Chapter 9 On Tea
"Manager Zhou, is there such a thing?" Shen Tingyu asked.
"Good birds choose good trees to perch, the Shen family teahouse has reached the end of the road, and please don't blame me for being ruthless."
"Manager Zhou, ask yourself, how does my Shen family treat you?"
"The Shen family treats me well, but now that the Shen family is no longer what it used to be, my family is still counting on me to live, so ......"
"Hahaha... Shen Tingyu, don't say it's you, even if it's an old thing in your family, it's not my opponent, what kind of thing are you, you dare to spoil my good deeds again and again. Oh, by the way, I have another good news to tell you, I have informed all the tea farmers in the county, and whoever dares to sell you a piece of tea will burn his tea mountain. Of course, you can go to the county government and sue me. When the time comes, I will let you use eight sedan chairs and beg to invite me out. Hahaha..."Zhang Wen laughed extremely rampantly.
"Li Wen! You! ”
"Look, I've only eaten at this table for a while, and there are still a lot of dishes left, you eat slowly, I'm leaving."
Li Wen left the restaurant with his people, Shen Tingyu saw that they had all left, picked up the wine glass, drank it all, and a mysterious smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "The fish has been hooked." ”
After coming out of the restaurant, Shen Tingyu wanted to go to the teahouse to have a look, as soon as he walked into the teahouse, he heard the laughter inside, and when he went in to take a look, he saw that the workers were all in a circle, as if they were watching the excitement.
"When I watched the "Book of Tea" before, I always felt that the tea saint Lu Yu was making a little fuss, but now I know that the process of making tea alone is extremely exquisite."
An old man next to him said: "This is not only these miles, if you want to make good tea, you need to shake it carefully." ”
"Just ......"
"It's just that this drunkard doesn't mean wine, let alone tea?" Shen Tingyu said, he had just heard the voice, and he had already understood that the person who was talking to the old man was Zhang Zhihong, and he continued to say to Zhang Zhihong: "I wonder why Brother Zhang has time to visit my small teahouse today?" ”
"What, Brother Shen is not welcome? It's just that I've been watching the "Book of Tea" for a few days, and I think the tea ceremony is very interesting, so I'm here to bother. ”
"The Book of Tea? But not the Book of Songs? ”
At this time, Ying'er next to her spoke: "Of course it's the Book of Tea, Shaodong, Zhang Gongzi has been telling us how to make tea and make tea for the past few days." ”
"It seems that Brother Zhang is tired of this tea master, and I also have some experience, why don't you ask Brother Zhang to move to the tea room and drink tea and talk about tea?"
"That's exactly what I mean."
The tea room was originally a place for those big buyers to taste tea when they received big buyers, and it was also a place to test the quality of tea, but at this time it became a place for the two to talk.
Shen Tingyu made a pot of tea, gave Zhang Zhihong a cup, and said, "This is black tea, can Brother Zhang taste the taste?" ”
"The shape of this tea is fat, the color is dark, and the soup is red, the aroma is long and with pine smoke, the taste is mellow, good tea and good tea! I also want to test Brother Shen, there is a saying in "The Book of Tea" that there are three types of black tea, I don't know if Brother Shen knows which three? ”
"Nature knows, one is: small black tea, the second: kung fu black tea, and the third: black broken tea black tea. How? Am I right? ”
"Exactly! Brother Shen is really extraordinary. ”
"Brother Zhang, what other tests do you have?"
"In history, there was an emperor who wrote a book of tea scriptures, does Brother Shen know who it is?"
"But Song Huizong?"
"Yes, Brother Shen is very knowledgeable, admire and admire! Although Song Huizong was not a generation of Ming monarchs, he was proficient in poetry and songs, and he was even more accomplished in the tea ceremony, and the book "Daguan Tea Treatise" was even more extraordinary. ”
"Brother Zhang's praise, there are two things to do when you invite Brother Zhang here, one is indeed to invite Brother Zhang to drink tea, but the other is ......"
"Do you want to ask why Li Wen was acquitted?"
"Exactly, I saw him again today."
"Actually, it is not my father's will to do this, Brother Shen doesn't know, although this Li Wen is filthy, he has a cousin, do you know who his cousin is?"
"Please also ask Brother Zhang for advice."
