Chapter 56: Tea Fight
The girl Xin'er's eyes were swirling with tears, and when she saw that Li Xiang still refused to agree, but Zhao Zhen stood up and said that she wanted to take her in, so she bowed down in front of Zhao Zhen and said in a voice like a gnat: "Thank you, son!" ”
Zhao Zhen hurriedly held the girl's arm and said with a smile: "Xin'er, that guy has eyes and doesn't know Zhuyu, and he's blind!" Don't cry, follow me Zhao Zhen, and promise that you will not be wronged. www.biquge.info"Zhao Zhen still can't wait to take in this girl, because the girl is indeed beautiful and moving, and of course a playboy like him likes it."
When Zhao Zhense bestowed God, an old man at the adjacent table in the restaurant suddenly narrowed his eyes into a line, carefully tasting the fragrant tea in his hand, like a tea master, and was pouring a stream of clear water into his mouth. Although I don't see anyone's head falling, I secretly teach the monarch to have a dry bone marrow......"
The old man spoke suddenly, causing Li Xiang and the others to look over, only to see that the old man was tall and thin, dressed in a blue Confucian dress washed white, and his chest was also white beard, looking like an old gentleman.
Zhao Zhen came back to his senses when he heard the old man's words, he was indeed a little confused just now, even he felt strange, he was also a woman who read countless women, how could he be fascinated by her when he saw this Xin'er?
Li Xiang clenched his fists and said: "Old gentleman, I didn't see the old gentleman in the inferior class just now, and I hope that the old gentleman will forgive me." ”
The old man smiled slightly: "What are you guilty of? The old man just said that son, not you. ”
When Zhao Zhen was said by the old man, his face was also a little hot, and the color was a boning steel knife, which he himself deeply understood.
The old man continued: "You don't have to care, the old man is just talking casually, the believer is confident, if you can trust the old man, you will come to the old man's table to drink a pot of tea." ”
A hint of fierceness flashed in the girl's eyes, but she didn't see it, at this time Li Xiang nodded and said, "Okay, the old gentleman is a cheerful person, I'm not welcome!" ”
Several people sat down at the table of the old man next to him, and this old man was also strange, everyone else came here to drink, but he was just drinking tea.
Li Xiang knew that the Song people were particularly fond of tea fighting, and with the prevalence of folk tea drinking, tea fighting became popular among the people. The literati were not far behind, and they also competed with tea in the study and pavilion. In the end, even the emperor also participated in the tea fight, and Zhao Ji of Song Huizong personally fought tea with the ministers, and defeated everyone before he was happy.
Lu You said in his poem "Lin'an Spring Rain and Early Ji": "The short paper is oblique and idle, and the fine milk plays tea in the sunny window." It can be seen that the Song people eat tea has become an art. Later generations of Japanese tea ceremonies also retained certain procedures.
The method is to grind the cake and tea into powder granules first, and then take its fine powder. Boil water in another tea bottle, after the water boils, warm the tea cup, put the tea powder in the cup, pour a little boiling water into the paste, and then pour the boiling water in the tea bottle into the tea cup containing tea powder grains. When pouring water, hold the tea bottle in one hand, grasp the special tea whisk in the other hand, and constantly stir the tea soup to make the tea soup into a milky shape, the surface is covered with white foam, and the inner edge of the tea bowl is connected with the soup noodle foam naturally, no water marks, and the foam lasts for a long time, but to put it bluntly, it is similar to the lotus root powder in later generations to be mixed into a paste and eat, and it is also similar to drinking milk tea. If you think about it, it is strange that the tea leaves are picked after steaming, fermentation, rolling and other processes, and the taste can be so good.
However, since Li Xiang came to the Southern Song Dynasty, he was very unaccustomed to this kind of tea, but since the old man invited him, it was not easy to refuse.
The old man instructed the shopkeeper to bring a few tea cups and tea bottles, and after a while, they were brought to the table, and the old man thought a little and said: "Tea is like life, and life is not a child's play." Several sons are young and energetic, although they are full of energy, but they cannot ruin their future for the sake of their children's personal affairs. ”
Zhao Zhen said: "What the old gentleman taught is that the students understand!" ”
At this time, the old man groaned again: "Flowers on the branches, people under the flowers, poor colors are all young." Yesterday I saw the flowers burning, and today I see the flowers about to fall. It's better to enjoy this flower, don't wait for the spring breeze to blow away. The warbler song and butterfly dance are long, and the red stove cooks tea and pine flowers. After making up and wandering, he returned the fragrant branches to the cave room. Since it is tea drinking, you can't help but have a tea order, and you say, what are the four treasures of cooking tea? ”
Zhao Zhen hurriedly replied: "I know, one is the wind stove, put the water from the water jar into the kettle and put it on the wind stove to boil, and then make tea; the second is a kettle for boiling water; the third is a small teapot for making tea; The fourth is the tea cup for drinking tea. ”
The old man smiled: "The way of the tea ceremony is not to understand the complicated truth, but to realize the philosophy of life." It is a test of human courage and boldness, not rote knowledge. In fact, the true truth is simple. ”
After that, the old man started to make tea for Li Xiang and others, Li Xiang took a sip and felt that it was really not very good, and I don't know why the Song people love to drink this kind of tea so much, when to get some green tea from later generations to drink, then it is interesting, this Lin'an is not the place where West Lake Longjing tea is produced, if the West Lake Longjing tea is made, the taste will be refreshing.
Seeing that everyone drank tea, even the girl Xin'er also drank it, the old man smiled and said: "Okay, let's make a tea order now, each person makes a poem about tea, if you can't do it, you will lose, and you will be punished for drinking three cups of tea, how about it?" ”
Zhao Zhen and Lin Ziwen knew how much ink they had in their stomachs, and they just laughed dryly when they heard the words, but they were not easy to refuse.
Wen Yunsun smiled and said, "Okay, old man, then start with me!" ”
I saw Wen Yunsun close his eyes and think for a moment, then said with a smile: "Yes, everyone, listen well, Songtao cooks snow and wakes up poetry and dreams, and the bamboo courtyard is full of smoke and dust." Jiuquyi Mountain picks the tongue of the bird, and a stream of live water boils the dragon group. I wonder what you think? ”
The old man stroked his palms and smiled: "Little brother, this poem is well done!" What a boiled dragon group, the depiction of this tea is so vivid, rare! ”
Wen Yunsun also smiled proudly: "The old gentleman praised it, and the student was just fortunate not to be dishonored, and he barely made it." So who's next? ”
Zhao Zhen looked at everyone and said with a wry smile: "Wait until I think about it again, Brother Li, you are the Tanhua of this exam, so you should come first!" ”
Li Xiang is not afraid, anyway, there are many poems in his body! He didn't even need a super 3D printer, he himself remembered that there were several tea poems in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and after thinking about it, Li Xiang learned from Wen Yunsun's appearance, and slowly chanted: "It's not Jing Qing who praises the wine, what is clearer than tea in the battle." Seven bowls of wind and armpits, a total of thousands of rivers and moons to shine on the heart. The dream is broken Zhaozhou's duster cane, and the poem is left to cook the old milk flower new. The Book of Tea is widely involved in the study of heaven and man, and it depends on the careful discussion of the sages. ”
Li Xiang's poem is not only a description of tea, but extends to the tea scripture and tea ceremony, so that its artistic conception is higher than the one made by Wen Yunsun before, and even the old man couldn't help but be moved: "Good poem, good poem!" This little brother, I didn't expect your poems to be so wonderful, the old man is ashamed of himself! ”