the thick tea soup coats the tea cup with a colorful film, as if it is an ink painting - this is the "soup flower". The soup flower that is shot out is also called "glutinous foam", which requires "white color, beautiful line, and long time without dispersion".

Finally, the teacup is delivered to the guest and begins to let the guest smell and taste it......

Su Shi has a poem describing this process, cloud: "The crab's eye has passed the fish's eye, and it wants to make a pine wind roar." The blindfold grinds fine beads and falls, and the dizziness turns around the snow and flies lightly." In the pen of the great poet, the process of enjoying the tea ceremony is very beautiful, and the beauty is breathtaking.

Cheng Laoqi doesn't know the goods, and the etiquette teacher he invited may only be a kabuki. The tea art taught to Cheng Azhu is not the etiquette of a housewife, but the labor skills that a maid should know - Zhao Xing only knew about this later, but at that time, he was so shocked by Cheng Azhu's skills that he was speechless.

Not only him, but the little daughters-in-law in the courtyard also experienced this set of "noble" etiquette for the first time, although they were pretending to work in their hands, although they had a disdainful smile on the corner of their mouths, their eyes kept glancing here, and their eyes were full of envy and jealousy.

Cheng Tong saw the "fake busyness" in the courtyard, he coughed fiercely and scolded: "I don't have a brain, go home, go home." ”