"His cousin is none other than our Governor of Qingzhou."
"I see, with the Governor's backing, no wonder he dares to do anything wrong."
"Although the world is not clear now, but the saint is working hard, and he has the heart to return a pure land in the world, Brother Shen, you and I both respect Confucius and Mencius, and we should help the saint to cleanse the turbid world."
"Let's talk about this later. Let's talk about my father first, can you make any progress in your county office? Of course, Shen Tingyu knows that today's saints are working hard, but he also understands that the current emperor is not orthodox, and the country has not yet sat firmly, so it is naturally difficult for him to make a decision early.
"Then what did Brother Shen find?"
"It's just a little eyebrow-raising."
"Brother Shen, I won't tell you, I have some clues here, I can tell you, but there is one condition."
"Brother Zhang, please speak, I will try my best to be satisfied with what I can help you."
"I want to marry Ying'er as my wife, and I ask Brother Shen to be my matchmaker."
"Hahaha...... I am naturally happy to do this, but I am afraid that Ling Zun will not agree. ”
"I have my own way to do this, since Brother Shen agreed, I will tell you the clues. That Li Wen used to sell illicit salt, Brother Shen may be able to start investigating from this clue, presumably not far from the truth. ”
Li Wen used to sell illicit salt? So what does he have to do with the docks? Shen Tingyu thought about it for a while, and immediately thanked Zhang Zhihong: "Thank you Brother Zhang for telling me, Ying'er's matter is wrapped up in me." ”
"Good! If he can form a good relationship with Ying'er for a hundred years, I will definitely treat Brother Shen as a guest. ”
"Then I'm going to have a cup of happy wine, and I'm leaving, Brother Zhang, I still have something to do, so I won't accompany you."
After saying goodbye to Zhang Zhihong, Shen Tingyu hurriedly walked towards a place, just now he heard Zhang Zhihong say that Li Wen had sold illicit salt, so he wanted to confirm again, he was going to an old friend's house to find out the news, that old friend has been in the mall all the year round, and knows a lot about the things on the rivers and lakes. He was thinking in his heart, and as soon as he was not careful, he bumped into the oncoming person.
"Do you have long eyes?"
Shen Tingyu looked up and saw a person dressed as a maid staring at him angrily, and he immediately apologized: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I was distracted for a while and accidentally bumped into the girl." ”
At this time, another woman next to her shouted at the maid, "Xiao Yue! Don't be rude! ”
Shen Tingyu looked at the woman who spoke, and saw that the woman was like a hibiscus out of water, with a variety of styles and smiles, wearing a red dress, with a faint red mole between her eyebrows, her facial features were as if they were carved, her face was delicate, and her appearance was beautiful, which was not much different from Han Ling. Looking at her, Shen Tingyu felt like he had come to a cool seaside, which made his irritable heart extremely calm and warm.
Xiao Yue saw that his eyes were staring directly at his own young lady, and immediately reminded his own young lady: "Miss Zhilan is as beautiful as a flower, and her skills are astonishing, and the sons and brothers near and far want to see the young lady's face, I don't know how many young brothers are trying to get close to the young lady in this way, young lady, you can't be unguarded!" ”
Hearing this, Shen Tingyu immediately explained: "Miss Xiaoyue thinks that she is too worried, if she really admires Miss Zhilan, she can ask to see her openly, and playing these little tricks seems a bit inferior." ”
"Who do you think you are? There are more people who want to see Miss Zhilan. ”
"Oh, that's arrogance." Shen Tingyu thought to himself that good men don't fight with women, he still has something to do, so he made a gesture, and was about to leave, when Miss Zhilan next to him spoke: "This son, my name is Chu Zhilan, and I haven't asked my son's name yet?" ”
"Down, Shen Tingyu."
"It turned out to be Shen Gongzi, Shen Gongzi, please don't mind, Xiaoyue, she has a straight temperament, but her personality is not bad, please don't blame Shen Gongzi."
"Miss Zhilan is polite, I don't blame her, and there is something to do, so I will leave first."
"Shen Gongzi walks slowly."
Shen Tingyu then quickly came to his old friend's house, where the old friend warmly entertained him.
"Yo, Shen Gongzi, why do you have time to sit here with me today? How's it going? ”